Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Posted: **Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:53 pm**

Penelope wrote:Sean Penn as Harvey Milk
James Franco as Milk's lover, Scott Smith

Um, wow.

Posted: **Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:51 pm**

Who's playing Sister Boom Boom?! I love the idea being bandied about of Marcia Gay Harden playing Dianne Fienstein.

Also, is Scott Sipple going to be portrayed in this film?

Edited By flipp525 on 1200956523

Posted: **Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:41 pm**

They certainly seem to be trying to bring on the pretty. But most of the pretty boys are actually good actors, too, so that's good.

Edited By dws1982 on 1200952152

Posted: **Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:18 pm**

Some more cast members have been added to the Gus van Sant project, which is currently in pre-production in San Francisco. Here's the cast list thus far:

Sean Penn as Harvey Milk
Josh Brolin as Dan White
James Franco as Milk's lover, Scott Smith
Emile Hirsch as Cleve Jones
Victor Garber as Mayor George Moscone
Dennis O'Hare as State Senator John Briggs
Stephen Spinella as Milk's political rival, Rick Stokes
Diego Luna as Jack Lira, a "toubled" young lover of Milk's
Lucas Grabeel (High School Musical) as Milk supporter Danny Nicoletta
Douglas Smith (Big Love) as Milk supporter Paul Hogarth

Posted: **Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:44 pm**

Williams is whoring now. His License To Wed is the worst film of the year. Even my wife, who adores Robin Willimas, was not pleased.

Posted: **Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:29 pm**

flipp525 wrote:And, yes, Akash, he was the worst thing about Good Will Hunting. How that won him an Oscar is beyond me. It should've gone to Robert Forster that year.

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Posted: **Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:19 am**

I loved Williams in The World According to Garp. He was muted, understated and appropriately tortured. He and Glenn Close had a great mother-son vibe going on, too. His over-the-top shtick (The Fisher King, Good Morning Vietnam) or his WTF career choices (What Dreams May Come, Bicentennial Man) have effectively made me check out of him as an actor. And, yes, Akash, he was the worst thing about Good Will Hunting. How that won him an Oscar is beyond me. It should've gone to Burt Reynolds or Greg Kinnear that year.

Posted: **Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:13 am**

He was the worst thing in Good Will Hunting. And Aladdin is a racist cartoon.

Posted: **Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:03 am**

I forgot about Insomnia and One Hour Photo. Williams has a very mixed record - either he's really good or really bad. The past few years he's been in the latter.

Posted: **Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:59 am**

I'll cop to thinking that he did a pretty good job in One Hour Photo. I actually thought he deserved the fifth spot that year for that performance.

I also loved the guy who played Williams in Behind the Scenes: The Unauthorized Story of Mork and Mindy. He was fantastic.

Posted: **Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:58 am**

OscarGuy wrote:FOCUS FEATURES TO DISTRIBUTE MILK WORLDWIDE

I thought I'd bring this up, I found it humorous.

Posted: **Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:52 am**

Actually, I thought Williams was pretty good in Insomnia (which, by the way, is probably the only film in which I actually enjoyed the Agent of Satan).

Posted: **Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:51 am**

Steph2 wrote:Robin Williams is obnoxious. What was the last good thing he was even in? Aladdin?

Good Will Hunting

I'll admit I enjoyed Death to Smoochy and House of D, but I won't speak for everyone.

Posted: **Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:26 am**

Who's playing Sister Boom Boom? That what I wanna know.

Posted: **Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:15 am**

Why do I feel like the movie will spend about 80 percent of its running time following Emile Hirsch?