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Brokeback Mountain | |
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Directed by | Ang Lee |
Produced by | |
Screenplay by | |
Based on | 'Brokeback Mountain' by Annie Proulx |
Starring | |
Music by | Gustavo Santaolalla |
Cinematography | Rodrigo Prieto |
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Distributed by | Focus Features |
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134 minutes[1] | |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $14 million[2] |
Box office | $178.1 million[2] |
Brokeback Mountain is a 2005 American romanticdrama film directed by Ang Lee and produced by Diana Ossana and James Schamus. Adapted from the 1997 short story of the same name by Annie Proulx, the screenplay was written by Ossana and Larry McMurtry. The film stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, and Michelle Williams, and depicts the complex emotional and sexual relationship between Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist in the American West from 1963 to 1983.[3]
The film received critical acclaim and commercial success. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, Best Picture and Best Director at the British Academy Film Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Producers Guild of America Awards, Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and Independent Spirit Awards, among others. The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards, the most nominations at the 78th Academy Awards, where it won three—Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Score—though it lost the Best Picture award to Crash in a controversial Oscars upset.[4][5]
In 2018, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant'. It is currently the most recent film chosen to be in the Registry.[6]
- 4Reception
- 7Controversies
- 8Accolades
- 10Influence and legacy
Plot[edit]
In 1963, Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist are hired by Joe Aguirre to herd his sheep through the summer in the Wyoming mountains. After a night of heavy drinking, Jack makes a pass at Ennis, who is initially hesitant but eventually responds to Jack's advances. Despite Ennis' telling Jack that it was a one-time incident, they develop a passionate sexual and emotional relationship. After Jack and Ennis eventually part ways, Ennis marries his longtime fiancée Alma Beers and has two daughters with her. Jack returns the next summer seeking work, but Aguirre, who had observed Jack and Ennis on the mountain, refuses to rehire him.
Jack moves to Texas, where he meets, marries, and has a son with rodeo rider Lureen Newsome. After four years, Jack visits Ennis. Upon meeting, the two kiss passionately, and Alma inadvertently observes this. Jack broaches the subject of creating a life with Ennis on a small ranch, but Ennis, haunted by a childhood memory of the torture and murder of two men suspected of homosexual behavior, refuses. He is also unwilling to abandon his family.
Ennis and Jack continue to meet for infrequent fishing trips as their respective marriages deteriorate. Lureen abandons the rodeo, going into business with her father and expecting Jack to work in sales. Alma and Ennis eventually divorce in 1975. Upon hearing about Ennis' divorce, Jack drives to Wyoming. He suggests again that they live together, but Ennis refuses to move away from his children.
Jack finds solace with male prostitutes in Mexico. Ennis sees his family regularly until Alma finally confronts him about her knowing the true nature of his relationship with Jack. This results in a violent argument, causing Ennis to abandon his connections with Alma. Ennis meets and has a brief romantic relationship with Cassie Cartwright, a waitress.
Jack and Lureen meet and befriend another couple, Randall and Lashawn Malone. It is implied that Jack begins an affair with Randall, as Randall tells Jack his boss has a remote cabin that he can use anytime he wants and suggests they use it together sometime.
At the end of a regular fishing trip with Jack, Ennis tries to delay their next meeting. Jack's frustration erupts into argument, and Ennis blames Jack for being the cause of his own conflicted actions. Ennis begins to cry. Jack tries to hold him and he momentarily objects, but they end up locked in an embrace. Jack watches as Ennis drives away.
Some time later, Ennis receives a postcard he had sent to Jack, stamped 'Deceased'. He calls Lureen, who says that Jack died in an accident, when a tire he was changing exploded. As she is speaking, Ennis imagines that Jack was actually beaten to death by a gang of thugs, the fate that Ennis feared. Lureen tells Ennis that Jack wanted to have his ashes scattered on Brokeback Mountain, but she does not know where it is.
Ennis travels to meet with Jack's parents and offers to take Jack's ashes to the mountain. The father refuses, preferring to have them interred in a family plot. Permitted by Jack's mother to see Jack's childhood bedroom, Ennis finds the bloodstained shirt he thought he had lost on Brokeback Mountain. He discovers Jack kept it hanging with his own stained shirt from that summer's fight. Ennis holds both shirts up to his face, silently weeping. Jack's mother lets him keep the shirts.
Later, 19-year-old Alma Jr. arrives at Ennis' trailer to tell her father she is engaged. She asks for his blessing and invites him to the wedding. Ennis asks her if her fiancé really loves her, and she replies, 'Yes'.
After Alma Jr. leaves, Ennis goes to his closet, where his and Jack's shirts hang together, with a postcard of Brokeback Mountain tacked above them. He stares at the ensemble for a moment, tears in his eyes, and murmurs, 'Jack, I swear..'
Cast[edit]
- Heath Ledger as Ennis Del Mar
- Jake Gyllenhaal as Jack Twist
- Michelle Williams as Alma Beers Del Mar
- Anne Hathaway as Lureen Newsome Twist
- Randy Quaid as Joe Aguirre
- Linda Cardellini as Cassie Cartwright
- Anna Faris as Lashawn Malone
- David Harbour as Randall Malone
- Roberta Maxwell as Mrs. Twist
- Peter McRobbie as John Twist
- Kate Mara as Alma Del Mar Jr.
- Scott Michael Campbell as Monroe
- Graham Beckel as L.D Newsome
Production[edit]
Gus Van Sant attempted to adapt Proulx's story as a film, hoping to cast Matt Damon as Ennis and Joaquin Phoenix as Jack. Damon, who previously worked with Van Sant on Good Will Hunting, told the director, 'Gus, I did a gay movie (The Talented Mr. Ripley), then a cowboy movie (All the Pretty Horses). I can't follow it up with a gay-cowboy movie!'[7] Van Sant went on to make the biographical film Milk, based on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk. Joel Schumacher was also linked with the project prior to Lee's involvement.[8]
When Ang Lee first heard of the story and screenplay, he attempted to get the film made as an independent producer.[8] However, this did not work out and before Lee would take a break after finishing Hulk he got into contact with co-screenwriter and CEO of Focus Features, James Schamus to ask if the film was ever made.[9] Ang Lee was considering retirement after Hulk. In an interview with Out magazine, he described himself 'wrecked' after filming both Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hulk. Brokeback Mountain 'nurtured' him back into filmmaking.[10]
The casting of Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal was announced in 2003.[11] Anne Hathaway stated that during her audition, she lied to Ang Lee about her knowledge of horse riding so that he would cast her.[12] Subsequently, she took horse-riding lessons for two months.[13]
While the film is set in Wyoming (like the original story), it was filmed almost entirely in the Canadian Rockies in southern Alberta. Lee was given a tour of the locations in the story in Wyoming by Proulx but chose to shoot in Canada due to financial reasons.[9] The fictional 'Brokeback Mountain' was named to suggest a physical feature, after a term used for a swaybacked horse or mule.[14] The mountain featured in the film is a composite of Mount Lougheed south of the town of Canmore and Fortress and Moose Mountain in Kananaskis Country.[15]
The campsites were filmed at Goat Creek, Upper Kananaskis Lake, Elbow Falls and Canyon Creek, also in Alberta. Other scenes were filmed in Cowley, Fort Macleod,[16] and Calgary. The film was shot during the summer of 2004.[17]
Proulx has praised the faithfulness of the adaptation of her story as a feature film. Before the movie was made, she described McMurtry and Ossana's adaptation as 'an exceptionally fine screenplay.' Later, she praised the film as 'huge and powerful,' writing that she was 'knocked for a loop' when she first saw it.
'I may be the first writer in America to have a piece of writing make its way to the screen whole and entire,' she said. 'And, when I saw the film for the first time, I was astonished that the characters of Jack and Ennis came surging into my mind again..'[18]
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
Brokeback Mountain cost about US$14 million to produce, excluding its reported advertising budget of $5 million. According to interviews with the filmmakers, Focus Features was able to recoup its production costs early on by selling overseas rights to the film.
The film saw limited release in the United States on December 9, 2005 (in New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco), taking $547,425 in five theaters its first weekend.
Over the Christmas weekend, Brokeback Mountain posted the highest per-theater gross of any film and was considered a box office success not only in urban centers such as New York City and Los Angeles, but also in suburban theaters near Portland, Houston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, and Atlanta. On January 6, 2006, the film expanded into 483 theaters, and on January 13, 2006, Focus Features, the film's distributor, opened Brokeback in nearly 700 North American cinemas as part of its ongoing expansion strategy for the film. On January 20, the film opened in 1,194 theaters in North America; it opened in 1,652 theaters on January 27 and in 2,089 theaters on February 3, its widest release.
The film's theatrical run lasted for 133 days and grossed $83,043,761 in North America and $95,018,998 abroad, adding up to a worldwide gross of $178,062,759. It is the top-grossing release of Focus Features, it ranks fifth among the highest-grossing westerns (since 1979), and eighth among the highest-grossing romantic dramas (since 1980).
Brokeback Mountain was released in London on December 30, 2005,[19] in only one cinema, and was widely released in the rest of the United Kingdom on January 6, 2006. On January 11, Time Out London magazine reported that Brokeback was the number one film in the city, a position it held for three weeks.[citation needed]
The film was released in France on January 18, 2006, in 155 cinemas (expanding into 258 cinemas in the second week and into 290 in the third week). In its first week of release, Brokeback Mountain was in third place at the French box office, with 277,000 people viewing the film, or an average of 1,787 people by cinema per week, the highest such figure for any film in France that week. One month later, it reached more than one million viewers (more than 1,250,000 on March 18), with still 168 cinemas (in the 10th week). Released in Italy on January 20, the film grossed more than 890,000 euros in only three days, and was the fourth highest-grossing film in the country in its first week of release.
Brokeback was released in Australia on January 26, 2006, where it landed in fourth place at the box office and earned an average per-screen gross three times higher than its nearest competitor during its first weekend despite being released in only 48 cinemas nationwide. Most of the Australian critics praised the film.[20]Brokeback was released in many other countries during the first three months of 2006.[21]
During its first week of release, Brokeback was in first place in Hong Kong's box office, with more than US$473,868 ($22,565 per cinema).[22]
Brokeback Mountain was the highest-grossing film in the U.S. from January 17 through January 19, 2006, perhaps due primarily to its wins at the Golden Globes on January 16. Indeed, the film was one of the top five highest-grossing films in the U.S. every day from January 17 until January 28, including over the weekend (when more people go to the films and big-budget films usually crowd out independent films from the top-grossing list) of January 20–22.[23] On January 28, the film fell out of the top five and into sixth place at the box office during that weekend before entering the top five again on January 30 and remaining there until February 10.
The film was released on January 20, 2006, in Taiwan, where director Ang Lee was born, and it ran there until April 20.
Critical response[edit]
Professional film critics widely praised Brokeback Mountain.[24] The film won four Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Drama, and was nominated for seven, leading all other films in the 2005 awards. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, as well as the title of Best Picture from the Boston Society of Film Critics, British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), Broadcast Film Critics Association, Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association, Florida Film Critics Circle, Independent Spirit Awards, International Press Academy, London Film Critics' Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, New York Film Critics Circle, Producers Guild of America, and San Francisco Film Critics Circle.
Brokeback Mountain received an approval rating of 87% on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 240 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 8.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, 'A beautifully epic Western, Brokeback Mountain's gay love story is imbued with heartbreaking universality, helped by the moving performances of Ledger and Gyllenhaal.'[24] It also received an 87 out of 100 score on Metacritic based on 41 reviews, indicating 'universal acclaim.'[25] The film was given a 'two thumbs up' rating by Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper, the former giving a four-star review in the Chicago Sun-Times. The film received positive reviews from Christianity Today.[26] Conservative radio host Michael Medved gave the film three and a half stars, stating that while the film's 'agenda' is blatant, it is an artistic work.[27]
Universal (the studio of which Focus Features is the specialty division) announced on January 3, 2006, that Brokeback Mountain was the most honored film of 2005. The independent website criticstop10.com backed that assertion, reporting that Brokeback Mountain was the most frequently selected film on reviewers' year-end Top Ten lists of 2005.[28]
On March 9, 2006, a press release was sent to more than 400 media outlets announcing that nearly $26,000 had been raised for an ad to be posted in the Daily Variety the following day.[29] The money had been raised by just over 600 fans through an online donations site, affiliated with a non-studio-sponsored online forum which is devoted to the film and the book.[30] The story was quickly picked up by several outlets including Yahoo!, The Advocate, and The New York Times.[31][32] The ad served as a simple show of fan support despite its losing the Best Picture Oscar.
The film's significance has been attributed to its portrayal of a same-sex relationship on its own terms, focused on the characters. It does not refer to the history of the LGBT social movements.[33] It emphasizes the tragic love story aspect, and many commentators have compared Ennis and Jack's drama to classic and modern romances such as Romeo and Juliet or Titanic, often using the term star-crossed lovers.[34][35][36] The poster for the film was inspired by that of James Cameron's Titanic, after Ang Lee's collaborator James Schamus looked at the posters of 'the 50 most romantic movies ever made'.[37]
The film was picked as one of the 400 nominated films for the American Film Institute list AFI's 100 Years..100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition).[38]Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade, best-of list.[39] In a 2016 international poll conducted by BBC, Brokeback Mountain was ranked the 40th greatest film since 2000.[40]
Top ten lists[edit]
Brokeback Mountain was listed on many critics' top ten lists.[41]
- 1st – Stephen Holden, The New York Times
- 1st – Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
- 1st – Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
- 1st – Ruthie Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
- 1st – Scott Tobias, The A.V. Club
- 2nd – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
- 2nd – Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
- 2nd – Noel Murray, The A.V. Club
- 2nd – Desson Thompson, Washington Post
- 2nd – Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
- 2nd – Mike Clark and Claudia Puig, USA Today
- 3rd – Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
- 3rd – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
- 3rd – Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian
- 3rd – William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- 4th – David Ansen, Newsweek
- 4th – Keith Phipps, The A.V. Club
- 4th – Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
- 5th – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
- 5th – Mike Russell, Portland Oregonian
- 5th – Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
- 6th – Alison Benedikt, Chicago Tribune
- 6th – Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly
- 7th – Nathan Rabin, The A.V. Club
- 7th – Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
- 7th – Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper[42]
- 8th – Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
- 10th – Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
- Top 10 (listed alphabetically) – Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
- Top 10 (listed alphabetically) – Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
- Top 10 (listed alphabetically) – Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
- Top 10 (listed alphabetically) – Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times
Discussions about sexuality of characters[edit]
Reviewers, critics, and the cast and crew disagreed as to whether the film's two protagonists were homosexual, bisexual, or should be free of any sexual orientation classification. The film was frequently referred to in the media as the 'gay cowboy movie', but a number of reviewers noted that both Jack and Ennis were bisexual.[43][44][45] Sex researcher Fritz Klein said that the film was 'a nice film with two main characters who were bisexual' and suggested that the character of Jack is more 'toward the gay side' of the spectrum and Ennis is 'a bit more toward the straight side'.[46]
Gyllenhaal concluded that Ennis and Jack were straight men who 'develop this love, this bond,' saying in a Details interview: 'I approached the story believing that these are actually two straight guys who fall in love.'[46] Ledger was quoted in TIME/avgn-season-2-download-torrent.html. magazine: 'I don't think Ennis could be labeled as gay. Without Jack Twist, I don't know that he ever would have come out.. I think the whole point was that it was two souls that fell in love with each other.'
Others said they felt the characters' sexuality to be simply ambiguous. Clarence Patton and Christopher Murray said in New York's Gay City News that Ennis and Jack's experiences were metaphors for 'many men who do not identify as gay or even queer, but who nevertheless have sex with other men'.[47] It was written in Entertainment Weekly 'everyone called it 'The Gay Cowboy Movie.' Until they saw it. In the end, Ang Lee's 2005 love story wasn't gay or straight, just human.'[39] A reviewer at Filmcritic.com wrote: 'We later see Jack eagerly engage Lureen sexually, with no explanation as to whether he is bisexual, so in need of physical intimacy that anyone, regardless of gender, will do, or merely very adept at faking it.'[48]
LGBT non-fiction author Eric Marcus dismissed 'talk of Ennis and Jack being anything but gay as box office-influenced political correctness intended to steer straight audiences to the film'. Roger Ebert concluded that both characters were gay, but doubted it themselves: 'Jack is able to accept a little more willingly that he is inescapably gay.'[49] The film's producer, James Schamus, said, 'I suppose movies can be Rorschach tests for all of us, but damn if these characters aren't gay to me.'[46]Annie Proulx, whose story is the basis of the film, said 'how different readers take the story is a reflection of their own personal values, attitudes, hang-ups.'[50][51]
When Ledger and Gyllenhaal were asked about any fear of being cast in such controversial roles, Ledger responded that he was not afraid of the role, but rather he was concerned that he would not be mature enough as an actor to do the story justice. Gyllenhaal has stated that he is extremely proud of the film and his role, regardless of what the reactions would be. He regards rumors of him being bisexual as flattering, stating: 'I'm open to whatever people want to call me. I've never really been attracted to men sexually, but I don't think I would be afraid of it if it happened.'[52] Both have stated that the sex scenes in the beginning were difficult to do. Lee found the first scene difficult to film and has stated he has great respect for the two main actors for their 'courage'. Ledger's performance was described by Luke Davies as a difficult and empowering portrayal given the environment of the film: 'In Brokeback Mountain the vulnerability, the potential for danger, is so great – a world so masculine it might destroy you for any aberration – that [Ledger's] real brilliance was to bring to the screen a character, Ennis Del Mar, so fundamentally shut down that he is like a bible of unrequited desires, stifled yearnings, lost potential.'[53]
The campaign to depoliticize the film,[by whom?] which was successful in some ways, failed to avert the backlash[clarification needed] resulting from the film's subverting 'the myth of the American West and its iconic heroes.'[54]Brokeback Mountain challenges the iconic image of the white, male, all American cowboy and allows it to engage with same-sex relationships. Author Jim Kitses states 'What drives the emotional attack of the film is the inadequacy of its characters to articulate and understand, let alone control, the experience that strikes them like a storm. American cowboys—of all people—have no business falling in love with each other. Practical and conservative types of a rough and ready manhood are by no means ready for man-love.'[54]
International distribution and reception[edit]
—Ang Lee, responding to being celebrated in China for winning the Academy Award, although the film was not released there.[55]
The film has been given different titles in other languages. It is entitled The Secret(s) of Brokeback Mountain (in French, Italian, Portuguese and Polish). In Canadian French, the title is Souvenirs de Brokeback Mountain (Memories of Brokeback Mountain). In Spanish the film had two titles: in Spain, the title was Brokeback Mountain: En terreno vedado (In a forbidden terrain) while in Latin America the titles was 'Secreto en la montaña' (Secret in the mountain). In Hungarian, the title was Túl a barátságon (Beyond friendship). The Region 1 DVD has English, Spanish (Latin American), French (Canadian), and on some DVDs, German audio tracks.[citation needed]
The film met with mixed reactions in other nations, particularly China and Islamic nations of western Asia. According to news reports, the film has not been shown in theaters in China, although it was freely available in bootleg DVD and video. The state said it did not distribute the film because the anticipated audience was too small to justify it. The foreign media suggested this was a cover for government opposition to a portrayal of homosexuality.[56][57]
The film opened in theaters in Lee's native Taiwan on January 20, 2006, and Hong Kong on February 23, 2006.[58] A CNN interviewer said to Ang Lee,
Brokeback Mountain has never been shown in China, but when you won Best Director in 2005 for that film, the Chinese media said, and I quote: 'You are the pride of the Chinese people all over the world.' Do you find that a little hypocritical, the fact that you are feted by China, yet your film is not allowed to be shown there?[55]
Lee responded,
It was, I wouldn't say hypocritical. I think they are genuinely happy to see a Chinese director win an Academy Award with good artistic value. I think that pride is genuine, so I would not think that's hypocritical at all. Not only in my judgment, I literally meet people who are genuinely happy. No, no, I don't think so, it's just like they don't want homosexual movie shown in the movies, it's hard to put American logic.. It's just something else. I don't know how to describe it, it's just something else. So what can I say?[55]
The word 'brokeback' (Chinese: 断背; pinyin: duànbèi) has entered the Chinese lexicon as a slang word for homosexuality.[59] As well as this, the film, upon its release was dubbed by the press 'the gay cowboy movie' which is a term that was propelled into the American vernacular.[11]
In the Middle East, distribution of the film became a political issue. Homosexuality is legally a serious crime in most Islamic nations and is a taboo subject even in the few nations where it is legal. Lebanon was the only Arab country to show the film, and it released a censored format. The film was also released in Turkey.[60] The film was officially banned from screenings in the United Arab Emirates; however, the DVD of the film was permitted to be rented from stores such as Blockbuster Video.[61][62]
On December 8, 2008, the Italian state-owned television channel Rai Due aired a censored version of the film, removing all the scenes with homoerotic references. Viewers protested, saying the deletions made the plot impossible to follow. The Arcigay organisation protested the deletions as homophobic censorship.[63] The state-owned television network RAI said the Italian film distributor had mistakenly censored the film. RAI showed an uncensored version of the film on March 17, 2009.[64] Download game 5 spot 2 gratis.
Controversies[edit]
Utah theater cancellation[edit]
On January 6, 2006, Utah Jazz owner Larry H. Miller pulled the film from his Jordan Commons entertainment complex in Sandy, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. Miller made the decision at the last minute, after having contracted for the release and advertising for the film. He pulled it after learning that the plot concerned a same-sex romance. Miller said the film got away from 'traditional families', which he believes is 'dangerous'.[65][66]Focus Features threatened to sue him and announced it would no longer do business with him. The company stated, 'You can't do business with people who break their word.'[66]
U.S. conservative media[edit]
Several conservative political pundits, including commentators Bill O'Reilly, John Gibson, and Cal Thomas, accused Hollywood of pushing a gay agenda with the film.
Gibson made jokes about the film on his Fox News Radio program for months after the film's release. After actor Heath Ledger died in January 2008 from a drug overdose, Gibson was widely criticized for mocking the deceased actor hours after the news broke. He later apologized.[67]
Conservative radio figure Rush Limbaugh has referred to the film as 'Bareback Mountain' and 'Humpback Mountain'.[68]Don Imus referred to the film as 'Fudgepack Mountain'.[69]
Gene Shalit[edit]
Gene Shalit, the film critic for The Today Show, described the character of Jack Twist as a 'sexual predator' who 'tracks Ennis down and coaxes him into sporadic trysts.'[70] Some viewers complained about this. The gay media group GLAAD said that Shalit's characterization of Twist was like calling Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic a sexual predator for his romantic pursuit of the character played by Kate Winslet.[70][71]
Peter Shalit, the critic's openly gay son, wrote an open letter to GLAAD, saying of his father: 'He may have had an unpopular opinion of a movie that is important to the gay community, but he defamed no one, and he is not a homophobe.' He said that GLAAD had defamed his father by 'falsely accusing him of a repellent form of bigotry'.[72] However, Gene Shalit later apologized for his review. 'I did not intend to use a word that many in the gay community consider incendiary..I certainly had no intention of casting aspersions on anyone in the gay community or on the community itself. I regret any emotional hurt that may have resulted from my review of Brokeback Mountain.'[71]
U.S. social conservatives[edit]
Several conservative Christian groups, such as Concerned Women for America and Focus on the Family, strongly criticized the film, based on its subject matter, before its release. Following wins by Brokeback Mountain, Capote, and Transamerica at the 2006 Golden Globes, Janice Crouse, a Concerned Women for America member, cited these films as examples of how 'the media elites are proving that their pet projects are more important than profit' and suggested that they were not popular enough to merit so much critical acclaim.[73]
Criticism of marketing[edit]
Some commentators suggested that the film's producers reduced or hid aspects of its content pertaining to characters' sexualities in advertising and in public events, such as press conferences and award ceremonies. Journalists, including New York Daily News writer Wayman Wong, Dave Cullen and Daniel Mendelsohn, complained that the film's director, lead actors, and publicity team avoided using the word gay to describe the story, and noted that the film's trailer did not show a kiss between the two male leads but did show a heterosexual love scene.[74][75]
Daniel Mendelsohn argued in the New York Review of Books that Focus Features was going to de-fang the film and turn it heterosexual. He claimed that the press kit had sought to conceal the theme of non-heterosexuality in the advertising campaign tagline, 'Love is a force of nature', arguing that this was a betrayal of queerness. James Schamus, who assumed a leadership position at Focus Features, responded that 'it is true that many reviewers contextualize their investment in the gay aspects of the romance by claiming that the characters' homosexuality is incidental to the film's achievements.'[76]
Quaid lawsuit[edit]
On March 23, 2006, actor Randy Quaid, who played Joe Aguirre (Ennis and Jack's boss), filed a lawsuit against Focus Features (LLC), Del Mar Productions (LLC), James Schamus, David Linde, and Does 1–10 alleging that they intentionally and negligently misrepresented Brokeback Mountain as 'a low-budget, art house film with no prospect of making any money' in order to secure Quaid's professional acting services at below-market rates. The film had grossed more than $160 million as of the date of his lawsuit, which sought $10 million plus punitive damages.[77] On May 5, Quaid dropped his lawsuit. Quaid's publicist said he decided to drop the lawsuit after Focus Features agreed to pay him a bonus. Focus Features denies making such a settlement.[78]
Allegations of animal cruelty[edit]
The American Humane Association raised concerns that animals were treated improperly during filming, alleging that sheep were handled roughly and that an elk appeared to have been 'shot on cue.' It suggested that the animal was anesthetized for this purpose, violating standard guidelines for animal handling in the film industry.[79]
Post-Academy Awards debate[edit]
Supporters of the film engendered considerable discussion after the film Crash won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Some critics accused the Academy of homophobia for failing to award the Oscar for Best Picture to Brokeback Mountain. Michael Jensen noted that prior to the Oscar ceremony, Brokeback Mountain became 'the most honored movie in cinematic history',[5] winning more Best Picture and Director awards than previous Oscar winners The Silence of the Lambs and Schindler's List combined. He noted that, prior to Brokeback, no film that had won the Writers Guild, Directors Guild, and Producers Guild awards failed to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, and that only four times in the previous twenty-five years had the Best Picture winner not also been the film with the most nominations. He also noted that only once before had a film that failed to be nominated for the Golden Globe's Best Picture (Crash) won the Academy Award.[80][81][82]Brokeback Mountain ranks 13th among the highest-grossing romance films of all time.[83]
Annie Proulx wrote an essay expressing her extreme disappointment in the film not winning the Best Picture Award. She intimated that Scientologists had something to do with it, and that Philip Seymour Hoffman's acting in the film Capote required less skill than that required of the actors in Brokeback Mountain.[84]
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Some critics, notably Roger Ebert, defended the decision to award Crash Best Picture, arguing that the better film won.[85] Ebert questioned why many critics were not acknowledging other nominees and appeared to be bashing Crash only because it won over their preferred film.[86]
In 2015, The Hollywood Reporter polled Academy members on controversial past decisions, in which Brokeback Mountain won the revote for Best Picture.[87][4]
Accolades[edit]
Brokeback Mountain won 71 awards and had an additional 52 nominations.[88] It won three Academy Awards, for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Score, as well as four Golden Globe Awards, for Best Motion Picture-Drama, Best Director, Best Song, and Best Screenplay, and four BAFTA Awards, for Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Jake Gyllenhaal). The film also received four Screen Actors Guild nominations for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Ensemble, more than any other film released in 2005.
The film is one of several highly acclaimed LGBT-related films of 2005 to be nominated for critical awards; others include Breakfast on Pluto, Capote, Rent, and Transamerica. It was voted the top film involving homosexual relationships by readers at Thebacklot.com.[89] In 2010, the Independent Film & Television Alliance selected the film as one of the 30 Most Significant Independent Films of the last 30 years[90]
Won[edit]
Academy Awards | |
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1. Best Director, Ang Lee | |
2. Best Original Score, Gustavo Santaolalla | |
3. Best Adapted Screenplay, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana | |
Golden Globe Awards | |
1. Best Director, Ang Lee | |
2. Best Motion Picture — Drama | |
3. Best Original Song, Gustavo Santaolalla, Bernie Taupin | |
4. Best Screenplay, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana | |
BAFTA Awards | |
1. Best Direction, Ang Lee | |
2. Best Film, Diana Ossana, James Schamus | |
3. Best Supporting Actor, Jake Gyllenhaal | |
4. Best Adapted Screenplay, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana |
- 78th Academy Awards: Best Director (Ang Lee), Best Adapted Screenplay (Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana), Best Original Score (Gustavo Santaolalla)
- 59th BAFTA Awards: Best Film (Diana Ossana and James Schamus), Best Supporting Actor (Jake Gyllenhaal), Best Director (Ang Lee), Best Adapted Screenplay (Larry McMurty and Diana Ossana)
- Venice International Film Festival: 'Golden Lion' for Best Film (Ang Lee)
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2005: Best Picture (Diana Ossana and James Schamus), Best Director (Ang Lee), Best Supporting Actress – (Tie) (Michelle Williams), Best Original Song (Emmylou Harris, Gustavo Santaolalla, and Bernie Taupin, 'A Love That Will Never Grow Old')
- Directors Guild of America Awards: Director of the Year Award — Theatrical Motion Picture (Ang Lee)
- European Film Awards: Best Director (Ang Lee)
- GLAAD Media Awards: Outstanding Film — Wide Release (Ang Lee, Diana Ossana, and James Schamus)
- 63rd Golden Globe Awards Best Motion Picture — Drama (Diana Ossana and James Schamus), Best Director — Motion Picture (Ang Lee), Best Screenplay (Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana), Best Song (Gustavo Santaolalla and Bernie Taupin, 'A Love That Will Never Grow Old')
- Independent Spirit Awards: Best Picture (Diana Ossana and James Schamus), Best Director (Ang Lee)[91]
- MTV Movie Awards: Best Performance (Jake Gyllenhaal), Best Kiss (Heath Ledger & Jake Gyllenhaal)
- Producer's Guild Awards: Producer of the Year Award — Theatrical Motion Picture (Diana Ossana and James Schamus)
- Time Magazine: TIME 100: The People Who Shape Our World (2006) (Ang Lee)[92]
- Writers Guild of America Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay (Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana)
- National Gay Pride Association: Best Motion Picture (2006) (Diana Ossana and James Schamus)
- Australian Film Institute: Best International Actor (Heath Ledger)
Nominated[edit]
- 78th Academy Awards: Best Picture (Focus Features: Diana Ossana and James Schamus), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Heath Ledger), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jake Gyllenhaal), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Michelle Williams), Best Cinematography (Rodrigo Prieto)
- 59th BAFTA Awards: Best Actor (Heath Ledger), Best Supporting Actress (Michelle Williams), Best Cinematography (Rodrigo Prieto), Best Score (Gustavo Santaolalla), Best Editing (Geraldine Peroni and Dylan Tichenor)
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2005: Best Actor (Heath Ledger), Best Supporting Actor (Jake Gyllenhaal), Best Writer (Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana)
- European Film Awards: Screen International Award (Ang Lee)
- 63rd Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor — Motion Picture Drama (Heath Ledger), Best Supporting Actress — Motion Picture (Michelle Williams), Best Original Score (Gustavo Santaolalla)
- 49th Grammy Awards: Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media (Gustavo Santaolalla, producer)
- Independent Spirit Awards: Best Male Lead (Heath Ledger), Best Supporting Female (Michelle Williams)
- Screen Actors Guild: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Heath Ledger), Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Jake Gyllenhaal), Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Michelle Williams), Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid, Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris)
Home media[edit]
This film is the first to be released the same day as both a DVD and a download available via the Internet.[93]
It was released in the United States on April 4, 2006. The film moved more than 1.5 million copies on its first day of release[94] and was the third biggest seller of the week behind Disney's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and King Kong.[95] Although the ranking fluctuated daily, by late March and early April 2006, Brokeback Mountain had been the top-selling DVD on Amazon.com several days running.[96] The Region 2 (Europe) DVD was released on April 24, 2006, though at first only in the UK. Other release dates are much later: France on July 19, 2006, and Poland in September, a considerable time after the theater release in both countries. The Region 4 (Australia/New Zealand/South America) DVD was released on July 19, 2006.[citation needed]Brokeback Mountain was re-released in a collector's edition on January 23, 2007. On that same day, Brokeback Mountain was also released as a Combo Format HD DVD/DVD.[97]Brokeback Mountain was released on Blu-ray Disc on August 13, 2007, but only in the UK.[98]Brokeback Mountain was released on Blu-ray Disc in the United States on March 10, 2009.[99]
Influence and legacy[edit]
Impact on film industry[edit]
The film is credited with acting as a stepping stone for queer cinema into the mainstream. In Out at the Movies, Steven Paul Davies explains that as a result of the film's success, 'most major film studios have been clamouring to get behind new, gay-themed projects.. thanks to Brokeback, film financiers will continue to back scripts that don't simply rely on gay stereotypes..and that will certainly be progress.' Davies cites Milk, Transamerica, and I Love You Phillip Morris as examples of such films.[100]
Shirt auction[edit]
The pair of shirts featured in the film were sold on eBay on February 20, 2006, for US$101,100.51. The shirts were sold to benefit the children's charity Variety, long associated with the film industry.[101] The buyer was Tom Gregory, a film historian and collector. He described the shirts as 'the ruby slippers of our time,' referring to an artifact from The Wizard of Oz film.[102] In 2009, Gregory loaned the shirts from the film to the Autry National Center in Los Angeles for its series, Out West, which explored the history of homosexual, bisexual and transgender people in the Old West. The series included a gallery tour, panel discussions, lectures and performances, with events held in four installments over the course of 12 months. According to the Autry, the series was the 'first of its kind' for a western heritage museum.[103]
Beyond Brokeback[edit]
Beyond Brokeback: The Impact of a Film (2007) is a book of personal stories of how people were influenced by the short story and film, compiled from accounts written by members of the Ultimate Brokeback Forum. In an associated Out West series program, the Autry screened Brokeback Mountain in December 2010 to commemorate the film's fifth anniversary and held a staged reading of Beyond Brokeback in a presentation adapted by independent historian Gregory Hinton from the 2007 book. (He had also conceived and organized the Out West series for the museum.) Beyond Brokeback has been presented as a staged reading at other venues, such as Roosevelt University in Chicago, on November 13, 2011, together with a panel discussion and screening of the film.[104]
Operatic adaptation[edit]
Brokeback Mountain is an American opera composed by Charles Wuorinen with a libretto by Annie Proulx, based on her 1997 short story by the same name. Written in English, it premiered at the Teatro Real in Madrid on January 28, 2014. It was championed by impresario Gerard Mortier, who had commissioned it.[105][106]
Fan fiction[edit]
Annie Proulx, author of the original 1997 short story, said a few years after the film's release, 'I wish I'd never written it,' because she has been sent too much fan fiction presenting alternative plots:[107]
[The film] is the source of constant irritation in my private life. There are countless people out there who think the story is open range to explore their fantasies and to correct what they see as an unbearably disappointing story.[108]
She said the authors, mostly men who claim to 'understand men better than I do',[107] often send her their works:[108]
They constantly send ghastly manuscripts and pornish rewrites of the story to me, expecting me to reply with praise and applause for 'fixing' the story. They certainly don't get the message that if you can't fix it you've got to stand it. Most of these 'fix-it' tales have the character Ennis finding a husky boyfriend and living happily ever after, or discovering the character Jack is not really dead after all, or having the two men's children meet and marry, etc., etc.[108]
See also[edit]
- Brokeback Mountain (opera), composed by Charles Wuorinen with a libretto by Annie Proulx
- Brokeback Mountain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, description of related soundtrack recordings.
- Mixed-orientation marriage, sometimes referred to as a 'brokeback' marriage.
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Further reading[edit]
- Proulx, Annie (1997, 1999, 2006). Close Range: Wyoming Stories.
- Proulx, Annie; McMurtry, Larry; Ossana, Diana (2005, 2006). Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay. London, New York, Toronto and Sydney: Harper Perennial. ISBN978-0-00-723430-1.
- Packard, Chris (2006) Queer Cowboys: And Other Erotic Male Friendships in Nineteenth-Century American Literature. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN1-4039-7597-3.
- Cante, Richard C. (March 2008). 'Introduction'; 'Chapter 3'. Gay Men and the Forms of Contemporary US Culture. London: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN0-7546-7230-1.
- Rich, B. Ruby (2013). 'Ang Lee's Lonesome Cowboys'. New Queer Cinema: The Director's Cut. London: Duke University Press. ISBN978-0-8223-5428-4.
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The movie hit me especially hard because of my personal experiences. I spent several years living in the West and had a relationship with another man, who has since died. Watching this movie brought back many of the emotions I thought were long buried.
I feel like grabbing my coworkers and talking them to death about this film, but I know they don't want to hear about it. I feel this driving need to keep talking about it - maybe if I keep talking about it I can get the ending to change.
If I had known how this film was going to affect me - I wouldn't have watched it. It's too late now - I can't get it out of my head. I don't think I've ever been affected this much by a movie.
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Of course, the dynamic of male love is different than male-female love only in genitalia. Jack and Ennis' first encounter while waiting for work, their isolation leading to each other's arms, is the stuff of every restrained romantic drama. The mechanism of two men falling in love here develops along the lines of homo-masculinity dictating patterns of behavior which both Jack and Ennis obey whether they know it or not. It comes to me as no surprise when, following their first sexual encounter (brutally executed with undertones of sadomasochism but true to the style of love involving alpha males), they revert to 'not being queers' but cowboys who excuse 'what happened' to liquor and 'manly needs'. Which of course verbalizes society's impositions of men having to be 'men.'
Of course, things take a different turn and the heart wants what it wants. Once their work is done, Jack tries to keep their acquaintance alive but Ennis is so intensely closed and closeted to any possibility of emotions that he looks like he may implode at any moment and only once does he actually scream into his hat, bent over, as Jack drives away. The sound is a terrible, heart-rending puke of indescribable pain.
What follows is a series of brief encounters that become more intense as the years go by, but at the same time destroys two marriages and consumes then to the end. Love is an uncontrollable emotion, and when two people who belong together despite their gender cannot fulfill their dreams it's only a matter of time when things reach a head. Again, the constraints of time and space interfere: Ennis cannot see a life outside what he knows, again more a product of the trauma of seeing something horrible as a child, and Jack, not having what he wants, has to take to meeting other men in sordid locations and re-create a semblance of an affair with a man who resembles Ennis. In presenting these situations as they are and not trying to pursue change in its characters, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN is the love story that transcends gender, space, time, and proves that love -- even when tragic -- is universal.
Even so, will straight people see the message behind the story? I believe straight women (and a few enlightened straight men) will be the ones drawn to view the movie over a majority of conservative idiots who still hold the idea of two men locked in intimacy as being repugnant and are ripping their feeble brains out over the quasi 'gay agenda' that BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN is trying to 'convert people to homoesexuality'. Sometimes it takes a movie like this which dares to take the risk and tell an unforgettable story rife in visual and emotional power -- true poetry in motion.
All of the actors in BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN are flawless, and all of them have roles that in another story might have been bland stereotypes of predictable natures. Jake Gyllenhaal is smoldering longing at the beginning but becomes a broken man who explodes in rage when he realizes that twenty years have gone down the drain. Heath Ledger goes one better: his painful speech, furtive eyes, and inward body language expresses an overwhelming set of emotions which state that he'd never be able to be happy with anyone, and his final scene holding Jack's shirt comes more as an apology to Jack than an added moment of schmaltz. Michelle Williams plays a typical housewife who is witnessing something she can't understand. Linda Cardellini, who comes quite late in the film, initially appears to be just a waitress, but is the person who gives Ennis an advice about love. Anne Hathaway's role as Jack Twist's wife is much more tricky: is she aware of his gayness or is she really all about business and having a perfect home? I get the feeling her character knows more than she expresses, and her turning progressively blonde is a manifestation of her choosing to look the other way and live a life of bitter complacency, best expressed in her telling speech about how 'men don't dance with their wives.' If she only knew.
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What I experienced from this movie is well beyond the romantic storyline. Now, 3 months later, I am still in awe of this amazing work of film-making and storytelling. I am also happy to see that there are millions of others out there who have had the good fortune to have been transformed by this masterpiece. The movie has made me wonder about my own life and choices...this really has nothing to do with the 'gay' issue, but rather, how I've chosen my career path, past relationships, what my future holds. Will I find myself at a point, like Ennis, where happiness has slipped by due to my own fears and caution? Am I doomed to a life of misery, just because I was afraid to take that one chance? Truth is, I'm terrified, absolutely TERRIFIED, that I may end up one day like Ennis at the end, looking out of that lonely window, trapped in a wasted life full of regrets, only because I missed out on my chance for happiness.
I've read some great reviews on this site, but I continue to be baffled by the level of ignorance of some of the reviews I've seen. I am not talking about the negative reviews..I can not expect everyone to like this movie. I'm talking about the reviews from people who have NOT even seen the movie...I mean, what could you be possibly thinking to comment negatively on a movie you have not even seen, nor intend to see? I've read with great amusement those who have called this movie a 'gay agenda', an attempt to 'homosexualize' America, a travesty against the image of the 'American cowboy'. If you can just open up your feeble minds just one second to see that it is none of that at all.
This movie is based on a short story by a mature woman; adapted screenplay by a great American writer who wrote great westerns; and directed by a Chinese family man and master filmmaker. Exactly where do you see a 'gay agenda' in there? What possible reason would any of these people have to 'promote' homosexuality? Are you so out of touch with reality and paranoid that you would think that all the studios in Hollywood got together for a secret meeting one day, and decided that it was time to spread a gay agenda across the US and world, and that this was the movie to do it? And do you think that there were some marketing geniuses who created all the 'hype' falsely, and therefore that is why there has been so much talk about the movie? I'm just frustrated with all the stupidity and sheer ignorance and intolerance that I have seen and read about this movie. It is a story, a great story, and an amazing act of STORYTELLING...that is all you need to know about it; no politics, no sacrilege, JUST A STORY, about two men, at this one time, in this one place. Can you understand that very simple premise?
I have a good friend who I used to consider 'sensitive'. She would cry when hearing a certain Mozart symphony, or be in tears when she saw a Botticelli painting for the first time. I mean, WTF, crying over music or a painting? I used to tease her about that, but instead of being embarrassed, she would look at me, really in pity,..'your loss'.
It was later that I came to realize that there was really something wrong with me, not her. She had the capacity and 'gift' to feel the power of such masterpieces, and because of that, her life is more enriched. While I appreciate the mastery of classical composers or artists, I just did not 'get it'.
That's how it goes with this movie, and I'm happy to say I 'get it'. There are those who 'get it', and those who don't. And those who do will have an impossible time explaining why to those who don't. It's not really your fault that you may not get it..you just don't, no worries. But I think it's funny if you are frustrated or poke fun at those who do. Because, in essence, we're not the ones with the problem.
I feel my life and outlook have been made better, and I'm a better person, because of this one movie, a masterpiece. Can a movie really do that? Crazy stuff, huh? And if you have a problem with that, do you really think I care? It's your loss, you know? I have nothing to prove to you; it's not my job to convince you. For those who 'get it', we're the lucky ones, and it'll be our little secret. For the rest of you, I hope you find the inspiration for your life in some other form, before it's way too late; or else, like Ennis, you may quickly find yourself metaphorically shuffling around all alone in an old trailer..forever doomed to wonder what could have been.
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Wonderful, but at the moment I feel as if I'll never be able to ease the pain it has caused to me it's as if I didn't want to forget anything about it.
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Including the session I just arrived home from, I have seen Brokeback Mountain a total of 9 times. Not bad, considering it was only released in Australia on the 26th January. Everybody knows the story but for those who want to read my take on it: Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) meet while seeking employment. No words are spoken, only glances that are furtive and sneaky (Ennis) or brazen and inviting (Jack). They herd sheep on Brokeback Mountain and the glances between the men become more frequent and varying in the emotions that drive them. It is an absolute credit to the acting in this film that you can tell exactly what the actor is conveying without words. See if you can spot the sheepishness and embarrassment that fleets across Jack's face as he realizes Ennis is intently watching the mare's attempt to buck him off. It's there. See if you can spot the curiosity that grows with every look Ennis gives Jack. The boys herd sheep, they meet up for meals, they begin to drink a little.
And it amazes me that no reviewer has mentioned just how funny the first half hour of the movie is! Here's another one: see if you can spot the mischievous little glint that flashes across Ennis's eyes and mouth before he baits rodeo-rider Jack with the line 'now my daddy, he was a fine roper. Didn't rodeo much though. He thought rodeo cowboys was all ****-ups'. And Jack's indignation giving way to a little impromptu rodeo dance before crashing headlong into all their gear. And Ennis's wry observation 'I think my dad was right'. Wonderful, genre-appropriate humor. And then the drinking which leads to Ennis spending the night down at the campsite before the freezing temperatures force him into the pup-tent with Jack.
This starts the whole movie in motion. The boys sexual encounter is quite rough and violent, but something in Jack accepts this is the way Ennis is most comfortable expressing himself. Startling contrast to the tenderness of the following evening, when Jack is the one dominating the encounter. He whispers over and over to the clearly struggling Ennis 'its alright, its alright' and pulls him into a protective embrace, kissing his hair, his face. The surrender and submission on Ennis's face is something we see rarely for the rest of the movie.
The boys separate and marry their women. But their lives are a sham and they know it. The two leads also beautifully convey - again without words - the fact that what they yearn for most is each other.
I could talk about this all day, but instead I'm going to cite a few of my favorite moments - the moments that (even after 9 viewings) still make me well-up: 1. The look that crosses Ennis's face as he walks to the window and sees Jack for the first time in 4 years, pulling up in his truck.
2. The unrestrained passion of their reunion. They embrace, there's a fire in their eyes, and Ennis takes his lover by the lapels of his vest and shoves him against the wall, knocking his hat off and landing the most intense, breathtaking and passionate kiss I have ever seen in watching 30 years of movies. Bogie and Bacall WISHED they had this kind of intensity and chemistry.
3. The 15 - 20 seconds of screen time it takes for you to watch Jack become a broken man. Upon hearing of Ennis's divorce, Jack drives from Texas to Wyoming to surprise him. He is full of life, whistling and smiling. And when he realizes Ennis's divorce doesn't change anything between them and they still can't be together, the sparkle literally disappears from his eyes, his posture sags slightly and his heart breaks. You see it all. I've heard it said: Jake Gyllenhaal has been robbed blind at the spate of recent award ceremonies. This scene and the ensuing scene of him driving away crying is among the finest acting in the film.
4. One final image: Ennis sitting at Jack's dining room table, eye-balling Mr Twist, who has just bitterly revealed (without explicitly stating) that he knows his son was gay and that Ennis was his lover. Ennis doesn't respond but he feels the hostility emanating. And then a gentle reassuring hand appears in shot on Ennis's shoulder, from Jack's mother, who also knows but accepts and understands and most importantly, supports.
Everybody has already said it but I have to say it again: the acting. Heath is completely brilliant, as is his bevy of supporting women, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway and Linda Cardellini. But as far as I'm concerned, this wouldn't have been the film it was without Jake Gyllenhaal. Jack is the heart and soul of this movie.
This is a film I am struggling to wean myself off. Its hard sitting through other movies now cause they all pale in comparison. Nothing has ever touched me like this. Its hard to imagine anything will ever again. I know you can't really give a film 15 out of 10 but there you have it. Brokeback got us good? You better believe it.
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Brokeback Mountain is always going to be derisively referred to as 'that gay cowboy movie' by the people who are predisposed towards disliking it, but even though people aren't used to male homosexuality being portrayed on the big screen in a non-comic way, it's really not a very revolutionary film - repressed love has been dealt with many times in cinema. But because it's two cowboys, the supposed embodiment of everything that is masculine, that are engaged in a passionate relationship, it takes on a novelty value and possesses a shock factor for those people who have been living under a rock and haven't realised that men have been bumming each other since the dawn of man. But thankfully the more worldly wise can just ignore the novelty and the supposed shock and enjoy a very good film.
The opening part of the film is a tad slow (but not excessively so) and sees Ennis (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) working on Brokeback Mountain, looking after a farmer's livestock. There are no overt signs of their relationship developing into something more than it is, but all the time there are little hints. There are the sidelong glances; the look Ennis gives as he looks up at the mountain, perhaps contemplating his colleague; and the small smiles of satisfaction Ennis gives when Jack horses about. But rather than develop slowly over time, things explode one night in their tent. The sex scene that follows isn't loving or tender, it's violent. It's maybe years of frustration and repression being released. But the morning after, quite understandably, is awkward, and Ennis rides off to think about what happened. One of the first things he sees is a sheep that has been ripped apart by a coyote. The visual encapsulates his situation. All the time he's been a sheep he doesn't stand out but now his true nature has been revealed and violent repercussions are a definite possibility. (And later Ennis tells the story of how his dad showed him the dead body of a gay man when he was a kid. The man was beaten and then had his penis ripped off.)
When Ennis and Jack next talk, Ennis declares that he's not queer (Jack says he isn't either). And they're both right. Calling someone queer is a way of saying someone's less of a man and less of a human being because they're attracted to their own sex. Such an assertion is ridiculous, but unfortunately a lot of people still think that way either out of ignorance or insecurity as regards their own sexuality. But Ennis and Jack, whatever their sexual orientation, are just men.
And after the two finish on Brokeback Mountain they return to their lives. For Ennis this means getting married (Jack gets married also). But although both have a crack at leading 'normal' lives they can't change how they feel and meet again. And the scene where they're reunited is a powerful one. The two guys meet outside Ennis' place, but seeing as they're out in the open, neither knows how to respond. But when they retreat to a corner where they think no one can see, they're watched by Ennis' wife. For them it's a moment of joy, but for her it's devastating her world is shattered. And it's to the film's credit that it treats Ennis' wife so evenly. She doesn't become a bitter, vindictive woman, but at the same time she doesn't become a victim. The film never takes the easy way out.
But eventually the marriage deteriorates to the point that the couple get divorced (by the end Ennis only sleeps with his wife to procreate). And after that you have an excellent scene where the estranged family have Thanksgiving dinner. It's so awkward because Ennis' ex has a new husband. Everything is bubbling under the surface. And sure enough, in the kitchen, Ennis' ex admits that she knows about his homosexuality and a scuffle ensues.
But Jack has his own domestic hell to deal with, too. His father-in-law shows him no respect and interrupts their dinner to put a football game on the television for Jack's son to watch. 'We don't eat with our eyes,' he says. 'You want your son to grow up to be a man, don't you?' But Jack asserts himself and shows the stupid old geezer who the real man of the house is.
However, as much as the two guys would rather be with each other than their loathsome relatives, they have to make do with monthly 'fishing' trips. Only here do they experience genuine contentment. But eventually even these meetings sour. They just aren't enough. And thusly the relationship between Ennis and Jack eventually falls apart.
One of the film's final sequences sees Ennis, after Jack's death (and possible murder), visit Jack's parents. They're a wonderful bunch of scenes, which pick at all the different character's emotions. Mr Twist takes a couple of jabs at Ennis, hinting that Jack had a new 'friend' in a spiteful bid to hurt his guest, while Mrs Twist compassionately lets Ennis take a look around Jack's room. There Ennis finds a couple of shirts which he secretly hugs to his chest, and when he returns downstairs Mrs Twist gives him a bag to keep them in. It's a small act of tolerance and understanding, but one that means a lot for Ennis and the viewer.
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Folks, there's a social phenomenon going on here, plain and simple. Just about everybody with an open mind who sees this movie seems to get swept right away by it. Read the previous user reviews - a sense of grief, sleepless nights, lines of dialogue popping unexpectedly into the mind, the desire to revisit the movie again and again - and make no mistake: this movie has become an instant classic, and we're privileged to be bobbing up and down in the wake as it spreads across the world.
Brokeback Mountain is going last for a long time. In 50 years, writers will be hunting down the last surviving members of the cast and crew in an effort to squeeze some new detail out of them to add to all the other books that will have been written about it by then, and those of us still alive will be thinking, 'I saw it when it first came out and, boy, it really messed me up for a while.'
Different people have different ideas about this movie. That's how it should be. Great art is always ambiguous. People have been arguing for 400 years about why Hamlet procrastinated or about what the smile on the Mona Lisa's face really means. The funny thing about great art is, all the different interpretations put up against it seem to work pretty well, no matter how different they seem to be from our own view.
Brokeback Mountain is full of this ambiguity, and that's why it has affected so many of us, so much. No matter who we are, we've all felt some of Jack's hurt and Ennis's pain some time in our lives - and if we haven't yet, we know that one day we probably will.
In that great last scene, we are confronted with our most profound fear: that no matter how secure and good life feels right now, one day we may find ourselves totally alone and crippled by regret. You don't think so? Well, just wait until you lose someone you care about and you suddenly realise that no matter what you do, it's just too damn late now to tell that person how much they meant to you.
'Jack, I swear..'
Swear what, Ennis? That you didn't know how much he loved you? But you did. That you didn't mean it when you said, 'It's because of you I'm like this.' But you did. That if Jack were still alive, you'd stay with him forever and to hell with other people? Friend, it's just too late for that.
To see Ennis in his cruddy little trailer, devoid of hope and certain of only one thing - that the one person who ever loved him with passion is gone forever without knowing he was loved in return - well, it practically broke my heart. Yours too, I guess; that's why you're reading all these reviews. Sure, when it happens to us maybe, like Ennis, we can bury our face in some tangible piece of the past, like an old shirt, but we know eventually even that will lose its potency, and then we'll have nothing left but memories.
There are other movies that have dealt with rejected love and appalling loss, but surely few that have touched peoples' hearts with such power. The irony of it is that Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal seemed to be pretty average actors up until now. Who would have thought they had this in them? Same for all the costars. There's only one possibility - whether they realised it or not, they were all lifted and inspired by this story, just as we all were, and this impelled them to reach into their souls and produce the performance of a lifetime. Who knows, maybe none of them will ever be this good again - but then again, they don't really need to be, do they? Producing one masterpiece is enough for any life. Take a bow, all of you who were involved in making this fine, cathartic film. You did well.
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So one day I'm in a video store and see 5 dvds for $20. The DVDs were pretty slim pickings but there was Brokeback Mountain. I thought what the hell. It's only 4 bucks.
When I think what I would have missed out on if I did not see this movie.. Ang Lee has made wonderful movies but none of his other movies have ever struck such an emotional chord. The aching and longing the movie leaves one with is difficult to articulate. Being an obsessive personality, watching this movie might not be the healthiest thing as it has drawn me in so strongly, reality is removed, and my mind is in a fog.
As I watched, I forgot they were two men. What gender they were became irrelevant. Their relationship and intimacy was so natural.
The sweetest love scene I have ever seen, beautiful music starts, Jack is in the background in the tent, getting ready for bed, we see glimpses of skin, Ennis sits in front of the fireplace, glances over at the tent, looks at the fire, then slowly gets up and kind of slouches towards the tent, his hat in his hands, creating space between him and Jack. Jack touches his hand, 'it's alright.' Ennis' face, how to describe his expression, longing, vulnerability, need, a desire to touch and be touched, as the soft music reaches a crescendo. It's inescapably beautiful and so tender.
Heath Ledger is so unbelievably vulnerable and brings this contrast to Ennis. In one minute, threatening Jack and the next crying, a man lost. The little touches and mannerisms, always shoving his shirt into his pants..I, as so many others, was simply blown away by his performance and absolutely fell heartbreakingly in love with Ennis.
To not watch this movie is to miss a rare experience, to not feel something almost palpable. Ignore the hype, ignore the crap. See this movie because it speaks universally to the human experience. Ang Lee described it as 'a love story' but it is more than that, so much more..
An unbelievably potent movie, an exceptional experience.
***modified to add, Heath Ledger, you will be sorely missed. I honestly cannot think of a character in a movie that has touched me so profoundly. A heartbreaking movie and a heartbreaking reality.***
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The great thing about Brokeback Mountain for those who are uncomfortable with it's themes, the love story between Jack and Ennis is not rubbed in your face in any way. For me, I thought it was extremely touching and real, they had a very strong love for each other. I felt awful for Jack, probably because I can understand since this has happened to a couple of my friends, because he loved Ennis so much and wanted to make their relationship work, but Ennis kind of rejected that thought and just wanted to get back to his normal life. Only seeing Jack 4 or 5 times a year and then going back home to his wife and two girls and just acting like nothing ever happened.
The performances in this movie are terrific, all the actors gave it their best shot at becoming who their characters were. The pictures of Brokeback Mountain were just beautiful and relaxing to watch. The whole story is a wonderful one and I would highly recommend this film any day. I hope it does win an Oscar or two. :D
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I'm a university professor and I tend to consider myself as a rather rational-intellectual and somewhat stoic person.. but then came Brokeback Mountain which caught me off guard and has generated in me unforeseen emotion.
Brokeback Mountain is at once the most lyrical, powerful, inspirational, yet heart-wrenching film in a long time, without doubt one of the most important and greatest films of the last few decades. This is truly an exceptional achievement, a landmark film with an amazing story/script, outstanding and exceptional acting, masterful direction, unhurried and controlled pace, breathtaking cinematography, simple yet excellent and beautiful music, and most importantly, unprecedented emotional impact. Its treatment of human nature, loneliness, longing for love, self-repression, intolerance, is done with admirable subtlety and sensitivity. This story is simply universal. Images of this film and stirring emotions will haunt you for days and weeks. This is an extraordinary deeply moving film.. simply unforgettable!
Brokeback Mountain is a rare work of art in which silence speaks louder than words. Eyes and smiles can be very eloquent. Sometimes words are not necessary and are simply obstacles to the truest expression. In a very important scene in total silence near the end of the film, Ennis is alone and no word is uttered. Yet, this is surely one the most powerful and probably one of the most unforgettable scenes in recent cinematic history for its meaning and emotional impact.. love speaks louder than words. Ang Lee realizes the full power of image in his exploration of the most intimate human emotions. Avoiding facile and superficial stereotypes, the great author Annie Proulx and director Ang Lee have created truer-than-life characters and, thanks of course to the unforgettable and heartbreaking performances of Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, 'Ennis and Jack' now live forever, they are now undeniably part of the American literary and cinematic culture. How many other films have accomplished this in recent years?
Brokeback Mountain will remain a milestone in cinematic history and is already considered a 'reference'. This film has been talked about all over the world and has attained unprecedented internationally acclaim - the 'Brokeback phenomenon' has significantly crossed borders and, through the media and the Internet, has reached numerous foreign countries. Rarely did a film have such a strong impact on society, in the media, and with the general public. Brokeback Mountain has undeniably been the 'Most Acclaimed and Honoured Film' of 2005 (and, as a matter of fact, of the last decade) and will of course be remembered as 'THE' movie-event and most important film of 2005 despite the inexplicable absence of an Oscar for Best Picture to its already impressive crown.
It's sad to say, but the recent disgraceful Oscar scandal proved how 'important' and 'necessary' this film is, and how many boundaries there are still to be conquered. After receiving dozens of prestigious awards worldwide, Brokeback Mountain might have been too subtle, too true, simply 'too good', for the LA-based Academy.. yes, the more I think of it, the feelings expressed in BBM are probably much too sincere and too profound for the Hollywood peanut gallery who often seems to prefer car crashes, car chases, explosions, fire, violence, rape, theft, gun shots, murders, etc. In any case, the newly released DVD of Brokeback will stand as a permanent reminder of how great this film is and how unimportant, irrelevant and meaningless the Oscars and the Academy really are.
Countless people from all walks of life around the world will never forget Brokeback Mountain. This film is not pushing a specific moral, instead, it makes us think, it makes us feel, it makes us reflect on the true meaning and value of our lives.
If you haven't seen this film yet, get the DVD, enjoy this truly exceptional masterpiece, and 'live the Brokeback Mountain experience'!
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All Jack ever did was sing his heart out for Ennis.
For us.
This film blasted onto my top-10-of-all-time list. The best stories are always the most basic, the most fundamental. They deal with issues like friendship, trust, courage, endurance. Unlike, say, Lord of the Rings, however, or even like To Kill a Mockingbird, Brokeback Mountain doesn't spell out a moral code in black and white: free people of the West vs. orcs and trolls; tolerance vs. bigotry. Everyone is fully human, with the capacity for joy and sorrow, hope and fear. Everyone tries. Everyone hurts.
Take a chance on this movie. Your heart will grow eight sizes that day.
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This film is bigger than life. It is bigger than the viewer. It is bigger even than the portrayal of Jack & Ennis' huge love for each other. It is definitely bigger than the ignorant and negative commentaries by some naysayers, and it hits you when and where you least expect it.
First, let me say, that I asked myself, where did these two young actors come from??!! I think I knew the Gyllenhaal name, but didn't have a clue as to the Ledger name and couldn't have put a face to either if asked. Well, I know them now! And I will never ever be the same because of their brave, dedicated and intimate portrayals of Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar. I've now heard other actors' names who were considered for these roles, and I can't even imagine any one of them pulling off the chemistry these two young men did.
Knowing I needed to see it again and then again, I purchased the DVD. I have watched it probably 15 times already, trying each time to pull it as close to me as I could, but, like Jack and Ennis, I simply don't ever get quite close enough to it, requiring me to watch it, and particular scenes in it, over and over like some strange obsession.
This story of pure and natural love leaped off the screen, grabbed hold of my heart and has refused to let go. It has been a month since I first saw it, and not a minute of each day goes by without my thinking about it. It didn't matter to me, somehow, that, in this movie, these two lovers were men. To me, it was just two people in love. The actors' abilities to show their characters' passion, connection to each other and intimacy just blew my doors off. I cried like I've never cried before. SOBBED during the last ½ hour. SOBBED again for an hour after it ended. SOBBED reading other viewer comments. SOBBED at the faintest memory of any one scene, and there are so many good ones, I couldn't begin to pick them out here. What on earth is it???!!!! I think I have finally decided that it must have been that the stars were aligned from Annie Proulx' raw and somewhat crass short story, to its publication in the New Yorker oh so many years ago, to Diana Ossana reading that New Yorker issue, to her and Larry McMurtry's screenplay and then placed into the caring hands of director, Ang Lee, cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, and then, finally, the casting of these two fine young actors in the lead roles. It all clicked like a fine wine or a classic work of art.
Jake Gyllenhaal is everything he needs to be and more for his perfect portrayal of optimistic, wide-eyed and loving Jack Twist. He really shows his bones in the scene where he drives all the way from Texas at the news of Ennis' divorce, only to find that nothing has changed. His metamorphosis from elation to devastation is pure perfection. My heart felt as though it had been ripped from my very center. And what well did Heath Ledger go to in order to bring beautiful, introverted and emotionally scarred Ennis del Mar to life? He is simply flawless right down to even the remotest of scenes, such as his obvious heavy-heartedness when coming down from the mountain, early, knowing his once in a lifetime love (because he believes it must) will end. Absolutely perfect! See this movie, and, if you 'get it', welcome to the club
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This is only the third review I have ever written for a film anywhere and am glad that there are hundreds if not thousands of others who are feeling the same way.
Foe some inexplicable reason I didn't see this at the cinema but at home and in some ways I am glad as I don't believe I would have coped driving home afterwards.
There is no need for the words 'I love you' to be said by either Jack or Ennis. The looks they give each other all the way through the film are heart wrenching to say the least and when Jack watches Ennis leave for what would become the last time fading to the flashback then back again - I had to stop the film to compose myself to be able to carry on watching.
Throughout the film you hope with all your heart that things will turn out OK, that if they can hold on then time will allow them to be together but knowing full well that things wouldn't be OK and that the ending was not going to be happy.
The two actors as has been stated countless time are indeed superb and their portrayal of Jack and Ennis are delivered with a mesmerising touch that defies belief.
The way Heath Ledger portrayed Ennis and his descent into himself is masterful. His ability to show the opposites of family duty against what and whom he really wants is amazing and Jake Gyllenhaal delivers a performance that grips you and shakes you to your core.
As an aside, the Academy has, I believe, made a grave error by not giving this film the Oscar for best picture. One that I think will take a long time for many to forgive.
This is a film that will stay with me for a long time if not forever. The score, the scenery, the acting are all outstanding and has a depth too rarely seen nowadays in films.
Thank you for bringing us a film that will stay in our hearts and minds for a very very long time.
PS I believe Ennis said 'Jack, I swear..' at the end because he was making a promise to Jack to eventually get his ashes scattered on Brokeback Mountain.
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Warning: SpoilersI can't get interested in most of the movies out there, but BBM attracted me right away. I had no idea that it is a virtual template of my life. I was in my early 20s in 1963, the time frame of BBM, and, like Ennis and Jack, I also never heard the word 'gay.' But I knew what homosexuality was because I heard about it in church. The prospect of visiting hell was terrifying from an early age on, so imagine my shock while aboard ship one evening in the Navy--I froze, turned numb, couldn't breathe--and couldn't stop--when the handsomest, most virile shipmate in our division 'put the make' on me. I succumbed instantly. And so began THAT relationship, my first. Like Jack Twist, I would have risked discovery and all the penalties of hell (which I gave up believing not long after) if this guy and I could continue on. Alas, it was not to be. After our tours of duty, we went our separate ways.
When I watched Heath and Jake play Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist in such an incredibly realistic and honest manner, all my memories of past 'indiscretions' passed before my mind's eye. I quickly felt bonded to both Ennis and Jack, because I had played both their parts. Although I shouldn't have, I also married, had children and now 40 years later, still married, I think Ennis was right in being practical but wrong if he ever thought he would/could fulfill his love for Jack without feeling damned sorry, especially after Jack was killed, gone for good.
I was convinced after the 2nd tent love scene that Ennis really did love Jack early on, which was re-emphasized toward the end of the film with Jack's flashback to when they were herding sheep on Brokeback. That's when Ennis said, 'You'll scare the sheep off again if you don't stop playing that harmonica.' He looked over his shoulder at Jack, smiling tenderly, the same way he did in the flashback. It was a look of intimacy they'd had between them, of a love deeply shared. I was sure later on that Ennis was still in love with Jack, even after marriage and kids, because missing Jack had been eating away at him since the two parted. Even then, considering that era, Ennis would not have thought he was pursuing a 'gay romance' but simply trying to fill an empty hole in his heart. The great 'reunion' kiss after four years should be seen frame by frame. If THAT is acting--well, this has to be one reason BBM is thought to be a 'breakthrough' film if only because Heath and Jake were so convincing. And the kiss really mattered in the story line. I can imagine Ennis thinking, 'Sorry, Alma. Don't mean to hurt you; however Jack is my true love--but we can still have a family and I won't embarrass you in public.'
Of course Ennis is the ultimate loser between him and Jack, but he knew while Jack did not, his belief that, 'Two men living together, no way' would eventually doom their secret affair, but only if Jack put a stop to it. Jack did in their final crucial scene together, and it was Ennis who was devastated by it. Jack's look was of disappointed despair as he watched Ennis drive away. The following 'pie scene' must have been the epilogue to Ennis' collapse in Jack's arms. Ennis' face is stiff and flushed, and his eyes wet, when he looks up at Cassie. He isn't apologizing to her; she's an intruder on his life and thoughts. Besides, he is totally miserable, and soon to be more so after Jack is killed, who then makes the discovery of the two shirts in Jack's closet. In the end, he knows that Jack did love him; I think he was sorry that Jack didn't understand Ennis' depth of love for him in return.
These final scenes, so masterfully done by both Heath, Jake and cast, will, I hope, make BBM a timeless classic. This movie reminds me that some things you only live once, mainly when you are young. Now that I am 68, I can look back on a lot and not feel sorry for those sometimes short, and risky, love affairs I had that made me shiver and shake, while also refusing to believe they were homosexual at all. Instead, helplessly, I think, they were an unstoppable force of nature that is impossible to control. What else could be more human? If presented the same opportunity today, I'm sure I would react the same.
For me, Brokeback Mountain is the finest expression of cinema I don't expect to see again in my lifetime. Many thanks to all who made it.
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