| Edition |
20th anniversary collector's ed. |
| Description |
2 DVD's (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
|
optical |
|
mono |
|
Dolby digital 2.0 |
|
video file |
|
DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono. |
| Performer |
Harvey Milk, Anne Kronenberg, Tory Hartmann, Tom Ammiano, Jim Elliot, Henry Der, Jeannine Yeomans, Bill Kraus, Sally M. Gearhart. |
|
Narrated by Harvey Fierstein. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Frances Reid ; editors, Rob Epstein, Deborah Hoffman ; music, Mark Isham ; production designer, Michael McNeil. |
| Note |
Originally aired as a television documentary in 1984. |
| Summary |
Documents the life, career, and assassination of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person elected to public office in San Francisco. Milk was shot to death, along with mayor George Moscone, by city supervisor Dan White on Nov. 22, 1978; White was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and was paroled in 1985. Examines Milk's life leading up to his assassination, his successful efforts to politically represent San Francisco's gay community, and the city's reaction to the assassinations through extensive news footage and personal recollections. |
| Note |
Special features: disk 1: commentary with Rob Epstein, Deborah Hoffman, and Daniel Nicoletta. disk 2: outtakes featurette: Harvey speaks out; Academy Award's presentation 1985; San Francisco premiere - Castro Theatre; Rob Epstein and Tom Ammiano at the Director's Guild Los Angeles; Dan White update; alternate ending; 1st anniversary: Mayor Dianne Feinstein; 25th anniversary: Harry Britt: Harvey Milk's appointed successor; Chris Moscone, George Moscone's son; The Dan White case revisited; Stuart Milk, Harvey Milk's nephew; candlelight memorial; filmmaker's photo gallery; theatrical trailer. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: not rated. |
| Subject |
Milk, Harvey.
|
|
Milk, Harvey. |
|
Gay politicians -- California -- San Francisco.
|
|
Gay politicians. |
|
California -- San Francisco. |
|
Assassination -- California -- San Francisco.
|
|
Assassination. |
|
Gay men -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography.
|
|
Gay men. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
|
| Subject |
Gay liberation movement -- United States.
|
|
Gay liberation movement. |
|
United States. |
|
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Politics and government.
|
| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
|
|
Documentary films.
|
|
Video recordings.
|
|
Video recordings.
|
| Subject |
Gay politicians. |
|
Gay men. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
|
| Added Author |
Epstein, Robert P., 1955-
|
|
Milk, Harvey.
|
|
Kronenberg, Anne.
|
|
Hartmann, Tory.
|
|
Ammiano, Tom.
|
|
Elliot, Jim.
|
|
Der, Henry.
|
|
Yeomans, Jeannine.
|
|
Kraus, Bill, 1947-1986.
|
|
Gearhart, Sally Miller, 1931-2021.
|
|
Fierstein, Harvey, 1952-
|
|
Black Sand Productions.
|
|
New Yorker Video (Firm)
|
| ISBN |
1567303501 |
|
9781567303506 |
| Standard No. |
717119922443 |
| Music No. |
NYV92204 New Yorker Video |
|
