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Studio Fires Back: Milk Is Very Gay [Proposition Milk]
Posted on October 29, 2008
As supporters of California's Proposition 8 ballot initiative picketed last night's San Francisco premiere of Milk, producers of the film fired back at allegations that Focus Features is hiding their spiritual follow-up to Brokeback Mountain because it's too gay to promote during an election season. In a letter to The Hollywood Reporter, Focus chief James Schamus slams the report, citing the film's most explosively received and appreciated trailer in the history of our company along with a litany of gay tie-ins. As you'll recall, Steven Zeitchik slammed Focus' marketing approach yesterday, r...
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