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Six New Clips From Gus Van Sant's 'Milk'

17 November 2008 8:03 PM, PST | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

In anticipation of "Milk" limited release in late November, Focus Features have brought forward a series of clips. Exposing many fresh footage from the biopic movie about the gay-rights icon Harvey Milk who was tragically murdered a year after he was elected to public office, the snippets present cut-out scenes from Harvey's 48th birthday celebration to the time he brings Anne Kronenberg to his campaign team.

Highlighting on tagline "His life changed history, his courage changed lives", "Milk" chronicles the last eight years on the life of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be voted into public office in America. Teaming up talented actors that include Sean Penn, James Franco, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch and Diego Luna, it focuses on the later life, political career, and assassination of the San Francisco city supervisor and gay rights activist.

This biopic drama comes from the Academy Award-nominated director Gus Van Sant.

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Harvey Milk Rallying for Support in New 'Milk' Clip

5 November 2008 8:25 PM, PST | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

While the sense of change is still thick in the air following the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, a brand new clip of drama biopic "Milk" has been sent out by Focus Features. Highlighting the fact written in the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal, Harvey Milk rallied for support from his fellow Americans to break down barriers and bring positive changes to the nation.

Chronicling the last eight years on the life of the first openly gay man to be voted into public office in America, "Milk" comes from Academy Award-nominated director Gus Van Sant and focuses on the later life, political career, and assassination of the San Francisco city supervisor and gay rights activist. It is filmed using the original screenplay by Dustin Lance Black.

Teaming up talented actors that include Sean Penn, James Franco, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch and Diego Luna,

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Appaloosa Cast Interview

14 September 2008 8:00 PM, PDT | From MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news

MoviesOnline sat down with Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renee Zellweger, Jeremy Irons, Michael London, and Robert Knott at the Toronto International Film Festival to talk about their new Western, “Appaloosa,” directed by Harris from a screenplay by Knott & Harris based on the novel by Robert B. Parker. Set in 1882 in the Old West territory of New Mexico, “Appaloosa” revolves around city marshal Virgil Cole (Harris) and his deputy and partner Everett Hitch (Mortensen), who have made their reputation as peacekeepers in the lawless towns springing up in the untamed...

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Harris A Gunslinger

4 September 2008 11:19 PM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news

Toronto - When Ed Harris was at the Toronto International Film Festival promoting "A History of Violence" three years ago, he gave co-star Viggo Mortensen a book. It was "Appaloosa," a Western by crime writer Robert B. Parker that Harris had chosen as his second feature as a director, after the acclaimed biopic "Pollock."

Even with the popular Mortensen on board, Harris said it was difficult lining up the bare-bones $20 million budget necessary for the project.

"It was a bit of a tough sell,

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By LOU LUMENICK

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Gus Van Sant's 'Milk' Welcomes First Trailer

3 September 2008 8:59 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

Focus Features have just released the first trailer of "Milk". Reeling in the first glimpses into their based-on-true-story feature film, the trailer is made in line of its tagline, "His life changed history, his courage changed lives". By that it means that the footage focuses on some of the main conflicts of the film, especially the social climate in late '70s.

Providing viewers also with Harvey Milk's conflict with city supervisor Dan White and the threats to his life, the trailer let out the performances of Sean Penn as Milk, Josh Brolin as White, Emile Hirsch as Cleve Jones, James Franco as Scott Smith and Diego Luna as Jack Lira.

From the Academy Award-nominated director Gus Van Sant comes the film about the later life and assassination of San Francisco city supervisor and gay rights activist Harvey Milk. One of two films about Milk, the flick is written by

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Stellar Cast To 'Milk' Gay Rights

4 August 2008 11:32 PM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news

'There's Nothing wrong with being gay, so to deny it is to make a judgment," said actor Keanu Reeves.

We Are on the verge of receiving a movie ti tled "Milk." It will open on Oct. 29 in the Castro District of San Francisco, with a great cast playing the roles of the real-life protagonists in the story of the late Harvey Milk.

In case you've forgotten, Milk was the first openly gay city supervisor of San Francisco. He was assassinated, along with Mayor George Moscone, in 1978, becoming a

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By LIZ SMITH

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