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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 11:05 PM
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Saw MILK. It's fabulous.
Can't recommend it highly enough. Sean Penn is terrific.

They use real news footage all through the movie and I thought that was a great technique.

My 30 year old son was a month old when Milk was killed and he went to see it with me tonight. He walked out saying how sad it is that most of the issues in that film are still not resolved today, the struggle continues, for his entire life.

Great film. Very powerful. Go see it.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 11:14 PM
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1. I remember seeing a PBS special on Harvey Milk
what was it called?
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JohnnieGordon Donating Member (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 11:18 PM
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3. You might be referring to the "Life and Times of Harvey Milk"
But it wasn't a PBS special, it was a documentary feature that won the Best Documentary Oscar in 1985. I wouldn't doubt it got shown on PBS though.
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 11:16 PM
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2. Saw it last Sunday...
..it IS magnificent. Highly recommended. They seem to have stuck with the story with no embellishments (not needed).

I left the theater feeling the same - that it was sad and really rather rediculous that the issues in the film are STILL not resolved and the same struggle continues. Exasperating.

But a damn good film. GO SEE IT.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 11:25 PM
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4. It is a fantastic movie and Penn was brilliant. Although some progress has been made in the over 30
Edited on Thu Dec-25-08 11:26 PM by OmmmSweetOmmm
years since Milk's death, the struggle still goes on.

Obama's decision to have Warren give the invocation at the Inauguration came on the heels of my seeing Milk and I am enraged by that decision. Enough is enough.

I believe that will hit home to a lot of people once they see Milk.
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NJCher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 11:27 PM
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5. another thread
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-26-08 01:09 AM
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6. I saw it several weeks ago.
At the River Oaks Theater in Houston.

It is excellent. I am old enough to remember the actual events. I was in college at the time.

Victor Garber (the naval architect in Titanic) is Mayor Moscone.

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JohnnieGordon Donating Member (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-26-08 01:23 AM
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7. I believe Victor Garber is openly gay too, just FYI..nt
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dana_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-26-08 01:29 AM
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8. going to see it this weekend
my kid already saw it and is going with me this weekend(She was one of the countless extras there too. She loved seeing a movie being made). She and her bf said it's a real tearjerker. I can't wait.
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Cetacea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-26-08 01:35 AM
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9. Thanks. And Kudos for Penn for taking this on. n/t
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Joe the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-26-08 02:33 AM
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10. What's this movie about anyway?
I haven't seen it because I have no idea what it's about.
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-26-08 03:58 AM
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11. A spoiler alert would have been nice!
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-26-08 06:39 AM
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12. Spoiler alert for what? That it's a good movie?
Oh he dies in the end! LOL
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-26-08 07:07 AM
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13. A spoiler for a historic event?
:spray:
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