Cohen, Bruce. Jinks, Dan. London, Michael. Black, Dustin Lance. Van Sant, Gus. Penn, Sean 1960- Hirsch, Emile 1985- Brolin, Josh. Luna, Diego 1979- Franco, James 1978- Pill, Alison 1985- Garber, Victor. Focus Features Axon Films (Firm) Groundswell Productions Jinks/Cohen Company Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm) moving image videorecording Biographical films. Historical films. Films for the hearing impaired. Feature films. Fiction films. cau Universal City, Calif Universal Studios Home Entertainment [2009] 2009 Widescreen ed. monographic eng fre spa

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1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. His life changed history, his courage changed lives. Harvey Milk is a middle-aged New Yorker who, after moving to San Francisco, becomes a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he is elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977, the first openly-gay man to be elected to public office in the United States. The following year, both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, are shot to death by former city supervisor, Dan White, who blames his former colleagues for denying White's attempt to rescind his resignation from the board. Based on the true story of Harvey Milk. general Focus Features presents Axon Films in association with Groundswell Productions ; Jinks/Cohen Company ; produced by Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks, Michael London ; written by Dustin Lance Black ; directed by Gus Van Sant. Special features: deleted scenes; remembering Harvey; Hollywood comes to San Francisco; marching for Equality. Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco, Alison Pill, Victor Garber. Director of photography, Harris Savides ; editor, Elliot Graham ; music, Danny Elfman. DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer, NTSC. Dialogue in English with optional soundtrack in French, and with optional French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. Academy Awards, 2009: Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Original Screenplay Milk, Harvey Drama Moscone, George 1929-1978 Drama San Francisco (Calif.). Board of Supervisors Drama Gay rights California San Francisco Drama Assassination California San Francisco Drama 791.43/72 TEFMT 171108 20171108092302.0 AAL9438