Brokeback Mountain2005
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
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Critic Consensus: A beautiful, epic Western, Brokeback Mountain's love story is imbued with heartbreaking universality thanks to moving performances by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal.
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Cast
as Ennis Del Mar
as Jack Twist
as Lureen Newsome Twist
as Alma Beers Del Mar
as Joe Aguirre
as Cassie Cartwright
as Lashawn Malone
as L.B. Newsome
as Waitress
as Randall Malone
as Alma Jr.
as Chilean Sheepherder
as Jack's Mother
as Chilean Sheepherder
as Jolly Minister
as John Twist
as Timmy
as Monroe
as Basque
as Rodeo Clown
as Biker No. 1
as Bartender 1
as Biker No. 2
as Fayette Newsome
as Announcer
as Bartender 2
as Alma Jr. Age 3
as Ennis, Age 9
as K.E. Del Mar, Age 11
as Jenny, Age 4
as Alma Jr. Age 5
as Farmer
as Farmer
as Alma Jr. Age 9-12
as Jenny, Age 7-8
as Judge
as Jenny, Age 11
as Alma Jr. Age 13
as Bobby, Age 10
as Roughneck
as Roughneck
as Carl
as Killer Mechanic
as Grease Monkey
as Assailant
as Barrel Racer
as Bull Fighter
as Bull Fighter
as Bull Fighter
as Bull Rider
as Bull Rider
as Bull Dogger 1
as Rodeo Hazer
as Rodeo Hazer
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Critic Reviews for Brokeback Mountain
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What is remarkable about the film is how it doesn't politicise the homosexuality theme, transcends it to become the story of two people in doomed love. The two lead characters are wonderfully delineated.
Brokeback Mountain is in no rush. Its emotional impact builds slowly, its rhythms in tune with the countryside--the rugged grandeur of the mountains; the arid, bleak vistas of backwater Western towns.
Arguably Ang Lee's best film, this swooning, achingly sad near-masterpiece offers a universal love story that lingers long in the mind.
[A] powerful and moving film, a smart study of relationships that could but can't and never will be.
The approach is dry as the Wyoming landscape, and while it occasionally threatens to pull the film out of shape, it's still the right one for these men.
A jaundiced portrait of maleness in crisis… extending not only to… the central characters, but also to the validity of manhood as exemplified by every other male character in the film.
Audience Reviews for Brokeback Mountain
Faultless in its sheer power and emotion
Super Reviewer
The movie occasionally drags, but in the end it is a powerful film featuring excellent acting and excellent writing. It is griping and also quite devastating. The drama is intense, and the emotions are raw.
Super Reviewer
Amazing on every level. Cinamatography is excellect. Story is powerful. Without question, the finest performance that Heath Ledger ever gave -- and probably the best performance from Gyllenhaal too. This is one of those rare films where the silence says more than the dialogue. An absolute must-see movie.
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Brokeback Mountain Quotes
| Jack Twist: | You know friend, this is a goddam bitch of an unsatisfactory situation. |
| Ennis Del Mar: | Mexico? Hell Jack, you know me. About all the traveling I've ever done is around a coffee looking for the handle! |
| Ennis Del Mar: | Mexico? Hell Jack, you know me. About all the traveling I've ever done is around a coffee looking for the handle! |
| Ennis Del Mar: | Bottom line is... we're around each other and... this thing, it grabs the hold of us again... at the wrong place... at the wrong time... and we're dead. |