QIs 'Milk' based on a book?
AMilk was filmed from an original script by Dustin Lance Black and based upon new interviews with Harvey Milk's surviving friends and associates.Because much of the film's action concerns interaction between people who now are dead, much of Milk is speculative fiction based upon fact.
QHow much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
AFor detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Milk can be found here.
QMusic from what opera reappears throughout the film?
A(1) The beginning and end of Act III of Giacomo Puccini's 1900 opera, "Tosca", (2) As Scott Smith moves out, Harvey Milk plays an LP record of tenor Giuseppe di Stefano performing the aria, E lucevan le stelle, and (3) As Harvey Milk watches a performance of the opera, extra Catherine Cook appeared on stage as Nelly Miricioiu's voice was heard (from the TOSCA recording on the Naxos label, which was listed in the credits even though the names of Miricioiu and tenor Miroslav Dvorsky were not).
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