Information
| Year: | 2008 |
| Rating: | 7.9(47806) |
| Listed in: | Biography, Drama |
| Directed by: | Gus Van Sant |
| Actors: | Sean Penn Emile Hirsch Josh Brolin Diego Luna James Franco Alison Pill |
| "His life changed history. His courage changed lives." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Gus Van Sant | |
| Actors | |
| Sean Penn | as Harvey Milk |
| Emile Hirsch | as Cleve Jones |
| Josh Brolin | as Dan White |
| Diego Luna | as Jack Lira |
| James Franco | as Scott Smith |
| Victor Garber | as Mayor George Moscone |
| Denis O'Hare | as State Senator John Briggs |
| Joseph Cross | as Dick Pabich |
| Stephen Spinella | as Rick Stokes |
| Lucas Grabeel | as Danny Nicoletta |
| Brandon Boyce | as Jim Rivaldo |
| Howard Rosenman | as David Goodstein |
| Kelvin Yu | as Michael Wong |
| Jeff Koons | as Art Agnos |
| Ted Jan Roberts | as Dennis Peron |
| Boyd Holbrook | as Denton Smith |
| Frank M. Robinson | as Himself |
| Allan Baird | as Himself |
| Tom Ammiano | as Himself |
| Steven Wiig | as McConnely |
| Kelvin Han Yee | as Gordon Lau |
| Robert Chimento | as Phil Burton |
| Daniel Landroche | as Young Teen |
| Trace Webb | as Boy with Flier |
| Scott Patrick Green | as House Boy |
| Roman Alcides | as City Hall Engineer |
| Robert George Nelson | as San Francisco Cop No.1 |
| Brian Danker | as San Francisco Cop No.2 |
| Richard Gross | as Riot Cop |
| Borzin Mottaghian | as Senator Briggs' Driver |
| Brian Yates Sharber | as Gay Man |
| Cully Fredricksen | as Assistant Sheriff |
| Mark Martinez | as Sylvester |
| Danny Glicker | as Customer |
| Joe Meyers | as Opera Performer - Spoletta |
| Dominic Sahagun | as Another Protester |
| William McElroy | as Barber |
| Joey Hoeber | as Union Man |
| Mark E. Stanger | as Priest |
| Christopher Greene | as Reporter |
| Jesse Caldwell | as Chamber Clerk |
| Paul Arnold | as Supervisor #1 |
| Jack Dunston | as Supervisor #2 |
| Ron Gruetter | as Supervisor #3 |
| Tony R. Vella | as Supervisor #5 |
| William M. Verducci | as Supervisor #6 |
| Gilbert Baker | as Telephone Tree #1 |
| Shavi Blake | as Telephone Tree #2 |
| Brent Corrigan | as Telephone Tree #3 |
| Draco Dewar | as Telephone Tree #4 |
| Dave Franco | as Telephone Tree #5 |
| Olen Holm | as Telephone Tree #7 |
| Elias McConnell | as Telephone Tree #8 |
| Tom Ramdol | as Telephone Tree #9 |
| Cleve Jones | as Don Amador |
| John Parson | as Castro Man |
| Jay Kerzner | as Speaker |
| Roger Groh | as Reporter |
| Dustin Lance Black | as Castro Clone |
| Drew Kuhse | as Pizza Delivery Man |
| Eric Cook | as Robert Hillsborough |
| Matt Austin | as Campaign Messenger |
| John Douglas Ayers | as Castro Local |
| Matthew Bridges | as Birthday Party Goer |
| Tom Brokaw | as Himself |
| Greg Cala | as Senator Briggs' Aide |
| Jimmy Carter | as Himself |
| Cabran E. Chamberlain | as Riot Cop |
| Peaches Christ | as Peaches Christ |
| John Clerkin | as Castro Guy |
| Brad Comfort | as Castro Clone |
| Walter Cronkite | as Himself |
| Zachary Culbertson | as Bill Kraus |
| Patrick Engler | as Law Student |
| William H. Frey III | as Castro Man |
| Álex González | |
| Blake Griffin | as Castro Man |
| Tim Halpin | as SFPD Motor Cop |
| Daryl Anthony Harper | as Campaign Volunteer |
| David Alan Hodges | as Castro Guy |
| Peter Jason | as Alan Baird |
| Allan Lazo | as Castro Man |
| Derek Lux | as Goodstein Aide |
| Harvey Milk | as Himself |
| Roger Mudd | as Himself |
| Kenny New | as SFPD Riot Cop |
| Logan Petrin | as Birthday Party Relative |
| John Prudhont | as Sergeant at Arms |
| Ronald Reagan | as Himself |
| Corbett Redford | as Teamster |
| Jeff Redlick | as Teamster |
| Timothy Roberts | as Godfather |
| Christopher Sugarman | as Don's Friend |
| Jeremiah Turner | as Law Student |
| Brian Vowell | as Castro Clone |
| Steve Wharton | as Law Student |
| Amron Paul Yuwono | as Castro Man |
| Actresses | |
| Alison Pill | as Anne Kronenberg |
| Carol Ruth Silver | as Thelma |
| Hope Tuck | as Mary Anne White |
| Ashlee Temple | as Dianne Feinstein |
| Wendy Tremont King | as Carol Ruth Silver |
| Ginabel Machado | as Lily |
| Velina Brown | as Morning Show Host |
| Mary Dilts | as Channel 5 Reporter |
| Camron Palmer | as Medora Paine |
| Catherine Cook | as Opera Performer - Tosca |
| Awele Makeba | as Supervisor #4 |
| Lynn McRee | as Moscone's Secretary |
| Kristen Marie Holly | as Anne's Friend |
| Sandi Ippolito | as Relative |
| Maggie Weiland | as Girl on Motorcycle |
| Harmony Blossom | as Law Student |
| Anita Bryant | as Herself |
| Leesha Davis | as Hippie Girl |
| Maddie Eisler | as Birthday Party Relative |
| Yeena Fisher | as Teacher |
| Stacie Hovland | as Hippy |
| Shaun Landry | as Gwenn Craig |
| Yoli Mapp | as Law Student |
| Jill Maragos | as Tory Hartmann |
| Lin Shukla | as Passenger |
| Toni Staniewicz | as Law Student #2 |
| April Vancelette | as Hippy |
| Cindy Warner | as Irish Local/PTA Member/Candlelight Marcher |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | 21 January 2008 - 19 March 2008 |
| Budget: | USD 20,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 7,590,976 USD (14 December 2008) UK - 336,027 GBP (25 January 2009) Philippines - 705,525 PHP (15 February 2009) |
| Plot: | Upon moving to San Francisco from New York City in 1972, forty year old Harvey Milk gains focus in his life as a gay activist in the city's Castro district. Gay rights activism turns to political activism as Milk decides he can be a more effective voice for the gay community as a politician, elected or not. Through several elections and losses both for a city seat and a state assembly seat, Milk becomes the first openly gay man in the United States to be elected to political office when he wins a San Francisco supervisor seat in 1977. His many political battlefronts include one with the national anti-gay Save the Children crusade, led and fronted by singer Anita Bryant. Closer to home, Milk has a continuing struggle with his fellow supervisor, Dan White , a staunch social conservative. |
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"Wake Up, San Francisco" Written by Robert Hackl (as Bob Hackl) & Ken Stange Performed by Sourcerer "Takin' My Time" Written by Robert Hackl (as Bob Hackl) & Ken Stange Performed by Victoria Hamilton "Everyday People" Performed by Sly and the Family Stone "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" Performed by Sylvester Written by Sylvester and James Wirrick "Queen Bitch" Written and Performed by David Bowie "Over the Rainbow" Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg Music by Harold Arlen Sung by Judy Garland |
Goofs
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DATE: As marchers leave the Castro and pull the trolley pole off a PCC streetcar, it has the destination sign "F Market". The F-Market line was not put into operation by SF Muni until September 1, 1995 as a tourist line between the Castro and the Embarcadero. DATE: When Harvey Milk moves from New York City to San Francisco, a shot of Highway 280 shows the modern freeway signs (bright green, with exit numbers) instead of the 1970s versions of the signs (darker green, no exit numbers). Continuity: During one of the elections, the characters discuss losing Imperial County and marking it on the wall board only after we'd seen the shot of them already marking it. CHAR: Late in the movie, while making a speech Harvey quotes the saying on the Statue of Liberty as being, in part, "Your huddled masses yearning to be free". The actual quote is: "Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free". Fact errors: At the end of the film the title cards claim that Dan White's lawyers claimed that his consumption of junk food had caused a chemical imbalance in his brain. In reality, White's lawyers claimed that his massive consumption of junk food was a symptom, not a cause, of his depression. Psychologists employed by White's defense argued that he was clinically depressed, and pointed to several changes in behavior, among them the consumption of mass quantities of junk food. One of these psychologists claimed, as an aside, that the food may have contributed to White's mood swings, but it was never claimed that they caused his mental problems. DATE: During rally scenes in the San Francisco Civic Center, the old and new San Francisco Public Library buildings are visible in the background. The Pei Cobb Freed designed New Main Branch Library was not built until 1995 FAIR: SPOILER: Dan White fires seven shots: Three to Moscone and four to Milk. The numbers of shots is accurate and well-documented; what the film doesn't show is White reloading between the murders (one of Prosecution's key issues in attempting to establish premeditation - bringing extra ammo). Continuity: Scott is seen swimming underwater in David Goodstein's pool. In the next shot, his head is out of the water, but his frizzy hair is dry. Continuity: In the scene where Scott leaves Harvey, Scott pets the family dog who is sitting in an easy chair and exits. Immediately after, we see Harvey pacing the room, and the chair is empty. He sits down in the chair opposite a second later, and the dog is back,in the same position as before. Continuity: During Milk's speech in front of City Hall (after he received the threatening postcard) the microphone he uses switches between two different types. DATE: In the scene where Milk and allies dispose of Coors Beer, contemporary Bud Light and Budweiser taps are clearly seen in the bar. CHAR: When Dan White (Josh Brolin) is sitting shirtless looking out the window while contemplating his murderous deed, you can clearly see Josh's tattoo on his right shoulder blade. Dan White did have a tattoo, but it was a shamrock on his arm. DATE: During one of the first scenes in the camera shop, a Kodak cardboard is on the shelf. The Kodak logo is one of the newer logos that was not designed yet in the 1970's. Kodak has changed its corporate logo of the "K" several times. Continuity: When the mayor is about to sign the ordinance, the pen is in his left hand and it's evident from here and later in the movie that he's left-handed. However, when the camera focuses in on him actually signing his name, it's obvious that the signer is right-handed. FAIR: A scene shows Harvey Milk in the opera house during the last act of 'Tosca'. In the next scene (the next day) he says he saw Bidu Sayao (late Brazilian soprano) the night before. While Ms. Sayao never sang the role of 'Tosca', Harvey was actually referring to his date, Bidu Sayao - not anyone on stage. Continuity: When Scott and Harvey are lying in bed together in the beginning of the film, Scott tells Harvey he is going to get fat. The scene is shown again at the end of the film, but this time Scott tells Harvey he is going to be a "fat ass." DATE: During a scene where Harvey Milk and Jack Lira with a group of people stroll down Polk Street in the San Francisco Civic Center, the Civic Center Courthouse building is visible in the left background. In 1978, the San Francisco Superior Court was located on the fourth floor of City Hall. The Civic Center Courthouse designed by Hood Miller Associates and Ross Drulis Architects was not built until late 1997. DATE: In the scene where Harvey Milk mounts a soapbox, in the distance you can see a U.S. Postal Service vehicle that was not manufactured until the late 1980s. It disappears in the next shot of that background - which comes about two sentences later. Fact errors: During the baptism of Dan White's son Charles, there are two godfathers and one godmother. When a child is being baptised in the Roman Catholic faith, they have one godfather and one godmother; having two godparents that are the same gender as the child being baptised (as well as one of the other gender) is typical of a baptism within the Protestant faith. DATE: The Chinese food containers looked like the old standard white ones but were missing the wire handles that would hold them together. Microwavable glued containers didn't exist until fairly recently. DATE: In the bar scene when you see the Bud Light tap is in the background. Bud Light wasn't around until the year 1982. FAIR: While the parking meters on Castro Street were appropriately changed, the more modern painted T-lines (to define each parking space) were not covered up. However, T-lines are visible in 1970s archival footage used in the 1984 documentary "The Times of Harvey Milk". FAIR: At one point, Harvey Milk uses the term "African-American," which didn't come into popular use until the 1980s. Although mostly popularized by the Reverend Jesse Jackson in the early 1980's, the term had been in use since the 1850s. DATE: When Milk is walking the streets gathering support to run for supervisor, in one shot there are cars to the right of the screen that are clearly modern-day, including a black SUV. DATE: In the scene in the camera shop after Harvey has given his speech on the soap box, a red "UNITE HERE" poster is visible. "UNITE HERE" did not join together until 2004. Fact errors: When Harvey and Dan are being interviewed on TV in January 1978, Dan says he's expecting his first child; however, at the baby's christening, which appears to takes place no more than a few weeks after the interview, baby Charles is able to hold his head up. Babies typically become able to hold their heads up when they're around four months old. Also, in real life, Charles White was born in mid-June 1978 - after the contentious vote on the youth campus and after Harvey's forty-eighth birthday in May. (Despite the fact that Dan's grudge against Harvey developed before Charles's birth, Harvey was still invited to the christening.) Fact errors: In the beginning, as Harvey Milk begins to record his message, the screen clearly indicates that it is 1978. Harvey says, "Friday, November 18." November 18, 1978 was on a Saturday, not a Friday. Fact errors: The site of the Milk/Briggs debate is incorrectly identified as a school within the Walnut Creek Unified School District. The debate did take place in the city of Walnut Creek, at Northgate High School. Northgate High School was and still is part of the Mount Diablo Unified School District. Fact errors: The characters refer several times to The Advocate as a magazine, but in the 1970s it was a tabloid newspaper. It didn't become a magazine until 1992. |
Quotes
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[from trailer] Harvey Milk: Without hope, life's not worth living. [from trailer] Harvey Milk: All men are created equal. No matter how hard you try, you can never erase those words. Dan White: Society can't exist without the family. Harvey Milk: We're not against that. Dan White: Can two men reproduce? Harvey Milk: No, but God knows we keep trying. Scott Smith: Are you on uppers or something? Harvey Milk: No, this is just plain old me. Harvey Milk: [to Cleve Jones] You're going to meet the most extraordinary men, the sexiest, brightest, funniest men, and you're going to fall in love with so many of them, and you won't know until the end of your life who your greatest friends were or your greatest love was. Harvey Milk: Okay. First order of business to come out of this office is the city-wide gay rights ordinance, just like the one that Anita shot down in Dade County. What do you think, Lotus Blossom? Michael Wong: I think it's good. It's not great. Harvey Milk: Okay, so make it brilliant. We want Anita's attention here, in San Francisco. I wanted to bring her fight to us. We need a unanimous vote - we need headlines. Jim Rivaldo: Dan White is not going to vote for this. Harvey Milk: Dan White'll be fine, Dan White is just uneducated. We'll teach him. Dan White: [suddenly appearing in the doorway] Hey, Harv! Committee meets at nine-thirty. [to everyone else] Hi, you guys. [to Harvey] Um, say, did you get the invitation to my son's christening? I invited a few of the other supes too. Harvey Milk: Oh, well, I'll be there! Dan White: Great! Thanks. [waves at everyone and leaves] Dick Pabich: Did he hear you? Jim Rivaldo: What the fuck? Anne Kronenberg: Are you going? Harvey Milk: I would let him christen me if it means he's gonna vote for the gay rights ordinance. Jim Rivaldo: [as Harvey is talking] I think he can hear you. Jesus. Harvey Milk: We need allies. Dick Pabich: I don't think he heard you. Cleve Jones: Is it just me or is he cute? Scott Smith: [Harvey and Scott are finally sitting down to dinner] Don't say ANYTHING. Harvey Milk: [tucks his napkin under the collar of his shirt, eats a bite] Can I just tell you... Scott Smith: If you say anything, about politics, or the campaign, or what speech you have to give, or anything, I swear to God I'm gonna stab you with this fork. Harvey Milk: I just wanted to say... that this is the most wonderful dinner I have ever had. [Both start laughing] If we lose this, it'll just be you and me again, I promise. Harvey Milk: My name is Harvey Milk and I'm here to recruit you! Harvey Milk: A homosexual with power... that's scary. State Senator John Briggs: It's time to root them out. Tom Ammiano: And how are you going to determine who's a homosexual? State Senator John Briggs: My bill outlines procedures for identifying homosexuals. Tom Ammiano: How? Will you be sucking them off? Dan White: Dan White's got an issue! Dan White: [extremely drunk, to Jack Lira] Whatever! I don't even know who you are, you just showed up out of nowhere, Latino man. Jack Lira: I love you. I love you. Harvey Milk: Do you even remember my name? Jack Lira: [laughs softly] No. Harvey Milk: Harvey. I'm Harvey. Jack Lira: Harvey. I love you. Harvey Milk: If it were true that children emulate their teachers, we'd have a lot more nuns running around. Cleve Jones: Anita! You liar! We'll set your hair on fire! McConnely: There's Man's Law and there's God's Law in this neighborhood. Harvey Milk: Uh huh. McConnely: And in this city. Scott Smith: You know, we pay taxes! McConnely: The San Francisco Police Force is happy to enforce either. Have a good day. [leaves] Harvey Milk: [calling after him] Yeah, thank you for the warm welcome to the neighborhood! [to Scott] Schmuck. Cleve Jones: [about Jack Lira] The new Mrs. Milk. I give it a week. Jim Rivaldo: You replaced Scott with a lesbian? Harvey Milk: Forty years old and I haven't done a thing that I'm proud of. Scott Smith: You keep eating this cake, you're gonna be fat by the time you're fifty. Scott Smith: Looks like you're gonna make it to fifty after all. Harvey Milk: My fellow degenerates... Harvey Milk: Is anyone gonna pay the pizza guy, or are we all just gonna stare? Dick Pabich: Why wouldn't we stare? Harvey Milk: How do you teach homosexuality? Is it like French? Harvey Milk: [Voice Over, Last lines] I ask this... If there should be an assassination, I would hope that five, ten, one hundred, a thousand would rise. I would like to see every gay lawyer, every gay architect come out - - If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door... And that's all. I ask for the movement to continue. Because it's not about personal gain, not about ego, not about power... it's about the "us's" out there. Not only gays, but the Blacks, the Asians, the disabled, the seniors, the us's. Without hope, the us's give up - I know you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living. So you, and you, and you... You gotta give em' hope... you gotta give em' hope. Harvey Milk: [First lines] This is Harvey Milk speaking on Friday November 18th. This is to be played only in the event of my death by assassination. During one of the early campaigns, I started opening my speeches with the same line and it sort of became my signature... Hello, I'm Harvey Milk, and I'm here to recruit you. Harvey Milk: [Scott Smith is heading down the stairs and Harvey tries to make eye contact] Hey, hey... [Scott stops and looks at him] I'm Harvey. Scott Smith: Okay, Harvey... [smiles a little awkwardly] Harvey Milk: Today's my birthday. [Scott laughs] Harvey Milk: No, it actually is my birthday. At midnight. Scott Smith: [still smiling, a little skeptical] Really. Harvey Milk: And, believe it or not, I don't have any plans. [raises one eyebrow as he speaks] Some people took me out after work. Scott Smith: Oh, and that would be, ah, let me guess... Ma Bell or AT&T. Harvey Milk: The Great American Insurance Company. I'm part of that corporate establishment that, let me guess, you think is the cause of all the evil in the world from Vietnam to diaper rash. Scott Smith: You left out bad breath. Scott Smith: [Harvey covers his mouth; both start laughing] Just kidding. [pause] Harvey Milk: You're not going to let me spend my birthday all by myself, are you? Scott Smith: [gently teasing] Listen, Harvey, you're pretty cute, but... I don't date guys over forty. Harvey Milk: Well, then this is my lucky night. Scott Smith: Why's that? Harvey Milk: I'm still thirty-nine... [showing Scott his watch] Harvey Milk: It's only eleven-fifteen. [pauses, leans forward and kisses Scott] Dianne Feinstein: As President of the Board of Supervisors it's my duty to make this announcement: both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed. Harvey Milk: [addressing crowd with bullhorn] I know you're angry! I'm angry! [crowd cheers] Harvey Milk: This is Harvey Milk speaking on Friday November the 18. This is only to be played in the event of my death by assassination. During one of my early campaigns I began to open speeches with a line that became kind of a signature. "My Name is Harvey Milk and I want to recruit you." If I was speaking to a slighly hostile audience, or a mostly straight one, I might break the tension with a joke. "I know, I'm not what you expected, but I left my high heels at home." I fully realize that what I stand for, an activist, a gay activist, makes himself a target for someone who is insecure, terrified, afraid and disturbed themselves. Its a very real possibility you see, because in San Fransisco, we have broken the dam of a major prejudice in this country. Harvey Milk: You know what I think Cleve Jones? Cleve Jones: That you're gonna get somewhere if you keep talking? Harvey Milk: No, I think you should do what you do well- be a prick. But come with us and be a prick. Scott Smith: [reading a threatening note] 'Harvey Milk will have a dream journey and nightmare to hell. A night of horror. He will be stabbed and have your genitals, cock balls and prick cut off.' I'm calling the police. Harvey Milk: They probably wrote it. Look at it this way, if they try to kill me I'll get the sympathy vote, we might get the push we need. Scott Smith: You think this is funny? Look at it! Harvey Milk: It's a total joke. I mean, it's got no rhythm, humor, it's insulting. [tacks it to the refrigerator] Scott Smith: Don't do that. Harvey Milk: If you put it away in a drawer it just gets bigger and scarier. Now it's right here, it can't get us. Harvey Milk: Even though the Castro was firmly our area by 1973 it wasn't safe for us. We would have to wear whistles on our necks or in our pockets and if you ever heard a whistle you would run for help. Harvey Milk: Hey, I like the way your pants fit... Where are you from, kid? Cleve Jones: [laughs] Sorry old man, not interested. Harvey Milk: I'm Harvey Milk. I'm running for Supervisor. What's your name? Cleve Jones: Cleve... Jones. Harvey Milk: Well Mr. Jones, we should walk up to my camera shop and register you. Cleve Jones: Fuck that. Elections of any kind are a fucking bourgeois affectation. Harvey Milk: Is that right? So do you trick up on Polk Street? Cleve Jones: If I need the cash... But I'm selective about my clients. Harvey Milk: Tell me one thing before you get back to work then. What was it like to be a little queer in Phoenix? Did the jocks beat you up? Cleve Jones: I faked a lung disease to get out of PE. So what? What are you, some kind of street shrink? Harvey Milk: Sometimes. Cleve Jones: I went to Spain last month, long story. In Barcelona there was this memorial march for gay people that had died under Franco. Of course, the police tried to break it up, but these queens didn't run, no, they turned around and they started a fucking riot. I saw a bullet, one of those rubber bullets rip through a drag queens scalp, but she kept on fighting; she was screaming, but she kept on fighting. I mean, our lives... There was blood, literally running in the gutter. In a gutter. Harvey Milk: We could have a revolution here. But you can't use the Castro just to cruise. You have to fight. Cleve Jones: You think you'll win? Harvey Milk: Winning isn't my strong suit. Cleve Jones: Well, I don't do losing. Ever. Maybe I should run for office, and you can work for me. I mean, if you can do it... Harvey Milk: Can you assemble a thousand people in an hour? Cleve Jones: Fuck yeah. Harvey Milk: All right, if I run again, you're my man. Polls open in 3 hours. How bout you and I hit the bus stops. Anita Bryant: Tonight the laws of God, and the cultural values of man have been vindicated. The people of Dade County, the Normal majority, have said 'Enough, enough, enough.' Harvey Milk: [answering the phone] Scotty? Paul: I'm sorry, sir. I read about you in the paper. Harvey Milk: I'm sorry, I can't talk right now. Paul: Sir, I think I'm gonna kill myself. Harvey Milk: No, you don't want to do that. Where are you calling from? Paul: Minnesota. Harvey Milk: You saw my picture in the paper in Minnesota? How did I look? Paul: My folks are gonna take me to this place tomorrow. A hospital. To fix me. Harvey Milk: There's nothing wrong with you - listen to me: You just get on a bus, to the nearest big city, to Los Angeles or New York or San Fransisco, it doesn't matter, you just leave. You are not sick, and you are not wrong and God does not hate you. Just leave. Paul: [crying] I can't. I can't walk sir. Cleve Jones: Out of the bar and into the streets! Anita Bryant is coming for you! Harvey Milk: I am here tonight to say that we will no longer sit quietly in the closet. We must fight. And not only in the Castro, not only in San Francisco, but everywhere the Anitas go. Anita Bryant did not win tonight, Anita Bryant brought us together! She is going to create a national gay force! And the young people in Jackson Mississippi, in Minnesota, in the Richmond, in Woodmere New York, who are hearing her on television, hearing Anita Bryant telling them on television that they are sick, they are wrong, there is no place in this great country for them, no place in this world, they are looking to us for something tonight, and I say, we have got to give them hope! Harvey Milk: Gentlemen, Anne Kronenberg - a woman. A woman who likes women, isn't that ususual? Michael Wong: How do you know she's not a plant for Rick Stokes? Anne Kronenberg: Are you guys always this paranoid? Michael Wong: Yes, we take after Harvey. Harvey Milk: Shouldn't you be doing someone's laundry? Michael Wong: Shouldn't you be at a hairdresser's convention? Harvey Milk: [fake scream] Aah! Anne Kronenberg: My girlfriend says you guys don't like women, I'm just asking: Is there a place for us in all this, or are you guys all scared of girls? Harvey Milk: Okay, gentlemen: We've already got a tinkerbell, a lotus blossom, we've got Jim and Dick in their three-piece suits, we need someone to manage things, a woman this time. Plus, she's the right price, and she's got bigger balls than anyone else here. Harvey Milk: Anita Bryant has already said that the Jews and the Muslims are going to hell, so you know she has a shopping list. Anne Kronenberg: [as Harvey prepares to adress a crowd] This came in the mail today. Harvey Milk: [reading] 'You get the first bullet the minute you stand at the microphone.' Well, publicity's working. Anne Kronenberg: You don't have to go up there. Harvey Milk: The whole nation's watching. I have to go. San Francisco Cop: [identifying a body] The fruit was walking home with his trick when they were jumped. Name's Robert Hillsborough. Did you know him? Harvey Milk: He used to come into my shop. Are there any witnesses? San Francisco Cop: Just the trick. Jerry Taylor. Harvey Milk: Jerry wasn't a trick. They were lovers. San Francisco Cop: Call it what you will. He's our only witness and he says he can't identify the attackers. Harvey Milk: There'd be a dozen witnesses if they thought you boys had any real interest in protecting them. Harvey Milk: Not a good time, Don. Paul: This is Paul. Don just gave me the phone. Harvey Milk: Paul who? Paul: You spoke to me on the phone, a year or so ago. I'm in a wheelchair. I'm from Minnesota. Harvey Milk: I thought you were a goner Paul. Paul: When I saw that you won the supervisor seat, I got a friend to put me on a bus to LA. Harvey Milk: Who do you know in Los Angeles? Paul: Nobody. I just didn't want to die anymore. I met your friend Don down here. And I turned 18, and I voted today against prop 6. I don't think I'd be alive right now if it weren't for you. Harvey Milk: If we had someone in the government who saw things the way we see them, the way the black community has black leaders who look out for their interests... Scott Smith: You're gonna run for Supervisor, is that the idea? Harvey Milk: I could go right for mayor, but I think I should work my way up to it... You'll be my campaign manager. Scott Smith: Because I have so much experience in politics. Harvey Milk: Politics is theater. It doesn't matter if you win. You make a statement. You say, 'I'm here, pay attention to me.' Scott Smith: I'm sorry, I pissed in your pool. Michael Wong: A gay candidate against another gay candidate. That's unfortunate. |
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