The film tie-in edition of the story by Annie Proulx, now a movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Randy Quaid, Anne Hathaway and Heath Ledger.The film tie-in edition of the story by Annie Proulx, now a movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Randy Quaid, Anne Hathaway and Heath Ledger.Winner of four BAFTAs 2006, including Best Film, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Screenplay – Adapted and the David Lean Award for DirectionWinner of four Golden Globe Awards 2005, including Best Screenplay, Best Motion Picture and Best DirectorWinner of the Golden Lion Award for Best Picture, 2005 Venice International Film FestivalJack Twist and Ennis del Mar live hard and lonely lives as ranch hands in the wild, unforgiving landscape of Wyoming. They are 'country boys with no prospects, brought up to hard work and privation, both rough-mannered and tough-spoken', glad to have found one another's company where none had been expected. But suddenly companionship becomes something else on Brokeback Mountain: something not looked for, something deadly …'Beautifully composed and wonderfully acted … a beautiful and moving story. Their story is not tragic, but heroic' Peter Bradshaw, Guardian'Extremely moving and elegantly crafted … "Brokeback got us good," says Jack, and it'll get you good too' Jonathan Romney, Independent'[An] elegiac and engrossing drama and a wonderful meditation on longing and regret … Brokeback Mountain may even be Lee's finest film to date' Empire'A knockout' Observer'Magnificent' Sunday TimesAnnie Proulx is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shipping News, the acclaimed novels Accordion Crimes and That Old Ace in the Hole, and the short story collections Close Range and Bad Dirt.Larry McMurtry is also a Pulitzer Prize winner and the author of more than thirty novels, including Terms of Endearment and Lonesome Dove, several collections of essays and many screenplays.Diana Ossana has written two novels, more than a dozen screenplays and numerous essays.Requires internet connection for purchase, plus iPod or other Audible-compatible player or iTunes software on Mac OS X or Windows• Brokeback Mountain is now a major motion picture, directed by Ang Lee and starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal• Relaesed in the UK in early January 2006, the film is fast becoming a classic, with outstanding reviews from the film critics• Winner of four BAFTAs and four Golden Globes as well as the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, Brokeback Mountain is a popular frontrunner for this year’s Oscars• The DVD is provisionally scheduled for release in the UK in April 2006
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