Winner of 2 Awards
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Best Original Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black)
Winner of 2 Awards
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Best First Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Winner of 3 Awards
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Best Actor (Sean Penn)
Best Supporting Actor (Josh Brolin)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Best Actor (Sean Penn)
National Board of Review Award
Best Supporting Actor (Josh Brolin)
Winner of 3 Awards
Visit the Hollywood Awards websiteComposer of the Year Award (Danny Elfman)
Breakthrough Actor of the Year Award (James Franco)
Breakthrough Screenwriter of the Year Award (Dustin Lance Black)
Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film (Sean Penn)
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National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Los Angeles Leadership Award (Gus Van Sant; Dustin Lance Black; Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen)
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Stanley Kramer Award (Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen)
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San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards
Winner of 4 Awards
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Best Director (Gus Van Sant)
Best Actor (Sean Penn [in a tie])
Best Original Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black)
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
Winner of 3 Awards
Best Picture
Best Actor (Sean Penn)
Best Original Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black)
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
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Best Director (Gus Van Sant [in tandem with another movie])
Best Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black)
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
Winner of 2 Awards
Best Actor (Sean Penn)
Best Acting Ensemble
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
Winner of 2 Awards
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Best Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black)
Austin Film Critics Association Awards
Best Actor (Sean Penn)
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
Best Actor (Sean Penn)
St. Louis Film Critics Awards
Best Actor (Sean Penn)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards
Best Actor (Sean Penn)
Visit the Alliance of Women Film Journalists websiteNamed one of the Year's Top Ten Films
National Board of Review
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association [#2 on list]
Houston Film Critics Society [#4 on list]
New York Film Critics Online
Phoenix Film Critics Society
Austin Film Critics Association
Satellite Awards
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle
Winner of the AFI Award
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Winner of 2 awards
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Best Ensemble Performance
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association
Winner of 2 awards
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One of the year’s [Five] Best Directors (Gus Van Sant) [#4 on list]
Village Voice/L.A. Weekly Film Critics' Poll
Winner of 3 awards
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Best Actor (Sean Penn - #1 on list)
Best Supporting Actor (Josh Brolin - #3 on list)
2009 Palm Springs International Film Festival
Winner of 2 awards
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Desert Palm Achievement Award for Acting (Sean Penn)
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Honored with a Los Angeles Leadership Award (Gus Van Sant; Dustin Lance Black; Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen)
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Winner of 2 awards
Best Film
Best Actor (Sean Penn)
Nominated for 8 awards
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Best Director (Gus Van Sant)
Best Actor (Sean Penn)
Best Supporting Actor (Josh Brolin)
Best Original Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black)
Best Film Editing (Elliot Graham)
Best Costume Design (Danny Glicker)
Best Original Score (Danny Elfman)
Nominated for 4 awards
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Best Actor (Sean Penn)
Best Original Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black)
Best Make Up & Hair (Steven E. Anderson; Michael White)
Nominated for 3 Awards
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Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Sean Penn)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Josh Brolin)
Nominated for 8 Awards
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Best Director (Gus Van Sant)
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Actor (Sean Penn)
Best Supporting Actor (Josh Brolin; James Franco)
Best Writer (Dustin Lance Black)
Best Composer (Danny Elfman)
Nominated for 4 Awards
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Best Supporting Male (James Franco)
Best First Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black)
Best Cinematography (Harris Savides)
Nominated for 6 Awards
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Best Director (Gus Van Sant)
Best Actor [Drama] (Sean Penn)
Best Supporting Actor (James Franco)
Best Original Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black)
Best Original Score (Danny Elfman)
St. Louis Film Critics Awards
Nominated for 6 Awards
Best Picture
Best Director (Gus Van Sant)
Best Actor (Sean Penn)
Best Supporting Actor (Josh Brolin)
Best Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black)
Best Cinematography (Harris Savides)
Detroit Film Critics Society awards
Nominated for 2 Awards
Best Actor (Sean Penn)
Best Supporting Actor (James Franco)
Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
Nominated for 6 Awards
Best Film
Best Director (Gus Van Sant)
Best Actor (Sean Penn)
Best Supporting Actor (Josh Brolin)
Best Ensemble
Best Original Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black)
Location Managers of America
California on Location Award for Location Team of the Year (Features)
Nominated for 3 awards
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Director of the Year (Gus Van Sant)
Actor of the Year (Sean Penn)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
Nominated for 3 awards
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Best Director (Gus Van Sant)
Best Ensemble Cast
Chicago Film Critics Association
Nominated for 5 awards
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Best Director (Gus Van Sant)
Best Actor (Sean Penn)
Best Original Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black)
Best Original Score (Danny Elfman)
San Diego Film Critics Society
Nominated for 4 awards
Visit the San Diego Film Critics Society websiteBest Actor (Sean Penn)
Best Supporting Actor (Josh Brolin; James Franco)
Best Original Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black)
Society of Camera Operators Awards
Nominated for Feature Film Camera Operator of the Year (Will Arnot)
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Costume Designers Guild Awards
Nominated for Excellence in Period Film (Danny Glicker)
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Nominated for Excellence in Production Design [Period Films] (Bill Groom)
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American Cinema Editors (A.C.E.) Eddie Awards
Nominated for Best-Edited Feature Film [Dramatic] (Elliot Graham)
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Nominated for West Point’s Cadet Choice Award (Harvey Milk [for the movie character that best exemplifies West Point leadership])
Nominated for West Point’s Cadet Choice Award (Harvey Milk [for the movie character that best exemplifies West Point leadership])
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Scott Macaulay on the Milk and the biopic tradition.
FilmInFocus finds out what happened to Harvey Milk's friends and colleagues after his tragic death.
Joshua Gamson looks at how Disco changed San Francisco.
