#557: EPSTEIN, Robert: The Times Of Harvey Milk (1984)
EPSTEIN, Robert (United States)
The Times Of Harvey Milk [1984]
Spine #557
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
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.
88 minutes
Color
Color
2.0 Surround
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2011
Director/Writers
Narration written by Judith Coburn and Carter Wilson.
Robert Epstein was 29 when he directed The Times of Harvey Milk.
The Film
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Thirty-two page booklet featuring an 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.
Commentary
Featuring director Epstein, coeditor Deborah Hoffmann, and photographer Daniel Nicoletta.
Interview clips
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Thirty-two page booklet featuring an 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.
Commentary
Featuring director Epstein, coeditor Deborah Hoffmann, and photographer Daniel Nicoletta.
Interview clips
Not used in the film.
Interview
Interview
With documentary filmmaker Jon Else.
Program
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
Rare collection
Of audio and video recordings of Milk.
Excerpts 1
Excerpts 1
From Epstein’s research tapes featuring Milk partner Scott Smith.
Footage
Footage
From the film’s Castro Theatre premiere and the 1984 Academy Awards.
Panel discussion
On Supervisor Dan White’s trial.
Excerpts 2
From the twenty-fifth anniversary commemoration of Milk’s and Mayor George Moscone’s assassinations.
Original theatrical trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
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