Directed by Rob Epstein   Written by Judith Coburn   Carter Wilson   Rob Epstein   Cast Harvey Milk ... Self (archive footage) Harvey Fierstein ... Narrator (voice) Anne Kronenberg ... Self Tory Hartmann ... Self Tom Ammiano ... Self Jim Elliot ... Self Henry Der ... Self Jeannine Yeomans ... Self Bill Kraus ... Self Sally M. Gearhart ... Self John Briggs ... Self (archive footage) Jerry Brown ... Self (archive footage) Jimmy Carter ... Self (archive footage) Dianne Feinstein ... Self (archive footage) (as Mayor Dianne Feinstein) David Fowler ... Self - TV Interviewer of Dan White (archive footage) Joseph Freitas ... Self (archive footage) Terence Hallinan ... Self (archive footage) George Moscone ... Self (archive footage) Dan White ... Self (archive footage) Produced by Gregory W. Bex   Rob Epstein   Richard Schmiechen   Original Music by Mark Isham

Additional Info Premiere: September 12, 1984 Theatrical Release: October 26, 1984 DVD Release: June 08, 2004 Blu-ray Release: March 29, 2011 Country: Distributor: The Criterion Collection Websites: Alternate Titles Harvey Milk Production Companies Black Sand Productions Pacific Arts UCLA Film and Television Archive Distributors TC Films International   (1984) (USA) (theatrical) Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)   (1985) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere) New Yorker Films   (2000) (USA) (all media) (re-release) The Criterion Channel   (2019) (USA) (TV) (digital) The Criterion Collection   (2011) (USA) (DVD) The Criterion Collection   (2011) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 8.2 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #5,390 / 21,254 Site Ranking #5,386 What Jennifer Did (2024) #5,387 Vanguard (2020) #5,388 Bruiser (2000) #5,389 Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) #5,390 The Times Of Harvey Milk (1984) #5,391 Timber Falls (2007) #5,392 Twelfth Night (1996) #5,393 Invader ZIM: Enter The Florpus (2019) #5,394 Ash And Bone (2022)