Milk
(DVD) 

Biographical docudrama.

Title from opening frames.

"Focus Features presents" --At head of title.

Special features: deleted scenes; remembering Harvey; Hollywood comes to San Francisco; marching for Equality.

"Based on the true story" --Container.

Director of photography, Harris Savides ; editor, Elliot Graham ; music, Danny Elfman ; costume designer, Danny Glicker ; production designer, Bill Groom.

Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco, Alison Pill, Victor Garber, Denis O'Hare, Stephen Spinella.

His life changed history, his courage changed lives. Harvey Milk is a middle-aged New Yorker who, after moving to San Francisco, becomes a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he is elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977, the first openly-gay man to be elected to public office in the United States. The following year, both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, are shot to death by former city supervisor, Dan White, who blames his former colleagues for denying White's attempt to rescind his resignation from the board. Based on the true story of Harvey Milk.

DVD format, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer, NTSC.

Dialogue in English with optional soundtrack in French, and with optional French, Spanish ; Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

Academy Awards, 2009: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Penn); Best Original Screenplay.