The story of American gay activist Harvey Milk, who fought for gay rights and was elected as California's first openly gay official.The story of American gay activist Harvey Milk, who fought for gay rights and was elected as California's first openly gay official.The story of American gay activist Harvey Milk, who fought for gay rights and was elected as California's first openly gay official.
- Won 2 Oscars
- 66 wins & 145 nominations total
- David Goodstein
- (as Zvi Howard Rosenman)
- Denton Smith
- (as Robert Boyd Holbrook)
- Frank Robinson
- (as Frank Robinson)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe filming location for Harvey Milk's business, Castro Camera, was the real storefront where the actual business had once been. At the time of filming (mid-2008), it was a gift shop called "Given"; the film crew worked with the owner of the gift shop to recreate the look of Milk's camera store inside the space and restored it to its 2008 appearance after filming.
- GoofsWhen marchers leave the Castro and pull the trolley pole off a PCC streetcar, the destination sign says "F Market." The F Market line entered service on September 1, 1995, as a tourist line between the Castro and the Embarcadero.
- Quotes
Harvey Milk: [Voice Over, Last lines] I ask this... If there should be an assassination, I would hope that five, ten, one hundred, a thousand would rise. I would like to see every gay lawyer, every gay architect come out - - If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door... And that's all. I ask for the movement to continue. Because it's not about personal gain, not about ego, not about power... it's about the "us's" out there. Not only gays, but the Blacks, the Asians, the disabled, the seniors, the us's. Without hope, the us's give up - I know you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living. So you, and you, and you... You gotta give em' hope... you gotta give em' hope.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Bolt/JCVD/Slumdog Millionaire/Quantum of Solace (2008)
- SoundtracksPrelude No.7 in E Flat (The Well Tempered Clavier - Book 2 BWV 876)
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach
Arranged by Ward Swingle
Performed by The Swingles
Courtesy of Universal International Music, B.V.
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $31,841,299
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,453,844
- Nov 30, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $54,662,930
- Runtime2 hours 8 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1