Starring: Tim Daly, Peter Coyote, Khalil Kain, Tyne Daly, Stephen Young Directed By: Leon Ichaso Average Rating: Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC Label: Paramount Number of Items: 1 Release Date: December 04, 2001 Running Time: 98 minutes Theatrical Release Date: November 28, 1999
Mostly pretty good... Emily Mann's play "Execution of Justice" was taken entirely from transcripts of Dan White's trial and events/news clips in its wake. This Showtime production is very different showing instead the lives of Dan White and Harvey Milk leading up to the murders.
Mostly it's pretty accurate and gives a lot of insight to the times and personalities. Peter Coyote's portrayal of Harvey Milk is a little hagiographic. Seeing some of the "warts" would be a bit more deep and humanizing. (Yes, Harvey sometimes sneered at people.)
Khalil Kain's portrayal of Sister Boom Boom as a one-man greek chorus always fluttering around Harvey was especially weird as Harvey was killed before the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and Sr. Boom Boom ever appeared. It works as a dramatic device, but for those of us who were there it's just conspicuously wrong in a screenplay that is otherwise generally good on the facts.
Excellent movie A first class movie account of this part of San Francisco's history. Flawless acting by actors who very much resemble the actual people in this true story. Also, a 20 minute trailer of commentary and news-film footage account of this story by the actual political leaders, police, and others whose lives were affected by this happening. VHS picture quality is excellent. When and if it comes out on DVD - I will purchase it. I do own the VHS version. Only problem that will likely occur (if) it comes out on dvd is - it will probably be an abridged version, as happens to so many films, and that fact never mentioned on the cover!
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