Winner of several Oscars and appreciation, the movie ‘Milk’ guarantees its audience the thrill and insight like no other hot flick. As the name implies this movie isn’t exactly about the milk products from some cowshed but about he gay rights activist Harvey Milk. Based on a true-life story this movie is centred on the true-life events of Harvey Milk. In those being a gay was a big thing and Harvey Milk was the first gay to be voted as a public officer in San Francisco, California.
This second movie on Harvey Milk and follows the storyline of its previous version. The previous version of the movie was released way back in November 1984 with the title ‘The Times of Harvey Milk’. This movie made its way to Oscars and won an Oscar for the Best Documentary Film. People do tend to compare the revised version with the original one, however, they couldn’t make out much of a difference quality wise. The 2008 version and got nominated for 8 categories at the Academy Awards and won Oscars with the titles of Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Original Screenplay. Best Actor in a Leading Role was awarded to Sean Penn for his excellent performance in the role of Harvey Milk. Best Original Screenplay was awarded to Dustin Lance Black.
The filming for Milk was also as authentic as its crew. It was shot at San Francisco’s Castro Street and at the camera shop - Castro Camera that was once owned by Harvey Milk. The movie is based on the lifetime period of Harvey Milk’s life from his 40’s to his assassination. The story starts of in New York where Milk stays with his lover Scott Smith and refuses the suffocating life of staying in a closet throughout his life. His fresh start-up business at the camera shop on Castro Street becomes the advantageous meeting place for the gay members of the San
He makes a fresh start by opening a camera shop on Castro Street that soon becomes the meeting place for the gay members of the San Franciscan community. Milk begins to focus on the issue of gay rights and the lack of it which is followed by a move to make a foray into the world of politics to be better able to champion the gay cause. Milk is met with many failures before he is successfully voted as a supervisor. Then begins his struggle to espouse the gay cause and get people to see the injustice being meted out to gays for being who they were. This process leads him to take on both Anita Bryant as well as a colleague by the name of Dan White who also happens to be elected at the same time as Milk.
The role of Dan White, one of the other contenders who were voted for at the same time when Harvey Milk was voted for has been played by the brilliant actor Josh Brolin. However, Dan White had to face a lot of hassles in his career because of his conservative attitude towards gays as people supported the concept of Harvey Milk. As time passed White’s frustrations and failures grew and ultimately lead to the assassination of a true hero- Harvey Milk. This movie is worth a watch and should be seen at least once even if for free on the net.
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