So, I was wondering if anyone else had ever heard this?
No, I've never heard of this. Which doesn't mean much.
And, I also wonder if it is the case... if it could have some interesting ramifications for BBM? I'll have to go back and watch the movie to see if and when various characters lose their hats (or keep their hats in improbable moments).
Scenes from the top of my head:
- the angry tussle; here both of their hats get knocked off.
- Jack's hat gets knocked off in the heat of the reunion scene.
- Ennis' hat gets
not knocked off when he beats up the bikers
- but it does years later, when he gets beat up by the truck driver
- both of their hats do not get knocked off at the end of the lake scene argument (damn you, Ennis), which seems odd to me. Well, not Jack's, but Ennis' hat should come off the way/angle he clings to Jack.
- does Ennis' hat get knocked off when he falls off his horse as he encounters the bear? I think yes, but not sure.