Milk News

Nominations for the 20th GLAAD Media Awards Announced

January 27, 2009 02:01:10

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) have announced their selections for the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, Tuesday, January 27. Among the nominees were the 81st Academy Awards' contenders, Gus Van Sant's biopic "Milk" and Woody Allen's drama comedy "Vicky Cristina Barcelona".

The two movies were recognized under the category of Outstanding Film for Wide Release. They will go head-to-head with Julian Jarrold's provocative drama "Brideshead Revisited", Guy Ritchie's crime thriller "RocknRolla" and Peter Sollett's romantic-teen-comedy "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist".

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Movie Nominees of 13th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards

January 10, 2009 11:01:54

Honoring the excellence in production design, the Art Directors Guild announced its nominees for the 2008 Excellence in Production Design Awards on Friday, January 9. Among those in the awards' shortlist are Gus Van Sant's gay icon biopic "Milk", Christopher Nolan's superhero film "The Dark Knight" and Danny Boyle's rag-to-riches drama "Slumdog Millionaire".

"Milk" received the nod for the period film category. It will be up against "Changeling", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Doubt" and "Frost/Nixon". "Dark Knight", on the other hand, is on the run for best production design for a fantasy film alongside "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", "Iron Man", "The Spiderwick Chronicles" and "Wall-E".

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Winners of the 43rd National Society of Film Critics Awards Announced

January 05, 2009 01:01:40

National Society of Film Critics have selected their best of 2008. At Sardi's Restaurant in New York on Saturday, January 3, the 63-member society compiled of critics from around the country have chosen Sean Penn as the year's best actor for his portrayal of gay-rights icon Harvey Milk in "Milk" and given "Happy-Go-Lucky" the most awards.

Collecting four kudos from the 43rd National Society of Film Critics Awards, drama comedy "Happy-Go-Lucky" brought home Best Director and Best Screenplay prizes for Mike Leigh. It also nabbed Best Actress for its star Sally Hawkins and Best Supporting Actor for Eddie Marsan. For her Best Actress award, Hawkins overshadowed Melissa Leo of "Frozen River" and Michelle Williams of "Wendy and Lucy".

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New York Film Critics Circle Hailed 'Milk' 2008 Best Film

December 11, 2008 09:12:33

Gaining awards momentum, "Milk" shows its domination by collecting three awards from New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC). On Wednesday, December 10, the biopic drama from director Gus Van Sant has been named the Best Picture of 2008 by the organization of film reviewers from New York-based publications.

Snagging two more kudos from the 2008 NYFCC, the movie about the gay-rights icon Harvey Milk who was tragically murdered a year after he was elected to public office brought recognitions for two of its performers, Sean Penn and Josh Brolin. Penn won the coveted Best Actor for his performance as Milk, while Brolin got the Best Supporting Actor prize for his portrayal of Dan White.

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Full Nominees List of the 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards

December 10, 2008 11:12:28

On Tuesday, December 9, the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has unveiled their selections of movies and performers to compete in the 14th annual Critics' Choice Awards. Through the press conference at the MTV Network studios in Times Square, it is revealed that both "Milk" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" have shown strong domination with eight nominations for the awards.

The two drama movies will be up against each other in five categories, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writer, Best Composer, Best Acting Ensemble and Best Actor, Sean Penn for "Milk" and Brad Pitt for "Benjamin Button". Beside those nods, "Milk" has also given two Best Supporting Actor gongs for James Franco and Josh Brolin, while "Benjamin Button" lands Best Actress count for Cate Blanchett and Best Supporting Actress nomination for Taraji P. Henson.

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Six New Clips From Gus Van Sant's 'Milk'

November 18, 2008 11:11:53

In anticipation of "Milk" limited release in late November, Focus Features have brought forward a series of clips. Exposing many fresh footage from the biopic movie about the gay-rights icon Harvey Milk who was tragically murdered a year after he was elected to public office, the snippets present cut-out scenes from Harvey's 48th birthday celebration to the time he brings Anne Kronenberg to his campaign team.

Highlighting on tagline "His life changed history, his courage changed lives", "Milk" chronicles the last eight years on the life of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be voted into public office in America. Teaming up talented actors that include Sean Penn, James Franco, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch and Diego Luna, it focuses on the later life, political career, and assassination of the San Francisco city supervisor and gay rights activist.

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Harvey Milk Rallying for Support in New 'Milk' Clip

November 06, 2008 11:11:50

While the sense of change is still thick in the air following the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, a brand new clip of drama biopic "Milk" has been sent out by Focus Features. Highlighting the fact written in the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal, Harvey Milk rallied for support from his fellow Americans to break down barriers and bring positive changes to the nation.

Chronicling the last eight years on the life of the first openly gay man to be voted into public office in America, "Milk" comes from Academy Award-nominated director Gus Van Sant and focuses on the later life, political career, and assassination of the San Francisco city supervisor and gay rights activist. It is filmed using the original screenplay by Dustin Lance Black.

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Gus Van Sant's 'Milk' Welcomes First Trailer

September 04, 2008 10:09:41

Focus Features have just released the first trailer of "Milk". Reeling in the first glimpses into their based-on-true-story feature film, the trailer is made in line of its tagline, "His life changed history, his courage changed lives". By that it means that the footage focuses on some of the main conflicts of the film, especially the social climate in late '70s.

Providing viewers also with Harvey Milk's conflict with city supervisor Dan White and the threats to his life, the trailer let out the performances of Sean Penn as Milk, Josh Brolin as White, Emile Hirsch as Cleve Jones, James Franco as Scott Smith and Diego Luna as Jack Lira.

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Diego Luna to Be Sean Penn's Lover in 'Milk'?

January 19, 2008 10:01:07

Mexican actor Diego Luna has reportedly been signed to join the cast of "Milk". According to Entertainment Weekly, the actor in Salma Hayek's "Frida" gets the part of Jack Lira, the supporter and lover of Sean Penn's character, Harvey Milk.

The biopic tells the story of Milk, who was the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in America. He was voted to be in the city supervisors' board of San Francisco in 1977, but assassinated the following year along with Mayor George Moscone by another city supervisor, Dan White.

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Sean Penn and Matt Damon Attached for Gus Van Sant's Harvey Milk Biopic

September 11, 2007 11:09:37

On the way to forge what could probably be one of the anticipated collaborations on screen, Sean Penn and Matt Damon are both reported to be attached as the leading actors in a biopic about '70s politician Harvey Milk that Gus Van Sant is set to direct.

A long-gestating project, pic is the latest chapter in a long-running race to film the biopic of the first openly gay prominent elected official following Bryan Singer's "The Mayor of Castro Street." Penn is plotted to play the politician while Damon his assassin, Dan White.

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Gus Van Sant Making Another Harvey Milk Biopic

April 13, 2007 04:04:24

Seems that filmmakers of "The Mayor of Castro Street" are going to face a potential rival in its attempt to bring up the life of Harvey Bernard Milk, the first openly gay city supervisor of San Francisco, California.

Variety has revealed that Oscar-nominated director Gus Van Sant is on the move to make an untitled feature about Milk with Dustin Lance Black, writer of several episodes of the HBO's drama series "Big Love", set to pen the screenplay. It is said that the scribe's agents at Endeavor will shop around the script early next week.

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Powerful! Sad! Can't miss the parallels of today. 30 years and things haven't changed very much.

posted by frankiecue on Dec 01, 2008