Brokeback Mountain

"I ain't no queer," mumbles Heath Ledger's taciturn cowpoke as he buttons his pants. "Me neither!" replies Jake Gyllenhaal's wiry ranch hand as he dons his stetson. The night before, though, tells a different story in Ang Lee's masterly adap of Annie Proulx's 1997 novella - a heartbreaking tale of forbidden love between two men's men who can scarcely understand the emotions they're feeling, let alone articulate them.

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- Gardener wows BAFTA
  Meirelles drama nabs ten nominations
- Brokeback Mountain: The Opera?
  The cowboy drama gets a tuneful adaptation…
- Brokeback wows movie guilds
  Ang Lee's gay cowboy flick gets even more noms!
- Brokeback Mountain gets Venice's top prize
  Ang Lee jets back from Toronto to collect his Golden Lion award
- Brokeback cowboys are Globe-trotting
  Ang Lee leads the way in the Golden Globe nominations
- Cashback Mountain
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- Full results from the BAFTA Awards
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- "It means so much more to me than a movie..."
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- Brokeback Mountain: Clip - Dont Try To Fool Me
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Film Details

15
UK Theatrical Release Date: Jan 6th 2006
Genre
- Drama,
- Romance
Starring
Director
- Ang Lee
Screenwriter
- Larry Mcmurtry,
- Diana Ossana

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