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1 videodisc (approximately 134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Based on the short story by Annie Proulx
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
Director of photography, Rodrigo Prieto ; art director, Laura Ballinger ; editors, Geraldine Peroni, Dylan Tichenor ; music, Gustavo Santaolalla ; costume designer, Marit Allen ; production designer, Judy Becker
Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris, Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams, Randy Quaid
MPAA rating: R; for sexuality, nudity, language and some violence
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital
Closed-captioned. Includes French dubbed version and subtitles in English, French and Spanish
Golden Globes, USA, 2006: Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture (Ang Lee); Best Motion Picture - Drama; Best Original Song - Motion Picture (Gustavo Santaolalla (music), Bernie Taupin (lyrics)); Best Screenplay - Motion Pictures (Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana)