The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)

[Fran]

olden Globe nominee Heath Ledger mastered the Wyoming accent required for the role of Ennis del Mar with Joy Ellison's help.

[southendmd]

ustavo's score was one of the factors leading to the overwhelming success of the film.

[Meryl]

amblers who were betting on Brokeback Mountain to win the Best Picture Oscar in 2006 unfortunately found that they'd backed the wrong horse that year.  

[memento]

yllenhaal, a talented actor, does a very nice job in Brokeback Mountain, but Ledger gives a performance that is literally heartbreaking. The harmless pretty boy who once danced down the steps of a football stadium singing Can't Take My Eyes Off of You in 10 Things I Hate About You had now grown into a serious, confident, fully grown man who played against his looks, played against his sexual persuasion, played against cultural stereotypes and delivered a performance for the ages. I know quite a few people who have still not seen Brokeback Mountain, presumably because they find the subject matter off-putting. This is idiotic. Brokeback Mountain is a beautiful story about two people who love one another but live in a hypocritical society that needs a moral overhaul. Romeo and Juliet, anyone?

[Fran]

riping to Robert J. Hughes of The Wall Street Journal about the people who send her "ghastly manuscripts" and "pornish rewrites" of Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx said in an e-mail:

Nearly all of these remedial writers are men, and most of them begin, "I'm not gay but…." They do not understand the original story, they know nothing of copyright infringement -- i.e., that the characters Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar are my intellectual property -- and, beneath every mangled rewrite is the unspoken assumption that because they are men they can write this story better than a woman can. They have not a clue that the original "Brokeback Mountain" was part of a collection of stories about Wyoming exploring mores and myths. The general impression I get is that they are bouncing off the film, not the story.

Return to the Range

[Lynne]

iven the distance that grew between Ennis and Alma over the years, Alma was plagued with lassitude until she met Monroe, who could be a real husband to her.

[memento]

radually Ennis was transformed from someone who was moody and distant to someone who was always in the mood.

[Fran]

iving characters "non-norm names" is something Brokeback Mountain writer Annie Proulx says she does as a mnemonic device to aid her readers.

[southendmd]

oing to the bar after Alma's Thanksgiving Day Spectacular, Ennis and his opponent had a quick, dirty fight.

[memento]

iving L.D. his comeuppance on Thanksgiving day, Jack peppered his speech with salty language.