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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: NC-17
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
EAN: 0025192631528
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Universal
Manufacturer: Universal
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 04, 2006
Running Time: 135 minutes
Sales Rank: 2389
Studio: Universal
Theatrical Release Date: December 16, 2005
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Brokeback Mountain is a sweeping epic that explores the lives of two young men a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy who meet in the summer of 1963 and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection. The complications joys and heartbreak they experience provide a testament to the endurance and power of love. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal deliver emotionally charged remarkably moving performances in 'a movie that is destined to become one of the great classics of our time' (Clay Smith The Insider).Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 025192631528 Manufacturer No: 26315
Amazon.com:
A sad, melancholy ache pervades Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee's haunting, moving film that, like his other movies, explores societal constraints and the passions that lurk underneath. This time, however, instead of taking on ancient China, 19th-century England, or '70s suburbia, Lee uses the tableau of the American West in the early '60s to show how two lovers are bound by their expected roles, how they rebel against them, and the repercussions for each of doing so--but the romance here is between two men. Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) are two itinerant ranchers looking for work in Wyoming when they meet and embark on a summer sheepherding job in the shadow of titular Brokeback Mountain. The taciturn Ennis, uncommunicative in the extreme, finds himself opening up around the gregarious Jack, and the two form a bond that surprisingly catches fire one cold night out in the wilderness. Separating at the end of the summer, each goes on to marry and have children, but a reunion years later proves that, if anything, their passion for each other has grown significantly. And while Jack harbors dreams of a life together, the tight-lipped Ennis is unable to bring himself to even consider something so revolutionary.
Its open, unforced depiction of love between two men made Brokeback an instant cultural touchstone, for both good and bad, as it was tagged derisively as the 'gay cowboy movie,' but also heralded as a breakthrough for mainstream cinema. Amidst all the hoopla of various agendas, though, was a quiet, heartbreaking love story that was both of its time and universal--it was the quintessential tale of star-crossed lovers, but grounded in an ever-changing America that promised both hope and despair. Adapted by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana from Annie Proulx's short story, the movie echoes the sparse bleakness of McMurtry's The Last Picture Show with its fading of the once-glorious West; but with Lee at the helm, it also resembles The Ice Storm, as it showed the ripple effects of a singular event over a number of people. As always, Lee's work with actors is unparalleled, as he elicits graceful, nuanced performances from Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway as the wives affected overtly and subliminally by their husbands' affair, and Gyllenhaal brings surprising dimensions to a character that could have easily just been a puppy dog of a boy. It's Ledger, however, who's the breakthrough in the film, and his portrait of an emotionally repressed man both undone and liberated by his feelings is mesmerizing and devastating. Spare in style but rich with emotion, Brokeback Mountain earns its place as a classic modern love story. --Mark Englehart
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Cowboys in Love
Mr. Lee has directed a romantic masterpiece for the 21st century with the magnificent Brokeback Mountain, creating an instant classic. A story that could possibly shock due to the two men looking and behaving as typical family men involved with women and children. The perfectly cast leads not only excel in their acting but capture the essence of the intensely passionate relationship that seemingly develops out of the blue between two handsome,masculine,rugged cowboys hired to manage a flock of sheep ... Read More
Rating:  - Good Acting BUT
This movie deserves the 3 academy awards for its excellent acting ... but because I knew in advance that both main actors where hetero I was not drawn into the plot. I even good bore.
Sure, it's a good thing that this movie was made, if only to bring forth the fact, that gay people are not "freaks of nature" or "abomination from hell" as repeatedly told to us by the conservative righteous holier-than-thou evangelists.
I much preferred "SOLDIER'S GIRL" which is an extremely ... Read More
Rating:  - Oprah was RIGHT!
I ordered this movie as soon as Oprah talked about it on her show. This movie truly tugs at your heart! The lead actors were amazing in this movie and lived their characters.
A great love story!
Merna
Rating: - A five star rating, however..............
Brokeback has its share of issues.
Is it just me or is everyone sick of seeing dysfunctional gay characters?
The movie was brilliant don't get me wrong.
Brilliantly directed, superbly acted, I can't watch it without shedding a few tears.
And that is my biggest complaint. Why can't there be a happy movie involving two gay characters that doesn't make fun of us by making the characters stereotypes?
How bout a gay cowboy movie where the cowboys fall in love and ride off into ... Read More
Rating: - Not as Gay as people think...
Buy it, watch it, enjoy it for what it's worth as a story. Sure it's graphic but with Jake and Heath as real actors...we pretty much know who and what they are in real life. The story would have been less convincing and more focused as "gay cowboys" if the actors were unknown. Heath did play a quiet, dark man while Jake was an all out lets give in to life and forget what they all think. Anyhow, like Jesus Christ Superstar and The Passion of the Christ, one must review the movie and not make judgements ... Read More
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