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Trailer: “Milk”
Fataculture — [image] Finally, after having to wait forever and a day, the trailer for Academy Award Nominee Gus van Sant’s “ Milk ,” the Harvey Milk biopic, has just been ...

New Trailer For 'Milk' & Official Website
Home — ... . Milk will be in limited theatres on November 26, 2008, and then will open wide on December 5, 2008. OFFICIAL SITE FOR 'MILK' Academy Award nominee Gus Van Sant directs Academy Award winner Sean Penn as gay-rights icon ...

trailer break: ‘Milk’
FlickFilosopher.com — ... , is going to be hopeful and joyous, which is a movie I’d like to see. And it’s probably a movie that will have a far greater impact than the same story told more somberly. Milk opens in limited release November 26.

"Milk" Poster + official site up (kind of)
Oh No They Didn't! — Director Gus Van Sant posted this on his official MySpace 2 days ago: This had been the previous rumored poster and released artwork for the film: What do you think, ONTD? Is the new poster an upgrade, or a downgrade? source 1, source2 This post approved by the collective fierceness of James Franco and Lucas Grabeel in this movie:

Emile Hirsch Covers Nylon Guys
Just Jared — ... such a great ensemble. Speed Racer was such a highly controlled performance environment that I found, honestly, a little frustrating at times just because it’s so hard when you’re on the green screen and it’s all about, ‘Bat this eyelash a little bit here.’ On Milk, it was just a free-for-all and we were all going nuts.” Milk opens in theaters everywhere on Friday, December 5th. Visit the official website at MilkTheMovie.com. For more of Emile, visit ...

tMF Controversial: Are you ready for another gay movie? Milk and Little Ashes, anyone?
Home — ... watch these films? Is it the story? Perhaps the cast and most especially the lead actors? Will offscreen controversy help? How about the notoriety or popularity of the main characters? Will love scenes be a plus or a minus factor? Let's take a look at two upcoming movies- Milk and Little Ashes - both with definite gay flavor...Let's take a look and just right after, join the discussion and tell us what you think! - - - Inside the World of Harvey Milk: Gus van Sant's latest feature, Milk , is not as actively promoted as his other 'high-profile' movies. Perhaps I might be wrong ...

Shorts, 10/28.
GreenCine Daily — Gus Van Sant's Milk premieres tonight at the Castro Theater in San Francisco. The Hollywood Reporter's Steven Zeitchik thinks Focus Features is "hiding it" and lays out a few possible reasons. Meanwhile, Shawn Levy points to Borys Kit's story in the Hollywood Reporter on Fox Searchlight picking up Van Sant and Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black's next project, an adaptation of Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Related online viewing. ...

‘Milk’ Receives Rave Reviews
Just Jared — ... Milk opens on November 26 in limited release and December 5 wide. For more info, visit the MilkTheMovie.com. ...

SFBG. Milk.
GreenCine Daily — "Would Milk, the movie, have helped defeat Prop 8?" asks San Francisco Bay Guardian editor Tim Redmond in a special issue devoted to the film and the political legacy of Harvey Milk. "Nobody knows. But the movie is inspirational, and with any luck will carry the message of Milk's life to the masses." "Pair an effusive and extroverted, larger-than-life politico like Harvey Milk - complete with community-forging charisma, panoramic outlook, and labyrinthine City Hall machinations - with a reserved, ...

Milk Cast Spills: Penn Calls Prop 8 "Manslaughter"
Gothamist — ... Gus Van Sant’s new film Milk tells the story of Harvey Milk, who in 1977 became the first openly gay man to be elected to a major public office in the United States, only to be assassinated within his first year of serving on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. At turns tragic and exhilarating, the film chronicles the last eight years of Milk’s life (played by Sean Penn), when he worked on campaigns for public office and the protection of gay employees. ...

Milk, round 2.
GreenCine Daily — "While not up there in the annals of transformation with Robert De Niro's poundage or Daniel Day-Lewis's palsy, Sean Penn's smile lines in Milk are a wonder," writes David Edelstein in New York. "They're not crinkles, they're furrows; they seem to stretch all the way down to his soul. As the gay activist Harvey Milk, who was shot to death in 1978 along with the San Francisco mayor, George Moscone, the volatile Penn is unprecedentedly giddy. There's anger in his Milk, but it never festers - it's ...

New in Theaters: Dec. 5, 2008
Film Gecko — ... In 1977, three years after the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency, Richard Nixon (Frank Langella) selects British TV personality David Frost (Michael Sheen) to conduct a one-on-one interview.[Gecko Preview] [Official Site] Milk. In 1977, Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay man to be voted into public office in America. [Gecko Preview] [Official Site] Image: Punisher: War Zone, Lionsgate, 2008 Tags: cadillac ...

Contest: Milk giveaway
The Blemish — ... Milk is in limited release right now but is set to go wide on December 12. It stars Sean Penn and James Franco and has opened to a lot of hype. If all this is news to you, get out from under your rock and read about it. ...

Lists and awards, 12/9.
GreenCine Daily — "Milk and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button tied with eight nominations apiece in the 14th Broadcast Film Critics Association's Critics Choice Awards." Dade Hayes has the full list at Variety. MCN's "Awards Watch" is beginning to pick up speed. Continued reading Lists and awards, 12/9.... Comments (0) Comments on this Entry:

New York Film Critics' Circle. Awards.
GreenCine Daily — The New York Film Critics' Circle has been posting the results of their voting as they move from category to category; hyper obsessives may have spent the last hour or two constantly refreshing this page, while laid back obsessives browse past winners, clicking all the way back to 1935. At any rate, we now have this year's winners: Milk wins Best Picture and Best Actor (Sean Penn); Happy-Go-Lucky's fared well, too, picking up Best Director (Mike Leigh) and Best Actress (Sally ...

2008 Golden Globe Nominees - Films - Best Actor Drama
movieEVERYday.com — ... (click to purchase pic/poster) SEAN PENN – MILK • official web site • trailer / preview (click to purchase pic/poster) BRAD PITT ...

MOVIE REVIEW: Milk
Home — ... A towering performance by Penn who doesn t coax and shroud around Harvey an abundance of heroic feats, but decides to tone it down a bit to make Harvey a very human, sympathetic and courageous character. It comes down to Van Sant and his inability to breed a solid emotional impact. Milk is a rollercoaster of a movie containing scenes of so many different emotions that the film looses steam because it doesn t know what way to go or what jugular to strike. [image] Official [ Movie Site ] busy ...

SAG. Nominations.
GreenCine Daily — ... of the Screen Actors Guild recently took a short break from calling for the replacement of their union's leadership to vote on those which they felt were the year's best performances," writes Lane Brown, who's got the full list at Vulture. "SAG's awards are typically a more accurate Oscar predictor than most of the other meaningless ones you've been hearing about lately." Doubt leads with five nominations; Milk and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button follow with three each. ...

15th SAG Award Nominees - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
movieEVERYday.com — ... (click to purchase pic/poster) SEAN PENN / Harvey Milk - "MILK" (Focus Features) • official web site • trailer / preview (click to purchase ...

15th SAG Award Nominees - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
movieEVERYday.com — ... (click to purchase pic/poster) JOSH BROLIN / Dan White - "MILK" (Focus Features) • official web site • trailer / preview (click to ...

15th SAG Award Nominees - Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
movieEVERYday.com — ... (click to purchase pic/poster) MILK (Focus Features) • official web site • trailer / preview (click to purchase pic/poster) ...

Contest: Milk giveaway
The Blemish — ... Milk is in limited release right now but is set to go wide on December 12. It stars Sean Penn and James Francoe. If all this is news to you, get out from under your rock and read about it. Continue reading to find out how to win. ...

Milk (2008) - New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day - Sean Penn is Harvey Milk
Cinema is Dope — ... mountain he has been building with his voice has now been reached and casting Sean Penn who turns in such a remarkable performance adds greatly to the charm and power of this film. Related Coverage: ::: Previous Sean Penn Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope) Image Source: Official still used in the original international release of the film. Related Links: ::: Official Site ::: IMDb Profile

The First Bullet (Milk)
Last Night with Riviera — ... Milk is currently out in the US. It is out in the UK January 23rd and in Australia January 29th.