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Brokeback Mountain

2005 film directed by Ang Lee
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Brokeback Mountain is a movie that won the Golden Lion[1][2]. It also earned the Academy Award for Best Director, the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, and the Academy Award for Best Original Score[1][2]. The film received the BAFTA Award for Best Film[1][2]. It was additionally recognized by the National Board of Review as one of their Top Ten Films[1][2].

Key Facts

  • Creator: Ang Lee[3]
  • Award received: Golden Lion[4], Academy Award for Best Director[5], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[6], Academy Award for Best Original Score[7], BAFTA Award for Best Film[8], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[9], Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film[10]
  • Director: Ang Lee[11]
  • Screenwriter: Larry McMurtry[12], Diana Ossana[13], Annie Proulx[14]
  • Composer: Gustavo Santaolalla[15], Dylan Tichenor[16]
  • Genre: romance film[17], drama film[18], LGBTQ-related film[19]
  • Based on: Brokeback Mountain[20]
  • Cast member: Heath Ledger[21], Jake Gyllenhaal[22], Anne Hathaway[23], Michelle Williams[24], Randy Quaid[25], Linda Cardellini[26], Anna Faris[27], David Harbour[28], Kate Mara[29], Brooklynn Proulx[30], Graham Beckel[31], Rodrigo Prieto[32], Scott Michael Campbell[33], Peter McRobbie[34]
  • Producer: James Schamus[35], Diana Ossana[36]
  • Part of the series: BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century[37]
  • Depicts: LGBTQ character[38]
  • Collection: Museum of Modern Art[39]
  • Production company: Good Machine[40]
  • Director of photography: Rodrigo Prieto[41]
  • Part of: National Film Registry[42]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[43]
  • Commons category: Brokeback Mountain[44]
  • Soundtrack release: Brokeback Mountain – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[45]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[46]
  • Review score: 8.2/10[47], 88%[48], 87/100[49], 7.7/10[50]
  • Color: color[51]
  • Country of origin: United States[52]
  • Publication date: September 2, 2005[53], March 9, 2006[54], December 9, 2005[55], December 23, 2005[56], January 6, 2006[57], January 13, 2006[58]
  • Characters: Jack Twist[59], Ennis del Mar[60]
  • Distributed by: Focus Features[61], Paramount Pictures[62], Good Machine[63]

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Subject and Themes

Main subjects include romantic love[64] and forbidden love[65].

Why It Matters

Brokeback Mountain has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[66] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[67]

FAQs

What awards did Brokeback Mountain receive?

Honors received include Golden Lion[4], Academy Award for Best Director[5], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[6], and Academy Award for Best Original Score[7].

Related Entities

Ang Lee Anna Faris Anne Hathaway Annie Proulx film Heath Ledger Jake Gyllenhaal Kate Mara Linda Cardellini Michelle Williams Museum of Modern Art Randy Quaid Texas United States Wyoming

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  22. [32] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  23. [33] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
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  33. [10] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. editorial.rottentomatoes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [3] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . bbc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . lgbtqia-characters.fandom.com. Retrieved . lgbtqia-characters.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  48. [50] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . Lexicon of international films. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  63. [65] ↑ . readersdigest.co.uk. Retrieved . readersdigest.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [66] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [67] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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