I Am Milk Trailer

Milk is the new film from Gus Van Sant about Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to public office as a city supervisor in San Francisco. He was also murdered (natch, America is #1!) by a fellow city supervisor (un-natch, WHUUUT?). Trailer, you guys:

I like Gus Van Sant and I think that this movie looks interesting and that Harvey Milk's story is one that definitely deserves to actually be told (sorry, Ray. You are bullshit) but I can't shake the painful and distracting echoes of I Am Sam in Sean Penn's performance. He likes to hear the homosexual community read, because it makes him happy, it makes him happy when the homosexual community reads. Yikes. He should win some kind of lifetime achievement Oscar for all the hard work he's done trying to get one. A Special Oscar if you will.

Posted by Gabe at 4:45 PM in Trailer
Tags: Gus Van Sant | Homophobia | Homosexuality | James Franco | Josh Brolin | Milk | Sean Penn

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This movie should win an award for unflattering period hairstyles.

Is the Dan White trial part of the film?

Posted by: Scott at 09/03/08 4:52 PM | Reply
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I wouldn't even see this celluloid monstrosity if Blaine Edwards and Antoine Merriweather gave it two snaps up. I can't wait for thirty years from now when the Republicans start making outsider art about how hard it was to be hated. That's full circle like a Terry Silver roundhouse kick.

Posted by: Joe at 09/03/08 5:25 PM | Reply
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I think this echoes "All the King's Men" more than "I am Sam"

at least Brolin looks tough

Posted by: not twice at 09/03/08 8:47 PM | Reply
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Right, because Ray Charles' story didn't deserve to be told. More baseless douchebaggery from Gabe!

Posted by: lala at 09/03/08 10:56 PM | Reply
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gabe has a point, in that i can guarantee you that there were more people who knew about ray charles and at least a small amount of his life story (pre-'ray') than there are people who currently know about harvey milk and dan white and the twinkie defense...who aren't from the san francisco bay area.

unless that wasn't gabe' point.

Posted by: mr susan at 09/04/08 4:13 AM | Reply
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Isn't this the case that raised the now legendary "Twinkie Defense"?
http://www.worleygig.com

Posted by: Rezpect at 09/04/08 8:37 AM | Reply
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Just netflix the life and times of harvey milk, narrated by the life and times of harvey feirstein. (SP?) that shit is good.

Posted by: trevormail at 09/04/08 8:41 AM | Reply
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Diego Luna and James Franco...that is one hot homosexual community

Posted by: Captain Needa at 09/04/08 11:38 AM | Reply
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