Overview
The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won 4 awards, including the Oscars for Best Actor and Best Writing, Original Screenplay (2009)
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Nominations
6 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Picture (2009)
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Box office
Grossed $54.6M worldwide, about 2.7 times its $20M budget
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Based on
Based on a true story
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Filming locations
Filmed in San Francisco and Forest Hill
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Setting
Set in New York City and San Francisco
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Music
Music by Danny Elfman
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Haris Savides
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Dustin Lance BlackWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 5, 2008
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $20M
- Revenue
- $54.6M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Sean PennHarvey Milk
Emile HirschCleve Jones
Josh BrolinDan White
Diego LunaJack Lira
James FrancoScott Smith
Alison PillAnne Kronenberg
Victor GarberMayor Moscone
Denis O'HareJohn Briggs
Joseph CrossDick Pabich
Stephen SpinellaRick Stokes
Boyd HolbrookDenton Smith
Lucas GrabeelDanny Nicoletta
Jeff KoonsArt Agnos
Brent CorriganTelephone Tree #3
Dave FrancoTelephone Tree #5
Elias McConnellTelephone Tree #8- Ashlee TempleDianne Feinstein
Brandon BoyceJim Rivaldo
Kelvin YuMichael Wong
Cleve JonesDon Amador
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