Brokeback Mountain
Focus Features and River Road Entertainment; directed by Ang Lee; screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana; producers, Diana Ossana, James Schamus
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Edition:
- Widescreen
- Creation:
- Created or produced in 2005
- Publication:
- Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2006]
- Copyright:
- ©2006
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- Summary:
- It's 1963, a time in the United States when life was simple, straightforward and the lines between the sexes and sex roles were crisply drawn and severely delineated. Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist find themselves thrown together when they are hired to tend sheep in the remote area of Brokeback Mountain, Wyoming. Because of the job, the two are forced to spend many hours together alone in the wild. Ennis and Jack are inexorably drawn to each other through their proximity, loneliness and through a shared lack of tenderness and emotion in their lives and are emotionally, physically and psychically bonded to each other almost from the start.
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- Language Notes:
- Dialogue in English with optional soundtrack in French, and with optional subtitles in English SDH, French or Spanish.
- Main Work:
- Related Works:
- Motion picture adaptation of: Brokeback Mountain [by Proulx, A.]
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- System Details:
- DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
- Performers:
- Cast: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris, Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams, Randy Quaid.
- Production Credits:
- Director of photography, Rodrigo Prieto ; art director, Laura Ballinger ; edited, Geraldine Peroni, Dylan Tichenor ; music, Gustavo Santaolalla ; costume designer, Marit Allen ; production designer, Judy Becker.
- General Notes:
- Based on the short story by Annie Proulx.
Originally released in 2005 as a motion picture.
Bonus features: Directing from the heart : Ang Lee; From script to screen : interviews with Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana; Sharing the story : the making of Brokeback Mountain.
Golden Globes, 2006: Best Director - Motion Picture (Ang Lee); Best Motion Picture - Drama; Best Original Song - Motion Picture (Gustavo Santoalalla, Bernie Taupin); Best Screenplay - Motion Picture (Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana).
Academy Awards, 2006: Best Achievement in Directing (Ang Lee); Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Gustavo Santoalalla) ; Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana).
Independent Spirit Awards, 2006: Best Film; Best Director (Ang Lee). - Audience:
- MPAA rating: R; for sexuality, nudity, language and some violence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; polychrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- BRO 2005 DVD
- ISBNs:
- 1417030321
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 025192631528
Publisher Number, Universal: 26315 - OCLC Numbers:
- 63201832
