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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 half-heartedly 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 regret and wasted chances.

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ProducerJames Schamus

EAN5017239140983

eBay Product ID (ePID)51685749

Product Key Features

Film/TV TitleBrokeback Mountain

ActorScott Michael Campbell, Linda Cardellini, Michelle Williams, Heath Ledger, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Carey, Kate Mara, Anna Faris

DirectorAng Lee

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

FormatDVD

LanguageEnglish

Release Year2006

FeaturesWidescreen, With Subtitles

Aspect Ratio1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen

GenreDrama, Romantic

Run Time134 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate15

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ReviewsDaily Mirror - Terrific, New York Times - The lonesome chill that seeps through Ang Lee's epic western, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN is as bone deep as the movie's heartbreaking story..., Uncut - It's a nuanced and complex study of desire, loneliness and the ambiguities swirling beneath the accepted codes of rural life. And, as such, one of the finest movies of the year., Heat - Brilliant, Daily Telegraph - Bold and brilliant, Entertainment Weekly - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN is that rare thing, a big Hollywood weeper with a beautiful ache at its center. It's a modern-age Western that turns into a quietly revolutionary love story.

AuthorE. Annie Proulx

Movie/TV TitleBrokeback Mountain

ComposerGustavo Santaolaya

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1 Surround\Dolby Digital Stereo Surround

AwardsBest Screenplay (Adapted) 2005 - Larry McMurtry, Best Direction 2005 - Ang Lee, Best Supporting Actor 2005 - Jake Gyllenhaal, Best Screenplay (Adapted) 2005 - Diana Ossana, Best Music Original Score (Dramatic/Musical/Comedy) 2005 - Gustavo Santaolaya, Best Director 2005 - Ang Lee, Best Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced Or Published 2005 - Diana Ossana, Best Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced Or Published 2005 - Larry McMurtry, Best Film 2005 -