Milk

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R,2hrs 7min

Genre:

Drama

Released:

January 9, 2009

Distributor:

Focus Features

Starring:

Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch ... More

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Synopsis: Academy Award winner Sean Penn takes the title role in Gus Van Sant's biopic tracing the last eight years in the life of Harvey Milk, the ill-fated politician and gay activist whose life changed history, and whose courage still inspires people. When Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, he made history for being the first openly gay man in American history to be voted into public office. But the rights of homosexuals weren't Milk's primary concern, as tellingly evidenced ... Full Synopsis

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	Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES Sean Penn never tries to show Harvey Milk as a hero, and never needs to. He shows him as an ordinary man, kind, funny, flawed, shrewd, idealistic, yearning for a better world. Read Review Metascore ^® from metacritic.com 84 Universal Acclaim out of 100 Based on 10 critic reviews

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	Sean Penn Harvey Milk Josh Brolin Dan White Emile Hirsch Cleve Jones Diego Luna Jack Lira

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