"Brokeback Mountain's Laughable Script"

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‘Brokeback Mountain’ Started as a Punch Line. 20 Years Later, It’s an Undisputed Classic

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Ang Lee directed Brokeback Mountain , starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal , in 2005 .

The Oscar -winning film redefined queer cinema for a broader audience.

It's widely considered a major film of the 21st century , an impeccably acted and strikingly beautiful love story with timeless appeal.

Ang Ang Lee wanted to return to Brokeback Mountain .

He secured the option again, partnered with Bill Pohlad ’s River Road Entertainment .

Producer Gus Schamus auditioned actors with Lee and casting director Avy Kaufman out of his faculty apartment at Columbia University .

Anne Hathaway “nailed it,” Schamus says, nabbing her biggest dramatic role.

A few weeks before the film opened, a New York Times piece was published under the headline “ The Winner IsOnly Acting Gay ,” noting that Ledger and Gyllenhaal were in the Oscar conversation.

Larry David said in a comic essay that he would not see the movie, lest it give him ideas.

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