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Attempts to put Milk's life to film followed a 1984 documentary of his life and the aftermath of his assassination, titled The Times of Harvey Milk, which was loosely based upon Randy Shilts's 1982 biography, The Mayor of Castro Street (the film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for 1984, and was awarded Special Jury Prize at ...
The Times of Harvey Milk documents the political career of Harvey Milk, who was San Francisco's first openly gay supervisor.The film documents Milk's rise from a neighborhood activist to a symbol of gay political achievement, through to his assassination in November 1978 at San Francisco's city hall, and the Dan White trial and aftermath.
Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
In 2008 the film Milk depicted the assassinations as part of a biographical story about the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk. The movie was a critical and commercial success, with Victor Garber portraying Moscone, Sean Penn playing Milk and Josh Brolin playing White. Penn won an Oscar for his performance and Brolin was ...
In 1999, the play was adapted to film for cable network Showtime, with Tim Daly portraying White. Harvey Milk is an opera in three acts composed by Stewart Wallace to a libretto by Michael Korie. A joint commission by Houston Grand Opera, New York City Opera, and San Francisco Opera, it was premiered on January 21, 1995, by Houston Grand Opera.
The film won Best Original Screenplay at the 62nd Writers Guild of America Awards The film received four BAFTA award nominations, including Best Film, for the 62nd British Academy Film Awards . January 22, 2009 the film received 8 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, and winning two for Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor in a ...
The intended adaptation was unrelated to the Academy Award-winning fictional film about Harvey Milk's life, Milk, or to an earlier documentary, The Times of Harvey Milk. In 2009, Audible.com produced an audio version of The Mayor of Castro Street , narrated by Marc Vietor , as part of its Modern Vanguard line of audiobooks.
Pages in category "Harvey Milk" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. ... Milk (2008 American film) Stuart Milk; Moscone–Milk assassinations;