Monday, January 11, 2016

Milk (2008)


Academy Awards, USA 2009

Won
Oscar
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Sean Penn
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black
Nominated
Oscar
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Dan Jinks
Bruce Cohen
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin
Best Achievement in Directing
Gus Van Sant
Best Achievement in Film Editing
Elliot Graham
Best Achievement in Costume Design
Danny Glicker
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Danny Elfman

Focus Features
Directed by Gus Van Sant
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Focus Features)

The story of how a San Francisco gay activist gets elected to the city council and attempts to address rampant discrimination. His career makes a shamble of his home life, where he leaves the lover from his early years for an unstable Latino man, with an occasional fling on the side. His real enemy, though, is a fellow councilman, who feels disgraced by Milk's progress and is pushed over the edge. Milk's powerful story is slickly produced, perhaps too slick, which only dilutes the final product. Sean Penn is amazing, though.

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