The Times of Harvey Milk
| The Times of Harvey Milk | |
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| Directed by | Rob Epstein |
| Produced by | Richard Schmiechen Rob Epstein Gregory W. Bex |
| Written by | Rob Epstein Carter Wilson Judith Coburn |
| Narrated by | Harvey Fierstein |
| Starring | Harvey Milk Dan White George Moscone Dianne Feinstein Anne Kronenberg Tom Ammiano |
| Music by | Mark Isham |
| Cinematography | Frances Reid |
| Editing by | Rob Epstein Deborah Hoffmann |
| Distributed by | New Yorker Films |
| Release date(s) | October 26, 1984 |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $29,802 |
The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) is an American documentary film that premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, the New York Film Festival,[1] and then on November 1, 1984 at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco.[2][3] The film was directed by Rob Epstein, produced by Richard Schmiechen, and narrated by Harvey Fierstein, with an original score by Mark Isham.
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[edit] Plot
The Times of Harvey Milk documents the political career of Harvey Milk, who was San Francisco's first openly gay supervisor. The film documents Milk's rise from a neighborhood activist to a symbol of gay political achievement, through to his assassination in November 1978 at San Francisco's city hall, and the Dan White trial and aftermath.
[edit] Cast
- Harvey Fierstein (narrator)
- Harvey Milk as Himself (archive footage)
- Dan White as Himself (archive footage)
- George Moscone as Himself (archive footage)
- Dianne Feinstein as Herself (archive footage)
- Anne Kronenberg as Herself
- Tom Ammiano as Himself
- Sally Gearhart as Herself
- Jimmy Carter as Himself (archive footage)
[edit] Featured people
The film was produced after Milk's death using original interviews, exclusive documentary footage, news reports, and archival footage, so that Milk is credited as the lead (posthumously). Other politicians including San Francisco mayor George Moscone (who was assassinated with Milk), and Moscone's successor and now United States Senator Dianne Feinstein appear in archival footage. The movie opens with a tearful Feinstein delivering her announcement to the media that Moscone and Milk had been assassinated by Dan White.
Also featured in the film is schoolteacher Tom Ammiano, now a member of the California State Assembly.
[edit] Awards
The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1985,[4] and was awarded Special Jury Prize at the first Sundance Film Festival, among other awards.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Project History page at tellingpictures.com
- ^ [1]
- ^ Telling Pictures
- ^ "NY Times: The Times of Harvey Milk". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/50073/The-Times-of-Harvey-Milk/details. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
- ^ "IMDb: The Times of Harvey Milk". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088275/awards. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
[edit] External links
- Official site
- The Times of Harvey Milk at the Internet Movie Database
- The Times of Harvey Milk at AllRovi
- The Times of Harvey Milk at Box Office Mojo
- The Times of Harvey Milk at Rotten Tomatoes
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- English-language films
- 1984 films
- American documentary films
- American films
- Films directed by Rob Epstein
- LGBT-related documentary films
- Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners
- History of LGBT civil rights in the United States
- History of San Francisco, California
- Films set in San Francisco, California
- Documentary films about American politicians
- Sundance Film Festival award winners
- 1980s documentary films
