Brokeback Mountain
- Director: Ang Lee
- Writer: Annie Proulx; Larry McMurtry; Diana Ossana
- Producer: Michael Costigan; Scott Ferguson
CGiii Comment
A benchmark.
Elegant and important film-making.
As an exercise in adapting a short story for the big screen...this has got to be the milestone. Read the story...nothing is created, nothing is detracted...simply, this is the masterful vision of a masterful short story.
It missed out on the best picture Oscar...but, Lee did scoop best director...as did, quite deservedly, the writers.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Two young men, Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, meet when they get a job as sheep herders on Brokeback Mountain. They are at first strangers, then they become friends. Throughout the weeks, they grow closer as they learn more about each other. One night, after some heavy drinking, they find a deeper connection. They then indulge in a blissful romance for the rest of the summer. Unable to deal with their feelings for each other, they part ways at the end of the summer. Four years go by, and they each settle down, Ennis in Wyoming with his wife and two girls, and Jack in Texas with his wife and son. Still longing for each other, they meet back up, and are faced with the fact that they need each other. They undeniably need each other, and unsure of what to do, they start a series of "fishing trips", in order to spend time together. The relationship struggles on for years until tragedy strikes.
Cast & Characters
Heath Ledger as Ennis Del Mar;
Jake Gyllenhaal as Jack Twist;
Randy Quaid as Joe Aguirre;
Valerie Planche as Waitress;
David Trimble as Basque;
Victor Reyes as Chilean Sheepherder #1;
Lachlan Mackintosh as Chilean Sheepherder #2;
Michelle Williams as Alma;
Larry Reese as Jolly Minister;
Marty Antonini as Timmy;
Tom Carey as Rodeo Clown;
Dan McDougall as Bartender #1;
Don Bland as Biker #1;
Steven Cree Molison as Biker #2;
Anne Hathaway as Lureen Newsome