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

[Fran]

"Having heard much of the hype, my expectations of an inevitable anti-climax with Brokeback Mountain were roundly shattered. Ang Lee's film is an exceptional accomplishment, and it richly deserves the accolades it has received. Not only are the characters superbly acted -- particularly Heath Ledger's taciturn and fiery ranch hand Ennis del Mar -- but the whole movie is of a piece, with the characters and the evocation of time and place all coming together in a harmonious whole."

-- Philip Cunliffe, Culture Wars     

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfTRJ3ZtluM&feature=related[/youtube]

[Meryl]

Like the proverbial inchworm, Ennis measured out his time with Jack carefully but didn't stop to see that their relationship was the most beautiful thing in his life.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mHNPHoL_tU[/youtube]

[memento]

Even after the love has gone, Ennis lovelessly has sex with Alma.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR4Ovy3LarE[/youtube]

[Fran]

"[Jake] Gyllenhaal, meanwhile, plays the more flamboyant of the two men, but his performance is a tightrope-walk of tenderness and hard-earned toughness: he wants nothing more than to live free and open with Ennis, but must reluctantly respect his partner's taciturn reticence to make their relationship public."

-- Todd Gilchrist, IGN.com       

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmoHQ2DC3zo[/youtube]

Seems like without tenderness there's something missing....

[southendmd]

In Aguirre's parking lot, the not-yet-introduced boys wordlessly say, "I saw him once".

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdsfdkbyQK4[/youtube]
(I don't know about the animé, but the song is from the Original London Cast of "Les Misérables", later cut from the New York version.)

[memento]

Ennis's obsession with Jack resulted in divorce from Alma with the realization that she's gone.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PldQczB_VSs&feature=related[/youtube]

[Fran]

The book Brokeback Mountain:  Story to Screenplay contains the short story, the screenplay, reflections by Annie Proulx, Larry McMurtry, and Diana Ossana on the process involved in "getting movied," plus the film's cast and crew credits.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0HE7TC8y5g[/youtube]

[Meryl]

After they had married and had families, Jack and Ennis looked back on the simplicity of their life on Brokeback as one of life's simple gifts.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5LS2Hh8jBU[/youtube]

[southendmd]

Although Jack tempts Ennis with a dream of the sweet life together, Ennis isn't tempted.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUA7F9j_xzs[/youtube]

[Fran]

Oops!  We skipped "R".

INT:  RIVERTON, WYOMING:  DEL MAR TRAILER HOUSE:  AFTERNOON:
CONTINUOUS:  1984:

ALMA JR. sits on a ragged couch.

ENNIS stands and pour her a cup of coffee from a stained Mr.
Coffee.  WE HEAR the wind blowing, rattling the trailer house.
empty[/b][/color] trailer, an homage to
plains-life minimalism:  a TV sits on a plastic milk crate in
front of a batered recliner, the only other furniture
besides the chipped Formica table, two wobbly chairs, and a
fridge and tiny stove.

[screenplay]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf0VP01JauQ&feature=PlayList&p=DDE355DF0DB6DFF4&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=3[/youtube]

"U" is next.