Plot: 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.
Director: Gus Van Sant,
Writer: Dustin Lance Black,
Producer: Dustin Lance Black, Bruce Cohen, Barbara A. Hall, William Horberg, Dan Jinks, Michael London, Bruna Papandrea,
Cast: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco, Alison Pill, Victor Garber, Denis O'Hare, Joseph Cross, Stephen Spinella, Lucas Grabeel, Brandon Boyce, Howard Rosenman, Kelvin Yu, Jeff Koons, Ted Jan Roberts, Boyd Holbrook, Frank M. Robinson, Allan Baird, Tom Ammiano, Carol Ruth Silver, Hope Tuck, Steven Wiig, Ashlee Temple, Wendy Tremont King, Kelvin Han Yee, Robert Chimento, Ginabel Machado, Daniel Landroche, Trace Webb, Velina Brown, Scott Patrick Green, Mary Dilts, Roman Alcides, Robert George Nelson, Brian Danker, Richard Gross, Borzin Knight, Brian Yates Sharber, Camron Palmer, Cully Fredricksen, Mark Martinez, Danny Glicker, Catherine Cook, Joe Meyers, Dominic Sahagun, William McElroy, Joey Hoeber, Mark E. Stanger, Christopher Greene, Jesse Caldwell, Paul Arnold, Jack Dunston, Ron Gruetter, Awele Makeba, Tony R. Vella, William M. Verducci, Gilbert Baker, Shavi Blake, Brent Corrigan, Draco Dewar, Dave Franco, Olen Holm, Elias McConnell, Tom Randol, Lynn McRee, Cleve Jones, John Parson, Jay Kerzner, Kristen Marie Holly, Sandi Ippolito, Roger Groh, Maggie Weiland, Dustin Lance Black, Drew Kuhse, Eric Cook, Matt Austin, Álex González, Jill Maragos, Roger Mudd, Martin Andris, John Douglas Ayers, Harmony Blossom, Matthew Bridges, Tom Brokaw, Anita Bryant, Greg Cala, Jimmy Carter, Cabran E. Chamberlain, Peaches Christ, John Clerkin, Brad Comfort, Walter Cronkite, Zachary Culbertson, Leesha Davis, Maddie Eisler, Patrick Engler, Yeena Fisher, William H. Frey III, Blake Griffin, Tim Halpin, Daryl Anthony Harper, David Alan Hodges, Stacie Hovland, Peter Jason, Shaun Landry, Allan Lazo, Derek Lux, Yoli Mapp, Harvey Milk, Kenny New, Logan Petrin, John Prudhont, Ronald Reagan, Corbett Redford, Jeff Redlick, Timothy Roberts, Lin Shukla, Toni Staniewicz, Christopher Sugarman, Jeremiah Turner, April Vancelette, Brian Vowell, Cindy Warner, Steve Wharton, Amron Paul Yuwono,