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Brokeback Mountain, 2005

Starring: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris

Directed by: Ang Lee

Written by: Larry McMurtry

Language: English

Country: Canada, USA

Runtime: 134 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:7.7

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The mood of Brokeback Mountain is emotional, gloomy, and atmospheric. The plot centers around forbidden love, gays and lesbians, and introspection. It is a drama, romance, and period movie. Stylistically, Brokeback Mountain is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in the mountains. Brokeback Mountain happens in the 1960s and in the 1980s. The movie is known for being groundbreaking, a Venice Festival winner, and a Golden Globe winner. Note that it includes mild violent content.

Summary of Brokeback Mountain

Based on the short story by Pulitzer Prize-winning author E. Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain is the tragic and moving story of two cowboys who unexpectedly fall in love while working together one summer in 1963. When the film begins, rodeo cowboy Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) and ranch-hand Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) are strangers meeting for the first time. As the more outgoing one, it is Jack who must initiate a friendship with Ennis, a man so tight-lipped and self-consciously macho he refuses all facial expression. From this strained beginning, Jack and Ennis gradually begin to bond on cold, lonely nights over a fire in the mountains of Signal, Wyoming. One particularly chilly evening, Jack invites Ennis into his tent, where a sudden awkward embrace sends their relationship in a new direction. Though each man stubbornly defends his heterosexuality, the spark between them cannot help but grow, with that initial summer on Brokeback Mountain becoming their reference point for happiness during the rest of their lives.

Spanning 20 years, the film moves at an impressively slow pace that really captures the detailed and unhurried style of Proulx's story. Seeing each other a few times a year at best, Ennis and Jack spend the rest of their time halfheartedly living up to society's expectations by marrying and having kids. When the lovers do meet, there is a sense of love so palpable and frustrating it often manifests itself in physical violence. Gyllenhaal shines as the film's hopeful light, and Ledger gives a powerful performance as the emotionally blocked Ennis. Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee captures the natural beauty of Wyoming and Texas with camerawork that, while beautiful, never feels imposing. Gustavo Santaolalla's simple yet haunting score helps to complete a beautiful portrait of wasted chances and regret.

Details

Language:	English
Country:	Canada, USA
Release date:	3 September 2005
Runtime:	134 min
Awards:	Academy Awards

Awards

Larry McMurtry for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 2005 Academy Awards

Diana Ossana for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 2005 Academy Awards

Ang Lee for Best Director at the 2005 Academy Awards

Gustavo Santaolalla for Best Original Score at the 2005 Academy Awards

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Heath Ledger

as Ennis Del Mar

Jake Gyllenhaal

as Jack Twist

Michelle Williams

as Alma

Anne Hathaway

as Lureen Newsome

Linda Cardellini

as Cassie

Anna Faris

as Lashawn Malone

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Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Anne Hathaway in Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Director Ang Lee and Jake Gyllenhaal on the set of Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Director Ang Lee with Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal on the set of Brokeback Mountain (2005)

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USA Today

It's a heart-wrenching portrayal of unfulfilled Wyoming love, but this time, we don't mean Alan Ladd and Jean Arthur in "Shane." Full Review

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by: Mike Clark

The New York Times

Mr. Ledger magically and mysteriously disappears beneath the skin of his lean, sinewy character. It is a great screen performance, as good as the best of Marlon Brando and Sean Penn. Full Review

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by: Stephen Holden

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Fantastic movie

This coming from a guy who actually had to turn away during the love scenes, this movie was truly great. By now you've surely heard all the gay cowboy jokes that this movie spawned, but putting those aside, this movie has so much depth that you'll... Read and rate it

17.April.2011
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by: Zack Dean
Zack Dean rated this movie10/10Must See

The last time I cried this hard at a movie was every single time I see Franco Zefferelli's _Romeo and Juliet_. I have to admit a weakness for any type of love story--silly romantic comedies to epic romantic tragedies, and certainly this was a superb... Read and rate it

11.March.2011
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by: Ann
Ann rated this movie9/10Amazing

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