Milk
(2008)
★ 7.2 IMDb · 2,487 votes
Year: 2008
Runtime: 128 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Гас Ван Сент
Cast: Шон Пенн, Эмиль Хирш, Джош Бролин, Диего Луна, Джеймс Франко, Элисон Пилл, Victor Garber, Дэнис О’Хэр, Джозеф Кросс, Stephen Spinella
Plot
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.
Using flashbacks from a statement recorded late in life and archival footage for atmosphere, this film traces Harvey Milk's career from his 40th birthday to his death. He leaves the closet and New York, opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco's growing gay community, and organizes gays' purchasing power to build political alliances. He runs for office with lover Scott Smith as his campaign manager. Victory finally comes on the same day Dan White wins in the city's conservative district. The rest of the film sketches Milk's relationship with White and the 1978 fight against a statewide initiative to bar gays and their supporters from public school jobs.