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An extremely worthy tale to tell of the true story of Harvey Milk, Gay and Human rights activist turned politician during the 70?s in San Fransisco.

Yet another great performance from Penn and very Gus Van Sant to bring a controversial story to light.

This is a great awareness story and a legacy that will live on. It also acts as a metaphor for any type of minority, whatever that minority might be.

A film that has completely blown me away on many levels.

A true story of a journey of self-discovery and search for identity, living a simplistic lifestyle, travelling a Nomadic adventure. A film of rebellion and anti-conformity.

This film is beautifully made in every sense of the word. The views of nature were captured in great detail, the acting was of high standard and very natural, the relationships between people and their relationships with the material world were completely in depth.

Excellent work here by Emile Hirsch who jusifyably portrayed this true life character's journey and of course Kudos to Sean Penn for the Screen play and Direction in this film and for choosing a project with such human insight.

Although a short role, it has to be said that the older guy in this film (whose name I can't seem to get at the moment) played a blinding role and a totally believable performance.

Inspirational, breathtaking, liberating and one hell of a life experience. The best film I have watched for a long time and this has instantly become one of my favourite films of all time. I shall now be buying the book..

UPDATE:

Second viewing already plus reading the book. I have fallen in love with the philosophy behind the story and have found a deep fascination and admiration into the character Alexander Supertramp.

The first half was a little slow moving, but the second half warmed up to be an interesting watch. Based on true events 'Alpha Dog' is about a group of young 'gangstas' who have taken things just a little too far and escalate into deeper trouble.

The dvd cover says 'Timberlake is a revelation' - he did an ok job but the credit really lies with Ben Foster and the younger brother (who I'm shocked isn't listed on the page).

One feature I enjoyed from a filming aspect, was the naming of the witnessing as they appeared, this not only saved a lot of time in this film in able to concentrate on the more important parts, but, it helped with the build up of events.

I feel the psysical progression of Sharon Stone, but very good idea, yet this film being a fairly recent age, I would have through the make up etc should have been more convincing, it looked incredibly false, however, well acted.