September 3, 2008
The Trailer For Gus Van Sant & Sean Penn's Milk Is Here!
Newly uploaded on Apple's trailer page, it's the trailer for Gus Van Sant's biopic Milk, starring the sometime Marin County resident Sean Penn as he goes for another Oscar nom.
Here's the link: http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/milk/
Image via wildaboutmovies.com. No, there will be no "Got Milk" puns here. No.
This movie will certainly drive some hilariously frothing right-wing/fundamentalist squawking in the media 'bout the evil of Teh Gays and all that. (Be sure to email/comment the links to SFist when you see some particularly entertaining ones!)
And surely there'll be an attendant historical reconsideration of Milk's life and legacy.
Does anyone have any actual Harvey Milk stories? If so, please post in the comments below. We'd love to hear 'em.
One way or another, all of us in the Bay Area are going to be hearing a lot about Harvey this year.
Milk hits the big screen on November 26th.
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Yep. I cried.
I was only eight when Milk was shot. My elementary school was in the Castro (then called Douglas, now called Harvey Milk) and I remember we all had to gather into the school cafeteria that afternoon. At first they didn't say why, but eventually I heard that the mayor had been shot (I don't recall them mentioning Harvey Milk) and the guy who did it was on the loose. In my young mind I figured they had gathered us together out of safety because HE WAS OUT THERE AND COULD COME GET US TOO. I realize now they just wanted to get us all home, probably because they feared some kind of reaction to the news in the neighborhood.
And that's the closest I have to a Harvey Milk story, alas.
ZOMG!!!1!, you are teh funny! R u lookin 4a LOLcapshun?
Oh hai! I can haz osker now plz? kthxbai
Sorry, I was distracted by your usage of "teh."
@reechard
http://lolgay.com
@reechard
Also, I appreciate how you linked "ZOMG" to clue folks in on that term if they were at-a-loss.
That is reader-inclusive internet slang usage.
Tanene from FogCityJournal posted something about Sean Penn being a prick at the Democratic Convention when she asked him about the release date of Milk:
http://dncingit08.tumblr.com/post/48326637/in-which-sean-penn-ruins-my-future-viewing-of-milk-and
After watching the trailer, I gotta say whether or not he's a prick, Sean Penn is a hell of an actor. The way he nailed Harvey's voice gave me chills.
Watching the "Times of Harvey Milk" when I was in high school or college was the first time I got interested in San Francisco politics and also the first time I remember being aware of the LGBT rights movement. I also recommend people read the "Mayor of Castro Street" before seeing the movie. Does anyone know if the movie follows the book at all? The book does a good job of covering Harvey's non-LGBT politics. He was also a strong progressive on issues like supporting unions and affordable housing.
In addition to killing the first gay elected official, Dan White also killed our most progressive Supervisor, our first progressive Mayor, and catapulted the career of Diane Feinstein. Christ, I need a drink.
On a unrelated subject THIS is our Filmic Feinstein Facsimile. I for one am pleased. Because she is pretty.
SFist! Interview her!
I saw them filming the movie a few months ago, on Castro between 18th and 19th. It was a scene with Sean Penn coming out of a restaurant or something, with a crowd of supporters outside and he then jumps on the back of a motorcycle and rides away. They redid the scene over and over. After every take when Sean Penn was walking back to redo it, he would have this smug grin on his face and the entire crew would cheer and clap and praise him. One time he decided to to smirk at us bystanders watching the filming, and he made this sort of victory gesture with his arms, like he was expecting us to cheer or something. We just stared at him though, and after that he was always kind of awkward and very serious in getting back to redo the shot, and he didn't seem nearly as jolly or confident. There were lots of cool period cars driving by and parked on the street though, which was pretty cool. I do agree that mr. Penn is a very good actor however.
As a freelance photographer, I first met Harvey in the early 70's at his camera shop, I used to have my film developed there. We became friends.
One of my photographs of Harvey has become well known, and is part of a collection of Milk images on plaques,at the Milk Plaza.
One of my favorite memories of Milk took place at a large party given at Dr.Tom Waddell's ( former U.S.Olympian and creator of the Gay Games) home in a converted church. It was just before Harvey was elected. I brought a young S.F.State student whom I was going with at the time. I had received national attention earlier that year when I created the "Anita Bryant's Husband is a Homo-Sapien! T-shirt. A few of the Democratic big wigs had asked me if I could design T-shirts for them, and while I was talking with them... Harvey hit on my date. I am glad to say... Harvey struck out! I guess Harvey was trying to get even with me for helping to run the campaign of the non-gay candidate running against him. I would like to recommend a great web-site that is dedicated to the evolution of the Castro neighborhood.
www.thecastro.net/ and my images and stories are
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www.thecasto.net/street/memoriespage/pritikin/pritikin.html Keep in mind, these are not a recreation... they are the real thing by pioneers like myself and Danny Nicoletta( who is being played by an actor in the Milk Movie) and also has images on display.
OMG. He talks just like him.
I love how you can see Peaches Christ for a split second. Viva la drag!
That movie looks great. And I cried, too (I'm willing to admit that)
I bawled my head off during the documentary, I anticipate I will do much bawling through the movie as well. Sean Penn may be a prick but he's a hell of an actor.
Thank god this movie isn't going to suck. I was kinda worried, given that this topic is so hot (election season) and it could've been exploited or dumbed down with very little effort.