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Josh Brolin joins Sean Penn in MILK!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. The trades had a story today regarding Josh Brolin's next flick. It's about damn time Brolin is getting his dues as an actor. He's on an incredible kick right now, especially his fantastic understated work in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN.
He's just signed on to be the co-star of MILK, the Gus Van Sant biopic of the assassinated gay rights activist Harvey Milk. Sean Penn is playing Milk and Brolin will be Dan White, the San Francisco county supervisor who murdered Milk and San Fran Mayor George Moscone.
You might remember there's a competing Milk biopic project (like CAPOTE and INFAMOUS) to be directed by Bryan Singer with a script by Chris McQuarrie. That's exciting to me, to see those two work together again (that's why I can't wait for VALKYRIE), but word is McQuarrie didn't get his draft turned in before the strike, so I'd guess that one might not happen since MILK is going forward to strongly.
What do you folks think?
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I guess.
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I love it. Holy Night!!
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I thought they were to star in MILF!
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No, really, I mean he's actually gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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isnt as popular as Ray Park.
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of the famous "Twinkie" defense?
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I have always been irritated by the love for this Milk guy, because of the riots after he was killed by the gay community, because they tried to slant it like the twinkie asshole killed him because he was gay, when his orientation didn't matter. The tragedy is generic, he doesn't qualify as a martyr for the gay cause. And I don't like Gus Van Sant, but Sean Penn and Josh Brolin amounts to an impressive cast I think and I want to see it. I never thought I'd want to see a Harvey Milk movie.
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The Milkening. Alan Cumming looks more like milk than Penn does.
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Gus Van Sant is going to turn this into another one of his borefest.
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For your Oscar consideration in 2008.
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We have a million bio-pics out, even though having two by great directors like Van Sant and Singer sounds fascinating.
But I'm more interested in the concept of this all-American boy turning murderer sounds like a far more interesting film than just any old biopic. I mean, the guy practically gets off for murder, and then commits suicide. It's the real world Crime & Punishment. -
All sounds a bit pale and milky to me!
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You can get away with murder if you've got a badge.
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Dec 05, 2007 7:24:21 PM CST
Will the poster read : "Sean Penn in Gus Van Sant's MILK"
by maxcalifornia.
Oh yes, I went there.
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part of a balanced breakfast.
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Homeboy went all over the place, killing people left and right with that damn oxygen tank.
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Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..........
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This is casting for "coolness" and not fitness for the part. I hate this Hollywood thinking and thought Van Sant was better than this.
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Van Sant >>(x 100)>>> Singer, so I'm glad it's his movie that is getting made.
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...Josh Brolin getting cast for MILK to even make AICN? Milk was an important figure in American history, yet most people don't even know he existed. I'm 22 and I know all about the friggin' guy. And as for Singer, I knew Mayor of Castro Street (his competing project) would never see the light of day when I saw that he was attached. Singer is the most non-committal mofo when it comes to movie projects. He'll hold them down for years before moving on to something new.
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on Emile Hirsch while shooting Into The Wild. Who the fuck released this?
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it's one of the most compelling documentaries i have ever seen. that story is just so gripping. and the fact that they got an actor like brolin to play Dan White means they aren't just making a standard biopic about Milk. this will definitely be partially about White and what made him tick as well.
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...Singer don't have a damn chance against Van Sant, Penn, Brolin and Franco.
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It starred Tim Daily, and even his sister Tyne Daily was in it.
Quint, you're being a bit liberal using the term "assassinated" here. The two were killed, or murdered; but assassinated? -
sorry, my mistake
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...Your link doesn't exsist. Thank you.
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not tough.
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now this. You'd think with the limited number of movies that can get made, the creative types would try not to step on each other's toes.
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Why is it wrong to say two prominent political figures were assassinated, especially if they were killed specifically for their politics/beliefs?
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That would be awesome. Sop motion would be cool too.
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About MILK: can you say "tax write-off"?
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