Brokeback Mountain [Blu-ray]
by Ang Lee
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Actor: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Randy Quaid, Valerie PlancheDirector: Ang Lee
Brand: UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
Producer: Bill Pohlad
Producer: Diana Ossana
Writer: Diana Ossana
Producer: James Schamus
Producer: Jordy Randall
Writer: Annie Proulx
Writer: Larry McMurtry
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 134 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2009-03-10
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Product features:
- Condition: New
- Format: Blu-ray
- AC-3; Color; Dolby; DTS Surround Sound; Dubbed; Subtitled; Widescreen
Movie Reviews of Brokeback Mountain [Blu-ray]
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Summary: 5 Stars
Some of the reviews here are so sad. We live in such a troubled time where the most important thing should be for all people to be accepted totally - whatever their sex, race, age, color or sexual identity. The hate reviews here really do trouble me for the hate really isn't for the people they are attacking but comes from within the people themselves. The only people capable of such hate are those who have it within themselves and must look at themselves first.
That aside, let me review the brilliant masterpiece that is BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. The film is beautiful in every way. Spellbinding cinematography, amazing script and actors giving some of the best performances of their career. This film for all its grandeur is a simplistic, realistic love story for the ages. Some have called it the gay GONE WITH THE WIND. The most important thing here is that none of the characters are stereotypes. Yes, the relationship is between two men but that is not the purpose of the film. It is not a gay message film. It is a love message film. When two people connect in that special way that enables them to share their hearts, souls and celebrate it through the beauty of sexual expression it is a gift for any two people be they man/woman, woman/woman or man/man. When this unique transcending true love is actualized it can happen between any two people. A man who lives his life straight may find it with one other special man. He may not be what we define as gay. His love is for this man. With this man gone he may desire no other man. True love is such a gift and should never be denied. And shame on anyone who tries to deny others from having it.
Here we see that kind of love happen for Ennis and Jack. The intimacy they feel takes the two of them by surprise and they develop a bond that only comes with true love. The film shows us how they both deal with this love and how it affects their lives and other interpersonal relationships. Heath Ledger and Jeke Gyllenhaal are spellbinding here and attack their characterizations with true honesty no holds barred. The other stand out is Michelle Williams in a ground breaking, career making performance as Ennis's wife. Her journey could have been so stereotypical but in her hands it is a splendind self realized exploration a woman must endure.
The story here is romantic, tragic, happy sad and a timeless tale. The blu ray version is astounding. This film was made for it and it will seem like viewing the picture for the first time. The 1080p high def picture is astounding. The scenery pops with immense clarity, colors are crisp and close ups have perfect flesh tones. The dialogue comes out strong and the beautiful music soars through the speakers as this beautiful tale is told.
This film should definitely have won best picture but the fact that it got so many nominations is enough I guess. I pray for the day when we as a society celebrate love pure and simple with no other issues mattering. Highly recommend this amazing film.
Summary of Brokeback Mountain [Blu-ray]
Directed by Academy AwardŽ-winning filmmaker Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain is a sweeping epic that explores the lives of two young men, a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy, who meet in the summer of 1963 and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection. The complications, joys and heartbreak they experience provide a testament to the endurance and power of love. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal deliver emotionally charged, remarkably moving performances in ?a movie that is destined to become one of the great classics of our time? (Clay Smith, The Insider).A sad, melancholy ache pervades Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee's haunting, moving film that, like his other movies, explores societal constraints and the passions that lurk underneath. This time, however, instead of taking on ancient China, 19th-century England, or '70s suburbia, Lee uses the tableau of the American West in the early '60s to show how two lovers are bound by their expected roles, how they rebel against them, and the repercussions for each of doing so--but the romance here is between two men. Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) are two itinerant ranchers looking for work in Wyoming when they meet and embark on a summer sheepherding job in the shadow of titular Brokeback Mountain. The taciturn Ennis, uncommunicative in the extreme, finds himself opening up around the gregarious Jack, and the two form a bond that surprisingly catches fire one cold night out in the wilderness. Separating at the end of the summer, each goes on to marry and have children, but a reunion years later proves that, if anything, their passion for each other has grown significantly. And while Jack harbors dreams of a life together, the tight-lipped Ennis is unable to bring himself to even consider something so revolutionary.
Its open, unforced depiction of love between two men made Brokeback an instant cultural touchstone, for both good and bad, as it was tagged derisively as the "gay cowboy movie," but also heralded as a breakthrough for mainstream cinema. Amidst all the hoopla of various agendas, though, was a quiet, heartbreaking love story that was both of its time and universal--it was the quintessential tale of star-crossed lovers, but grounded in an ever-changing America that promised both hope and despair. Adapted by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana from Annie Proulx's short story, the movie echoes the sparse bleakness of McMurtry's The Last Picture Show with its fading of the once-glorious West; but with Lee at the helm, it also resembles The Ice Storm, as it showed the ripple effects of a singular event over a number of people. As always, Lee's work with actors is unparalleled, as he elicits graceful, nuanced performances from Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway as the wives affected overtly and subliminally by their husbands' affair, and Gyllenhaal brings surprising dimensions to a character that could have easily just been a puppy dog of a boy. It's Ledger, however, who's the breakthrough in the film, and his portrait of an emotionally repressed man both undone and liberated by his feelings is mesmerizing and devastating. Spare in style but rich with emotion, Brokeback Mountain earns its place as a classic modern love story. --Mark Englehart
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