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Bruce Cohen, along with Dan Jinks, won the Best Picture Academy Award in 2000 for producing American Beauty. The film, which won a total of five Oscars, was the first film produced through The Jinks/Cohen Company. Cohen�s and Jinx�s second film was the sex comedy Down With Love starring Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor. Next up was Big Fish, which was nominated as Best Picture for both the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs.� Other films include The Forgotten, starring Julianne Moore, and John August's directing debut, The Nines, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hope Davis. In television, Dan and Bruce are executive producers of the acclaimed ABC series Pushing Daisies, which won 3 Emmys in 2008 and was nominated for a Golden Globe as best comedy. They also served as executive producers on the series Traveler (ABC) and Side Order Of Life (Lifetime). Cohen produced The Flintstones and the prequel, The Flintstones In: Viva Rock Vegas, as well as MOUSEHUNT. He executive produced To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar! and co-produced Alive.

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Posted October 29, 2008

It's hard to put into words what last night meant to me. To be premiering Milk at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco, on the very street where so many of the actual events took place exactly 30 years ago and with so many of Harvey's actual friends and associates in the audience, was completely thrilling and quite emotional. The parallels are stunning between the NO ON 6 campaign Harvey fought so hard for and won in 1978 and the NO ON 8 fight coming down to the wire this week in 2008, so to have so many NO ON 8 supporters across the street from the theater cheering us on, and to hear Mayor Newsom's inspiring words from the stage before the film really brought home for me that the human rights activism Harvey dedicated his life to is alive and well today. I am humbled and proud to be part of the amazing creative team that has brought this film to life, and so excited to watch the film spread Harvey's story and his message of hope and change to the world.

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