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Brokeback Mountain

  • 2005
  • R
  • 2h 14m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
365K
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Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
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Ennis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.Ennis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.Ennis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.

  • Director
    • Ang Lee
  • Writers
    • Annie Proulx
    • Larry McMurtry
    • Diana Ossana
  • Stars
    • Jake Gyllenhaal
    • Heath Ledger
    • Michelle Williams
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    365K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    722
    168
    • Director
      • Ang Lee
    • Writers
      • Annie Proulx
      • Larry McMurtry
      • Diana Ossana
    • Stars
      • Jake Gyllenhaal
      • Heath Ledger
      • Michelle Williams
    • 2.4KUser reviews
    • 223Critic reviews
    • 87Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 3 Oscars
      • 141 wins & 133 nominations total

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    Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005)
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    Jake Gyllenhaal
    Jake Gyllenhaal
    • Jack Twist
    Heath Ledger
    Heath Ledger
    • Ennis Del Mar
    Michelle Williams
    Michelle Williams
    • Alma
    Randy Quaid
    Randy Quaid
    • Joe Aguirre
    Valerie Planche
    Valerie Planche
    • Waitress
    Dave Trimble
    Dave Trimble
    • Basque
    • (as David Trimble)
    Victor Reyes
    • Chilean Sheepherder #1
    Lachlan Mackintosh
    • Chilean Sheepherder #2
    Larry Reese
    Larry Reese
    • Jolly Minister
    Marty Antonini
    Marty Antonini
    • Timmy
    Tom Carey
    Tom Carey
    • Rodeo Clown
    Dan McDougall
    Dan McDougall
    • Bartender #1
    Don Bland
    • Biker #1
    Steven Cree Molison
    Steven Cree Molison
    • Biker #2
    Anne Hathaway
    Anne Hathaway
    • Lureen Newsome
    Duval Lang
    • Announcer
    Dean Barrett
    • Bartender #2
    Hannah Stewart
    • Alma Jr., Age 3
    • Director
      • Ang Lee
    • Writers
      • Annie Proulx(short story)
      • Larry McMurtry(screenplay)
      • Diana Ossana(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams met and fell in love on the set of this film. She gave birth to their daughter, Matilda, shortly before the film premiered. However, they broke up in the fall of 2007.
    • Goofs
      When Cassie dances with Ennis the first time (in the late 1970s), the jukebox is playing Steve Earle's revamped version of "The Devil's Right Hand," which first came out in 1987-8.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Ennis Del Mar: Jack, I swear...

    • Connections
      Edited into 5 Second Movies: Brokeback Mountain (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      The Cowboy's Lament
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    User reviews2.4K

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    9/10
    Six years later, it hits even harder.
    I've always admired this film to a certain extent, but I think the thing that always kept me from loving it was that it never resonated with me emotionally. I would get attached while watching it, but all of those feelings would leave me fairly soon afterward. It had been about five years since I'd seen the film, and in that time I have grown up a lot, fallen in love, had my heart ripped to shreds and fallen back in love again and I think this growth personally has really opened me up to a place in my mind and heart to embrace this film more than most other screen romances that exist. Almost immediately it hit me harder than it had before and after a day since I watched it, the pain and heartache I experienced during it still remains at my core.

    It's a love film told non-traditionally, but not because it's two men, that doesn't even factor into the depiction of it. It's nontraditional because it's two people fighting against the love and it's accuracy in this is startling. How there are times where you can hate the person you love, hate so many things about them and hate that you are in love with them, but you can't give it up at all. You can't walk away from it because it's like an addiction and I think this film more than any before it captures that remarkably.

    A lot of this lies in the writing, but of course the performances from Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal certainly play a key factor in capturing it. Their characters take the love in different forms, Ennis fighting himself over it and Jack fighting the world because of it, but both actors capture exactly what they need to and bring this magnetism that really sparks. Gyllenhaal's openness is beautiful, his determination to make the love work and to just exist the way he wants to, he definitely provides the emotional anchor for the film and gives a heartbreaking portrayal.

    It's Ledger, of course, who steals the show though, with a kind of transcendent performance that we're treated to maybe once a decade. He becomes this character in such a vivid way that you don't even recognize the actor inside the role anymore. Gyllenhaal is Jack and hits the surface notes expertly, but you can still see Jake Gyllenhaal in there. Heath Ledger is completely gone and from the very beginning of the film we have Ennis and we have him until the very end. This character is an incredibly difficult one to take on, he could have easily been someone who was hard to like or sympathize with due to his internalizing and his refusal to fully embrace the relationship and who he is, but that's what makes it hit even harder, thanks to Ledger's brutal work.

    You see the pain in this person living a lie in every moment we have with him, with that turned in mouth and speech pattern that always sounds like it's hurting him to let anything out because he's afraid of how people are going to react. It's a performance unlike any other out there and in the end it's one that brings me to my knees. "Jack, I swear," was always a line that floored me when I was watching it but now it's at a point where just thinking of the line and the way that Ledger delivers it brings some water to my eyes.
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    FAQ7

    • Why does Jack's moustache disappear then reappear at the lake scene?
    • When Ennis and Alma were in bed, was Alma telling Ennis he didn't spend enough time with his daughters or that she wanted a divorce?
    • Are there precursors to Brokeback Mountain's homosexual relationship in the Western genre?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 13, 2006 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Chuyện Tình Sau Núi
    • Filming locations
      • Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA
    • Production companies
      • Focus Features
      • River Road Entertainment
      • Alberta Film Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $14,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $83,043,761
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $547,425
      • Dec 11, 2005
    • Gross worldwide
      • $178,062,759
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 14 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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