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Just watched this piece of


garbage. No mention of Milk and Moscone's connection to Jonestown, which was well documented at the time and may or may not have had a role in their assassination. No depth of character on Dan White other than speculation on a closeted homosexuality that has no plausible basis in anything that was said about the man; however, no speculation is offered on why the riots after the assassination were called "White Nights" just like the suicide drills in Jonestown. The whole film has a childish Spielbergian tinge to it unbecoming of its subject matter.

Very stupid film.

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It's true that the movie didn't mention the Jim Jones connection; does that ALONE make it 'garbage', tho?

Secondly, it does give a three-dimensional portrait of Dan White, and he is portrayed as a politically conservative family man, not as a closeted gay person.
And the Spielberg comparison seems odd, as he has never directed a movie with a gay person as a main character.

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