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The American Film Company is a film production company founded in 2008 by Joe Ricketts. Ricketts previously founded TD Ameritrade and, with his family, owns the Chicago Cubs . [1] The American Film Company, founded on the belief that real life is often more compelling than fiction, produces feature films about true stories from America's past. [2]
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- Joe Ricketts, (CEO), Alfed Levitt, (COO), Brian Falk, (Producer/Executive), Robert Stone, (Producer/Executive)
Lionsgate / The Weinstein Company / Millennium Films / Equity Pictures Sylvester Stallone (director/screenplay); Art Monterastelli (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone , Julie Benz , Paul Schulze , Matthew Marsden , Graham McTavish , Tim Kang , Rey Gallegos , Jake La Botz , Ken Howard , Supakorn Kitsuwon , Maung Maung Khin, Aung Aay Noi, Sornram ...
OpeningOpeningTitleProduction CompanyJ A N U A R Y2J A N U A R Y4Warner Bros. Pictures / Alcon ...J A N U A R Y4J A N U A R Y9Red Envelope Entertainment / New Line ...The American Film Company. The American Film Company creates, produces, and distributes engaging, commercial, historically accurate feature films culled from America’s storied past. To learn more about our films, check out our IMDB page.
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The film opens with archival footage of police raiding gay bars and arresting patrons during the 1950s and 1960s, followed by Dianne Feinstein's November 27, 1978 announcement to the press that Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone had been assassinated. Milk is seen recording his will throughout the film, nine days (November 18, 1978) before the as...
A number of Milk's associates, including speechwriter Frank M. Robinson, teamster Allan Baird and school teacher-turned-politician Tom Ammiano, portrayed themselves. Additionally, Carol Ruth Silver, who served with Milk on the Board of Supervisors and was allegedly also a target of the assassination, plays a small role as Thelma. Cleve Jones also h...
Development
In early 1991, Oliver Stone was planning to produce, but not direct, a film on Milk's life; he wrote a script for the film, called The Mayor of Castro Street. In July 1992, director Gus Van Sant was signed with Warner Bros. to direct the biopic with actor Robin Williams in the lead role. By April 1993, Van Sant parted ways with the studio, citing creative differences. Rob Cohen was signed to direct the film and wrote a script but Williams decided that the script was not right for him and drop...
Filming
Milk began filming on location in San Francisco in January 2008. The production design and costume design crew for the film researched the history of the city's gay community in the archives of the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco, where they spent several weeks reviewing photographs, film and video, newspapers, historic textiles and ephemera, as well as the personal belongings of Harvey Milk, which were donated to the institution by the estate of Scott Smith.The crew also talked to p...
The music of the movie is composed by Danny Elfman under the label Decca Records. Songs: 1. "Queen Bitch" – David Bowie 2. "Everyday People" – Sly & the Family Stone 3. "Rock the Boat" – The Hues Corporation 4. "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" – Sylvester 5. "Hello, Hello" – Sopwith Camel 6. "Well Tempered Clavier (Bach)" – Swingle Singers 7. "Till...
In the month leading up to Milk's release, Focus Features kept the film out of all film festivals and restricted media screenings, seeking to briefly avoid word-of-mouth and the partisanship it could generate. Milk premiered in San Francisco on October 28, 2008, initiating a marketing dilemma that Focus Features struggled to face due to the film's ...
Critical response
As per the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 93% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 245 reviews, with an average rating of 8 out of 10. The site's critics consensus reads, "Anchored by Sean Penn's powerhouse performance, Milk is a triumphant account of America's first openly gay man elected to public office." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 83 out of 100, with 95% positive reviews based on 39 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Todd...
Top ten lists
The film appeared on many critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2008.Movie City News shows that the film appeared in 131 different top ten lists, out of 286 different critics lists surveyed, the 4th most mentions on a top ten list of the films released in 2008.
Samoa ban
In late March 2009, Samoa's Censorship Board banned the film from distribution, without giving a reason. Samoan human rights activist Ken Moala disputed the ban, commenting that "It's really harmless, I don't know how it would affect Samoan lifestyle. It is totally different and not applicable to here, it is pretty tame really." The Pacific Freedom Forum issued a press release stating that "Samoa is the only nation worldwide where censors have specifically banned the multi-Academy Award winni...
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Dec 18, 2021 · The American Film Company is a film production company founded in 2008 by Joe Ricketts. Ricketts previously founded TD Ameritrade and, with his family, owns the Chicago Cubs . [1] The American Film Company, founded on the belief that real life is often more compelling than fiction, produces feature films about true stories from America's past. [2]
The American Film Company is a film production company founded in 2008 by Joe Ricketts. Ricketts previously founded TD Ameritrade and, with his family, owns the Chicago Cubs. The American Film Company, founded on the belief that real life is often more compelling than fiction, produces feature films about true stories from America's past. The company has offices in New York City and Los Angeles.
Jan 30, 2009 · Milk: Directed by Gus Van Sant. With Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna. The story of American gay activist Harvey Milk, who fought for gay rights and was elected as California's first openly gay official.
