January 23, 2008

Sign Up to Be An Extra in the Harvey Milk Biopic (We Did!)

BE IN A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE AND HELP RE-CREATE A PART OF SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY

On Monday night, February 4th and Friday night, February 8th, the feature film MILK (directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Sean Penn as Harvey Milk) will be re-creating three 1970’s marches through the Castro.

We are looking for volunteers to appear in the these marches in the film. THERE ARE NO AUDITIONS. IF YOU SIGN-UP ON THIS SITE AND SHOW UP, YOU WILL BE USED. All ages, races and genders are welcome. But, you MUST be 18 or over to participate.

Filming will take place from 7pm - midnight on Monday night at Castro & Market and from 9pm - 3am on Friday night at Market & Franklin. Come either or both nights.

As a thank you for participating, we will host a screening for the marchers of the documentary THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK on Monday, February 4th at the Castro Theater at 4:30pm, with introductions by the filmmaker, Rob Epstein, Cleve Jones, Gus Van Sant, and members of the cast. The filming will begin immediately after the screening.

Here’s the sign-up page.

Buffy and I will be there… and I expect to have no trouble finding appropriate “70s wardrobe”; the old corduroys and tobacco Adidas are the only things left in my closet from the 1970s.

Mind you, we have no illusions about the “glamour” of being extras in a movie; it’s going to consist of a lot of long, torturous waiting around. It’s that we want very much, to contribute to this movie, in whatever way we can. I can’t began to describe to anyone who didn’t live through the horror (especially in the San Francisco Bay Area) just how devastating a milestone Harvey’s death and its aftermath was — or, more importantly, how uplifting and motivational Harvey’s legacy is.

By the way, it’s easy to see why they’re putting out an open call like this, and telling you to tell your friends — do you remember just how huge those marches were? I do: