Freeze Frame: A Snapshot Look at November Movies
By Lisa Collins, Hollywood.com Staff
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Milk
Genre: Political, Drama, Biopic
Release Date: November 26
Cast: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Diego Luna, Alison Pill, Victor Garber
Scoop: The story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk (Sean Penn), a maverick San Francisco Supervisor who was assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone (Victor Garber) by San Francisco Supervisor Dan White (Josh Brolin).
If a Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words, We Say: Here, here -- a toast -- to this much anticipated movie finally arriving after years of struggle to get it onscreen! Super timely in a month where the American political stage just got a full-on courageous make-over, and yet Proposition 8, a gay marriage ban in California just got passed. Harvey would be so energized for his story to emerge right about now! And we'll also boldly sip for Penn's sure-to-come Oscar nom.
Snapshot Prediction: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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