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Brokeback Mountain (2006)
From director Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain tells the story of a forbidden love between two cowboys beginning in 1960s Wyoming. The film stars Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, who after being hired for a summer job herding sheep, begin a romantic relationship that lasts two decades. As the two struggle to cope with their feelings for each other against the pressures of a society that will never accept them, various tragedies and other obligations threaten to pull them apart for good. Anne Hathaway and Michelle Williams also star.
Brokeback Mountain
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- Director
- Ang Lee
- Release Date
- January 13, 2006
- Studio(s)
- Focus Features
- Distributor(s)
- Focus Features , Universal Pictures , Paramount Pictures
- Cast
- Jake Gyllenhaal , Heath Ledger , Michelle Williams
- Writers
- Larry McMurtry , Diana Ossana
- Runtime
- 134 minutes
- Budget
- $14 million
Summary
The story of a forbidden and secretive relationship between two cowboys, and their lives over the years.
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