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Brokeback Mountain
2005
From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ang Lee comes an epic American love story, Brokeback Mountain . Set against the sweeping vistas of Wyoming and Texas, the film tells the story of two young men -- a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy -- who meet in the summer of 1963, and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection, one whose .. Read more
| Starring | Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway |
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| Director | Ang Lee |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Drama, Romance |
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Brokeback Mountain
From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ang Lee comes an epic American love story, Brokeback Mountain . Set against the sweeping vistas of Wyoming and Texas, the film tells the story of two young men -- a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy -- who meet in the summer of 1963, and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection, one whose complications, joys, and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love.
| Starring | Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid, Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris, Kate Mara, Scott Michael Campbell, Tom Carey |
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| Director | Ang Lee |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 14 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 9 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Wild Westerns |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Drama, Romance |
| Language | English, English Audio Description |
| Subtitles | English |
| Released | DVD: 24 Apr 2006 Blu-ray: 02 Nov 2009 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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90 out of 113 people found this review helpful
A different approach from Ang Lee
I live in Brighton, and there's a big wave of excitement about this film over here, as you can imagine. So obviously I was tempted to be one of the first people to see it. I was skeptical that it would be nothing more than a poor attempt at a love story between two people of the same gender, but I was very mistaken. This film is convincing, tender and warming.
The story is a hard one to portray, especially for the big screen, but Ang Lee has achieved it beautifully. The film itself is fairly slow moving, but never is it boring.
It starts in the 1960's, with the story of two poor cowboys looking for employment. They are given the hard task of herding sheep across the Brokeback Mountain, and are thus thrust together through their work which involves living, eating and sleeping on the mountains together.
They quickly form a friendship, which subtly turns into something more. The story then relays their lives together and apart, and the struggles that their forbidden love creates.
This story is incredibly convincing, amazingly acted and gripping the whole way through. I am not one to spoil stories so will not say anything more other than to say that everyone must see this film! If not at the cinema, then definitely rent it out. I believe that even those of you less prone to enjoy this sort of genre will atleast recognise the boldness of this film and it's modest portrayal of homosexuality. -
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
this touched me deeply
Very slow to start, and at times it seems a bit slow, but stick with it. At the end I just cried - everything they went through, their hopes and dreams - it's very touching. Was 'that' scene necessary - probably not, but we have to watch straight couples at it all the time in films and on TV, so... look away if you need to. How anyone can be failed to be moved by this I don't know - it could so easily be any of us in any of our tangled webs called lives. Fantastic scenery, beautifully filmed. I highly recommend this.
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