I te tīmatanga o te tau 1991, i whakamahere a Oliver Stone ki te whakaputa, engari kaua e whakahaere, i tetahi kiriata mo te oranga o Milk; i tuhi ia i tetahi tuhinga mo te kiriata, i huaina Ko te Koromatua o Castro Street. I te Hōngongoi 1992, i hainatia te kaiwhakahaere Gus Van Sant me Warner Bros. ki te whakahaere i te biopic me te kaiwhakaari Robin Williams i te mahi matua. I te Paenga-whāwhā 1993, i wehe a Van Sant i nga huarahi ki te whare wananga, e kii ana i nga rereketanga auaha. Ko etahi atu kaiwhakaari i whakaarohia mo Harvey Milk i taua wa ko Richard Gere, Daniel Day-Lewis, Al Pacino, me James Woods. Patai: he aha te whakaaro o Oliver Stone mo te whakaputa i te timatanga o te tau 1991?
he kiriata e pā ana ki te oranga o Milk