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Genres:
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Drama /
Romance /
Western
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Release:
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Director:
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Ang Lee
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Actors:
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Steven Cree Molison,
David Trimble,
Victor Reyes,
Lachlan Mackintosh,
Larry Reese,
Dan McDougall,
Don Bland,
Heath Ledger,
Jake Gyllenhaal,
Randy Quaid,
Valerie Planche,
Michelle Williams,
Marty Antonini,
Tom Carey,
Anne Hathaway
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Duration:
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134 min.
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Rating:
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(7.8/10)158.5
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Plot Summary:
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Set against the complete vistas of Wyoming and Texas, the picture tells the story of two litter men ??? a ranch-pointer and a rodeo cowboy ??? who upon in the summer of 1963, and unexpectedly forge a lifelong pull, whole whose complications, joys and tragedies provide a testament to the staying power and power of regard.
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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 s...
A Masterpiece
Forget the reductive 'gay cowboy film' tag as this is the masterpiece that Ang Lee has been threatening to make for a few years now.
The film, about two men who fall in love on Brokeback Mountain, and then find it impossible to ever recapture that moment of fleeting joy is a masterclass in filmmaking. From Lee's sensitive and unobtrusive directing through the actors' beautifully nuanced performances to the stately cinematography the film has all the hallmarks expected of great cinema.
All the performances are wonderful but Ledger and Gyllenhall are simply outstanding and let their looks of longing and torment say more than words ever can. The script avoids overly poetic flourishes and thereby gives the the actors the space to convey the emotions and propel ...
A lovestory to be appreciated by all
Probably the most romantically painful film you'll ever see. It's beautiful cinematography will leave you breathless as well as the incredible performances by Jake Gyllenhaal and in particular Heath Ledger.
Set in the wilds of Wyoming and Texas it follows the love affair of two very different people who long to be together yet are forced apart by society. Only nature is forcing them back together. The torment is torrential.
Besides being very sexy young cowboys there is an element of empathy that you cannot help but feel for the both of them and can fully understand how and why they conducted their affair as they did.
Although over 2 hours long it effortlessly flows into a torrent of emotions on all parts. The whole film did upset me from previous experience ...
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