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.
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.
- Best Picture BAFTA Winner 2005.
- Best Picture (Drama) Golden Globe Winner 2005.
Special Features:
- Featurette: On Being a Cowboy
- Directing From the Heart – Ang Lee
- From Script to Screen: Interviews with Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
- Sharing the Story: The Making of Brokeback Mountain
- Brokeback Mountain Trailer
Critic Reviews:
- " It is challenging to find a movie that grabs you as hard as this does. The story lingers long after its woeful end, ultimately showing the power of such an amazing film, while also keeping and transferring the theme of longing to its audience. " – Kristy Strouse
- " Heath Ledger gives an Oscar-worthy take on a man who already seems in mourning for a loss he will be late to grasp. " – David Lamble
- " Ledger hits all the right notes as Ennis, delivering a quiet performance filled with heartache and sorrow. " – Micheal Compton