"shirt hugging Jack's blue shirt. They hang inside the door beneath a postcard of Brokeback Mountain. Ennis carefully fastens the top button of Jack's shirt. With tears in his eyes, Ennis mutters, ""Jack, I ""swear"" ..."". Jack Twist Jack Twist is a fictional character of the short story ""Brokeback Mountain"" by Annie Proulx and the 2005 Academy Award-winning film adaptation of the same name directed by Ang Lee, where he is portrayed by American actor Jake Gyllenhaal. Jack's story is depicted by the complex, sexual, and romantic relationship he has with Ennis Del Mar in the American West from 1963"
"Ferri Esser, Natalie Minardi Slater, Eric Freiwald, Sally Sussman Morina Writers Guild of America Awards 2005 The 58th Writers Guild of America Awards, given on February 4, 2006, honored the best film and television writers of 2005. ""' ""Brokeback Mountain"" – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana ""' ""Crash"" – Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco ""' """" – Alex Gibney ""Lost"" – J. J. Abrams, Kim Clements, Carlton Cuse, Leonard Dick, Paul Dini, Brent Fletcher, David Fury, Drew Goddard, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Adam Horowitz, Jennifer Johnson, Christina M. Kim, Edward Kitsis, Jeffrey Lieber, Damon Lindelof, Lynne E. Litt, Monica Macer, Steven Maeda,"
"early 1998. Ossana's and McMurtry's screenplay for ""Brokeback Mountain"" won the Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Writers Guild of America Award. Ossana, a producer on the film, also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama and a Best Film award (shared with James Schamus) for Best Film. The film was released in the United States in December 2005. ""Brokeback"" received widespread critical acclaim and it won the Golden Lion (Best Film) award at the Venice Film Festival, a"
"recognition of outstanding achievement in new media and technology. Producers Guild of America Awards 2005 The 17th Producers Guild of America Awards, honoring the best film and television producers of 2005, were held on January 22, 2006. The ceremony at the Universal Hilton Hotel in Hollywood, California was hosted by Queen Latifah. The nominations were announced on January 4, 2006. The award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures was given out for the first time at this ceremony. ""' ""Brokeback Mountain"" - Diana Ossana and James Schamus ""' """" - Claire Jennings and Nick Park Awarded to the"
"for Tomorrow"", ""Shooting for Something Else"" and ""Tomorrow's End"". Campbell received multiple awards for the short films ""Shooting for Tomorrow"" and ""Shooting for Something Else"", including the categories Best Short Film, Best Short Film and Best Experimental Short. ""Shooting for Tomorrow"" won Best Short Film at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Scott Michael Campbell Scott Michael Campbell (born August 14, 1971) is an American actor, writer, producer and director. Campbell is best-known from his roles in ""Brokeback Mountain"", ""Push"" and the remake of ""Flight of the Phoenix"". Among the roles he has played (many of them as a guest star"
"Writers Guild of America Awards 2005 The 58th Writers Guild of America Awards, given on February 4, 2006, honored the best film and television writers of 2005. ""' ""Brokeback Mountain"" – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana ""' ""Crash"" – Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco ""' """" – Alex Gibney ""Lost"" – J. J. Abrams, Kim Clements, Carlton Cuse, Leonard Dick, Paul Dini, Brent Fletcher, David Fury, Drew Goddard, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Adam Horowitz, Jennifer Johnson, Christina M. Kim, Edward Kitsis, Jeffrey Lieber, Damon Lindelof, Lynne E. Litt, Monica Macer, Steven Maeda, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Janet Tamaro, Christian Taylor, Craig Wright ""Curb Your"
"Amy Adams – ""Junebug"" (TIE) ""' Michelle Williams – ""Brokeback Mountain"" (TIE) ""' Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco – ""Crash"" ""' Freddie Highmore – ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"" ""' Dakota Fanning – ""War of the Worlds"" 11th Critics' Choice Awards The 11th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 9, 2006, honoring the finest achievements of 2005 filmmaking. ""' Philip Seymour Hoffman – ""Capote"" ""' Reese Witherspoon – ""Walk the Line"" ""' ""Crash"" ""' ""The 40-Year-Old Virgin"" ""' John Williams – ""Memoirs of a Geisha"" ""' Ang Lee – ""Brokeback Mountain"" ""' ""March of the Penguins (La marche de"
"Producers Guild of America Awards 2005 The 17th Producers Guild of America Awards, honoring the best film and television producers of 2005, were held on January 22, 2006. The ceremony at the Universal Hilton Hotel in Hollywood, California was hosted by Queen Latifah. The nominations were announced on January 4, 2006. The award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures was given out for the first time at this ceremony. ""' ""Brokeback Mountain"" - Diana Ossana and James Schamus ""' """" - Claire Jennings and Nick Park Awarded to the motion picture that best illuminates social issues. Awarded in"
"In a 2005 article by Robert K. Elder, Lee was quoted as saying, ""What do I know about gay ranch hands in Wyoming?"" In spite of the director's distance from the subject at hand, ""Brokeback Mountain"" showcased Lee's skills in probing the depths of the human heart. The 2005 movie about the forbidden love between two Wyoming sheepherders immediately caught public attention and became a cultural phenomenon, initiating intense debates and becoming a box office hit. The film was critically acclaimed at major international film festivals and won Lee numerous Best Director and Best Picture awards worldwide. ""Brokeback Mountain"" was"
"Mountain"" also won Best Film and Best Director at the 2006 British Academy Awards (BAFTA). ""Brokeback Mountain"" was nominated for a leading eight Oscars and was the front runner for Best Picture heading into the 5 March ceremony, but lost out to ""Crash"", a story about race relations in Los Angeles, in a controversial upset. He became the first non-white person to win the Best Director at the Academy Awards (when he won again for ""Life of Pi"", he became the second non-white person to win). In 2006, following his Best Director Oscar, Ang Lee was bestowed the Order of"
"has been that several films launched in Venice have gone on to garner multiple Academy Award nominations. In 2005, Taiwan-born director Ang Lee's film, ""Brokeback Mountain"" earned its director a Best Director Oscar. Lee has won the top prize at Venice twice in the past few years. The glamour of the Venice Film Festival (attended by many high-profile stars) as well as the link with the upcoming Academy Awards has helped raise the Venice Film Festival's profile. Nonetheless, the event has a long-established reputation for showcasing emerging cinema, including films from Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, and this year's"
"Online Film Critics Society Awards 2005 The 9th Online Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the best in film for 2005, were given on 16 January 2006. A History of Violence David Cronenberg – ""A History of Violence"" Philip Seymour Hoffman – ""Capote"" Reese Witherspoon – ""Walk the Line"" Mickey Rourke – ""Sin City"" Maria Bello – ""A History of Violence"" ""Good Night, and Good Luck."" – George Clooney and Grant Heslov ""Brokeback Mountain"" – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana Downfall Grizzly Man ""Sin City"" – Robert Rodriguez ""Sin City"" – Robert Rodriguez ""Brokeback Mountain"" – Gustavo Santaolalla Paul Haggis –"
"primarily for a gay audience, this trend did not really change in America until Ang Lee's ""Brokeback Mountain"" (2005), which was a major benchmark in modern gay cinema. It was one of the first major motion pictures to feature a love story with two leading homosexual roles. The film provided a new mainstream outlook of homosexuality on film and in society. Other films such ""Boys Don't Cry"" (1999), ""Monster"" (2003), ""Milk"" (2008), and ""Black Swan"" (2010) all feature famous actors and actresses portraying homosexual characters searching for love and happiness in oppressive societies. It has become very frequent in modern"
"""Brokeback Mountain"" proved to be her most widely seen film to that point, earning $178 million against its $14 million budget. It won three Academy Awards and she gained a Best Supporting Actress nomination. Williams began dating Ledger while working on the film. The couple cohabited in Brooklyn, New York, and in October 2005, she gave birth to their daughter, Matilda. Williams had two film releases in 2006. She first featured opposite Paul Giamatti in the drama ""The Hawk Is Dying"". Five months after giving birth to her daughter, she returned to work on Ethan Hawke's directorial venture ""The Hottest"
"able to recoup its production costs early on by selling overseas rights to the film. The film saw limited release in the United States on December 9, 2005 (in New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco), taking $547,425 in five theaters its first weekend. Over the Christmas weekend, ""Brokeback Mountain"" posted the highest per-theater gross of any film and was considered a box office success not only in urban centers such as New York City and Los Angeles, but also in suburban theaters near Portland, Houston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, and Atlanta. On January 6, 2006, the film expanded into"
"the most acclaimed film of 2005, winning 71 awards and an additional 52 nominations. It won the Golden Lion (best film) award at the Venice International Film Festival and was named 2005's best film by the Los Angeles, New York, Boston, and London film critics. It also won best picture at the 2005 Broadcast Film Critics Association, Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America (Adapted Screenplay), Producers Guild of America and the Independent Spirit Awards as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, with Lee winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Director. ""Brokeback"
"""Crash"" Owen Kline – ""The Squid and the Whale"" Online Film Critics Society Awards 2005 The 9th Online Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the best in film for 2005, were given on 16 January 2006. A History of Violence David Cronenberg – ""A History of Violence"" Philip Seymour Hoffman – ""Capote"" Reese Witherspoon – ""Walk the Line"" Mickey Rourke – ""Sin City"" Maria Bello – ""A History of Violence"" ""Good Night, and Good Luck."" – George Clooney and Grant Heslov ""Brokeback Mountain"" – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana Downfall Grizzly Man ""Sin City"" – Robert Rodriguez ""Sin City"" – Robert"
"Focus Features, responded that ""it is true that many reviewers contextualize their investment in the gay aspects of the romance by claiming that the characters' homosexuality is incidental to the film's achievements."" On March 23, 2006, actor Randy Quaid, who played Joe Aguirre (Ennis and Jack's boss), filed a lawsuit against Focus Features (LLC), Del Mar Productions (LLC), James Schamus, David Linde, and Does 1–10 alleging that they intentionally and negligently misrepresented ""Brokeback Mountain"" as ""a low-budget, art house film with no prospect of making any money"" in order to secure Quaid's professional acting services at below-market rates. The film"
"11th Critics' Choice Awards The 11th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 9, 2006, honoring the finest achievements of 2005 filmmaking. ""' Philip Seymour Hoffman – ""Capote"" ""' Reese Witherspoon – ""Walk the Line"" ""' ""Crash"" ""' ""The 40-Year-Old Virgin"" ""' John Williams – ""Memoirs of a Geisha"" ""' Ang Lee – ""Brokeback Mountain"" ""' ""March of the Penguins (La marche de l'empereur)"" ""' ""Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu)"" • China / Hong Kong ""' ""Brokeback Mountain"" ""' ""Into the West"" ""' ""Hustle & Flow"" – ""Hustle & Flow"" ""Walk the Line"" ""' Paul Giamatti – ""Cinderella Man"" ""'"
"Brokeback Mountain (short story) ""Brokeback Mountain"" is a short story by American author Annie Proulx. It was originally published in ""The New Yorker"" on October 13, 1997, for which it won the National Magazine Award for Fiction in 1998. Proulx won a third place O. Henry Award for the story in 1998. A slightly expanded version of the story was published in Proulx's 1999 collection of short stories, """". The collection was a finalist for the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana adapted the story for the 2005 film ""Brokeback Mountain"". At that time, the"
"Actor BAFTA for the same role and received a Best Supporting Actor nomination and Best Film Ensemble nomination from the Screen Actors Guild. Also for ""Brokeback Mountain"", he and Ledger won an MTV Movie Award for ""Best Kiss"" in 2006. Shortly after the 2006 Academy Awards, Gyllenhaal was invited to join the Academy in recognition of his acting career. Gyllenhaal expressed mixed feelings about the experience of being directed by Ang Lee in ""Brokeback Mountain"" but generally had more praise than criticism for Lee's directing style. While complaining of the way Lee tended to disconnect from his actors once filming"
"Scott Michael Campbell Scott Michael Campbell (born August 14, 1971) is an American actor, writer, producer and director. Campbell is best-known from his roles in ""Brokeback Mountain"", ""Push"" and the remake of ""Flight of the Phoenix"". Among the roles he has played (many of them as a guest star in TV shows), there are appearances in ""ER"", ""Nothing Sacred"", ""House"", and as a semi-regular participation in ""The Event"". Shameless** Campbell was born August 14, 1971 in Missoula, Montana. He graduated from American Academy of Dramatic Arts (Pasadena, California) in 1991. His first onscreen appearance was on the television series ""The"
"alongside his older sister, Maggie Gyllenhaal. He subsequently appeared in another indie film, ""The Good Girl"" (2002) and the climate fiction-disaster film ""The Day After Tomorrow"" (2004), portraying a student caught in a cataclysmic climate event. In 2005, Gyllenhaal portrayed Anthony ""Swoff"" Swofford in ""Jarhead"", Harold Dobbs in ""Proof"", and Jack Twist in Ang Lee's ""Brokeback Mountain."" For his performance in ""Brokeback Mountain,"" he received critical acclaim and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role, the"
"""two thumbs up"" rating by Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper, the former giving a four-star review in the ""Chicago Sun-Times"". The film received positive reviews from ""Christianity Today"". Conservative radio host Michael Medved gave the film three and a half stars, stating that while the film's ""agenda"" is blatant, it is an artistic work. Universal (the studio of which Focus Features is the specialty division) announced on January 3, 2006, that ""Brokeback Mountain"" was the most honored film of 2005. The independent website criticstop10.com backed that assertion, reporting that ""Brokeback Mountain"" was the most frequently selected film on reviewers' year-end"
"to the comedic genre with ""The Baxter"", in which she played a geeky secretary. The film received negative reviews; Wesley Morris of ""The Boston Globe"" wrote, ""Only when Williams is around does the movie seem human, true, and funny. Even in her slapstick, there's pain."" As with her other films during this period, it only received a limited release and was not widely seen. Williams gained wider recognition later in 2005 when she appeared in Ang Lee's ""Brokeback Mountain"", about the romance between two men, Ennis and Jack (played by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, respectively). Impressed with her performance"
"less skill than that required of the actors in ""Brokeback Mountain."" Some critics, notably Roger Ebert, defended the decision to award ""Crash"" Best Picture, arguing that the better film won. Ebert questioned why many critics were not acknowledging other nominees and appeared to be bashing ""Crash"" only because it won over their preferred film. In 2015, ""The Hollywood Reporter"" polled Academy members on controversial past decisions, in which ""Brokeback Mountain"" won the revote for Best Picture. ""Brokeback Mountain"" won 71 awards and had an additional 52 nominations. It won three Academy Awards, for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best"
"character, a ""sullen"" and ""schizophrenic"" teenager, made him a cult hero. Although the film was critically acclaimed, it failed commercially. Gyllenhaal starred in the 2004 disaster film ""The Day After Tomorrow"", which, despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, was a commercial success at the box office. In 2005, he co-starred as Jack Twist opposite Heath Ledger in the romance drama ""Brokeback Mountain"". The actors portrayed two men that fall in love during a sheepherding expedition. The roles earned both Gyllenhaal and Ledger critical acclaim and Academy Award nominations. That same year, he starred in the drama films ""Jarhead"" and ""Proof""."
"early 2005, he signed with Verve Forecast. ""Sweet Somewhere Bound"" was reissued that year, followed by a new release, ""American Myth"", in March 2006. The following year, Greene joined Phil Lesh and Friends, the Grateful Dead bassist's ensemble dedicated to the interpretation of the Dead's extensive song book. Other members of the band at the time included John Molo, Larry Campbell and Steve Molitz. Also in 2005 his song ""I Will Never Let You Go"" was used in the score for the movie ""Brokeback Mountain"", winning the Academy Award in 2005 for Best Original Score, and which was also released"
"of what her chosen form of art demands of her; and because of that belief she does not consider appearing nude in appropriate films to be morally objectionable. The film was not released in theaters in the United States due to unfavorable critical reception. Hathaway starred alongside Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Ang Lee's drama ""Brokeback Mountain"" (2005). The film depicts the emotional and sexual relationship between two married men, Ennis (Ledger) and Jack (Gyllenhaal); Hathaway played Jack's wife. She was originally sent the script with the role of Alma, Ennis' wife, but decided to audition for Lureen once"
"aspired to be a film director. For his portrayal of Ennis Del Mar in ""Brokeback Mountain"", Ledger won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and Best International Actor from the Australian Film Institute, and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the Academy Award for Best Actor. Posthumously, he shared the 2007 Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award with the rest of the ensemble cast, the director, and the casting director for the film ""I'm Not There"", which was inspired by the life and songs of American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan."
"2009, the critics’ group have agreed with the Academy on six occasions: Steven Soderbergh for ""Traffic"" (2000), Clint Eastwood for ""Million Dollar Baby"" (2004), Ang Lee for ""Brokeback Mountain"" (2005), Martin Scorsese for ""The Departed"" (2006), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for ""No Country for Old Men"" (2007), and Kathryn Bigelow for ""The Hurt Locker"" (2009). Oscar winner denoted by * New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honour the finest achievements in filmmaking."
"had a general appeal; it also inspired such established directors as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige to explore wuxia films for Western audiences. In 2003, Lee returned to Hollywood to direct ""Hulk"", his second big-budget movie after the disappointment of ""Ride with the Devil""s restricted release. The film received mixed reviews while being a financial success, grossing over $245 million at the box office. After the setback, Lee considered retiring early, but his father encouraged him to continue making movies. Lee decided to take on a small-budget, low-profile independent film based on Annie Proulx's Pulitzer Prize-finalist short story, ""Brokeback Mountain""."
"Cold Mountain (film) Cold Mountain is a 2003 epic war film written and directed by Anthony Minghella. The film is based on the bestselling 1997 novel of the same name by Charles Frazier. It stars Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renée Zellweger with Eileen Atkins, Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Giovanni Ribisi, Donald Sutherland, and Ray Winstone in supporting roles. The film tells the story of a wounded deserter from the Confederate army close to the end of the American Civil War, who is on his way home to the woman he loves. The film was a co-production"