The Times of Harvey Milk
A true twentieth-century trailblazer, Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world. The Oscar-winning The Times of Harvey Milk, directed by Robert Epstein and produced by Richard Schmiechen, was as groundbreaking as its subject. One of the first feature documentaries to address gay life in America, it’s a work of advocacy itself, bringing Milk’s message of hope and equality to a wider audience. This exhilarating trove of original documentary material and archival footage is as much a vivid portrait of a time and place (San Francisco’s historic Castro District in the seventies) as a testament to the legacy of a political visionary.
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- Director-approved digital transfer, from the UCLA Film and Television Archive restoration, with DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray
- Audio commentary featuring director Robert Epstein, coeditor Deborah Hoffmann, and photographer Daniel Nicoletta
- Interview clips not used in the film
- New interview with documentary filmmaker Jon Else
- New program about The Times of Harvey Milk and Gus Van Sant’s Milk, featuring Epstein, Van Sant, actor James Franco, and Milk friends Cleve Jones, Anne Kronenberg, and Nicoletta
- Rare collection of audio and video recordings of Milk
- Excerpts from Epstein’s research tapes, featuring Milk partner Scott Smith
- Footage from the film’s Castro Theatre premiere and the 1984 Academy Awards
- Panel discussion on Supervisor Dan White’s trial
- Excerpts from the twenty-fifth anniversary commemoration of Milk’s and Mayor George Moscone’s assassinations
- Original theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic B. Ruby Rich, a tribute by Milk’s nephew Stuart Milk, and a piece on the film’s restoration by UCLA’s Ross Lipman
New cover by F. Ron Miller
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- Director-approved digital transfer, from the UCLA Film and Television Archive restoration, with DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray
- Audio commentary featuring director Robert Epstein, coeditor Deborah Hoffmann, and photographer Daniel Nicoletta
- Interview clips not used in the film
- New interview with documentary filmmaker Jon Else
- New program about The Times of Harvey Milk and Gus Van Sant’s Milk, featuring Epstein, Van Sant, actor James Franco, and Milk friends Cleve Jones, Anne Kronenberg, and Nicoletta
- Rare collection of audio and video recordings of Milk
- Excerpts from Epstein’s research tapes, featuring Milk partner Scott Smith
- Footage from the film’s Castro Theatre premiere and the 1984 Academy Awards
- Panel discussion on Supervisor Dan White’s trial
- Excerpts from the twenty-fifth anniversary commemoration of Milk’s and Mayor George Moscone’s assassinations
- Original theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic B. Ruby Rich, a tribute by Milk’s nephew Stuart Milk, and a piece on the film’s restoration by UCLA’s Ross Lipman
New cover by F. Ron Miller
Cast
- Harvey Milk
- San Francisco supervisor
- George Moscone
- Mayor, City of San Francisco
- Anne Kronenberg
- City hall aide to Milk
- Tory Hartmann
- Political consultant
- Tom Ammiano
- Schoolteacher
- Jim Elliot
- Auto machinist
- Henry Der
- Executive director, Chinese for Affirmative Action
- Jeannine Yeomans
- TV reporter
- Dan White
- San Francisco supervisor
- Bill Kraus
- Gay activist
- John Briggs
- Senator, author of Proposition 6
- Sally M. Gearhart
- Speech professor
- Dianne Feinstein
- President, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Credits
- Producer
- Richard Schmiechen
- Director
- Robert Epstein
- Editors
- Deborah Hoffmann
- Editors
- Robert Epstein
- Associate producer
- Gregory W. Bex
- Assistant editor
- Thomas O’Shea
- Original music composed and performed by
- Mark Isham
- Cinematographer
- Frances Reid
- Sound recordist
- Dan Gleich
- Narration writers
- Judith Coburn
- Narration writers
- Carter Wilson
- Narrator
- Harvey Fierstein
- Photo research
- Wendy Zheutlin
- Print media archivist
- Robert Hawk
- Title design
- Michael McNeil
- Sound editor
- John Benson
- Sound mixer
- Lee Dichter/Sound One
- Additional camera
- Emiko Omori
- Additional camera
- Arthur Bressan Jr.
- Additional camera
- Peter Adair
- Additional camera
- Jon Else
- Additional camera
- Robert Epstein
- Additional sound
- Sarah Chin
- Additional sound
- Elizabeth Stevens
- Additional sound
- Michael Levin
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