Film

Milk

2008 · 2h 8m · History · Drama

Never blend in.

IMDb

7.5

Rotten Tomatoes

93%

Metacritic

83

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.

Sean Penn

Harvey Milk

Emile Hirsch

Cleve Jones

Josh Brolin

Dan White

Diego Luna

Jack Lira

James Franco

Scott Smith

Alison Pill

Anne Kronenberg

Victor Garber

Mayor Moscone

Denis O'Hare

John Briggs

Joseph Cross

Dick Pabich

Stephen Spinella

Rick Stokes

Boyd Holbrook

Denton Smith

Lucas Grabeel

Danny Nicoletta

Jeff Koons

Art Agnos

Brent Corrigan

Telephone Tree #3

Dave Franco

Telephone Tree #5

Elias McConnell

Telephone Tree #8

• Gus Van SantDirector
• Dustin Lance BlackWriter · Executive Producer
• Bruce CohenProducer
• Dan JinksProducer
• Barbara A. HallExecutive Producer
• William HorbergExecutive Producer
• Michael LondonExecutive Producer
• Bruna PapandreaExecutive Producer
• Harris SavidesDirector of Photography
• Danny ElfmanOriginal Music Composer

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Release date

November 5, 2008

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 8m

Rated

R

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$54,600,000

Genres

History, Drama

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