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It's fitting that Milk, Gus Van Sant's biopic about San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, should be released now, on the 30th anniversary of the tragic assassinations of Milk and Mayor George Moscone. The film, starring Sean Penn as the first openly gay man elected to major office in California, successfully evokes both the gentle but forceful Milk, and the tumultuous period in San Francisco's - and the nation's - history when gay rights came to be seen as civil rights, just like those of any other minority.
Milk effectively combines historical footage-men being rounded up by police in gay bars back in the 1960s, 1977's gay pride parade, Anita Bryant's anti-gay crusade - and the story of Milk's life from age 40 on.Milk's slogan becomes "I'm Harvey Milk, and I'm here to recruit you!" (or "recruitchoo," as Penn says it in his spot-on New York accent). Van Sant and screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who based his script on scores of interviews, portray Milk's skills as a politician who motivates his followers to come out, to demonstrate, to think beyond their own immediate wishes.See the full content of this document
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Never-Never Land
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'Australia'-some great sights, but in the end mostly barren.Baz Luhrmann mixes it up in Australia, a rangy homage to the divisive history of the land Down Under.Luhrmann has big shoes to fill and they're...See the full content of this document
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