Milk Trivia

1. The character Harvey Milk was portrayed by what actor?

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Answer: Sean Penn

Sean Penn won the 2009 Best Actor Oscar for his role as Harvey Milk. Senn Penn was born in 1960 in Santa Monica, California. He starred in such films as "Mystic River" and "I Am Sam".

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Answer: cream pie

When it was Scott's birthday Harvey prepared dinner for him. Then when Scott came out of the bedroom to see his surprise meal, Harvey smashed a cream pie right in his face. It happened a couple other times through out the film, as well.

From Quiz "Milk" - the Life and Times of Harvey Milk

Answer: Camera shop

Harvey Milk was an amateur photographer and when the store front below their apartment became vacant, they started the camera store. During Harvey's subsequent runs for political office his occupation was listed as 'store owner'.

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Answer: District 5

District 5 consisted of The Castro and its surrounding areas. On Harvey's election posters it said "Harvey Milk Supervisor/5". After three attempts, he was finally elected to the Board of Supervisors. He worked against singer Anita Bryant on the gay rights bill, Prop 6.

From Quiz "Milk" - the Life and Times of Harvey Milk

Answer: San Francisco Board of Supervisors

Milk ran unsuccessfully for the Board of Supervisors twice and also the California Assembly before his 1977 victory. In the film, Milk befriended a young man named Cleve Jones (played by actor Emile Hirsch) during the course of his State Assembly campaign. Jones came to play a key role in Milk's future political endeavors. The movie's end featured an update on each major character including Jones, who originated the AIDS Memorial Quilt which commemorated the lives of more than 40,000 victims of the disease.

From Quiz Milk

Answer: A New York subway station

Harvey was on his way home, and was going to take the subway. He then met Scott on the stairs. They kissed at their first meeting. Harvey then told Scott it was his birthday. Scott said that he did not see men over 40. Harvey luckily was still 39. He would turn 40 at midnight.

From Quiz "Milk" - the Life and Times of Harvey Milk

Answer: Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin stated on television's "The Actor's Studio" that Sean Penn suggested him for the role and that they mirrored the relationship of their characters by not speaking during filming except in their scenes together. Reviews of the film have noted Brolin's uncanny resemblance to the real-life White.

From Quiz Milk

Answer: Dan White

Dan White was a district supervisor. He was the only supervisor to vote against the gay ordinance bill. He also had a wife and kid.

From Quiz "Milk" - the Life and Times of Harvey Milk

Answer: Gus Van Sant

A 1992 article in 'The Hollywood Reporter' stated that Van Sant was signed to direct an Oliver Stone scripted version of Milk's life as early as 1991 with the lead role to be played by Robin Williams. An article from 2007 in the same paper said that Matt Damon was originally cast as Dan White.

From Quiz Milk

Answer: Camera Film Shop

One of the first things Harvey and Scott did when they moved was open Castro Camera. They sold film. When he first opened he had very little customers, but throughout the film his store became a meeting spot for his campaign.

From Quiz "Milk" - the Life and Times of Harvey Milk

Answer: Dianne Feinstein

In the film, archival news footage was used in the scene in which Feinstein announced Moscone and Milk's death. As Chairman of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors at the time of Moscone's death she succeeded him as mayor. Feinstein was also elected mayor twice in her own right, serving through 1988. She was elected to the US Senate in 1992. Ms. Feinstein was the first woman to hold both political offices.

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Answer: Mayor Moscone

George Richard Moscone was elected mayor of San Francisco in 1975. After Dan White resigned he asked for his job back. When Moscone said no, Dan assassinated Moscone.

From Quiz "Milk" - the Life and Times of Harvey Milk

Answer: Anita Bryant

Anita Bryant was a singer who gained fame through appearances on Arthur Godfrey's television talent show and as the second runner-up in the Miss America pageant of 1959. As the spokeswoman for the Florida Citrus Commission in the late 1960s, she made famous the tagline "a breakfast without orange juice is like a day without sunshine." Though Bryant was referenced numerous times throughout "Milk", the only times she was seen on camera were in the actual newsreels of the oj commercials and news coverage of her anti-homosexual activities.

From Quiz Milk

Answer: Scott Smith

Scott helped run Castro Camera with Harvey. He was also one of Harvey's lovers. He was replaced, as campaign manager, by Anne Kronenberg.

From Quiz "Milk" - the Life and Times of Harvey Milk

Answer: Recruit you

Milk's signature line "I'm Harvey Milk and I'm here to recruit you" was a tongue in cheek reference to the claims of anti-gay proponents that homosexuals actively recruited youth to the gay lifestyle. In a scene toward the movie's end, Congressman John Briggs debated Milk about Proposition 6, the bill banning gay teachers from California public schools. He claimed children mimic what they see, especially authority figures like teachers. Penn (as Milk) responded that if kids imitate what they see in school there should be a lot more nuns.

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