Trailer for Gus Van Sant’s Milk starring Sean Penn

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“Can two men reproduce?”
“No, but God knows we keep trying.”

I’m a non believer when it comes to Milk Academy Award talk. The trailer doesn’t do much to persuade me, Oscar-wise. While it does have the crusader story going for it, Milk still looks like a Gus Van Sant film. The trailer pushes it ever so slightly into art house Van Sant territory and not studio Van Sant. Could it be the perfect bridge between the two that at least gets a screenplay Oscar? Van Sant did direct Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Good Will Hunting screenplay allowing the words “Academy Award winner Ben Affleck” to grace movie ads everywhere.  He can’t do worse with a Harvey Milk biopic.

Beyond the cynacism displayed above, I must say that I’m freaking excited about the film. Here’s the trailer:
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Milk hits theaters Nov. 26.