Synposis
From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ang Lee comes an epic American love story, Brokeback Mountain, the winner of the Golden Lion Award for Best Picture at this year's Venice International Film Festival. The film is based on the short story by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx and adapted for the screen by the team of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. Set against the sweeping vistas of Wyoming and Texas, the film tells the story of two young men -- a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy -- who meet in the summer of 1963, and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection, one whose complications, joys, and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love.

Early one morning in Signal, Wyoming, Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) meet while lining up for employment with local rancher Joe Aguirre (Randy Quaid). The world which Ennis and Jack have been born into is at once changing rapidly and yet scarcely evolving. Both young men seem certain of their set places in the heartland – obtaining steady work, marrying, and raising a family – and yet hunger for something beyond what they can articulate. When Aguirre dispatches them to work as sheepherders up on the majestic Brokeback Mountain, they gravitate towards camaraderie and then a deeper intimacy.

At summer's end, the two must come down from Brokeback and part ways. Remaining in Wyoming, Ennis weds his sweetheart Alma (Michelle Williams), with whom he will have two daughters as he ekes out a living. Jack, in Texas, catches the eye of rodeo queen Lureen Newsome (Anne Hathaway). Their courtship and marriage result in a son, as well as jobs in her father's business.

Four years pass. One day, Alma brings Ennis a postcard from Jack, who is en route to visit Wyoming. Ennis waits expectantly for his friend, and when Jack at last arrives, in just one moment it is clear that the passage of time has only strengthened the men's attachment. In the years that follow, Ennis and Jack struggle to keep their secret bond alive. They meet up several times annually. Even when they are apart, they face the eternal questions of fidelity, commitment, and trust. Ultimately, the one constant in their lives is a force of nature – love.

A Focus Features and River Road Entertainment Presentation. An Ang Lee Film. Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal. Brokeback Mountain. Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris, Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams, and Randy Quaid. Casting, Avy Kaufman, C.S.A. Costume Design, Marit Allen. Music Supervision, Kathy Nelson. Music by Gustavo Santaolalla. Edited by Geraldine Peroni, Dylan Tichenor, A.C.E. Production Designer, Judy Becker. Director of Photography, Rodrigo Prieto, A.S.C., A.M.C. Co-Producer, Scott Ferguson. Executive Producer, Alberta Film Entertainment. Executive Producers, William Pohlad, Larry McMurtry, Michael Costigan, Michael Hausman. Producers, Diana Ossana, James Schamus. Based on the short story by Annie Proulx. Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana. Directed by Ang Lee. A Focus Features Release.

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The little movie that nobody's talking about. Discuss the movie, the performance, and the incredible upset at last night's Oscars here.

I love love love this movie. It was robbed at the Oscars though grr

BTW I was thinking of starting a Jack Twist appreciation thread. Anybody else interested in that?

Loved it. I love Jake.Although I don't talk much here on MB, he's in my thoughts.

It really was, same too. I was kinda miffed last night over that but what can you do?

The Jack thread sounds like a good idea, Angie.

I thought it was a great movie and the scenery was beautiful. They picked a great location to shoot in.

A Jack thread would be great. also maybe a heath and jake friendship thread too. I am still stunned that BBM did not win best picture last nite.

Me too!

I love this movie. I saw it last monday the first time at a pre-premiere and the theater was full, because noboday could wait any longer to see the movie. Tomorrow the movie will start officially here in Germany and in my hometown Cologne it will be shown in 8 theaters. I think I will watch Brokeback again on saturday

Kyra

Can i tell you all, just how much i loved this movie!!! I saw it a while ago when it first came out, and i can't get it out of my head! I so cried like a baby at the end! I can't wait for it to come out on dvd!! i'm buying it the first day....and i can't wait to see what little 'extras' are on it!

I have still yet to see this movie I was wondering how much nudity was in it, though. I heard that you get to see some butts, but I thought I heard somewhere that there was full frontals? Could someone clear this up for me? Thanks

yes you do see some butts, but there is no full frontal!!!

Thanks- that's what I thought

Would kind of distract from the beautiful love story, don't you think?

ya, although i don't think i would have minded that distraction!!!!

I saw Brokeback Mountain awhile ago, I thought it was very good. Got to attend a free screening. I thought it was beautifully done. I loved how they captured the mountains. Wonderful Cinematography. Such a sweet and engaging love story. I've heard some people say it was a little to graphic for them with the sex and intimate scenes, but I thought it was portrayed naturally. The acting was amazing by all, Heath, Jake, Michelle, Anne. The musical score, is minimalist, but beautiful, and fits the mood of the film perfectly. I love the tag line for the movie, it describes love as a "force of nature" – it is an emotion so strong that once it grabs hold of you, it will never let you go. All in all, "Brokeback Mountain" speaks to the wish we all could be able to rewind our lives, realize a moment of true bliss before us and from that point choose a different path for ourselves.

DVD News~

Title: Brokeback Mountain
Starring: Heath Ledger
Released: 4th April 2006
SRP: $29.98

Further Details:
Universal Home Video has finally announced the Ang Lee directed Brokeback Mountain which stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway. The Oscar winning film will be presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, along with both English and French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround tracks. Extras will include a On Being a Cowboy featurette, a Directing from the Heart: Ang Lee featurette, interviews with Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, and a making of featurette.

DVD Caps~







You can pre-order it now from Amazon.



Yes, there is that. Some may not remember but, there is a second where there is full frontal. It's from far away, and I don't even know if it's actually them. They jump of a cliff into a lake naked so you kinda of see things flailing in the air. It's nothing much and it's very quick so.

oh right i'd forgot about that.... i guess since it wasn't a close up i didn't stick in my mind!

found this little interview, the Jake did for Brokeback!

Brokeback comes out today
Buying my copy and watching it when i get home from work!!!!
Who else is buying theirs today?

watched it tonite but now i'm too tierd to sit and watch the special features, probably tomorrow if i can find the time!

Still.haven't.watched.it.yet

BUT MY MOM HAS!!! Grr....... She said it depressed her for 2 days. And she seemed to be playing it off as nothing by continually telling me that it was Sloooow- um, hello- I watched the movie Heaven: That's slow. Plus + Heath Ledger and Jake!!

Poop

Just saw it on DVD and thought it was amazing - up until the end, of course. Really didn't understand why Lee would just leave us with such an unclear ending. If someone could explain it to me, I'd appreciate it.

The directors do that to make us think about what's gonna happen next, I find it intresting if you ask me.

i really liked how it ended..it left it kind of open to the imagination you know!!!

I just thought the ending was pretty abrupt. I mean, it's like the first half of the film is really deep then all of a sudden Ennis (Heath's character) takes this turn into some harsh person towards Jack (Jake's character) literally blaming him for why he was the way he is. What's up with that?!

It ended that way in the short story as well, even if it was abrupt, you can make out your own ending. Personally I felt that Ennis had resentment towards Jack mainly because he'd been told that it was alright to like women but not alright to like guys and he couldn't be as open about the situation as Jack was because of what he had seen when he was a boy (eg. Earl in the ditch).

Mod Bump^

If you have MAX, it will be playing this comming Monday, Nov. 12th...

Movie Website: http://www.brokebackmountain.com/splash.html

Read the article: "Brokeback Mountain" Co-Stars Anne Hathaway And Michelle Williams Up For Spirit Awards from allheadlinenews.com

Director Ang Lee to present award at Venice film festival:

"In addition to the Golden Lion for best film, the jury headed by Taiwan's Ang Lee -- the Oscar-winning director of "Brokeback Mountain", about the forbidden love of two gay cowboys -- will recognise a best actor and best actress from among the 25 contenders."

From Gina Doggett of AFP

Nice interview with Michelle Williams talking about Heath, her well being and making Brokeback Mountain: Source:[/b] Cristina Everett, www.nydailynews.com

[b]" It's been more than a year since Heath Ledger's tragic death, and Michelle Williams is still dealing with the loss. "After the first year, the pain is less intense; it's less immediate," the actress tells the October issue of Vogue. "But the magical thinking goes away too. And that's a whole new reckoning." For some time after the death, Williams, 29, says she didn't know what her boundaries were in regards to speaking about her former boyfriend, who died of an accidental drug overdose at the age of 28 in January 2008. "I can talk about grief because that's mine, about single parenting, about trying to balance work and kids," she said. "But what I don't have to talk about is what happened between Heath and me in our relationship." Williams and Ledger, who first met when they filmed "Brokeback Mountain," had daughter Matilda Rose, now 3, during their three-year relationship. The couple amicably split in August 2007. "'Brokeback Mountain' was an unrepeatable moment in time, a very charmed time in my life," she shared. "I was in love. I was in a movie I was proud to be a part of, and with a beautiful brand-new baby. Everything was good in that moment." Sadly, the actress' good times turned dark when Ledger passed. "I was holding it together by a string and a paper clip in the fall and winter," she reveals. "I didn't know if I could keep it all together… You console yourself by saying it's all a deepening process. But it's wired."

Williams says it is the couple's daughter that has helped her through the grieving process. "Every time I really miss him and wonder where he's gone, I just look at her," she says. Another source of strength – and love – came to the actress last year when she began dating director Spike Jonze, from whom she's now split. "I thought falling in love again was the only thing that was going to save me from the pain," she says. "This erroneous idea: It just makes things more complicated."
Dating as a single mother didn't make things any easier, Williams added, admitting "I obviously don't know how to do it." As for her future, Williams is looking forward to raising Matilda.
"I feel hopeful and grateful," she says. "For a while I thought we had lost everything. It makes you want to love better and live better."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/09/...iBpIOA..."

Brokeback author, Annie Proulx donates papers to New York Public Library. Very

Read more from: bbc.co.uk

This is not suprising, 'Brokeback Mountain' listed in 2010's top grossing LGBT related films:

Top Grossing LGBT-Related Films of the 2000s... "This week, with Tom Ford’s “A Single Man” opening in theaters, iW is looking back at the last ten years of box office for films with significant lesbian, gay, bisexual transgendered characters or themes (an occasionally difficult distinction to measure, so please feel free to comment on films that should or should not have been included)."

1. Brokeback Mountain, 2005 $83,043,761
2. Bruno, 2009 60,054,530
3. The Hours, 2002 $41,675,994
4. Monster, 2003 $34,469,210
5. Milk, 2008 $31,841,299
6. Rent, 2005 $29,077,547
7. Capote, 2005 $28,750,530
8. Frida, 2002 $25,885,000
9. Far From Heaven, 2002 $15,901,849
10. The Next Best Thing, 2000 $14,990,582
11. Y Tu Mama Tambien, 2002 $13,839,658
12. Kinsey, 2004 $10,254,979
13. Transamerica, 2005 $9,015,303
14. The Deep End, 2001 $8,823,109
15. Taking Woodstock, 2009 $7,460,204
16. Mulholland Drive, 2001 $7,220,243
17. Kissing Jessica Stein, 2002 $7,025,722
18. The Closet, 2001 $6,678,894
19. The Rules of Attraction, 2002 $6,532,619
20. Mambo Italiano, 2003 $6,253,026
21. Bad Education, 2004 $5,211,842
22. Before Night Falls, 2000 $4,242,892
23. Hedwig and the Angry Inch, 2001 $3,067,312
24. Walk On Water, 2005 $2,713,932
25. But I’m a Cheerleader, 2000 $2,205,627
26. Shortbus, 2006 $1,985,292
27. The Broken Hearts Club, 2000 $1,746,585
28. Camp, 2003 $1,629,862
29. Saving Face, 2005 $1,187,266
30. L.I.E., 2001 $1,138,836
31. Chuck and Buck, 2000 $1,055,671
32. A Home at the End of the World, 2004 $1,029,872
33. All Over The Guy, 2001, $1,022,324
34. My Summer of Love, 2004 $1,000,915


Source: www.indiewire.com

If you are in the Seattle area, Brokeback Mountain will be the midnight movie at the Egyptian tonight (Fri Jan 22nd) and Saturday (Jan 23rd).

"And finally, this week's midnight movie at the Egyptian is Ang Lee's beautifully understated love story "Brokeback Mountain," starring Heath Ledger (in the performance that earned his first Oscar nomination) and Jake Gyllenhaal. Tonight and Saturday, 805 E. Pine St., Seattle; 206-781-5755 or [b]www.landmarktheaters.com"[/b]

Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com