Hollywood icon Sean Penn's most celebrated performance is a film fundraiser for Relay for Life this Friday night in Port Fairy.
Milk chronicles the true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to public office in the United States. San Fransisco in the 1970s is a gay civil rights flashpoint, and Milk, who runs a camera shop, becomes an unlikely poster boy for progress.
Director Gus Van Sant (My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting, Elephant) uses a mix of archival footage with intensely dramatic sequences to build a film worthy of both the subject and the gifted actor at the centre.
Josh Brolin plays his second misunderstood villain of the year - depending on where George W. Bush sits in your esteem - and has been lauded for his portrayal as Milk's disaffected colleague.
"I think it’s one of Sean Penn’s great performances," said David Stratton of ABC1's At the Movies. "I think in this he really lives - inhabits the role of Harvey Milk, who was such an interesting character anyway. Five stars."
"Quite simply, Milk is an unmissable film about a man who energised a movement," said Colin Fraser of FilmInk.
"The film is dedicated to Milk's memory, but it's Penn that most of us will remember," wrote Evan Williams in The Australian.
Milk screens this Friday 1st May at 7.30pm at Port Fairy Cinema in Bank Street. Tickets available at the door or phone 55628961.
Milk chronicles the true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to public office in the United States. San Fransisco in the 1970s is a gay civil rights flashpoint, and Milk, who runs a camera shop, becomes an unlikely poster boy for progress.
Director Gus Van Sant (My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting, Elephant) uses a mix of archival footage with intensely dramatic sequences to build a film worthy of both the subject and the gifted actor at the centre.
Josh Brolin plays his second misunderstood villain of the year - depending on where George W. Bush sits in your esteem - and has been lauded for his portrayal as Milk's disaffected colleague.
"I think it’s one of Sean Penn’s great performances," said David Stratton of ABC1's At the Movies. "I think in this he really lives - inhabits the role of Harvey Milk, who was such an interesting character anyway. Five stars."
"Quite simply, Milk is an unmissable film about a man who energised a movement," said Colin Fraser of FilmInk.
"The film is dedicated to Milk's memory, but it's Penn that most of us will remember," wrote Evan Williams in The Australian.
Milk screens this Friday 1st May at 7.30pm at Port Fairy Cinema in Bank Street. Tickets available at the door or phone 55628961.
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