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A documentary of the successful career and assassination of San Francisco's first elected gay city supervisor.A documentary of the successful career and assassination of San Francisco's first elected gay city supervisor.A documentary of the successful career and assassination of San Francisco's first elected gay city supervisor.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 11 wins & 2 nominations total
Harvey Fierstein
- Narrator
- (voice)
Harvey Milk
- Self
- (archive footage)
John Briggs
- Self
- (archive footage)
Jerry Brown
- Self
- (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter
- Self
- (archive footage)
Dianne Feinstein
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Mayor Dianne Feinstein)
David Fowler
- Self - TV Interviewer of Dan White
- (archive footage)
Joseph Freitas
- Self
- (archive footage)
Terence Hallinan
- Self
- (archive footage)
George Moscone
- Self
- (archive footage)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaSelected for preservation by the National Film Registry in 2012.
- GoofsWhen describing Harvey Milk's murder, the narrator states that Dan White killed Milk in Milk's own office. In reality, White asked Milk to come into White's former office, closed the door, blocked it with his body, and shot Milk.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Harvey Milk: I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living. And You... And You... And You... Gotta give em hope. Thank You very much.
- SoundtracksYou Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Performed by Sylvester
Written by Sylvester & James Wirrick (as Tip Wirrick)
Tim McKenna (Borozi Music Artists)
Fantasy Records
(c) 1978 Rights Donated
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The life and aftermath in death of wonderfully wry and droll Harvey Milk, San Francisco's first openly gay city official who, along with Mayor George Moscone, was killed on a November day in 1978 by disgruntled ex-colleague Dan White (who ultimately received an unusually light sentence after his trial). From Milk's sneaky campaigning tricks to the infamous 'Twinkie Defense', this documentary is solid and involving. It has a creepy ambiance that is difficult to shake after it's over, yet there's a darkly amusing undercurrent throughout (which Milk himself might've appreciated!). The film says to take these events seriously, but to take them AS events. See the humor in the chaos. This was a deserved Oscar winner for Best Documentary Feature; it is quite moving, funny, despairing--never clinical or cold. *** from ****
- moonspinner55
- Jul 17, 2004
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- Gross US & Canada
- $13,801
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,213
- Sep 17, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $46,573
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