[
from trailer]
Harvey Milk:
Without hope, life's not worth living.
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from trailer]
Harvey Milk:
All men are created equal. No matter how hard you try, you can never erase those words.
Dan White:
Society can't exist without the family.
Harvey Milk:
We're not against that.
Dan White:
Can two men reproduce?
Harvey Milk:
No, but God knows we keep trying.
Scott Smith:
Are you on uppers or something?
Harvey Milk:
No, this is just plain old me.
Harvey Milk:
[
to Cleve Jones] You're going to meet the most extraordinary men, the sexiest, brightest, funniest men, and you're going to fall in love with so many of them, and you won't know until the end of your life who your greatest friends were or your greatest love was.
Harvey Milk:
Okay. First order of business to come out of this office is the city-wide gay rights ordinance, just like the one that Anita shot down in Dade County. What do you think, Lotus Blossom?
Michael Wong:
I think it's good. It's not great.
Harvey Milk:
Okay, so make it brilliant. We want Anita's attention here, in San Francisco. I wanted to bring her fight to us. We need a unanimous vote - we need headlines.
Jim Rivaldo:
Dan White is not going to vote for this.
Harvey Milk:
Dan White'll be fine, Dan White is just uneducated. We'll teach him.
Dan White:
[
suddenly appearing in the doorway] Hey, Harv! Committee meets at nine-thirty.
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to everyone else]
Dan White:
Hi, you guys.
[
to Harvey]
Dan White:
Um, say, did you get the invitation to my son's christening? I invited a few of the other supes too.
Harvey Milk:
Oh, well, I'll be there!
Dan White:
Great! Thanks.
[
waves at everyone and leaves]
Dick Pabich:
Did he hear you?
Jim Rivaldo:
What the fuck?
Anne Kronenberg:
Are you going?
Harvey Milk:
I would let him christen me if it means he's gonna vote for the gay rights ordinance.
Jim Rivaldo:
[
as Harvey is talking] I think he can hear you. Jesus.
Harvey Milk:
We need allies.
Dick Pabich:
I don't think he heard you.
Cleve Jones:
Is it just me or is he cute?
Scott Smith:
[
Harvey and Scott are finally sitting down to dinner] Don't say ANYTHING.
Harvey Milk:
[
tucks his napkin under the collar of his shirt, eats a bite] Can I just tell you...
Scott Smith:
If you say anything, about politics, or the campaign, or what speech you have to give, or anything, I swear to God I'm gonna stab you with this fork.
Harvey Milk:
I just wanted to say... that this is the most wonderful dinner I have ever had.
[
Both start laughing]
Harvey Milk:
If we lose this, it'll just be you and me again, I promise.
Harvey Milk:
My name is Harvey Milk and I'm here to recruit you!
Harvey Milk:
A homosexual with power... that's scary.
State Senator John Briggs:
It's time to root them out.
Tom Ammiano:
And how are you going to determine who's a homosexual?
State Senator John Briggs:
My bill outlines procedures for identifying homosexuals.
Tom Ammiano:
How? Will you be sucking them off?
Dan White:
Dan White's got an issue!
Dan White:
[
extremely drunk, to Jack Lira] Whatever! I don't even know who you are, you just showed up out of nowhere, Latino man.
Jack Lira:
I love you. I love you.
Harvey Milk:
Do you even remember my name?
Jack Lira:
[
laughs softly] No.
Harvey Milk:
Harvey. I'm Harvey.
Jack Lira:
Harvey. I love you.
Harvey Milk:
If it were true that children emulate their teachers, we'd have a lot more nuns running around.
Cleve Jones:
Anita! You liar! We'll set your hair on fire!
McConnely:
There's Man's Law and there's God's Law in this neighborhood.
Harvey Milk:
Uh huh.
McConnely:
And in this city.
Scott Smith:
You know, we pay taxes!
McConnely:
The San Francisco Police Force is happy to enforce either. Have a good day.
[
leaves]
Harvey Milk:
[
calling after him] Yeah, thank you for the warm welcome to the neighborhood!
[
to Scott]
Harvey Milk:
Schmuck.
Cleve Jones:
[
about Jack Lira] The new Mrs. Milk. I give it a week.
Jim Rivaldo:
You replaced Scott with a lesbian?
Harvey Milk:
Forty years old and I haven't done a thing that I'm proud of.
Scott Smith:
You keep eating this cake, you're gonna be fat by the time you're fifty.
Scott Smith:
Looks like you're gonna make it to fifty after all.
Harvey Milk:
My fellow degenerates...
Harvey Milk:
Is anyone gonna pay the pizza guy, or are we all just gonna stare?
Dick Pabich:
Why wouldn't we stare?
Harvey Milk:
How do you teach homosexuality? Is it like French?
Harvey Milk:
[
Voice Over, Last lines] I ask this... If there should be an assassination, I would hope that five, ten, one hundred, a thousand would rise. I would like to see every gay lawyer, every gay architect come out - - If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door... And that's all. I ask for the movement to continue. Because it's not about personal gain, not about ego, not about power... it's about the "us's" out there. Not only gays, but the Blacks, the Asians, the disabled, the seniors, the us's. Without hope, the us's give up - I know you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living. So you, and you, and you... You gotta give em' hope... you gotta give em' hope.
Harvey Milk:
[
First lines] This is Harvey Milk speaking on Friday November 18th. This is to be played only in the event of my death by assassination. During one of the early campaigns, I started opening my speeches with the same line and it sort of became my signature... Hello, I'm Harvey Milk, and I'm here to recruit you.
Harvey Milk:
[
Scott Smith is heading down the stairs and Harvey tries to make eye contact] Hey, hey...
[
Scott stops and looks at him]
Harvey Milk:
I'm Harvey.
Scott Smith:
Okay, Harvey...
[
smiles a little awkwardly]
Harvey Milk:
Today's my birthday.
[
Scott laughs]
Harvey Milk:
No, it actually is my birthday. At midnight.
Scott Smith:
[
still smiling, a little skeptical] Really.
Harvey Milk:
And, believe it or not, I don't have any plans.
[
raises one eyebrow as he speaks]
Harvey Milk:
Some people took me out after work.
Scott Smith:
Oh, and that would be, ah, let me guess... Ma Bell or AT&T.
Harvey Milk:
The Great American Insurance Company. I'm part of that corporate establishment that, let me guess, you think is the cause of all the evil in the world from Vietnam to diaper rash.
Scott Smith:
You left out bad breath.
Scott Smith:
[
Harvey covers his mouth; both start laughing] Just kidding.
[
pause]
Harvey Milk:
You're not going to let me spend my birthday all by myself, are you?
Scott Smith:
[
gently teasing] Listen, Harvey, you're pretty cute, but... I don't date guys over forty.
Harvey Milk:
Well, then this is my lucky night.
Scott Smith:
Why's that?
Harvey Milk:
I'm still thirty-nine...
[
showing Scott his watch]
Harvey Milk:
It's only eleven-fifteen.
[
pauses, leans forward and kisses Scott]
Dianne Feinstein:
As President of the Board of Supervisors it's my duty to make this announcement: both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed.
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