Studio executives summary / pitch
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| OK,
it's time for an 'I'm not queer' men having sex and falling in love together film.
Bring it on dude's! Love those hats! |
Short plot
summary |
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Ennis del Mar
(Heath Ledger) meets Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) when they both get hired to
herd sheep one season up Brokeback Mountain, in 1963. A
sexual relationship develops, but at the end of the job they go their separate
ways, both clearly affected by the experience, although the emotion unspoken. They
both get married (to women) and have children. Four
years later, Jack sends a postcard to Ennis and they meet, starting off a string
of sexual meetings in Motels and in the mountains under cover of a 'going fishing'
story. This goes on for around 20 years, a full-time relationship seemingly made
impossible by Ennis's circumstance / deeply ingrained social 'norms' / family
commitments. |
What our
panel of critics thought |
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"First
and foremost: This isn't a cowboy movie. It is a sheepboy movie." "So,
I can fall in love with my best mate and still get married and have kids? Oh.
I never thought about it that way before. Fix me and Chuck a meat sandwich bitch!" "I
can't wait for the sequel... Set on Miami Beach..?" "This
movie focuses quite heavily on the domestic situation of Ennis, fully building
up the tragedy that his life becomes by the end of the movie. A bit slow but eventually
great. " "Total
respect to Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal." |
Please
tell me the ending
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| Del
Marr's marriage fails but even so he turns down the opportunity to live with Jack.
Jack
is killed in what his wife, Lureen, says was an accident, but what Ennis thinks
was an attack, and is left on his own to mourn. Del
Marr's 19 year old daughter comes to visit him, he is now living in a trailer
park with just his memories. She
asks him for his permission to marry. He says yes. She is the same age he met
Jack up Brokeback Mountain. Not a dry eye in the house. |
Quotable quotes (real) |
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"I wish
I knew how to quit you." Zip.
Ppppfft! |
Justify
this movie's existence in the classic strand. From
theVoiceof Reason.com's Veritable Cornucopia |
The
reason this movie probably got all the attention that it did was that two major
Hollywood stars did it. Twenty years ago this movie would have been career suicide.
Thankfully, today it isn't. That is probably why everyone is going around saying
this movie is remarkable and amazing. So on that level yes it is a remarkable
movie. To
be a bit picky, the movie does get a bit bogged down in the domestic situation
which definitely does build up the Ennis character, but this is complete invention,
in the most part, from the short story by Annie Proulx. The
cinematography of the vast open landscape is nothing short of stunning, the acting
brilliant. The emotion truly breathtaking. |
What
snack should I avoid eating while watching this movie? |
| Baked
beans heated in the can on an open fire. |
Is
there enough licky love in this film? |
| It's
all very nicely done. |
Are there
any nice sheep in his movie? |
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Yes, thousands
of the little blighters. Baaaaa! |
How
much would you pay for a copy of this movie in goods. |
| A
mini Stetson made by a 10 year-old out of mashed up newspapers. |
This movie
is based on Annie Proulx's short story 'Brokeback Mountain'. Any comments, reader? |
| A
very very short short story and yet a very detailed one that you can fully appreciate
after watching the movie (we read the story after watching the movie) - 30 pages
in normal book font and spacing, and yet it fits everything in nicely. |
Other
comments |
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The French
have been doing this stuff for years. |