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An Accurate Time Line of BBM - Let's Figure It Out Together!!

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Fran:

--- Quote from: JudgeHolden on April 30, 2008, 02:16:07 am ---So with that in mind, I'm betting the line "the wedding's June 5th at the Methodist church" uttered by Alma Jr at the end (and Ennis's bearely detectable wince) is mighty significant: Jack and Ennis met on June 5th.

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Wow!  I think you're on to something here.  :)

mouk:
That's a fabulous explanation for this date!  June 5th would have been on a Saturday in 1982, but on a Tuesday in 1984, which does not make sense for a religious wedding. I had thought he winced with hurt pride because Monroe, and not he, the real father, was hosting the party, but your explanation is totally convincing: he winces, looks out the window with tears in his eyes, talks about love for the first time ever and decides to break a life time habit of putting work before everything else. In the name of love. And yes, this leads naturally to 'I swear'.

Wow 

southendmd:
June 5th...gives me goosebumps now.

Brown Eyes:

The June 5th observation really is wonderful!  I've always wondered if there was a way to figure out what day Ennis and Jack have their first meeting. 

Since June 5th, 1984 (assuming that's the year when Junior plans on getting married) is a Tuesday... the metaphorical significance of the date June 5th (as being the meeting date between Ennis and Jack) overrides the awkwardness of suggesting that a wedding would take place on a Tuesday. 


--- Quote from: southendmd on April 30, 2008, 09:15:16 am ---June 5th...gives me goosebumps now.

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It gives me goosebumps too!  And, since that first full moon with Jack and the sheep is June 7... it makes a lot of sense.  I'm assuming that the June 7th is probably their first full night on the mountain.


OK!  So here's what we have so far for 1963...

June 5, 1963- Jack and Ennis meet at Aguirre's trailer
June 7, 1963- Jack and Ennis's first night on Brokeback
August 13, 1963- first snow/ Ennis wakes up in the snow


Let's not worry too much (yet) about continuity issues further on down the line in the chronology (i.e. when Jack and Lureen meet, etc.).  Let's really focus on '63 for now.

optom3:

--- Quote from: southendmd on April 30, 2008, 09:15:16 am ---June 5th...gives me goosebumps now.

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Me too, what an amazing observation/deduction.I thought there was nothing else left to dissect in the film or s.s . I think you may well be on to something there.
Judgeholden I really think we can take it even further.Assuming the 2 most important people in the life of Ennis were,Jack and Alma junior.We can then tie in beautifully the final scene.
Ennis met Jack on June 5th, Alma is getting wed on June 5th, and he takes Almas jumper and carefully places it in the closet with Jack's shirt.
The whole thing has really come full circle.
So that cheers me up slightly, as maybe Ennis has founf some peace?

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