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The 1984 documentary film The Times of Harvey Milk won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. [43] Execution of Justice, a play by Emily Mann, chronicles the events leading to the assassinations. [44] The play opened on Broadway in March 1986 and in 1999, it was adapted to film for cable network Showtime, with Tim Daly portraying White ...
Milk was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 10, 2009. [30] The DVD comes with deleted scenes and three featurettes: Remembering Harvey, Hollywood Comes to San Francisco, and Marching for Equality. As of August 2009, the DVD release of the film has sold an estimated 600,413 units, resulting in $11.3 million in revenue. [31]
In 2008, he also appeared in the film Milk, a biopic about the slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk. Grabeel played a friend and supporter of Milk, photographer Danny Nicoletta. He also appeared in the 2008 Walt Disney Pictures film College Road Trip as Scooter, which features other Disney stars Raven-Symoné, Brenda Song, and Margo Harshman.
Iconic queer films like “The Times of Harvey Milk” and “Go Fish” and new titles including “Layla” and “Desire Lines” will screen at Sundance's 40th edition.
Execution of Justice is an ensemble play by Emily Mann chronicling the case of Dan White, [2] who assassinated San Francisco mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk in November 1978. The play was originally commissioned by the Eureka Theatre Company, but premiered at Arena Stage on May 10, 1985. [3]
Franco starred with Sean Penn, Josh Brolin and Emile Hirsch, in Gus Van Sant's Milk (2008). [57] In the film he plays Scott Smith, the boyfriend of Harvey Milk (Penn). Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times, in review of the film, wrote: "Franco is a nice match for him [Penn] as the lover who finally has enough of political life". [58]
60 Best Harvey Milk Quotes to Inspire and Uplift Bettmann - Getty Images Beside names such as Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and RuPaul is fellow LGBTQ+ icon and activist Harvey Milk.
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.