http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2008/06/02/a-brief-history-of-milk.aspxThere have been some awkward moments lately for Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who spent 16 years trying to bring an adaptation of Randy Shilts’ 1982 Harvey Milk biography The Mayor of Castro Street to the screen. There is indeed a Milk biopic set to hitenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/screengrab/archive/2008/06/02/a-brief-history-of-milk.aspx#98219Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:11:58 GMTbd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:98219danrimage<p>I'm actually pretty excited about Van Sant's version. I've been hearing about it since the I saw the excellent doumentary The Times Of Harvey Milk sometime in the early 90s. In fact I believe this was being talked about as a possible follow-up to Drugstore Cowboy. My one reservation? Sean fucking Penn. He was once a serious contender for 'finest actor of his generation' status, but it seems to me that instead of all that tricky 'acting' he's just been gurning like Nicolas Cage since Casualties Of War....his lauded performance in Mystic River could possibly be the very worst Oscar winning turn since Anthony 'The Cannibasl' Hopkins.</p> <img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=98219" width="1" height="1">