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Brokeback Mountain

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  • contribution by McMurtry
    • In Larry McMurtry

      …for best adapted screenplay for Brokeback Mountain (2005), based on E. Annie Proulx’s short story of the same name.

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    • Ang Lee
      In Ang Lee

      In 2005 he directed Brokeback Mountain, a Western that centred on two cowboys (played by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal) who fall in love. The film was critically acclaimed, and Lee’s direction won him an Oscar.

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  • Oscars to Lee for best director, McMurtry and Ossana for best adapted screenplay, and Santaolalla for best original score, 2005
    • story by Proulx
      • In E. Annie Proulx

        …as the critically acclaimed film Brokeback Mountain (2005), directed by Ang Lee with a screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana.

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      • Gyllenhaal
        • Jake Gyllenhaal
          In Jake Gyllenhaal: Films: Donnie Darko, Brokeback Mountain, and Zodiac

          …Gulf War, and Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain. The latter became a media sensation with its candid portrayal of the clandestine gay romance between Gyllenhaal’s character and another cowboy, played by Heath Ledger. The film, adapted from a short story by Annie Proulx, earned rave reviews, and Gyllenhaal was nominated for…

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      • Harbour
        • David Harbour
          In David Harbour: Career

          …and Ang Lee’s romantic drama Brokeback Mountain (2005). He was also cast in prominent supporting roles, including a turn as CIA agent Gregg Beam in the James Bond thriller Quantum of Solace (2008). He was later cast alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the romantic drama Revolutionary Road (2008) and also shared…

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      • Hathaway
        • Anne Hathaway
          In Anne Hathaway

          …in Ang Lee’s critically acclaimed Brokeback Mountain (2005). The drama, in which Hathaway played the wife of a cowboy (Jake Gyllenhaal) who is secretly in love with another man (Heath Ledger), was nominated for an Academy Award for best picture.

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      • Ledger
        • Heath Ledger
          In Heath Ledger

          …Mar in director Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain (2005) won him Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for best actor. The film caused a media sensation because of its frank and sympathetic portrayal of the clandestine gay romance between Ledger’s character and another cowboy, played by Jake Gyllenhaal. Ledger then contributed…

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      • Williams
        • Michelle Williams
          In Michelle Williams

          In 2005 Williams appeared in Brokeback Mountain, which centred on a secret romance between two cowboys. The film was a surprise hit, and her performance as the beleaguered wife of one of the men (played by Heath Ledger) was honoured with an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress. By…

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