NoirFan

Surprised not to find a thread on this. From the film's IMDB page: A big ol' spoiler there, but I doubt any coverage of this film won't mention Milk's murder.

Director: Gus Van Sant
Writer: Dustin Lance Black
General Release Date: 12/5/08 (US)

Cast:
Sean Penn ... Harvey Milk
Josh Brolin ... Dan White
Emile Hirsch ... Cleve Jones
James Franco ... Scott Smith
Diego Luna ... Jack Lira





Trailer

marty888

For me, one of the most anticipated films of the fall season!

NoirFan

For me as well. Now that the disposable drek of summer is thankfully behind us, we can turn our attention back to films of substance.

PopcornTreeCt

I'm not holding my breath. I only like Van Sant when he's making small indies.

NoirFan

To Die For was an entertaining, smart film, and I've always had a soft spot for Good Will Hunting - maybe it's because for once a movie got the Boston accent right. Let's all just pretend Finding Forrester and Psycho never happened, shall we?

EDIT: I totally forgot about Even Cowgirls Get the Blues - ye gods, what a spectacular misfire!

JumpCutz

I'm hit or miss with Van Sant, but that is one fantastic trailer. Count me in.

CloverClover

it seems he is using the same voice he used for I am sam

Artman

Looks like it could be a good movie, but it doesn't interest me.

lukewarmwater

Just because some media outlets *might* ruin the story it doesn't mean go ahead and do it.

Seriously what the hell man?!

You even say they spoil it by giving this info and then you quote the info they gave.

Thanks a ton. Good job dingus.

The Antipodean

Please. It's a historical fact. Just because you're uninformed doesn't mean it's a spoiler.

lukewarmwater

Just because it's based on a true story doesn't mean it's a historical fact. If it was jfk or the titanic you might have a point, but not a lot of people know this story, it's really not that well known. And that the op notices it's a spoiler and mentions its a spoiler and doesn't spoilerize the text then yeah it is a spoiler. And at the very least spoilerize the text. It's not difficult.

wendersfan

It's not a spoiler. Harvey Milk's assassination was big news and going into the movie knowing about it isn't going to be a problem.

Geofferson

Glad to see Van Sant take a step away from his recent avant-garde experiments -- much anticipating this.

Tarantino

Looks like a one way ticket to boringsville.

= J

NoirFan

Perhaps someone can persuade Van Sant to add a few fart jokes and explosions post-production to keep you amused.

Tarantino

That might work. Or maybe an explosion or a car chase, here and there. Either way.

= J

NoirFan

Well, there will be....

freshticles

This looks really good so I hope it doesn't make me fall asleep in 30 minutes like Elephant and Last Days did.

BDB

I like the look of the trailer, I'll be interested in how they show SF, I saw some of the stuff from the castro in the media here, when they were filming.

I'll be there. I'm sure watching it in SF will be great!

BuddhaWake

actually is a historical fact because it happened in history. you know the past. so whether you or anyone else knew about it or not doesn't mean it didn't happened.

Giles

'Last Days' felt endless, 'Elephant' though I thought was rivetting.

Looking forward to seeing 'Milk'

Zen Peckinpah

Looks fascinating, and while the subject matter sells me immediately the cast is the main attraction here. Penn? Brolin? Hirsch? Franco? Luna? Sold.

Danny Elfman's also scoring...love his dramatic work (Midnight Run and Good Will Hunting among them).

riley_dude

Saw the preview this morning. Looks amazing.

Duality

Hear, hear!

NoirFan

A couple of short clips.