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

[Fran]

"Those who rejected the script, shied away from it because of cowardice, of fear of imagined consequences, did what Ennis does all through the story.  Those who responded passionately, energetically to Annie Proulx's tale -- Diana Ossana, Larry McMurtry, Ang Lee, Gustavo Santaolalla, the actors, the producers, their crew -- did what Ennis learns to do at the end; they go with it, go with life, with the heart.  They take up the cause of Jack Twist.  His father, Lureen, Ennis, all scoff at Jack for having impossible, never-to-be-realized dreams.  But his spirit wins out in the end.  Ennis suffers a change of heart: 'Jack, I swear...'" 

-- Andrew Hudson, White Crane   [link]

[Front-Ranger]

For about 16 years, the out-of-pocket Ennis and Jack spent time together as they explored 17 mountain ranges.

=comment=
I am using this according to its recent meaning of "unavailable" rather than the traditional meaning of "out of money."

[Toast]

You could purchase eggs by the dozen carton or by the tray at Monroe's Supermarket.

[Fran]

"After a screening of the film, there was a question-and-answer session with Proulx. 'The story began in 1963,' said a woman from the audience. 'Do you think things are better now, in terms of attitudes?'

"'I wish,' Proulx said. 'But one year after the story was published, Matthew Shepard was killed less than [48 kilometres] from where I live. I was called to be on the jury for one of the killers.'"

-- Steven Barrie-Anthony, The Sydney Morning Herald   [link]

[memento]

Ennis and Alma were residents of Riverton.

[Will-U]

Scene:  Higgins Gift Shop

"Ennis, what are you lookin' for rootin' through them postcards", said Linda Higgins.


=aside= Lee
U're not an out-of-pocket gal!
Will & Dee tank U 4 congratz!

[Toast]

Over the years, Jack racked up thousands of miles on his trucks' odometers as he traveled to and from Wyoming to go "fishing" with Ennis.

[memento]

Ennis became unglued when Alma asked him about his "fishing trips" with Jack Nasty during Thanksgiving dinner.

[Fran]

"'Here it was, the point that writers do not like to admit: in our time film can be more powerful than the written word.'  This was the reaction of Annie Proulx, author of the original short story, 'Brokeback Mountain,' on first seeing the movie.  She experienced an unexpected emotional wallop, just as Diana Ossana did, who wrote the screenplay with Larry McMurtry and co-produced the film:  director Ang Lee, his actors and film crew, had made the various characters larger, stronger, more vivid, more human, than even they had imagined them.  Proulx had as a writer 'the rarest film trip':  her story had not been mangled but enlarged.  Ossana, eager to put the story 'out in the world in some major, major way' from the moment she first read it, saw struggle and hard work vindicated." 

-- Andrew Hudson, White Crane   [link]

[Meryl]

Ennis winced in pain when Jack attempted to clean the wound he had received in the bear incident.