Media censorship in Singapore Movies with "strong homosexual themes" are typically given R21 ratings regardless of other content in the film. The American films "Milk", a 2008 biopic starring Sean Penn as gay rights activist Harvey Milk, and "Brokeback Mountain", a 2005 romantic drama about two homosexual cowboys played by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, both received R21 rating for depictions of homosexual sexual activities. However, the 2018 film "Love, Simon" about a gay teenager coming to terms with his identity and finding out which of his classmates is his anonymous online pen pal was given an R21 classification despite having no depictions of
Milk (film) intended to show a view of the San Francisco Opera House from the redesign of White's office. Filming finished March 2008. The film offers special thanks to "The Times of Harvey Milk" for "its enormous contribution to the making of this movie" and its producer, Rob Epstein. The music of the movie is composed by Danny Elfman under the label Decca Records. Songs: Film score: In the month leading up to "Milk's" release, Focus Features kept the film out of all film festivals and restricted media screenings, seeking to briefly avoid word-of-mouth and the partisanship it could generate. "Milk" premiered