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.