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Milk (film)
Milk
is a 2008 American
biographical film
based on the life of
gay rights
activist and politician
Harvey Milk
, who was
the first openly gay person to be elected
to public office in California, as a member of the
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
. Directed by
Gus Van Sant
and written by
Dustin Lance Black
, the film stars
Sean Penn
as Milk and
Josh Brolin
as
Dan White
, a city supervisor who assassinated Milk and Mayor
George Moscone
. The film was released to much acclaim and earned numerous accolades from film critics and guilds. Ultimately, it received eight
Academy Award
nominations, including
Best Picture
, winning two for
Best Actor in a Leading Role
for Penn and
Best Original Screenplay
for Black.
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