Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain is a 2005 American romantic drama movie by Ang Lee. The film is set in Wyoming during the years from 1963 to 1981. The story is about two bisexual cowboys, played by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, who are in love with each other. During that time it was difficult to have homosexual relationships. The movie is based on a short story of the same name by Annie Proulx.[2]

Brokeback Mountain
Directed byAng Lee
Written byScreenplay
Larry McMurtry
Diana Ossana
Short Story
Annie Proulx
Produced byDiana Ossana
James Schamus
StarringHeath Ledger
Jake Gyllenhaal
Anne Hathaway
Michelle Williams
CinematographyRodrigo Prieto
Edited byGeraldine Peroni
Dylan Tichenor
Music byGustavo Santaolalla
Distributed byFocus Features
Release dates
 December 9, 2005
January 6, 2006
January 26, 2006
Running time
134 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$14,000,000[1]
Box office$178,062,759[1]

Awards

Brokeback Mountain was a big success. It won many important prizes: the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, Best Picture and Best Director at the BAFTA and the Golden Globe awards. It also received 8 nominations at the 78th Academy Awards, where it won 3 Oscars: Best Director, Best Original Score and Best Adapted Screenplay. It is in the 12th place for romantic movies that made the most money.[3]

Plot

In 1963, Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) are hired by Joe Aguirre (Randy Quaid). They need to look after his sheep up in Brokeback Mountain for the summer. One night, Jack makes a move on Ennis and the two men end up having sex. Soon an emotional relationship develops. Before leaving at the end of the summer they have a fight.

When they return home, Ennis marries Alma Beers (Michelle Williams) and has two daughters with her. Jack goes back the next summer but does not get hired because Joe had seen him with Ennis the year before. He moves to Texas, where he marries a rodeo rider, Lureen Newsome (Anne Hathaway). After four years, Jack goes back to meet Ennis. They kiss and Alma sees them. Jack would like to go and live with him but Ennis does not want to. They decide to continue meeting from time to time for fishing trips.

The marriages of both Jack and Ennis get worse. Alma and Dennis divorce in 1975. Later Alma tells Ennis she knows about Jack. They have a fight and do not see each other again. Lureen becomes a businesswoman and her father wants Jack to stop being a cowboy. Jack asks Ennis again to live together, but Ennis does not want to leave his children. At the end of one fishing trip, Ennis and Jack have another argument.

Later, Ennis sends a postcard to Jack. It is given back to him with a "DECEASED" stamp. Lureen tells Ennis that Jack had an accident. Ennis instead thinks that he was killed by a gang because he was gay. Ennis goes to Jack's parents to get his ashes. Jack wanted them to be thrown on Brokeback Mountain but his father does not give them to Ennis. However, his mother lets him have a look around Jack's room. Ennis finds the shirts that they were wearing all those years ago when they first had a fight.

Some time later, Ennis is living alone in a trailer. His daughter, Alma Jr., comes to tell him that she wants to marry a guy. Ennis tells her he will be there at the wedding. When she leaves, he opens his wardrobe where he keeps the shirts and a photo of Brokeback Mountain. He whispers "Jack, I swear..." before walking away.

Release dates
CountryPremiere
 Denmark25 December 2005
 Croatia5 January 2006
 Canada6 January 2006
 United Kingdom13 January 2006
 Ireland13 January 2006
 Iceland13 January 2006
 United States13 January 2006
  Switzerland18 January 2006 (French speaking region)
 France18 January 2006
 Israel19 January 2006
 Spain20 January 2006
 Italy20 January 2006
 Norway20 January 2006
 Taiwan20 January 2006
 Australia26 January 2006
 Finland27 January 2006
 Argentina2 February 2006
 Brazil3 February 2006
 Latvia3 February 2006
 Sweden3 February 2006
 Uruguay3 February 2006
 New Zealand9 February 2006
 Portugal9 February 2006
 Philippines15 February 2006
  Switzerland16 February 2006 (German speaking region)
 Greece16 February 2006
 Netherlands16 February 2006
 Singapore16 February 2006
 Thailand16 February 2006
 Belgium22 February 2006
 Hong Kong23 February 2006
 Estonia24 February 2006
 Panama24 February 2006
 Poland24 February 2006
 Romania24 February 2006
 Venezuela24 February 2006
 Chile26 February 2006
 South Korea1 March 2006
 Czech Republic2 March 2006
 Lithuania3 March 2006
 Mexico3 March 2006
 Japan4 March 2006
 Austria9 March 2006
 Germany9 March 2006
 South Africa10 March 2006
 Russia16 March 2006
 Turkey24 March 2006
 Hungary30 March 2006
 Bulgaria31 March 2006
 Slovakia6 April 2006

References
  1. "Brokeback Mountain". boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  2. Proulx, Annie; McMurtry, Larry; Ossana, Diana (2005, 2006). Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay. London, New York, Toronto and Sydney: Harper Perennial. ISBN 978-0-00-723430-1.
  3. "Top Grossing Romantic-Dramas". boxofficemojo.com. 2006.

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