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The Times of Harvey Milk

(1984)

Main Cast Details Awards

Film Information*

Synopsis:
Country:	United States	Genre:	Historical, Documentary, Interview
Running time:	87 mins.
Distributor:	Cinecom International Films, New Yorker Films, Contemporary Films Ltd
Release Date:	11/01/1984	Cumulative Box Office:	$13,561.00

Logline: A documentary of the career and assasination of San Francisco's first elected gay councillor.
The life story of the visionary and charismatic political activist Harvey Milk. Milk was the first openly gay candidate ever elected to political off .....

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Credits*

Director:	Robert Epstein
Producer:	Richard Schmiechen, Inc Earle-Tones Music

Actor	Role
Harvey Milk	Himself
Anne Kronenberg	Herself
Tory Hartmann	Himself
Tom Ammiano	Himself
Henry Der	Himself
Jim Elliot	Himself
Bill Kraus	Himself
Jeannine Yeomans	Herself
Sally Gearhart	Herself

Companies*

Company	Role
American Film Institute	Producer Credit
Black Sand Productions	Production Company
Chicago Resource Center	Producer Credit
Cinecom International Films	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Columbia Foundation	Producer Credit
Contemporary Films Ltd	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Directors Guild of America	Producer Credit
Film Fund	Producer Credit
Funding Exchange	Producer Credit
Harvey Milk Film Project	Production Company
Harvey Milk Fund	Producer Credit
Independent Documentary Fund	Producer Credit
James C Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center	Producer Credit
National Community Funds	Producer Credit
National Endowment For the Arts	Producer Credit
New York State Council On the Arts	Producer Credit
New Yorker Films	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Pioneer Fund	Producer Credit
Playboy Foundation	Producer Credit
Rocky Mountain Film Center Western States Regional Fellowship Program	Producer Credit
Telling Pictures	Producer Credit
Thirteen/WNET	Producer Credit
United Church Board For Homeland Ministries	Producer Credit
Western States Regional Media Arts Fellowships	Producer Credit

Awards*

Winner of the 1985 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Festivals*

Shown at 1984 New York Film Festival.

Shown at 1986 American Film and Video Festival, New York.

Shown at FILMEX: Los Angeles International Film Exposition (Oscar Nominated Shorts and Documentaries) March 14-31, 1985.

Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Sundance Collection/ 2000 restoration) in Park City, Utah Janaury 18-28, 2001.

Release Information*

Release Notes:
Released in Los Angeles November 1984.
Re-released in New York City (Film Forum/ 2000 restoration) September 15-21, 2000.

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