claim: Milk is based on the life of a businessman.
evidence: Milk is a 2008 American biographical film based on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk , who was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California , as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors .. San Francisco. San Francisco. biographical film. biographical film. gay rights. gay rights. Harvey Milk. Harvey Milk. the first openly gay person to be elected. List of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender firsts by year. San Francisco Board of Supervisors. San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Dustin Lance Black , the film stars Sean Penn as Milk and Josh Brolin as Dan White , a city supervisor who assassinated Milk and Mayor George Moscone .. Gus Van Sant. Gus Van Sant. Dustin Lance Black. Dustin Lance Black. Sean Penn. Sean Penn. Josh Brolin. Josh Brolin. Dan White. Dan White. George Moscone. George Moscone. The film was released to much acclaim and earned numerous accolades from film critics and guilds .. Ultimately , it received eight Academy Award nominations , including Best Picture , winning two for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Penn and Best Original Screenplay for Black .. Academy Award. Academy Award. Best Picture. Academy Award for Best Picture. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Academy Award for Best Actor. Best Original Screenplay. Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Attempts to put Milk 's life to film followed a 1984 documentary of his life and the aftermath of his assassination , titled The Times of Harvey Milk , which was loosely based upon Randy Shilts 's biography , The Mayor of Castro Street -LRB- the film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for 1984 , and was awarded Special Jury Prize at the first Sundance Film Festival , among other awards -RRB- .. Harvey Milk. Harvey Milk. Academy Award. Academy Award. his assassination. Moscone–Milk assassinations. The Times of Harvey Milk. The Times of Harvey Milk. Randy Shilts. Randy Shilts. The Mayor of Castro Street. The Mayor of Castro Street. Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Sundance Film Festival. Sundance Film Festival. Castro Street. The Castro, San Francisco. Various scripts were considered in the early 1990s , but projects fell through for different reasons , until 2007 .. Much of Milk was filmed on Castro Street and other locations in San Francisco , including Milk 's former storefront , Castro Camera .. San Francisco. San Francisco. Castro Street. The Castro, San Francisco. Castro Camera. Castro Camera. Milk begins on Harvey Milk 's 40th birthday -LRB- in 1970 -RRB- , when he was living in New York City and had not yet settled in San Francisco .. San Francisco. San Francisco. Harvey Milk. Harvey Milk. New York City. New York City. It chronicles his foray into city politics , and the various battles he waged in the Castro neighborhood as well as throughout the city , and political campaigns to limit the rights of gay people in 1977 and 1978 run by Anita Bryant and John Briggs .. Anita Bryant. Anita Bryant. John Briggs. John Briggs ( politician ). His romantic and political relationships are also addressed , as is his tenuous affiliation with troubled Supervisor Dan White ; the film ends with White 's double homicide of Milk and Mayor George Moscone .. Dan White. Dan White. George Moscone. George Moscone. The film 's release was tied to the 2008 California voter referendum on gay marriage , Proposition 8 , when it made its premiere at the Castro Theatre two weeks before election day .. Proposition 8. California Proposition 8 ( 2008 ). Castro Theatre. Castro Theatre