Brokeback Mountain DVD

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****************************************************************** TITLE : Brokeback Mountain RATING: ****½ CAST: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid, Graham Beckel, Anna Faris, Linda Cardellini, Roberta Maxwell, Peter McRobbie. DIRECTOR: Ang Lee SCREENWRITERS: Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana BASED ON SHORT STORY: "Brokeback Mountain" by E. Annie Proulx STUDIO: Focus Features / River Road Entertainment ...
...when I saw the film BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, I praised his performance as "quietly haunting," which indeed it was. This was a film that most men (unfortunately) shied away from, because of the bold subject matter (read: homosexuality), though I wasn't intimidated at all. I named it one of the best films of the year, and I agree with other friends that the Academy Awards may have possibly copped out and gave the Best Picture award CRASH, though of course ... Read review

Advantages: Flawless acting, beautiful scenery, excellently filmed, good story
Disadvantages: Heart-breaking

...I wanted to see Brokeback from the moment I heard it was being made. I was familiar with the original short story by Annie Proulx which had gripped and surprised me a couple of years earlier. I never saw the film at the cinema, for various reasons, and I feel glad in some ways that the first time I experienced it was in the comfort of my own home, where somehow I managed to hold it together despite feeling my heart breaking. There are many facts ...
...to tend sheep up on Brokeback Mountain. They are posted up on the mountain for the summer, where their job is to tend the sheep and keep the coyotes at bay. The beginning of the film sets the tone for the whole movie. It's quiet and understated, with no narration and no real explanation apart from the place and time being displayed in the opening scene. The first section of the film just drifts by in a sea of gorgeous images, days and nights passing ... Read review

Advantages: Great performances, sensitively shot
Disadvantages: it dodn't get the recognition it deserves

When two young men are hired to watch a flock of sheep one summer, little do they realise what an impact it will have on their lives. Ennis and Jack are two very different characters, but the bond between them grows and they become more than friends. At the end of the summer they go their separate ways, each drifting into marriage and family life. But as time goes on they realise where their true passion lies and, sadly, so do their wives. Director ...
...texts, so is the ideal choice to helm this adaptation of Pulitzer prize-winner Annie Proulx's short story. The result is a lyrical and highly emotive piece that is low on dialogue but high on atmosphere. But words aren't required in a film where a single glance can convey so much emotion. The pacing is steady but slow, establishing the wilds of Wyoming and the temperaments of the two leads before we get to know anything about them. The cinematography ... Read review

Advantages: Superb acting and direction
Disadvantages: None

...series of trips back to Brokeback Mountain, ostensibly to go fishing, although really to spend time together. Elma finds out about Innis' affair and eventually divorces him; despite this, Innis still cannot forget society's opinion of homosexuality and refuses to move in with Jack. Will Jack and Innis' feelings for each other overcome their fear of condemnation? Watch it and see. The actors/characters For me, Heath Ledger as Innis Del Mar stole ...
...Storm, which are quintessentially Western. Brokeback Mountain is not his first attempt at directing a film in which homosexuality is an issue; The Wedding Banquet explored the life of a Chinese homosexual man who marries to appease his parents. Technical bits Length of film: 134 minutes Classification: 15 Conclusion This is a long film, longer than I usually like, yet the time absolutely shot by. Adapted from a short story by E Annie Proulx, ... Read review

Advantages: The lead actors are sensational
Disadvantages: A little slow in pacing

...short story by Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain is screenplayed by Larry McMurtry and brought to the big screen by Ang Lee. Set over three decades, Jack Twist is a rodeo cowboy who goes in search of work and is sent up Brokeback Mountain with drifter Ennis Del Mar through the cold winter to herd sheep. When the cold winter gets too much for them, they bunk in the tent together for heat, and there begins an emotional and forbidden sexual relationship ...
...the two main characters, but Brokeback Mountain is more than just a shocking story of two men in a sexual relationship at a time where it was mostly forbidden. Its a sad but funny, brilliantly acted, beautifully written assessment of love between two people who are meant to be together but who know that they cant be together due to the bigotry and restrictions of society. Many have spoken about the sex scene's that apparently take place, but having ... Read review