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The "ABCs of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN" Game! :laugh:
Greetings to EVERYONE at the "BetterMost" Forum! ;D
The "ABCs of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN" game -- in its second incarnation -- is anything and everything BBM: the story, the screenplay, the movie, the characters, the locations, the actors, the props, the reviews, the awards, the interviews, the ads, the dvd and so forth.
This "ABCs" introduction is separated into three parts. We will update and revise it as needed. As in the original "ABCs of BBM" game, we welcome your suggestions. This forum scenario at "BetterMost" is better than IMDB. Among many other features here, U can actually see in one glance the "answers" and the "explanations".
=RULES=
01. The "ABCs" game follows the alphabet "A" to "Z" and then the alphabet repeats itself "A" to "Z" ad infinitum. Every completed A to Z is called a "round".
02. Please put your answer only in the "subject" line, using this format: "A" is ________
03. Your description or explanation of your answer goes in the "text body" or "message area" of your post.
04. U cannot repeat answers. Thus, U must check prior answers to verify that your intended word has not been used previously.
05. U must always skip at least two turns; otherwise your answer is not in play. Player should then delete their voided answer. (Round announcements do not count as a turn.)
06. The "XXX" factor at the "ABCs of BBM".
(A) Our "gong" is the XXX and it applies to:
1) any answer that is wrong
2) any answer that is repeated
3) any game letter that is out-of-order
4) any player who goes out-of-turn
5) any answer that is a second entry
(B) Any player can -- and will -- "XXX" another player's answer for any of the reasons stated above in (A) and replace the answer, if appropriate, with their own. For example, XXX - Bareback. The hyphen separates the "XXX" from the challenged word. Description of why it was XXX'd must also include the original word, the original player's name and the round number. The original XXX'd answer and its post should be removed by the original poster as soon as possible (asap) after viewing for a tidier playing board. Replacing an XXX'd answer does not count as a turn for that player.
NOTE: This rule no longer pertains.
07. If it's a quote, to indicate such, please use "quote" marks.
08. Words that end in "ing" or the contracted "in'" are considered to be the same. In other words, the playing of the word "willing" would rule out the playing of the word "willin'" and vice versa.
09. "Lucise's Law": Your answer word must be in English unless it is a popularly known foreign language word like "pronto" or "puta" (Spanish) or "ciao" (Italian) or a single word part in a well-known foreign language phrase such as "bon" or "soir" (from the French bon soir) or "danke" or "schoen" (from the German danke schoen).
=GUIDELINES=
10. U may use the first or last name of a BBM character, actor or crew person.
11. U may use the name of a BBM-related thing such as a city or town like Cheyenne or Riverton or a brand name such as GMC or BetterMost.
12. U may use only one word of a "quote". Please highlight just that word.
13. If your answer is a common word such as "turkey", use "lowercase" letters in your answer. Even if the word is capitalized because it starts a sentence, it will not be capitalized for game purposes unless it is a proper noun. (See 14.)
14. For proper nouns such as "Brokeback" or "Mary", use an initial "capital" letter in your answers.
15. Hyphenated words such as heart-to-heart are considered as one attached word. Thus, hyphenated words are one word.
16. "Ekeby's Edict": Compounded words are not a one-word answer unless they are hyphenated or attached words.
17. The letter "X" is an "xception" as to how it is played. For an "X" word, U may use a word that begins with the spelling "ex" such as "exception", and play it like this: "X" is xception. Of course, real "X" words are preferred.
18. Moderators may delete (a) wrong, (b) duplicate or (c) otherwise voided answers, or (d) any unnecessary posts to maintain the clean look and smooth flow of the "ABCs" game and an unconfused playing board. Where feasible, moderators may first send the "ABCs" player a PM (private message) to notify them of such and give them chance to cure.
19. Moderators are permitted to make corrections in spelling, capitalization, grammar, punctuation, syntax, etc. on any poster's "subject line" or in their "answer text" a.k.a. "message area".
20. Moderators reserve the right to modify a "subject line" or "message area" to conform with our expressed format or established guidelines.
21. When a "Round" is over, a new round must be announced in a separate post. The new round can be announced by the player who posted the "Z" answer -- or the "W" answer as of Round 654. If the poster of the last letter in a round declines to announce the new round, it may be announced by any ABCs player; said player may also post the "A" answer in the new round, provided he or she has not posted either of the last two letters played.
22. "Lee's Law": If a player posts their "A" answer and has inadvertently overlooked announcing a "round", it does not result in the removal of the "A" post or subsequent posts. However, the "round" should be announced as soon as noticed. Announcing a round is an "ABCs" game tradition.
23. Expletives are deemed acceptable as "ABCs" answers or in "ABCs" game posts but only when quoted directly from the short story, the movie itself, or any of the screenplay versions of BBM.
24. A word played as a proper noun and therefore capitalized may be played in its lowercase (uncapitalized) form and vice versa. Thus, the word "Signal" (as in Signal, Wyoming, the name of a town) is different than the word "signal" (as in sign or gesture). The posting of one does not rule out the posting of the other.
25. (NEW) Political references are not allowed and will be removed without notice or explanation.
26. (NEW) The moderators have the right to determine whether a posted image is offensive or not. Images found to be offensive will be removed without notice or explanation.
27. As of Round 362, the letters "K", "Q", "Y", and "Z" are no longer in play. For purposes of the game, the alphabet consists of the following letters:
A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P R S T U V W X
A complete round consists of 22 letters now, instead of 26; thus, a new round announcement follows the posting of an "X" word.
28. As of Round 551, the letter "J" is no longer in play. For purposes of the game, the alphabet consists of the following letters:
A B C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T U V W X
A complete round consists of 21 letters now, instead of 22.
29. (NEW) As of Round 654, the letters "V" and "X" are no longer in play. For purposes of the game, the alphabet consists of the following letters:
A B C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T U W
A complete round consists of 19 letters now, instead of 21; thus, a new round announcement follows the posting of a "W" word.
=SUGGESTIONS=
30. To enjoy the "ABCS" game "better most", please review some of the prior answers to become familiar with the game format.
31. Before posting an answer, please check the "ABCs of BBM" Words Played file to make sure that your intended word has not been played previously. Click here: Words Played (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=543.0)
32. It is highly recommended (and probably downright essential now that the game is in its advanced rounds) that you use the edit/find function on your computer when checking the answer list to verify whether a word has been played. PM a game moderator if help is needed with regard to using edit/find.
33. To =communicate= with other players at the "ABCs" game, please use the following suggested code headings and place your message below the heading:
=comment=
any pertinent remark or worthwhile observation
=compliment=
a positive gesture to the "ABCz" game or another player(s)
=criticism=
any legitimate critique of the game procedures or any player(s)
=correction=
correcting any misinformation posted in an answer or a comment
=question=
any query about the game or what another player wrote or did
=reply=
a response to a moderator or another player's question
=suggestion=
any reasonable idea for the game or another player(s)
=milestone=
indicating a special happening such as 500 posts
=aside=
something "off topic" or just pertaining to one player or a few players
=congratulations=
congratulating the players as a group or a solo player or the "ABCs" game
=greetings=
special wishes for a holiday, birthday, anniversary, etc.
=APPRECIATION=
The "ABCs of BBM" game is challenging, interesting, educational, popular and fun. :) Special thanks to Administrator Phillip M. Dampier ("PMD"), who, on April 3, 2006 -- and several occasions since -- has fully accommodated this #1 BBM game here at the BetterMost Forum. Thanx, PMD!
Gamely,
"ABCs of BBM" Moderators
Will * Will-U
Fran * Fran
Sandy * memento
Ann Marie * AnnMarie
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"A" is for Academy as in the Academy Awards show.
"BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN" ("BBM") was nominated for more Academy Awards than any other 2005 movie! It was nominated for a whopping 8 awards!!!!!!!! BBM proudly won 3 of those 8 Oscars -- though we all know that it earned and deserved more, e.g., Best Picture!
Congratz 2 BBM! Nice seeing Ennis & Jack 2gether @ the A/A show.
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As in Brokeback Mountain, of course! :)
Or as Fran would say, since I stole her post, "As in Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee's masterpiece, which continues to touch lives, open hearts, and expand minds worldwide."
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As in Cassie Cartwright, who hopefully has more "fun" with Carl.
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Ennis's family name is del Mar.
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With Ennis & Jack with the elk, it's just like in the old days, when the man went out and hunted for dinner to feed, well, the other man. ;) ;)
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as in Farm and Ranch Employment where "they came together on paper as herder and camp tender."
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Alma Jr and Jenny/Francine, Ennis's pride and joy.
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As in, "anything interesting up there in heaven?"
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Lureen is going through piles of invoices when Jack asks her if she has seen his blue parka.
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From the divorce court scene. :-\
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Alma, Jr.'s current boyfriend Kurt (who we hear of but never see). :(
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as in Ennis asking Alma, Jr. about Kurt...'He loves you?'
'Yes, Daddy. He loves me.'
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Monroe married Alma after she divorced Ennis.
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The surname of L.D. and Fayette as well as Lureen's maiden name.
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Which BBM received 3.
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First name, Annie, who got the whole thing started and without whom we'd all be a little (or a lot) worse off.
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I'm enjoyin' the peace and quiet.
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As in Riverton, Wyoming, where Jack found Ennis after four years.
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And Ennis only needed one signal: Jack!
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The fowl "turkey" is what was served at both Ennis & Jack's respective homes -- and I understand that one just left "Better Most" today! ;D
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"Up on Brokeback, the Forest Service has designated campsites on the allotments."
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And Heath was virgin on the rediculous when he said "Ya know I ain't queer!"
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"U son of a whoreson bitch!"
No, that quote was not from the BM general forum today.
It was Jack rightfully "reading" Ennis at BBM!
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Aaaah! I'm too slow.. I had a 'W' too.. Hmm..
Oh, xcuses, as Ennis has plenty, for not moving in with Jack!
~ j U d E
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In honor of the incessant wind that blows throughout the great plains and Wyoming. Sometime a warm and gentle breeze other times a howling blast but ever present.
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the postal cardal: You bet.
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Ellemeno gets her "free" turn to post an "A" here as our esteemed mayor Will stated.
But if someone else has an "A" and Elle's not around, please do post to keep the game going, and Elle can squirrel away her "A" for another round!!
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As in Annie Proulx, author of the short story.
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"BetterMost", the best brand of beans and the Best Board for resurrecting the "ABCs of BBM" game! Thanks, Will!
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We know Jack was up all night looking for them, but it's doubtful he actually shot a coyote.
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"Husbands never seem to want to dance with their wives."
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on the mountain flying in the euphoric, bitter air
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Francine, Ennis and Alma's younger daughter, became Jenny somewhere between story and screenplay.
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As in, "Gun's goin off". Hey, it's a passionate story, I like that line.
>:D
Juan
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"I" is "I didn't know we was going to get into this again".
...yes I did, I red-lined [my computer] all the way!
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Ennis (referring to Earl and Rich): "They was a joke in town, even though they was pretty tough old birds."
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Would you rather go to the Knife & Fork with Alma, or to the Motel Siesta with Jack?
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U don't want them to grow up so lonely...like u was raised?
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..which both boys were.
*yay* I really missed this game! Heya Will, great to see you again :-*
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The only month mentioned in the movie several times.
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"November? What in hell happened to August", Deedee? ;D
Hehe, I believe August was also mentioned, & "Wedding'll be June 5th at the Methodist church", but it doesn't change the game so no worries :-*
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LOL... You're right, Mandy. It was a rookie mistake... made by a pro. ::)
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As was the Stud turkey
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I am referring to the coyotes here and no one else :)
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Pitch pup tent on it. :)
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In case anyone is wondering why the original "ABC's of BBM" game was over at IMDB and marked "read only, no more posts or edits", it was because the file reached the magic number of 1,500 posts including deletions. After all, they were posts, too. This information was confirmed by an IMDB administrator, Alex, today.
Fran
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It's too bad for IMDB that they did not advise the creator and the moderators of the "ABCs at BBM"" about that big cold fact -- with warning in advance! It was word-ly analagous to the Titanic hitting an iceberg! We had no way of knowing. Anyway, most of the survivors of "IMDB" (White Star Lines) are here at "BetterMost". More are en route via dingies.
BTW, at least IMDB has officially confirmed and verified that we had 1,500 passengers on that S.S. BBM-ABC ship not just the 1,330 that we counted. Plus, another 300 on the 2nd ship -- "ABCs II" -- the one that was torpedoed. Thus, a grand total of approximately 1,800.
Will
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"They were respectful of each other's opinions, each glad to have a companion where none had been expected."
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Sorry, DeeDee, but heaven was used in the first round by littledarlin.
We need a new "H".
Fran
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Them soup boxes
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Where fellas like them march off to....
sorry, I'll pay more attention :-[
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"I mean big equipment. $100,000 tractors, sh*t like that."
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This is one hell of an unsatisfactory situation...did I get that right?
I must add that I once nominated this for an award when it was 1st posted by EnnisLovesJack.
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Actually, the quote is: "This is a goddamn bitch of an unsatisfactory situation."
Fran
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The vent spilling out steam from the laundromat.
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The washboard is what Alma was using to scrub the clothes.
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At the Motel Siesta, Jack xhaled his cigarette smoke forcefully. :P
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Our illustrious Franny will sheepishly explain that I'm not just playing the goat or pulling the wool over your eyes on this one. It's one you've all herd before. It is the cleverest word baaaa none! I don't mean to fleece you of any hope of bettering it, butt there it is! Don't go lambasting me for it!
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..as in Lureen "huntin' for extra zeros.."
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Yay, Round 3, good job y'all!
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Joe Aguirre: "You pair-a-deuces lookin' for work I suggest you get your scrawny a*ses in here pronto!" ;D
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As in balls the size of apples on that coyote Ennis shot.
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...where the scenes on the mountain were filmed! *proudly Canadian*
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Those dumb-ass mules.... come back 'ere!
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"Clumsy as I am, probably get electrocuted."
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Friend, we got us a f*ckin situation here.
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as in "goddammit, Alma!" when she goes off to work the extra shift, leaving supper on the stove.
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"Honey, you seen my blue parka?"
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Poor dead Earl was found in an irrigation ditch. :(
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Jack f*cking Twist!
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"All them things that I don't know, would kill you if I come to know them." :o :'(
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Lureen, Jack's wife, Bobby's mother, and L.D. and Fayette Newsome's daughter.
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Jack Twist: My momma believes in the Pentecost.
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It's because of you I'm like this. I'm nothing. I'm nowhere.
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Where Alma Jr. and Jenny's swingset is located.
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>:D which is exactly what Heath and Jake/Jack and Ennis are! And it's still my favorite word!
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Victoria, I meant to look up your P word in the dictionary last time but never got around to it. Anyway, I am forcing myself to pull out the dictionary....
If anyone else is wondering what Victoria is talking about, here's the definition:
pulchritudinous (adj) having or marked by pulchritude; which forces me to also look up:
pulchritude (n) physical beauty
Once again, Victoria, you've impressed me.
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Ennis, can we get a place in town?
Ennis, bring me back a pack a smokes?
Ennis?
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How L.D. Newsome refers to Jack: "Whoa, now, Rodeo...the stud duck does the carving around here."
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...mmmm, Ennis + Jack + sex ;D
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Their boots didn't have any!
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From Will so that "answer" can qualify 4 Ray.
1) their = Ennis & Jack
2) Their boots didn't have any "tongues"... but their mouths have a "tongue" and they were hotly shown in the kissing scenes.
3) The "ABCs" is about what is not what isn't about "BBM"!
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.. as in untangle the Chilean sheep from ours..
~ j U d E
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Something Ennis and Jack were not when it came to the sheep that summer
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A recurring condition on the Wyoming plains - and on the set of the film in Canada.
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Jack had to xtricate a foreign body from the hoof of one of the sheep.
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Ennis and Jack were two youths from opposite corners of Wyoming, poor, and inured to the stoic life.
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As in the lighters that they use.(Not the clown!) ;D
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Anyone for A?
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"You know, it can be like this... just like this... always
-Jack Twist
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Ennis tells Jack: "If I was lucky, that harmonica woulda broke in two."
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I dunno if I would want hands that had just been castrating cows to give me a footrub.
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the tears in Ennis' eyes when the judge grants their divorce
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Our boys were good riders (no pun intended!)
Glad to be back; thanks y'all!
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Jack's harmonica got flattened when that mare threw him.
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...as in Jack & Ennis were very gay (happy) to see eachother after 4 years. ;)
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Jack grabbed the horn of the saddle when his horse began pig rooting. (Pig rooting is the term used when a horse is not quite bucking.
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Jack's in-laws include L.D. and Fayette Newsome.
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the rodeo clown
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as in two kitchens, where Ennis and Alma had two of their most important conversations -
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...Ennis, not big on endearments, said what he said to his horses and daughters, "little darlin.”
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The ministering angel (Jack) was laid out in the wild columbine by Jack's punch, wings folded.
Welcome Pirate Bride
Also, M is for our mayor and founder WLH-V, BTW, where is he today??
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As in Jack Nasty, one of our favorite lines.
Thanks FrontRanger, it's good to be playing this game again!
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Like Jack's rendition of "Water Walking Jesus."
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'You girls need a push or somethin'?'
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Which is how Ennis felt after he and Jack parted ways the first time and he went over to the alley and cried. >:(
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Ennis' sister married a roughneck and moved to Casper.
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the life Jack and Ennis were inured to
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Which Ennis and Jack look so good leaning against.
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which Ennis' and Jack's love for each other was.
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as in ver' good, which Ennis thought Jack's singing was, and I quite agree
(ducks while those of you who can carry a tune throw songbooks and pitchpipes at me) Let me tell you a story...while I was practicing for glee club auditions in 5th grade, (I was ten years old), my mom pounded on the bathroom door. I was in there for the good acoustics, so I could really hear myself. I stopped singing (i.e. bellowing), said, "Yes?" and she said, through the closed door, "Honey, some of us just can't sing." I still tried out for glee club. Didn't make it. Switched to band. So yeah, I like Jack's singing just fine.
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Worland, Wyoming - the town Ennis and K.E. worked before K.E. got married.
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which is what Alma became.
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Jack to Ennis: "Your folks run you off?"
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The black bear that performed in the film was "hired" from Doug's Exotic Zoo Farm.
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Yay! ;D
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....as in their beautiful bums ;D
or...as in Aguirre & Mr. Twist were asses!!
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(as in belt buckle)
Flick that buckle, Jack! ;D
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"She's in the condiments aisle."
"The what?"
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Ennis has two daughters: Alma Jr. and Jenny.
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No, not the post-Christmas exchange of gifts but the powerful and very telling exchange of glances between Ennis & Jack right from the start! :P
=recommendation= Playerz
With sentence explanations such as the above, or any answer word, it's clearer and nicer to red color the word which is the actual "answer".
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Fayette Newsome, Jack's mother-in-law. :o
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The judge used a gavel in the courtroom scene.
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as in high-class entertainment...which is what Ennis says to Jack when Jack talks about Lureen "huntin' for extra zeros"
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"I" is for crew member Igor Nikolic, the First Assistant Sound Editor on BBM!
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Plz. don't use the word "for" in subject line. It clutters and is un-needed. :angel: Playerz from the "ABCs of BBM" at IMDB already know this.
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Ennis uses a jackknife to whittle.
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A sweeter, sexier kiss like Jack and Ennis' reunion kiss I have yet to see.
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Randall's wife and "beard" LaShawn, talks a little slow (ha! ha! ha!) but dances fast (he! he! ho!) -- with Jack!
Note: Mrs. Malone's name is also spelled as "Lashawn".
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enough said!
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"Necesitas! Necesitas!!!!!" is what the little Mexican girl is shouting as she sells her wares while Jack is heading down that alley!
Oh thank GOD! I've been dying to post that for 2 days now!
That frickin' cracks me up evertime I watch the movie.
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=comment= Victoria
Oh, Miss Vicky, thank God that U are OK. Folks, it's so ironic that exactly 24 hours ago Miss Mayor & the ABCs Mayor a.k.a "the two Mayors" were fighting Trollz & Turkeyz over at the BBM Board in hand-to-hand combat. Trust us, we swept them out with broomz!! Over there, our Miss V is no angel. :angel: U can't be! And I said things to the Trollz that weren't very nice including about their nasty mamas. Butt, of course, the Trollz aren't nice. One told me he hoped that "I caught AIDS and died"! He was zapped w/in seconds. Oddly, several threatened Vicky but not me!? That's cause next up I would have told 'em about their homey papas. :P Hmmmm. BTW, they bragged big time about sinking most of the Island of Tremblay! The IMDB Admins were ready for them, too, as it was expected with the release of what DVD? BBM! It was posilutely the worst day there since "Krash" snagged the Oskar!
Ironically, now Miss "V" and Mr. "W" are back here Broke-back-to-Broke-back with an "L" and an "M"! Oh, Vee, let me know when U wanna go on our next trolling trip and turkey trot. Can we bring Mandy and Ray?? ::)
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=compliment= Wow! Kudos to the both of you, Will & Vic, for your courage and patience for troll slaying at the BBM IMdB forum! You are both truly dedicated to this movie and y'all deserve the biggest, yummiest piece of cherry cake! Soon enough they'll get bored there. Soon the DVD buzz of Brokeback will pass at IMdB and things can get back to normal. *a BIG hug to you both*
PS - That's yet another reminder of how lucky we are to be here at BetterMost.
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According to Annie Proulx's essay "Getting Movied", it was driving on Owl Canyon Road in Colorado that she thought of the expression "stud duck" (p. 132). <--- Can you tell that I write a lot of papers for UNI? lol!
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Ennis & Jack: their symbolic "pair" of shirts.
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"Quizas, Quizas, Quizas" ("Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps")
Written by Osvaldo Farrés and Performed by Rick Garcia
(thanks to Will and Mandy for the kind words...I think maybe my troll slaying days are over, I've hung up my swords)
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...as in Earl & Rich, the two "tough old birds" that ranched together. :'(
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Baaaaaaa, Baaaaaaa!
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Jack and Ennis's tent o'love on Brokeback. :-*
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The unconscious condition of one of the bikers after Ennis was done with him.
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As was the lush undergrowth upon which the horses hooves fell!
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Ennis got a job as a wrangler on a ranch.
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Ennis to Jack one night on the mountain: "You got a xtra blanket, I'll roll up out here and grab forty winks...."
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"You count the damn few times we've been together in nearly 20 years."
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The multi-talented Ken Zilka: he was roughneck #1, Joe's stunt double and the Animal Wrangler Captain! Applause for Ken!
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I'm thrilled that there's a safe haven for our game! I've missed you!
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Timmy tells Ennis: "My old lady's tryin' to get me to quit this job, says I'm gettin' too old to be breakin' my back shoveling asphalt."
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Bolo ties were the men's neckware choice for the Thanksgiving dinners. I wanted to post this for the longest time because my Dad loved bolo ties, and someone beat me to it!.
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There are numerous clipboards on the wall behind Aguirre's desk.
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Where they should have went to live happily ever after.
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An "Ennisism" is a Will-coined word: Something that Ennis is known for saying such as "Hunh?".
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Under the hood of Jack's truck, Ennis fiddled with the carburetor.
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Ennis tells Jack to "Give it some gas" after they fiddle with the carburetor.
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In less than 3 actual days, this "ABCs of BBM" game has already passed more than 500 viewz!!!!! As surprising as it is to believe, compared to the first three days of the "ABCs" at IMDB, the game here at BM is even more popular. ;D
Congratulations to ALL of the "Playerz" -- and there are many!!!!
Also, Ann Marie, Frann Marie and Will Marie -- the familiar "ABCs" Moderators -- appreciate all the kind words and nice memories of your gratitude for our "ABCs" game being here at "Better Most". Thanx! :angel: :-* ;D
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As in Anne Hathaway's lovely Lureen Newsome-Twist. Miss "H" is one of my favorites in BBM! Her emotional scene on the phone with Ennis -- talking about her demised husband and his secret lover -- is one of the most memorable in film history!
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Lashawn to Lureen: "Our husbands ain't the least bit interested in dancin'...."
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Of Course!
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Song (remade by Rufus Wainwright) playing on the radio when Jack excitedly drives to see Ennis after receiving the postcard announcing Ennis' divorce.
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As in the "short leash" Jack claimed Ennis had on him.
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Lureen to Jack: "What are you waiting for, cowboy...a matin' call?"
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"Now, up on Brokeback, the Forest Service....." Joe Aguirre
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Ennis feared it and Jack didn't give a darn.
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Pole-axed is the correct technical term to describe the expression on Jack's face after Ennis greeted him warmly after they had been apart for four years.
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Ennis De Mar: "I ain't no queer"
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Where can I find a job where I'm paid to stem the rose?
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Tourists -- all the people in the Juarez, Mexico, scene who aren't locals; Jack is in this category.
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Used it in Round One, Princess - Victoria VKM.
Vanna, we need another "S". Get the signal?
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Hi Ray!
No disrespect to Ray's signal, as in a come on from Jack "And Ennis only needed one!" and my Signal Flat which is a town in Wyoming frequented by Jack and Ennis. Two very different words IMO....Can the moderators confer and make final decision, Please.
Thanks You,
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"S" is stem, what "E" Ennis used on "J" Jack's the "R" is rose!! ;)
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=reply= VKM
"R" Ray is "r" right! Once a word such as "Signal" (proper) or "signal" (common) is used, the word "S/signal" is used. It will show up in the "ABCs Answer List" and in the "search" feature above. Thus, the word is used! What U intend, Miss V, is that they are two different "meanings" not two different "words". In fact, they are the same word.
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There was an undulating sheep on Jack's back.
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Something Lashawn was and Ennis was not. ;D
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Alma del Mar was played by Michelle Williams.
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And, following up on "W", Ennis is Alma's "X" for x-husband!
=compliment= Fran
Fran, U spelt "del Mar" the correct way with the lower case "d" -- unlike IMDB's wrong "Del" way! ???
=suggestion= Playerz
From seeing the "ABCs" game word "answer" in different colors, I'd say that it looks best in red as red is the most eye-catching. If everyone high-lighted their answer word in the message section in red, it would be consistent. It would look really nice in red! ;)
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....yellow kerosene lamp.
Sorry... only thing I can come up with.
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One night, Ennis was so zonked that he couldn't ride back to sleep with the sheep.
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Anybody have an A?
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as in... "What in the hell ever happened to August"?
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"Son of a whoreson bitch!"
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Jack's mother offered Ennis a piece of cherry cake. Ennis politely declined.
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:'(
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"Ennis-like" is another Will-coined word inspired by BBM. It includes anything that is.... like Ennis! ;D
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=aside= MMB
Cud U expand a little (ha1 ha!) on your word "death"
-- and relating 2 BBM? (I can think of 2.)
Tanx 4 ur A-1+ PM, Mandy! :-*
Will-U
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An FBI anti-piracy warning appears on the DVD.
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As in grocery store, where Alma and Monroe work.....
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Where can I find a job where I'm paid to stem the rose?
I believe the place is called "The corner of Santa Monica Blvd and La Brea". ;)
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Where can I find a job where I'm paid to stem the rose?
I believe the place is called "The corner of Santa Monica Blvd and La Brea". ;)
You mean like the guy in Mexico Jack picked up?
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You got a better idea?
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Where can I find a job where I'm paid to stem the rose?
I believe the place is called "The corner of Santa Monica Blvd and La Brea". ;)
You mean like the guy in Mexico Jack picked up?
ha ha. how appropo.
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Different forms of the same word are allowed, as are plurals and different verb tenses. There is no conflict between "interested" and "interest."
However, there can only be one I for a round. "Idea" is going on the answer list. "Interest" is not. To avoid confusion, I would delete the second I for the round, but that is only a suggestion.
Fran
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What both boys look yummy in...
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As in Lake Kemp, where that little cabin is that Randall wants to take Jack to.
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Ennis: "C'mon, Jack, lighten up on me."
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"Tomorrow mornin' we'll truck you up to the jump-off."
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we know where that's from.
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Jack: "I did once." :'(
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"prettiest little gal in Childress..."
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What Jack & Lureen had in the backseat of the slut's T-bird: a "quickie". Luckily, Mr. Jack married her and turned her from a slutty local cowgirl into a respectable business woman.
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Ennis: "So, uh, bank took the ranch and brother and sister they raised me mostly."
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Alma saying....sure enough... watching her husband and his lover leave.
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Never enough.
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Jack: "Better git, unless you wanna sit around tyin' knots all day."
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The first (and probably only) time Ennis heard Lureen's voice was over the telephone.
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Many activities on Brokeback Mountain required a certain amount of xertion.
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Ennis was holdin it to his wrist when he said his first words to his true love.
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I'll bet more than a couple of those sheep up on Brokeback were yearlings.
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Black hat/white hat - yin/yang
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;D
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Jack: "I can't make it on a couple of high altitude f*cks once or twice a year!"
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Jack had to cross the border to enter Mexico.
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Oh Jimbo, you missed out.
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keeping the woolies in line.
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The zip code for Riverton, Wyoming, is 82501. These numbers are visible on the exterior of the post office building when Ennis gets the returned postcard.
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Not often.
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Juan, "gay" was said already, by me! :)
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Those girls, love em to pieces.
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Juan, "gay" was said already, by me! :)
Shoulda checked the list first...dang.
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...Jack's greeting to Alma.
PS - No problemo, Juan, happens all the time :-*
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The last time Lureen saw Jack's blue parka was during the big ice storm.
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And so it begins!
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If you look at the scene where Ennis goes into the girls' room when they're crying babies, look to the far right of your screen and hanging on the wall is a painting of two kittens.
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Jack had quite the libido. ;D
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Ennis ain't in the poorhouse, hunh?
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Jack Twist: No more beans
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The color orange is the color of the hot moon before and/or after Ennis & Jack's hot tent scenes.
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=aside= MF
Your "K" answer is very kittenish! >:D <<< devilish cat!
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At the park on the Fourth of July, Biker #1 says: "There's bound to be lots of pussy on the hoof in a crowd like this"
;D
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...a quart of whiskey on shares...
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Jack's other lover Randall, who is also married to a woman. ???
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=aside= MMB
Mandi, U are a "scrrrrrrrrrrream"! (Michael & Janet J. song)
One thing that my "R" doesn't want is your "P"!!
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"Shit, that's hard!" ...which is Jack's response when Ennis tells him about his parents' deaths.
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yum
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for Ennis's ubiquitous,all-embracing, all-inclusive, comprehensive fear and homophobia instilled by his own father when he was 9 years old.
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David Vernerey .... best boy electric
Does he feel the brilliant charge of their infrequent coupling?
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the ever present force of nature, and Jack's elemental association.
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That feeling of happiness and euphoria Jack and Ennis experienced whenever they were able to be together.
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=guideline= "x"
When we use a customized "X" word such as "xchange",
don't put the "e" in front of the "x" word. Otherwise,
it makes it an "e" word and will wrongly register as
such and cancel one's answer. "Hv a nc dy!"
Will-x
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Alma's knitting project is made of yarn.
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That's where Ennis was looking to when he was sending up a prayer of thanks for Jack forgettin' to bring his harmonica. Per this definition:
Zenith: The point on the celestial sphere that is directly above the observer.
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Let's hear an "A"!!!
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There is an alarm clock on the nightstand in both Ennis and Alma's bedroom as well as Jack and Lureen's.
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As in Aguirre/Quaid's nose.
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And that's what they did to their guns to make sure they were loaded!
;) Fran!
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.. as in Aguirre >:D
~ j U d E
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Earl was half of the doomed tough old bird couple near Sage, Wyoming.
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Focus Features and River Road Entertainment present Brokeback Mountain.
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"The window looked down on the gravel road stretching south and it occurred to him that for his growing-up years that was the only road Jack knew."
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Jack spent a lot of time on the highway.
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Ennis will always wonder: Was it a tire iron or an exploding tire?
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...how Annie P. described their activities at the Motel Siesta :P
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Jack asks "You got a kid?" when he hears crying after he meets Alma.
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Sadly, it's basically what part of their lives were... a lie. :(
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A rather jolly minister presided at Ennis and Alma's wedding.
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Well, what else is there to say about naked?
=reply= SBL
What else is there to say about naked?
Well, for starters, who was naked?
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a good word to describe the bikers at the picnic who get their butts kicked by Ennis!
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".. his own plaid shirt, lost, he'd thought..."
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Alma had a question: "Ennis, you know somebody name a Jack?"
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The condtion of Jack's heart after 20 years of not being with his true love...and...Ennis's heart after the death of his and the realization of all he has lost
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"Shut up about Alma. This ain't her fault." Ennis, explaining again.
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"That's all we got, boy. F**king all! So, I hope you know that if you never know the rest."
-- Jack to Ennis, about Brokeback Mountain
I stole this from our illustrious mayor, WLH-V (Will-U) who posted it far, far away in a galaxy long, long ago.
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No explanation necessary!
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Jimbo got a vibe from Jack. Jimbo wasn't interested.
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Ennis gonna grab 40 winks and ride out first light.
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Ennis was very xcited waiting on Jack to arrive.
Edit: Did I do this right? I have wanted to jump in on y'alls game but I've been too nervous that I'd screw it up!
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Welcome to the game, and please don't be nervous.
Just wait for at least two more letters to be played and post again. In case you haven't noticed, there is a separate file with ABCs answers to check for words already used.
If you have any other questions, feel free to PM me or the other Moderators.
Fran
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Jack gave a mighty yawn before he commenced to bitching about Aguirre's requirements.
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Kurt's car, driven by Alma, Jr., was a Chevy Camaro Z28.
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Moving right along, next up is A.
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That quality with in Ennis that kept him from moving forward in his life, seeking better jobs, realizing a life with Jack.
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What Jack rode and what Jack spoke (regarding Ranch foreman's wife).
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Jack's dream, of a little cow and calf operation.
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In the backseat of her daddy's car, Jack tells Lureen: "Fast or slow, I just like the direction you're going...."
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.. as in everlasting heartache!
~ j U d E
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As in "F*** Aguirre." By Jack, of course.
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For the leather work gloves we see both Ennis and Jack wearing when chopping wood, clearing th camp siite and pitching the tents
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'nuff said.
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Hail-it was hand made for the movie. (Also, as Jack says, "The hail they are" but I know hell has already been played)
[Note: This is an extra "H". Do not delete it because it will throw off the 2000th post honor.]
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There is an ironing board in the living room of Ennis and Alma's apartment over the laundromat.
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Elk jerky was quite tasty after all those beans!
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K.E. Del Mar, Ennis's brother.
[wonders if abbreviated words will cause her to become disqualified] :-\
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I'm so busy looking at your picture, I don't see any letters..... :-*
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All the people in the Juarez, Mexico, scene who aren't tourists are locals.
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Jack watched Ennis several times in his truck mirror.
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Jack soothingly rubbed Ennis's neck after Ennis told him about Earl and Rich.
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'nuff said!
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The peacefulness of the mountain when they were alone that summer
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Our darling Jack was never lacking for clever words!
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When Ennis fell of his horse when he came upon the bear, most likely a rock caused an injury to his head.
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Where we see Jack washing his lover's shirt.
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Ennis' loquacious colleague on the road gang.
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Uncle Harold didn't die from pneumonia after all.
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...as in, physically Jack once lived, but is no more. :'(
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Where the tale is told. ;D
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Many Albertans were hired as xtras to portray spectators in the Fourth of July fireworks scene.
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Jake shows zeal for the idea of him and Ennis getting a little ranch together.
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We need a Y here, and then it's a new round, Round 11. Someone can post a Y and then announce Round 11.
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for when we see young Jack and Ennis in the flashback scene.
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Who's got an "A"?
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The acting in the film is A++.
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The herding dogs on the mountain with Jack and Ennis were blue heelers.
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One curve in the road in 43 miles, and the miss it.
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Jack complained about having to drag himself back to the sheep each night.
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Jack's route to Mexico was 85 South.
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An accurate description of the atmosphere of their first passionate consummation.
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Music writer Gustavo Santaolalla won an Academy Award for "Best Achievement in Original Music Score" for BBM!
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like a frog.
[Edit by Fran: The poster is referring to a quote by Biker #2 in the Fourth of July fireworks scene. Here's some of the dialog from the scene:
Biker #1: "Wooeee...look at this crowd! There's bound to be lots of pussy on the hoof in a crowd like this."
Biker #2: "All swelled up with patriotic feeling and ready to be humped like a frog."
There are plenty of unplayed words in this scene, by the way. I've got my eye on a specific V: Vegas.]
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This film had amazing impact on this group of people!
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Ennis & Alma's youngest daughter is named Jenny.
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On Brokeback Mountain, we saw Ennis kindle more than a campfire.
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Ennis: "Tent don't look right."
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Which this film truly is! ;D
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The geographic direction in Wyoming is northwest where Ennis' hometown Riverton is located. In fact, U can see it on a map.
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the dead sheep was an omen of Jack's fate. :'(
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Aguirre: "Your Uncle Harold's in the hospital with pneumonia. Docs don't expect he'll make it."
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Guess which character was acting "queeny" in BBM? ???
C ya later -- and then I'll tell ya tmo!
Will-Q
Next day answer:
The very Gay "Jolly Minister", of course!
("Jolly" is an old cover word for "Gay".)
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A rifle shot brought down the huge elk.
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Alma suggests getting a sitter so they can eat out at the Knife & Fork before she meets Jack.
I'm taking care of my niece and nephew right now, so this one seems a natural!
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...Ennis could have used one of these to get him another year o' high school! ;)
(I spelled it right this time! ::))
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Ennis loses control in the alley after he and Jack part the first time.
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Aguirre was a voyeur.
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Ennis: "It's likely November before I can come out here again....after we ship stock, and before winter feeding starts again."
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Ennis worked through a blizzard for Christmas.
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Yeeeeeeeeeeeee-hawwwww!, what cowboys (and Brokies) say when they are excited!!
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=reply= "Bx is da Best!"
Miss Becky, U are in the clear! BTW, U can always and should look for the word or phrase in the "search" feature conveniently provided above by Better Most (better than IMDB). "Search" feature looks for the word and brings U to "Answers". (Thanx 4 ur most recent, charming PM to me from across the pond.)
Note to Answer Gyrl Fran:
Enter this hyphenated word answer as yee-haw.
WLH
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Ennis & Jack are sho 'nuff zoogenic -- associated with animals or their activities. Animals include horses, sheep, a bear, mules, an elf, dogs and Aguirre! ;D
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"ABCs of BBM" -- a dozen red roses!!!!!!!!!!!! for a dozen red rounds!!!!!!!!!!!! -- in much less than one week! ;D
=Congratulationz= to ALL the "ABCs" Playerz from "A" Ann Marie -to- "Z" Zinaida for Round 12!!!!!!!!!!!!
=aside= FGH
How do U like those double sets of double "r" letter words??!! :-*
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...if the army don't get me.
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As in the brown paper bags that Ennis and Mrs. Twist use. They can be used to carry shirts and are handy if you are hyperventilating! ;D
Congrats on the 12 rounds Will! You are a true Brokie and a briliant guy! :-*
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Jack: "Go*amned pup tent smells like cat piss or worse!"
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Alma Jr and Jenny loved their daddy dearly.
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The sheep was eviscerated by a coyote.
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Ennis was greatly disturbed during the conversation with John Twist, Jack's father.
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....Ennis and Jack lean on the gate and smoke while Aguirre is counting the sheep.
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...Ennis lives in fear of the hate & intolerance in the world. :(
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L.D.'s ignorant ass might have been kicked into next week!
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Jack could of used a jump for his run-down truck.
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Ennis offered a few kind words to Lureen when he found out that Jack had died! :'(
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Jack was flicking his lighter open and closed when they first went to have a beer.
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A container/cup of milk in it was on the table in Alma and Ennis's apartment, in the scene where Alma is waiting for Ennis to come back from his night out with Jack.
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Jack uses his rather fashionable neckerchief to help clean up Ennis' cut when he falls off his horse.
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Thank you Diana!
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The phone rings in Aguirre's office when he's proclaiming their job descriptions.
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Alma questioned Ennis about Jack when they received the first postcard.
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Jack did.
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Ennis wants to know where the other, different foodstuffs are!
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There is a red-and-white checkered tablecloth covering the kitchen table at the elder Twists' house.
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Jack unearthed feelings in Ennis he didn't know he had.
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Ennis was always in vacillating mode.
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Lureen claims Jack's pretend place contains a whiskey spring.
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fire and brim stone crowd
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The credits show title design by yU + Co.
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Robert Allen Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan's song "He Was a Friend of Mine" was in the film. This answer is from our previous version and I'll post thanks to the appropriate person when I locate that thread!
=kudos= to memento25 to end Round 31 back yonder.
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This was my Dad's lucky number and I'm proud to announce our baker's dozen Round 13!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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=aside= Zinaida
U are A-1! I luv that clever expression "a baker's dozen"! ;D
Do U know most people don't know the 411 as to what that means? ???
Ironically, Ur swell Dad & me have the same fave lucky #13! :angel:
Will-13
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as in that coyote that had "...balls the size of..."
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Mrs. Twist kept Jack's room the way it was when he was a boy.
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Jack and Ennis cuddleling in the second tent scene...and later in their sleep on one of their "fishing" trips.
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L.D. told Jack that the stud duck does the carving.
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Jack was able to envision a future with Ennis, on a little cow and calf operation, while Ennis was not.
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So many references! From Jack saying "You'll freeze your ass off when that fire dies down" to the emotional and physical fire that sparked and blazed between them!
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The surname of the brilliant man who played Jack Twist.
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Two hangers: the wooden one Ennis finds the shirts hanging on in Jack's boyhood bedroom and the wire one Ennis rehangs the shirts on in reverse order.
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From the story: "As they descended the slope Ennis felt he was in a slow-motion, but headlong, irreversible fall."
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...Lashawn seems to jabber on like a rabid monkey.
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Jack said to Ennis at the trailhead, "Let's get, 'less you wanna stand around and tie knots all day."
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Ennis made a list of food he and Jack would need for the coming week.
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...Brokeback is a story about two young men and the love that develops between them, that lasts a life time. :'(
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Ennis and Jack never said, "I love you" to each other. :'(
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....Many obstacles stood in the way of Jack and Ennis' love.
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Alma del Mar was the plaintiff in the divorce petition.
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The book and film of BBM has many quotable, memorable phrases.
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Brand name of cowboy hats--worn by Jack
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Ennis and Jack were snug and warm in their tent after they found each other and on all their "fishing trips"
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Ennis and Jack became more than tipsy after drinking whiskey much of the evening.
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....Joe Aguirre sure became ugly when he didn't get what he thought he was owed. 'Bout the sheep I mean! ;)
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Earl was the victim of a hate crime.
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Gay Minister to Ennis for Alma at wedding ceremony: "...and will U take this woman to be your lawfully-wedded wife?"
We all know that those words should have been asked to Ennis for Jack; however, of course, replacing the word "wife" with "spouse"! ;) No need to change the Gay minister! ;)
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Because Brokeback Mountain, the love story of Ennis and Jack is an xtraordinary film.
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=ABCs rule= "X"
Reminder, everyone, if U are using an "ex" word as an "x",
e.g., xample, U must start the word with an "x" not an "e".
Otherwise, it would be an "e" word and in wrong "Answer".
P.S. Hi, Victoria [wave].
(I fiXed ur "eX"!)
Will-X
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Jenny is younger than her sister, Alma Jr.
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"Z" is Ennis' zip code in Riverton which is the now famous 82501. During the movie, many people astutely noticed that the zip code was added to the front of the post office -- when zip codes were implemeted throughout America.
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14th!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Round of the "ABCs of BBM" at the BetterMost Board! ;D
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BBM has earned an uprecedented amount of critical acclaim!
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what Jack had tied around his neck and which he used to gently attend to the scrape on Ennis' temple by the campfire.
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two_bloody_shirts: I could stare at your avatar all day!!! :P
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Ennis washes the coffeepot in the river.
=aside= Will-U
I should have known you were a "13" because you're incredibly funny, just like my Daddy was!
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Jack's shirt and their jeans ;) ;)
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Jack was tired of eating beans.
Therefore, Ennis ordered soup. He also shot and butchered an elk. :-*
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Ennis thought Jack was funny which is why he laughed at a lot of Jack's remarks and antics. :laugh:
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.."they clinched, pressing chest and groin and thigh and leg together..." (short story p. 10)
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"...they don't never seem to want do dance with their wives!" Per Lureen.
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He was infatuated with the rodeo life and fastened his belt with a minor bull-riding buckle, but his boots were worn to the quick, holed beyond repair and he was crazy to be somewhere, anywhere else than Lightning Flat.
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Ennis is always joshing Jack about his harmonica playing.
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Alma Jr. knocked down some jars of mixed nuts at the grocery store.
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Ennis to Jack (re: their relationship): "As long as we can ride it!"
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Ennis looks up at the moon "sending up a pray of thanks".
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Jack to Ennis: "You should see Lureen, punchin' numbers into her adding machine, huntin' for extra zeros, her eyes gettin' smaller and smaller...."
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The "ABCs of BBM" is number one!
It is number one in posts at BM!
It's number one in views at this BBM forum!
I can't believe that no one had used one:
Ennis had one male lover: Jack!
Lureen & Jack had only one child.
Ennis only had one wife.
Jack only had one wife.
Ennis to Jack: "I'm gonna tell U this one time...."
The number one song "One" was in 1969 during height of Ennis & Jack!!
=comment=
Reflecting (over four months later): What an informative and interesting one answer post!
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The vehicle of choice.
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Or to change word color, you could simply highlight the word you want to change the color on and scroll down on "Change Color" (located above the message box), clicking on the color you want. The color change will then be made.
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Jack: "I wish I knew how to quit you."
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We first see the ugly-ass "R" it pulls up in front of the work office trailer where Ennis & Jack are waiting. The 'make' of car that ugly Aguirre drove was an ugly, now long-discontinued Rambler! :P Like Aguirre, the car was known for being unpopular, cheap and ugly. :P
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In the movie Ennis does, in the story Ennis doesn't.
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Ever mindful of the importance of maintaining dental hygiene even while away from home, Ennis remembered to pack his toothbrush.
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When Ennis and Jack finally come together in the first tent scene it is very urgent.
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Not in this tent.
Update to satisfy Will-U: Jack's mare has one. As well as the ewes, and all the humans in the film, except the male ones.
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A phrase Jack and Ennis were sure to have used with their horses and something everyone on this board is going to say when they see Ellemno's vagina post! :laugh:
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Like a real "V" predicted: Whoa!!!
XXX - Sorry, Elle, the "ABCs of BBM" (as U know) are what is in the BBM story, the BBM book or the BBM movie -- not what's not! Otherwise, I'd do an "E" for "Edsel", "elephant" or "Elle"!!! :laugh: BTW, this is not 'rigid' just Rule#1. Why dont U do one of your "V"s from the original game at IMDB?
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Otherwise, I'd do an "E" for "Edsel", "elephant" or "Elle"!!!
You did do Ellemeno once, as well as Ellemeno Jr. Then one day you changed them. An Ellemeno never forgets. (Actually I forget stuff a lot, but I remember this.)
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After the divorce was finalized, Alma became Ennis' x.
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Hell yes, Jack's been a Mexico.
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Jack Twist had a real zest for living :D which attracted both Ennis and Lureen to him.
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Round 15!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! O0
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BetterMost beans are in tomato sauce.
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Them beans come in cans.
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Rule 05. violation.
We need a new A.
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(fairly self-explanatory) There you go, there's a new "A" for ya :laugh:
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[Ellemeno hugs Mandy and laughs merrily!]
[And wonders what will happen when it is discovered that the same person posted U and W in the last round. Uh oh.]
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"Don't never order soup" and "I don't eat soup." Exchange between Ennis and the Basque. BTW, soup is problematical in a high-altitude campsite. Takes forever to get it to boil.
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....Jack's terrible singing is beautiful music to Ennis'(and every brokie's) ears.
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The flat tire in Lureen's story of Jack's demise. :'(
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....The correct pronounciation of the word get! ;)
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The broken jars created quite a hullabaloo. :o
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Ennis injured his head when he fell off the horse.
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Ellemeno posted "C is cans" previously.
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Jack was jubilant on his way to Ennis after hearing of the divorce. :)
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[Ellemeno hugs Mandy and laughs merrily!]
[And wonders what will happen when it is discovered that the same person posted U and W in the last round. Uh oh.]
Ellemeno:
Well, you can stop wondering. The poster was given a pass for the W following U situation. As for posting an A right after a Z, that was pushing it, in my opinion, especially since all of this occurred in a span of seven letters.
Long story short, either you guys want to play by the rules or you don't.
As for your V is vagina, I had no problem with that. If given the chance, I planned to post: Ennis preferred Alma's anus to her vagina.
Fran
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Ennis kicked the biker in the face and knocked him out cold.
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.... When Ennis comes back to camp after he has fallen off his horse he has a slight limp. When he walks, not what you guys were thinking, dirty minded people! ::)
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Alma wants to move into town.
I knew what you meant Becky; our boys couldn't be that!
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Alma was wearing a nightgown when she asked Ennis if they could move to town where it wouldn't be so lonely.
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...Ennis uses some pretty offensive language when shouting at Alma.
(is that better?)
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Long story short, either you guys want to play by the rules or you don't.
Please don't misunderstand, Fran. I think you do a wonderful job. I do play by the rules (except when I make a mistake, which we are all capable of). I love that we have rules and I even agree with all of them (especially the "give others a chance to play and wait your turn"). The only rule I don't agree with is the one that says it's okay for a moderator to delete someone else's post.
I just know from experience that people make mistakes, forget rules, etc. and that not everybody is going to live up to the very high standards set here. I'm fine with impartial, even-handed pointing out of mistakes (which you are very good at, Fran. It's commentary whilst pointing it out, that I have a harder time with).
As I said in my PM to the moderators a week or so ago, it seems like we have to accept and play around people's mistakes. And since the careful moderators are the ones who update the excellent list of already-played words, and we all use that as our base when choosing a new word to play, mistakes drop into some oblivion by not making it onto that list. (The list which I suggested we begin keeping, and for which I will admit I was hoping to get some acknowledgment.)
So anyway, I love and value this game and, as you know, I have strongly admired your playing of it, Fran.
Clarissa
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I love watching Ennis work that pan.
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Quentin Lowery is one of Jacks stunt doubles (I wonder if he's the one that jumps into the lake!?) ;D
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Ellemeno et al.,
My "either you guys want to play by the rules or you don't" comment wasn't only addressed to Ellemeno; it's for everyone. On second thought, it probably shouldn't have been voiced but since it stands, here goes:
By now, most of the regular players have a pretty good grasp of the ABCs rules. Any one of you can jump in with a correction. You don't have to wait for a moderator to point out an error. This is the point I was attempting to make. Besides, the sooner an error is noted, the better, as it will prevent ensuing confusion. The early part of this current round is a good example of that.
I think enough has been said on this matter.
Fran
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I apologize - I had noticed the person do W right after U at the time and didn't say anything then. I shouldn't have waited and brought it up later. I don't know if I have it in me to point out people's errors. But I shouldn't have done it gleefully later to annoy anyone. (Which was my intent, for which I am now contrite and a little mortified.)
Clarissa
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Most gracious, ladies! Applause for playing nicely on the playground! Onward with "R."
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Jack: "You should see Lureen, punchin' numbers into her adding machine, huntin' for extra zeros, her eyes gettin'smaller and smaller, it's like watchin' a rabbit tryin' to squeeze into a snakehole with a coyote on its tail."
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Story Ennis didn't want to be a sad daddy.
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A train rumbles past while Ennis is waiting outside Aguirre's office. :)
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Proulx wrote that neither Jack nor Ennis wore underwear up on Brokeback.
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Jack was on the verge of tears when he left Brokeback in the summer of '63.
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Jack is waiting for supper while Ennis is attempting to rescue the foodstuffs. :laugh:
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Ennis had trouble xpressing his emotions. He was never able to tell Jack how much he really loved him.
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"Yeah, she's in the condiments aisle" as spoken by Monroe. :D
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We are proof that Brokeback Mountain has entered the zeitgeist. And the zeitgeist of their time affected Ennis and Jack.
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Bring on an "A"!
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OK, I'll bring on the "A"!
"All right" is what our boy Jack kindly and sweetly says after Ennis rejects his offer of a loan upon learning Aguirre told them to bring 'em down and would be cuttin' them outta a whole month's pay.
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Lureen is Jack's bride.
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Jack is "commutin' four hours a day" for beans. :D
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Proulx wrote: "Around that time Jack began to appear in his dreams, Jack as he had first seen him, curly-headed and smiling and bucktoothed, talking about getting up off his pockets and into the control zone, but the can of beans with the spoon handle jutting out and balanced on the log was there as well, in a cartoon shape and lurid colors that gave the dreams a flavor of comic obscenity."
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...Jack had a problem with his engine that is why his pick up wouldn't start.
I am actually starting to believe Jack's pickup is very like Jack; it only gets started once Ennis' hands had been on it!
;D *badoom doom tisch*
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Right from the outset, Ennis is fascinated by Jack - he's never seen anything like him.
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Jack was gentle with Ennis on several occasions, in particular that second night in the tent...sigh!
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...Ennis was certainly hurtin' when he found out about Jack's untimely demise. :'(
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John Twist was incensed with every facet of Jack's life. :(
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as in oops, Mexico.
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The famous item in the condiments aisle. :laugh:
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Jack uses his lariat rope to trip Ennis before they head down the mountain. :D
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Sometimes Ennis misses Jack so much, he can hardly stand it - he just doesn't say so.
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It's what horses do.
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It took a great amount of effort for Jack to not ogle Ennis' naked form.
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It didn't take long for Alma and Lureen to become pregnant. :D
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"... he rolled her over, did quickly what she hated."
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"....ain't no reins on this one."
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Ennis del Mar from around Sage, near the Utah line,
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I like Ennis' trailer.
=comment=
Also, the BBM movie trailer was exceptional.
Fran
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Lureen unhooked her bra in the backseat of her daddy's car.
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Victor Reyes is the first Chilean sheepherder. :D
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Story Ennis is a gonna warsh everything he can reach.
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he was farsighted enough to dislike reading anything xcept Hamley's saddle catalog
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Thomas Yaremko was the Head Greensman. :)
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Marcelo Zarvos is credited with Additional Music.
I have the book too. 8)
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Next up: A
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OK Round 17
"If he does not force his attention on it, it might stoke the day, rewarm that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong " - Proulx
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The bank took Ennis' family ranch. :'(
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Alma hung the wet clothes on the line with clothespins.
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Ennis first thought eating there made him sick.
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Ennis rodeos when he has the entry fee in his pocket. :D
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Jack tells Lureen that he's gonna freeze if he doesn't find his blue parka.
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Ennis was practically giddy to see Jack again after 4 years, before the kiss and after.
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as in a couple of high altitude, well you know.
:-*
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Ennis brought Jack inside the apartment to meet Alma.
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Jerry Callaghan portrayed the judge. :-*
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Jack seemed pretty keen on Ennis from the moment he laid eyes on him. ;)
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At the rodeo, the announcer's words are broadcast through loudspeakers.
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"I'm commutin four hours a day," he said morosely.
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The huge sadness of the northern plains rolled down on him.
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Lureen's attraction to Jack was obvious.
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"Didn't that pissant used to ride the bulls?"
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Ennis gives Jack a quizzical look several times.
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"Aguirre's got no right makin' us do somethin' against the rules."
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Some sombreros are visible in the Juarez scene.
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Chubby Checker's song, "The Twist," was a huge hit in the early 60s, and by 1963, I am sure it hit Wyoming.
And any other Twist that may have been in the story or movie.
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Jack was very upset when he got back to camp and there was no Ennis and No Dinner. His upset was only deepened when Ennis arrived injured.
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It's what I think Jack was when he was washing the clothes with only boots on.
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"Christ, Ennis, you had a f***in' week to say some little word about this."
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Weather on Brokeback was xtreme (ie. snow and hail).
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The short story was originally published in The New Yorker.
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Ennis' bank balance since he was upset about giving up a month's pay. I think he more upset about leaving Jack's presence! :)
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We're legal! :laugh:
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As in unconditional love, which is what I what I believe Ennis and Jack had for each other even if they never said so.
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Joe Aguirre used binoculars to spy on Jack and Ennis.
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"You ever hear of child support?"
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"If you pair of deuces are lookin' for work…"
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Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up....
("Devil's Right Hand" lyrics)
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Jack was not upset when Aguirre said bring 'em down because he assumed he and Ennis had a future together.
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What the sheep were doing.
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As our DVDs allow us to see, in the first tent scene, there's what appears to be some hand holding towards the bottom of the screen!!!
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"If the army don't git me."
"Drop me a line if you can, say if your there."
"What if you and me had a little ranch together?"
"If you can't fix it you got a stand it."
"I'd be happy to leave you alone if you don't want no more a my kids."
"I'd have em if you'd support em."
"Try if I can get Don Wroe's cabin again."
"All them things I don't know could get you killed if I should come to know em."
"I hope you know that if you don't never know the rest."
"I suppose they'd appreciate it if his wishes was carried out."
"I come by to tell you that if you want me to take his ashes up there on Brokeback."
"You are welcome to go up to his room if you want."
A whole lot a sad ifs.
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On the door of Joe Aguierre's trailer is a name plate that says: J. AGUIRRE.
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Both knew how it would go for the rest of the summer....
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L.D. Newsome, father-in-law from hell. I hope I don't have one like him, ever! :D
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Proulx wrote: "...nothing he'd done before but no instruction manual needed."
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"Nice to know you, Ennis del Mar." Where it all began! :)
=aside=
I must say, Miss Juliette, that U are very nice, two!!
-- as I've known since U joined the "ABCs" @ IMDB.
Will-U
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The last line, spoken by Ennis, is an oath: "Jack, I swear..."
I'm goin a swear an oath if I don't get to play a turn one of these days...
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Jack trying not to look at a naked Ennis while peeling a potato.
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The credits list Quynh Chestnut as Pattern Cutter.
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randy - by this definition - Of or characterized by frank, uninhibited sexuality - I would like to think this is how Ennis and Jack behaved in private. At least in my fantasies they did. :P
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That mare had a low startle point.
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Where Alma wanted to move to... into town.
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Ennis' Dad told Ennis to catch K.E. unawares when he hits him because he is older/bigger than Ennis - this is how Ennis catches Jack with the punch on the last day on Brokeback.
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The potatoes Jack was peeling are vegetables.
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Ennis ain't got none.
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Ennis thought he and Jack would be xcommunicated from society if they chose to live a life together.
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Alma after Thanksgiving dinner: "I'm goin' to yell for Monroe."
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Jack wanted to get up off his pockets and into the control zone in the story.
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Round 19!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
;D =compliment=
"A" is also the "ABCs" are "A" amazing as the "ABCs of BBM" has a whopping nearly 2,000 "views" in less than 10 days! ;D And now, 19 rounds of fun playing, interesting reading, creative answers and usually educational (exept 'nuff said' and 'need I say more') explanations of those answers.
FYI, I've been busy w/ non-BM responsibilities and activities but regularly moderating the "ABCs". This "ABCs" is an unusually clean-cut, smooth-flowing and user-friendly board, especially here at BetterMost! ;D Thanx for the PMs. ;)
Gamely,
Will-U
BTW, Fran-E, why don't U have a "sig"?
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Jenny suffered asthma attacks. :'(
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Lots of beer was drank in the movie!
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Ennis was the picture of concentration as he took aim on the elk. Now, Jack had a little problem with focusing. . .
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When Jack is pretending to ride a bull his speech includes "...but he can't dashboard me!" :laugh:
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Jack initially communicated with the Mexican prostitute by eye contact.
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Alma said "Don't try to fool me no more, Ennis. I know what it means", when she confronts him at Thanksgiving.
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"Don't want Game and Fish to catch us with no elk."
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:)
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The shirts, and their two lives were intertwined.
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...as in the Jolly Minister who performs Ennis and Alma's wedding.
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Kirk Jarrett was the Stunt Coordinator for the film. ;)
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Aguirre was lurking in the woods watching the boys make love.
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After arriving unannounced, Jack tells Ennis: "Got your message 'bout the divorce."
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BBM received 8 Academy Award nominations and should have won them all.
=comment= Fran E. - LOVE your new name!! - Ann Marie
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=comment= Fran-E -- AMH 4got the "-"
-- and let it be known who chose it: Will!
That's how I addressed Fran in PMs: Fran-E
as it spelled "Frannie" as well as match "Will-U".
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The part of the sheep that the coyote ate, while Ennis and Jack left the dogs to babysit them
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Ennis asks where the powdered milk is when the groceries are delivered. :)
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After Thanksgiving dinner, Alma had a query for Ennis: "You still go fishin' with Jack Twist?"
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Ennis tells his daughter, "Reckon they can find themselves another cowboy."
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"You ever hear of child support?"
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Travelin' roun' the coffeepot.
=comment=
I was owed a turn! As the red ball bounced, now I finally took it!
Will-T O0
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One of the words or terms to describe Ennis & Jack's long relationship is up-and-down! It sho 'nuff was.
[Answer List Girlz: Up-and-down is one-word; a double-hyphen word.]
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Alma was visibly pregnant with Monroe's baby by Thanksgiving.
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Both our boys had wives.
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Lureen's hair was xtremely blonde at the end of BBM.
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Story Ennis felt like someone was pulling his guts out hand over hand a yard at a time.
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Beans contain zinc.
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Next letter: A
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"Forest Service got designated campsites on the allotments." :)
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Ennis and Jack have bedrolls attached to their saddles. ;)
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Cassie's new boyfriend, who even talks.
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There's a donkey in the background when Jack is cruising the streets of Juarez. :)
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Ennis could get a lit-tle edgy from time to time.
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When Alma confronts Ennis at Thanksgiving, he's angry enough to say "I'll make him eat the f***in' floor, and you, too."
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....as in Ennis ate his beans with gusto.
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Where Jack’s uncle was ensconced with his illness. :)
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The Irish meaning of Ennis is island. :D
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...as in what Ennis called his daughter :-*
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OMG, Girlz, surprisingly none of U thought to mention Lureen's girlz' sorority? Remember, Kappa Phi, Girlz!
=aside=
Speaking of sororities, where's Mandy?! :-\
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The Lord's Prayer is recited at Ennis and Alma's wedding. How's that for a Maundy Thursday entry! :)
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Ennis' family's religion. :)
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Ennis asks Jack if his marriage to Lureen is "normal and all".
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John Twist is an angry ogre. >:(
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...as in Aguirre's prurient interest in our boys' rough-housing.
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Our Boys surely did quaff their whiskey with gusto.
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Ennis' Dad participated as a roper in rodeos. :)
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Jack speaks of one day owning his own spread. :D
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...as in what Jack and Ennis shed from time to time :'(
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Story Ennis does in the sink.
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I don't recall Ennis doing this in the story, perhaps Jack. Can you elaborate, Elle?
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There were many abandoned vehicles strewn thruout the movie, mostly pick-up trucks.
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Jack finally had a winning ride on the bull.
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...as in Ennis shoves Jack in his xiphoid process (this is the lower part of the sternum)
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Jack was the yin to Ennis' yang. Or something like that. I saw Jake say that in an interview once.
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Forty-two sheep were zapped by lightning.
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And it hasn't even been two weeks!
Next up: A
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I don't recall Ennis doing this in the story, perhaps Jack. Can you elaborate, Elle?
Hi Frontie, sorry to have only just seen your question. It's in the first paragraph of the story. And by Jove, you can spell zenophobia with a Z! We both learned something. What a game.
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So many heaped on this beautiful film.
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Ennis was wearing a carnation boutonniere at his wedding.
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"C" is carving the what? The turkey!! (I'll avoid an aside.) Mr. Jack was carving with a real knife at his ("this is my") house and Miss Monroe was electric knife carving (just like a real femme) over at her house. :laugh:
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As in what my DVD's first tent scene so frustratingly is, and the magazine photograph of some dark-haired movie star that was taped to the wall beside Jack's boyhood bed.
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Ennis' child support payments will stop when Alma Jr. and Jenny reach age eighteen.
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...as in Cassie had a tendency to fling her hair at unsuspecting cowboys.
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Ennis says "Give it some gas" when they are tooling around with the engine in Jack's truck after coming down from the mountain.
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Ennis to Alma after dropping off the kids while she's working at the grocery store: "I can't afford to not be there when them heifers calve. Be my job if i lose any of 'em."
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Most famous use of the word is in BBM: "The truth is, Sometimes I miss you so much, I can hardly stand it." (Jack dropped the s in is--why?)
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OMG! Can U believe that no one mentioned Jack's father John the Bastard Twist?!
C'mon, Playerz! Great, this game will live "forever", the same amount of time that U logged in for at BetterMost -- "forever"! :)
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Our Boys were on em at some important times of intimacy.
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... as in Heath, of course. ;)
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When it comes to directing, Ang Lee is not a micromanager. :)
[Do not delete this post even though it was XXX'd in the next round.]
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When Ennis asks about the Army not getting Jack, he responds "Nope, too busted up." ;)
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Ennis to Jack: "Old Brokeback got us good.... didn't it?"
=comment= Ann Marie
Ann Marie - LOL, when I saw your "gas", I thought you meant that they had gas from eating all those beans! :laugh:
=comment= AMH
I thought the same "gas" thing! To quote The Stones: "It's a gas, gas gas"!
BTW, Mandy & I are soooo glad that Bucky Bee was gassed from A-Idol!! ;)
Will-G
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As in "I'll freeze if I don't find that parka...."
=Question=
Elllemeno, where exactly is this dark-haired movie star pic? I only see one near his desk... now I'm curious!
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there were several in the film. >:(
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This film was directed with and features a mood of restraint.
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Question:
Elllemeno, where exactly is this pic? I only see one near his desk... now I'm curious.
You mean the dark-haired movie star? It's in the short story. Some people have said they can see it in the film, but I can't. What I've wondered is whether it's a man or woman.
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O lucky saddles that carry Our Boys.
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Ennis is supposed to be on a roundup over "near the Tetons" when Alma, Jr. plans to marry. :D
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Oh, I see it in the story now. The only pic I see in the movie is a rodeo scene by his desk....! How sad that little room is....?
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Monroe's answer when Ennis doesn't know what condiments are: "Uh, ketchup." :)
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One of my favorite lines from the story:
Like vast clouds of steam from thermal springs in winter the years of things unsaid and now unsayable -- admissions, declarations, shames, guilts, fears -- rose around them.
To PirateBride: Imagine going from a fine man who says "hunh" to one who merely says "uh."
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To Ellemeno: In this case I'd take "hunh" over "uh" wouldn't you? :)
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Jack describes himself as "wavin' to the girls in the stands!" when he's pretending to be a bull rider. :D
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X in Roman numerals is ten, our rating for BBM! I used this in our last version and it was nominated for a "Willy" and I was so proud! :)
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Up on the mountain, even when he's way over yonder, Ennis likes to watch Jack, if he can.
The PirateBride - I nominated you for that Willy!
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You hear plenty of zippers opening in the first tent scene.... :o
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Good work, boys and girls!
Ellemeno, yes it was you, a zillion thanks! :)
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A is for Anne Hathaway, who played Lureen.
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Ennis worked through a blizzard at Christmas. Brrr! :D
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Jack claims when he gets his own spread he "wont have to put up with Joe Aguirre's crap no more." ;)
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Alma comes to the door.....
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Ennis says "You ever hear of child support?" in the lake confrontation scene.
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"F" is for flung feet by Cassie Ann neurotically on Ennis' lap! Ennis should have "F" "f"***in' "F" flung her on the "F" floor!
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=comment=
Happy Easter, to all of U Gyrlz (-1) -- and, of horse, U cow-Boyz!
Will-ABC ;D & Dre the Butch Bunny
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RIP Jack Twist :'(
...or, grave as in "serious", which this film certainly was.
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The Basque told Ennis, "Them soup boxes are hard to pack."
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Ennis's internal homophobia
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The month June is when Ennis & Jack "reunited" -- and it looked so good! It would have been during Gay Pride Month except back then they didn't have it -- or any pride! :(
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With a sudden kick to the head, Ennis knocked the biker out cold.
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Jack + Ennis leapt off of the cliff naked ;D
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Jack's mom was very maternal to Ennis when he visted the Twist homestead after Jack's death.
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As the story says, "Neither of them was twenty."
As Fran suggested I've explained where I got that remark. I'm sorry, it seems like we mostly all know the story and movie so well, it didn't seem necessary to explain that oft-quoted line. I like that we are "in the know" and don't need to over-explain stuff.
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John Twist was wearing a pair of blue denim overalls.
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In the same liquidly-discharging vein as Round 20's "U" is for "urinate"....
Piss was what E&J definitely did in the woods, which was their entire BBM scenario.
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=reply= "N"
"Neither of them was twenty" is a direct Annie Proulx quote from the short story. If Clarissa will add quotation marks or credit the author -- something along the lines of "Annie Proulx wrote" etc. -- it will clarify the vague and questionable post for everyone. An explanation is a requirement of the game.
Fran-E
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Ennis: "That harmonica don't sound quite right."
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There is a radiator just below the window in Jack's boyhood bedroom.
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"When it comes to directing, Ang Lee is not a micromanager."
Quoting Will here: "The 'ABCs of BBM' is for what is or is about BBM -- not what isn't!" Lee, you need to tell us what Ang Lee is here, not what he isn't. Do you see where I'm coming from? If not, PM me, and I'll attempt to clarify.
Fran
=comment=
Players, we need a new "M" for the preceding round.
The letter after that is "S."
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=note=
This is a replacement answer for a posilutely N/G prior "M"! :-X
BBM's co-Screenwriter Mr. McMurtry as in Larryette! ;)
Guess who's turn it is next for "S"? Mine! :P
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[size=17]"ABCs of BBM" hitz 2,500 viewz!!!!![/size]
This really is a huge milestone -- especially at the BetterMost Board, which, with this kind of traffic, certifies that it is not "small'' anymore. ;)
The "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain" have hit a whopping two and a half thousand (2,500) verified "views" -- and all in less than two weeks!! ;D :) :laugh:
Gamely,
Will-U
Steering the Titanic of "BBM" games --
this "S.S. BBM-ABC" ship is unsinkable!!
And, it is now sailing in troll-free waters.
=historic milestone=
Today, April 15th, is the sad 94th anniversary of the actual sinking of the real Titanic! :(
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Let's see... we have Ennis as the son who lost his parents and Jack as the son who is survived by his parents and, of course, as said to Ennis by Jack: "...son of a whoreson bitch"! :P
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Nobody mentioned Texas?
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Alma's seeing Ennis and Jake smooching upended what the happy marriage she thought she had.
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Proulx wrote: "Ennis' breath came slow and quiet, he hummed, rocked a little in the sparklight and Jack leaned against the steady heartbeat, the vibrations of the humming like faint electricity...."
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The cast character "waitress", played by Valerie Planche, who is barely seen in the first bar (& grill) scene w/ Ennis & Jack after they sign-up at BBM. This was a topical subject at the BBM Board. U only saw Val in the background wiping the tables yet she's listed as a key BBM cast member.
=question=
Does "The Waitress" get to speak in the DVD version of BBM? I'm not buying the BBM dvd until we get a widescreen t.v. Period! Even Dre agrees on that.
BTW, are or were any members here waitresses? U know who this is for! Don't answer here. U can PM me if U want. ;)
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After Ennis' divorce, Jack was the sole person who had xclusive access to his affections and to his hot body. ;)
( I used this in the first "ABCs" game on the IMDb Board! ) :P
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Jack is yin to Ennis' yang.
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What Ennis was doin' loud enough to be heard while he was sleepin' after drinkin' -- zzzzz's -- before Jack told him to get the hell into the tent. The rest was history....
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;D
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...as in anal intercourse :o
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... which Ennis was sometimes good at displaying ...
When he was leaving Jack after that summer on Brokeback, he casually said: "I guess I'll see you around, hunh??"...as if he really didn't care, only to break down a little while later with gut cramps and in tears! :(
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Cartwright is the last name of waitress Cassie of the fourth bar scene in BBM -- the one who picks up the empty bottles and Ennis.
=aside=
It's like deja vu all over again as Cartwright was one of my "C" answers at the premier game of the "ABCs at BBM"! ;)
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=reply= Waitress
Thanx 4 ur quick and nice msg., Mystery Waitress. I knew U'd catch it! ;)
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Ennis describes seeing Earl's corpse: "My daddy, he made sure me and my brother seen it. Hell, for all I know, he done the job."
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I'm glad that eagle feather didn't make it into the movie.
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....as in Anna Faris, who played Lashawn.
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Ennis told Jack: "Two guys living together? No way."
=clarification= E is eagle
In reponse to anticipated PMs regarding "what eagle feather," the poster is referring to an incident in the short story. During the first bar scene, Jack talks about the 42 sheep that were killed by lightning the previous summer and says that he killed an eagle. He then turns to show Ennis the eagle feather in his hatband. Later on in the short story, Jack is described as still having the eagle feather in his old hat in May of 1983.
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The Basque showed Ennis how to secure the mules' loads with half hitches, inspiring Jack to say, "Let's git, unless you want to stand around tying knots all day."
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In the screenplay, after Ennis and Jack first check each out in front of Aguirre's trailer, "the two ignore each other completely."
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Aguirre.
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...could get you killed if I should come to know them." Said by Ennis in both the story and the film
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Some manufactured lube would have been helpful, but they had to settle with spit as lubrication. ;D
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Mexico, where Jack was looking for something he hardly ever gets....
:'(
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Ennis told Jack that Cassie wanted to go to "nursing school or somethin'"...
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Ennis was ordering soup (instead of beans) for his and Jack's weekly delivery at BBM.
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As in my signature.... best line in the book
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A less optimistic sort than Jack would have had his hopes quashed far sooner.
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Ennis kept a bottle of white wine, a legacy of Cassie, in his refrigerator.
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In the short story, Ennis and Jack talk about the submarine Thresher and what its doomed last minutes must have been like.
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On Thanksgiving Day, we saw more than one turkey; thus -- the two turkeys -- one belonging to "the Monroes" where Ennis was having T-Day w/ his two kids, his x-wife and her new fem hubby; the other turkey was at Jack's, namely, Newsome! :)
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Jack followed Ennis upstairs to the apartment where he was introduced to Alma.
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The name of the combine that Jack is driving with little Bobby.
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When he first entered Jack's childhood bedroom, Ennis opened the window to let in some very needed fresh air. Then, he pointedly stared out the window. :'(
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Ennis could not hide his xcitement when Jack appeared in Riverton for the four-year reunion.
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Jodi Yeager was a Post Production Accountant. :D
I'm so glad the game didn't stop for the Easter holiday! I was making square tortillas and stuffing eggs all weekend long. :D
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Jack's zany antics while pretending to ride a bull, borrowed from Arturo, where oh where is he? :)
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=reply= "A" to "Z"
"A" is for Arturo, who has not yet respnded to any messages;
however, he did at least register at BM. (See Members List.)
And, in keeping with the "ABCs" motto from "A" to "Z"....
"Z" is for Zinaida as in the Pirate Bride! :)
WLH-V (since U miss TOB)
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You all are so much fun! :laugh:
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as in I ain't queer and ain't no reins on this one.
Sorry about the ambrosia - I didn't see Pierre's answer to that question and thank you
for the welcome.
Sandy
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First, let me say yippee, Sandy (memento) is back!!!! Please join me in giving her a rousing welcome to BetterMost, and most importantly, the ABCs of BBM!!!!!!!
I think most folks probably aren't aware there has been an answer to the great "What the hell is Bobby eating" debate, straight from Pierre Tremblay himself, and I figured it would be educational for us all. Some early CT founders had posed 10 questions to Pierre, one of which was this one. I posted the text below.
Also, if anyone would like to read all 10 of Pierre's answers, I have them in Word format and would be happy to email them to you. It's a wonderfully insightful interview and a great read. They were also posted awhile back on the new Chez Tremblay here at BetterMost, but I haven't scrolled back to find them yet.
QUESTION #9
What the hell was Bobby eating?
PIERRE'S RESPONSE:
I heard this might be the most hotly discussed question on the board so I'll be careful to be clear...
Bobby was eating cereal with pieces of fruit in it. I think it was peach but I'm not one hundred percent sure on the fruit.
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Can I make a motion to unsticky this thread?
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Most of the times Our Boys are together, there is a fire burning.
Can I make a motion to unsticky this thread?
It's fine with me to have it unstickyed - I play it anyway, which is probably true for all of us. It does seem like it would be fairer to the other games (which I play too), to not have it stickyed.
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Joe Aguirre told Jack and Ennis: "Them camps can be three, four miles from where we pasture the woolies."
=comment= Bobby's cereal
My follow-up question for Pierre would have been: Why was Bobby eating cereal at Thanksgiving?
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Double negatives are used by almost everyone in the film - such as "don't never" and "don't hardly."
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Ennis & Jack's relationship was frequently ecstatic. Witness their hot 4-year reunion scene in Riverton! :-*
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Ennis told Jack, "Shut up about Alma. This ain't her fault."
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Reason (as per Will request to provide one):
It seems more user-friendly to only have the reference/answer threads sticky'd at the top of the games page, rather than any of the actual games. 3 sticky'd threads is a bit much. I went to check on the ABC letters used and accidentally went into the game. While I understand your "shoe and sneaker" simile, Will, not everyone plays the ABCs game. I do but you pm'd me a list of things I was doing wrong and now I'm too scared to play! :) Just joking... kinda.
Just my opinion, y'all. If no one agrees, it's not like I'm gonna be up in a tizzy about it. Just askin'.
Sparkle_Motion
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=decision= Sparkle
Your 'motion' for the "ABCs" link to be un-sticky at the Games Board has been approved by a 2 to 1 vote!! We welcome sensible motions.
Will-Y
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as in general delivery, the mode by which Jack sent that first postcard to Ennis.
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Miss Barbara Harris, the Voice Casting crewmember from BBM.
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Lureen tells Ennis over the phone: "He was cremated, like he wanted, and half his ashes was interred here."
=question= FGH
Are U sure that Lureen said "was" (wrong) -- or "were" (right)?? Juss wondrin'. Can someone please play your BBM dvd and go to the very end w/ Lureen on the phone w/ Ennis to determine if she actually said "was"?! I can imagine Ennis sayin' that but not the educated junior Mrs. Twist.
=reply=
The screenplay says "was", and while I haven't watched my DVD again tonight, I'm pretty sure she does in the movie as well.
-amh
=comment=
Just to add my two cents: our Junior Mrs. Twist is correct (if those nuns taught me right!): "half" is the subject, and requires "was".
Sorta like when you say, "none of those bikers was very nice."
--Paul (southendmd)
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Ennis wore striped jamas.
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Mr. Ken Wills was the Property Master. :)
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Jack claims "She got lucky" when discussing the mare that threw him. Would that we were so "lucky!" :D
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"One curve in the road in 43 miles and they miss it. "
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Story Ennis had "big, nicked hands."
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Jack to his father-in-law SOB Newsome: "Sit down U old son of a bitch before I...."
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=aside=
Oh, look, I finally have "69" posts! ;) Very BBM!! :P
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Joe Aguirre to Jack and Ennis: "Them camps can be three, four miles from where we pasture the woolies."
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Randy
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Aguirre comes riding up.
Thanks for the highlight Will. ;)
Just got my 5 stars now!
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Ennis used spit as a lubricant and Jack's father spit
into a coffee cup.
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The saddle, bridle, and other riding implements are called the horse's tack.
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Belts got unbuckled.
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The first time Joe Aguirre appears on screen, he is wearing a vest.
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as in Don Wroe who owned the cabin where Ennis says they had a good time that year.
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With the exception of the spit, Jack and Ennis' first sexual encounter was an example
of xerotripsis (dry friction).
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Lureen to Jack: "Still don't seem fair, you drivin' up there two or three times a year, him never comin' down here...."
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Aguirre zooms in on our little darlins with his 10X42 binocs.
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Halfway to 50.....
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=congratulations= All Playerz
25!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! rounds of the "ABCs at BBM" in exactly two weeks!! As many of U know, that is incredibly at an even faster rate -- yet more peaceful -- than at IMDB!
Mod (better than Mad) Will ;D
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Randall to Jack (on the porch bench for two): "....a little getaway".
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Ennis is and I'm sure if you asked him, he'd blame being bowlegged on all the horse riding?!
I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! Miss me?
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=reply= Ray
Yeah, we missed ya -- that's why I wrote U
and told U 2 git ur azz back here pronto, B!
Will-U & da Boyz
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Ennis said he shot a coyote that looked like he could eat a camel.
And YES Ray, I'm thrilled you're back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) I miss your witicisms - keep playing!!!
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Ennis tells Jack: "They found Earl dead in a irrigation ditch."
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From the story: "the silent embrace satisfying some shared and sexless hunger"
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Jack is described as fair in the story, but what happened to him wasn't.
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as in genius loci: "Brokeback Mountain is all we got!" The memory of this place shall keep our memory alive!
I love the word "shall" because it makes me feel like I'm dressed in a double-breasted suit with a caviar canape in my left hand while I swish a dual olive martini in my right!
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...Ennis had a top-grade one, on the morning after tent #1 :-\
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The conversation taking place between Le Shawn and Lureen going to the bathroom to powder their noses, and when they return!
=question= Ray
We've seen "Le Shawn" spelt two different
ways as both "LaShawn" and "Lashawn"
-- butt leave it 2 U 2 come up w/ a 3rd!!!
BTW.... wrong! "U bet" we missed ya.
Good that your "intercoursing" again.
Will-I
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There was a tiny jog in the wall of the closet, where the shirts were hidden.
=congratulations=
Congratulations to us on our 25th round!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I feel like we are just beginning!
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I love pausing the DVD and looking at the Newsome-Twist living room, it is so full of kitsch.
Yay for Ray being back!
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Ang's use of water images throughout the film is a recurring theme, or leitmotif.
=question=
Dear Dr. South End:
U can have it 'both ways' butt not here!
U have "leitmotif" and "leitmotig"!?
Surprised no one else noticed?!?!
Cud guess answer but "I won't!"
Will-U
(U're a Med; I'm a Mod!)
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Ennis to Alma after she told him that supper was on the stove and that she had promised Monroe that she'd take the extra shift: "Well, tell him you made a f*ckin' mistake."
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Alma caught Ennis and Jack necking.
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Ennis was deeply agitated, overwelmed with grief --overwrought-- when he fell to his knees in that dark alley. He sobbed and wept for his beloved Jack.... :'(
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=congratulations= "L"
"Lucise" is finally with a capital "L"!
U really look so much better, dear.
Who put that idea into my --
I mean, your -- head?!
Will-L
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"YOu used to come away easy--now it's like seeing the Pope." --Jack to Ennis.
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Jack was quixotic in that he disregarded conventional wisdom and personal consequences and courageously sought an impossible dream.
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Alma to Ennis after Thanksgiving dinner: "...And then you come back lookin' all perky and said you'd caught a bunch a browns and ate them up. Do you remember?"
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As a family, those Newsomes seem pretty shallow.
The water Ennis washed the coffeepot in was shallow.
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Ennis and Alma are riding a toboggan shortly after they're married. :)
=comment=
And... it was all downhill from there for Ennis & Alma!!
Will-T
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Ennis couldn't undo his pants quickly enough in the first tent scene. :D
I thought Jack's ideas about a life with Ennis being ubiquitous would be self-explanatory because they were ever present in his mind. I recall a discussion about having more latitude with these difficult letters as time goes on. I imagine this word will not be questioned in later rounds. :D
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Hi JulietteMontague, how do you mean that about "ubiquitous?" I understand that word to mean everywhere, as in "These days, Starbucks is ubiquitous." How does the word apply here?
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After Alma Jr. knocked over the jars of mixed nuts in the grocery store, Monroe volunteered to clean up the mess for Alma so she would be free to call her sister to come get the girls.
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Water, water, everywhere. In Alma's sink, in the lakes and rivers, in the hail, in the soup, in the coffeepot...
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"X" is xcellent for the cinematography. In fact, so much so that it was nominated for an Academy Award among others.
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Yes, on to Y!
Jack was always yearning for Ennis. :)
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When Ennis wakes up in the puptent and goes outside, he does a little zigzag dance in the snow.
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A?
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Ennis, Alma, and the girls lived in a small apartment over a laundromat in Riverton.
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Ennis' brother and sister raised him after his parents' untimely demise. :(
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Ennis made Jack breakfast in a cast-iron skillet.
=information= hyphenated words
For ALL, as an example, the answer here is "cast-iron".
As a hyphented word, it is considered as one. I fixed
the above. The entire 2-part word is the answer. For
more 411, see "ABCs Rulez" in the original post (OP).
"ABCs" Mayor Will
endorsed by Ennis!
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Though it has its light-hearted moments, BBM is in the drama category.
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Jack describes Bobby to Ennis and Alma: "Eight months old. Smiles a lot."
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Except for the first old black, Raggedy-Andy pick-up truck, Jack's pick-up trucks were one Ford after another Ford!
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What the woolies did on the mountain pastures..
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Story Ennis applied for a hardship license so that he could drive to school.
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" It's a one shot thing we got goin' here."
"It's nobody's business but ours."
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Jack made an attempt at singing "Water Walking Jesus".
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We see Ennis kneel in the alley
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"Last year one storm the lightnin' kilt 42 sheep."
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Proulx wrote: "Ennis put his arm around Jack, pulled him close, said he saw his girls about once a month, Alma Jr. a shy seventeen-year-old with his beanpole length, Francine a little live wire."
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The age Ennis and Jack were when they met on Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennis was an orphan.
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Joe Aguirre explains the responsibilities of the herder to Jack: "Eat your supper, breakfast in camp, but you sleep with the sheep, hundred percent, no fire, don't leave no sign."
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The type of horse that Ennis rode -- besides Jack -- is a quarter horse. It is a muscular saddle horse and characterized by high speeds in short distances such as a quarter of a mile.
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"Tryin' to get a foot rub dummy"
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As she heads off for work, Alma tells Ennis, "Supper's on the stove."
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Them soup boxes is hard to pack.
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.. or the ideal place for Jack and Ennis' love to flourish (or so they thought)...
i.e. Jack and Ennis regarded Brokeback mountain as a sacred place, a paradise, their utopia.
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Ennis' interaction with the bikers on the Fourth of July and his encounter with the truck driver on Thanksgiving give testament to the fact that he has a tendency towards violence when angry or upset.
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"If you don't want anymore a my kids"
"Last summer had goddamn near twenty-five percent loss. I don't want that again."
"You want some a this hot water?"
But the biggest want was mostly unspoken.
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Some countries and some groups found our film BBM to be X-rated! :(
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Alma Jr. and Jenny sat on the swings, quiet witnesses to their parents' yelling.
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The fly on Jack's jeans was a zipper....yes? And there is now one on my lip!
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I have an A so I'll go next.
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Jack finally got sick of L.D.'s attitude at Thanksgiving and let him have it.
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Joe Aguirre explains the responsibilities of the herder to Jack: "Eat your supper, breakfast in camp, but you sleep with the sheep, hundred percent, no fire, don't leave no sign."
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Almost everyone in the film smoked cigarettes. Ennis sometimes
smoked half a cigarette, put it in his pocket, and smoked the other half later.
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Ennis and Jack were both high school
dropouts.
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The del Mars' address in Riverton is 80 Pershing Street, Apt. 2.
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Jack's so sure about his riding abilities that he claims "I doubt there's a filly that can throw me." :)
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Jack follows Ennis with his soft gaze at several points in the film.
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Jack began as the herder and ended up as camptender. :D
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Ennis thought it would be irresponsible for him to skip work in August to meet Jack.
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There is a jukebox in the bar where Ennis meets Cassie.
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Ennis always put the kibosh on Jack's idea about having
a life together.
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Jack lassos Ennis before they descend the mountain. :D
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The pack mules Ennis is in charge of for food delivery. :)
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Jack to Ennis after Ennis says he wouldn't mind trading jobs: "Tell you what, you got a get up a dozen times in the night out there over them coyotes."
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Jack was obsessed with Ennis from the moment he saw him. :D
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Jack used pesos to pay the prostitute in Mexico.
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Ennis put quarters in the jukebox.
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...as in tire rim
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Songs were played on the jukebox -- a word that FGH "stole" from WLH from the 1st game of "ABCs of BBM" at IMDB. Besides Diana Ross & The Supremes -- everyone listened to them and their #1 songs -- I wonder what other artists and songs they played in that jukebox?
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Joe Aguirre had a toothpick in his mouth during the scene with the "stem the rose" dialogue.
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I'll try U again!
Ennis always held Jack's undivided attention. :D
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Jack’s broken veins let his blood and life ebb away. :(
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Ennis thought it would only be safe for them to get together way out in the wilderness every once in a while.
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Quoting Annie Proulx here from "Getting Movied": "I simply did not think this story could be a film: it was too sexually xplicit for presumed mainstream tastes, the general topic of homophobia was a hot potato unless gingerly skirted, and, given Hollywood actors' reluctance to play gay men (though many gay men have brilliantly played straight guys) it would likely be difficult to find a good cast, not to say a director."
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Jack was prepared to yield himself to Ennis in the tent the first time. :D
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Jack’s actions had a lot of zing to them! :)
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Well done! :)
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The spoon handle is used by Proulx as an augur of the tire iron to come.
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Which by all the empty beer bottles in the movie appears to be the brand of choice by those in BBM.
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Ennis' sister married a roughneck and moved to Casper.
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L.D. wouldn't give Jack a dime if he dropped it, except if he could get rid of him by doing it.
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Ennis to Mrs. Twist: "I'll take a cup of coffee, but I can't eat no cake just now."
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Online, I saw a full frontal, nude photo of Ennis/Heath running to jump into the lake. Quite interesting! :)
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Jack and Ennis exchanged many furtive glances when before they got to know each other.
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Ennis had to hitchhike to Signal for work. Do I get extra credit for 3 Hs in one word?
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I think Aguirre and Alma may have found Jack and Ennis' rolling around and smooching to be a little indecent. But I don't!
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Timmy talks incessantly: "My old lady's tryin' to get me to quit this job, says I'm gettin' too old to be breakin' my back shoveling asphalt."
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Ennis and his family were watching an episode of Kojak.
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They stand that way for a moment, Jack leaning back into Ennis.
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Ennis and Jack ate elk meat by the campfire.
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Lureen to Jack while he's looking for his blue parka: "Daddy can't drive these newfangled combines."
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When Jack meets Ennis in front of Aguirre's trailer, he shows his overt interest in him by his long, bold stares ...
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Any plans of meeting up again in Novemeber, or ever again went POOF with the arrival of the 'deceased' post card!
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Alma, as his now ex-wife, queried Ennis as to what he really did when he went to BBM w/ Jack Nasty -- she knew it wasn't fishin'! :P
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Proulx describes Ennis del Mar: "...he was farsighted enough to dislike reading anything except Hamley's saddle catalog."
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No doubt Jack and Ennis had some ... obviously! 8)
Annie P. says in the novella that the motel room smelled of semen, amongst other things...
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Jack to Ennis, "Truth is, sometimes I miss you so much I can hardly stand it."
Wah!!!!! :(
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I have the U again! :laugh:
All of Jack's actions were uninhibited. :D
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The credits attribute Vancouver Casting to Trish Robinson.
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"You wanna lose about half your f**king teeth?
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Jack was so optimistic, he always xpected Ennis to agree to a life together. :D
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Ennis yanked his hand away from Jack's groin.
damn fool.
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While Jack slept, Ennis pulled up his pants, zipped them up, and exited the tent.
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One short of thirty....
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"...Custody of the two minor children, Alma Jr. and Jennifer del Mar, is awarded to plaintiff." :(
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Our boys had a drink at the bar after they were hired.
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When Jack attends to the injured baby sheep, it's so cute! I know that's a lame one, but it's true!!!!
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The script describes Alma as "...sad, but determined..." when the divorce is granted. :(
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When Aguirre tells Jack that he didn't pay them to "stem the rose", he was using a euphemism (a more polite/palatable substitute for something rather crude..).
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Ennis said: "I'll roll up out here and grab forty winks, ride out at first
light."
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"It's a one-shot thing we got goin' here."
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Lureen speaking about Ennis: "...him never comin' down here...." :D
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The credits show that Catherine Shao was an intern for Ang Lee.
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Ennis & Jack, besides talk, etc., at one of their fireside chat scenes were smokin' a "joint" of marijuana! :P Those boyz were not kiddin'! :-*
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=aside= Ann Marie
Thanx for the nice surprise!
=aside= DeeDee
Whadya got for gay Vito? LL!
=aside= Frannie
Enjoy ur trip to NYC this w/e!
=aside= Juliette
Thanx for my 'Jefe' promotion!
=aside= Lucise
How do U like ur revised name?!
=aside= Mandy
We were rite: "A-Idol" XXX'd Azz!
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Lureen's father throws Jack the car keys and says "Rodeo can get them" referring to the formula for the new baby.
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Ennis was furiously angry or livid when Alma confronted him about his "fishing trips" with Jack Nasty.
=aside= Will
I am loving the name change! ;D
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The minutes ticked by from the round watch in Ennis's pocket..
=aside= Will
Fat Vito and LL deserve each other..
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Jack asks "You gonna do this again next summer?" :D
=aside for Will=
You deserve all kudos possible! :)
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"They were raised on small, poor ranches in opposite corners of the state"
Will, thanks for the tip about just typing [ red] [ /red]. Much faster.
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Alma Jr. knocked over jars of mixed nuts, which included peanuts, at the grocery store.
=aside= Will
Yeah, we'll see if that school in da Bx is da best after all....
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Jack's quest was to live a sweet life with Ennis.
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The first half (10 years) of the Ennis & Jack relationship was still an era of sexual repression.
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Jack might have been just a wee bit sore after that first tent night... :-\
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On the subject of finding a tutor for Bobby, Jack tells Lureen: "I've complained too much, that teacher don't like me."
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Lureen took umbrage at Jack's offer to dance with LaShawn.
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Jack was victorious when he had the winning ride in the rodeo.
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Proulx wrote: "Jack said he was doing all right but he missed Ennis bad enough sometimes to make him whip babies."
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Ennis was afraid of their love for each other being xposed. :(
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=aside=
U've been ordained a "Princess"!
Jefe Will-U
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Ennis said what they did yesterday was a one shot deal.
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John Twist was a zealot.
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Congratulations, Playerz, on a well-played Round 29!!
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=congratulations= All "ABCs of BBM" Playerz
It's kinda amazing that "ABCs" is at Round 30!!!
-- in just three weeks at the BetterMost Board.
The 1st game went up to a great "39 Rounds"
(remember the movie "39 Steps") until it got
the "Lusitania" torpedo treatment at "IMDB"!
Like the Lusitania, the captain survived. The
biggest of the "ABCs of BBM" milestone will
occur here at BetterMost -- the place to be!
Welcome to another survivor Memento and
another new player but not new Pipedream.
Cap'n Will
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While waiting for Jack to arrive in Riverton, Ennis filled an ashtray with cigarette butts.
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Cassie is wearing a butterfly ring in the scene when she first meets Ennis (I've been waiting to use that one for awhile).
=aside= I LOVE the feature on this site that says:
Warning - while you were typing a new reply has been posted. You may wish to review your post.
It's invaluable for this game where there are so many great players jostling to post!!!!
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Ennis and Jack's choice of footwear was always cowboy boots! :D
I also have been waiting to post this C! :D
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Ennis and Jack spent many nights getting drunk on whiskey.
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Brokeback Mountain is an epic movie - it surpasses the ordinary. :)
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Quoting Ennis here: "If you can't fix it, Jack, you gotta stand it."
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The first tent scene ended with a groan.
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Ennis had dry heaves in the alley after leaving Brokeback trying to
come to terms with his emotions.
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John Twist didn't care an iota about anything but his anger. >:(
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Jack accepted long journeys to visit his lover; good boy!
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...Ennis sat on the grassy knoll, pouting on their last day on the mountain :'(
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Lureen to Jack while he's looking for his blue parka: "You're worse than Bobby when it comes to losing stuff."
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Alma Jr. had to take another mouthful of dinner before she could be excused.
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As in "Bad news," which is what Jack says upon learning his Uncle Harold may not make it.
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"You may be a sinner, but I ain't yet had the opportunity." :D
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In several scenes, Alma's hair is styled in a ponytail.
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For the most part, Our Boys were patient with each other's quirks.
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Slamming Jack into the wall and nearly eating him up outside the house in the reunion scene was quite a bit risky of Ennis...
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Aguirre told Jack, when sleeping with the sheep, don't leave no sign in the morning.
=Aside= Good work, Will, easy to read.
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Joe Aguirre carried a large thermos from his car into his office.
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Jack's and Ennis' union was something very special, and kinda sexy, too.... :)
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As their marriage deteriorated, Alma was not pleased that Ennis never took she or the girls anywhere for a vacation, especially since he took "fishing trips" with his "buddy" Jack! :o
=aside= Anke (aka Pipedream)
Welcome on board the "ABCs"!
--Lucise
=aside= ditto to Pipedream
Yes, "velcum" (German) and
thanx for ur msg. too, Anke!
Thanx Lu 4 gettin' her here.
-Will-U-
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An angry Jack to his father-in-law one memorable Thanksgiving: "This is my house! This is my child! And you're my guest! So sit the hell down, or I'll knock your ignorant ass into next week...."
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Ennis could never xplain his feelings to anyone. :(
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Jack and Ennis looked real yummy together. Can we all agree on this one? Their dried elk meat didn't, though...
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Lureen's zingy rodeo finery helped her stand out in the crowd.
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Congratulations, Playerz, on yet another well-played round of the "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain". Y'all come back now! (Granny from the "Beverly Hillbillies")
"ABCs" Modz:
* Ann Marie
* Fran Marie
* Will Marie
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Both Jack and Ennis became very aroused in each other's company.
==aside== Thanks for the welcome Will, good to be back.
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Ennis: "It's because of you, Jack, that I'm like this."
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Ennis had a bad conscience for not telling Jack earlier what he'd been meaning to tell him.
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Jack spent a lot of time driving to see Ennis. :D
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Jack tells Ennis: "You should see Lureen, punchin' numbers into her adding machine, huntin' for extra zeros, her eyes gettin' smaller and smaller...."
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Jack was flirting with Ennis as he "posed" next to his truck.
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Ennis grabs Jack's hand in the first tent scene. :-*
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Heath Ledger received an Academy Awards Best Actor nomination for his brilliant portrayal of Ennis del Mar.
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=comment= Fran-H
I thought that I was the only one who noticed
that "Heath" had not been 'played' even with
thirty (30) rounds! U beat me to the punch!
Will-H
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Jack: "It'd be some sweet life...."
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Jack: "...and I'll say it just one time."
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Jack's Dad "kept his secrets to himself" about bull riding. :(
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Proulx wrote: "Ennis put his arm around Jack, pulled him close, said he saw his girls about once a month, Alma Jr. a shy seventeen-year-old with his beanpole length, Francine a little live wire."
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I would love to have a piece of Mrs. Twist's cherry cake.
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=information= abbreviations
An abbreviation must have a period after the word.
That's how it is indicated that it's an abbreviation.
(I added the period in subject and explanation.)
Will-U
Mod.
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Jack to Ennis: "Nobody's business but ours".
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Just before Ennis forgets his tackle box, Alma says, "Ennis, they got a openin' over at the power company. Might be good pay."
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OMG! Most everyone's fave and/or hottest Ennis & Jack scene is "the first tent scene" but no one mentions the name of their make-shift bedroom: pup tent?! ::)
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I think Ennis is quite quaint.
:)
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The RUNT of the flock was always carried across the horn of the saddle.
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Ennis: "If U can't fix it, U gotta stand it"!
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=aside= Annie Marie
And how R U liking ur nu moniker?
"AnnMarie" sho 'nuff betta dan "amh625"!
Will-A
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That first morning after, Ennis' mind was in a turmoil. :-\
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Jack's dreams of a sweet life with Ennis remained largely unfulfilled.
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Gus Van Sant was one of the directors who tried to get Brokeback Mountain made in the late 1990s and early 2000s, without success.
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Jack had grown weary of all of Ennis' excuses to not make a life with him.
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As time passes, Jack's waistline xpands.
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The dog is yelping when Ennis arrives and spots the downed sheep. :(
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Ennis often responded to Jack's requests to have a life together with some real zingers.
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Congratulations, players, on another good round.
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=clarification= FGH
I know U are berry buzz-y as a "B"
gettin' ready for ur trip, butt at the
"ABCs" it's the very special spelling
"Playerz" -- we're BBM different
-- not the common 'players'.
Hv a gd trp, Fran-E!
Will-U
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Lureen to Ennis over the phone: "We put a stone up. He was cremated, like he wanted, and half his ashes was interred here...."
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I know it should be "barbed-wire" but in the story it is spelled "bob-wire."
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Jack chews his jerky with much gusto! :D
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Lureen at Thanksgiving: "Bobby, if you don't eat your dinner, I'm gonna have to turn off that television."
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Ennis obvously had an erection before he entered Jack in the first tent scene and many more thereafter.
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After 1963, Ennis & Jack didn't see each other for four long years!!!!
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Jack became all googly-eyed when he first spotted Ennis outside Aguirre's trailer. ::)
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Jack complains to Ennis: "Where the hell you been? Up with the sheep all day, I get down here, hungry as hell, and all I find is beans...."
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Ennis irritated Jack more than once.
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The film’s juxtaposition of character interaction with the beautiful scenery is a tribute to Ang Lee's brilliant direction.
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When we meet the lads for the first time, Jack was driving a knockabout old "GMC" pick-up truck.
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...after the dozy embrace, Jack lingers while watching Ennis depart.
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Jack came from Lightning Flat, Wyoming, which is near the Montana border.
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The biker said, "I sure as hell would rather not."
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Ennis and Cassie are the only ones on the dancefloor the night they meet. :)
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A postcard reunited them and then tore them apart
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Proulx describes Ennis: "His reflexes were uncommonly quick, and he was farsighted enough to dislike reading anything except Hamley's saddle catalog."
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...which, as Fran just told us, were uncommonly quick. Teamwork!
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The colour of the mountain is described as sooty.
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In the novella, when the Jack and Ennis first bonded up on Brokeback, one of the stories they shared was about the sunken submarine called the Thresher and her crew.
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Proulx describes Ennis: "His reflexes were uncommonly quick, and he was farsighted enough to dislike reading anything except Hamley's saddle catalog."
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When Jack and Ennis ate only beans and potatoes, they could have been considered
vegans before it became fashionable.
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Cassie is wearing sandals with wedged heels when she meets Ennis. Oh how well I remember that style! :D
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Ennis will never know for sure how Jack xpired.
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...as in Jack's serenading set off "distant coyote yips"
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Both Ennis and Jack (with the help of Alma and Lureen) created zygotes - cells that are the result of fertilization
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That's a lot of exclamation points!!!
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Talking about his rodeo riding at Thanksgiving, Ennis said he wasn't no angel like Alma Jr. or Jenny, he didn't have any wings.
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Jack and Randall are chatting while sitting on a bench outside the benefit hall. :D
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All of us were sad when Jack drove away from Ennis crying.
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Jack to Ennis via postcard: "Drop me a line if you're there."
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Only embers are left of the fire the night Ennis tries to sleep outdoors. :)
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Ennis' brow is almost always furrowed. >:(
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Ennis to Jack: "What if Aguirre finds out? We're supposed to guard the sheep, not eat 'em."
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...as in Hamley's saddle catalogue, the only thing Ennis liked to read, on account of being farsighted and all :o
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Most of the people in the 1960's midwest can be described as being invidious - having discriminatory attitudes and practices especially towards homosexuality.
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Eventually, Lureen comes to believe that "more is more" when it comes to jewelry.
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Jack brought along his shavin' kit so his face would always be smooth in the event he wanted to make out with a hot ranch-hand.
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Didn't Lureen have some on her teeth in that telephone scene? Either way, she was wearing some red lipstick. So, I think I can play it.
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Randall (yuk) and LaShawn's last name is Malone.
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Both Jack and Ennis celebrated wedding nuptials.
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Ennis explaining to Jack about the bear: "Goddamn horse spooked, the mules took off. Scattered food everywhere."
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Lureen thought Brokeback Mountain was a pretend place.
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Quantum placet is Latin for "as much as you please" and Jack and Ennis did partake of each other as much as they pleased, and aren't we glad they did! :D
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Jack is in a reclining position when he is opening a can with the famous can opener. :)
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Ennis flew down the stairs when Jack pulled up.
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Ennis to Jack: "You're a real thinker!
The reverse couldn't have been said.
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Sad but true: Jack's and Ennis' relationship was "unmöglich" (German for "impossible") in rural Wyoming in 1963.
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=aside=
Sorry for using a foreign language word and, thereby, probably violating the "ABCs" game rules. It shall never happen again....
Hallo, Willhelm!!!
=reply= "foreign" words
No "violation" for U, Frau Pipedream.
The "ABCs" never had any ruling either way.
We "will" now!! :o Thus, ur answer is accepted.
In your honour, we'll name it the "Pipedream" rule!
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Venison was the practical alternative to beans.
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The wallpaper in Jack's dining room has large diamond shapes on it. :)
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From the credits: "This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United States and other countries. Unauthorized duplication, distribution or xhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution."
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The eviscerated sheep looks yucky. :(
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By virtue of the camera's zooming in, the viewing audience is able to read the messages on the postcards.
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Next up: "A"
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=comment= "A"
"Next up: 'A'"..... is so exciting for our smart Playerz.
How about something a lil' bit more informative like
"A" is 1st alphabet letter or inspiring like "Hunh" or
Yee-haw, thirty-four! 34!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Annie Marie
.... only kidding, Will!
=reply=
For Round 34, I decided to go with a "less is more" intro. Variety, U know....
Fran
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As in BBM Director Lee. Ang won the Oscar for Best Director for BBM! BTW, I can't believe that nobody mentioned him at the "ABCs" til now! Can U? No!
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=aside= "A"
Ang who? I think we need more information here.
Fran
=reply= FGH
FYI, hold yer donkies, Cowgyrl! Mo' 411 was comin'! I first wanted to beat the competitors to the post!! "Ang", I had to then do something above in "34". Franni, U R funni: "Ang who?" Ang-lican Church!
Will Who!
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Jr. is wearing a barrette in her hair when she tells Ennis she plans to marry. :D
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Ennis explains to Jack why he's late getting back to camp: "Come on a bear. Goddamn horse spooked, the mules took off. Scattered food everywhere."
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I love the dreamy look on Jack's face as he watches Ennis ride away in the flashback scene.
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To witness a love as pure and passionate as Jack's and Ennis' is an elevating experience.
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=aside=
"elevating" = "erhebend" in German
=aside=
"elevating" = "Otis-ing" in American
Will-helm
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Joe Aguirre: "You boys sure found a way to make the time pass up there."
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Monroe has a permanently goofy look on his face. :laugh:
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Poor Jack, maybe he could have been spared much sorrow, hadn't Lureen been in such a hurry that night in her Daddy's car...
:P
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Jack sat in the cab of his pickup, grinding the ignition, while Ennis fiddled with the carburetor.
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Ennis & Jack told each other a lot of friendly, sometimes corny, jokes as a way of getting to know each other better and revealing 411 in the process.
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Ennis and Jack discovered that they were kindred spirits that first summer on the mountain.
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=aside= VKM
"Turn The BBM Around" by Vicky Kay!
U must have been taking a post-Troll
vacation from "BBM" battleground at
IMDB. Best rest is don't look back!
Speaking of "back"... welcome! :)
Will-ABC
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Ennis to Alma: "If you don't want no more of my kids, I'll be happy to leave you alone."
=aside= Victoria
Welcome back. We've played way too many rounds without you.
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Mmmmm is the smell of Alma & Monroe's hot turkey, Mrs. Twist's cherry cake, Ennis' hot beans and Jack's hot....!!!!
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That's what no instruction manual is.
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Ennis tells Jack: "The bottom line is, we're around each other and this thing grabs hold of us again in the wrong place, in the wrong time...we're dead."
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Alma asked Ennis to bring her back a pack of smokes, but she was told to take whatever Ennis had left in the pocket of his blue shirt.
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For Jack and Ennis each was the other's quintessential love of his life.
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Rumour has it that Ennis and Jack were gay. Lol. ;D
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Joe Aguirre tells Jack: "Eat your supper, breakfast in camp, but you sleep with the sheep, hundred percent, no fire, don't leave no sign."
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Annie Proulx on the best picture academy award: "Rumor has it that Lions Gate inundated the academy voters with DVD copies of 'Trash' -- excuse me -- 'Crash' -- a few weeks before the ballot deadline," Proulx wrote. "Next year we can look to the awards for controversial themes on the punishment of adulterers with a branding iron in the shape of the letter A, runaway slaves, and the debate over free silver."
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That first morning after in the tent, Ennis' hair looked kinda untidy, don't you think? O0
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Ennis showed us he wasn't very good when it came to verbiage (expressing himself in words).
Fortunately we all are, or we wouldn't be able to come up with all these words and relate them to the movie! Yee-haw to us!!!!!
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Brokeback is a western with a twist.
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Some theorize that Mrs. Twist might ask Ennis to come back to xhume Jack's ashes and take them up to Brokeback Mountain.
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One of Jack's nice lil' Y chromosomes eventually made all the way to Lureen's readily waiting egg cell. Result: Bobby.
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= aside =
Well, after Ennis' X chromosomes have been honoured already, we all knew this one had to follow, didn't we? ;)
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Ennis & Jack had to act like zookeepers controlling, caring for and even carrying those sometimes mixed-up, troubled, injured or lost sheep. Baaaaaaah! Little Bo Peep would have been of no help to the boys -- in any way! Baaaaaaah! :-X
According to our wild and witty Pipedream, the boys also had a little "zoo" in their jeans! :P ;)
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=aside= Fraulein Pipe:
Glad U don't have 2 go 2 the" zoo" this w/e.
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Round 35!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not only just 5 more rounds to 40 to beat our own
"ABCs of Brokeback Mountain" record of 39 "R"s,
but we're soon gonna hit that 2nd big milestone
of "1,000 posts"! FYI, the 1st was "500" posts.
BTW, I did 70 exclamation marks -- count 'em.
(I wasn't gonna say: Anyone gotta "A"? Nay!)
Gamely,
Will-35
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Alma, the all-patient spouse of Ennis. How did she get left out of the last 35 rounds?????????
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Using urban vernacular, Lureen really liked to show off her bling.
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As in Cigar Butt, the name of the horse Ennis chose in Proulx's story.
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Ennis was going to try to get Don Wroe's cabin.
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Ennis del Mar was the love of Jack Twist's life.
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Jack was constantly frustrated by Ennis' rejection of his dream of having a life together.
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I don't know why, but L.D. Newsome obviously hated Jack's guts. I, personally, loved them...
:P
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Randall was an animal husbandry major.
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John Twist to Ennis: "Then this spring he's got another fella's goin' a come up here with him and build a place and help run the ranch, some ranch neighbor a his from down in Texas. He's goin' a split up with his wife and come back here. So he says. But like most a Jack's ideas, it never come to pass."
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Brokeback Mountain is rated PG-12 in Japan.
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Jack checked the strap for any kinks or nicks before riding the bull
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Jack to Ennis: "Last year one storm the lightnin' kilt 42 sheep."
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The flashback scene is Jack's most comforting memory of their time together on BBM and what mostly kept his hope alive for 20 years.
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Jack, sleeping on his feet like a horse, nuzzled Ennis’ arm.
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Brokeback Mountain was originally a short story...
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...published in The New Yorker.
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Aguirre filled his quota of sheepherders for Brokeback Mountain very quickly.
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If U saw the mountain, U must have seen the rolling river as it was quite scenic and prominent throughout the film including Ennis & Jack's big argument scene and bare-azzed Jack washing his clothes in it....
=comment=
To quote a #1 Diana Ross song:
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Ain't No River Wide Enough)"
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Alma was a wee bit sarcastic when she asked Ennis if he still went "fishing" (ahem!) with Jack Twist.
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=aside= Will
How cute is my post followed by Fran's? "O" and "P"?
=reply= DeeDee
"O" and "P" were obviously planned.
No doubt, U-2 spoke on the phone
since U're from NYC and Fran arrives
here a day away "Tomorrow (I Luv Ya)"!
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In the scenes of Signal, several tumbleweeds passed by.
=question= F-R aka Lee
Besides an ironic double entry w/ "there", one minute apart,
Lee, why did U hi-lite "Signal" when this answer is for a "T"?
Oh, well, "we all mistakes", "nobody's perfect", "two many
drinx", "sleepy", blah, blah, blah, etc. Thanx for ur PMs!
BTW, I vote to keep the tumbling "tumbleweeds"!
Will-T ;)
=reply= Will
"There" is gone -- but certainly not forgotten!
"Tumbleweeds" is no longer a 'double entry'.
Fran
=compliment= Fran
Besides all that the "Fisrt Lady of the ABCs of BBM"
already does, U were quite the randy sportswoman
to allow the less fortunate to go before U. Thanx.
It is a trait to be admired; I wudn't have done it
{only kidding... kinda}!
Will-T :-*
=aside= Will-U
Okay, I have to admit, that when I play the ABCs game at home, I am severely "disabled" because I am on a Mac instead of a PC. It does not seem to like highlighting. Please bear with me. Thank you Will for standing by me for letting the tumbleweeds stand!! And also, thank you Fran! Eight posts for me in this round--a personal best!
Lee
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"Coldest point of the night. ENNIS shivers, teeth chatter uncontrollably".
[script]
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When Ennis asks Jack if the Army got him, he says: "They can't get no use out a me. Got some crushed vertebrates."
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There were whitecaps on the river when Ennis was washing the dishes.
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During Lureen's conversation with Ennis, we can see that she was starting to have yellow teeth. She was becoming a xanthodont (a person with yellow teeth), after all those years of smoking..
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Jack really zeroed in on Ennis' stories about himself and his childhood.
=aside= "Z"
These "Z" words are getting harder and harder.
=reply= Ennis & yoga?
Ennis was a guy who chain-smoked, drank heavily and didn't have a clue about his emotional well-being. Can you see him practicing yoga? Ha-ha! That's like saying he was probably a Buddhist or practiced Kabbalah. Ha-ha! :laugh:
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Round 36!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
=comment=
This will be the round in which the "ABCs of BBM" hits 1,000 "posts"! BTW, that's in less than one month! It is being completed in 25% less time than it was achieved at the IMDB. We're analagous to the fast-moving train U see in BBM -- only we have a caboose! Next stop: "1,000". All aboard! ;D
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Alma was appalled by the thought of Ennis being with another man, hence her use of the name "Jack Nasty".
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...Alma was a bride-to-be when Ennis and Jack met.
=comment=
Now I have stuck to my part of the deal, you have to stick to yours, Will. I will be waiting for you over at 6 degrees to make sure you play!
Shout me when "E" comes up because I have a good one!
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...and consummated the marriage after Ennis and Jack separated.
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Lureen told Ennis on the phone that Jack drank alot.
=aside= Will
:-*
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....Jack is an Endymion.
:o Big word, I know! Endymion was a handsome, young, greek mythological character who loved the moon godess Selene and whose youth was preserved by eternal sleep. And if someone is an Endymion they are very lazy or a dreamer. So there you have it! Wow I feel clever! ;D
=comment=
LOL, Anke! I love your post below, so funny; mine was not at all. :laugh:
=aside=
Beckala thanks Will-UK for the very kind act of informing her when "E" came up. Beckala also thanks Will-UK for his great moderating. There you go, Hun, good enough for ya? :-*
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Jack and Ennis tasted the forbidden fruit in their little paradise called "Brokeback Mountain". Let's say it with Alma: "Now, that was a good bite, you're excused!"
8)
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Jack made a grammatical error in his first postcard to Ennis when he said: "Just checking to see if your there".
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;D ==========MILESTONE========= ;D 1,000 posts!!!!!!!!! ;D
One thousand -- 1,000 -- posts for the "ABCs of BBM" at BetterMost Board!!!
Congratulations to ALL of the "ABCs" Playerz for this big 1,000 -- and beautifully done!
This BetterMost Board game of the "ABCs" beat the speed of the original ship at the IMDB.
The "ABCs" Moderators have a special surprise for ALL the Playerz which will be unveiled here soon by Ann Marie H.!
In addition to now over 1,000 posts, the "ABCs" also have nearly 5,000 verified "views"!
Gamely,
Moderators:
Will-ABC
Fran-E
AnnMarie
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Jack hoodwinked Ennis when he said that he was having an affair with the rancher's
wife when it was really the rancher himself (Randall).
==aisde== love the sound of that word - it sounds like a sweatshirt with a hood winking.
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After years of silence, Alma's blow up at Ennis was imminent.
=ASIDE=Congratulations to our moderators and players for an awesome 1,000 posts! Ann Marie, Fran and hunny bunny Will ....Good Work guys!
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Ennis was seething with jealousy when he found out about Jack's trysts in Mexico.
=compliment= To all ABC-ers:
Congratulations on our 1000+ posts! Yeehawww!! ;)
=aside= Will-ABC:
What surprise? I can't wait! :D
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[dozy embrace]
Nothing marred it, even the knowledge that Ennis would not then embrace him face to face because he did not want to see nor feel that it was Jack he held
[Annie Proulx]
can't wait for our surprise at 1000+
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Although many have argued it wasn't the thrust (no pun intended - ok, maybe a little pun ;) ) of their relationship, there still was a good amount of lust between our boys.
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When Ennis did speak, it was mostly in monosyllables - hunh?
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When Ennis left Jack that summer of 1963 and collapsed to his knees in that dark alley, he suffered from gut cramps and nausea, possibly stemming from his inability to handle his inner turmoil.
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The first snow Ennis awakes to on the mountain is an omen that their nirvana is about to come to an end, just as Jack's saying in their last meeting together, "It's gonna snow tonight for sure" is an omen that they will never meet again.
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Ennis and Alma's address in Riverton was 80 Pershing Street, Apt. 2.
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Pipedream, no way, no how.
Fran (away from a computer during the "Y" posting but catching up)
We need a new "Y".
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The yellowing of Lureen's teeth is noticeable during the "phone call with Ennis" scene.
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After awakening from a deep sleep, Ennis quivered from both shock and pleasure when he felt Jack's groping hand.
==aside== The "Y" yellowing belonged to the last round as a replacement for yoga,
so "Q" was up next for this round.
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Jack and Ennis had a relationship for 20 years!
[Couldn't believe that this hasn't been used already ;) ]
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Hey, Lucise, U cudn't believe "relationship" wasn't used.... OMG, how about:
The most famous and finale quote of the BBM movie:
"Jack, I swear"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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...Jack threw many a tantrum as he was such a bitcher and enjoyed the attention.
=aside=
Will, go look, I did say thank you for the E information. :-*
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L.D. tried to usurp Jack's power in his own home at Thanksgiving. :D
=compliment=
Also, I wish to add my congrats to our fine players for 1,000 plus posts! It's a pleasure to play among you! :D
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The venetian blinds hung askew and admitted a triangle of white light, the shadow of the foreman's (Aguirre's) hand moving into it.
[Annie Proulx]
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...as in... at the benefit dance, Lureen looked like a Farrah Fawcett wannabe
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Alma was always concerned about their living xpenses. :(
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LaShawn Malone was always yabbering about one thing or another. Poor Randall (or anyone else for that matter) could never get a word in edgewise. :)
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...as in Ennis punched Jack in the zygomatic arch, that is, his cheekbone.
Today's anatomy lesson!
=today's ABCs lessons= :)
Only one word enters the answer subject
line... and only one word gets red high-lited.
"Answer List" only lists one word as an answer.
I "fixed" it both places above. Fran is air-borne!
Will-U
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Up next:
Round 37!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by 1983 -
"A little Texas accent flavored his (Jack's) sentences, "cow" twisted into "kyow" and "wife" coming out as "waf." "
[Annie Proulx]
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In the last scene Ennis looked at the shrine he created for Jack, and buttoned the first button of the outer shirt.
==aside== Thanks again to all the moderators and players for acheiving over 1000 posts.
==compliment== to southendmd for his anatomy lesson.
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cheap chablis...as in the coarse concoction Cassie quaffed
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Jack drove away, watching his beloved Ennis in his mirror.
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As in electric carving knife.
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...as in Lureen's hairdo in the benefit dance scene. Very Farrah Fawcett-esque
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For someone who went to college, Lureen had terrible grammar i.e. "Why don't husbands never want to dance with their wives?"
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Ennis flies down the stairs where he and Jack hug.
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...as in, when Ennis collapses, Jack wonders if it's a heart attack or an incendiary rage
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Round 37!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- in progress!
Great, we at the "ABCs" luv progress! Besides, only a few people -- about 5 (including some of the best) -- in their understandable BBM enthusiasm overlooked the new "Round #". If missing, the "Round #" header can always be added by anyone at any time. No problem.
BTW, I had just returned to the office from a rendezvous with the "ABCs of BBM"'s Fran in New York City! Believe it or not, it was our first in-person meeting. We rendezvoued in the lobby of the Grand Hyatt at Grand Central. Incredibly, all is due to the movie BBM!
=aside= SeMD
Tanx for the tip-off via PM, Docta!
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There are several jars on the windowsill when Alma is doing her laundry with a washboard. :D
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There was a kettle at the campsite.
=Aside=
Thanks Will, yet again. I am definitely having one of "those" moments.
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Jack was from Lightning Flat near the Montana border.
=decision= word up
This proper word "Lightning" (WY), played by Memento,
is qualitatively different from DeeDee's "lightnin'" (referring
to a storm) in Round 26. They are two (2) different words
and, moreso, they are spelled differently. Thus, it's fine!
"Thanx" to the Playerz who p-mailed me inquiring. I'm sure
that Sandy has a diff'rent word than "thanx" 4 U all! :laugh:
Will-L
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[in Jack's boyhood bedroom]
An ancient magazine photograph of some dark-haired movie star was taped to the wall beside the bed, the skin tone gone magenta.
=aside=
I had to check how the BBM movie script handled that line.
"An ancient photograph of a handsome, dark-haired movie star, Maximilian Schell, is taped to the wall beside the bed, curled and yellowed." [script]
And they (McMurtry and Ossana) were more specific, and maybe more accurate. They identified the actor, and yellowed is probably a better description of what magazine articles did back then. Magenta is more what happened to coloured photos from the '70s and '80s.
Maximillian Schell won the Academy Award for best actor in 1961, defeating Paul Newman and Spencer Tracy and he would have been familiar to an 18 year old "boy" in 1961/2. Max looked good too. (See period photo of M Schell below.) Ennis had something to live up to. And he did, in my mind.
No magazine photo seemed to make it to the bedroom of the finished movie.
::okay, back to the ABCs::
=comment=
Thanx Mr. Toast for that fascinating 411! One of the many purposes of the "ABCs" is education about BBM facts. At the BBM Board, it was the subject of multiple files as to who was the actor or actress on the wall near Jack's bed. As I recall, the #1 vote-getter was Judy Garland! Others named were Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Sal Mineo, Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter, et al. -- and even Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Liz Taylor -- but no one thought of Max! Indeed, this is very interesting 411. BTW, U're right, the photo was not in Jack's bedroom in the movie. That was a mistake of omission! Interestingly, Ennis has a sure resemblance to Max!
Will-U
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Congratulations to everyone for achieving the 1,000 post mark.
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Alma is holding a nosegay or small bouquet of flowers during the wedding.
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Jack and Ennis' separation after their summer on Brokeback proved to be a very severe ordeal for both of them, especially for emotionally-repressed Ennis.
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Ennis and Jack each have a penis. Though we never see them, we know they are there. They are integral parts of the first tent scene.
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Ennis & Jack had many questions of each other from the time they met -- Alma finally had a few questions, too -- and the BBM film concluded with many questions about E&J unanswered!
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Jack's and Ennis' jeans have copper rivets.
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Why does Jack wind up shaving while waiting for Aguirre?
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..as in Pierre Tremblay, assistant director of BBM.
;D
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After Ennis and Jack took off their clothes and jumped off the cliff, they went underwater.
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...what Ennis tried to do in the alley, expressing his sense of loss and confusion.
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Ennis' wardrobe was somewhat limited. :-\
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Ennis and Jack lived too long in xile from Brokeback Mountain.
"Ennis: Tent don't look right.
Jack: It ain't goin' nowhere. Let it be." [movie]
When I was thinking about Ennis and Jack in exile,
The fixing the tent scene suddenly made sense to me.
Ennis was "nesting".
I want this to be my home forever.
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Ennis could hardly contain his zealousness as he waited for Jack to arrive in Riverton.
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Sorry, Ray. See Round 14.
We need a replacement "Y".
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Round 38!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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=milestone= 5,000 vu's
The "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain" at Better Most Forums have now surpassed a whopping 5,000 verified "views"!!!!! It must be interesting reading. Yeeeee-hawwww!
Will-U-ABC
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I just would hate to see the answer list filled with nearly exact words save for the omission of a final "g": nothing, nothin'; castrating, castratin' -- I'm sure you all get the picture.
I think the issue here is not the omission of the final "g", but that the meaning and the spelling of the two words is entirely different. One refers to a storm and the other refers to a place (with a capital L). In the examples you gave, Fran, the words all had the same meaning, so you could extend that rule to words that are both past and present tense such as query and queried.
Nothing like a little high drama at the "ABC's of BBM".
I will change it, (even though I disagree) if that is the consensus.
Sandy
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Jack said he nearly asphyxiated from the smell of the sheep that died in the lightnin' storm.
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Brokeback Mountain won three New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actor (Heath Ledger), Best Director (Ang Lee), and Best Film.
This is a replacement "Y".
The next letter in the current round is "B".
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when Ennis was on the mountain, Alma was his betrothed
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Aguirre made some caustic remarks to Jack and Ennis, like when he said "You ranch stiffs, you ain't never no good".
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Ennis to Jack: "Them sheep'll drift if I don't get back there tonight."
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Emotions ran high when Ennis and Jack had their final confrontation by the lake.
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...as in Alma's suggestion for fine dining in Riverton, the Knife and Fork
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From the screenplay: JACK is in the cab of his old pickup, grinding the ignition.
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Jack tells Ennis to quit his hammerin' and get in the tent.
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...as in Cassie was insistent when it came to asking shy cowboys to dance
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Jenny's legal name is Jennifer del Mar.
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Other than a brother and sister, Ennis had no other kin.
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LaShawn on Randall: " He wouldn't listen to me if he was going deaf tomorrow"
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....The song Melissa is playing in the background of the bar when Ennis and Cassie are dancing.
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The wire hanger in Ennis' closet is suspended from a nail.
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The morning after they made love, Ennis had a ominous look as he went to the sheep.
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Jack says: "I don't know what the Pentecost is. I mean the world ends and guys like you and me, we march off to hell."
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The Newsome Farm Equipment sign advertises quality...
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...reliability...
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...and service.
=Comment=
There you go Fran, I am humouring you.
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As the snow turned, Ennis & Alma tobogganing down that hill was a forewarning for their relationship: definitely downhill! :(
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=congratulations= Gyrlz!!!
For trio-posting that Q-R-S slogan!!!
Too bad it dint describe F'er L.D.N.!
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Ennis came from Sage, near the Utah line.
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Ennis held various jobs during his lifetime.
=Comment=
Good eye, Fran, thanks.
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Ennis says: " Bottom line is... we're around each other an'... this thing, it grabs hold of us again... at the wrong place... at the wrong time... and we're dead."
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the xeric coupling between jack and ennis their first night in the tent was shocking to many viewers.
(oops, sorry about the xylophone :-\ i have made changes as per fran's suggestion...)
=compliment=
A very impressive first post, Knash, a zillion times better than the one I suggested. Welcome to the ABCs game. We're glad you're here.
Fran
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When did the rule change from "Please stop putting quotation marks around the letters, it is unnecessary" to people putting quotation marks around the letters? I just noticed....
=clarification= "Game Letter" (in quotes)
That's an interesting and curious question! It, e.g., "A" is..., was initially done at the original "ABCs of BBM" at IMDB. When did the "rule" change? Answer: Never! We never had a "rule" to put or not to put quote marks on the capitalized "game letter". It was never mentioned! Our rulez and guidelinez are accessible in the "OP" of this "ABCs" file. Quoting the "game letter" is a tradition that many Playerz adopt. Putting quote marks around the subject "game letter", such as "C" is clown, also nicely sets off the "game letter" from the answer. If anyone said not to do it, I'd queery that person. Since it's been mentioned, I observe that the majority of the "ABCs" Playerz actually do quote mark the "game letter".
"W" is Will!
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As a youngster, Ennis saw a sight that scarred him for life.
(I have never used the word 'youngster' before, and doubt I will again, but what we do our game!)
=question=
Wat dat mean U writ:
"...what we do our game"?
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Wonderful work, boys & girls! :D
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Jack is chopping wood with an axe a couple of times in the film. :D
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as in..Bobby Twist.
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Ennis is a chain smoker.
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Cassie says to Ennis: "Tryin' to get a foot rub, dummy."
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The extra shift that caused another argument between Alma and Ennis. :(
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Ennis' arms are flailing when he's jumping into the lake. :D
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Brokeback Mountain won four Golden Globes, including Best Motion Picture - Drama.
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Jack looked hopeful (how sad) when he asked Ennis if he was coming back next summer.
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At Jack & Lureen Twists' house at that Thanksgiving Day dinner, obnoxious and rude L.D. Newsome was also acting like a total imbecile.
[Arranged via Mayor Will after the krash of another car into a post!]
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=aside=
I apologize for being behind, but I started a new job this week that has cut into my screwing-around-online-time in a major way! On to the main topics:
1. 1,000 posts: You playerz are all the best! You rock, and I love you all!
2. Lightning vs. lightnin': This one's more tough. I will always lean toward having a more liberal interpretation of the rulez unless something is grossly out of line or irrelevant, because, hell, to me it just makes the game more fun because it allows playerz to use and show off their creative juices. I understand the proper noun argument and meaning-of-the-word argument, but I've been playing under the guise that a word is a word is a word, regardless of whether it has two diferent meanings. The example that was previously used and that I'm remembering is "Lee" -- whether it's Ang Lee or Lee press-on nails, it's still "Lee" and can only be used once. That's how I've been playing.
So is darlin' the same as darling? I don't care which way we roll, but I do think we should be consistent, and if we can't agree then I say leave it up to the player to self-moderate and decide whether it's a word worth playing.
Probably not the answer everyone is looking for, but it's the best I got right now. :)
Ann Marie
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Brokeback Mountain was produced by Diana Ossana and James Schamus.
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When Jack pulls up with his truck in the reunion scene and Ennis rushes out on the landing to greet him it’s like a knight coming to fetch his bride.
:-*
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"L" Lashawn has what's known as loose lips, meaning talks too much!
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...the hidden shirts were a memento of happier times, and the handle of one of our esteemed playerz
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Ennis was just nine years old when his father showed him what happened to poor dead Earl.
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Jack's horse wasn't the only ornery character in this film.
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Ennis said he was sending up a prayer of thanks for Jack not brining
his harmonica.
==aside==
One final thought on the Lightning/lightnin' issue. It comes down to the same word being used as both a proper noun and a common noun. Dictionaries always have separate entries for proper and common nouns, such as Nice-the city in France, and nice-kind; Champagne-the region in France, and champagne-the beverage.
I think we have to decide on a rule for the ABC's as to whether proper and common nouns of the same word can have double listings.
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Ennis quoted his old man when he told Jack that all rodeos were fuckups.
:)
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When Jack drove all the way to see Ennis after he got news of the divorce, Ennis "rained on Jack's parade".. :(
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...as in Gustavo Santaolalla, our award-winning composer
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Alma said: "I used to wonder how come you never brought any trouts home"
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Among many other things, there is an umbrella shown at the del Mars' cluttered home.
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...when Jack slung his arm on the truck bed, didn't he look like a vamp
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...yeah, he was cute when he was leaning on his truck. Who'd at that point guess that he'd ever have to go to a male whore in Mexico?
???
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Apparently, Ennis had no Gay xperience; however, clearly, Jack had mucho Gay xperience!
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=comment=
The"ABCs of BBM" is imminently approaching its biggest milestone ever with "40 Rounds" of completed games here at BetterMost! That supercedes the "ABCs" at IMDB! Thus, no one should any longer feel grim about that scenario as we -Will- have beat it! IOW, we beat our own record! This captain knows how to steer clear of ALL the icebergs -- including "ubiquitous", "x", "yoga" and "zenophobia", not to mention by name some of the "characters" (basically elsewhere).
Anyway, I can almost hear the sounds of the purple carpets being rolled out and the brass trumpets sounding to alert all the mainland residents and visitors and the wayward islanders to come give your congratz to the biggest by far state at the country of BetterMost! Can U feel the 'xcitement'?! Oh, what surprises.... ???
Will-X
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Ennis worked for Yuletide last year, during the blizzard. :)
=compliment=
Congratulations to all for such admirable work! :D
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..as in our boys like to eat meat, they were carnivorous, or zoophagous
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Congratz, everyone!!!!
Special thanks to Will, Fran and AnnMarie for their hard work, vigilance, and keeping it fun.
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"Had to ask 'bout ten different people in Riverton where you was livin'."
=compliment=
Big 40 and fabulous! Congratulations! :D
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There are bicycles outside when the girls are playing on the swing set. :)
=comment=
40! "Yee-haw!" ;)
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Jack was wearing a corduroy jacket on Brokeback Mountain.
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=milestone=
40 Rounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BTW, Games Mod Fran-E had me on the telephone -- while she was driving her car (ta! ta!) -- when the historic moment of "ABCs"' 40 Rounds occurred....
Gamely,
Will-XYZ
40 rounds!! you guys are the best..Congrats on being the best board on the whole site!
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...elegiac describes this story involving the lament over the loss of dear Jack
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Cassie to Ennis "Girls don't fall in love with fun"
unless they're playing the ABC 's.
Thanks to Will, Fran and Ann Marie for 40 great rounds!!!
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Sorry, DeeDee. See Round 32.
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Proulx wrote about Ennis: "...he was farsighted enough to dislike reading anything except Hamley's saddle catalog."
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The credits state that Brokeback Mountain is in loving memory of Geraldine Peroni.
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Lureen: "You're the fishing buddy or the hunting buddy...."
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Jack is indignant about not being able to be with Ennis. I'm indignant regarding the intolerance of the world.
PS - Will, you know we love you, and I am very Xcited about this game and your hard work. :-*
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From the credits:
Construction Coordinator...........................Jurgen Lutze
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Jack’s karma was apparently to die at 39 years of age. :'(
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The first time we see Ennis making love to Alma: they started off kissing, then Ennis reached over and turned off the bedside lamp, before he flipped her over... 8) ...
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Most of Ennis' jobs were menial.
PS. Will, ditto Mandy. ;)
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The song "He Was a Friend of Mine" was performed by Willie Nelson.
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The odometers on all of Jack's trucks surely listed thousands of miles. :)
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There's a pink princess phone on Lureen's nightstand when L.D. and Fayette arrive to greet baby Bobby. Oh how well I remember those phones! :D
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Jack was more upset over the quantity of time spent with Ennis, not quality.
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"Didn't that pissant used to ride the bulls?"
"He used to try...."
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Ennis: Speak for yourself. You may be a sinner, but I ain't yet had the opportunity.
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Jack wore crew necks and Ennis wore wife-beater t-shirts. :D
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Jack's agony is unbearable, thus his tears after departing Ennis' company earlier than he anticipated. :'(
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Brokeback Mountain won the coveted Golden Lion for Best Film at the 62nd Venice Film Festival.
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In the story Ennis says: " I never had no thoughts a doin it with another guy except I sure wrang it out a hunderd times thinkin about you."
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Sorry, Front-Ranger, Zen was played in Round 7 by Starboard Light. Whether capitalized or not, it's still the same concept as used in Round 7's "Zen", so this does not fall under the recent rules' clarification regarding "signal vs. Signal" situations. We are giving U an opportunity to replace your "Z" in Round 38 .
In the meantime, I will post a new "Z" for Round 38, which can easily be deleted if it's not needed after all.
Fran
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This is the replacement Z for Round 38's zen.
The camera zoomed in on the postcards to make them readable.
The next letter for Round 40 is "X".
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Jack was much more of an xtrovert than Ennis ever was; he was lively and even got Ennis to show us his dazzling smile with his "drunken rodeo" act.. ;)
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There were many youngsters waving American flags at the nighttime Independence Day celebration with the fireworks scene. In fact, Ennis and Alma had a couple of youngsters with them, too!!
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Ennis' zinger, "Once burned," just may have been the spark that set off Alma's "Jack Nasty" tirade.
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;D Round 41!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :laugh:
As an appetizer for a new ABCs-related feature file that is forthcoming, created by Will-U and to be hosted by "That Girl" Ann Marie (catch the connection), we're going to alphabetically list here the names of "ABCs" Playerz at BetterMost. If U don't see your name and U are a player, just post your name in a subject line. In the text (which is required), simply write "ABCs Player" so that we can add your name. (We can then delete your reminder post.)
"ABCs" PLAYERZ
AnnMarie
Becky
CMR107 - Courtney
DeeDee
DMMB_Mandy
Ellemeno - Clarissa
Fernly
Fran-E - Fran
Front Ranger - Lee
Henry Pie
Impish
JCinNYC - Juan
Jude W
Juliette Montague
Knash
Little Darlin' - Andrew
Lucise
Lynne
Memento - Sandy
Meryl
Montferrat - Paul
Pipedream - Anke
Ray
SouthEndMD - Paul
Sparkle Motion
Starboard Light
The Pirate Bride
Toast
Two Bloody Shirts
VKM-91941 - Victoria
and...
Will-ABC - Will
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In eager anticipation of Jack Nasty's visit Ennis downed at least 6 beers.
:)
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Look at Lureen come riding around that barrel!
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Alma asks Ennis: "Texans don't drink coffee?"
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Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up....
("Devil's Right Hand" lyrics)
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Alma stay married to Ennis for quite a few years even after she saw him and Jack kiss.
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Dissonant music played as Ennis rode on a ridge after the first night with Jack, giving a sense of foreboding.
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...as in the boys grilled elk meet over the fire. Yum.
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Ennis tells Alma that if he had three hands, he could wipe Alma Jr.'s nose.
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That summer 1963 on Brokeback Mountain Ennis lost his innocence.
:)
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Ennis admits in the short story that he jacked off several times thinking about Jack.
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As Ennis comes quietly and tiredly out of the girls' room in his snug singlet and low-riding pajama bottoms, he silently pulls the door closed with the knob.
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Ennis learned about love from Jack. :-*
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From the credits:
This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United States and other countries.
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Jack took a nap while guarding the sheep. In the background was lightning.
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...the name of the mouth muscle that our boys use to kiss is the orbicularis oris :-*
today's anatomy lesson!
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Ennis printed this message on his first postcard to Jack: "You bet."
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Ennis' thirst for Jack was quenched when kissing him after four years.
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...as in Rufus Wainwright, who wrote and sang the haunting "The Maker Makes"
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Ennis to Jack: "I'll stick with beans."
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Ennis, in telling Jack a story, said Earl and Rich were pretty tough old birds.
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Brokeback Mountain is a universal love story.
=aside=
And, BBM was distributed via Focus Features
which is really controlled by Universal Pictures!!
Will-U (for Universal)
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...Jack and Ennis' affair was subject to the vicissitudes, or ups and downs of their 'separate and difficult lives'.
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Jack was barely washing up at the river!
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Alma xcused Alma Jr. from the table after she took one more bite of her dinner.
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That LaShawn sure can yak.
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=comment=
A purr-fectly fitting song to have been played at the church dance referring to LaShawn would have been "Yakety Yak"!
Will-Y
=asside= Gyrl who PM'd!
Before U think I left out a "k",
U should have done a 'search'
on spelled right Coasters' song
"Yakety Yak (Don't Talk Back)"!
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BBM also premiered in New Zealand; it was on February 9, 2006.
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=question=
Don't we have any BBM members from New Zealand?
Will-Z
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HOLY!!!! 42 ROUNDS
GOTTA LUV OUR MODS...
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Ennis was so angry with Alma at Thanksgiving, he grabbed her arm.
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Ennis explains why he's late to Jack: "Come on a bear. Goddamn horse spooked, the mules took off...."
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Mrs Twist offers Ennis some coffee and a piece of cherry cake.
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Jack f'n Twist was dumbfounded when Ennis jumped his bones (so to speak) when they reunited. I bet he thought Ennis would give him a handshake; I don't think he was expecting what Ennis had in store for the occasion. ;)
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Capriccio Espagnol Op. 34, composed by Nikolaj Rimsky-Korsakov, is one of the songs listed in the credits.
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One of the most moving scenes of the film is the flashback of the dozy embrace.
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There's a glass basket on Lureen's headboard when she's holding Bobby. :)
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There's a hot water heater in the background in the apartment over the laundromat.
Not what you thought, hunh? :D
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About 1,800 of the sheep were computer-generated images.
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In the short story, Ennis had Alma pregnant by the middle of January.
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OMG!! Lu, can U believe he was left out? ??? Unequivocably, the cutest in the entire BBM movie bare none -- especially since he beautifully played beautiful 9-year-young Ennis in that unforgettable first flashback!!
Yessss, Kade Phillips!
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In Riverton, Ennis and Alma live in a small apartment above a laundromat.
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When Alma brings the postcard in, she sets it in a stack of circulars, next to some cookie cutters in a mixing bowl.
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Like the note Alma tied on the end of the fishing line in Ennis' creel case, saying 'Bring some fish, Love Alma'
But Ennis never found this note...
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=comment=
N is in this case also for newbie: I'm new to this board and new to this game. Hope I got everything right. If not, please let me know.
=reply=
Hi, Penthesilea, and welcome to the ABCs of BBM. Just delete the "Re:" from the Subject line, and your post will be perfect. If you want, you can place the N is quotation marks--most people do--but that's optional.
If you have any other questions, feel free to PM me. The rules are spelled out in the original post. It seems you've already found the ABCs Answers Played file. Just remember to check there before posting since answers cannot repeat.
Fran
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Jack told Ennis that he couldn't cook worth a damn but that he was pretty good with a can opener.
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Jack to Randall: "Ever notice how a woman'll powder her nose before a party starts, and then powder it again when the party's over? Why (http://www.strawberrynet.com/images/products/s/01309880302.jpg) your nose just to go home to bed?"
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In their last meeting, Jack pointed out that he and Ennis were in a quandary, or "a godamm bitch of an unsatisfactory situation."
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Ennis tells Alma: "Jack ain't the restaurant type."
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At the beginning of the film, Ennis jumps down from a semi with the letters "SAC" written on the door. There are perhaps more letters that follow, and if anyone knows them, let me know, and I'll add them to my answer here.
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There was a taboo against Jack and Ennis' relationship in the midwest in the 1960's.
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From the credits:
Unauthorized duplication, distribution or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution.
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Two of the other vices Ennis and Jack have are smoking and drinking. :D
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On Brokeback Mountain, the weather changed from day to day.
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Annie Proulx's response to a FAQ (as found on her Web site):
"Brokeback began as an xamination of country homophobia in the land of the Great Pure Noble cowboy."
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Ennis lived his life under the yoke of self-loathing and homophobia, both of which were ingrained in him from his childhood days.
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"Annie Proulx's editor at the men's magazines she used to write for suggested that she take a pen name, something like Joe or Zack (according to the New Yorker)." Front-Ranger used this in Round 19 at the site that will remain nameless! Thanks, so we can move on to the next round! :D
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Onward, fun people! :D
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The store in which Alma works is an A&P per the script. :)
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...Jack and Ennis have separate Thanksgiving "banquets".
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Lureen’s vehicle is a convertible. :D
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...On the Brokeback soundtrack Rufus Wainwright sings;"Get along, little doggies."
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El Paso is 65 miles away when Jack is driving south.
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There’s a flowerbox on Monroe’s porch. :D
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Here she comes, ladies and gentlemen!
Oh boy, look at her fly!
It's Lureen Newsome from right here in Childress, Texas.
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There is a a carousel-style rubber-stamp holder on Joe Aguirre's desk.
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Ennis knew it would be impossible to have a life with Jack.
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Jack frequently drove for hours to join Ennis.
BTW, I have joined the spirit of Jack, by spending the weekend visiting in Austin, Texas.
Damn, it's hot here!
Toasted Jack with a little whiskey, however...
Cheers to the "Brokies" who are meeting in NYC tomorrow!
=comment=
Enjoy the weekend, Paul.
Fran
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From the credits:
Produced on Kodak motion picture film
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Ennis and Jack were lovers for nearly 20 years.
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OMG! Lu, can U believe that no one mentioned....
One of the four key BBM players, Michelle Williams -- even nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress! :)
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Ennis' nickname for Alma Jr. is Junior.
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KE - Ennis's older brother
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Both our boys were from poor families.
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Annie Proulx said of Jake Gyllenhaal's acting:
"...Gyllenhaal's sensitivity and subtleness in this role is just huge. The scenes he's in have a kind of quicksilver feel to them."
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Oh, Ro, U don't know.... look who I've found!
Talk about "sensitivity and subtleness", the absolute most intense yet gentle eminates from Roberta Maxwell as Mrs. Twist! :'(
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In the movie Lureen's father was considered the stud duck, in the story Jack's father was considered the stud duck.
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Jack to Ennis after Ennis chastised him for wanting to kill a sheep: "What's the matter with you? There's a thousand of 'em."
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ENNIS No, sir. I just never heard a no place called Brokeback.
The OLD MAN points to a long, barren mountain to the north, its upper reaches miles away, reaching well above the tree line.
[screenplay]
a "deleted" scene, will we see it?
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Jack and Ennis satisfied their voracious appetities on elk, whiskey and each other.
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In the scene where Alma is taking the laundry off the clothesline, there is a wheelbarrow in front of the little house's concrete porch.
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There is a fair amount of xpectorating in this film. The saddest one for me is when, as they are coming down off the mountain, Jack spits in Ennis's horse's path, after Ennis decked him.
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ENNIS Uh uh, speak for yourself. You may be a sinner,
but I ain't yet had the opportunity.
They both laugh heartily, in a great mood.
[script]
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Brokeback premiered in Zurich on February 16.
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Give 'em hell.
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Behind the laundomat, there's an arrow on the sign that says: Laundromat Entrance Around Front.
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One of the many terms of endearment that Ennis and Jack refer to each other as, besides "cowboy", "darlin'" and "bitch", is "buddy". In fact, they use that elusive term as an explanation of their relationship to their wives as the other being their fishin' or huntin' "buddy". ::) :laugh:
=aside= Dre
I've advised Ennis-like Dre that from now on with his str8 palz, instead of referring to me as his "housemate" (ha! ha!) or the "Gay Bytch" (he! ho!), he can refer to me as his "buddy"! ;D
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"We could still smarten up, head over to the church social."
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Ennis recounts details of Earl's horrible death to Jack: "They'd took a tire iron to him, spurred him up, drug him around by his dick till it pulled off...."
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When Ennis said "Jack, I swear", it seemed as if he was experiencing an epiphany.
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Ennis to Jack: "You forget what it's like, bein' broke all the time."
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...Rick Garcia sings "Quizas, Quizas, Quizas"
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There's a highchair in the kitchen of the little house where the del Mars lived before moving to town.
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They were raised on small, poor ranches..., brought up to hard work and privation, both rough-mannered, rough-spoken, inured to the stoic life.
[Annie Proulx]
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When he was in Mexico, Jack became a john.
=comment= 2 diff words/2 diff spelllings
I was wonderin' who'd make use of the recent
clarification in the "two different words with two
different spellings" scenarios as in "lightnin' vs.
Lightning". It's appropriate, Sandy, that U are
first with your landmark case which is now law!
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"Keeping warm" is the name of the first tent scene on the DVD. I guess that is the nicer way of putting it, but I like our BBM way better. ;)
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What about if you and me had
a little ranch, somewhere?
Little cow and calf operation?
It would be a sweet life.
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Ennis to Alma: "If you don't want no more of my kids, I'll be happy to leave you alone."
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...Jack always seemed to have new things: clothes, trucks; whereas poor Ennis had the same old stuff.
==aside== Speaking of new, here I am in Austin, TX, and bought my silly self some brand new cowboy boots. Woo-Wee, they are cool and comfortable.
=reply=
So what do they look like? (I'm betting you come home with a cowboy hat, too.)
Fran
=reply=
They are simple and stylish: black with a slightly squared toe, subtle but elegant stitching.
I have to admit I saw a beautiful black Resistol (like Jack's), but I resisted!
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No, not that "Old Rose", she was the great storyteller in TITANIC!
Lu, I swear.... when I checked the "ABCs Answer List", I cudnt believe that "Old Rose" -- the brand of whiskey that Ennis & Jack drank -- was clear for "O". OMG! (It's like the equivalent of BetterMost for beans!)
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Alma says to Ennis: "So one time I got your creel case open the night before you went on one a your little trips - price tag still on it after five years..."
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In the short story, Alma Jr. is described as being quieter by nature than Francine, "a little live wire."
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In the short story Annie describes Ennis's voice as raspy (serenading scene):
"... and Ennis had a good raspy voice; a few nights they mangled their way through some songs."
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Alma Jr. is having a soda when she goes out with Ennis and Cassie. :D
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The trucker Ennis hitched a ride with drops him off at the intersection at the beginning of the film. :)
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With the premature end of Jack and Ennis' summer on the mountain, Jack's hopes to be with Ennis forever unraveled,
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The Jolly Minister: "Under the powers vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife."
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Jack writhed with both pleasure and pain during their first sexual encounter.
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Ennis and Jack's first coupling was xtemporaneous, quite impromptu! :D
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On my DVD subtitles it has "stop your hammerin'" as "stop your yammerin'". ::)
=aside=
Can you hear the barrel being scraped? ;D
=reply= Beckala!
No, no barrel! With the dvd of BBM, I heard the barrel refilled to the brim. BTW, cud U remove those 3 dots after ur answers? And, tanx 4 ur nc PMs.
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There was a review of Brokeback by Zach Zaragoza in The Rebel Yell - The University of Nevada's online newspaper.
http://www.unlvrebelyell.com/article.php?ID=8638 (http://www.unlvrebelyell.com/article.php?ID=8638)
=aside=
I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel along with you, Becky.
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Let her rip.
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There's an Alto (stop) sign on the corner when Jack is crusing the alley in Juarez. :)
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As in, what else, cowboy boots.
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Randall Malone sports a crossover tie at the benefit where he meets Jack. :D
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From the short story:
Jack slid his cold hand between Ennis's legs, said he was worried about his boy who was, no doubt about it, dyslexic or something, couldn't get anything right, fifteen years old and couldn't hardly read, he could see it though goddamn Lureen wouldn't admit to it and pretended the kid was o.k., refused to get any bitchin kind a help about it.
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"Entering Wyoming" reads the sign that Jack drives by many, many times. :)
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The short story is a work of fiction, even though it tugs at our hearts as though it were non-fiction! :D
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Our boys were tussling on the ground while Aguirre was watching.
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Ennis uses huh repeatedly throughout the entire movie such as "I don't need your money, huh..."
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From the short story:
In May of 1983 they spent a few cold days at a series of little icebound, no-name high lakes, then worked across into the Hail Strew River drainage.
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Ennis realistically and understandably jilted Cassie Ann! A little bytch slap would have been appro, too.
=aside=
When Dre & I as a duo went to see BBM (not to be confused w/ my "BBM-ers Movie & Dinner Party"), when Cassie called Ennis a "dummy", Dre reacted: "Ennis oughta slap the bytch. I would if she called me that!" ;)
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Jack's tendency to swipe the shirts of unsuspecting cowboys could qualify him to be a kleptomaniac.
=aside=
Fran offered two other examples: his wanting to shoot (steal) one of the sheep; and being an accomplice to killing the elk.
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Larry McMurtry co-wrote the screenplay with Diana Ossana.
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Some people* wondered why in the last scene of Jack and Ennis together, Jack's
moustache kept appearing and disappearing, not realizing that it was a flashback.
==aside== * like myself, the first time I saw the movie.
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...horses go "neigh"
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Jack to Ennis: "What if you and me had a little ranch somewhere, a little cow-and-calf operation...."
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If you pair of deuces
are lookin' for work,
I suggest you get your
scrawny asses in here, pronto.
[film]
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Joe Aguirre's herd queues up to board the trucks for transportation to the trailhead.
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Lashawn chatters on: "...so my pick was Neiman Marcus which was a disaster because where clothes is concerned, honey, I got no resistance, I was spending more than I made, more probably than Randall ever will make...."
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Ennis to Jack during the dozy embrace flashback: "You're sleepin' on your feet like a horse.. " (http://news.aunz.yimg.com/xp/fairfax/20060125/10/290268656.gif)
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Both Jack and Mr. Twist started sentences with, "Tell you what..."
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I am sure Jack and Ennis wrang it out umpteen times, while thinking of each other. ;D
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Biker #1: "Where do you think the most pussy's at -- Las Vegas or California?"
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We got us a f**king situation here" -- Jack
Congrats to us on 6400+ views and yay moderators and mayor Will!
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Ennis to Jack
"What xactly is the Pentecost?
I mean, my folks they was Methodists."
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Ennis to Jack: "You're a real thinker, ain't you!"
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We're not scrapin' the barrel yet!
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Ennis and Jack's hearts ache for each other. :(
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The name of the bar where Ennis goes and gets into a fight after the Thanksgiving scene is The Black and Blue Eagle bar.
=aside=
Was that bar name ironically intentional?
=reply= Mem-o
Yeah, it was a country S&M bar!
Ennis was juss gettin' ready to roll.
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C'mon, Courtney, cud U conceive not cited:
"C" Cassie "C" Cartwright is played by "C" Cardellini (as in Linda)! OM"C"!
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=aside= Beckala & Sandy
U "Barrel Gyrls" ain't scraping no barrel when U
ain't even named all the key BBM actors' names!
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The wind is described in the story as a bestial drone.
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We see enamel mugs and plates in a number of scenes in the move.
I especially love the bright blue set of enamelware that they used in the fast moving stream scene.
the floating blue enamel bowl/pot in the "Jack fucking Twist sequence" is just plain lovable. Looks like an error with a perfect recovery.
Nice set of enamelware, most likely brought all the way from Texas.
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Brokeback Mountain is a Focus Features film.
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Echt! But D.O.B. (Dirty Ol' Bastard) L.D. (Last Despot) Newsome was played by that old cracker Graham as in Beckel. :-X
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Monroe has box hedges in his yard. :D
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From the short story:
They believed themselves invisible, not knowing Joe Aguirre had watched them through his 10x42 binoculars for ten minutes one day....
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Mrs. Lureen Twist
Jack was pumpin' up a flat on the truck
out on the back road when the tire blew up.
The rim of the tire slammed into his face,
broke his nose and jaw.
[movie]
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The shirts were a precious keepsake, first for Jack, then for Ennis.
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as in Ang Lee, the director, and Shen Lee; the credits say "For Shen Lee." (Perhaps Shen Lee is Ang Lee's deceased father.)
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From the story:
They went off in Jack's truck, bought a bottle of whiskey, and within twenty minutes were in the Motel Siesta jouncing a bed.
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Joe Aguirre to Ennis
Fridays twelve noon be down at the bridge with your next week list and mules
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Yeah, like U all have the BBM movie soundtrack but w/o an orchestra playin' on it? C'mon, give me the "O"!
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Ennis used the coffee pot as a percussion instrument to accompany Jack's singing.
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Ennis left Alma Jr. and Jenny with Alma at the grocery store even though quitting time wouldn't be for three more hours.
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...as in Linda Ronstadt whose song "It's so easy" (to fall in love) is ironically included in the soundtrack
=aside to Toast=
Re: enamel pots: if you look closely at that scene, it appears that Heath surreptitiously pushes the pot into the river with the handle of the frying pan. Makes me think it was choreographed that way. Watch for it next time...
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Ennis said, "I shouldn't have let you out of my sights."
=aside= I actually thought I had found an error in Proulx's story, thought it should be sites. Until I looked it up. Sights is correct.
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Jack to Lureen: "I've complained too much, that teacher don't like me. Now it's your turn."
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When Jack says to Ennis: "You are too much for me Ennis, you sonofawhoreson bitch! I wish I knew how to quit you.", it seems like he is giving him an ultimatum.
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Varmints appear throughout Brokeback Mountain, notably a couple of bikers who crash the 4th of July fireworks display.
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... rewarm that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong.
[novella]
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Ennis was reluctant to move to town because he thought the rent would be too xpensive.
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...our story takes place in the past, or the days of yore
=aside to FrontRanger=
Love your "Varmints"!
Reminds me of QuickDraw McGraw
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While he was on Brokeback, Jack wore a zamarra (sheep skin jacket).
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Give me an A.
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In the short story, Alma's arms are described as being thin and freckled.
=compliment= Memento
Great "Z" with zamarra!
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...'there's something I've been meanin' to tell you, bud'
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Ennis' child support hearing took place in the Riverton courthouse.
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I spend half the night checking for damn coyotes.
I warn you, I can't cook worth a damn.
Damn, it's too late to go to them sheep.
I can't believe I left my damn shirt up there.
Best damn rodeo hand I ever worked with.
Four years, damn!
You count the damn few times that we have been together in nearly 20 years and you measure the short fuckin' leash you keep me on, and then you ask me about Mexico.
damn you, Ennis.
I'm gonna bring him up here one of these days, and we'll lick this damn ranch into shape."
=comment= Mr. Toast
Damn!!!!!!!!!!
One of the most creative posts we've seen.
If U find another damn, feel free to add it.
Tanx!
Will
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There are many parallels between "Brokeback" and the Garden of Eden.
=aside=
Thanks, SouthEnd. Thanks, Fran for adding the "s" to varmints.
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Jack to Ennis: "Your folks stop at Ennis?"
=aside=
Thanks for the compliment Fran. I am totally amazed at your knowledge of every inch of this film.
Sandy
=reply=
Thanks, Memento. BBM Story to Screenplay is my Bible!
Fran
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Sitting by the fire on that second night, Ennis was uncertain about his next move; he approached the tent gingerly with his hat in his hand, to see if Jack would have him.... and what a reception Jack gave him! ;)
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Joe Aguirre showed up on Brokeback Mountain on horseback.
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...Ennis's own homophobia had an insidious effect on his and others' lives
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Jack would've left Lureen in a jiffy, if Ennis had just said YES to the cow and calf operation.
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Shortly after Jack drove away, Ennis fell to his knees and pounded on a wall in frustration, bloodying his knuckles in the process.
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...as in Linda Ronstadt and Linda Cardellini
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Jack's aiming with a rifle might have been mediocre, but I am sure he was talented in other areas where only Ennis could testify to his prowess. ;)
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Jack gave Ennis intimacy, nurturing and love that he didn't get from anyone else in his life.
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...Lureen seemed oblivious to the whole affair.
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The first postcard sent by Jack to Ennis was a photograph of El Capitan and Signal Peak.
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Ennis had qualms of love-sickness when he departed from Jack after the summer of 1963.
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Randy Quaid plays Joe Aguirre in Brokeback Mountain.
=comment=
I know there is already a randy but that is a different type of randy, if you get my drift! ;)
=compliment=
Congratulations, Becky, for a well-played "R" and for being "the first" [later edited to "the second"] Player to post a word demonstrating the rules clarification regarding proper vs. common nouns.
Fran-E
=comment=
Players, under the rules clarification noted above, Randy (as in Quaid) and randy (as in lustful) are two separate words. Keep this in mind when posting.
Fran-E
=correction= Fran
Fran erred stating that Beckala was the 1st -- not! Memento was the first player to use the =clarification= rule of proper vs. common words with same spelling. Memento used it last week on April 30th in reply# 1229 with the lowercase answer word "john". Again, let's give hearty beanz congratz to Mems and take it away from Becks. She'll get over it; she's young. And, a cowboy hats off to Wills for observing and reporting all this. :D
Workin' overtime,
Will-XYZ
=reply= Will
Come on, let's give credit to Becky for being second. I've edited my =compliment= above to reflect same. What would this ABCs game be like without your watchful eyes, Will? The thought makes me shudder.
Fran-E (tipping her cowgirl hat in Will's direction)
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Jack's first postcard to Ennis is postmarked September 1967.
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Heath's wrist tattoo is very visible during the close-up shot of Ennis hugging Jack during the confrontation scene.
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Ennis worked with sheep and cows--animals with udders.
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The soundtrack is available on Verve Forecast.
=question=
What soundtrack?
Plz. give more 411.
Plz. revu guidelinez.
Mr. H
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After returning from BBM and just splitting from Jack, as he was emotionally wrecked and dry heaving, Ennis yelled out to a man passing by: "What the f*ck are U lookin' at?"
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Jack's life was xtinguished too early, at 39 years of age. :(
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Ennis to Jack: "Texas? Sure, and maybe you'll convince Alma to let you and Lureen adopt my girls, and then we could all live together, herding sheep...."
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John Twist seems to be a zombie; his reactions are emotionally detached and almost dead. :(
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Four dozen, kids! :)
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Alma finds one of Jack's postcards amongst the sales ads in the mail. :D
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ALMA: "I'm goin a yell for Bill."
ENNIS: "You fuckin go right ahead. Go on and fuckin yell. I'll make him eat the fuckin floor and you too."
[script]
Alma just calls him Monroe in the finished movie.
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Jack's first postcard to Ennis was of El Capitan and Signal Peak.
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Ennis is sporting pajama bottoms with large polka dots on them when he ponders taking the girls for ice cream. :D
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Most of Jack and Ennis' trysts seem to take place in the evening. :)
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From the fine print on the first postcard Jack sent Ennis:
The Old Butterfield Trail used by the stage coaches from St. Louis to San Francisco passed by here.
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Randy Quaid: In 1997, I was in a gym, on a treadmill, and I was looking for something to read. I saw a copy of The New Yorker, opened it up, and started reading this story. I was just so taken with it that I swiped the magazine, took it home, and finished the story.
[Production Notes]
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Ennis has bales of hay in the back of his truck when he drops Alma, Jr. off at home. :D
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Quoting Annie Proulx:
One thing never changed: The brilliant charge of their infrequent couplings was darkened by the sense of time flying, never enough time, never enough.
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After careful review and consideration, the Moderators have determined that southendmd's "zinfandel" in Round 45 is hypothetical and not related to anything BBM. A replacement "Z" follows.
Fran
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This is the replacement "Z" for Round 45's zinfandel.
After stopping on the landing long enough to exclaim "Jack Fucking Twist," Ennis zestfully descended the stairs and ran to greet Jack.
=comment=
The next letter is "J".
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Jackie DeShannon was one of the stars in Surf Party, the movie that Ennis and Alma are watching at the drive-in. (http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000002TRY.03.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
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=comment=
I luv Jackie deS's #1 pop classic "What The World Needs Now Is Love"! FYI, it was out (1966) during the early years of the E&J relationship. In 1969, Jackie had another huge hit, "Put A Little Love In Your Heart". Most people don't know that she also wrote the #1 song "Bette Davis Eyes" (1981) -- still during the E&J years.
Will-U
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There is a BBM cast character listed as "Killer Mechanic", even so he was not shown to our knowledge -- unless he was (and no doubt was) one of the depicted assailants in Ennis' imaginary violent flashback about Jack. :'(
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Ennis to Jack: "Texas? Sure, and maybe you'll convince Alma to let you and Lureen adopt my girls, and then we could all live together, herding sheep...."
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Ennis shouted out in a menacing tone to the dirty ol' bikers:
"Wanna swallow half your f---ing teeth?!" ... Well, that told 'em! 8)
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Apparently - according to interviews - Heath almost broke Jack's nose during the filming of the infamous kiss scene :-*
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Making love to a man was something Ennis had never done before, but he rose to the occasion at their first night in the tent and didn't even need an instruction manual....
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=aside= Anke
Yesss, and U certainly rose to the occasion of traveling not only from Germany to New York City but to the very top of the fabulous Empire State Building this past Sunday on its 75th anniversary! It was my delight to -- as the Diana Ross song goes -- "Take U Higher"! ;)
Gamemeister Willhelm! :)
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A sign says there is no public parking behind the laundromat.
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Ennis quelled the bikers' disturbing behavior at the fire works display.
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The summer range lay above the tree line on Forest Service land on Brokeback Mountain
[novella]
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The rodeo clowns wore suspenders as part of their costume.
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Ennis was constantly tucking in his shirt.
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John Twist’s character is unlikable. :(
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Could Ennis be a vaquero (a cowboy of spanish descent)? With a last name like del Mar, it sure seems like he had some Spanish roots... :)
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=aside= Lu
Jack had the Spanish "roots" -- in Juarez! :laugh:
=aside= Will
See! I knew those 2 must've had something in common! :P ;)
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Of course, "W" is for Will-ie!
Willie Nelson, y'all, sang "He Was A Friend Of Mine" for BBM.
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=comment=
More recently, Willie Nelson did an even gayer cowboy song with "Cowboys Are Secretly, Frequently, Fond Of Each Other"! Yee-haw! One of its lyrical lines is: "Inside of every cowboy there is a lady who'd love to slip out". OMG! What a fab-u-lous tribute to Jack! Yee-haw! The song "CASFFOEO" was courageously and proudly released just three months ago to coincide with the imminent Academy Awards show, fueling the fires of acceptance for the Gay cowboys premise of "Brokeback Mountain". (This song was a happy and hot topic at the former BBM Board.)
Will-E
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Ennis will never be able to xpunge thoughts of Jack from his mind. :'(
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Jack yearned for a life with Ennis.
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Annie Proulx belongs to the Zolaism school of literature, which focuses on ultra-realistic portrayal of the coarse details of life, in the style of Emile Zola, who wrote The Masterpiece and other works of fiction.
=compliment=
Lee, I am impressed! Great "Z"!
Fran
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Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jack picked up his Mexican boy-toy in an alley. :)
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I am sure Jack and Ennis catered to each other's needs diligently on the few occasions they got together over the years. ;)
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=aside= Lu!
FYI, others should be posssessive;
thus needs an apostrophe: other's!
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Jack tells Ennis that Aguirre says, "bring 'em down."
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From the fine print on the first postcard Jack sent to Ennis:
Signal Peak, from which the Apaches sent up smoke signals, is the highest point in Texas, elevation 8,747 ft.
=question= FGH
Texass?
Last time we heard, Signal was in Wyoming!?
Mod Will
=reply= WLH
And it still is. (There's probably a Signal something-or-other in every state.)
Mod Fran
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Juliette, this was played by me in Round 21.
Playerz, we need a new "B".
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=aside= Juliette
Speaking of "smoke signals"!
Always check the "Answers".
Oopz, U 4got this time.
Jefe Will
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Lureen to Jack: "Do you think I'm going too fast? Maybe I should put on the brakes?"
=comment=
This is the replacement "B" for boutonniere. Next up is "F".
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Jack looked mighty fine as he leaned back against his truck, overtly watching Ennis outside Aguirre's trailer.
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Ennis's little girl Junior was all grown up by the end of the film.
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From the fine print on the first postcard Jack sent to Ennis:
View from Highway 62 between Carlsbad, NM and El Paso, Texas.
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He might have been very excited to meet Jack Nasty after all these years but during the reunion scene Ennis is still very inconsiderate towards Alma.
:'(
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Lureen's boobs jiggled abit during that intense back-seat action with Jack in her daddy's car.
8)
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From the story:
... the wind combed the grass and drew from the damaged krummholz and slit rock a bestial drone.
=aside= Fran
Fran how do you know every detail of that first postcard? I'm beginning to think Jack sent one to you also.
=reply= Sandy
Well, let's just thank Ang Lee (for zooming in) and the pause button on my DVD player.
Fran
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The bikers are partial to black leather.
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FIRST ROUGHNECK (driving, size of a bear) Hey, fuckhead, watch where the fuck you're goin', you nearly got my dawg kilt.
The dawg is "an ugly, tough-looking mongrel"
[screenplay]
aw shucks
=compliment=
Good, thinking, Toast, bringing in extra source material, in this case the screenplay dated February 1, 2003.
Fran
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"Love is a force of nature."
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According to the sales paper, olives are on sale for 85 cents.
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=aside= FGH
I added the subject title for U.
It was understandably overlooked
while U were womaning the fort solo.
Memento has been added as an adn'l Mod!
Will-U
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Jack peels potatoes, while Ennis peels off all his clothes.
Ennis did wear socks, nice long ones that you should wear with these
cowboy boots, but no underwear as in the novella and script.
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Jack has Gay "qualities" as in traits, one of which is interesting and amusing out-of-sight cruising such as viewing Ennis thru his pick-up truck mirrors! Don'tcha luv it! :P
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After 4 years of not seeing each other, Jack and Ennis had a reunion in Riverton - and what a reunion it was!
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Ennis's horse spooked when he came upon a bear.
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Ennis is taciturn.
(Except when he's with Jack :) )
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Ennis' daughters often speak in unison.
:)
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Luckily, there was a vacancy at the Motel Siesta.
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After the initial sex between Jack and Ennis on Brokeback, they pretty much went at it willy-nilly.
=aside=
Will, I thought you would like that one. ;D
=reply= Mod Sandy
OMG!! I cudn't believe me eyes.
I did a double take. That is so kool!
And, those 2 nasty Boyz sure went at it
spontaneously and with great compulsion!
Will-Nilly :laugh:
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Xternally, Ennis was just an everyday, hardworking, heterosexual dude with a wife and two kids. Internally, he was gay and very much in love with Jack Twist. :)
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=comment= Pipe-D
That is so perfectly, simply and truly put, meine Anke!
Willhelm-ABC
P.S. "Nit-picker" (as U say) korrected ur "externally" 2 "xternally" so dat it wud qualify as an answer for "X"! Yah!
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ALMA JR.: "Like the car?"
ENNIS: "Is it yours?"
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Jack zoned out when he had the flashback of the dozy embrace.(http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2006/01/20/th_brokeback_index-thumb__60x40.jpg)
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Another milestone!!!
Thanks to all the players and the mods for making this game the success that it is. It really does become an addiction and I'm looking for an ABC's anonymous.
Also thanks for the welcome as the new mod. I have very high standards to live up to and look forward to working with all of you.
Sandy
(http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:B8Ow0ZkaMGEdaM:http://www.partycity.com)
=aside=
Verified 50 "!"s.
Ver' nice post!
Will-U-ABC
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Congratulations, Playerz, on reaching another milestone. (Who would've thought there were that many "Z" words applicable to BBM?) I am equally awed by your use of vocabulary words, amused by your cleverness, and inspired by your dedication to the "ABCs of BBM." One thing is abundantly clear here: We love our ABCs!
Will, thank you for doing your utmost to keep our ABCs boat(s) afloat come hell or high water, for clarifying the rules for me (time and time again), and for making the really tough decisions. We never would have made it to Round 50 without you. As Anke so perfectly put it, you definitely are our "Gamemeister"!
Sandy, welcome aboard, fellow Moderator. You're a great player, and I'm looking forward to working with you.
Ann Marie, I miss you and hope your work schedule lightens up sooner rather than later. I know your heart is still at the ABCs and you'll moderate and post when you can.
Fran :)
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It was apparent to Jack after the summer of 1963, that he was in love with Ennis. He was undoubtedly heart-broken when Ennis made his "I guess I'll see you around hunh!" comment. :-\
=compliment= ABC'ers
50 rounds of fun! :-*!
Howdy Willi!
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He gave another wrench that left her with a burning bracelet,
shoved his hat on backwards and slammed out.
[novella]
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Alma Jr. in the grocery store: "Mama, I need crayons."
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Ennis's light-colored shirt got quite dirty, and not just from hard work.
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Jack: Like watchin' a rabbit tryin' to squeeze into a snakehole with a coyote on its tail.
Ennis: That's some high-class entertainment if you ask me.
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Fresh produce is available at the grocery store.
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The "ABCs of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN" Game
50 Rounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Remember when someone said that the "ABCs" game might be too "rigid" -- about 40 rounds ago?
50 Rounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Remember when someone else said that we're gonna have to "lighten up" the rulez (editor's note: yeah, a la The Titanic!)?
50 Rounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Remember when yet another said we're "gonna run out" of fuel -- I mean, words?
50 Rounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And what about that "scraping the bottom of the barrel" not so long ago?
50 Rounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, it's good and gamey that besides accepting and accommodating all of the good, if not great, suggestions :-X, I also knew what not to listen to!!!!! O0
FYI, this game can help stop alcoholism, drug abuse and/or psychotherpy. :P
CONGRATULATIONS to ALL of the "ABCs" Playerz, including those not named above (all of whom still play)! ;D ;) :laugh:
Gamely,
Will-U-ABC
Gamemeister
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Sheep grew fat on the green, green grass of Brokeback Mountain, and Jack wore a green plaid jacket during that first summer.
=comment=
Congratulations to us ABC-ers on our silver anniversary. Makes me think of the silver tresses of our illustrious mayor!
=reply= F-Ranger
What mayor are you talking about? The ABCs mayor is blond!
Fran
=corrections= Lee
"Silver" means "25"; this is "50" -- it's "Golden"!!!!!
No wonder U got the hair color wrong.
And, thanx 4 congratz!
Mayor Will
=reply=
Silver, gold, they're all precious as our mayor and mods are to me!
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We hear an owl hoot when Ennis knocks over some cooking implements on his way into the tent in tent scene #1.
I give a hoot! Happy 50th round!
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From the credits:
Visual Effects by Buzz Image Group, Inc.
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Oh, c'mon, what BBM-ers don't know who Jacey Kenny is? Who played Jenny Del Mar at age 7?!
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Jack seemed to think Lureen was a knockout when he first met her, from staring at her in the bar to getting 'down 'n dirty' with her in the backseat of LD's car! 8)
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Aguirre was prone to lascivious staring.
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Some critics think of BBM as the re-invention of the Marlboro man.
=comment=
Such "critics" give testament to the fact that many movie critics are azzholez!
Tellin' it like it is,
Will-O
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Jack and Ennis' first kiss made a sweet noise. :-*
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=aside= Anke
Your "NYC Audio Report" is superb.
Very professional and very interesting,
especially w/ actual BBM movie line clips.
Next time, let's do an audio atop the ESB!
Auf Wiedersehen!!
Gamemeister Willhelm
= reply = Will!
Wow. You are quick. Can't believe you actually listened to it already. It can't have been online for much longer than half an hour...!
Glad you liked it. It really was a midnight project; had to get it done in order to be able to concentrate on other things again ("real work"); it didn't work, though. As you see, I'm still around here... ::)
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ENNIS: I got no objection, long as it's cheap and I don't havta do the laundry. Alma hugs him hard, as she becomes excited. Begins to squirm against his hand. They kiss. Then ENNIS rolls her over.
[screenplay dated Feb. 1, 2003.]
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Alma to Ennis (essentially killing the mood): "As far behind as we are on the bills, it makes me nervous not to take no precautions...."
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If the Twist household had a TV remote control, it would have ended up embedded in L.D.'s damn skull.
[fantasy]
OR
Jack and Ennis always met in an extremely remote location.
[film]
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There is a sugar shaker on the table at the diner (or coffee shop) where Ennis is eating his apple pie.
=comment=
I was reminded of that last eve when DeeDee & I had a sugar shaker (along w/ salt and pepper shakers) on our dinner table at the Hudson Corner Cafe restaurant in Manhattan, NY.
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When Jack first met Lureen, she was driving a Thunderbird.
=411= T-bird
Red hot and 1960!!!
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Ummmm.... Ennis' spontaneous critique of the can of Better Most beans that he was eating.
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The published screenplay has a vinyl plastic tablecloth on the elder Twists' kitchen table.
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Aguirre "Them camps can be 3 or 4 miles from where we pasture the woolies."
[movie]
=question= Toast
Do they really spell "wool-l-ies" w/ an extra "l"?
This word was used in 1st ABCs game as "woolies".
Will-ABC
good question
Jack rides the woolies as a kid in the novella (one l)
but in the screenplay 2003, and subtitles, Aguirre talks about the woollies. (two ls)
Ruling?
=reply=
I've now made it "woolies" since that's how Annie Proulx did it originally. (Thanks for finding "woolies" in the novella, Toast.) Maybe it's spelled "woollies" in the screenplay to emphasize Joe Aguirre's pronunciation of that second "L": wool lees as opposed to wool ees.
Fran
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XXX: Ellemeno's "quid" in this round 50.
Note: Word, player and round must always be cited.
"Quid pro quo" is so totally inapplicable at BBM. It usually involves something under-handed and perhaps illegal. Frequently, it refers to swapping political favors. In fact, "quid pro quo" is the diametrically opposed opposite here. It means an unwritten and unmoneyed exchange. It never involves money; never a job. These boyz were (a) hired for a job and (b) paid a salary. There was posilutely no "quid" and no "squid"!!
Mayor Will
ABC-ville
Vanna, we need the letter "Q" asap.
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From the screenplay:
JACK, flattered by the attention of the rodeo queen and trying to show off, hangs on to a tough, spinning bull, actually makes a fine ride.
(Toast, thanks for finding the reference.)
=comment= FGH
Isn't "rodeo queen" said in BBM movie, too?
I just can't believe that no one used "queen"!? ???
Will-on-the-Rhine
=comment=
Next letter: "X"
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The xact cause of Jack's death is not known: tire rim or tire iron? ???
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Joe Aguirre's hiring of summer help to herd sheep is a yearly event.
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The zestful expression on Ennis' face when Jack Twist finally arrives in Riverton shows his heartfelt emotions.
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Another milestone!!!
Thanks to all the players and the mods for keeping this game alive and well.
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Once their passions were ignited, their ardor could not be controlled, in the first tent scene nor in the reunion 4 years later.
=comment=
Thanks for posting, Victoria. I've enjoyed reading your travelogue.
Fran
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Proulx wrote:
Jack said he was doing all right but he missed Ennis bad enough sometimes to make him whip babies.
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Cassie was wearing cutoffs and a tube top when she practically accosted Ennis and wouldn't even let him go to the bathroom.
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Well, it actually goes without saying: after Ennis and Jack killed themselves a nice elk that poor beast was dead.
:'(
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The cry of an eagle echoed in the canyon as Ennis and Jack changed camps.
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Jack's parents did not go to to Texas to attend his funeral.
Some of his ashes will be in the Lightning Flat family plot.
Ennis regrets that the ashes will be on the grieving plain, rather than on Brokeback Mountain.
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And he would wake sometimes in grief, sometimes with the old sense of joy and release; the pillow sometimes wet, sometimes the sheets.
From the story
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Jack to Lureen: "Gotta go, got fourteen hours of driving ahead of me."
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Ennis' quiet and introverted nature didn't seem to keep Jack at bay.
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And he would wake sometimes in grief, sometimes with the old sense of joy and release; the pillow sometimes wet, sometimes the sheets.
(from the story, and Memento's G for grief)
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They fended off the night for an hour with the yellow kerosene lamp and around ten Ennis rode Cigar Butt, a good night horse, through the glimmering frost back to the sheep .....
[novella]
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Jack carried a lamb astraddle his saddle, and Ennis carried one in a sack.
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Lureen had to be home with her daddy's car by midnight.
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Aguirre probably had a notorious reputation among Signal residents.
=comment=
Congratulations, ProwlAmongUs, on your first post in the ABCs of BBM. Welcome to the game; so glad that Will referred you here.
Fran
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The bikers at the 4th of July picnic kept up an obstreperous clamor until Ennis bashed the sh!t out of them.
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According to the sales paper, peas cost 79 cents.
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Oh, my, I did not know where this game in my son's honor disappeared to until I received several notes from faithful fans. Thank you.
On my son Jack's bed we had a quilt.
=comment= Mrs. Twist
I'm glad you found the ABCs game at BetterMost. Thanks for posting this very important "Q".
Fran
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Jack and Ennis rolled down into the dirt.
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Both LaShawn and Laureen were in a sorority.
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When Alma Jr. and Jenny were on the swings, there were two tricycles -- one bigger, one smaller -- nearby.
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When Ennis came back from picking up the supplies he had an unpleasant encounter with an Ursus arctos horribilis (= grizzly bear).
8)
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From the short story, one for Ennis: "He had no serious hard feelings, just a vague sense of getting shortchanged..." And one for Jack: "Jack found himself with a vague managerial title..."
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Alma to Ennis after Thanksgiving dinner: "You know, I used to wonder how come you never brought any trouts home."
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Most of Brokeback required xterior filming.
So off to Canada went Ang and his film crew.
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Lashawn talked so much, some might call her a yenta.
=aside=
Welcome, Sandy!
=aside=
Thanks, DeeDee. LaShawn certainly liked to kibitz.
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We're on a roll!!
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The sight of Jack Fuckin' Twist is an aphrodisiac to Ennis del Mar as he bounds down the stairs.
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Our boys were born during WW-II.
=correction= DDD
I added hyphen (-) and period (.)
U're asleep now; U'll tank me tmo.
Will-ABC-D
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Jack was circumcized or the way Proulx described it: "dick-clipped".
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Lashawn chatters on: "...when I was right out of SMU I coulda had my pick of pretty much any job in North Dallas, so my pick was Neiman Marcus which was a disaster because where clothes is concerned, honey, I got no resistance...."
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JACK (bitter disappointment): Never enough time, never enough. (Pause, looks at Ennis) You know, friend, this is a goddamn bitch of a unsatisfactory situation.
[screenplay Feb 2003]
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Yesss, the E&J Boyz were born during World War II -- in fact, nineteen hundred and forty-three (1943). It is stated in the BBM book only that in June of 1963 that E&J "were not yet 20". That implies that they would both turn 20 very soon. Oddly, no birthdays were ever mentioned. ???
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Alma Jr. to Cassie: "You're good enough."
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Becky, answers must be what "was" or "is" related to BBM, not what "might have been" or what "may have been."
A replacement "Z" will be posted.
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The sheep zigzagged their way up the mountain.
=comment=
The next letter is "H".
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Jack was not prepared for Ennis to hit him that last day on the mountain.
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You can make me have a wife, you can make me have children to complete the picture, but I have as much right to choose my sex partner as these yokels/bikers.
This is my fucking Independence Day with a side order of teeth.
oops
=comment=
The fireworks celebration attended by Ennis, Alma, and the girls was for Independence Day.
(Just want to keep this post with the "what is BBM" rule.)
Fran
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Proulx wrote:
...but the can of beans with the spoon handle jutting out and balanced on the log was there as well, in a cartoon shape and lurid colors that gave the dreams a flavor of comic obscenity.
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Like no other person Jack knew how to draw a laugh from Ennis.
:)
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Old Man With Tractor Tire: "You aint a damn Mormon, are you?"
[screenplay - February 1, 2003]
Another scene for the deleted files!
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Heath Ledger was going to turn down the role when he was first offered it, but his then girlfriend, Naomi Watts , encouraged him to take it.
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Sandy, someone forgot to check the Answer List!! See Round 20, where it was played by Will.
=comment=
Playerz, we need a replacement "K".
The next letter in the current round is "O".
=reply=
I thought I had looked - yikes, I'm supposed to be a mod.
Sandy
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Saturday evening at the Del Mar house: kids watching television, Ennis lying on the sofa with his beer, Alma sitting in her armchair, knitting;
=aside=
That's the replacement "K"
Next letter: O
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Jack to Ennis: "...as far as our marriage goes, we could do it over the phone."
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Ennis' comment upon learning they have to bring the sheep down early: "It ain't right. He's doin' us out of month's pay."
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The job requirements seemed to be that you be a deuce with a scrawny ass.
Ennis and Jack seemed to qualify with no questions asked.
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Alma Jr. to Cassie: "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be rude."
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Alma about going out: "We could still smarten up and go over to the church social."
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Cassie (to Ennis): "Yeah, Carl's nice. He even talks."
[movie]
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Proulx wrote:
Ennis recognized in him a not uncommon type with the hard need to be the stud duck in the pond.
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Convincingly, Ennis lost his Gay virginity of having sex with another male in that first tent scene with Jack. Just as clearly, Jack had lost his male virginity sometime before the BBM story starts. ::)
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Proulx wrote:
"A slow corrosion worked between Ennis and Alma, no real trouble, just widening water."
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Proulx wrote:
...the force of the xplosion slammed the rim into his face, broke his nose and jaw and knocked him unconscious on his back.
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John Twist behaved like an ignorant yokel.
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Ennis looked up at the night sky of Brokeback Mountain, which contained a zillion stars, and said "I'm sending up a prayer of thanks."
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Moving right along....
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Cassie to Alma Jr. at the bar: "You don't talk much, but you get your point across.
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When Jack and Ennis were waiting outside Aguirre's trailer, Ennis was self-conscious and bashful; he couldn't make eye contact with Jack, and lowered his head when Jack looked straight at him.
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Jack and Lureen lived in Childress, Texas.
=aside=
Ironically, Brokeback was banned in the one movie theater in Childress, Texas.
http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/exec/view.cgi/5/390 (http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/exec/view.cgi/5/390)
=comment= Memento
Thanx for posting the link to that article about Childress, TX, where Jack lived and died. I've read it before at BBM but it's always interesting. It reminds us that the "ABCs" is quite educational.
Will
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Judge: "Defendant is ordered to pay child support to the plaintiff in the sum of $125 a month for each of the minor children...."
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Jack's playful spirit and his zest for life were slowly eroded as he realised that he would never get a chance to have the "sweet life" with Ennis.
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Since 1963, after a long, unexplainable absence, Ennis & Jack finally had their red-hot four-year reunion in 1967.
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Jack's death left a gaping hole in Ennis's heart. :'(
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Ennis and Jack's horses had eight hooves between them.
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Ennis and Jack were emotionally involved with one another.
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Announcer at the rodeo: "Oh, boy...let's see what the judges say...that sure looked like the winning ride to me...."
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Even a spare room like Jack's had a knickknack or two.
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Jack shaved with his left hand, no soap, and a safety razor, eying Ennis sitting on the steps.
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Alma Jr. to Cassie about Ennis: "Maybe he's not the marrying kind."
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The attraction between Ennis and Jack was natural.
Finally! I've been trying to post to the last three letters but you guys keep beating me to it!
=comment= AMH
Right U are! Within only 12 minutes,
4 Playerz -- Elle, Toast, Fran & Ann --
posted 4 answers to the "ABCs" and
on a Sunday morning! Interesting.
Will
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Jack carefully observes Ennis on the steps at the beginning of summer. And he sadly observes Ennis behind him as he drives down the street at the end of summer. Both times he is using his pickup truck's sideview mirror.
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Ennis' lovemaking with Alma seemed perfunctory.
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Proulx wrote:
A few weeks later on the Saturday he threw all Stoutamire's dirty horse blankets into the back of his pickup and took them down to the Quik Stop Car Wash to turn the high-pressure spray on them.
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Jack travelled with his razor and enamel mug, but no soap.
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Jack and Ennis ate elk until they were sated.
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Jack and Ennis took a few tokes on a joint and then passed it to each other.
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The look on Ennis' face in the bar, as Jack asked him about himself, seemed to show that he could not understand that someone would care enough about him to even talk to him.
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Lureen and Jack's velour dining room chairs were an unforgettable color.
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"Welcome" is how Ennis felt with Jack when he finally opened up and had a real conversation with Ennis up on Brokeback Mountain after Ennis had spent the first night and day up with the sheep.
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=comment=
And, appropriately, "welcome" to U, too, TJ!
The "ABCs of BBM"'s newest player: "TJ"!
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Ennis seems content to xplore near the coffee pot.
"Hell, Jack, you know me. About the only travellin' I ever done is around a coffeepot lookin' for the handle."
[movie]
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Jack's youthful spirit and enthusiasm must've been one of the qualities Ennis loved so dearly about him.
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The zigs and zags of Alma's marriage eventually became more than she could bear, and she filed for divorce.
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Congratulations, to all Playerz, on a well-played 53rd round!
Round 54!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
=aside=
'The color orange' tribute for when "ABCs" player Front Ranger used to work at Sunkist Farms.)
=congratz= All ABCs Playerz
Yes, and in just this "ABCs" game's last round or so,
our keen-eyed Mod Fran-E nailed BM's 1st Troll
-- not at our "ABCs" butt at La Isla Tremblay --
(tho the newz was only reported elsewhere)
and the "ABCs" witnessed 3 new Playerz
-- ProwlAmongUs, Mary Twist and TJ --
and 2 ver' special re-vamped playerz
-- Ann Marie and Victoria!!!!!
Will-ABC
Proud Mayor
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Uh Ennis there was this Texas guy searching all over town yesterday for your address. He said you was his fishing buddy.
Here we go, around for the 54th time
Congratz
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Lureen was blatantly flirting with Jack when she said: "What're you waiting for cowboy? A mating call?".
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One of the filming locations for BBM was in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
=aside= Memento
Plz. confirm ur nu abbrev. of "Canda"!?
Help hint to all: always read b4 U post.
Will-ABC
Proofer
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Jack: Since we're gonna be working together, I reckon it's time we start drinking together.
[screenplay - February 1, 2003] [trailers]
and they go off at 8:30 am and start drinking together.
Will we see the deleted scene with this dialogue??
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According to Alma, Ennis had a hard time earning a living.
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Ennis & Jack used a lot of red four-letter words such as f*uck in BBM!!!!
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Jack to Ennis at the motel: "Swear to God I didn't know we was going to get into this again...."
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Alma's note said: "Hello, Ennis, bring some fish home, love, Alma."
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There is still some debate about Jack's murder being real or imagined by Ennis.
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From the credits:
Construction Labourer............................Jesse Singleton
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6 INT: TRAILER OFFICE; DAY: CONTINUOUS:
Dusty, choky little trailer office. ............... Neither ENNIS nor JACK sits. ENNIS smokes. In the background, a small, old black-and-white TV plays a news story about then-President Kennedy.
[Screenplay Feb 2003]
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John Twist: "I can't get no help out here. Jack used a say, `Ennis del Mar,' he used a say, `I'm goin a bring him up here one a these days and we'll lick this damn ranch into shape.'" (http://www.theurs.com/images/egg.gif)
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Lashawn to Jack about Randall while dancing: "Well, he's never been very mechanical, though...."
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Alma: Ennis, as far behind as we are in the bills, it makes me nervous not to take no precautions.
Ennis: If you don't want no more of my kids, I'll be happy to leave you alone.
[movie]
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Ennis' oldest daughter was named after his wife.
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Ennis: "I don't need your money, huh, you know I ain't in the poorhouse."
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Mrs. Twist quietly took the shirts from Ennis and placed them in a paper sack.
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Our boys had a 20 year secret romance.
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Jack and Ennis were snuggled up together in the tent before their intense sexual encounter took place.
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The hat of choice on the honeymoon toboggan ride was a dark toque.
Winter of 1963-64.
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BBM was an unqualified box office, critical and cultural success!
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In the short story, Jack and Ennis "fished" in the Sierra Madres, Gros Ventres, the Washakies, etc., never returning to Brokeback Mountain.
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I don't know the unwritten rules for this ABCs game and I got "disciplined" for being ignorant!
=reply= "TJ"
Firstly, you are not "ignorant", nor were you "disciplined". Nor were you the first player to have a word XXX'd for being a repeat answer. The "ABCs" game rules are not "unwritten" as you state. They are spelled out in the first post of the "ABCs" game file. The rules state, e.g., that answers cannot repeat. This makes the game challenging; otherwise the same words could be used over again.
The game rules state that players should consult the Answer List before posting to verify that the word has not been used. A link to the Answer List is also provided. For the convenience of the Playerz, the "ABCs of BBM" -- Answers Played List, is now "sticky'd" at the top of The Lighter Side of the Mountain so it's easy to find. I now use my computer's Edit/Find function on the Answer List to help check if a word has been used. As one of the compilers of the Answers List, I do a lot of checking, and Edit/Find really comes in handy.
TJ, my suggestion to you would be that you review the "ABCs" rules and check out the Answer List. If you have any questions related to the game rules after you have reviewed them, simply PM me and I will be happy to help you.
Moderator Fran
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Jack and Ennis got lots of xercise on Brokeback Mountain.
Between fetching, riding, herding, and kissing, they kept the calorie intake balanced.
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TJ, the word "what" was played by Will-ABC in Round 47.
Playerz, we need a replacement "W".
The next word in the regular round is "Y".
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This is the replacement "W".
Jack was whispering in Ennis's ear when he said that he red-lined it all the way, couldn't get there fast enough.
=comment=
Next letter up is "Y".
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If U read the story or the screenplay or saw the movie -- even once -- then U know who the yes-man is without doubt! Spelt backwards, he's "Eornom".
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Jennifer Zolten Freed .... post-production accountant: Trevanna Post
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Way to go, Miss Vicky, closing out Round 54!
Round 55!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good way to start the new week at the "ABCs of BBM" w/ a brand-new Round!
BTW, do U know that some people only come to BetterMost to play the "ABCs" and/or "LINEZ =U= WON'T HEAR in BBM"?? Tis true/es verdad! :-X
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Jack and Ennis drank a lot of alcohol.
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ENNIS lifts it off the nail: it's JACK'S old shirt from Brokeback days, dried blood on the sleeve, ENNIS'S own blood, ....
[screenplay - February 1, 2003]
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LaShawn was definitely a chatterbox .(http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Reviews/T7G/Images/T7G-Icon-Teeth2.gif)
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The del Mar apartment was rather drab.
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According to the posted sign, the entrance to the laundromat is around the front.
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Ennis reacts violently to the bawdy revelers at the Fourth of July celebration.
I wonder what fireworks he and Jack had on that day a couple of years earlier.
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Lashawn yacks to Jack about Randall trying to fix the truck with "chewing gum and bailing wire."
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Ennis to Jack after Jack suggests he move to Texas: "Texas? Sure, and maybe you'll convince Alma to let you and Lureen adopt my girls, and then we could all live together, herding sheep...."
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Jack and Ennis found each other simply irresistible.
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A jolt of lightning on Brokeback Mountain killed 42 sheep.
=aside= Fran
Thanks for the orange!!
55 rounds, Yeah!!
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The Mexican prostitute gave Jack a knowing, seductive look.
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Jack's first postcard: "Friend this letter is a long time over due."
=aside=
Notice how Jack misspells 'over due' making it two words instead of one.
=question= Mem
And Jack actually calls it a "letter" when it's a postcard?
Or does he just say that "this" is a long time overdue?
Will-ABC
=reply=
Here is a link to the actual postcard
http://static.flickr.com/26/89524415_7da9795f20.jpg?v=1138126220 (http://static.flickr.com/26/89524415_7da9795f20.jpg?v=1138126220)
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Mary McBride sang "No One's Gonna Love You Like Me" on the soundtrack.
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Lashawn babbles on: "...when I was right out of SMU, I coulda had my pick of pretty much any job in North Dallas, so my pick was Neiman Marcus...."
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That old grouch Aguirre was certainly obnoxious to our boys.
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Lureen tried her hardest to look posh, but sadly her bleached hair, fake nails and smoking habits left her looking washed-out.
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Shortly after Jack drove away, Ennis experienced queasiness in the alley.
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Ennis selected a big roan named Cigar Butt for his horse, and he also knew all the salty words to "Strawberry Roan."
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Aguirre suggested our boys get their scrawny asses in his trailer, and pronto.
In truth, Jack's ass is not scrawny; in my opinion, he fills his Wranglers just fine.
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So many times our main man said "thank ya" (an Ennisism for thank U). ;D
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There is velour upholstery on the chairs in Lureen and Jack's dining room.
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Both Jack and Ennis were very attractive and very virile.
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Jack wanted to spend his life with Ennis but, sadly, that was only wishful thinking. :'(
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When Ennis's voice changed in tonal quality, to show the passage of time (and effects of smoking), he was exhibiting xenophonia.
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Ennis and Jack knew, that on the mountain, you had only yourself to depend on, so it was a place to be careful.
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Many of the women in the Independence Day fireworks scene were rather "zaftig" as displayed by their inappropriate attire.
=aside= Anke & Pents
U must know "zaftig" is of German origin.
=aside= Will
"Zaftig" is actually a Yiddish word meaning ripe or luscious. It's commonly applied to plump women who don't fit the definition of "fat," or so my mother-in-law tells me.
Fran
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=welcome= Becky II
To "Mt. Becky" as in Montana! Great "Z" word!
Nice talkin' w/ U earlier w/ our A-1 xchange of 411.
I remember seeing (on t.v.) Barbara Stanwyck in "Cattle Queen of Montana"! Are U one? BTW, everyone, Mt. Becky is not related to our British Becky (aka "Beckala").
Gamin',
Will-ABC
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Round 56!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can U believe?
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Ennis found Alma working in the condiments aisle.
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Ennis and Jack hacked away at a tree branch while setting up camp.
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From the story: "He (Ennis) was farsighted enough to dislike reading anything except Hamley's saddle catalogue."
http://www.cabincreekcds.com/Hamleys29.htm (http://www.cabincreekcds.com/Hamleys29.htm)
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DECEASED
Large stamped message on Ennis' last postcard to Jack.
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Proulx wrote:
Ennis said he'd been putting the blocks to a woman who worked part-time at the Wolf Ears bar in Signal where he was working now for Stoutamire's cow-and-calf outfit....
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Alma to Ennis: "...you know how me and the girls like fish."
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The string of spare horses included a mouse-colored grullo whose looks Ennis liked.
[novella]
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Ennis was probably the most important highlight of Jack's life.
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Proulx wrote:
During the day Ennis looked across a great gulf and sometimes saw Jack, a small dot moving across a high meadow as an insect moves across a tablecloth....
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Ennis' father thought it was only justice to drag Earl around and to rid the world of another one of "them".
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Ennis KO'd the biker.
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Jack to Ennis: "You want to live your miserable f*ckin' life, go right ahead. I was just thinkin' out loud."
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AGUIRRE: Raises binoculars, looks in the direction of the meadow, towards ENNIS. Lowers the binoculars and shoots another stern look at JACK.
Turns, rides off.
[screenplay - February 1, 2003]
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Ennis was a novice in (a) playin' "Back Door Santa" with another male (as of tent scene #1) and (b) giving head to a guy (tent scene #2) -- but those naivetes soon changed subsequent to his meeting the Jackster. :P
=411= FGH
When one Guy has his head on another Guy's chest (sounds Gay, rite; it is) and the other Guy has no shirt on, Fran, that means that Guy #1 is 99% sure about to give Guy #2 a "BJ"!
W!
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According to Entertainment Weekly, “What makes it so potentially groundbreaking, though, is that it has become something of a cinematic oxymoron: an unapologetically sexual love story between two men with a real shot at breaking out of art houses and into the mainstrem”.
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Proulx wrote:
"Ennis said he'd been putting the blocks to a woman who worked part-time at the Wolf Ears bar in Signal...but it wasn't going anywhere and she had some problems he didn't want."
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On their last day on the mountain, our boys were quite quarrelsome.
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The wind ruffled the fire into yellow silk sashes. (Proulx)
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Randall to Jack about Lashawn: "Woman talks a blue streak."
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From the story: "Ennis lay spread eagled, spent and wet, breathing deep, still half tumescent..."
=aside=
Is it hot in here?
=reply=
It sure is! I just 'cracked' a bedroom window! ???
Was he spread-eagled on back or stomach?
I know which way U Gyrlz would savor;
however, I'd flip it (like he did Alma)!
Turnaround is fair play.
Gamemeister Will :P
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Our boys had unbridled passion for each other.
Just a little horsey reference.
(I used this in the old game on IMDb, but it's still a goodie.) ::)
=aside=
It did earn you a Willy nomination.
Fran
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Food eaten round a campfire is often called vittles.
=compliment= Southend
Great post, unbridled, one of the classics!
Front-Ranger
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Randall to Jack about Lashawn: "Woman talks a blue streak."
=comment=
"W" is also for Willys!
If Arturo reactivates, they'll return.
With over 56 rounds, there is twice as
much to choose from for "Willy" nominations
than there was over at the IMDB's infested BBM.
Will -- the namesake for "The Willys"
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Jack and Ennis sustained their relationship for an xtended period of time - 20 years to be exact!
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Jack and Ennis's dozy embrace was a flashback to happier times of yesteryear.
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Our uber-BBM scholar Casey Cornelius pointed out the zoetropic effects that occur twice in the film, first when a train goes by, blocking our view, and second, when Ennis is riding through the woods before he meets a bear. A zoetrope predates movies and has a spinning chamber. You look through the holes to see images on the inside that seem to be moving.
=compliment=
An impressive "Z", Lee!
Fran
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Proulx wrote:
"Ennis Del Mar wakes before five, wind rocking the trailer, hissing in around the aluminum door and window frames."
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Round 57!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's right, folks! Fifty-seven (57) varieties of Brokeback Mountain "ABCs"!! :)
=reply=
Perfect analogy, Lee, w/ the "57"
-- especially as Heinz brand is know for their beans ! ;D
And I tink that the Anke will confirm Heinz is German! Yah?
Dre especially loves Heinz' (dat's da 3rd plug) Baked Beans w/ Bacon!
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On their way to the condiments aisle, Ennis and the girls passed by a display of bananas.
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Jack: "I've complained too much, that teacher don't like me."
=compliment=
To Southend and Front Ranger for two great words!!
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Jack was dumbstruck for a moment when Ennis planted one on him :-*
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Ennis has no evidence that Jack was murdered, but he is very suspicious that foul play was involved in his death.
=question=
Should Ennis contact CSI Brokeback? Or would that be CSI Childress (scene of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre)?
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The Forest Service dictated where the sheep could be pastured for the summer.
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Alma Jr. knocked over jars of Growers mixed nuts at the grocery store.
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Cassie: "Carl? Yeah, Carl's nice. He even talks."
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The description on the postcard Jack sent Ennis says that the Apache Indians used to send up smoke signals from Signal Peak.
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Proulx wrote:
". . . then easing her down, fingers moving up her ribs to the jelly breast. . ."
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From the credits:
Casting by
Avy Kaufman, CSA
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Jack offers to lend Ennis some money.
A perfect way to keep in touch.
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Proulx wrote:
"They seized each other by the shoulders, hugged mightily, squeezing the breath out of each other. . ."
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Lashawn chatters on: "...when I was right out of SMU, I coulda had my pick of pretty much any job in North Dallas, so my pick was Neiman Marcus...."
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Proulx wrote:
After the pie Alma got him off in the kitchen, scraped the plates and said she worried about him and he ought to get married again. He saw she was pregnant, about four, five months, he guessed.
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Although Alma knew about Jack, she never tried to prevent Ennis from going on trips with him.
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Promoting the "Brokeback Mountain" film on televison and in interviews prior to the Academy Awards, the chief four BBM characters -- Ennis, Jack, Lureen and Alma -- were sometimes announced and/or referred as the "Brokeback Quartet" or the quartet from Brokeback, like when they appeared on "Oprah"!
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It took a lifetime, well at least 20 years,for Ennis to recognize the love that Jack had for him.
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The first tent scene is in no way soporific; on the contrary, it is quite an eye opener.
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Jack and Ennis were still teenagers when they met.
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After awhile, Jack began to realize his attempts to get Ennis to make a life with him were useless.
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Ennis sometimes resembled a ventriloquist since he moved his lips so little.
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Ennis and Junior had a glass of wine to celebrate her engagement.
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=aside= Dee
That's what we had to celebrate our 1st meeting last Wed.
It's great that we both cleared the deck to make it happen!
Mr. Will
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Ennis seems to xist, but not to live in any true sense.
When you have nothing, you don't need nothing.
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Monroe is the father of Alma's youngest child.
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The zigs and zags of Alma's marriage became more than she could endure.
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Way to go!!!
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Ennis and Jack had far too few amorous encounters after their first meeting.
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Lureen on the phone to Ennis: "But knowing Jack, it might be some pretend place where the bluebirds sing and there's a whiskey spring."
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If the lettering on the exterior of the building is to be believed, fresh fruit and choice meats are available at Monroe's grocery store.
=comment=
Well, we know that Monroe's store had jars of choice peanuts!
Will
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During the 4th of July fireworks, Ennis got his dander up over the bikers and their crude language.
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Although Jack and Ennis loved each other, their love was eclipsed by their inability to take the leap to start a life together.
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Ennis drove solo on a four-lane highway to Lightning Flat to see Jack's parents -- something that Jack's wife never did, nor did Jack ever take her there.
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Even more fine print from Jack's initial postcard to Ennis:
The Guadalupe Mountains end in the promontory of El Capitan, called locally the Point of Mountain.
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Many who view it see Brokeback Mountain as a horrendous tragedy, while others feel it is the consummate love story.
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Some people (closed-minded morons, actually) find our movie immoral.
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Proulx wrote, quoting Ennis:
"You and me can't hardly be decent together if what happened back there" -- he jerked his head in the direction of the apartment -- "grabs on us like that. We do that in the wrong place, we'll be dead...."
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Katherine Young is one of the four carpenters listed in the credits.
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Lureen took a laissez-faire attitude towards Bobbie's problems in school and Jack's concern about them
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It was always a momentous occasion when Jack was able to spend time with Ennis.
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Aguirre, continues reading the newspaper, "Well, look what the wind blew in."
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The unreal lighting effects in some scenes is truly otherworldly.
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Ennis tended to pussyfoot around the truth about his feelings for Jack.
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Ennis' pace quickened as he hurried out of the apartment to greet Jack.
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In the story, Ennis's hair is described as ragged.
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Ennis was saddled with the responsibility of providing for Alma and his two girls.
=aside=
Another horse reference
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Jack and Ennis chose from a team of horses and mules.
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Unfortunately, Jack and Ennis never had a sweet life together.
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Ang Lee utilized a voice-over in the flashback scene where Ennis, K.E., and their father were walking down the trail towards Earl's corpse.
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Getting away, way out in the middle of nowhere, every once in a while.
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The pain Ennis felt upon learning of Jack's death was xcruciating.
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Randall was right when he said that LaShawn "talked a blue streak" - she couldn't shut her yap long enough to let him have a word in edgewise. :)
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Ennis, Jack, the horses, the sheep, the mules, and the dogs were zigzagging their way up to the summer range.
=comment=
I believe every form of the word "zigzag" has now been used.
=compliment=
Kudos to you, Fran, for zigzagging your way through the Z's.
Sandy
=reply=
Now that's cool!
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Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Aguirre was not acting in an avuncular manner when he told Jack the news about his uncle.
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Army didn't get him, cause Jack was too busted up.
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JACK mounts his bay mare. She crow-hops a little; he keeps her under control. Rides off, ENNIS watching him go.
[screenplay - February 1, 2003]
- crow hops (bucks straight up)
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Alma inquires: "Texans don't drink coffee?"
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When Ennis had a bloody nose, he was experiencing epistaxis. :(
=compliment=
Sandy, I loved the 'saddled' entry!
=reply=
Thanks southend, your 'epistaxis' was no slouch either.
Sandy
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Randy Quaid sued Focus Features and producers David Linde and James Schamus in March, claiming he was fleeced into working cheaply by the filmmakers' assertion that "Brokeback Mountain" was "a low-budget, art-house film, with no prospect of making any money." (http://forum.mamboserver.com/images/extrasmilies/sheep.gif)
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The only people with a well-developed "gaydar" in this movie were Jack, the rodeo clown, and possibly Mary Twist.
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The pickup was old, no heater, one windshield wiper and bad tires; when the transmission went there was no money to fix it.
[novella]
Ennis first pickup - for school travelling
probably true of some others of his too. (no offense)
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Jack's job was to inculcate, or teach via repetition, Ennis in the ways of love. :-*
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From the credits:
Dialect Coach.........Joy Ellison
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When together, Jack and Ennis' relationship was sometimes full of kinetic energy.
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outside Black and Blue Eagle Bar
SECOND ROUGHNECK That cowboy must be loco. Folks don't usually jump on Hershel like that. Hershel, he's stout.
[screenplay Feb 2003]
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There's a neon "Michelob" sign in the window of the Black & Blue Eagle.
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When Ennis fell off the horse and got cut, Jack tried to nurse the wound, but Ennis would have none of it.
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Jack and Ennis preferred to meet in obscure places:
in the "back of (story) or middle of (film) nowhere".
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From the story: "He gets up, scratching the grey wedge of belly and pubic hair, shuffles to the gas burner, pours leftover coffee in a chipped enamel pan..."
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Ennis and Jack quaffed whiskey while up on Brokeback Mountain.
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The story of Brokeback Mountain takes place in rural Wyoming and in Texas.
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The boys went skinny-dipping after jumping off a cliff during their reunion.
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Several times in the movie, you can hear thunder in the background.
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Proulx wrote:
"A few handfuls of hail rattled against the window followed by rain and slippery wind banging the unsecured door of the next room then and through the night."
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Chilean sheepherder: "¡Lluvia! ¡Hombre! ¿Qué vamos a hacer ahora?" Interestingly enough, that means, "Rain! Man! What are we going to do now?" in English but it was roughly translated so that might not be totally true.
=aside= Fran
A little hint about the quizas question you almost got right, Fran. "Rain! Man!" It sounds like the hippies have gotten to the Chileans as well! Peace out, man!
=reply=
I won't even tell you how much time I spent trying to figure out the first part. BTW, I'm expecting partial credit. I did add some Spanish punctuation marks above.
Fran
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Wolf Ears Bar is the name of the little dance bar where Cassie Ann unknowingly did her fag-hag routine on Ennis. She got some of what she wanted; he dint!
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Ennis and Jack each tried to xorcise their gayness by marrying women, but it didn't work very well.
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Lureen displayed yare skill while riding her horse in the rodeo.
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Ennis warns Jack about a zootonic disease.
'beaver fever' in the novella
'lepto - leptospirosis' in the screenplay.
- the same disease, actually -
but the warnings do not seem to have made it into the movie
- maybe because Jack didn't drink water in the movie - oops.
=compliment=
Great "Z" word - they're hard to come by.
Sandy
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Round 60
Wow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That feels good !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Damn Good !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Lashawn's alma mater is SMU.
=aside= Fran
Smart choice of a word "alma" and using our smart
"clarification" of a proper name vs. common words.
Will-U, Mayor of the "ABCs"
BTW, R U the First Lady?
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Ennis probably had tight biceps owing to all the ranch work he did.
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Calma downa Mrs. Twist, I'm quoting your Gay son:
At one of their many BBM reunions, Jack was telling Ennis about his rodeoing that year and how he drove all over the state of Texas. Jack stated: "Drove grooves across Texas. Half the time under that cunt truck fixin' it". [BBM story]
=comment=
"Cunt" truck! What an expression! I'm only surprised that my Mandy (words used such as "dick" and "pussy") dint beat me to the punch on the quoted "cunt".
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Lashawn about Randall: "He wouldn't listen to me if he was goin' deaf tomorrow."
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JACK and ENNIS take shelter from a hailstorm under a tall evergreen.
[screenplay Feb 2003]
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While the initial tent scene was regarded by some as embarrassing, other viewers saw it merely as a light-hearted frolic.
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Ennis encounters Cassie while he's eating apple pie at some unspecified eating establishment in close proximity to the Greyhound bus station.
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Ennis is a humble man, not wanting to be noticed or singled out.
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Jack showed an incipient interest in Ennis while he was watching him in the initial scenes of the film.
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One of the songs listed in the credits is "Jukebox," written and performed by Ken Strange, Randall Pugh, and Ron Guffnett.
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Jack travelled approximately 1475.45 kilometers or 917 miles from Childress to Riverton.
=aside=
Now it don't seem fair...
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Ennis made light of his "saddle bronc career," saying he needed wings to do better.
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Many times Ennis' responses to Jack were nothing more than a monosyllable long.
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There is a neon "Michelob" sign in one of the windows of the Black & Blue Eagle.
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BBM movie also premiered in Ontario and rec'd "Canadian Certification".
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Jack was preening himself in the side-view mirror as soon as he got a look at Ennis.
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Both Ennis and Jack were quitters of high school, dropping out before graduation.
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Jack looked resplendent in his cowboy hat.
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Ennis had a sister who married and moved to Casper.
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Alma asks Ennis: "Texans don't drink coffee?"
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Despite the fact that Ennis informed Jack that he gotten divorced, Jack did arrive -- after a very long and well-intentioned trip -- unannounced!
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The murder of Jack in Ennis' flashback was a vicious crime.
=comment=
If any "crime" actually even happened?!
Ennis had quite a paranoid imagination.
Will
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From the story: "He gets up, scratching the grey wedge of belly and pubic hair, shuffles to the gas burner, pours leftover coffee in a chipped enamel pan..."
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Alma was scared when she saw Ennis xplode with rage on Independence Day.
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The bikers at the 4th of July picnic behaved like yahoos.
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In Canada, where the movie was filmed, the letter z is called zed.
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Round 61 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yee-haw!!
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From story:
"They went at it in silence except for a few sharp intakes of breath and Jack's choked "gun's goin off", then out, down, and asleep."
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Some viewers believe Jack and Ennis' behavior was sexy, while others might consider it loving.
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Lureen to Jack while he's looking for his blue parka: "Daddy can't drive these newfangled combines."
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The del Mar apartment wasn't just drab, it was dreary.
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Ennis' behaviour toward Jack was erratic.
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L.D. Newsome is Jack's father-in-law.
John Twist is Lureen's father-in-law.
If things go as planned, Ennis will become Kurt's father-in-law on June 5th.
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Mrs. Twist was Jack's mother and Bobby's grandmother.
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People in Wyoming and the West/Midwest with small family ranches were called homesteaders.
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Jack's 8-second ride on the bull was impressive.
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Jack's father may have become jaded due to years of hard, unprofitible work.
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Jack and Ennis had known each other for about twenty years.
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Jack to Ennis: "I can spare ya a loan bud, if you're short on cash. Give it to ya when we get to Signal."
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Proulx wrote:
". . . in Ennis's case that meant a tobacco can with two five-dollar bills inside."
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Jack and Ennis jumped off a rock and into the water in the nude.
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Ennis to Jack: "It's a one-shot thing we got goin' here."
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Proulx wrote:
". . . Jack telling Ennis about a lightning storm on the mountain the year before that killed 42 sheep, the peculiar stink of them and the way they bloated, the need for plenty of whiskey up there."
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When mounting his horse, Ennis used many of his muscles, including his quadriceps.
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After letting Jack out of his sights, Ennis suddenly began to retch.
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Although Jack and Ennis were not close geographically, they were able to sustain a close emotional relationship.
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Jack was sitting on the tailgate of his pickup when Lureen lost her hat at the rodeo.
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Jack and Ennis unzipped their pants hastily during the first tent scene.
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Ennis' needing to plant a big one on Jack in a not-so-private place upon laying eyes on him at their 4-year reunion validated his feelings for Jack.
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Jack and Ennis would wend their way aimlessy among the mountains during their infrequent meetings.
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Alma wrote a note to Ennis as an xperiment.
She wanted to measure the fishing level to determine the kissing ratio.
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Jack is very yielding to Ennis in the first tent scene.
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I think I got carpel tunnel of the index finger just typing all those exclamation points! Great job, guys and girls!
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Per the short story, one of the mountain ranges they rendezvoused at over the years. Yippee, I finally get to use it! I swear I've been squirreling this one away for weeks.
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ProwlAmongUs, the answer must be something that "is" or "was" Brokeback Mountain, so "Zionist" is XXX'd.
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John Twist is obviously a very bitter man.
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Proulx wrote:
"At first glance Jack seemed fair enough with his curly hair and quick laugh. . . ."
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A later exterior view of the post office shows that Riverton is now zip-coded with code number 82501.
=comment=
The appearance of the zip code numbers on the post office is further indication of Ang Lee's attention to detail. And, yes, "zip-code" is a verb, meaning "to furnish with a zip code."
This is the replacement "Z".
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Lureen is John Twist's daughter-in-law.
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Jack was worried that his son wasn't getting a good education.
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Both Ennis and Jack were a bit flustered after their reunion smooch.
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Jack was considered a gringo by the Mexican prostitutes.
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Alma kept the story of the kiss on the landing to herself.
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Ennis implied that his father might have killed Earl.
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From the credits:
Production Paramedic......Joan Armstrong
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Kate Mara gave a superb performance as Alma, Jr.
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Ennis was many things, but loquacious was not one of them.
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Jack to Ennis: "You'll get pitched off your mount in a storm like this."
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Ennis was a sexual neophyte, but he was a fast learner.
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Proulx wrote:
The window looked down on the gravel road stretching south and it occurred to him that for his growing-up years that was the only road Jack knew.
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The shirts Jack kept were evidence of how precious he considered his relationship with Ennis.
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When asked how his harmonica got flattened when Jack had previously said that no mare could throw him, Jack responded: "She got lucky." A quick-witted Ennis replied: "If I was lucky, that harmonica woulda broke in two."
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ENNIS {somewhat incredulous) Three hours a drivin' to see spaceships and robots?
[screenplay Feb 2003]
referring to the movie The Empire Strikes Back
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Jack must have felt very slighted when he mistakenly believed Ennis' divorce meant they would be together.
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Lureen at Thanksgiving: "Bobby, if you don't eat your dinner, I'm gonna have to turn off that television."
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Alma and Ennis were united in holy matrimony during the fall of 1963. Honeymoon on a toboggan!
=aside=
Honeymoon on a toboggan -- good one, Toast!
Fran
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Ennis wasn't voluble but he managed to hold Jack's interest nevertheless.
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There's a small covered wagon on the chest in Jack's boyhood bedroom.
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Alma wanted an xplanation about why Ennis didn't run out to get another wife. But she was thinking of Jack Nasty as a destructive force only.
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Particularly in its initial stages, Jack and Ennis shared a somewhat yeasty relationship.
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Ennis enjoyed Jack's zanyisms, like his yee-haw escapade.
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Moving right along.
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Jack Twist was proud of selling equipment used in agriculture and enjoyed showing it off to his son Bobby.
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In the short story, Jack describes to Ennis his return visit to Joe Aguirre: "...but when I went out, I seen he had a big-ass pair of binoculars hanging off his rearview."
=clarification= expletives
Both the short story and the movie are laced with expletives. As may be expected, different people have different sensitivities when it comes to expletives. We all come from different backgrounds and cultures, and what may be highly offensive to one person, may be only mildly offensive to another. I do not want to be placed in a position of having to "rank" expletives; i.e., is the "C" word more offensive than the "F" word? For the purposes of the "ABCs", expletives have been, and will continue to be, accepted as appropriate "ABCs" answers but only when quoted directly from the short story, the movie itself, or any of the screenplay versions of BBM. In other words, I don't want to see: L.D. acted like a real M.F. at Thanksgiving when he did his "stud duck" routine. Contact me privately if further clarification is needed.
Fran
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The only pleasure Ennis had to look forward to was his clandestine trysts with Jack.
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WYOMING: HIGHWAY: WINTER: DAY: 1964:
ENNIS and ALMA are in ENNIS'S truck, spinning donuts in a parking lot.
[screenplay - February 1, 2003]
- a deleted scene. (with another kiss)
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L.D.'s business is called Newsome Farm Equipment.
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BBM is a story about forbidden love.
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The love in Brokeback Mountain was a forbidden one because the two lovers were of the same gender.
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There were many harbingers in the movie and book, such as the black crow that flies over a truck during the post-divorce scene.
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B. JACK and ENNIS see a deer drink from a stream, in memory of their poached deer, JACK aims an imaginary rifle at the deer, "fires". ENNIS laughs. The deer runs away.
[screenplay Feb 2003]
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Ennis wasn't jokin' when he told Jack that them things he didn't know could get Jack killed should he (Ennis) come to know them.
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From the credits:
Third Assistant Director...........Kathy Ringer
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Fishing line hadn't touched water in its life.
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From the story: "Then, and as easily as the right key turns the lock tumblers, their mouths came together, and hard, Jack's big teeth bringing blood, his hat falling to the floor...."
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From the credits:
Assistant to Mr. Ledger...........Neil Bell
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Ennis could not overcome the fear and shame taught to him by society, and now he wears a jacket just like his father wore.
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Jack's perseverance was very commendable - he put up with Ennis' lack of commitment for years; he kept going back to him even though Ennis did not want to publicly acknowledge their relationship.
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The quietude of Jack and Ennis' time together is exemplified by the flashback scene's dozy embrace.
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Jack objected to only obtaining "relief" a couple of times a year.
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The soon-to-be previous owner says, "Give em to the real estate shark, I'm out a here," dropping the keys in Ennis's hand.
[the first dialogue in the novella]
Sorry, but I just had to "jump the shark".
I hope it is a good omen for us.
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L.D.: "Whoa, now, Rodeo...the stud duck does the carving around here."
Jack: "You bet, L.D. Just thought I'd save you the trouble."
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When Heath (as Ennis) was gagging in the alley, it irritated his uvula.
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Jack wanted Ennis to be with him on his own volition.
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Ennis and Jack had to make sure that the sheep did not wander away and become separated from the flock.
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Annie Proulx in "Getting Movied," from Story to Screenplay:
"High lonesome situation, a couple of guys -- xpediency sometimes rules and nobody needs to talk about it and that's how it is."
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From the story: "Under her breath she said, 'I'd have em if you'd support em.' And under that, thought, anyway, what you like to do don't make too many babies."
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Ennis's life was like a zero-sum game in that if he followed society's rules, it ended up in him losing a part of his individuality.
=compliment=
very well done
Sandy
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Yee-haw, ABCers! Well done on the milestone, keep on going! Wow, 64 rounds and the first time I've ever done a round changeover message! That has to say something.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
=comment=
Congratulations, Becky, on your announcer status. Now go back and make sure there are 64 !!!!!!!!!'s after Round 64 in the subject line above. I think you're missing some. :)
Fran
=reply=
I am not sure if that's a joke, but I am dedicated so I have done it anyway. ;D
=reply=
Becky, it's a game tradition. Thanks for not breaking tradition here. Will will be extra proud of you!
Fran
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Ennis hardly ever appreciates Alma or his children. He also does not appreciate Jack and everything they have together. But when Jack is gone. Ennis sure does some appreciatin'.
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Lureen had her way with Jack in the backseat of her daddy's car.
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Jack and Ennis made a great couple.
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Jack's fear of the draft was unfounded.
He was too beat up to serve his country.
So he neither had to go to boot camp nor to Canada.
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Ennis was so eager to see Jack, he flew down the stairs.
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Proulx wrote:
"A few weeks later on the Saturday he threw all Stoutamire's dirty horse blankets into the back of his pickup and took them down to the Quik Stop Car Wash to turn the high-pressure spray on them."
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Ennis wore grey storebought gloves - probably with thinsulate labels removed - on his honeymoon toboggan ride.
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Our boys were happiest when they were together.
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Alma was tired of Ennis being so indifferent towards her. That's why she divorced him. :'(
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Jack's pickup truck when he was young was little more than junk.
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From the credits:
Camera Trainee..........Kelly Strong
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Jack and Ennis had a language problem with the Chileans when their sheep herds got mixed.
They spoke Spanish and our boys didn't.
Jack later practiced his Spanish in Mexico.
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From the story: "His chest was heaving. He could smell Jack - the intensely familiar odor of cigarettes, musky sweat, and a faint sweetness like grass, and with it the rushing cold of the mountain."
=aside=
Oh my!
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"Last summer had goddamn near twenty-five percent loss."
Aguirre talking about the lost sheep the previous summer.
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"So I did. I got him in the outhouse, jumped him on the stairs, come over to his pillow in the night while he was sleepin and pasted him damn good."
Ennis, talking about his brother K.E.
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Ennis was paranoid about people finding out about his relationship with Jack.
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Jack's voice quavered a little when he asked Ennis, "You got a kid?"
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Ennis' beloved ribald humor is evident when he describes shooting a coyote with balls as big as apples.
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ENNIS rides over to see what the ruckus is about and discovers a shredded sheep, clearly the victim of a coyote pack.
A look of shame washes across ENNIS'S face.
[screenplay - February 1, 2003]
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Ennis claimed the testicles of the coyote he shot were the size of apples.
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Jack's father-in-law behaved uncivilly toward him most of the time, but particularly during Thanksgiving dinner.
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Ennis was a visitor at the Twists' Lightning Flat homestead.
Mrs. Twist made him feel more welcome than Jack's dad did.
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From the story: "In the closet hung two pairs of jeans crease ironed and folded neatly over wire hangers, on the floor a pair of worn packer boots he thought he remembered."
=aside=
"What's wire hangers doing in this closet when I told you: no wire hangers EVER?" Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest, nothing at all like our beloved Ma Twist.
=reply=
I luv the fab and glam J.C.!
Cud use her over at C.T.!
Will-C
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Ennis didn't live up to Jack's xpectations. Jack was especially disappointed in Ennis during their brief visit following Ennis' divorce from Alma.
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It was obvious that Jack had a yen for Ennis from their first encounter.
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ZIP codes came into effect during our boys stay on Brokeback Mountain. The post office building indicates that Riverton's ZIP Code is 82501, ZIP being an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan.
=comment=
Non-mandatory ZIP Codes were announced for every city and town in the United States on July 1, 1963. "ZIP Codes" eventually evolved into "zip codes."
=aside=
Memento Dearest, get over the wire hangers.
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Round 65 and Still Alive
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The ABC Game Has ALSO Achieved Its 10,000th View!
Congratulations to
Will-ABC,
Fran-E,
Memento Dearest,
AnnMarie
and all of us little old players!
Thanks, Will, for giving us the rules and structure to last this long!!!!
Damn, we are good!!!!!!!!!
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Neither Jackn nor Ennis gain acceptance from their peers or from their families.
=comment=
Congrats on all the views! I will definitely mention this to Will. Two "A"s in a row, damn, I'm good! ;D
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Ennis was certainly not a boastful man -- rather, he was extremely reticent.
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Jars of peanuts crash to the the floor,
Bill Monroe is nuts over Alma.
=aside=
"T" is for Crash, the movie, according to Annie P. and many others.
=compliment=
I'm enjoying your witticisms, Toasty.
Sandy
=compliment=
Me, too!!
Fran
=compliment=
Me, three!!!
Will
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A friend of Jack's got "checked with a horn dipstick" while rodeoing, and that's all she wrote.
=aside=
Yay for us, 10,000 stong! Thanks to the hardworking mods and mayor.
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Jack was enamored with Ennis.
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Ennis fantasized about Jack when he "wrang it out a hunderd times" thinking about him.
=aside=
65 rounds and we're nowhere near retired!!
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Did you see the Jolly Green Giant in the movie at the supermarket?
Just to the west of the damn condiment aisle.
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The flashback of Jack's death is a horrific scene.
=comment=
It's more of an "imagination" than a "flashback".
That created scene is what paranoid Ennis imagined.
Will
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In the story, Mary Twist moved carefully as if she had been ill.
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Proulx wrote:
... Jack's "smile disclosed buckteeth, not pronounced enough to let him eat popcorn out of the neck of a jug, but noticeable."
I prefer the Jack we got in the movie. Much prefer.
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From the short story, Jack recounts for Ennis his father's crazy rage when he was only three or four years old:
"Christ, he licked the stuffin' out a me, knocked me down on the bathroom floor, whipped me with his belt. I thought he was killin' me."
=comment=
Annie Proulx ends her "-ing" words as "-in". I've added an apostrophe to her "stuffin" and her "killin".
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Ennis was livid when he found out that Jack had been to Mexico.
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Fort Macleod, Alberta, was where the apartment over the laundromat was located where scenes of Ennis and his family were shot.
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From the short story:
"He called Jack's number in Childress, something he had done only once before when Alma divorced him and Jack had misunderstood the reason for the call, had driven twelve hundred miles north for nothing."
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From the story: If he does not force his attention on it, it might stoke the day, rewarm that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong.
=aside=
That line just gets to me every time.
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The first time Ennis and Jack meet, after introducing themselves, they go straight to a bar, or pub as us Brits call it.
=comment=
Fort Macleod, Alberta, was where the apartment over the laundromat was located where scenes of Ennis and his family were shot.
Good one, Front, I have been researching for our Brokie meeting in Alberta, and I have only just found out it is pronounced "Mac-cloud". I now know better 'cause I had been pronouncing it as "Mac-loud"! Thanx!
=comment=
Becky, Canadians are just very creative with their spellings sometimes.
Fran
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I'm sorry that I can't give you a Q that is good yet I want give my appreciation for this tribute game to Brokeback Mountain and my son and his boyfriend.
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During the Fourth of July celebration, Ennis' quick-tempered disposition surfaced when he took offense to the ol' bikers' coarse remarks.
=compliment= All playerz!!
Over 10100 views and 91 pages we got goin' on here!
One word: YEEHHAAWWW!! :D
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Jack whistled along to the song playing on the radio; in this case, "King of the Road."
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Ennis to Jack: "What's the point in ridin' some piece of stock for eight seconds?"
=comment=
Will: Congrats on a great game!!! Thank you so much for bringing it here.
Fran: Thanks for quickly finding and fixing my boo-boos.
And Sandy, welcome to the fun!
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Ennis' hat is more of a ten-gallon hat than Jack's.
The original Spanish/Mexican hat had as many as ten, possibly more, galones. "Galón" is the Spanish word for braid. Instead of "ten galón hats," English speakers heard "ten-gallon hats." Ennis' hatband is braided while Jack has a solid band on his hat. One galón for Jack, multi galones for Ennis.
i.e., the "gallons" are a measure of decoration, not a measure of liquid volume.
=compliment=
Very informative post Toast. I, for one, did not know that gallons did not refer to volume.
Sandy
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From the credits:
Maker Makes
Writen by Rufus Wainwright
Performed by Rufus Wainwright
Courtesy of Universal Records
=comment= Toast
Thanks for the centering idea.
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Although Jack and Ennis loved each other, they had varied ideas regarding the nature and future of their relationship. Ennis thought he was content with meeting up with Jack "once in a while, way the hell out in the middle of nowhere", while Jack desperately needed the proximity to Ennis that they could achieve by sharing a ranch together.
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Jack whistled along to the song playing on the eight-track tape, in this case, "King of the Road."
Jack whistled along to the song playing on the radio; in this case, "King of the Road."
=comment=
I remember when eight-track tapes were considered "high tech." Thanks, Toast, for making me feel OLD!!!!!
Fran
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Ennis xtrapolated his fear about two men living together from the
horrific death of Earl, which his father put on display for him.
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While herding the sheep up the mountain, Jack holds a youngling in his lap (while on horseback).
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Putting my high-school Spanish to work here:
The Mexican prostitute's shoes are called zapatos.
=comment=
Happy Mother's Day to the moms of all the Playerz and to the Playerz who are moms!
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What a wonderful way to start my Sunday morning: posting a "Z" and announcing a round!
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For Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
[wedding in movie]
Happy Mother's Day
(http://z.about.com/d/webclipart/1/0/G/X/amom7.gif)
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Jack said that Ennis would be better off sleeping in the tent. How right he was! ;D
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There was a constant craving in Ennis and Jack for each other.
=aside=
Constant Craving
by kd lang
Even through the darkest phase
Be it thick or thin
Always someone marches brave
Here beneath my skin
Constant craving
Has always been
Maybe a great magnet pulls
All souls towards truth
Or maybe it is life itself
That feeds wisdom
To its youth
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B. JACK and ENNIS see a deer drink from a stream, in memory of their poached deer, JACK aims an imaginary rifle at the deer, "fires". ENNIS laughs. The deer runs away.
[screenplay Feb 2003]
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From the wedding scene:
"...Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, forever."
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Although their actual time together was brief, Ennis and Jack were fortunate to find one another.
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For Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
[wedding in movie]
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Jack to Ennis after he sees blood on Ennis' cheek: "What in the hell happened, Ennis?"
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Jack's first postcard to Ennis ignited his repressed romantic and sexual longing.
=aside=
Happy 66 rounds.
(http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Internationalization/images/route66.jpg)
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A Focus Features
and
River Road Entertainment Presentation.
.....
Production Designer, Judy Becker
....
[film credits]
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Back to Ennis and Alma's wedding once again:
"...Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, forever."
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Brokeback Mountain is a very quiet movie, letting the spare, but beautiful, music be very effective.
Brokeback Mountain Soundtrack by
Gustavo Santaolalla and Various Artists
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Jack and Ennis had a complex and nuanced relationship.
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Proulx wrote:
"But before he was out of the truck, trying to guess if it was heart attack or the overflow of an incendiary rage, Ennis was back on his feet and somehow, as a coat hanger is straightened to open a locked car and then bent again to its original shape, they torqued things almost to where they had been, for what they'd said was no news."
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Ennis puts the wristwatch which he got from Aguirre in his right jeans pocket as he walks down the steps from the trailer.
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For Ennis and Jack Brokeback Mountain was a quasi-magical place because it was where they first fell in love.
:)
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Ennis sweetly razzed Jack for his dumb-ass missin' and his harmonica playin'.
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The serendipitous meeting between Ennis and Jack in the summer of 1963 would change their lives forever.
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When Cassie met Ennis, she was wearing a tube top and cutoffs.
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When it came to his ranch stiffs stemming the rose rather than doing their job properly, Joe Aguirre's attitude was ultraconservative. He just wouldn't have it!
=comment=
No one confirmed that E&J weren't doing their job "properly".
After all, they can't be working all day and awake all nite, too.
In fact, Pipdream, one can work well and stem the rose; I do!
Will-helm
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Cassie and Lureen are voluptuous women.
=aside=
And we have a voluptuous number of views!
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Ennis' constant fear of making a life with Jack resulted in wasted years that they could have been happy.
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Keeping up the façade of "being straight" seemed xistential to Ennis.
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More silence and less yakety-yak from LaShawn Malone might've allowed Randall an opportunity to voice his opinions every now and then.
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Ennis was attracted to Jack's zippy personality.
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Ready for takeoff!!!!!
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Proulx wrote:
"Well, I'm goin a warsh everthing I can reach," he said, pulling off his boots and jeans (no drawers, no socks, Jack noticed), slopping the green washcloth around until the fire spat.
=comment=
Now that we are all cleaned up, let's get around to Round 67.
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as in "Bad news," Jack's response to Aguirre telling him his Uncle Harold is in the hospital with pneumonia and might not make it.
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Ennis had no carnal knowldge before he met Jack, but he learned soon enough in the first tent scene.
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Another harbinger:
Proulx wrote:
Ennis, weather-eyed, looked west for the heated cumulus that might come up on such a day but the boneless blue was so deep, said Jack, that he might drown looking up.
Jack did drown while looking up, according to Lureen.
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Ewes are female sheep.
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Ennis was disturbed that Jack fornicated while in Mexico.
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Ennis struggled with his guilt and fear about his feelings for Jack.
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How appropriate that I re-arrive where an "H" -- as in WLH -- is needed butt:
C*O*N*G*R*A*T*U*L*A*T*I*O*N*S!!!!!!!!! to the "ABCs"
Over 10,000 views!!!!!!!!!!
Nearly 2,000 posts!!!!!!!!!
Over 10,000 vu's!!!!!!!!!!
FYI, since the vast majority here were "ABCs" Playerz at the unsecure IMDB, both of these records above beat out those at the old BBM. ;D ;D
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Jack wanted to help Ennis when he arrived in camp after being thrown by his horse.
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Proulx wrote:
"The road to Lightning Flat went through desolate country past a dozen abandoned ranches distributed over the plain at eight- and ten-mile intervals, houses sitting blank-eyed in the weeds, corral fences down."
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It was a joyous occasion for our boys when they met after 4 years.
=Comment=
Welcome Back, Will !!!!
Don't ever leave me again. ;)
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According to reports, Heath Ledger nearly broke co-star Jake Gyllenhaal's nose while filming a kissing scene.
=aside=
But it was worth it.
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Jack and Ennis tramped over many mountain ranges, including the Laramies, in their 20-year relationship.
=aside=
So good to see Mayor Will's colorful comments again.
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The big mystery in Brokeback Mountain is whether Jack was in an accident, or was the victim of foul play.
=comment=
Welcome back, Mayor Will!
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Lureen to Ennis over the phone: "Would have let you know, but wasn't sure about your name or address. Jack kept his friends' addresses in his head."
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"The ochre-branched willows swayed stiffly" on one of Jack and Ennis' last forays into the Mountains.
=aside=personal milestone
Thanks to Fran for inviting me to have my 500th BetterMost post on the ABC's game. I can't think of a better place to do it!
=aside=
Neither could I. Congratulations, Lee!
Fran
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JACK sleeps in his old pickup, slumped against the door. ENNIS, in the passenger seat, wide awake, smokes, gazes through the steamed windows into the darkness.
[screenplay - February 1, 2003]
- another deleted scene
=comment=
wow 500 posts - Kongratz Front Ranger
I feel like a passenger here.
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Ennis' relationship with Jack led him into an ever deepening emotional quagmire.
=aside=
Congrats to Front Ranger on 500 posts.
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Jack complains to Ennis about the sleep-with-the-sheep order: "Aguirre's got no right makin' us do somethin' against the rules."
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Ennis carefully folds and smells and kisses his daughter's sweater after she drives away without it.
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Lashawn: "Pledged Tri Delt at SMU and I sure never thought I'd end up in a pokey little place like Childress....."
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Jack undid his belt and zipper awfully fast. :P
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The postcard Ennis tacked up in his closet shows a view of Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennis puts the wristwatch which he got from Aguirre into his right jeans pocket as he walks down the steps from the trailer.
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The black bear which appears in Brokeback Mountain was from Doug's Xotic Zoo Farm in Alberta. http://www.dougszoo.com/ (http://www.dougszoo.com/)
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One of the dogs let out a yelp to alert Ennis to the sheep's demise.
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The zaniest scene in the movie is the rodeo f***up that Jack did. Ennis lay by the fire, laughing and warning Jack: that he needed a rodeo clown to save him from the pots and pans.
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!!!!!!!! Round 68!!!!!!!!
!!!! Aren't We Great !!!!
Come on Rodeo Stiffs
!!!!!! Get in Line !!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!! Make it 69 !!!!!!!!!!!
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Ennis was adamant in his refusal to the idea of living openly with Jack.
=compliment= ALL
Great job!! :D
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Ennis was "putting the blocks" on Cassie but it wasn't going anywhere and she had some problems he didn't need (like he didn't have problems?).
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Alma stuck her little sarcastic note in Ennis' creel case.
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From the credits:
The characters and events depicted in this photoplay are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
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Lureen's hair began to look more and more fake. Some have criticized the boys' various facial hair as looking rather fake also. O0
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Ennis was a guest at the Monroe household on Thanksgiving Day.
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Cassie to Ennis: "You're off the hook; my feet hurt."
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Lureen sounded insincere when talking to Ennis on the phone.
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In 1975, Ms. Proulx became a journalist, after not finding a suitable teaching postion. And we are glad she did start writing, turning out fiction as well as journalistic pieces.
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Ennis to Alma in bed: "If you don't want no more of my kids, I'll be happy to leave you alone."
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Alma was laundering garments in the kitchen sink when Ennis came in, kissed her on the cheek and asked: "How're the girls doin'?".
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Mrs. Twist had preserved Jack's bedroom like a museum ...
"the narrow boy's bed against the wall, an ink-stained desk and wooden chair, a b.b. gun in a hand-whittled rack over the bed."
[novella]
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Proulx wrote:
"Ennis, high-arched nose and narrow face, was scruffy and a little cave-chested, balanced a small torso on long, caliper legs...."
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Monroe must have been either obtuse or unconscious not to have reacted to the quarrel between Alma and Ennis is the next room.
=aside=
Pairs skating can be engrossing....
Fran
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ENNIS'S co-worker (on asphalt job) , TIMMY, a fat, bespectacled, annoyingly loquacious middle-aged man with a bad case of plumber's butt, works alongside him. Talks incessantly.
oh [screenplay - February 1, 2003]
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Jack was quaking down to his cowboy boots as he tried to make small talk with Alma.
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Jack told Ennis he had a thing going with the wife of a rancher down in Childress.
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The passage of time is denoted in Ennis and Jack by their ever-lengthening sideburns .
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Jack and Ennis were each other's one true love.
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Up on Brokeback Mountain, a spoon was the utensil of choice for eating beans out of the can.
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Ennis vocal expression make us turn up the volume on our sound systems.
He just doesn't project like a confident man.
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By going to Mexico, and "riding more than bulls", Jack engaged in xtracurricular activity.
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With the bear behind him, and the startled mules in front of him, Ennis could see the the egg yolks that could have been breakfast tomorrow, splattered all over the trail.
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Jack's encounter with the Mexican prostitute can be defined as a zipless phuck.
=comment=
A zipless f**k is defined as sex without emotional involvement or commitment, particularly between strangers.
The phrase was coined by author Erica Jong in her 1973 novel Fear of Flying.
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Will will appreciate this round number 69!
=reply= Sandy
U got that "69" right!
Nice we all know each other well.
It's really commendable w/ 69 Rounds!
Gamely,
Will-ABC ;D
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Ennis was "putting the blocks" on Cassie but it wasn't going anywhere and she had some problems he didn't need (like he didn't have problems?).
=comment=
69 is so fine!
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Lureen removed her bra in the backseat of her daddy's car.
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Ennis found the two bloody shirts tucked away in Jack's closet, and also used them as a shrine in his own closet, which can be considered symbolic.
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Ennis enveloped Jack in a drowsy embrace in an eponymous scene of the movie.
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Jack whistled along to the song playing on the eight-track tape; in this case, "King of the Road."
Jack whistled along to the song playing on the radio; in this case, "King of the Road."
=comment=
Thank you Fran, I am sure Jack listened to both the radio and his eight track tapes on such a long trip.
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Ennis to Alma: "That foreman owes me. I worked through a blizzard last Christmas, remember?"
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"You know, friend, this is a goddam bitch of an unsatisfactory situation." -Proulx
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The scene in which Ennis and Alma come tobogganing down the snowy hill, can be referred to as the honeymoon ride scene.
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Although Jack seemed to be an idealist, the commitment and harmony he craved from his relationship with Ennis was achievable; if only they could overcome their fears long enough to pursue these dreams.
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It wasn't just (as in fair) that Jack's dream went unfulfilled. :'(
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Few people in this story/film are knowledgeable about the heart of a human being, except for Mrs. Twist, Jack's mother.
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After that summer in 1963, BOTH Ennis and Jack found it impossible to have a real loving relationship with anyone else.
=congratulations= Toast!
H*A*P*P*Y B*I*R*T*H*D*A*Y T*O Y*O*U!!!
Quoting a line from a BBM song here, may your sweet dreams come true....
Enjoy your day.
Fran
=reply=
sweet dreams? moi?
Thank You, Fran-E
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Alma Jr. to Cassie: "Maybe Daddy's not the marrying kind."
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Lureen's dad didn't let her have none of the money.
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Ennis and Jack first spoke to each other after leaving Aguirre's office. Aguirre works at the Farm and Ranch Employment Office - a trailer at the back of a parking lot - in Signal, Wyoming.
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Ennis procrastinated telling Jack that he could not meet in August until the end of their time together.
=congratulations=
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Even though a quorum of people (Ennis, Lureen, and Mary Twist) wanted Jack's ashes to be sent to Brokeback Mountain, Jack's father vetoed the motion and decreed that his ashes would be interred on "the grieving plain" of the family plot.
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If he does not force his attention on it, it might stoke the day, rewarm that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong.
[novella]
=reply=
Thank You Memento, I feel so rewarmed.
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According to Lashawn, Randall and Jack don't seem to have a smidgin of rhythm between them.
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In the culmination of the film, Ennis finds his old shirt, with a torn pocket, hidden in Jack's closet paired with Jack's shirt.
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=congratulations= Toast!
"T" is for Toast; "Happy Birthday" to you!
Lee
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Ennis was under the influence of alcohol when he moved to the warmth of the tent, and crawled into Jack's bedroll.
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Randy Crenshaw sang background vocals on the song "I Will Never Let You Go."
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The bikers were a couple of wiseasses.
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Ennis was resistant to increased xpenditure. He already felt too commited to something that had been imposed upon him.
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We're going back to Round 66 for this one:
=criticism=
It's too late now; however, this non-BBM "lackluster" should have been "XXX"'d! (It occured during my hiatus.) Answers must be what "was" or "is" about BBM not what "isn't". Otherwise, we'd have "not one actor gave a putrid performance" and "not one actor gave a vomitous performance", etc. We're not interested in what wasn't.
Mayor A.B.C. Will
=reply= Will
It is never too late to maintain "ABCs" game standards. "Lackluster" in Round 66 is XXX'd.
We need a replacement "L" for Round 66.
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Lureen's teeth were getting yellowish at the end of the movie from her understandable despair and personal negligence over both her husband and her father dying in that one year.
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=congratulations= Toast
I'll "toast" to toasting the Toast for a Happy and Healthy Birthday. Thanx for sharing part of your b-day w/ ur BBM friends at the "ABCs"! I've sent a note to the BM Admins to post your May 16th b-day on the "BM Calendar". ;D
Will-ABC
"Mayor"
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Read the Z Review of Brokeback Mountain:
http://www.thezreview.co.uk/reviews/b/brokebackmountain.htm (http://www.thezreview.co.uk/reviews/b/brokebackmountain.htm)
=aside=Yahoo! Personal milestone time. This is the most posts I've posted on the ABCs in a year! I love Round 69! Thank y'all! Front-Ranger
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Annie Proulx evokes the expansive, scenic and soothing landscape that especially Ennis & Jack hold dear!
[This is the non-lackluster replacement "L".]
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OMG! 70 Rounds of the "ABCs of BBM"!!!!!!!
[text key: ! = 10 rounds]
=aside=
FYI, at IMDB, the #1 "ABCs" had only 39 rounds!
Will-!
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Jimbo said he would have been an alcoholic if he accepted drinks from every (handsome) cowboy he pulled bulls off of.
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At first Ennis was befuddled when Jack took his hand and put it on his crotch, but he learned the score very quickly.
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Jack and Ennis had to untangle the Chilean sheep from Joe Aguirre's.
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That flashback after the lake scene, called the dozy embrace, always gets me. :'(
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Annie Proulx exhorted us to "finish the story in our own lives"; thus, the story of Brokeback Mountain and the message board is constantly evolving -- hint to future "E"-word Playerz!
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Ennis wondered if he was forgiven for giving Jack that punch, on the last day of the summer of '63.
=comment=
Fran, you are SO forgiven.
reply
I swear, it will never happen again.
Fran
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Jack had a whimsical expression on his face when he did the bull riding impression.
=comment=
This is the replacement "W" (is "whiner") for Round 68.
Next up is "G".
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When Ennis started opening up about his life, a small grin appeared on Jack's face.
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Some of the scenes in the movie Brokeback Mountain were shot at the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Park in Alberta, west of Calgary.
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Inn is a synonym for "motel", and who doesn't remember that scene!
Okay, if forced to offer more description, that's where Ennis and Jack red-lined it too during their first reunion.
=reply= AMH
"That Girl Ann Marie" - what a comedienne!!!
The Motel Siesta ain't no Holiday Inn, Marla.
It was more akin to the Bates Motel of WY.
What replacement word will U use for "I"?
Will-I
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From the story: "...Jack lifting his head in the heated noon to take the air scented with resinous lodgepole, the dry needle duff and hot rock, bitter juniper crushed beneath the horses' hooves."
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On their last day on BBM during 1963, Ennis got a bloody nose from Jack's knee during their horsing around. Twenty years later Ennis saw some of that blood on "the two shirts".
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Jack used a ladle to moisten the Thanksgiving turkey with the au jus.
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Masturbation is the clinical term for "wrang it out 100 times".
=aside=
As Woody Allen said "I'm such a good lover because I practise a lot on my own."
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Two characters were total nincompoops: John Twist and Joe Aguirre. :D
=compliment=
Applause for Rounds well played while I was away! :D
=reply= Juliette
Oh, Princess, thank heavens U are okay!
And U did receive my e-mails that I was back.
So when U still din't return, several of us worried.
Next time -- anyone -- give us a heads up for vacations.
Gamely,
"Jefe" Will, Frann Marie, Ann Marie & Sandy Marie
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Whether inside or out on the pavement, Ennis felt odd, as if everybody knew.
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Proulx wrote
That spring, hungry for any job, each had signed up with Farm and Ranch Employment -- they came together on paper as herder and camp tender for the same sheep operation north of Signal.
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Jack displayed all the quintessence of a man in love. :D
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One of the big points of BBM is that Ennis & Jack's sexual relationship and sexual feelings were unfortunately repressed.
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Jack broke the seal on a bottle of whiskey, took a long, hot swallow, exhaled forcefully, said, "That's one a the two things I need right now," capped and tossed it to Ennis.
[novella]
=question= Toast
U mentioned "two things".
What was the other, please?
Hope ur b-day yda was exhaling!
Will-ABC
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Aguirre was tactless when Jack showed up looking for work the next summer. :D
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Ennis was ver' unyielding in his strong "I ain't foolin'" and "one time" warning to his BF Jack about if he ever comes to find out that Jack went to boy it up in Mexico again!!
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Ennis became extremely vociferous after Alma used the term Jack Nasty.
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Ennis to Alma: "I should take the girls into town this weekend. Get 'em an ice cream."
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Ennis felt the need to xpropriate the intertwined shirts. :D
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Lashawn is a natural yapper and is timed in BBM to give some relief!
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Ennis was the one to zap the elk after Jack missed his shot. :)
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=aside= Zinaida
Look what the SouthWest wind blew in!
I did 411 U that I was back from hiatus!
U "zap" in with the most difficult letter "Z"
and kick off a new record-breaking Round 71!
Thunderingly,
Jefe Will
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The heights we've reached! :)
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There are awnings over the windows and door of the building where the benefit was held. :D
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There was a hex sign in the shape of a star painted on the barn that was visible through Jack's bedroom window.
=response= Lee
Actually, it is a 5-star pentagram!
For many, it's a sign of good luck.
And, it looks like it's painted on the barn.
It's an actual object standing up in the barn.
Mayor Will
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Jack was cremated and a stone was raised for him in Texas.
But half his ashes will be buried on the grieving plain in Wyoming, near Lightning Flats.
With artificial flowers on the grave, surrounded by sheep wire, according to the novella.
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Can U believe that with the now most famous postcard in the World, that "D" is Delivery hadn't been played at the "ABCDs", the biggest BBM game in the World? OMG! Where did Jack send Ennis his now famous postcards? Our Frannie described every geographic detail on the postcards except the most obvious: the building in Riverton where they were sent! Back then for Ennis, where else? To General Delivery at the post office, "Friend"!!
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It's So Easy to Fall in Love is playing in the background when Ennis is giving Cassie her footrub. :D
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ENNIS: (remembering) My dad, he was a farm roper.
He didn't rodeo much though.
He thought rodeo cowboys was all fuck-ups.
[Brokeback Mountain the Movie]
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On the first postcard Jack sent to Ennis, he misspelled General as "Genral."
=comment=
At the "ABCs of BBM", Jack wud hav been XXX'd!
Backstage, he wud hav been ____'d & ____'d!!!!
May-a Will
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Alma was a good example of a desperate housewife before she got a job.
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The pines on Brokeback Mountain were inky black.
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Ennis took a lunch of "leftover biscuits, a jar of jam and a jar of coffee with him for the next day saying he'd save a trip, stay out until supper."
[novella]
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Joe Aguirre had several keys on a key ring in his trailer.
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Ennis might've seemed more level-headed than Jack was, but he really was a bundle of nerves; he literally fell apart when his emotions got the better of him.
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Rufus Wainwright sings "The Maker Makes" at the very end of the credits in the movie Brokeback Mountain.
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Jack's father negated Ennis's plan to scatter Jack's ashes on Brokeback Mountain.
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As in occupational hazard, namely electrocution, which Ennis feared would be his demise if he got a regular job like something at the power company, that might be good pay.
=historical=
This is the same post I used at the original game on IMDB, which has the spot in history as being the final post in the original game before the administrators locked down the thread in Round 36 at 1,500 posts!!! Finally, I leave a legacy!
=historical= "ABCs"
Quite true as Ann Marie thoughtfully reported. I saw the post prior as AMH's "O" is "occupational". Frequently, we had back-to-back posts. And I was about to do the "P" for "paranoid", obviously for Ennis, when I saw this advisory: "No more posts! This file now only for viewing." I thought, am I being "paranoid"?
Will-ABC
P.S. And here we are!
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Bill Monroe told Alma that there was an opening at the power company and Alma wanted Ennis to apply for the job.
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There was a quaver in Jack's voice as he attempted to make small talk with Alma.
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BBM is the story of a sexual and romantic relationship between two cowboys.
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Ennis knew the salty words to "Strawberry Roan."
[novella]
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Jack was thrilled when he was red-lining it to Ennis after the divorce. :D
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Some might call Ennis an underachiever for his lack of career goals.
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"ABCs" player Becky has created a fun, yet challenging, 30-question quiz on the movie BBM. It's at The Lighter Side of the Mountain in the file "Quiz or Quizas?" If anyone is interested in testing their BBM movie knowledge, check out the quiz and PM your answers to Becky before Friday. The quiz is well-done and fun, with unbelievable attention to detail. Show support for a fellow "ABCs" player.
Fran
=suggestion=
Our Beckala's "Quiz & Quizas" (snappy title) is challenging and fun. Look for it at "The Lighter Side of the Mountain". The BBM quiz concludes at the end of Thursday, May 18th. If U have any questions or suggestions, plz. send a PM directly to "Becky" at General Delivery.
Good luck!
Will-S
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The bikers that made Ennis mad were using vulgar language.
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BBM has been described as a wistful epic of longing and loss.
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The sheep spread out into the xpansive treeless plain.
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Aguirre was an absolute yellow-dog hardazz in dealing with Ennis & Jack's employment as they literally had no employee rights, no worker protections and no job representation! Fortunately, the Boyz had each other up on BBM and instead of a union contract they stemmed the rose! :P
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The zealous minister offered to kiss the young bride at the del Mar wedding in late 1963.
=question=
Is "zealous" the newest synonym for (capital "G") "Gay"?
Will-G
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100 Pages of ABCs
Round 72
Thanks to Me and You
More ABCs
Please
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Yesss, yet another milstone for the "ABCs of BBM". It racks up milestones and record-breakers similiar to the way that BBM racked up awards!
Newest "ABCs" milestone: 100 pages!!!!!!!!!!
Another first at the BetterMost Forum!
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Both the story and film of Brokeback Mountain are ageless and eternal. It has a timeless beauty and tragedy that will continue to haunt me forever.
=congratulations= All Playerz
BTW, congrats to everyone for the 100 page milestone! Keep it up! XOXOX Mandy
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Ennis's punch at their last day on Brokeback left a big bruise in Jack's face.
====aside====
I was sitting on this "B" for a couple of rounds like a hen on her eggs - but always missed the right time for "B". Finally I managed to post it. YEEHAW!
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If he does not force his attention on it, it might stoke the day, rewarm that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong. :'(
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=response= Penthesilea {above}
That "B" aside line about the hen sitting on her eggs is so funny -- and true!
Wilhelm-V
Chancellor
Note: Both German "P"s (Penth & Pipe) back-to-back!
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Where dead Earl was lying, U could see a lot of dirt.
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Once the inhabitations had been removed Ennis interest in Jack became earnest
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Ennis and Jack embraced after four years apart and with a fleeting look, they both felt the breeze that fanned the embers of their love into a roaring flame..
=aside=
Okay, sorry if this one has already been done - I can't believe I haven't been here yet... *ducks tomatoes and rotten fruit*
=reply=
Welcome Hungry_HungryHippos to the ABC's. Five F's for the price of 1 is fantastic.
Sandy
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The coyote that Ennis shot had gargantuan balls the size of apples.
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The scene in which Ennis and Alma come tobogganing down a snowy hill, can be referred to as the honeymoon ride scene.
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Someone extended an invitation to Ennis, inviting him to join Alma, Monroe, and the girls for Thanksgiving dinner.
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Playful Player voluntarily abandoned the post after realizing the gross error.
A replacement "J" is needed.
=comment= Ms. Frances
Since the player voluntarily surrendered the post,
the public torching at remote Island "P" has been XXX'd!
We're so glad to know that our player won't be Burnt Toast!
Mayor Will-P
Law & Order
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Most of the filming was done in Kananaskis County, Alberta Province.
=clarification=
Ranger Lee did not post out of order as the original
Round 72 "J" was XXX'd subsequent to her posting.
Will-J
Word up: A replacement "J" and then an "L".
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Ennis felt that by having a homosexual relationship with Jack that it would put their lives in jeopardy.
=aside=
next letter is "L"
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Proulx wrote:
"The stale coffee is boiling up but he catches it before it goes over the side, pours it into a stained cup and blows on the black liquid...."
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Some filming took place in La Mesilla, New Mexico. I'd say it was the scene where they see Earl rotting in the dirt ditch. :D
=congratulations= Juliette
U R the now historic poster #2000!
There's no doubt about it. Congratz.
I've always considered U "good luck"!
"Jefe" Will
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BBM had a purposefully nebulous ending.
Congratulations to Juliette on the 2000th post.
(http://foxtrotters.tripod.com/anihat7.gif)
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Proulx describes Alma and Ennis after Thanksgiving dinner:
"She'd overstepped his line. He seized her wrist; tears sprang and rolled, a dish clattered."
=congratulations=
Hitting 2,000 posts at the "ABCs" is a remarkable milestone. My personal thanks to my fellow moderatorz, Will (who does far more monitoring than anyone will ever know), Sandy, and Ann Marie, and all of the devoted "ABCs" Playerz.
Fran
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ENNIS: I figured you was sore from that punch.
[film]
Congratz to JulietteMontague on Post 2000
Kongratz from all your friends, and the Capulets, too.
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Thanks, Toast! I didn't realize it until you astutely noticed! I live in NM and have been waiting to use La Mesilla for eons! Congrats and thanks to all because we've worked hard to get here! :D
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When Alma asked Ennis if he still went fishin' with Jack Twist (the soon to be Mr. Nasty), he gave her a qualified answer: "Not often."
=aside=
Happy 2000s, everyone!
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The third year, Joe Aguirre rescinded the opportunity for work on Brokeback Mountain for Jack.
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The Forest Service snoops around, according to Aguirre. :D
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The boys pastured the woolies above the tree line.
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Another incredible milestone for the record-breaking "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain": a whopping 2,000 carefully considered posts!
The "ABCs of BBM" hits 2,000 posts!!
Congratulations to ALL of the "ABCs" Playerz and all of the other "ABCs" Moderatorz -- Fran, Ann Marie and Sandy Memento -- for their answers, information, time, education, energy, suggestions, comments, responses, compliments, asides and fun!!!!! ;D :) :laugh:
Gamely,
Will-ABC
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Ennis always suspected he'd be the victim of underhanded behavior, and he was sure that Jack had been.
=compliment=
Congratulations to all on the 2,000th post!
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Ennis and Jack had a volatile argument when they last saw each other. :'(
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How many people stayed in their seats at the theater to listen to Rufus Wainwright sing "The Maker Makes" at the very end of the credits?
=reply=
We stayed! All 10 of us!!!!!!!!!!
-- including some at this forum!
Will & Company
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The xpression on Jack's face was priceless when Ennis left him breatheless after their passionate reunion snug.
=compliment= ALL
Over 2000 posts and over 11000 views!
WOWOW! Great job everyone!!!! :)
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When Ennis comes on a bear, his expression says, "Yikes!"
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The Z-Bar Motel in Buffalo -- no, not NY but -- Wyoming at the foot of the Big Horn Mountains is the location of the fictional Brokeback Mountain as shown in BBM the movie.
BTW, it will also be the scene of the "Wyoming Brokies Reunion and Camp-out" from June 23rd to 25th next month. See the BM calendar for more details. "Z" U there!!! :)
=comment= Lee
How ironic and appropriate that they're having this BBM tribute get-together in honor of Ennis & Jack on "GAY PRIDE Weekend"!!!
Gayly,
Will-G
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Round 73!!!!!!! of the "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain"
=question=
What's our favorite Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 song?
What else?
#1 "ABC"
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To many people in Riverton at the time, including Alma, two men seen kissing out in the open would be nothing short of abominable; hence her shock when she witnessed Jack and Ennis in that stairwell, that fateful day in 1967.
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Daddy, tell about when you rode broncs in the rodeo.
[movie]
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Ennis was cunctative in not telling Jack until the end of their time together that they could not meet in August.
=aside=
The word sounds a lot worse than what it means.
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=compliment=
That animated graphic of "Happy 2000" is beautiful (and clever) Sandy (Memento).
Will-O
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Divine Decadence is the name of the retro/vintage clothing store where many items of clothing worn in the movie were purchased (but not the two shirts).
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Jack’s personality was quite effervescent. :D
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Ennis was frying stuff on the fire: potatoes, eggs, leftover elk. Everything but fish!
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Jack shaved as he waited for Aguirre to show up. His beard was probably more than one day's growth of facial hair.
Oh to be 19 again.
And besides he wanted to use his mirror.
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"How come we didn't get the spuds and powdered milk?"
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Ennis grew up (wrongly) believing that heterosexuality had intrinsic moral value while homosexuality was basically immoral.
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The divorce was a judicial proceeding.
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A little Texas accent flavored his sentences, "cow" twisted into "kyow" and "wife" coming out as "waf."
[novella]
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Brokeback Mountain has informative and interesting liner notes on the inside flaps of the book jacket and in the movie soundtrack compact disc booklet!! The "liner" notes of the "ABCs of BBM" game are far more educational, informative, entertaining, interesting and expansive!!!!!
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The Mexican prostitute uttered one word of dialogue: "Señor".
=comment=
We heard the male Mexican hitter's first word
and his next word, no doubt, was "dinero"!
Senor Will
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Ennis acted nonchalant when Alma first asked him if he knew anybody by the name of Jack.
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Jack's father was even ornerier than Aguirre.
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There are "brands" of blue paint on many sheep at the drop off point.
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Basically, Ennis & Jack voluntarily quarantined themselves up on BBM away from everyone else. Being quarantined was their manner of choice for years to come!
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Jack and Lureen first laid eyes on each other at the rodeo.
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93 INT: SCHOOL AUDITORIUM: NIGHT: 1970:
ALMA, charmed, and ENNIS, uncomfortable, are at a school, Christmas play. ALMA JR. is an angel in tin foil wings, singing and dancing on stage. ALMA looks at ENNIS, elbows him in the ribs. ENNIS jumps, then sits up straight.
[screenplay - February 1, 2003]
- deleted scene?
=aside=
we really should fit in the word straight.
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From the story: "It would be Jack Twist's second summer on the mountain, Ennis's first. Neither of them was twenty."
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Roberta Maxwell gave a very understated performance in the role of Mrs. Twist
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Much of the action in Brokeback Mountain takes place in one valley or another, with mountains providing a beautiful backdrop.
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Lureen to Jack as he's looking for his blue parka: "You're worse than Bobby when it comes to losing stuff."
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The first tent scene involved a night of sexual xplorations and discoveries.
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Lashawn was quite a yammerer, chattering on "like a squirrel," according to McMultry and Ossana.
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Ennis couldn't help but laugh heartily when Jack zanily performed his 'drunken rodeo' act.
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Round 74 folks!!! Round 74 folks!!! Round 74 folks!!!
I think I got 74 "!" in there!! ;D
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And, "Folks" (to quote Lucheese), besides on and up with Round 74!!!!!!!, this "ABCs" game should go to Round 100 and here's another reason why:
"A" is for Anna! C'mon, Miss Faris memorably portrayed one of the key BBM characters who's mentioned frequently, "Lashawn"! In fact, I even started a file on our luv "L". Right-on Anna Marie!
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Ennnis was bewitched, bothered and bewildered the morning after.
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Ennis and Jack were cosy in the tent at night in a little world all their own.
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Alma divorced Ennis and married the Riverton grocer.
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"A love that will never grow old" was beautifully sung by Emmylou Harris.
How could we forget her, Miss Golden Globes herself.
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Ennis flew through the air on his saddle bronc day.
One three second ride, and a flight without wings, was enough for him.
Like he told his daughters, he was no angel with wings - and for damn sure he was no fairy.
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The first night Ennis spent with Jack in the tent, he gripped the back of Jack's shirt when he made love to him. :o
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There's only one curve on Dead Horse Road, and Ennis' parents missed it.
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ENNIS {shrugs) Take you everywhere.
CASSIE Everywhere in Riverton. Why can't you take me to Casper? Could’ve seen that movie indoors in Casper.
[screenplay Feb 2003]
"that movie" is THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
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Jack danced a jig when he and Ennis were joking about rodeo f**k-ups.
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Ennis and jack had a knockdown-dragout fight before leaving Brokeback.
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Their respective Thanksgiving meals show how Jack was taking more control, while Ennis lost control completely.
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Proulx wrote:
"In the closet hung two pairs of jeans, crease-ironed and folded neatly over wire hangers...."
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In the screenplay Lureen says, "okay, fine" whereas in the movie she says "I'll call later" about the tutor.
=apology=
I went out of turn and had to delete "L" is languidly. Anybody else have an L? At least I corrected myself!
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The Twist family plot is mentioned in the book and the actor portraying my husband mentioned it in the movie. The little plot is located near the house.
Oh, my, this is fun..... except about the plot!
God bless all of you dedicated subscribers here at the Brokeback Mountain game.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Mary Twist
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Thank you, Front-Ranger, for acknowledging your error. The apology was rather nice, too.
We need a replacement "L" word.
The next letter in the regular round is "Q".
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In 1963 when Jack met Ennis, he was so young, and so full of life. His light-hearted disposition shone through and captivated Ennis' attention.
=comment=
This is the replacement "L" (is "languidly").
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Annie Proulx and her editors were very careful with quotation marks to indicate dialogue in the novella.
However the screenplay uses quotation marks differently: to indicate song titles, lyric quotes and quotes from signs, letters and cards.
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Brokeback is the story of two rugged cowboys falling in love.
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ENNIS How's your boy doin'?
JACK He's thirteen now. Can't hardly read. I told Lureen he must be dyslexic or somethin' , but she won't admit to it. Pretends the kid's okay.
[screenplay Feb 2003]
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The two mules took off through the trees and the undergrowth, tearing the supply packs off.
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LaShawn is known as such a lively little gal because of her vivacity.
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=congratz= VKM
Congratz, Vicki Kaye, on hittin' over 1,000 posts!
We all know how much work, time and effort that is.
U're a consistent and swell ABC-er from the start at IMDB!
Gamely,
Will-WLH
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Ang Lee used a number of things to show the aging of our boys in the movie. Two months of filming had to portray twenty years of living.
Fake hair and sideburns were used for Jack and Ennis.
A moustache and weight gain also "aged" Jack.
Jack's increased weight showed at his waist.
=comment=
Jack's "weight gain" was probably polyester, acrylic and cotton, with a very low carbohydrate content.
I can keep explaining all night.
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At Thanxgiving, Alma became a Xanthippe, a shrewish, ill-tempered woman.
=appreciation= Lee
Thanx, Front Ranger. I, for one of us Brokies, couldn't quite put my left index finger on what Alma fully was. I mean, I knew "fag-hag". Now I know what else! Being mayor here at the "ABCs" is definitely not boring; that's over at....
Will-X
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While still a youth, Ennis was pitched directly into ranch work.
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Ennis and Jack were on a zootrophic assignment.
zootrophy
n. - feeding of animals. zootrophic, adj.
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Yeeeee-horrrrrrrre! ;D
Round 75!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
=aside=
The word "Round" no longer fits in the subject line w/ all of the (75) "!"s. Henceforth, let's just simply denote all of our "ABCs Rounds" with 25 "!"s. That surely 'signals' the point!
Mayor Will ;D
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Yes, believe it or not, "A" is for an anchor! No, Jack was never a sailor! In Jack's childhood bedroom, there is an anchor on the wall as part of a little lamp. U see it when Ennis goes up to Jack's room. The anchor swarmed with ropes appears to be formed from the bottom of a cross. It may be the symbol for a Christian denomination with the cross/anchor combo? Anyweigh, anchor away! ???
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Annie P. wrote:
"Jack pulled a squalling burr out of the harmonica, flattened a little from a fall off the skittish mare,..."
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Jack dreamed of the chance to be a real rodeo star, with lots of belt buckles, and enough money to keep him independent.
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The distance between Wyoming and Texas is close to 900 miles.
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Proulx describes Ennis in later years:
"A benign growth appeared on his eyelid and gave it a drooping appearance...."
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Sorry, Victoria, Round 74's "snug" was played in Round 13 by...................... you!!!!!
We need a replacement word for "S".
=comment= OMG!
At least she's consistent!!
Will's Asst. AnDre
=comment=from vkm
Ooops sorry guys..... ::)
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From the story: "Lureen? There's some serious money there. Her old man's got it. Got this farm machinery business. Course he don't let her have none a the money, and he hates my fuckin guts, so it's a hard go now but one a these days..."
=comment=
This is the replacement "S".
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Ennis carefully folds and smells/kisses his daughter's sweater when she drives away without it.
=aside=
That closet is going to contain a garment from every person Ennis ever met -- ooops, sorry!
=reply= Toast
That was funny! We laughed out loud -- loudly!!
Will & Dre
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After the tragedy of Jack's death, when Ennis visits the Twist home and goes upstairs to Jack's old bedroom, Jack's ghost beckons Ennis into Jack's closet where Ennis incredibly finds "their two shirts".
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Ennis and Jack reignited their horizontal connection at the motel during their reunion.
=comment=
Horizontally speaking, they were at their very best.
=response= Sandy
That's a unique description and I knew about it first as
we were on the phone long-distance when U posted it.
Will-H
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Lureen to Jack in the backseat: "You don't think I'm too fast, do you?"
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Because of the pissy pup tent, the sheep, and the horses, Ennis was jumentous.
jumentous adj. - having a strong animal smell
=compliment=
Great word - a toast to our own ABC's Merriam-Webster.
Sandy
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Alma decided that her marriage to Ennis was kaput because of his disinclination to step out and have any fun, his yearning for low paid, long houred ranch work, his propensity to roll to the wall and sleep as soon as he hit the bed, and his failure to look for a decent permanent job with the county or the power company.
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Jack liked to lie languidly on the landscape while looking at the livestock.
=aside=
At last! (Lee)
=compliment=
You weren't being languid when it came time to posting this - 6 "L's" great job.
Sandy
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Ennis tends to mumble his words, sometimes never moving his upper lip, but this just adds to his emotional distance.
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"Brokeback" has become a neologism.
neologism n. - a newly coined word or phrase, or a novel expression in increasing usage; a new meaning for an old word
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Ennis' folks was Methodist, an organized religion.
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L.D. Newsome was a pretentious, snobbish and persnickety man.
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The sheep were corraled, and as the queue of animals went through the gate; the Basque tallyman tallied them and measured how effective Jack and Ennis had been in protecting the herd.
The Basque word for sheep is ardi.
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In the early scenes, we are treated to a shot of the water rippling in the stream. Could have used a few shots of rippling muscles, too.
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Ennis was so poor that he had to put the stub of his cigarette into his pocket and save it for later.
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LUREEN:
"It was a terrible thing. He was only thirty-nine years old."
[novella]
Terrible thing. He was only thirty-nine years old.
[screenplay]
He was only thirty-nine years old.
[movie]
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The first tent scene was performed with a sense of urgency.
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On the eve of Brokeback Mountain opening in NYC five-and-a-half months ago, The Village Voice did an expansive, deep and fabulous review of "BBM" cleverly entitled:
"Blazing Saddles: Gay frontier weepie is Hollywood's straightest love story in years".
=aside= Anzwer Gyrlz
That's "Voice" w/ a capital "V"
as in our own VKM's "Victoria"!
Will-V
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While Heath is tying the knots on the pack horses at the jump-off point, we can see the tattoo on his wrist.
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Mrs. Twist xudes kindness and understanding.
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Jack accepted the zoilism of his father-in-law because so did Mrs. Newsome and his daughter Lureen.
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Round 76!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seventy-six trombones
led the big parade,
with a hundred and ten cornets
close at hand.
They were followed
by rows and rows of the finest virtuosos;
the cream of every famous band.
Bring it on Virtuosi
Thanks Front-Ranger!
=clarification=
I see we can do all the "!"s for only a couple more rounds -- with creativity on the word part of the subject! Then we'll go w/ a simple "25"!
Will-ABC
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Ennis was many times anguished such as after Jack and he went separate ways after their first summer in 1963 up at BBM.
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Several of the songs on the BBM soundtrack feature a duet between an acoustic guitar and a bottleneck guitar.
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Ennis was a coward.
"Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination." [Ernest Hemingway, "Men at War," 1942]
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Ennis became discombobulated when Jack took his hand and put it on his crotch.
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Sorry, Front-Ranger, Round 75's "you'd" was played by Ellemeno in Round 63.
We need a replacement "Y" word.
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The men who beat up Earl were yellow-bellied homophobics.
=comment=
This is the replacement "Y" for you'd.
Next letter up is "E".
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In the BBM crew is the "Lead Dresser" Tom Edwards.
=comment=
For 411 about the Tom Edwards Fan Club contact our own Frannie Gae via PM!
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Ennis spent his whole life frightened by the murder of Earl, near Sage, Wyoming, which was probably never treated to a serious investigation.
"And it turns out he was a missing person
who nobody missed at all"
Dixie Chicks
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John Twist was a bitter old geezer.
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OMG! Will this "ABCs" game go to Round 100? "Posilutely"! More proof as evidenced by words not prior played:
One of the -- if not the -- main themes of the BBM movie: homosexuality!! Hello, BBM-ers!
=aside= Toast
This is another key word U wont find in the BBM "Novella"!
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Jack's relationship with his father-in-law seemed like a long and continuous insult. Not many good father figures in that guy's life.
=comment=
Yes, Will we can make it to 100
Front-Ranger says so too.
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Jody Turner is listed in the credits as one of the four "Jack Stunt Doubles."
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The catering for the movie BBM was by Keith Church. Mmmmm!
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Ennis "applied at age fourteen for a hardship license that let him make the hour-long trip from the ranch to the high school."
[novella]
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At the grocery store, Alma Jr. knocked over jars of mixed nuts.
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Jack's mother was being nostalgic when she kept Jack's room the way it was when he was a boy.
(http://www.langfieldentertainment.com/images/DECEMBER%202005/Roberta%20Maxwell_small.jpg)
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Jack could not obtain employment on Brokeback Mountain in 1964.
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Ennis was eating apple pie in the bus station when Cassie appeared with Carl.
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On at least one occasion, Jack attempted to call it quits with Ennis.
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Ennis and Jack rapidly exited the trailer, as soon as Aguirre made it clear that he wanted to make a phone call in peace.
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There's a lot of smoking going on in by everyone this movie.
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The smoking included tobacco and cannabis.
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Ennis wasn't comfortable in an urban situation.
He felt that the people in town knew that he was "different".
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Linda Ronstadt is a vocalist on the soundtrack.
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Alma is a shocked witness to the passionate embrace between Jack and Ennis when they reunite.
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L.D. Newsome was the xpert of the putdown. Jack never received any encouragement or praise from him.
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LaShawn yammered away at the table no one could get a word in edgwise
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In her last scene, Lureen was wearing a blouse with a zebra-like print of black, brown, and white stripes.
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Alpha-Betans, step up and play Round 77!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(77 Sunset Strip...)
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Alma never did accompany Ennis on a fishing trip with his buddy from Texas.
Wow I like Sunset Strip - first one here.
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Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway bared their breasts.
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Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, and two turkeys bared their breasts.
Just a moment! Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, one highway worker, about 1000 sheep, a couple of dogs and horses, a bear, two mules, one elk, at least one coyote and two turkeys bared their breasts!
Lol. Forgive me... ;D
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After only a few short weeks on the mountain, Jack and Ennis developed a warm camaraderie. Ennis was so thrilled after their first evening of true bonding that he felt he could 'paw the white off the moon".
=aside= Lu
I, for 1,000,000, wood describe
the cam-a-rad-er-ie as "H-O-T"!
~~~~~~~~~Willi~~~~~~~~
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The desiderata for a good camping trip were liquor, cigarettes, sex and sometimes elk.
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It took an effort for Jack to not step in and mother Ennis when he "come on a bear".
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"From the vibration of the floorboard on which they both stood Ennis could feel how hard Jack was shaking." -Annie Proulx
=aside=
Pipedream, you go, girl!!!
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In the first tent scene, Jack reached for Ennis' hand and put it on his genitals.
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Harold is mentioned in the novella, screenplay and movie.
Jack was his nephew.
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Jack's instinct told him he could risk grabbing Ennis' hand, once he had him in the tent... ;)
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When Ennis called Lureen, the ringing phone jangled.
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Jack was killed in Texas.
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Jack had the very sexy habit of licking his lips. :P
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From their perch high on Brokeback Mountain, Jack and Ennis could look down on hawks' backs and the mundane sights of the world below.
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One of the topics discussed in the novella, around the campfire on the night that Ennis spoke more words than a year, was the nuclear "submarine Thresher lost two months earlier with all hands and how it must have been in the last doomed minutes".
The nuclear sub disingtegrated and quickly sank on April 10, 1963 killing 129.
http://www.subsim.com/ssr/thresher.html (http://www.subsim.com/ssr/thresher.html)
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When Jack and Ennis were reunited, they were thrilled that they could be oversexed agan.
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After the dance, Lureen and LaShawn retired to the restroom to primp.
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"How much is once in a while", said Jack. "Once in a while every fuckin' quadrennium?"
"Hunh?"
=aside=
Toast you are too much - can you imagine Jack saying that?
Memento
=reply= Memento
No, but I would love to see Ennis' face if he did say it.
=response= Toast
Great one! If Jack used that word to describe "four", Ennis wunt have known what he ment! After all, he dint know "condiments".
Will-Q
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Monroe was talking to a cashier standing by a cash register when Ennis asked him where Alma was.
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Alma opened the door and looked out and saw Ennis's straining shoulders as he and Jack clinched.
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In the screenplay and novella, Ennis is taller than Jack.
Ledger is actually listed as one inch taller than Gyllenhaal.
=aside= "T"
Taller is taller!!
Will-T
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In 1963, Jack Twist was an unbetrothed young man, while Ennis del Mar was engaged to Alma Beers.
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When Jack asked Ennis if he'd like to work on the mountain again the next summer, his eyes spoke volumes.
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Windows are a very great symbolism in climatic scenes in BBM such as Ennis lookin' out Jack's childhood bedroom window and lookin' down the lonely road as well as the closing scene of Ennis lookin' out his trailer home window.
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It's too late when Ennis realizes the xtent of Jack's deep love for him.
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"One of the year's best films." -- Jean Lowerison, San Diego Metropolitan
=comment=
"SD", that's where our beloved ABC-er VKM Victoria lives!
Will-in-NYC
P.S. Not "South Dakota".
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Jack's mom sent word about Uncle Harold that Aguirre delivered: zymosis (an infectious disease) had set in.
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78 RPMs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is too much too much fun at the ABCs to be legal!! ;D
Mayor Will, I should let U announce this round since you're around. Feel free to amend my post like U always do!!! :laugh:
=reply= Front Lee
Oh, it's okay, Honey, U counted to 78 right -- not!!!!!!!!!!
78 "!"s won't fit in "subject" line with the full word "round" anymore. U can count to 78, Huney, but 78 "!"s ain't "R" is "registering", trust me. BTW, Dre (who U know) thinks that U did that deliberately (in collaboration w/ "?") to drive U know who U know what. I ass-ured (not so) Lil' Dre that Miss Lee would never do that on a Rocky Mountain High Sunday!
Will-78
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Ennis regrets that Jack's ashes will be buried in a small family plot on the grieving plain surrounded by artificial flowers and sheep wire.
(http://shop.com.edgesuite.net/ccimg.catalogcity.com/200000/207600/207651/Products/10260178.jpg)
Artificial flowers for Fran-E
You are the best.
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"They shook hands in the choky little trailer office in front of a table littered with scribbled papers, a Bakelite ashtray brimming with stubs."
From the short story
=aside=
Welcome back PAU.
Memento
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Ennis was in a state of crapulence when he decided to sleep on the ground before the first tent scene.
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The moon is full up, notched past two in the morning. ENNIS is dizzy drunk, on all fours, struggles to stand.
[screenplay]
=aside= Memento
I had my post ready and waiting when you posted
I love your word crapulence for Ennis' state that night.
=reply= Toast
It's a fun word in that it means something other than what it sounds like.
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Ennis explains why he's late: "Come on a bear. Goddamn horse spooked, the mules took off. Scattered food everywhere."
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Alma suspected that there was something fishy about Ennis' "fishing trips".
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Ennis was generally a calm, reserved hard worker who wanted no attention to be paid to him.
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BBM visibility displayed active heterosexuality as graphically shown by backseat Lureen and backdoor Alma!!
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Ennis and Jack's few times together a year were inadequate for their thirst & need for each other.
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After a night watching for coyotes, keeping the flock together, and probably suffering from chills; it was nice to have a jentacular meal.
=aside= Toast
A very good breakfast, I hear, is beans on toast.
Memento
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Ennis had trouble staying on an even keel. (I can relate)
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Proulx wrote: "Without getting up he threw deadwod on the fire, the sparks flying up with their truths and lies...."
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"If you can't fix it then, by God, drive off from it - that's my motto."
Jack - Childress Highway - discussing the Malone pickup (and Ennis?).
[McMurtry and Ossana]
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Jack had a notion to lasso Ennis and get him out of his funky mood.
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Proulx wrote:
"They were respectful of each other's opinions, each glad to have a companion where none had been expected."
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near the Black and Blue Eagle Bar: ENNIS runs around the pickup, yanks open the driver door, drags the huge man out in the slushy street, pummeling him and kicking him. Knees him in the nuts.
[screenplay]
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Ennis frequently quipped about Jack's harmonica playing.
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Lashawn to Lureen re Randall and Jack: "...they don't seem to have a smidgin of rhythm between 'em."
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We see two fake looking snowmen in the honeymoon tobogganing scene.
=aside=
I am from Canada and I know a damn fake snowman when I see it.
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John Twist's attitude toward everyone and everything was tacky. :D
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John Twist was an ugsome, miserable man.
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Ennis had a visceral reaction when Jack took his hand in the tent.
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Ennis, could you wipe Alma Jr's nose?
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Jack became increasingly xasperated with Ennis' reasons for not being able to meet in August.
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Whenever they were apart, Jack would yearn for Ennis.
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Annie Proulx used a zeugmatic construction--one adjective modifying two nouns, when she wrote, "...when Jack, in their contortionistic grappling and wrestling, had slammed Ennis's nose hard with his knee."
=compliment= Front-Ranger
Very impressive.
Memento
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Round 79!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lets have a re-eruption of Mt. Vesuvius to celebrate Round 79 (the first one happened in 79 A.D.)
Thanks too, Memento!!
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Ennis' academic career died with the transmission of his pickup, before he could become a sophomore.
=comment=
Congratz Front-Ranger
The Vesuvian Round is underway.
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Jack said: "Nobody's business but ours."
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Jack offers Ennis a canteen when he returns after the bear scare, and Ennis proclaims he’s rather have whiskey. :D
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Our boys' kept beer cool in a damp sack, hanging in a shady place.
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Our boys' beer stays cool in a damp sack by the process of evaporation.
Cheers, Toast.
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Jack returned from a hard day on the mountain to find no Ennis and only a bunch of beans.
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Brokeback Mountain was Ennis' and Jack's Garden of Eden. :)
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Ennis gave Jack a wicked hematoma when he socked him in the face. :(
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The job interview at Aguirre's trailer was very brief.
I guess there was paperwork to verify that Ennis was qualified for the job. Jack worked for Aguirre the previous summer.
=comment= Toast
We all know that Ennis verified his "qualifications" in the 1st tent scene! :P
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Ennis was going for the jugular when he said: "You been a Mexico, Jack?"
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Ennis knelt down behind Jack before he... in the first tent scene.
---------------------------------------------------------------
=aside= Dee
Patti LuPone was fab: "Who's Sorry Now?"!
It's as if we never said goodbye, Mrs. Zoprano.
Will-B'way
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Ennis took a lunch of "leftover biscuits, a jar of jam and a jar of coffee with him for the next day saying he'd save a trip, stay out until supper."
[novella]
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Ennis cherishes his Jack memorabilia at the end of the film. I used this in a previous game. :D
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The first tent scene was nocturnal, but Jack and Ennis probably didn't care what time of day it was -- they had connected.
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We think Jack accepted the fishing weekend that was offered to him by Randall Malone: "little cabin ... a crappie house ... little boat ... a little whiskey ... Get away, you know?"
...a little nocturnal action
=reply=
C my "B", L &T!
Thus, Dee-BLT!
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There are pinball machines in the bar when Ennis met Cassie.
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Jack, Ennis, Alma and Lureen were quite a quadrumvirate.
=comment= Tim
I was thinkin' the same damn thing;
I just cudnt dig up w/ the rite word.
Thanx! Will-XYZ
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It was very rare for a housewife like Alma Del Mar to see her husband on the stoop violently kissing another man.
=comment= Toast
Some of 'em saw more than jus' huggin' 'n' kissin'!! :o
Will-O
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The Mexican prostitute had one word of dialogue: "señor."
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According to Lureen, Jack died as a result of a tire blowing up and causing the rim to hit him in the face.
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LaShawn had a positive, upbeat personality.
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Many people prefer to watch Brokeback Mountain at home on video rather than at the theater.
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Jack and Ennis wallowed on the ground during their fight when Ennis accidentally received a bloody nose.
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Lureen spoke to Ennis on an xtension phone in her living room.
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Ennis yells at his wife that no supper will be served if she isn't at home.
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A zodiacal light was beginning to show when Ennis left the tent to return to the sheep the morning after he slept with Jack.
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The 80 "!"s in the subject line have it totally and exactly maXed OUT! :o
Yet another new stage for the "ABCs of BBM": the 80s.
Round 80!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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An FBI anti-piracy warning appears on the BBM DVD.
=question= FGH
On what dvd!?
State what U intend; U know that.
U cant leave it for the reader's imagination.
Gayor Will
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Since I recently did "anchor", I may as well do "boat"!
Randall to Jack on the social hall porch while the wives were nose-powdering! Randy continued "the make" with his come-on rap about it's good to get away a little. Then he described aplace he had access as a little cabin, go for a little ride in a little boat, a little whiskey, a little 'dis', a little 'dat' -- but I'm sure two things wudn't stay little!! ;)
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Ennis and Jack both had a more or less troubled childhood.
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Lureen's horse kicked up a lot of dust at the rodeo.
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The trucks and cars everybody was driving in Brokeback Mountain sure as hell needed lots of gas. They were bad for the environment. Besides, redlining it like Jack wasn't exactly environmentally aware, either, was it?
;)
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According to the trailer:
It was a friendship that became a secret.
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Many local mountain ranges are visited by J and E in the story, including the Gros Ventres (that's French for "Big Bellies").
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Jack had an idealistic hankering for a life with Ennis that is filled with passion.
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It was a tentative introduction on the steps of Aguirre's trailer. Ennis was content to be on a first-name basis with this Jack Twist guy.
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With his positive outlook, Jack could justify his own dreams of an ideal future with Ennis. :D
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Jack to Ennis: "My ol' man was a bullrider, pretty well knowed [sic] in his day, though he kept his secrets to himself." [screenplay]
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Jack's lingering eye contact made Jimbo uncomfortable, to say the least.
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There were moans of both pleasure and pain coming from both parties during the first tent scene.
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Jack is Harold's nephew.
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There were a number of characters in this story/movie who could be considered as an oaf: bikers, killer mechanics, deadly dads (one with an ignorant ass) and numbnut foremen.
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Alma was being passive-aggressive when she asked Ennis at Thanksgiving if he still went on "fishing trips" with Jack Twist.
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Once the transmission on the old pickup gave out, Ennis became a quitter of high school.
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The bikers were a raucous couple and a seemingly inexhaustible source of ABC words (at least for me).
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Before Ennis came on the bear, he was humming "The Cowboy's Lament" also know as "The Streets of Laredo".
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Jack was a troubadour of religious song with his rendition of “Water Walking Jesus.” :D
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After finding out that Jack had died, Ennis's process felt unfinished, so he reached out to both Lureen and Jack's parents for some closure.
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As a warning to possible trespassers, Joe Aguirre had a sign at his trailer door. 8)
= aside = Lucise!
Oh dear! It's too bad when you don't know your alphabet, hunh??
Lol. Thanks for adding the missing "v"!!! :-*
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During that cold night in the tent, Jack pounded hard on the ground when Ennis made love to him with such vigor. 8)
= aside = Anke
You're welcome! ;)
Lu
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Fireworks are xplosive devices.
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Monroe is the father of Alma's youngest-born.
=comment=
Thanks again Fran-E
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In order to redline it to Ennis, Jack had to zoom on his way from Texas.
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Round 81 here we come!!!! etc.
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“You wanna lose about half your f**king teeth? and
"...then you ask me about Mexico and tell me you'll kill me for needing somethin' I don't hardly never get." (Thanks Sparkle!!)
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Jack and Ennis' horses each wore a bridle.
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Three puppies belonging to one of the blue heelers went in a pack basket, the runt inside Jack's coat, for he loved a little dog.
{novella}
JACK comes riding up with a blue heeler pup tucked inside his coat.
{screenplay}
In the movie, there is no pup inside Jack's coat. The dog has been replaced by a more symbolic lamb.
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During the campfire singalong, Ennis used the coffeepot as a drum.
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There is an exhaust fan in Aguirre's office, directly behind his desk.
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Joe Aguirre: "Fridays at noon be down at the bridge...."
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Someone was guilty of murdering Earl.
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With two mortgages on their ranch, Ennis' parents were in hock to the bank.
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Ennis and Jack found each other immediately likable. :)
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Jack was full of jocularity. :D
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Jack's kindness is demonstrated when he offered to lend Ennis some money at the end of the summer.
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Those with good hearing can just about pick out Ennis humming "The Cowboy's Lament", right before he encounters the bear.
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Ennis got mud on himself when thrown by his horse.
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Jack exposed his nates to Ennis.
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Lureen went a bit overboard with the peroxide.
=aside=
Hey Toast, great word "nates"
Lureen exposed some other things to Jack.
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Jack and Ennis usually rode parallel to each other while on horseback.
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Ennis was a querulent person in town.
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I bet Jack and Ennis felt completely rejuvenated after that night at the motel!
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In the credits: For Shen Lee, Ang's father, who died in 2004.
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For Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
[wedding in movie]
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Alma, Jr. was one of the few unflappable characters in this film. :D
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As far as Aguirre was concerned, ranch stiffs had no value.
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Leaving the trailer, Ennis attempted to put the wristwatch on his left arm, but put it in his pocket instead.
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Ennis believed that Aguirre was being too xpeditious by telling Jack to bring the sheep down earlier than planned.
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Ennis' emotions yo-yoed between detachment, fear and despair.
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Ennis was zatetic when it came to understanding his sexuality.
My favourite word in this round was parallel.
I like the idea of Jack and Ennis travelling parallel.
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Thanks to Front-Ranger for the idea of the Roman numerals.
Congrats to everyone in this last couple of rounds for such outstanding words - and the hits just keep on coming.
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Ennis spoke so softly that much of his speech was atonic.
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Jack and Ennis were both a blessing unto each other.
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Jack let the clutch out too quickly on his pickup, making it lurch and spin the rear tires.
He had applied the handbrake, I think.
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Aguirre had a desk in his office.
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Lureen was a vision of Western elegance when we first see her.
=Aside=
Parallel was my favorite too.
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When Ennis and Jack are outside Aguirre's trailer, they give each other furtive glances.
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Upon meeting after four years apart, Jack and Ennis could hardly be blamed for groping each other.
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"Mexico? Jack, you know me. All the travelin I ever done is goin around the coffeepot lookin for the handle."
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For one brief shining summer, Brokeback Mountain was an idyll for two lonesome young cowboys.
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Ennis' belongings, confined to a wrinkled paper bag, leaned partly against the office door and partially against the jamb while he was waiting for Aguirre to arrive.
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Ennis's trailer just has a tiny kitchenette.
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Ennis: Tall, raw-boned, lanky, possessed of a muscular, supple body made for the horse and for fighting ...
[screenplay]
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Jack could just about feel Ennis' melancholy when it was clear they had to leave the mountain.
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L.D. Newsome practiced nepotism since he employed his daughter.
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Jack could not stand the odor of 42 electrocuted sheep.
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Photographer: Jack...Jack...we need to get pictures of all you winners before anybody leaves....
[screenplay]
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Lureen and Jack quibble when Jack can't find his blue parka.
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Mr. Twist was the classic example of a bigoted rube.
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As Ennis travelled the ridge on the morning after, everything seemed surreal.
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Jack and Ennis passed a joint back and forth, the fire burning late, Jack restless and bitching about the cold, poking the flames with a stick, twisting the dial of the transistor radio until the batteries died.
[screenplay]
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According to the short story, Jack was dick-clipped, while his father was "intact" otherwise known as being uncut.
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Jack and Ennis were virtually boys when the summer started.
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Jack's pickup was really a wreck, but not bad for a 19-year-old in 1963.
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Lureen got to make many xecutive decisions for her daddy's company.
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Ennis was yawing when he stepped into the alley to barf. :D
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While it was raining, Ennis whiled away the time by whittling a zoomorphic sculpture in the shape of a horse.
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Round 83, boys and girls! :D
=compliment=
Perfect Roman numerals!
Fran
=reply=
Thanks, I love Roman numerals!
D :D
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Jack to Ennis: "Freeze your ass off when that fire dies down. Better off sleepin' in the tent." [screenplay, p. 18]
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Many people used the subtitle option on their DVD player because Ennis' speech is baryphonic.
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Ennis and Jack inhaled many carcinogens with their smoking and drinking. :D
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Proulx wrote: "...it bothered the son who had discovered the anatomical disconformity during a hard scene."
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Jack and Ennis had a lifelong romantic and erotic relationship.
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Proulx wrote:
And then they hug one another,
a fierce, desperate embrace
- managing to torque things
almost to where they had been,
for what they've just said
is no news;
nothing ended,
nothing begun,
nothing resolved
.
Their last hug
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Bobby Twist is L.D. Newsome's grandson.
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Jack nearly always wore a hat on his head.
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Mrs. Twist recognized the importance of the shirts to Ennis. Mr. F******g Twist thought Ennis was looking for a free shirt.
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The sheep journeyed up the mountain to the summer range.
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Jack realized Ennis was a keeper after their initial meeting.
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E. Annie Proulx's 'Brokeback Mountain' will long be read as a "classic" of American literature.
=question= Toast
I fixed the "A" in American.
was the small "a" a typo?
Will
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Jack and Ennis smoked marijuana on one of their "fishing" trips.
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Bolo ties were the neckwear of choice in the Mid-West at Thanksgiving time as depicted in the mid-1970s in BBM.
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The divorce of Ennis and Alma was official in 1975.
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Proulx wrote:
". . . not pronounced enough to let him eat popcorn out of the neck of jug, but noticeable."
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Ennis hunted down the quarry (elk) that would be dinner for many nights to come.
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Ennis was more than reluctant to consider the "sweet life".
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Jack to Ennis: "Tell you what...the truth is, sometimes I miss you so much I can hardly stand it...."
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One has to say, Alma had quite bad taste in clothes but excellent taste in men. Too bad her first husband Ennis turned out to be Gay... maybe the second one, too!! :)
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When L.D. threw the car keys to Jack and said that Rodeo will get them - referring to
the baby formula - it was said in a meanly unctuous tone.
=aside=
Happy Birthday to Bob Dylan composer of "He Was A Friend of Mine".
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There were several villains who were venal and venomous in this film, starting with several deadly dads.
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Jack warbled "Water Walking Jesus" while Ennis watched.
=aside=
With all of the W's, just wondering if you refer to our Pres. as Dubya.
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On rainy days Ennis wore his xanthic jacket.
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Alma yelled to Ennis from the kitchen: "Could you wipe Alma Jr.'s nose?" [screenplay, pp. 32-33]
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Zealotry played a part in the traumatization of the young Ennis del Mar.
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Welcome to Round 84, all you Alpha-Brokies!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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We wonder if Jack was the victim of an accident, or if it was premeditated first-degree murder.
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Ennis shot a behemoth of a coyote with balls as big as apples.
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Cowley, Alberta, was the site where the trailer in the first scene was located.
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Jack and Ennis passed a joint back and forth, the fire burning late, Jack restless and bitching about the cold, poking the flames with a stick, twisting the dial of the transistor radio until the batteries died.
[screenplay]
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There's an eyehole in the door that Alma opens when she spies the reunion kiss. :D
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Prior to meeting Jack, Ennis was a foreigner to same sex relationships.
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Jack and Ennis's fingernails were always grungy.
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Brokeback Mountain saw its share of hoarfrost during the course of Jack and Ennis's stay there.
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Jack and Ennis seemed to make a good first impression on each other.
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Ennis and Jack frequently participated in verbal jousting. :D
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The screenplay describes Jack as he drives to Mexico: "Begins to cry hard... but something has turned inside him...he looks desolate but determined: knows where he is headed."
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The relationship between Jack and Ennis lasted 20 years, and will never be over.
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Ennis and Jack's job interviews were minimal.
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Sorry, Juliette, but this was used in round 79 by ProwlAmongUs.
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The sheep and company flowed out above the tree line.
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There is definitely nudity in Brokeback including a scene where we see Ennis bathing with his Stetson on.
=comment=
This is the replacement "N" for nocturnal.
Next up is "P"
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In the setup for the Thanksgiving scene, the screenplay describes L.D. Newsome as "Jack's prick of a father-in-law." [p. 65]
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The rocks Earl died on contained quartz. :'(
=comment=
Well, we don't want to assume anything here, but I think we can safely say that some of the rocks in BBM were the color of quartz. Thanks, Juliette, for a good "Q". (BTW, if you edit your sentence saying that most rocks, not all, contain quartz, you can delete this comment.)
Fran
=reply= Fran
ALL rocks contain quartz and I believed we were given more leeway with these difficult letters like Q.
Juliette
=response=
The original comment was in response to the assumption where Earl died.
Fran
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Ennis and Jack went on so-called "fishing trips" on a regular basis.
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Another term for cowboys is stompers. :D
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There’s plenty of thrusting going on in the tent those first two nights! :D
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Jack and Ennis shared friendship, love and unity in their amazing 20-year romance.
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Articles of clothing worn in the movie were purchased at a vintage clothing store in Alberta called Divine Decadence.
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When Ennis visited the Twist home and he went up to Jack's childhood bedroom,
"...and hot, afternoon sun pounding through the west window...." [story]
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None of the four main characters of BBM were xonerated by the end of the movie:
- Ennis lived with the guilt and regret of missing out on a life with Jack;
- Alma let her unhappiness fester for too many years;
- Lureen lost her husband after years in a loveless marriage;
- Jack, well, we all know what happened to Jack. :'(
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Rather than spending a few days a year together, Jack would rather have been with Ennis year-round.
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The amazin' "ABCs of BBM" game at the BetterMost Forum!
Tuesday, May 23rd had to have been one of the busier days for "ABCs" posting. Amazingly, there were nearly 100 posts (95) in a 24-hour period (BetterMost time, of course)! And this, after well over 80 rounds of the game. Obviously, the "ABCs" is much more than just a "game".
Here's the 16 Playerz' breakdown:
Toast - 19 posts {winner!}
Prowl Among Us - 17 {runner-up}
Front-Ranger - 12
Fran-E - 11
Memento - 8
SouthEnd MD - 7
Juliette Montague - 6
Pipedream - 4
Lucise - 3
Will-ABC - 2
Ellemeano - 2
Moremojo - 1
Penthesilea - 1
DeeDee - 1
The Pirate Bride - 1
MoreMojo - 1
[Note: If more than one player has same score, it's in order of posting.]
Thanks, Playerz, for your dedication to the "ABCs of BBM". As we finish off the 84th round, we are more than impressive!
Fran
=congratulationz= All Playerz
Besides what U all already know, that one day yesterday -- on a non-significant "Tuesday" no less -- was accomplished without many regular "ABCs" Playerz such as Ann Marie, Victoria, Mandy, Becky, Mary, et al. -- and even with only two posts from yours truly! Thanx, too, to Miss Fran for the memorialization!
Will-ABC
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Joe Aguirre's sheep had zillions of blades of wild grasses from which to choose while grazing on Brokeback Mountain.
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Round 85!
Thanks for the recap, Fran.
=comment= (http://foxtrotters.tripod.com/anihat7.gif)
"Hats off" to the creative effect w/ Roman numerals.
This "ABCs" board is typically very creative!
WLH-85
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When Ennis awoke after TS1 (tent scene 1), his jeans were down around his ankles.
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“The sheep trucks and horse trailers unloaded at the trailhead and a bandy-legged Basque showed Ennis how to pack the mules. . .”
From the short story
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Lureen says: “Knowing Jack, it might be a pretend place – ‘where the bluebirds sing and there’s a whiskey spring,’” quoting the old hobo song “Big Rock Candy Mountain”.
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The way Jack and Ennis met on that day in 1963 was surely an act of divine intervention, because we all know how much their friendship would later on affect their lives.
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Jack made a quiet exit from Aguirre’s trailer after he was told was told there was no work for him.
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Ennis realized that his courting of Cassie was a farce.
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Ennis was grieving at the thought of Jack being buried on the grieving plain.
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Jack’s postcard to Ennis after four years heralded a great time to come.
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Brokeback Mountain is an independent film.
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Ennis knew that people would pass judgment on him if he lived with Jack.
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We can tell by Tent Scene 2 and especially the reunion that both Jack and Ennis were good kissers.
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Yeah! To see Jack and Ennis kiss is quite lovely, isn't it?? Only wish they'd do it more often in the movie... :-*
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ENNIS: "We can get together once in a while, way out in the middle of nowhere."
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"...then you ask me about Mexico and tell me you'll kill me for needing somethin' I don't hardly never get."
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Jack wished he knew how to quit Ennis, knowing that that wasn't really an option for him... :'(
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BBM is a heartbreaking story about paradise found and then lost.
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After many years of aggravation, L.D. succeeded in getting a rise out of Jack at Thanksgiving.
=response= Lee
Actually, it was the exact opposite!
Jack had been aggravated by LDN.
It was Jack who told off the Pyg!
Will
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Jack considered the time Ennis and he spent together as entirely sacrosanct.
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D-I-V-O-R-C-E was heard from the jukebox, and sung by Miss Tammy Wynette.
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It is amazing that Aguirre did not seem to think the boys undermined his authority and instructions by switching jobs up on Brokeback.
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Jack’s father was a vituperative sort of man.
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While it was raining, Ennis whiled away the hours by whittling a horse statuette, watching Jack herding on the mountain.
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Jack was an xponent of the idea of setting up ranch with Ennis. Although Ennis never acquiesced to this request, Jack never gave up on him! :(
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Southendmd, "querulous" was used way back in Round 3 by henrypie.
We need a replacement "Q".
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Ang Lee’s Golden Lion winning film Brokeback Mountain has been banned at cinemas in two major Northern Queensland cities. This follows the ban placed in US cinemas in Utah and Washington, who ditched the flick after the influential Conference of Catholic Bishops gave it an "O" rating for morally offensive. Townsville and Rockhampton have joined the likes of the ultra-conservative Mormon Salt Lake City in refusing to screen the film.
http://www.queerplanet.com.au/moxie/news/international/brokeback-mountain-banned.shtml (http://www.queerplanet.com.au/moxie/news/international/brokeback-mountain-banned.shtml)
=comment=
This is the replacement Q for querulous.
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A dog yipped as Ennis moved closer to the range where the sheep were grazing.
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Ennis' horse on Brokeback was a Zain.
n. A horse of a dark color, neither gray nor white, and having no spots.
(http://www.azcentral.com/ent/movies/pics/1117brokebackmountain-autosized158.jpg)
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"The venetian blinds hung askew and admitted a triangle of white light. . ."
From the short story
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Keep on truckin', we're not 86ing it yet!!!
(http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/wiki/images/thumb/3/3b/100px-Interstate86.png)
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After four f***king years, the two young men had a basial greeting for each other.
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Alma was removing laundry from the clothesline when Ennis drove up.
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When Ennis refused to be with Jack after his divorce, Jack's hopes of a future with him were dashed.
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Thinking about Jack gave Ennis an ephemeral happiness, soon to be replaced with utter loneliness.
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The frown on Jack's face as he left Ennis, was pathetic.
=aside=
Just had a great conversation with my new godson, AnDre. This guy sounds as gorgeous as he looks. Our Will is a lucky man!
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Bacon grease works well in cast iron cookware. We see Jack hanging two slabs of bacon when they set up camp.
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Jack wonders, "Why powder your nose just to go home to bed?"
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Ennis and Jack had an intense emotional and physical attraction.
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"J" is Jack was a real joker as evidence by his "jig" for Ennis until he crashed into things and onto the ground!
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"JACK is at the head of the table and has just reached for the carving tools, when L.D., older but no kinder, takes them right out of his hands."
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Ennis' face was lathered with soap when he shaved by the fire.
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Once the whiskey ran out, Jack and Ennis were maudlin , so much so that Ennis decided to sleep at the main camp rather than going to the sheep.
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Ennis was rather bad with words but good in nonverbal communication. :)
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Ogre Aguirre ordered Ennis & Jack down from BBM in mid-Summer 1963. Later that summer the ogre also ordered Jack out of the BBM work trailer office saying he'd never hire J&E again.
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When Aguirre uttered the platitude "stem the rose," you could see the look of hurt on Jack's face.
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The horses that Jack and Ennis rode were solid-hoofed herbivorous quadrupeds.
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It was really scary for Alma and her girls when Ennis exploded in rage on the Fourth of July.
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Per the label on the can, BetterMost beans are in tomato sauce.
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Jack and Ennis' initially platonic relationship blossoms into a torrid love affair.
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Jack met an untimely death.
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The villain of the movie Brokeback Mountain is society.
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Proulx wrote: "...each glad to have a companion where none had been expected."
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Greetings, Playerz:
If you are posting an obscure or unusual word, or using a less common definition of a word, please include a short definition in the text body. This will make our job easier since we -- and the other Playerz -- will know exactly where you are coming from with an unfarmiliar word or application of a word. Post #2376, Round 85's "Zain", is one example of how this can be done.
Gamely,
Sandy and Fran
=response=
Xcellent recommendation, Gyrlz!!
Dre asked if anyone used "dump"?
That's as in "U have to take a dump"?
I said no as we don't see anyone do it!
Will & Dre (who s/w his G/M DeeDee yda!)
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After their first vigorous love-making, Jack and Ennis were quite xhausted. So it was just "out, down and asleep".
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Jack came in yawning and said " .. spend half the night jumpin up and checkin for coyotes. .."
=aside=
quite xhausted
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Jason McBride, in his review of the movie, said it was like “Zane Grey filmed by Genet.” Zane Grey was a prolific author of western novels, including Riders of the Purple Sage. http://www.cinema-scope.com/cs24/cur_mcbride _brokeback.htm (http://www.cinema-scope.com/cs24/cur_mcbride _brokeback.htm)
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Jack sure couldn't afford a fuckin ropin horse before he married Lureen.
=comment= Anke
Anke 4get to announce "ABCs" round? Yah!
Next time I have her atop ESB, I'll reconsider.
Dre just info'd me that he's never been there!
Wilhelm & AnDreAs
=response= Wilhelm
Not 4got10! Just didn't know which round we were playin'.... ::) Knew I could rely on the others, though!
Anke
=reply= Pipedream
Ha! Ha! Next time U wanna know the round, L-00-K!
Where's Penthesilea?!
Wil
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Round 87 and not a curve of the road in sight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Because of bikers billingsgate,
Brother Brimstone became bilious.
Fight at Festivities on the Fourth.
=definitions=
billingsgate - coarsely abusive language
bilious - ill-tempered; very unpleasant
Brother Brimstone - Ennis Del Mar
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Jack and Ennis rendezvoused for several fishing trips without ever casting a line into the water.
response Lee
Actually, Ennis did "cast a line into the water".
It wasn't the kind of "water" where fishes swim!
Will-QRS
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To grab Ennis' hand in their first tent night was quite daring of Jack!
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Ennis seems to be a very effective worker, and we know he was a loving father to Junior.
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Ennis frequently wrang it out thinking of Jack.
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The Brokeback Mountain soundtrack features haunting guitar solos and duets.
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As Front Ranger said, the guitar pieces in the soundtrack were haunting.
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Ennis was very impatient as he waited for his "fishing" buddy to show up.
=comment=
Welcome to the "ABCs of BBM" game, David. New Playerz are always welcome, especially if they're a Pipedream pal.
Will
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Jack had a warm, kind and jovial personality in his youth.
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Ennis didn't have to analize the blood group and the Kell factor to know that it was his own blood on those shirts he found in Jack's room.
=aside=
Regular blood donator here!!! 34. donation to the Bavarian Red Cross on April 19th! ;D
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The song Ennis hums, "Cowboy's Lament" is also known as "The Streets of Laredo", a sad song about a cowboy's ghost.
=aside=
I remember learning this song in the third grade, in Catholic school, no less.
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Ennis walks out of the post office with his mail, and there, in the bright sunshine, he sees the word stamped across his returned post card.
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Jack was being very daring and a little naughty when he took Ennis' hand and placed it on his erect penis! :P
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The ordained minister presided at the wedding of Ennis and Alma.
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Ennis' parents had been killed when they drove off the only curve on Dead Horse Road.
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Joe Aguirre had little compassion; the sign on his door made that clear. He was a quaestuary.
=definition=
quaestuary adj.,n. - archaic, (person) in business for profit, or having profit as sole aim.
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At first, Ennis says he can't come to Alma Jr.'s wedding because he is supposed to be on a roundup near the Tetons. Luckily, he changes his mind seconds later, when he sees her disappointment. :)
=comment=
Ennis was also on a roundup a month before the post-divorce scene with Jack. He said he had missed the weekend with the girls the month before because of a roundup.
Chrissi
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Ennis' closet with shirts and postcard was a shrine in honor of Jack.
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After Ennis broke down during their last encounter, Jack and Ennis managed to torque themselves back almost to their original relationship.
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Ennis is unable to continue his relationship with Cassie.
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During the Oscars, violinist Itzak Perlman played the theme to Brokeback Mountain.
=question=
I'm not sure if "violinist" used in this context is appropriate for the board. If not, I'm sorry.
=comment=
All awards shows are game for the "ABCs of BBM" (as stated in the rulez) as long as the word answer relates to BBM.
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Jack and Ennis smoked some weed on one of their camping trips.
=aside=
We don't know if they indulged in chips and chocolate afterwards.
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The cinematography in Brokeback Mountain is xuberant, contrasting with the theme of the story.
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When Jack and Ennis rode their horses at a walk, a noticeable yaw was detectable in their movements.
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Jack was listening to a zappy song (King of the Road) on the way to see Ennis after his divorce.
Def: Lively: a zappy tune.
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Round 88!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! of the "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain"............. My Uncle Gerry once had an Oldsmobile "88"!
(http://www.glorene.com/auto/main/gallery/1966_1967/thumbnails/66_olds_delta88walterjones2.jpg)
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We wonder if Jack's death was accidental or premeditated.
88 is Great
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During the Fourth of July celebration, the band plays the "Battle Hymn of the Republic".
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Proulx wrote: "Ennis picked out a big chestnut called Cigar Butt to ride, Jack a bay mare who turned out to have a low startle point."
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Bronc riding is dangerous and can keep you out of the army, as Jack Twist found out.
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Mrs. Twist was the most spiritually enlightened character in the film.
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Ennis bought his Brokeback Mountain postcard at Higgins' Gift Shop. [screenplay]
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Proulx wrote:
“Jack had filled out through the shoulders and hams, Ennis stayed as lean as a clothes-pole. . .”
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While updating the Answer List, I discovered that "foreman" was already played in Round 69 by me.
We need a replacement "F" word.
The next letter after that is "I".
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"F" is to replace "F" Fran's "f" foregone "F" foreman (a.k.a. Mr. XXX).
"Ennis and Jack.... out above the tree line into the great flowery meadows." [story, p. 8]
Note: Next letter is "I", e.g., ignorant azz!
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Proulx describes Ennis in the first tent scene: "...nothing he'd done before but no instruction manual needed."
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It was difficult for Alma to be jannock when Jack entered their apartment.
=definition=
jannock adj. - pleasant; outspoken; honest; generous.
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Ennis got into so many fist fights, that throwing the first punch was nearly a knee-jerk reaction for him.
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Ennis to Alma as he leaves for his "fishing" trip: "See you Sunday, latest."
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Jack's bedroom: An ancient magazine photograph of some dark-haired movie star was taped to the wall beside the bed, the skin tone gone magenta.
[novella]
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Aguirre exhibited an air of nonchalance upon witnessing Jack and Ennis' morning playtime.
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Brokeback Mountain, the short story, won the National Magazine Award and an O. Henry Prize.
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Alma was the only person to see Ennis and Jack kissing on the stoop.
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Ennis made a quip about rodeo cowboys, saying that his daddy thought they were all f**k-ups! Thankfully, Jack had a sense of humour and indulged him with his drunken-rodeo routine! :)
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Jack and Ennis rented a motel room.
Their idea of a room with a view was a tent with a zipper.
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Ennis to the bikers: "I don't want no trouble. You need to shut your slop-bucket mouths, you hear me?"
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Ennis wears a tank top undershirt in the first bedroom scene with Alma.
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"A raw, powerful story of two young men.... who form an unorthodox yet life-long bond." [BBM Summary by its author E. Annie Proulx]
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Our boys were subject to the sudden, inexplicable changes, or vagaries of the weather, and other forces of nature.
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Jack and Ennis wile away their evening hours on Brokeback drinking, smoking, conversing and eventually stemming the rose.
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The line "Don't ever order soup", was spoken by a xenoepist.
=definition=
n. - someone who speaks with a foreign accent
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From the scene that shows Jack and Ennis getting into Jack's truck:
Jack: "I'm starving'. Want to get something' to eat?"
Ennis: "Yup."
[DVD subtitles, Scene 12]
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After Alma sees Jack and Ennis embracing, she seems almost zombified.
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Let's keep the momentum going.......... The words keep getting better..........
Round 89!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eighty-nine is also:
The atomic number of actinium.
The model number of CBU-89 Gator and the TI-89 graphing calculator.
Part of the name of the baseball team Oklahoma City 89'ers (1962-1997).
The number of the French department Yonne.
The designation of Interstate 89, a highway from New Hampshire to Vermont
The ISBN Group Identifier for books published in Korea.
The capital letter "Y in ASCII.
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Ennis could not accept that he was a gay man.
89 is Fine ! ! ! ! !
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When Jack told Ennis the news to "bring 'em down", Ennis in his frustration, took to sulking, probably upset that Jack was taking the news to leave the mountain with blithe disregard for the severity of the situation.
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Lashawn (also known as LaTalk) stated she knew the pickup truck couldn't be fixed with chewing gum and baling wire.
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In her rodeo outfit Lureen was a dashing appearance.
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Proulx on the mixed-up sheep: "There was a damn miserable time for five days, Ennis and a Chilean herder with no English trying to sort them out...."
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"Brokeback Mountain" is a film, based on a New Yorker short story.
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It was gutsy of Ennis to kiss Jack in the stairwell.
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The feeling of hollowness in Jack undoubtedly grew with each passing year, and with each rejection Ennis gave to his idea of setting up a ranch and a life together. :'(
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Alejandro González Iñárritu is given "Special Thanks" in the credits.
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Jack had a warm jacket with a fleecy lining.
=aside=
Both Jack and Ennis wear a denim jacket with a denim collar on the poster, books, and CDs.
Do we ever see them both wear denim jackets?
Do we ever see them together wearing denim jackets?
And do we see them wearing denim jackets with denim collars?
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Ennis was occupying himself with Jack's keister in tent scene one.
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Ennis seemed very lackadaisical when it came time to leave Brokeback.
=aside=
Happy birthday today to Stevie Nicks composer of "Leather and Lace".
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"Brokeback Mountain" is a movie.
Tony Curtis didn't see it before he voted against it.
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Proulx wrote: "Ennis recognized in him [John Twist] a not uncommon type with the hard need to be the stud duck in the pond."
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The outcome of Uncle Harold's illness was a good one: he didn't die.
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Ennis feared that people would know that he was queer; and that they would torture and kill him.
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In Canada, "Brokeback Mountain" is rated "13+" in Quebec and "14A" in Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario.
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Some would say Jack Twist was the rebellious type.
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Ennis was all sulky when he heard that they had to leave the mountain early.
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Ennis feared that people would know that he was queer and that they would torture and kill him.
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Ennis's and Jack's summer on Brokeback Mountain was cut short by an unusually early snowstorm.
=aside=
Just taking a little ABC break from the graduation activities (my daughter, not me).
=reply=
Congratz to Front-Ranger, Jr.! (Will gets credit for the nickname.)
Will, Frandy and Sandy
=Reply=
Thanks everyone, you are the greatest! Hope I get back in play be4 Round 100!!!
Front-Ranger (p.s. I think my daughter will be thrilled with the appelation F-R Jr. Can't wait to tell her as soon as she returns from her dozens of parties!)
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Jack was always so vainglorious of his beloved Ennis.
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Jack found it useful to wear his boots during laundry time.
Ennis found it useful to wear his hat at bath time.
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Alma yowled for Monroe when Ennis grabbed her wrist at the Thanksgiving scene.
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The zestiest scene in Brokeback Mountain featured nocturnal nates.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Round 90
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
xc
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Although Joe Aguirre was quite abrasive at times, he did well not to 'out' the boys in the worst possible way after that summer of '63. There is good in everyone after all! :P
=compliment= ALL
ROUND 90 y'all!!!!! :D :D :D
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Ennis can be seen wearing a baseball cap in the asphalt-laying scene. (Thanks to a friend for a tip ;)).
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Earlier at the day Ennis met Cassie he had been castrating calves.
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Jack was forced to accept Ennis' infrequent expressions of affection in dribs and drabs.
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Ennis & Jack's relationship was sometimes shown ecstatically as in their reunion in 1967.
=aside=
FYI, I used the derived from word "ecstatic" in the original "ABCs" game at BBM. That game went to Round 39 and then another ten rounds in a separate file. This "ABCs" version is now incredibly in its 90th Round!!!!!!!!! Congratz!
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Brokeback Mountain shows the trauma of being faithful to oneself in an intolerant society.
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Joe Aguirre to Jack: "Twist, you guys wasn't gettin' paid to have the dogs baby-sit the sheep...."
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When U think of a homosexual in BBM, some people think of Ennis and/or Jack in the act; however, many others -- like Will & Dre -- think the actual true homosexual is the Jolly Minister! ::) Runner-up: Monroe! :laugh:
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Ennis' isolation is captured in his posture, his body language, and especially in his heavily mumbled voice. He is truly detached from not only the world, but to his very soul.
(http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/seattle/traveltimes/graphics/sign_images/backup/I-90.gif)
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Pipedream, "xtreme" was played in Round 17 by Sparkle Motion.
We need a replacement "X" word.
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"X" is to replace "X" xtreme.
Ennis expressed an xcess of emotion when he finally laid eyes on his long-lost lover Jack.
Note: Next letter is "J",
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Ennis was jacketless when he alighted from the truck, that early morning in Signal.
=aside=Toast
Interesting word, is there such a word as underwearless?
Sandy
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That's right, even the word "knife" had't been used 'til now!
One utensil that we know that the Boyz E&J had up at BBM was a knife. They dint cut up that huge elk with a spoon! ???
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Ennis allowed Jack little latitude where being with other men was concerned.
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Jack and Ennis masticated the elk with great relish and gusto.
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2,500 posts at the "ABCs of BBM"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"A" is for "Another" incredible milestone at the "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain" with over 2,500 actual posts at the most popular game and, in fact, the most popular of any file at BetterMost! :)
2,500 posts at the "ABCs of BBM"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"S" is for "Special" appreciation to about 50 playerz since the game started here at BM and all of their energy, smarts and time. ;D
2,500 posts at the "ABCs of BBM"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"S" is for "Stand" back as people from throughout the BetterMost Forum come to congratulate the "ABCs" Playerz on a truly fantastic team effort feat. Here they come full of good wishes, cheers and joy..............
2,500 posts at the "ABCs of BBM"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ennis' nostalgia for 'Brokeback moments' with Jack was obviously heightened after Jack's sudden death. :'(
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=question= Lu
Do U have Memorial Day up in Canada, Hun?
Took Dre (the DQ expert) out to din-din!
Will-N
= response = Will
We do have Remembrance Day on November 11th! :)
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One of the big Ameican cities where "Brokeback Mountain" had a big premiere was New Orleans. It was also intended to bring more revelry and revenue to the besieged city from the hurricane and levee-caused disaster.
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Jack went outside the tent to pee, and Ennis wasn't far behind.
=question= Tim
What about Ennis?
Will-P
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The two groups of people at the Thanksgiving scenes made up two quintets.
quintet = A group of five.
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When Ennis saw Jack after four years, he experienced a recrudescence of all the old sensations.
Noun 1. recrudescence - a return of something after a period of abatement.
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Ennis slipped while regaining his footing after his horse threw him during the scene where the bear is shown.
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One of the old men in the band is playing a trombone in the fireworks scene.
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Jack settled for having Ennis to himself some of the time. His dream of having Ennis all to himself all of the time, became more and more unreachable as the years went by. :(
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Old man S.O.B. Newsome's very valuable farm equipment business had many individual tractors -- like the one Jack drove Lil' Bobby -- very valuable, some costing over $100,000 each!
=aside= AMH
Yes, I played 'valuable' (I think it was me or was it U) at original "ABCs".
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Ennis walloped Jack out of frustration when it was time for them to leave Brokeback.
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During the filming of the movie, one of the sheep stopped to deposit some xcrement on its way up the mountain.
=aside=
One really did it, too. Pay close attention the next time you watch Ennis & Jack taking the sheep up Brokeback Mountain.
=aside=to=my=aside=
I can't believe I'm this xcited about posting an "X" word!
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BBM movie producers, crew, et al. visited Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming in preparation of and planning for the filming to know the area for terrain and other details.
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Jack and Ennis had a zestier meeting in 1967 than they did in 1963.
=aside=
good X Prowl - Congratz
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Round 91!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! of the "ABCs of BBM"
"Ain't no reins on this one!" - EDM
Round 91!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! of the "ABCs of BBM"
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Jack went after Ennis apologetically, trying to attend to his wound before Ennis sucker punched him in the face. :-\
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OMG! A hunderd rounds -- from many different playerz -- will be a cinch! Can U believe that this key word has never be played.....
Ennis & Jack were cowboys!! BTW, U all remember the buzz: "The movie about the two Gay cowboys"!
Appropriate song: "Cowboys to Girls" by The Intruders (1968)
In the case of E&J, it was "Girls to Cowboys"!! :) ;)
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Lureen’s hair appeared to be bleached blond at the end of the film.
=aside=
Will, did we skip "B"?
I hope so for my sake! :laugh:
=reply= PAU
Yes, sort of! Toast, posted a "B", and apparently
realized that he went "out of turn" and deleted it.
God bless him. However, I already placed "C".
Will-ABC
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Ennis used a dysphemism when he said "I ain't no queer."
=definition= A word or phrase that makes something sound worse than a neutral description - opposite of euphemism. In the 1960's the word "queer" had a extremely negative connotation. Now, it's just negative to most people.
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Annie Proulx wrote, "The scene for the kiss when Jack and Ennis reunite after four years occurred in its entirety as I drove past the Laramie cement plant - so much for scenery".
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Ennis' girls were watching figure skating on TV after Thanksgiving dinner.
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Most people -- and reviewers of the BBM movie -- consider Ennis & Jack as two Gays. :) ;)
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The famous BBM movie sheep are herbivores.
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Jack's income increased when he became a husband, and then a father.
Or was that father, and then husband.
=aside=
Sorry Prowl and Will about my out-of-turn deleted "B"
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Ennis waited for Jack with jactation before their four-year reunion.
Def: extreme restlessness
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Jack kvetched a lot about Aguirre's rules while they were on the mountain ("I'm communtin' four hours a day," etc.)
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There seemed to be a lack of concern in Lureen's telephone conversation with Jack's old fishin' buddy.
=aside= Memento
jactation - what a perfect word for Ennis' state
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Jack and Ennis made a great match.
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Alma Jr. and Jenny were Alma's sister's nieces.
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This is just between ourselves.
Jack and Ennis both agreed.
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Jack developed a paunch as he grew older.
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By getting married and having two children, Ennis' family quadrupled in just a few years.
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Ennis wears a yellow rain slicker when the sheep are being counted upon their return.
=aside=
Welcome Snowflakes. We hope you continue playing the ABC's.
Will, Fran and Sandy
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Yes, that rain slicker Ennis is wearing. Thanks Snowflakes and welcome! :)
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Ennis and Cassie danced to the tempo of country music at the bar.
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Jack found it useful to wear his boots during laundry time.
Ennis found it useful to wear his hat at bath time.
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John Twist’s words and facial expressions were venomous when Ennis was visiting to express his condolences. :)
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Jack wept after visiting Ennis and discovering they weren't going to be together after all.
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Jack wanted to xamine the wound on Ennis' head, but the distance between them was too small and the attraction was too great.
[Toast]
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Jack and Ennis heard coyotes yip and yowl on the mountain all summer long.
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Aguirre wouldn't allow any human sign where the sheep were pastured since they were outside the zonal boundaries allowed by the Forest Service.
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"92 ska-doo"!
Round 92!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! of the "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain" at BetterMost Forum
=greetings= All Playerz
This is the Memorial Weekend in America and all Playerz should have a peaceful and thoughtful Memorial Day and/or fun-filled and BBQ'ing if that is your venue today. The "ABCs" is notably jumpin' even on a holiday and hit 92 rounds! Plus, with a great variety of many Playerz -- including a new player Snowflakes, a reactivated player Zinaida and an active former ABCs Mod Ann Marie. To quote the late Lawrence "Mr. Champagne Bubbles" Welk, "Anda, thankya Girlz"!!!
Mayor Will-ABC
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Alma Jr. and Jenny had at least one aunt living close enough to be a baby-sitter.
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There was a brass band playing at the fireworks celebration. :)
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Jack’s wish was to have his cremains scattered on Brokeback Mountain.
Def. Main Entry: cre·mains
Pronunciation: kri-'mAnz
Function: noun plural
Etymology: blend of cremated and remains
: the ashes of a cremated human body
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The apartment door over the laundromat has a deadbolt on it.
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Brokeback Mountain, the "mountain" is in Wyoming - The Equality State.
STATE OF WYOMING
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR - JIM GERINGER
CHEYENNE, WYOMING
For Release: January 15, 1996
.... We must practice Wyoming's motto of
"The Equality State."
We must acknowledge each other's worth and dignity
or we will lose our basic values.
............ But today is also a look forward,
a look with a renewed commitment
not only to fight against prejudice,
hatred or intolerance,
but also to practice equality.
.............
Complete Press Release (http://wyoming.gov/governor/press_releases/1996/january_1996/text_
mlk.html)
Good to think about on America's Memorial Day.
=aside= Toast
That was very moving. Thanks.
Sandy
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And gettin' back to the real nitty gritty BBM movie -- admitedly in contrast to the Wyoming governor's proclamation (thanx for posting Toast) -- is as follows:
WTF!? No one ever played JFT?
As Ennis declared: "F" is for Jack "Fuckin'" Twist!!! :o
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From the short story:
“Dawn came glassy orange, stained from below by a gelatinous band of pale green.”
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After growing a mustache and long thick sideburns, Jack had a facially hirsute appearance.
Def. hairy
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The bear that Ennis came across was indigenous to the area. :)
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Ennis drank a cup of java with his pie when Cassie met him in the diner.
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Mrs. Twist kindly offered Ennis refreshments.
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Yes, lavender is the current theme color of Gay Pride -- even the Empire State Building {~ Hey, Anka ~} is lit up with lavender lights on "Gay Pride Day" -- but also in BBM, the short story, lavender is mentioned regarding Ennis & Jack: "...swapping the bottle while the lavender sky emptied of color and the chill air drained down...."
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Ennis has two memories from his parents.
His Mom loves her little cowboy.
His Dad thinks (rodeo) cowboys are no better than Earl.
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There were numerous times when the boys were seen drinking whiskey.
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Ennis was opposed to the idea of him and Jack living together because he believed one or both of them would meet the same fate as Earl. And we'll always wonder if Jack did anyway.
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Ennis and Jack had peace of mind in the mountains.
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Cassie was being a little quirky when she asked Ennis, who at that point was almost a total stranger, for a foot rub.
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BBM's Chilean sheepherder is memorably portrayed by Señor Victor Reyes.
=aside= Lucise
Thanx to "V" is "Victor" is how Will & Lucise really met back at the original BBM "ABCs". Lu can give the amusing 411. The backdrop was I thought Lucise was an Italian man! For 411 about the Victor Reyes Fan Club, contact Lu via PM! :laugh:
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Jack and Ennis partially stripped during the first tent scene.
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Ennis turned on the kitchen tap and washed his hands, before Alma asked about his "friend" Jack.
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Monroe is cheerful and a bit smug: despite his unromantic appearance, he has Alma. [screenplay]
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=aside= FGH
We hope that U had a peaceful holiday weekend,
Fran. U're probably the first of the luved returnees.
Things sure have been hopping along at the "ABCs"!
Will-GHI
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Jack and Ennis spoke the local vernacular.
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As in Tammy Wynette, the songstress whose D-I-V-O-R-C-E is playing from the jukebox in the scene with Ennis, Alma Jr. and Cassie at the bar, but unfortunately not featured on the BBM soundtrack.
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Jack and Ennis were xtraordinarily wild for each other on that reunion day in 1967.
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Ennis was initially a yobbo concerning man-to-man sex; that is, a naive yokel.
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Lureen seemed very zestless after Jack started going to Wyoming for fishing trips.
=aside= Toast
I think you have used every form of the word "zest" possible - zestily done.
Sandy
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WEE WEE WEE
Round 93
Welcome Back to Fran-E
WEE WEE WEE hope you had a good weekend.
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Alma Jr. is wearing an apron when she's in the kitchen with Alma in the "Ennis, you know sombody name a Jack?" scene.
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One of Ennis’ jobs was feeding cattle; he tossed them bales of hay.
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Jack had a come-hither look on his face in Tent Scene 2.
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At the post office, Ennis deposited his "You bet" postcard in the out-of-town mail slot.
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Alma was expectant soon after she and Ennis were married.
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A bag of flour breaks, creating a white cloud.
[screenplay]
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Jack was prone to the joyous guffaw. :laugh:
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Thanks to his father, Ennis witnessed the horrible aftermath that resulted from the beating of his ranch neighbor.
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Jack and Ennis first gravitate towards camaraderie and then a deeper intimacy.
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JACK attempts to shave using his rearview mirror, a 25-cent razor and water in a paper cup. Painful work, but keeps at it, scraping away at his stubble. Pickup radio plays Johnny Cash's "I WALK THE LINE".
[screenplay]
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Jack’s mustache looked kempt.
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Jack's death was lamentable. :'(
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The murder of Earl near Sage, Wyoming, was probably never treated to a serious investigation.
"And it turns out he was a missing person
who nobody missed at all"
Dixie Chicks
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Jack’s attraction to Ennis was noticeable early in the film.
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Ennis gave Alma a quick one-arm hug and kissed her on the cheek before leaving for his "fishing" trip.
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Jack's bedroom: An ancient magazine photograph of some dark-haired movie star was taped to the wall beside the bed, the skin tone gone magenta.
[novella]
[In screenplay the photo is of Maximillian Schell]
[no photo appears in the movie]
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Ennis was qualmish in the alley after Jack and he parted company at the end of summer.
DEF: nauseated
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"What Jack remembered and craved in a way he could neither help nor understand was the time that distant summer on Brokeback when Ennis had come up behind him and pulled him close, the silent embrace satisfying some shared and sexless hunger." [novella]
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Ennis had to kill the elk since Jack wasn't a straight shooter.
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Ennis talked to Lureen over the telephone.
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Lashawn had attended Southern Methodist University.
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The movie is very faithful to the Annie Proulx original version of the story. Annie is quite happy with the way that her story made it to the screen.
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Ennis's worries about being killed, was what kept the boys apart.
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Congratz to Prowl
and all the people below me - oops
I must admit I still feel like a winner in this too
Can I be the Grand Loser ??
I will be off for a couple of days
Visiting with some friends
Please keep this warm while I am out of town.
Toast
I can't play, or I certainly would.
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Jack was always willing to xpound on his plans for a future life with Ennis. :)
=congratulations=
To all of us who spent time between holiday BBQs at our computers! :laugh:
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Jack and Ennis were yokefellows for 20 years.
Def: An associate or companion; a mate; a fellow;
=comment=
This word appears in various dictionaries with either an upper case "Y" or lower case "y".
Merriam Webster has it with a lower case "y", so if it's good enough for them ...
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Lureen's apparel appears to be the zingiest at the rodeo.
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Congrats and strong work to my fellow posters for a great long weekend!
Almost 2600, we're still in the nineties and coming up with interesting words.
Missed you while I was in rural Cape Cod with no computer. :'(
Let's carry on!!!
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Ennis felt total abjectness when he saw “Deceased” marked across his postcard to Jack. :'(
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Lashawn complained to Jack that their pickup couldn't be fixed with chewing gum and baling wire.
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Ennis and Jack enjoyed many a discussion around the campfire.
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Jack to Lureen about why Ennis can't come down to Texas to fish: "'Cause the Big Horn Mountains ain't in Texas. Doubt his pickup would make it this far anyways."
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Ennis and Jack’s relationship escalated quickly in the tent that first night. ;)
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Brokeback Mountain is a movie and short story that has developed a faithful following of fans throughout the world.
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The image of Earl in the irrigation ditch was grotesque.
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Aguirre hired Ennis and Jack for the summer to tend sheep.
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Most people in 1963 would think the boys' relationship was improper.
=Aside=
To Will: :-*
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Jack’s jubilation as he drove to Ennis was evident. :laugh:
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LaShawn is able to kibitz nonstop. :)
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Biker #2 to Ennis: "You oughta listen to your ol' lady, then."
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Alma was nonplussed at the sight of J&E sucking face. :-*
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Lee, "memento" was used in Round 39 by Southendmd.
We need a replacement "M" word.
=comment= Lee
Besides "Memento" was used by Sandy as a moniker from the movie "Memento" of the same name! Of course, they are proper names with a different spelling!
Mayoring the "letters",
Will-DEF
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After years of neglect by Ennis in many ways, including his "fishing" trips with Jack yet no trips with her and their daughters, Alma decided to marry someone who would give her more attention and not have to worry about the bills!
Note: This is the replacement word for "M".
Word up: "O"!
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Some people think that Ennis, and perhaps Jack, were omnisexual (definition=pansexual, go figure).
=comment=
I found this definition for pansexual
Pansexual, omnisexual, and pomosexual (postmodern sexuality) are substitute terms that rather than referring to both or "bi" gender attraction, refer to all or "omni" gender attraction, and are used mainly by those who wish to express acceptance of all gender possibilities including transgender and intersex people, not just two. Pansexuality sometimes includes an attraction for less mainstream sexual activities, such as BDSM. Some people who might otherwise identify as pansexual or omnisexual choose to self-identify as bisexual because the term bisexual is more widely known, and because they see it as an important term in identity politics.
Sandy
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Jack and Ennis' relationship quickly changed from a platonic one to much more on that cold night up on Brokeback.
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Jack engaged in quixotism, in that he sought seemingly unreachable, idealistic goals.
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We see the rails under the train when the camera is opposite Ennis while the train passes
between them.
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Jack: "Friend, that's more words than you've spoke in the past two weeks."
Ennis: "Hell, that's the most I've spoke in a year."
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Ennis adds to the tumult at the firework display. :)
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Ennis hair was often unkempt.
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Cassie’s manner was vixenish when she met Ennis.
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Jack's wanderlust led him to drive grooves across Texas, while Ennis did not experience wanderlust.
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Jack's wanderlust led him to drive grooves across Texas, while Ennis did not experience wanderlust.
Ha-ha!!!! I would never have dared to use that word (Pipedream's rule...)!! Is that a common expression in English?? :o
=response= wanderlust
Yah! It's in the English dictionaries.
U dont have 1? Yah, U do; U use daily!
"Wanderlust" (G.) = impulse toward wandering (e.g., hore)
Danke schoen 4 ensuring that Pipedream's Rule is enforced!
I remain,
Chancellor Wilhelm-V
P.S. I put the required hyphen in ur ha-ha's!! :laugh: Yah-yah!!
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Ennis agreed to shoot an elk to remedy the xiguous food supply.
[exiguous - (adj) scanty; meager]
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Anke, your comment inspired me to look up wanderlust, a word I have used for many years, and I find to my surprise that it has German roots!! Here is the definition from dictionary.com:
wan·der·lust (P) Pronunciation Key (wndr-lst)
n. A very strong or irresistible impulse to travel.
[German: wandern, to wander (from Middle High German) + lust, desire (from Middle High German, from Old High German).]
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A very strong or irresistible impulse to travel.
Exactly. :D
;D
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The yokels were out in force at the fireworks. :)
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The coyotes that killed the sheep on the mountain were zoophilic.
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Round 95! I feel like I belong now, announcing a new round! :laugh:
=reply= Snowflakes
Agreed! And, thanx!
Will-95!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The boys consumed an abundance of beans on the mountain. :laugh:
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Ennis was dressed primarily in brunneous clothing.
adj. having a dark brown color
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Alma asks Ennis re Jack: "Is he somebody you cowboyed with?"
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By summer’s end, Brokeback was covered with sheep dung.
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LaShane Malone is the one person in this movie who could be described as effusive--oh maybe Timmy could too.
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Lureen: "Do you think I'm going too fast? Maybe I should put on the brakes?"
Jack: "Fast or slow, I like the direction you're going."
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By making love to Ennis in front of Aguirre’s binoculars, Jack had fallen from Aguirre’s grace and wouldn't get no job no more from him.
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=aside=
It takes less than that to fall from Mayor Will’s grace. :laugh:
=reply= Anka
U dint fall from the ESB, did U?
This has nada 2 do w/ "grace"!!
All U gotta do is make da move.
No obligation/no rush/take time.
Nice 2 C U playin' "ABCs" again.
Lemme go check my bank $ bal.
Wil-V
=reply=
Don't take yourself so important, Willi.
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...then you ask me about Mexico and tell me you'll kill me for needing somethin' I don't hardly never get." --Jack to Ennis at their last meeting.
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Jack and Ennis endured inclement weather when it hailed on the mountain.
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Ennis justly considered Jack his lil darlin' - Jack was not only kind, loving but he opened up Ennis to desires he kept buried deep within himself.
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Lureen looks as if "she's in the homestretch at the Kentucky Derby" as she rounds the last barrel and races out of the arena during her event at the rodeo. [screenplay]
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Ennis had to load his .30-.30 before firing it at the elk.
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=comment= Tim
I luv seeing USA flag.
Smart choice by U!
Proudly,
Will-U
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The mountain pictured in the movie is actually called Moose Mountain, and it is located west of Calgary.
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Lureen's rodeo shirt is decorated with floral needlework.
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Ennis turned Jack on.
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Brokeback Mountain began life as a powerful story and has evolved into an equally powerful film.
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The year after Jack died, Ennis was a quadragenarian.
def: A person between 40 and 49 years of age.
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Thunder rumbled as Jack and Ennis tried to secure the tent during the storm.
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The Chilean sheepherders spoke Spanish.
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From the story: ...then, and as easily as the right key turns the lock tumblers, their mouths came together, and hard, Jack's big teeth bringing blood, his hat falling to the floor, stubble rasping, wet saliva welling, and the door opening and Alma looking out for a few seconds at Ennis's straining shoulders and shutting the door again and still they clinched, pressing chest and groin and thigh and leg together, treading on each other's toes until they pulled apart to breathe and Ennis, not big on endearments, said what he said to his horses and daughters, "Little darlin."
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Jack had an untold number of thoughts about Ennis when they were apart.
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Jack vouched for the fact that L.D. would give him money to get lost.
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As in "I wish I knew how to quit you!"
Can you BELIEVE we haven't played that yet?!?!?!?!?!?!
=reply= Ann Marie
No! It's unbelievable!!
Will-I
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After the mules were spooked and dumped most of their provisions, Ennis and Jack had an xigent need for a better food arrangement.
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'Book' Ennis married Alma Beers in December 1963, either before or after Yule.
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According to Jack, the zapping of sheep by lightning creates a horrible smell.
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All aboard for Round 96!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Annie Proulx is the author of the story Brokeback Mountain.
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Jack and Ennis were partly blameworthy for the wrong sheep count. If they hadn't spent their nights together at camp, they might've been able to avoid the sheep mix-up.
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There are shopping carts at the grocery store.
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From the moment they met, it was Ennis's and Jack's destiny to be together.
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When Jack is spurned one weekend by Ennis after the latter's divorce, Jack suffers almost -- if not -- an emotional breakdown.
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In Ennis' mind, Jack did not die from an exploding tire, but from a ferocious beating with tire irons. :-\
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In the short story, Alma's husband, Bill, was the Riverton grocer.
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Do we have any here? Only, kidding, of course, we do -- not. Kidding! First, we have Dre! Oh, and Fran. Ironically, they both spoke w/ each other tonite.
In BBM, the most outrageous heterosexual is Cassie Ann Cartwright: slutting around, dragging guys on the dance floor, flinging her dangerous mane of hair and especially her orders like "Rub my feet"!
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Ennis was attracted to Jack's carefree insouciant attitude.
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Jute is the material used to make the twine that bound the bales of hay Ennis fed the cattle.
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Ennis carried a knapsack on several of their camping trips.
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When Ennis was speaking the most he had in a year, Jack was doing the listening.
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Jack's mother believed in the Pentecost, while Ennis's mother used to sing to him and tell him it was time to hit the hay.
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The character of Bobby Twist first makes an appearance as a newborn baby.
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The boys locked orbs before they locked lips. :)
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Ennis was always prudent about his relationship with Jack.
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When they said "He used to try" to ride the bulls, the store customers implied that Jack was only a quasi bull rider.
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The announcer at the rodeo shouts "Let her rip and snort boys." :)
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Jack and Ennis were completely smitten with each other.
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The story of Brokeback Mountain is a classic tragedy.
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The boys traveled uphill to pasture the woolies. :)
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Lureen's rodeo outfit was so red, it was vermillion.
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Ennis and Jack are wrestling when Aguirre spies them through his binoculars. ;D
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Jack and Ennis' infrequent and brief trysts serve only to xacerbate their longing and pain.
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ENNIS is up with the flock now, rides his horse, the blue heelers running and yipping at the sheep. [screenplay]
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Between Jack and Ennis, Jack was definitely zanier.
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Get along little ABC dogies!!!!
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Ennis was antsy as he waited for Jack to arrive.
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Alma wears a bridal headband as she marries Ennis. :)
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If Jack's story were true (ahem!), Randall would be a cuckold.
=comment=
A cuckold is a man whose wife is unfaithful to him.
=question=
Whadya call a wife who's husband is unfaithful to her?
"Cuckolda"?
Will-C
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The bartender in the Jimbo scene is referred to as "Doug" by some other patrons.
=comment=
This was the answer to one of the questions on Becky's BBM quiz.
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Annie Proulx described Ennis as "farsighted enough to dislike reading anything except Hamley's saddle catalog."
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Jack was a grumbler by nature.
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OMG! U need a reservation at this "ABCs" Restaurant just to get in the door! I've been tryin' since "C".
"H' is for Ennis' comment in front of them to Alma about Jack (after the latter two met): "He's not the restaurant type"!
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Lureen said impishly to Jack: "What're ya waiting for cowboy? A matin' call?".
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The little lambs we see the boys carry are juvenile sheep.
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Aguirre expected to be kowtowed to by job applicants.
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Sorry, Zinaida, but "euphemism" was played by Lucise in Round 29.
We need a replacement "E" word.
Next up: "L"
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Jack hoped that Ennis would eventually come around to the idea of living together.
= comment =
This is my nomination for a replacement "E".
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My control find must be broken. :laugh:
Thanks Front-Ranger for replacing so ably! :)
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Mrs. Twist’s kindness is laudable in view of her surroundings. :)
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Mary McBride sang "No One's Gonna Love You Like Me."
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Ennis nixed Jack's idea of a sweet life.
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Mr. Twist was obstinate; he wouldn’t allow Jack’s ashes to be taken to Brokeback.
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Ennis and Alma watched the movie "Surf Party" at the drive-in.
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When Jack was dancing with LaShawn, he was doing a quickstep.
[n] - a ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps.
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Jack couldn’t resist Ennis.
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"She don't ever suspect?" --Ennis to Jack
=comment=
How have we avoided using this word???
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I was fortunate enough to see this film at the Telluride Film Festival last fall! :)
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Ennis' mailbox was unnumbered until he placed the adhesive numbers "1" and "7" on it.
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Heath Ledger played Ennis as a man whose vision was harmed by bright light.
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The exterior of the Twist’s house was faded and worn by the weather
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John Twist’s anger xacerbated Mrs. Twist’s grief. :'(
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Alma wanted to know if Ennis wanted to take Jack to a restaurant yclept the Knife and Fork.
def. Given or having a specified name; called, named
=aside=
I don't think Annie Proulx would have used that word.
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Jack and Ennis enjoyed their beer thanks to the work of the zymase enzyme in yeast that turns sugar into alcohol.
Great Word (http://forum.mamboserver.com/images/extrasmilies/beer.gif)
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Yahoo! Welcome to Round 98!!!!!!!! It just keeps getting better!!!!!!!!!
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Jack’s ambition was for Ennis and he to share a life together.
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Joe Aguirre: "Twist, you guys wasn't gettin' paid to leave the dogs baby-sit the sheep while you stemmed the rose."
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Ennis and Jack spent a lot of time cursing, xcept they would call it "cussing".
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Dozens of jars toppled off the shelf in the grocery store.
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Nobody knew the esoteric details of Jack and Ennis' relationship except themselves.
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Jack hoped to find fame and fortune on the Texas rodeo circuit.
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I believe the first truck we see Jack in, and later one of Ennis', is a GMC truck.
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That 1950 black GMC pick-up truck wouldnt start-up after Ennis & Jack came down from BBM; however, Ennis opened up the hood and tinkered with the engine and with Jack at the ignition and pumping, it started up!
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=compliment=
Wow! A dozen posts in just this past one hour! (We removed two since then as they were just question and answer pertaining to posts in progress.)
Mayor Will
of "ABCs"
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Jack’s father-in-law showed intractable behavior during Thanksgiving dinner.
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Ennis and Alma were joined in holy matrimony but Ennis and Jack were joined by Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennis knowingly kissed Jack in public even though Alma was right inside.
=question=
And U wudn't, DeeDee?
from,
Strait Dre's Gay B/F!
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Jack and Ennis made sure to drink plenty of liquids.
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Ennis worked with macadam while working on the road crew.
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Jack had almost persuaded Ennis to change his ways, but it was all for naught in the end.
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Like the basque said, "don't never order soup..."
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L.D. Newsome was a pompous ass.
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Except for the lightning in the distance, the scene of Jack sleeping on the mountain was a study in quiescence (quietness, peace).
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Ennis rationalized the sex in the first tent scene by saying "I aint' no queer".
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Alma Jr. left her sweater in Ennis' trailer during the movie's final scene.
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Ennis received a nasty bruise on his temple when thrown by his horse.
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Jack unbuttoned his jeans, with his left hand, no less (while Ennis unzipped his).
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Ennis paid a visit to the Twist homestead to pay his respects and to inquire about Jack's ashes.
=question= FGH
Wouldn't U say another reason was for Ennis to meet his in-laws?
How many times was daughter-in-law Lureen and grandson Bobby at Lightning Flat? Answer: 0! She never met her Twist in-laws and he never met his paternal grandparents.
Will-T
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The first tent scene showed a bit of wanton behavior by Jack and Ennis.
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Jack's suggestion that Ennis "find someplace new, maybe Texas", was xploratory in nature to feel out once again if Ennis might be amenable to making a life with him.
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Ennis used sex with Jack as a yardstick of how good it was, when he said "I like it with women, but it ain't nothing like this."
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There is a zee-shaped banner on the can of Bettermost Beans.
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99 Rounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! of the ABCs of BBM
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=====99 Rounds=====
Congratz again and again and again to ALL of the "ABC-ers" of BBM at BM!!!
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The song "Melissa" was performed by The Allman Brothers.
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When Jack squats down at the river at BBM to wash his few clothes, he shows some "booty". :P
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From story:
A slow corrosion worked between Ennis and Alma, no real trouble, just widening water.
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I like this description, like so many of Annie Proulx' phrases.
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Alma hung her wash on the line so it would dry.
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Jack obviously had an ejaculation when he yelled out "Guns goin' off."
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When dancing with Ennis, Cassie flung her hair at him.
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Round 99: I'm too excited!
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Jack was a generous man, not only with his money (he offered to spare Ennis a loan), but with his time, attention and love.
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"They never talked about the sex, let it happen, at first only in the tent at night, then in the full daylight with the hot sun striking down...." [short story]
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Many of the characters in BBM had some major issues.
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Jack’s GMC truck is a junker. :)
=compliment=
Kudos to all for reaching 99 (bottles of beer on the wall!) :laugh:
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Ennis’ kismet was to live alone. :'(
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Jack grew up on the lonesome prairie around Lightning Flat. It was pretty lonesome where Ennis grew up, too.
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Ennis had a mind-blowing reaction after having sex with Jack the first time.
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A napkin dispenser is on the table when Ennis is eating his pie at the bus station. :'(
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The song "Quizas, Quizas, Quizas" was written by Osvaldo Farres.
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Lashawn said she never thought she'd end up in a pokey little place like Childress.
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Mrs Twist quaintly gave Ennis permission to go up to Jack's childhood room, knowing all along what awaited him there.
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Jack to Randall: "You'll like working for Roy Taylor. He's solid."
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Ennis cooked eggs and bacon, with plenty of salt, for Jack in a cast-iron skillet.
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"I don't want to say goodbye," sang Teddy Thompson.
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Jack’s ideas for a life with Ennis were unequivocal. :)
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The divorce gave Alma sole custody of the minor children; Ennis got visitation rights.
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Jack continually tried to wangle a "yes" from Ennis.
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With a sheep on his back, Jack looked just like the bas-relief of the Abyssinian shepherd from the Palace of Xerxes at the British Museum.
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One of the dogs yelped as Ennis got closer to where the sheep were pastured.
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BetterMost beans in tomato sauce have a zesty taste.
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Round 100??!! Congratulations everybody!!! Hut ab!
A little colour can’t do no harm overhere, can it? ;D
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=compliment= Pipedream
This is a spectacular and appropriate celebratory display for the "ABCs of BBM". U obviously thoughtfully planned it and timed it perfectly. U beat me to posting! The fireworks display, of course, also reminds us BBM-ers of that scene in Brokeback Mountain. Too bad we couldn't superimpose Ennis in front of the colorful fireworks. Or, maybe since we are at the "ABCs", it should be me! Yah? Anyway, danke schoen, Anke.
Wilhelm-100
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;D Amazin' "ABCs of BBM" with.......
100 Rounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Everyone at the "ABCs" really deserves so much appreciation with all of the energy, ingenuity, time, creativity and loyalty that has been input!!!!!
100 Rounds of "ABCs of BBM" completed!
L-00-K:
With my "post" (pun intended) here, I'm in the middle of that duo -- Pipedream and Lucise -- like a sandwich!!
BBM trio visualized:
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Round 100 of the "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain"
100 Rounds of the "ABCs of BBM" Game
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"ABCs" PLAYERZ' "Time-Out"
Let's have some on-line (where else?) celebrating and reflecting -- and no A-to-Z word playin' for awhile! In other words, let's take a deserved (and needed) time-out break for a few hours til 6 p.m. (EST), i.e., 5 p.m. (CST). After all, we wanna give the reaching-out BetterMost Forum members the opportunity to congratulate their own. Make no mistake (or we'll "XXX" ya word up), this is a great team-effort accomplishment. ;D
Update: Administrator Phillip created a headline banner at the BetterMost homesite congratulating the "ABCs" and its Playerz and Modz for a successful 100 rounds.
Gamely,
Will-ABC
Creator
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Yeee-hawww!!
Great job by all ABCs Playerz!!!!!!!!!!! :D
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An ABC limerick:
They said it couldn't be done,
But ninety-nine rounds are won,
With Qs and Vs,
Those Xs and Zs,
Let's keep having ABC fun!
Hats off to my fellow players and
Big Cowboy Hugs to our Moderators and Mayor! ;D
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Congratulationz, ABCs Playerz, on this "AA" is awesome accomplishment! You all continue to impress and to amaze me.
:) ;D :D ::) 8) :-* :) ;D :D ::) 8) :-* :) ;D :D ::) 8) :-* :) ;D :D ::) 8) :-* :) ;D :D ::) 8) :-* :) ;D :D ::) 8) :-* :) ;D :D ::) 8) :-* :) ;D :D ::) 8) :-* :) ;D :D ::) 8) :-* :) ;D :D ::) 8) :-* :) ;D :D ::) 8) :-* :) ;D :D ::) 8) :-* :) ;D :D ::) 8) :-* :) ;D :D ::) 8) :-* :) ;D :D ::) 8) :-* :) ;D :D ::) 8) :-* :) ;D :D ::)
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The greatest congratulations to everyone here. I am so glad I found it and you. 'Did we get a repreive for Z in Round 99 or am I missing something?
Good job ABCs people!!
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Will, U had the Audacity, the Bravery, the Courage, the Daring, the Effrontery, the Fortitude, the Generosity, the Healty, the Intensity, the Jursiprudence, the Kleverness, the Mastery, the Nowledge, the Omnipresence, the Power, the Querulousness, the Resourcefulness, the Strength, the Timeliness, the Unrelentousness, the Vigor, the Wealth of spirit, the X-ability, the Yearning, and the Zeal to create and implement this ABCs game. Cowboy hats off to U!! Front-Ranger, the ABC slut!!!
=comment= Lee
U R 2 much!! How clever! I luv it! Anyone w/ a sense of humor that is out of the square box wood! (OMG! Wait 'til U know who sees that naughty word.)
Will-A-to-Z
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Here's another one:
Congrats to our ABC clan,
Thanks to AnnMarie, Sandy and Fran,
And to Philip the Wiz,
As Jack says, "Truth is:"
Kudos to Mayor Will, you da man!
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
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The elusive Z is back thanks to the Wizard of Mods!
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100 ROUNDS!!!!!!!!!! of #1 ABCs game
What an impressive feat! It seems like just yesterday we were at 10.
Good job to all ABCs players and... Fran, Sandy and Ann Marie for keeping it clean. Thanks to Phillip for welcoming us all. And finally, my buddy Will. Without this game, I would have never found such a wonderful friend. :-*
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100 rounds! Congratulation to all playerz! And thanx :-* to all our mods who watch over the ABCs so carefully.
This demands for more fireworks:
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Edit: Don't know why the pic has gone. First it showed up, a few minutes later it was gone. I tried another one now. Hope it works longer than the first one.
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If they could, Ennis and Jack would hand us some Whiskey for our celebration:
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Cheers to all of the deserving ABCs Playerz!
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Thanks to all the ABCs Playerz for an incredible 100 rounds. Your creativity and innovation simply amaze me. Special thanks to Will, Fran and Ann Marie for all their hard work and making this whole game possible. Sandy
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Ennis hoped that the returned postcard was a mistake and that Jack would answer the phone. Instead, Lureen told him the terrible news.
Round 100!!!!!!!!!
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Annie Proulx's says Brokeback is a story of two confused boys "beguiled by the cowboy myth." It is a myth shaped as much by Hollywood as history, which is why when Ennis pushes his Stetson down to obscure his face, the gesture recalls nothing so much as James Dean pushing down his Stetson in the epic 1956 western "Giant."
Round
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Ennis was crazed with desire when he pushed Jack up against the wall.
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Ennis learned earlier on that there are dire consequences to being found out as gay.
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While Jack and Ennis were getting reacquainted at the Motel Siesta, "thunder sounded far to the east, moving from them in its red wreaths of light." [short story]
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Alma’s face looked woeful upon seeing Ennis and Jack kissing.
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Grass Grass Glorious Grass
The hills were alive
with
the smell of grass and mountain flowers
- a sheep salad al fresco.
WOW YOU ALL DID 100
While I was at sea.
CONGRATZ
100 rounds and stilll lots of Grass left for the sheep.
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Ennis and Jack are two mighty handsome men, and I doubt anyone here would disagree.
And as for our landmark 100 rounds, what else can I say that hasn't been said? So...
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL ABCs PLAYERZ!!!!!
And of course to our finest modz Fran-E, Sand-E and the honorable Mayor Will-E.
A groundbreaking tribute to a groundbreaking film!!!! Most appropriate.
Remember our days in infancy back at IMDb, when the first 36 seemed like so many?
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L.D. Newsome generally behaved in an insolent manner toward Jack.
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The jagged peaks of Brokeback Mountain reached to the sky.
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"Four years after the first taste of carnal knowledge, Jack's reappearance rekindles Ennis' kundalini into a veritable bonfire." [Gary Indiana, www.villagevoice.com]
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Jack longs for Ennis when they’re apart.
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Ennis lived his life as a minimalist.
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Jack and Ennis ate stew on the mountain, but Ennis said no when Jack suggested they could kill a sheep, and use the meat to make navarin.
=definition=
navarin n. - stew of mutton and vegetables.
mutton n. - meat from a second-year sheep
Attached is a recipe for navarin made with lamb and lamb's tongues.
Not Your Average Brokeback Stew (http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/navarinoflambandlamb_6695.shtml)
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When Alma opened the door, she witnessed Jack and Ennis kissing.
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Jack to Randall: "Ever notice how a woman'll powder her nose before a party starts, and then powder it again when the party's over?"
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Alma was Ennis' quondam wife.
Per Merriam Webster, quondam is an adjective meaning "one-time" or "former".
Looking...up...Q words...in...dictionary...must...get...off...computer...now... :laugh:
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Great word AM.
Sandy
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Brokeback Mountain is a production of Focus Features and River Road Entertainment.
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Ennis and Jack sublimated their desire for each other by marrying and having children.
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Jack: "This ain't no little thing that's happenin' here."
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Nor here, for that matter, as we roll through our 100th round!
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Ennis never fully unpacked after his "fishing trips" with Jack; Alma found the price tag on his fishing creel from a number of years previously--untouched.
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Jack waited in vain for Ennis to reciprocate his love and make a life together. They got no sweet life, after all.
Next Post: 2800
=comment=
Thanx for the tip-off, Toast, as I'm the one
who updates our file heading figures -- and I've
changed the 2 key figures a total of over 500 times!
Welcome home!
Will-100
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Alma and Ennis had a simple wedding followed by that romantic honeymoon on a toboggan.
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Ennis xtravagated from his usual, quiet existense and opened his heart to Jack.
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WOW, Congrats everyone!
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WOW!!!! :o Over 16,000 views! ROUND 100!!!! All you clever "ABCs" players with your quick wits and huge vocabularies left me in the dust long ago. Will asked me to share with you all my heart felt congratulations on this thread as well...so you all know how fondly you are thought of. Job well done to all :D I tip my hat to you, everyone!!
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A herd of 1000 sheep has many yowies in it. Ennis and Jack were helping some yowies get up the mountain.
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yowie - a little ewe
YOWIE !!!
A Little EWE
and a Little ME
and we can make 100 !!!
Water may be older than light,
diamonds crack in hot goat’s blood,
mountaintops give off cold fire,
forests appear in midocean,
it may happen that a crab is caught
with the shadow of a hand on its back,
that the wind be imprisoned in a bit of knotted string.
And it may be that love sometimes occurs without pain or misery.
The Shipping News - Annie Proulx
As we celebrate our 100, let's remember the lady who made Brokeback Mountain a "reality".
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Ennis went zipping down the stairs after waiting all day for Jack's arrival.
This is the end of Round
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We are all taking the course ABC's-101 so let's finish out the semester in summer school!
=comment= Sandy
The colorful end of R-100!
Great eye-catching graphic.
The Dancin' Numbers!!!
Good 4 every ABCs round.
Will-G
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Alma wanted to move to town to be closer to the doctor because Jenny had an asthmatic wheeze.
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Alma was disappointed that there were no browns in the creel case, just the note she wrote to her fishing husband.
ALMA: "And then you come back lookin' all perky and said you'd caught a bunch a browns and ate them up."
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According to the story, Ennis had caliper legs.
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Ennis and Jack dissected the delectable elk before they could eat it.
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The blue heelers' job was to chase any errant lambs back to the herd.
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L.D. Newsome to Jack: "Boys should watch football."
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We witness Ennis take his vows as a groom. :)
=congratulations=
Highway 101 kids!
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Alma slings her handbag over her shoulder right before she meets Jack. 8)
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Jack and Ennis had trouble talking about the nocturnal incident in the tent.
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Jack was quite an entertaining jester. :laugh:
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Cody Klepper was one of the locations scouts for the movie.
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Ennis paid for his horses' livery by working weekends at a horse ranch.
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Monroe is a milquetoast. :laugh:
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Ennis wore a necktie with a striped design to his wedding.
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Regarding Jack's wish for a sweet life together, Ennis was oppositional.
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Alma states "We ain't poison or nothin'" when she's asking if Jack can join them for coffee. 8)
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Jack and Ennis enjoyed a quantulum of cannabis as they sat around the campfire.
=definition=
quantulum n. - small quantity.
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A court reporter is present in the courtroom, making an official record of the del Mar divorce proceeding.
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There was snow on the ground when Ennis did his little jig.
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"Trespassers will be shot.
Survivors will be shot again."
Sign at Aguirre's trailer.
=compliment=
That was a good one, I'm surprised it wasn't used before.
Sandy
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Thanx. Me, too. I've had this on my list for a few rounds, but never made it to get my hands on "T". :)
=response= Chrissi & Sandy
I've had "trespassers" on my list for 100 rounds.
Long ago, I presumed it was "safe". Oh, well.
Maybe "survivors"!?
Will-T
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L. D. Newsome regarded Jack as an unfavorite person in his life.
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Vocalists on the BBM soundtrack include Willie Nelson, Steve Earl, Teddy Thompson, and Rufus Wainwright.
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"Ennis Del Mar wakes before five, wind rocking the trailer, hissing in around the aluminum door and window frames. The shirts hanging on a nail shudder slightly in the draft." From the story.
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The boys could easily xclude the world up on the mountain. :)
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Jack was the yielder and caved in after most of the disagreements between he and Ennis.
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Ennis' and Jack's jeans had zippered flies, not buttoned ones.
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Round 102!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
::) ;D
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Jack's bedroom: An ancient magazine photograph of some dark-haired movie star was taped to the wall beside the bed, the skin tone gone magenta. [novella]
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The photo of 1961 Best Actor for "Judgment at Nuremburg" winner Maximilian Schnell!
Will-A
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In the novella, Ennis warns Jack that he'll get "beaver fever" by drinking from a mountain stream.
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The force that is drawing Ennis to Jack is the one thing that Ennis has lacked for all of his life: the desire for connection.
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Ennis recognized the danger of being an openly gay man.
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Ennis was kind enough to use some spit as lube before he entered Jack.
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Greetings to ALL the ABC-ers of Brokeback Mountain.............
A - "A" is announcing my decision not to any longer be a Moderator at BM at this time.
B - "B" is back on "Board" as "ABCs", etc. Moderator is the only person who I discussed this with (via e-mails and telephone) for her needed and agreed cooperation: Ann Marie in the interest of the "ABCs" and its real family of Playerz!
C - "C" is congratulations again to ALL on the incredible, exciting and record-breaking one hundred rounds of the "ABCs of BBM" for which I see from my "profile" stats that I literally spent more than a couple of weeks in time presiding over, guiding, helping, funning, etc.
=bonus letter=
D - "D" is defining the special ABCs Playerz along the long, red-lining and zigzagging trip (in reverse alphabetical order for a change): Zinaida (Pirate Bride), Victoria, Toast, Tim (PAU), Snowflakes, Sandy (Memento), Paul (SEMd), Nipith (SBL), Moni (MMM), Milli (Lucise), Mary Twist (Mrs.), Mandy (dMMB), Lee (Front Ranger), Juliette (Montague), Fran H. (the best partner), DeeDee (Dre's godmother), Chrissi (Penthesilea), Becky(Beckala), Arturo ("The Willys"), Ann Marie ("That Girl") and, last but least, Anka ("Pipedrain") and, no doubt, a few otherz!
Gamely,
Will-U
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My appreciation to Will for his hard work in adminstering the ABCs (and other) games here at BetterMost.
Will, I wish you all the best and my sincere thanks for your contribution to the ongoing BetterMost story.
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Proulx wrote:
“They fended off the night for an hour with the yellow kerosene lamp. . .”
=Comment= Will, I hate to see you go. . . I hope you're not leaving for good. :'( :(
Bye, Will. . . . . . .
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Sorry to see you retire Will! Here's big kiss for all the time and effort you put into moderating the ABC's and 123's here at Bettermost. I hope we will continue to see you posting around the forum.
MMMMMUUUUUAAAAAAWWWWHHHHHAAAAAA
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Lureen and Alma put a grand effort into the Thanksgiving meal. But men are pigs.
And there were in the same country
shepherds abiding in the field,
keeping watch over their flock by night.
King James Version
Thank You WillYum
for watching over us
and for leading us
into fame and glory.
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Will, I respect your descision wholeheartedly. You were a great mod and should be proud of your hard work and accomplishments. I'm certain I'm not the only one here who respects you tremendously.
:-*
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Will,
Thank you for some of the happiest moments I've ever spent online and for giving me an opportunity to see just how far we could take this "ABCs" game. I'm the type of person who really hates surprises, so your sudden news has caught me off guard. While I wish it weren't so, I'm going to respect your wish to do things your way.
Fran
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Will,
Thank you for the opportunity to be a mod of this incredible ABC's of BBM. I have enjoyed working with you and will really miss your watchful eye. The game won't be the same without your midnight postings and wittisisms, but I realize that you have to do what's best for you.
I wish you the very best and remember what Ma Twist said, "You come back and see us again."
Sandy
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"In August Ennis spent the whole night with Jack in the main camp, and in a blowy hailstorm the sheep took off west and got among a herd in another allotment." From the story
=Comment=
I don't think Will would want us to stop playing the game, so with all due respect Will, this
one's for you.
Not a word was spoke between us, there was little risk involved
Everything up to that point had been left unresolved.
Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm.
"Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."Bob Dylan
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Like many ranchers of their economic status, the Twists live an insipid life.
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Brokeback Mountain is 20 years of regret, jampacked into 17 pages.
And they, since they
Were not the one dead,
turned to their affairs.
Out, Out - by Robert Frost
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Aguirre thought he was the kingpin of the mountain (but our real kingpin is stepping down! :'()
=comment=
I don't want to say goodbye, Mayor Will, so this will just be adios for now, kemo sabe--Your Front-Ranger
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A lugubrious landscape surrounded the Twists' home.
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Towards the end of the movie, Ennis is outside his trailer and applies stick-on numbers to his new mailbox.
===aside===
Another massage to Will:
You did such a great job. We will miss our captain. Hope to see you furthermore
as player at the ABCs and on other Bettermost boards.
I won't say "see you around", cus I know this means four f*ckin' years ;)
See you soon,
Chrissi
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Turkey Day: near the Black and Blue Eagle Bar: ENNIS runs around the pickup, yanks open the driver door, drags the huge man out in the slushy street, pummeling him and kicking him. Knees him in the nuts.
oops, no comment to Will about
getting kneed in the nuts
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Both Jack and Ennis had oppressive fathers who put them through a rough childhood.
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Jack and Ennis had a plethora of beans and booze.
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Jack and Ennis quarrelled at their last meeting. Jack wanted more time together, Ennis had a work schedule and child support payments to worry about.
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When Ennis called Lureen, her telephone rang.
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Ennis and Jack's time on Brokeback was short-lived.
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Jack thinks Randall will like working for Roy Taylor, he's solid.
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Annie Proulx said that after she had finished writing Brokeback Mountain, she went back and rewrote it with Ennis and Jack getting together, but it was unbelievable that her characters could do that.
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A variety of foodstuff was available for purchase at the grocery store.
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Oh, my! I am a little stunned you understand. As you know, I have already lost one son. I'm sorry, I do not really understand this. It is not because of my age. I must say that I travelled to this appealing forum, as many of you may, mostly for this wonderful and meaningful tribute to our Brokeback Mountain.
The only comfort I have with this not good surprise is that I remember Miss Ann Marie with Mr. Will at the other Brokeback board. I am happy that she is back here for him. Oh, I do not know what else to say except I can not play a word right now. I'm sorry. I think I lost track of what answer and for what letter I was about to play....
For Mr. Will, as someone above nicely quoted me, let me say, you come back and visit us soon. I'll have the cherry cake.
God bless you,
Mrs. Mary Twist :'(
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Alma wore a white wedding dress and Ennis wore a white carnation.
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Annie Proulx did not try to make her characters perfect xamples for us to emulate. Rather, she showed us their flaws and helped us understand how they became flawed.
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Bobby Twist's YOB is 1967.
YOB = year of birth
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Little Jenny was wearing a zipped-up fleece jacket at the grocery store.
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...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope that is enough.
Possibly one of the longest round openings ever....Enjoy:
Congrats to all for a amazing amount of rounds so far, I mean so much has gone on while I have been away the amount of posts on here is amazing and I am so pissed off that I have missed all the amazing posts that have been on here lately, Damn you Canada and your lack of computers! ::)
But most shocking and saddening of all is the news that my dear friend Wills is leaving as a MOD! God I go away for a few days and everything falls apart.
=tribute= Wills
Well Wills you have left me no choice but to sing you into submission, or should that be to try and sing you into submission.
*Clears throat and blows a solo note on the harmonica. Starts to sing in a voice that even Jack would be ashamed of*
When I feel that lonesome prairie wind
I let my soul get back to you again
And I will never let you, I will never let you,
I will never let you go
Even though this wasn't meant to be
It's gonna break my heart to watch you leave
But I will never let you, I will never let you,
I will never let you go
Why I'm feelin' so, so low
I will never let you, I will never let you,
I will never let you go
Why I'm feelin' so, so low,
I will never let you, I will never let you,
I will never let you go
Why I'm feelin' so, so low
I will never let you, I will never let you,
I will never let you go
I will never let you, I will never let you,
I will never let you go
*Waits for applause, but even the crickets refuse to make a noise except to groan*
If all of you are alive after that I give you a pat on the back and a slice of cherry cake. And of course if you aren't alive after that give Jack my number! ;)
I feel so sad to be saying goodbye to Wills: Genius, comic, my father figure(I am sorry to make you feel old, but it is true! God what a messed up family we would make!), The Bar-stool(say it out loud and figure what word it sounds like)for leaving me, my spell checker ;D, one of the subtlest people I know(*cough* ;D) my mentor, my favourite mod(sorry guys but it's true), one of the many bringers of joy and laughter into my life and most importantly my friend.
I hope that this arraingment is not forever and you will pop your head in now and again, of course if you are only dropping your "I am a Mod" hat and changing it for an "I am just a normal person" hat(like you could ever be normal! :laugh:) then you can come and rub elbows with us average Joe's anytime. Of course if you are planning to leave for good feel free to hang your hat in my direction anytime and keep in touch with email(as you still haven't replied to the one I sent ages ago!) as I don't want to loose my bestest mentor. And I have said hat so many times in this paragraph I think I need a few more: Hat, hat, hat! :)
Although I am not thrilled about your decission right now >:( I am sure I respect your decission in some way, I am just trying to find in what way I respect it. No not really, I know you weren't happy here for a long time and now you have reached your 100th I think you deserve the right to bow out gracefully, that is aslong as "ABCs" fades out with you as "ABCs" is nothing with out Wills and his faithful Fran by his side, correcting us and making us "better people". ::)
It severly pains me to say: "So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye" to my Wills and hope in his leaving he remembers us all as the bunch of misfits and ABC obsessed freaks we truely are! ;D
Love,
You're Beckala! :-*(not in da BX) ;D
P.s Also in your leaving please fill in the
P.s If you have time on your way out of the Bettermost door would you mind playing my Quizas as it would be an honour for basically the creator of this board to play my humble game, oh great one! :-*
P.P.S: I have left a few spelling mistakes in here for you, just so you feel at home in correcting me...Yes I did it on purpose *shifty eyes*
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It was interesting to watch Ennis avoid eye contact with Jack, while they were both sizing up each other. Jack almost demanded eye contact, but he backed off, and used his mirror instead.
Round 103
is underway
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Carl Buddig assorted smoked meats, in the three-ounce size, are advertised in the paper at two for 99 cents.
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There's a coatrack in Aguirre's trailer.
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ALMA wore a J.C. Penney's wedding dress. [screenplay]
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E. Annie Proulx wrote the short story on which the film was based.
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Jack kept an eagle feather tucked in his hat. [short story]
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The bikers were ready for a great time at the fireworks.
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Ennis had a heavy heart when he found out Jack was deceased. :'(
=comment for Will=
I also have a heavy heart now that I've read you've left us to fend for ourselves for a while. As Juliette says, real life tugs at us and eventually pulls us away. You're more than friend, you're a mentor and you have my deep respect and friendship always!
Fondly,
Zin :-*
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There was an ink-stained desk in Jack's bedroom.
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Hey Willi - :)
(http://images.despair.com/products/demotivators/retirement.jpg)
You were spending way too much time online Will, 'bout time you toned it down alittle.
Kidding! ;D
Cheers for a job well done! Like Anke said - don't forget us! ;)
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When they had finished drinking and Ennis wasn't able to ride back to the sheep for the night, both men found themselves in a state of jag.
DEF: n. a state or feeling of exhilaration or intoxication usu. induced by liquor
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We see three carving knives in Brokeback Mountain.
Ennis carves a wooden horse.
Jack carves a turkey.
Monroe carves a turkey.
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Jack gives Ennis lots of limpid blue-eyed looks of longing.
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Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar met in 1963 outside Joe Aguirre's trailer.
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Jack's and Ennis' times together led to some neglect of the sheep.
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Jack is extremely sympathetic as the incurable optimist whose dreams of building a life with Ennis are constantly thwarted.
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Lureen to Lashawn: "Oh, you was Tri Delt? I was Kappa Phi myself."
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Ennis quarrels with Alma when she prepares the meal but has to go to work before meal time.
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Ennis wears a wedding ring and Jack also wears a ring, but it's unclear if that is a wedding ring.
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Alma Jr. to Cassie: "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be rude."
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Ennis and Jack had complementary jobs. One guy would tend to the camp, and the other would tend to the sheep, dogs and varmints.
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Ennis often wore white, tank top undershirts.
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Smoking was a vice shared by Jack, Ennis, Alma, and Lureen.
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A wave of joy and lust went over Ennis' face as he watched Jack Twist through the window. Jack f***kin' Twist.
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"What some see as the homoerotic subtext of buddy films and Westerns is the surface text here, although Lee's intent is to explore rather than xploit the premise."
DUANE DUDEK
Journal Sentinel film critic
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"Yep, you're a real thinker there (Jack F**kin' Twist)."
=aside=
Welcome to the "ABCs" of BBM game. We're glad you're here.
Ann Marie, Fran, and Sandy
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The del Mar marriage followed a zigzag course. It made a zag when Jack reappeared in Ennis' life after four years.
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Amazingly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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There is a box for employment applications outside Aguirre's trailer door, to the right of his Trespassers sign.
=aside=
good cleanup Fran
Let's Roar
Through 104!!!!
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From the number of bottles lying around, it looks like Ennis went on a beer binge while waiting for Jack to show up.
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"Later, that dozy embrace solidified in his memory as the single moment of artless, charmed happiness in their separate and difficult lives." [short story]
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The bead was damaged somehow and the force of the explosion slammed the rim into his face, broke his nose and jaw and knocked him unconscious on his back. [Lureen in the novella]
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After Brokeback, Ennis married Alma and got a job at the old Elwood Hi-Top Place.
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Lureen’s parents brought two boxes of formula to her when they visited their grandson.
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Ennis' height was greater than Jack's.
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THe blue heelers were sheepdogs that industriously babysat the sheep while Jack and Ennis were busy with other pursuits.
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Jack's longing to share a life with Ennis steadily increased year by year.
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There can be no legal, moral or religious justification for Ennis' father letting his children see the victim of a hate crime.
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Jacey Kenny played Jenny, age 7-8.
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The Wyoming territory where the story/film is set was explored by Lewis and Clark.
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Ennis was mad as a hornet finding out Jack went to Mexico.
=Aside=
Diane was mad as a hornet finding Will gone.
Loved you as a mod, Will, and still love you as a friend.
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The word cowboy is used only once in the novella and then only as a noun of affection.
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Heath and Jake just won the award for best kiss and Jake won the award for outstanding performance in the MTV Movie Awards.
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Jack to Ennis: "Tell you what, we coulda had a good life together! Fuckin' real good life! Had us a place of our own."
=compliment= Fran
Here I thought you used every possible version of zig and zig, and you pull out another one.
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During Ennis' brawl with the bikers, Alma and the girls quailed, frightened by the sudden display of violence.
quail vi to recoil in fear
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The boys had hundreds of pounds of raw meat, when Ennis shot the elk.
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Ennis: "You ever get the feelin'... I don't know, er... when you're in town and someone looks at you all suspicious, like he knows? And then you go out on the pavement and everyone looks like they know too?"
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Jack drove to Mexico to pick up a trick.
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"This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United States and other countries." [credits]
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Greetings, again, to ALL the "ABC-ers of BBM":
I'm pleased to have received so many and meaningful "wordz" -- and even animations (Vic, Mem, Lu) -- via board posts, telephone calls, private messages and direct e-mails! Thanx for all the conveyances of appreciation for my creation, maintenance and moderator tenure of the "ABCs of BBM" and "Lines =U= Won't Hear" (and more) received from BetterMost Administrator Phillip; ABCs Co-Moderators: Fran-E, Memento (Sandy) and Ann Marie; and from other "ABCs Playerz" such as (reverse alpha): VKM (Victoria), Toast (SC), Prowl Among Us (Tim), Pirate Bride (Zinaida), Pipedream (Anka), Penthesilea (Chrissi), Mary Twist (Mrs.), Lucise (Milli), Mandy B, Juliette Montague, Front Ranger (Lee), DeeDee (Dinah) and Becky (Beckala). Maybe the others don't know?! Anywho, I spoke at an event today where I was cheered by thousands so, somehow, it much more than balances out! ;D
BTW, the only place that I know -- besides Churches of God and Broadway Bagels in Manhattan -- that is busier on a Sunday morning is the "ABCs of BBM". In fact, U can see that for a Summer Sunday, the "ABCs" had a strong showing of about 40 posts. "And the Game played on." :)
Gamely,
Will-XYZ ;)
P.S. Dre gives a "shout out" to two he's spoken with recently: Fran & DeeDee.
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Speaking of that MTV award-winning "Best Movie Kiss" of the groin-grabbing, animalistic embrace and tongue and throat ~kiss~ between Ennis & Jack, which was in parts viewed by wifey Alma -- who Ennis then nervously intro'd to his even more nervous B/F Jack:
"From the vibration of the floorboard on which they both stood, Ennis could feel how hard Jack was shaking." [short story]
=411=
U know the famous Beach Boys' song "Good Vibrations"?
That song was #1 in 1967 -- Ennis & Jack's reunion year!
BTW, that famous "Kiss" won at the MTV Awards tonite!!
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Untangling the Chilean sheep from Aguirre’s was hard work.
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Joe Aguirre: "Twist, your Uncle Harold's in the hospital with pneumonia. Docs don't xpect he'll make it."
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"There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you can't fix it you've got to stand it." From the story
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Zebulon Pike, much like Lewis and Clarke, was tasked with exploring the plains and Rocky Mountains. However, he wrote back that the Front Range area of the U.S., including most of Wyoming where the story is set, was a vast desert. This resulted in many people moving to the west coast and other parts of the American West, but the Front Range and high plains areas remained sparsely populated. Thus the setting for Annie Proulx's story of Brokeback Mountain: a rural place where people eck out a hardscrabble living and enlightened thinking is rare.
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No, that's not Curriculum Vitae!! That's Round One Hundred and FIVE!!!!!!!!!
With honours to our Mayor Emeritus on this the fifth day of Gay Pride Month! A Toast to you Mayor Will!! May you Prowl Among Us and leave an occasional Memento to commemorate our PipeDream that became a Tsunami!!
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While Ennis helped Alma with the Thanksgiving dinner cleanup, Monroe settled down in an armchair to watch figure skating on TV.
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"Ennis jerked his hand away as though he'd touched fire, got to his knees, unbuckled his belt, shoved his pants down, hauled Jack onto all fours, and, with the help of the clear slick and a little spit, entered him, nothing he'd done before but no instruction manual needed." From the story.
=aside=
You did it again FrontRanger - you should be called the Zee Queen.
(http://traffic.iteris.com/routes/images/i-105.gif) and still going strong.
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Brokeback Mountain was a success partly owing to its dedicated, talented cast (too numerous to mention here).
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"The horses nickered in the darkness beyond the fire's circle of light." [short story]
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When we first meet Jack and Ennis on Brokeback, Jack is outgoing and friendly, but
Ennis is a quiet, withdrawn enigma.
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Both Ennis and Mrs. Twist are forlorn when they meet.
=comment=
Is it just me or is this not as much fun without Will at the helm? :'(
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To some, the sight of drying elk meat was gross.
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John Twist was wont to harangue his wife and guests. :)
=comment=
I agree with you Snowflakes. :'(
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An ill-mannered John Twist didn't think twice about spitting into his coffee cup in front of company.
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At the risk of jeopardizing his family life, Jack, nonetheless would not give up on Ennis.
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When it came to ranching or cowboying (or sheepboying) Ennis and Jack had the required know-how.
=comment=
Maybe my fun threshhold is low, but I feel like I am having a goodly amount of fun, plus I appreciate the encouragement, support, and gentle corrections of our three moderators!
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So nice to hear from our Mayor Will!
Glad to know things are humming along for him, and I eagerly await his return to the board, as I'm sure everyone here does as well. ;D
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The legal drinking age in Wyoming in 1963 was 18 so Jack and Ennis weren't breaking the law.
=aside=
In November 1962, at age twenty-one, Richard Cheney was convicted for the first of two offenses of driving while intoxicated (DWI). According to the docket from the Municipal Court in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Cheney was arrested for drunkenness and "operating motor vehicle while intoxicated." A Cheyenne Police Judge found Cheney guilty of the two charges. Cheney's driving license was suspended for 30 days and he had to forfeit a $150 bond posted at the time of his arrest.
Eight months later, in July 1963, Cheney was arrested in Rock Springs, Wyoming and fined $100 for his second DWI conviction. At the time, it was not possible for the authorities in each area to link the two convictions, which would have resulted in the second offense being viewed much more seriously. Since this arrest, Cheney has had no further convictions.
=reply=
Sandy, while I'm always happy when anything unflattering about our VP (or is he our President? You decide.) resurfaces, the thought of him being so close in age and proximity to Ennis and Jack's perfect time together on the mountain makes me want to scream!!! Hopefully if their paths ever did cross, it was at the Wolf Ears or somethin' and Ennis got a couple good punches in.
- Ann Marie
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The dozy embrace flashback is a memorably mellow movie moment.
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=comment= That's some piece of alliteration, there, Scott....keep it up.
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To knit, Alma used yarn and knitting needles.
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When Jack and Ennis engaged in sex, they made use of one orifice or another.
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Jack and Ennis wear denim jackets on the promotional poster for Brokeback Mountain.
=Aside=AnnMarie and Memento
I like the idea of Ennis pummelling Dick Cheney black and blue at the Wolf Ears in 1963.
=aside= Toast
He was the biker at the 4th of July picnic that Ennis beat black and blue - good thing
he wasn't hunting.
Sandy
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"With a couple of hours to kill at Doha Airport in Qatar a few weeks ago, I wandered into a shop selling newspapers, gifts, and a small selection of books. Among the rather bland titles on display, one book stood out a mile: it was Brokeback Mountain. There was only one copy in stock, and I suspect it had somehow got there by mistake since the film version of Brokeback has not been shown anywhere in the Arab world and there's no sign that it will be any time soon."
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/brian_whitaker/2006/03/brokeback_desert.html
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Unfortunately, Jack and Ennis couldn't get together with any regularity.
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Jack to Randall: "You'll like working for Roy Taylor. He's solid."
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When Ennis came on a bear, a week's supply of groceries and whiskey were scattered all over the trail.
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Rodeo Announcer: "Next up is an up-and-comer, Jack Twist from all the way up in Lightning Flat, Wyoming."
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"V" is "V" again -- just like very late last nite.
Ennis was visiting the Twists to meet his "in-laws" and to see about carrying out Jack's wish to have his ashes scattered on Brokeback Mountain.
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Cassie worked her wiles on Ennis at the bar.
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Jack leaned on his pickup, below Ennis window, wearing a golden watch with an xpansion strap.
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Even while on the dance floor, Lashawn continued her yakking. Jack couldn't get a word in edgewise, so he only nodded politely.
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Alma appeared almost zombielike after witnessing the embrace and kiss between Ennis and Jack.
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That's right Round 106, let's all get our fix.
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Ennis was astonished to hear that 42 sheep had died the previous year on Brokeback Mountain.
=comment=
I am not astonished that we've made it this far!!
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While Ennis had his job on the highway crew, he was working weekends at the Rafter B in exchange for keeping his horses out there.
=aside= WLH
This one's for U.
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Jack to Ennis: "I can spare you a loan bud, if you're short on cash. Give it to you when we get to Signal."
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Brokeback Mountain - Soundtrack Lyrics
Willie Nelson
He Was A Friend Of Mine
He was a friend of mine
Every time I think of him
I just can't keep from cryin'
'Cause he was a friend of mine
He died on the road
He died on the road
He just kept on moving
Never reaped what he could sow
And he was a friend of mine
I stole away and cried
I stole away and cried
'Cause I never had too much money
And I never been quite satisfied
And he was a friend of mine
He never done no wrong
He never done no wrong
A thousand miles from home
And he never harmed no one
And he was a friend of mine
He was a friend of mine
He was a friend of mine
Every time I hear his name Lord
I just can't keep from cryin'
'Cause he was a friend of mine.
Earl died on his back in the ditch.
Jack died on his back ....
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"I guess," said Ennis, slipping his hand up her blouse sleeve and stirring the silky armpit hair, then easing her down, fingers moving up her ribs to the jelly breast, over the round belly and knee and up into the wet gap all the way to the north pole or the equator depending which way you thought you were sailing.... [short story]
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Jack had more than one foible, including his unending optimism.
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Jack was more gregarious than Ennis, and LaShawn was the most gregarious of all.
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From that first handshake, Ennis and Jack were linked.
The Homo Handshake (http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0101/shake.html)
=aside= Toast
What unbelievable propaganda !!
Sandy
=aside= ROFL
Hi Sandy did you read the page in the kids section
called:
Why Did Jesus Have Long Hair Like a Homo?
Toast
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"...if you can't fix it, you've got to stand it." [short story]
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Our boys looked pretty joyless when they parted in Signal.
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Alma wore mostly knee-length skirts.
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far away "a sprinkle of lights like fallen stars on the vast dark plain." -from the screenplay
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Ennis said NO to mutton.
Wikipedia: The meat of a sheep a year old or younger is generally known as lamb, whereas the meat of an older sheep is either hoggett or mutton depending on its age and characteristics.
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"He didn't know which way it was, the tire iron or a real accident, blood choking down Jack's throat and nobody to turn him over." [short story]
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Ennis found the reunion hug to be an opportune moment to plant one on Jack. :-*
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After Alma Jr. left the table, Alma muttered "Please, thank you" into the thin air. Ennis was asleep in a beer-induced stupor but woke as soon as he heard Jack's car approaching.
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Ennis spent his life questioning who he was, and if he deserved to be happy.
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"The closet was a shallow cavity with a wooden rod braced across, a faded cretonne curtain on a string closing it off from the rest of the room." [short story]
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Ang Lee’s films include many dualities. In Brokeback Mountain, Jack is similar to Sense (Marianne) and Ennis is similar to Sensibility (Elinor) in Sense and Sensibility.
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Even Alma could see the tension between Jack and Ennis in 1967.
The floorboard vibrated between them.
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Jack made an unscheduled trip to Mexico after Ennis told him sorry, he'd have to see him next month because it was his weekend with the girls -- Jack's 1,200-mile drive north be damned!
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Ennis was vengeful when he felt that the world was against him, such as at Thanksgiving when he picked a fight at the Black and Blue Eagle.
=aside=
Nice playing leapfrog with U, Fran and Toast!
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Our shepherd friends were driven off the mountain by wintery weather.
=aside=Front Ranger
Extra points for the Dick Cheney reference
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Oh, my. Since Jack died nearly twenty-three years ago, Lureen has been my x-daughter-in-law.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Mary Twist
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Lureen's teeth had yellowed over the years, no doubt due to smoking and not flossing.
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After refusing Jack's offer of a loan because he wasn't in the poorhouse, Ennis sat himself down on a zuche.
zuche - tree stump
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Round One Hundred and Seven. There ain't no reins on this one!!!!
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Ang Lee is an artistic virtuoso.
=aside=
No, virtuoso has not been played!!
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The battered bodies of Earl and Jack lay on the earth.
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Jack was chomping hungrily on his rack of elk.
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After Aguirre had spied on Ennis and Jack with his binoculars, the expulsion from paradise was looming above their heads like the sword of Damokles.
:'(
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Most of Ennis and Jack’s trysts occurred in the eventide. :)
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Annie Proulx said we have to finish the story in our own lives.
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"Late in the afternoon, thunder growling, that same old green pickup rolled in and he saw Jack get out of the truck, beat-up Resistol tilted back." [short story]
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Jack and Ennis generated a lot of heat to keep them warm in the "friggin' cold".
=compliment=
Zinaida, eventide is a lovely word
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Ennis's refusal to open himself to love is sometimes inscrutable.
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Jack found it easy to jest with Ennis. :laugh:
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Ma Twist is fussing in the kitchen and we see a single cherry in the cake.
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Jack referred to LaShawn as "Lively little gal". Which is a polite understatement.
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The mania BBM has inspired in all of us is evidenced herein. :D
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At the beginning, Ennis and Jack noted each other's presence surreptitiously. :)
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The scenes on Brokeback Mountain are an ode to the pastoral life.
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Jack felt Ennis was a great prospective partner.
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After quarreling with Alma in the kitchen, Ennis grabbed his jacket and hat and stormed out of the house.
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"They never talked about the sex, let it happen, at first only in the tent at night, then in the full daylight with the hot sun striking down, and at evening in the fire glow, quick, rough, laughing and snorting..." From the story.
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One of Rockmount Western Wear's innovations is the development of the sawtooth pocket, a breast pocket that is seen on Ennis's striped shirt. Rockmount is the outfit in Denver that supplied the shirts and some other items for the movie.
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Ennis spent 20 years and more, tormented by his sexuality.
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When Jack met Ennis, Ennis was very quiet and undemonstrative. That all changed as they got to know each other better up on Brokeback Mountain.
=3000th "ABCs" of BBM post=
And it just keeps getting better!
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"the lights of Signal, Wyoming vivid, closer now, perhaps five miles ahead." From the 2003 screenplay
=Kudos=Fran and everyone!
Another milestone! 3,000 posts. All I can say is Yaaaa-hoooooo!!
Our mods deserve a medal of valor!!!
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Brokeback Mountain is one whopper of a film.
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Troy was Alma Jr.'s x-boyfriend.
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Jack Twist came in on his horse, yawned and said, "I'm commutin' four hours a day."
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Lureen looked quite zazzy in her rodeo finery.
zazzy - flashy, stylish
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!! Round 108 !!
Zazzy and Great
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While looking in the rearview mirror to shave, Jack rinses his razor in a worn agatewear cup.
=aside=
Crisis averted! Toast, you're the best. :-*
Sorry again, Prowl! ;)
AM
=comment= Don't apologize. I got over it REALLY quickly and moved on. LOL :laugh:
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We learned that Ennis isn't too fond of the crowd that hangs out at the church social because they're too fire and brimstone for his taste.
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Ennis was wearing a baseball cap while he worked on the asphalt-laying job.
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Ennis to Alma at the grocery store: "My boss called, got to run up to the ranch.... All the heifers must of decided to calve at the same time."
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One of the most evocative scenes during the film is when Ennis kneels in front of Jack with hat in hand.
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Lureen, Farrah Fawcett called; she wants her hair back.
=explanation=
For those who may not see the BBM connection, Lureen sports several Farrah Fawcett-like hairdos.
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When Alma took a dollar bill from her pocket, "Ennis guessed she was going to ask him to get her a pack of cigarettes, bring him back sooner." [short story]
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Ennis hedged when the subject of a commitment to Jack arose.
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Who couldn't fall for Jack with those incredible baby blue eyes? ::)
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In his hurry to get across the street to the Black & Blue Eagle bar, Ennis nearly jaywalked into the path of an oncoming pickup.
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MMM
Should I say that Ennis kissed Jack?
OR
Should I say that Jack kissed Ennis?
NO they kissed mutually.
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Jack: "I got it figured, got this plan, Ennis, how we can do it, you and me. Lureen's old man, you bet he'd give me a bunch if I'd get lost. Already more or less said it..." From the story.
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Jack: "Measure the fuckin' short leash you keep me on, then ask me about Mexico and then tell me you'll kill me for needin' somethin' I don't hardly never get."
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Jack returned to Aguirre's office to report for a second season's work and to meet the newcomer.
But the newcomer couldn't even make eye contact with the cute guy in blue.
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3,000 Posts at "ABCs of BBM"............. 3,000 Posts at "ABCS of BBM".............. 3,000 Posts of "ABCs".............
Huge milestone whether at IMDB or BBM or BM!!! The "ABCs of BBM" did it!
3,000 record-breaking Posts at the "ABCs of BBM"
I'm surprised that it was almost totally overlooked here; only even mentioned (as an aside) by our beloved Fran and darling Lee. The #1 file of any of hundreds on this entire forum is a big deal. That's what the "ABCs of BBM" is: one fantastic, record-breaking file!
3,000 posts at "ABCs of BBM"
Gamely and much more,
ABCs Mayor Emeritus
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BTW, administrator Phillip started a "BetterMost Forum" statistics file, which is very interesting, but not in a "general" area. Instead, it's inexplicably posted at a separate board!? Yet, nada here at the "ABCs". Even I didn't know about it until a nice BBM-er sent me a personal e-mail at my office!
The "ABC's of BBM" are #1 in two of the top statistical categories: "Views" and "Replies (posts)"!! Yet, most, if not all, of U have never seen those stats. Surely, those stats regarding US should have also been posted here where WE are -- if not in a general, open area. That's a reasonable and sensible request, isn't it?
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Thanks, Will. I missed it, too. :(
To save everyone the trouble of searching for the stats referred to my Will, I'm providing a link. The original post mentioning the BM Forum stats was posted by Phillip on May 27th.
Fran
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?action=stats
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Ennis recalled his olfactory memory of Jack at the reunion: "the intensely familiar odor of cigarettes, musky sweat, and a faint sweetness like grass, and with it the rushing cold of the mountain."
The sweet smell of 3000 posts.
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Lureen was punching numbers in her adding machine.
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Quick-reflexed Ennis easily caught the cheap watch Joe Aguirre tossed in his direction.
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Rectal sex was Ennis' preference with Alma - which didn't make too many babies.
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Ennis was sulking on the grassy knoll they day they came down.
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The photo taped to the wall of Jack's bedroom has yellowed or magentaed. It was a magazine photo of Maximilian Schell.
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When Lureen asked Jack why husbands don't never like to dance with their wives, Jack indicated he was uninterested in the topic: "Ain't never give it no thought." Could they have had any more negatives in those sentences??
=compliment=Ann Marie
I loved your Fawcett and Incredible!!
=reply= Zee
Bahaha! Thanks!
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Ang Lee was aiming for verisimilitude in portraying the American West in the 60s through 80s.
def: something having the appearance of being true or real.
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John Twist was a wicked man. :)
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Lureen to Jack in the backseat: "My daddy's the hurry. Xpects me home with the car by midnight."
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When Ennis said "you know I ain't queer" he was referring to what had happened yesternight, or the night before.
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The first tent scene portrayed a zygotene process (zygotene: the synaptic stage in meiosis in which homologous chromosomes pair intimately.)
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109 and counting! Great work here!
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No that is not Six, even though it is 6-06-06!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is Round One Hundred and Nine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Git along you little alpha-brokies and Clowns!!!
Thank you Mayor Emeritus Will for prowling around here. We're just being babysat by the dogs these days (no I didn't mean the mods!!!)
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Ennis agonized over his vision of Jack’s death. :'(
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Ennis: "Once burned"
=aside=
How did that one slip by?
=reply=
"Burned" was a good find!
Fran
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Ennis presented a contrarian view to Jack.
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They are deluged with both snow and hail on the mountain. :)
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While Ennis helped Alma in the kitchen, Monroe sat himself down in an easy chair to watch figure skating on TV.
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Lureen and LaShawn retired to the "powder room" to "freshen their makeup" while Jack and Randall mused outside and smoked.
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The dried blood on the sleeve was his own blood, a gushing nosebleed on the last "afternoon on the mountain when Jack, in their contortionistic grappling and wrestling, had slammed Ennis's nose hard with his knee." From the story
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"A porch stretched across the front of the tiny brown stucco house, four rooms, two down, two up." [short story]
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Jack felt incomplete without Ennis, and vice versa.
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Jack was jamming to “King of the Road” on his way to see Ennis. :)
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From the mess in Alma's kitchen, it appears she had used many items of kitchenware in preparing the Thanksgiving dinner.
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Jack and Ennis spent most of their relationship longing for one another.
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Ennis's comment to Jack about them things that could get him killed was a malediction.
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Ennis explored Jack’s nether regions. :)
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Annie Proulx's story is told from Ennis' viewpoint.
However the screenplay and movie take an omniscient point of view and we see things that Ennis could not be aware of.
=aside= Toast
You are the Toast of the town, or should I say clowns, with your great
ABC's version of Send in the Clowns.
Sandy
=congratulationz!=
Toast, this happens to be your 400th post! Good choice!
Fran
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Biker #1: "Asshole probably stopped puttin' it to the wife after the kids come, you know how that is."
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Mr. & Mrs. Jack Twist’s dining room table is quadrilateral.
=compliment= Snowflakes
Great "Q".
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After quarreling with Alma in the kitchen, Ennis grabbed his jacket, put his hat on backwards, and ran out of the house. [novella or screenplay??]
=aside=
I would love to see the backwards hat scene, Would Ang have filmed it, I wonder.
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"Jack took the stairs two and two. They seized each other by the shoulders, hugged mightily, squeezing the breath out of each other, saying son of a bitch, son of a bitch;" From the story
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Jack told Ennis he had to ask about ten different people in Riverton to find out where he was living.
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Nightime as usual:
Mrs. is knitting.
Kids in front of the TV.
Mr. having a drink or two.
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Jack vainly hoped for "the sweet life" with Ennis.
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Alma wanted to stay in town near the clinic because Jenny had an asthmatic wheeze.
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The surname "del Mar" is of Spanish xtraction. It translates to "of the sea."
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Jack is yanking a sheep backwards when they're trying to untangle them. :)
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Misters Twist and Del Mar had encounters which were packed with zestfulness.
:o
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Welcome all yee merry ABC clowns to Round CX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let us play the day away!!!!!!!!!!!
=aside=
Can you believe I actually came to the library to catch a little ABC fix on the way home??!!!
=reply=
Somebody by the name a Zee got "it" bad!
Fran
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BBM was like an alternative universe to Jack and Ennis.
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From the dialogue of the movie "Surf Party" at the drive-in, we learn that the parking of trailers on the beach is not allowed.
While Ennis is waiting for Jack to arrive, in the background Alma Jr. can be heard saying, "I'll color the beach."
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Jack chomped at the bit every time Ennis made excuses.
A little horsey reference.
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LaShawn was what we lovingly refer to as a ditz.
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Alma Jr. apparently got her ears pierced as she's wearing earrings in her earlobes.
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Ennis woke up almost frozen and the pissy pup tent was covered in snow.
Probably the best dancing by an Australian star in the movie.
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Jack carried a sheep around his neck while crossing the gully, thereby keeping it out of the water.
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Jack and Ennis engaged in some erotic horseplay.
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Some say Jack's attraction to Ennis was instant upon his first laying eyes on him.
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L. D. Newsome was a real jerk.
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Ennis knotted the ropes and straps around the supplies.
I bet those soup cans looked good, and he knew that Jack would approve.
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"Two guys livin' together? No way." - Ennis del Mar
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"One tender moment's reprieve from loneliness can illuminate a life."
From a review of BBM in the New York Times
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There are many nutritious things on Brokeback Mountain.
Beans, bacon, venison, lambs, ewes, yowies, beans, soup (on the trail), spuds, beans, and of course grass and wildflowers.
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"But before he was out of the truck, trying to guess if it was heart attack or the overflow of an incendiary rage, Ennis was back on his feet and somehow, as a coat hanger is straightened to open a locked car and then bent again to its original shape, they torqued things almost to where they had been, for what they'd said was no news." [short story]
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Alma and Ennis are eating popcorn at the movies.
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Ang Lee came to the Brokeback Mountain project with stellar qualifications.
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Rockyford is one of the towns thanked by the producers in the credits.
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Greetings from Greenwich Village, New York!
Tonite (Wednesday, June 7th) we had another worthwhile and happy BBM-ers rendezvous, which once again proves that U can actually meet nice people and make real friends through Brokeback Mountain. Remember, BBM has as its main message "love" -- and not "hate"!
DeeDee, Mystery Gyrl, AnDre (of Will & Dre) and Will-U were at another Hudson Street eatery, Hudson Corner Cafe, for about three lively hours. Besides great drinx 'n' food 'n' dishes, it was that much fun! Dee brought a gift of "BBM: From Story to Screenplay" for Dre! He gave her a special c/d (not BBM) gift. Mysterie Gyrl & Will bought each other green apple martinis!! Yesss, we took pix.
DeeDee especially sends her greetings to all of the "ABCs" Playerz as she is in New York for three nights and four days and does not have computer access at her parents' home. She is kept up-to-date via phone thru Celeste, et al. Plus, the night before, DeeDee had din 'n' wine with Jenny (New Year's Day) in Brooklyn. Jenny said that will be looking out for Will, Dre and Heath at the Brooklyn Gay Pride Parade on Saturday evening. U dint know? Oh!
DeeDee will "report" hers when she returns home tomorrow nite! :)
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Awful Aguirre was, among many other negative traits, sneaky with his hidden spying on Ennis & Jack with his binoculars, just like the "hidden" viewer on this board right now is sneaky!
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"I don't want to say goodbye" and the CD-only duet with Rufus W. of "King of the Road" were sung by Teddy Thompson.
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Ennis was using his glove as an oven mitt, frying up breakfast for Jack Twist.
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The thermos bottle Joe Aguirre carried from his car into his trailer was a vacuum-insulated container.
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The first postcard Jack sends to Ennis has a stamp with a picture of George Washington.
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There are two xits in Ennis' little trailer.
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As time passes, Jack and Ennis grow older, and their previous youthfulness becomes less apparent.
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Lureen had zooty Farrah Fawcett-like hair.
Def: typical of a zoot-suiter : flashy in manner or style <a zooty haircut>
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Round 111 - Just keep truckin' on
(http://members.lycos.nl/Radio2fans/typing.gif)
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Biker #1: "Asshole probably stopped puttin' it to the wife after the kids come, you know how that is."
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Jenny will have a brother-in-law, when her big sister Junior gets married in June.
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In Wyoming as in many parts of the U.S. (and the world, for that matter) there are rigid customs that restrict peoples' behaviour.
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John Twist’s behavior is detestable. :)
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birth name:
Edna Anne Proulx
22 August 1935
Norwich, Connecticut, USA
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"There were only the two of them on the mountain, flying in the euphoric, bitter air..." story
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There’s a garden hose by Ennis’ last trailer.
=compliment= Will
I’ve returned briefly to send out a shout-out to Will. He’s a wonderful Commander in Chief, mentor and friend and Will will always have my respect. Will, you’ve made me crave a green apple margarita!
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The above-mentioned garden hose, yeah! :laugh:
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Jack and Ennis were immersed in water when they jumped into the river. :)
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Kirk Jarrett, stunt coordinator
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Ennis wasn't kidding when he told Alma she could call out for Monroe. It was fightin' time.
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Jack's gaze lingered a little too long on luscious Jimbo, arousing loathesome looks.
=aside= Southend
Great alliteration
Sandy
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An older man is holding a flag at the firework display. :)
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WOWEEEEE!!! I'm gone for a few days and we now have over 3,000
posts and over 18,000 views!
Congrats to our mods and players for making this such a success!
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In the short story, Jack received notification of Ennis' divorce by telephone.
In the movie, he received notification of the divorce by postcard.
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Jack and Ennis were never openly gay.
Jack was more accepting of his sexuality but in Ennis' mind "he was no queer" :-\.
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Lureen had a penchant for flippy, feathery hairstyles and hydrogen peroxide.
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For Alma to become pregnant, her sex cells had to progress through the quadrivalent stage of meiotic prophase.
=aside= Prowl
Wow!!! Have you been having medical conversations with SouthEndMd?
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The next morning, Jack rubs his eyes after that first night’s activities.
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Ennis could certainly be described as stoic.
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Jack was so gentle–he held Ennis tenderly during the second tent scene.
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The attraction Jack had for Ennis at first sight was unmistakable.
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The pastoral vistas in the film were magnificent. :)
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Entertainment Weekly had an article on Brokeback calling it "Western Union". Quick Collect here (http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1136042_+1_0_,00.html)
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Sorry Southend, it was used in round 4. I guess your F thingie wasn't working right. We need a replacement "S".
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A stuffed animal head can be seen on the wall in Aguirre’s trailer.
This is the replacement "S."
Next up is our favorite "X." :laugh:
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Jack’s xpanding waistline is evident later in the film. :)
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Both Ennis and Jack were shown yukking amusedly after Jack did his rodeo cowboy imitation and fell over.
yuk [Slang] to laugh loudly
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Jack and Ennis were usually zested after their encounters.
def. zested
completely mentally and physically drained
urbandictionary.com (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=zested)
=aside=
Yay thanks Fran-E
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Round 1-1-2
and more to do!!!!!!
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Jack’s room was austere yet comfortable; its appearance fitted his personality: plain, straighforward, simplistic but full of character.
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Blackie is the name of one of the towns thanked by the producers in the credits.
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I have a question for Mrs Twist.:
Some people say there is only a piece of cherry in her whole cake.
Some people say there is one cherry in her cake.
I want her to tell me there are lots of cherries in her cake.
... now about the coffee beans ....
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Alma and Ennis spent one of their infrequent nights out (maybe their only night out) at
a drive-in theater.
(http://www.drive-ins.com/imagespt/el/ele000l39.gif)
Get your ticket here for a history of drive-ins (http://www.driveinmovie.com/)
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The weather on Brokeback went from one extreme to another.
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Joe Aguirre decided to bring the sheep down early because of the weather forecast: another storm moving in from the Pacific.
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L.D. was a stud-duck and grandstander.
=aside=
Sorry, fellow ABC clowns, I am a real numbnut today!
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Alma hung clothes on the line.
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"My main theme,"
says the director (Ang Lee),
"is the innocent heart.
It's in all my movies."
(http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/photos/2005/12/Mountain.jpg)
Review (http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/filmmakers/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001613669)
I still love reading a sympathetic review of my favourite movie.
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Ennis and family went to see fireworks to celebrate the Fourth of July.
Can you believe we're just playing that now?!?!?! This game will never end!!! :) :) :) :) :)
=comment= Toast
Thanks for the review, I miss reading them!
Ann Marie
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Lureen’s rings were kitschy.
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Alma had strong feelings about the new postcard among the mail. She just had to lay the other mail on top of it.
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The Pentecost is when we sinners march off to hell, according to Jack.
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Jack wanted Ennis; there was nary a doubt of that in his mind.
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She opens the door, looks out and there they are.
That Jack Nasty has a bad effect on my man.
Fishing Partners, my creel!!
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A sign says that no public parking is allowed behind the laundromat.
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After Aguirre’s sheep mixed with the Chilean sheep, Jack and Ennis attempted to quantify them with little success.
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"They were respectful of each others opinions, each glad to have a companion where none had been expected." [short story]
=aside= DeeDee
Thank you!
Fran
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Ennis: "Besides, that sonofabitch is cutting us out of a whole month's pay. It ain't right."
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Mr. Twist’s truculent attitude prevented Ennis from carrying out Jack’s wishes concerning his ashes.
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"U" is Ennis being uncomfortable at the Twists' home because of the sad situation and for the way Ennis felt ill at ease not knowing how much Jack's parents knew about Jack and him!
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The response to BBM was vitriolic from some quarters. It was unfairly denounced as promoting the so-called "gay agenda". Grrrr........... Makes me hopping mad !
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As Jack drives away after learning Ennis' divorce doesn't mean they'll be together, his face looks woebegone.
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Mrs. Twist was being xenial when she offered Ennis cherry cake and then allowed him to go to Jack's room and take the shirts.
Def: Pertaining to hospitality or relations with friendly visitors http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/XENIAL (http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/XENIAL)
(http://www.langfieldentertainment.com/images/DECEMBER%202005/Roberta%20Maxwell_small.jpg)
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Aguirre was unhappy with the yields from Brokeback Mountain, in both 1962 and 1963.
And Jack Twist would not work for him again.
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As Ennis approached the eviscerated sheep, he heard a zizz. It was caused by the many flies buzzing about the decaying flesh.
zizz (n) a buzzing or whizzing sound
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Round 1-1-3
from "A" to "Z" !!!!!!
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The sense of beauty infused with sadness, which the Brokeback Mountain story and film evoke, is called in Japanese, aware.
=comment=
Wow lucky 113! Glad to be here!
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A bare lightbulb is in Jack's closet. :)
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Jack cautiously took Ennis' hand and placed it on his coveted crotch.
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Willie Nelson, who performed "He Was a Friend of Mine," appears courtesy of DreamWorks Records Nashville.
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Happiness eludes Ennis and Jack throughout their lives, except for their brief encounters. :)
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They must have suffered from flatulence after eating all those beans.
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The song "No One's Gonna Love You Like Me" was written and produced by Gustavo Santaolalla and performed by Mary McBride.
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Ennis hangs his hat on a hook in his house (all right, trailer).
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John Twist’s attitude is icky. Fortunately for us, John is unpleasant; there are so many words we can use to describe his nastiness! :D
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Ennis told Jack the Earl and Rich story so he could realize how their living together could jeopardize their lives.
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Alma didn't like kinky sex, didn't like regular sex with no precautions, and didn't even like it when Ennis smashed a snowball on her head.
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The boys used the great outdoors as their loo. :)
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Jack misconstrued Ennis's reason for sending the divorce postcard.
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Jack was nearly naked when Ennis entered the tent on the second night. 8)
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Ennis was engaged in onanism when he wrang it out 100 times thinking about Jack.
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Ennis feared being a pariah in 1960’s society. :)
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Mr. Twist querulously relates to Ennis Jack's "half-baked" notion about how he was going to bring Ennis up to the Twist ranch to whip it into shape.
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Ennis knew that revealing their relationship would be the ruination of their lives. 8)
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Ennis had opinions about rodeo cowboys, including the risk that they might get stomped doing it.
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Ennis sat at the kitchen table with Jack's parents.
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When Ennis was ready for action with Jack, his pants came undone quickly.
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Ennis and Jack were very vigorous in whatever activity they pursued.
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Jack warbled his way through "Water Walking Jesus".
=aside=
James McMurtry, co-writer of "Water Walking Jesus," and son of Larry, is playing at Johnny D's in Somerville, MA tonight.
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From the credits:
Negative Cutter...............Xact Cut
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There is a review of BBM on Yahoo Movies.
See Review Here (http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1808403312)
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Sex happened so fast between the boys the first time, it was nearly over before it began. Slam! Zowie! And then the falling action after the climax, as it were (denouement in literary terms –although you could interpret it either way).
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Round 114, ladies and gentlemen! Applause, applause! :D
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Lashawn and Randall met at an Aggie game. :D
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Ennis del Mar married Alma Beers.
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Jack became crotchety when he couldn't be near Ennis' crotch.
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The murder scene in the movie was very disturbing, even though it went by quickly.
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The job of the herder, among other things, was to eradicate the coyotes who preyed upon the sheep.
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Flies were buzzing around the remains of the dead sheep.
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L.D. is Bobby's grandfather. There, I think we got them all in! :D
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Lureen wears a horseshoe pendant around her neck.
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Ennis inched slowly toward Jack that second night in the tent. 8)
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"Ennis packs a few biscuits and a jar of coffee onto his horse." [screenplay]
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Jack deserved kudos for his winning rodeo ride. And for that matter, for telling L.D. Newsome off during Thanksgiving dinner.
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Alma was fed up not only with Ennis' "fishing trips" ("he! he!") w/ Jack but that Ennis yearned for measly low-paid ranch jobs. [story]
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"Jack found himself with a vague managerial title, traveling to stock and agricultural machinery shows." [short story]
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Lureen was a very nubile young bride.
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The New York Times Book Review described Annie Proulx's characters -- especially Ennis & Jack of BBM -- as the following: "Their lives are futile, uphill struggles conducted as a downhill, out-of-control tearaway".
BTW, this description is so fitting that they included the exact quote in the book's opening praise of author Proulx in the BBM story.
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When taken altogether, the boys’ total time spent in each other's company showed a definite paucity.
Def: noun; Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity.
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John Twist spit his quid into his coffee cup.
Def: quid - a wad of something chewable as tobacco
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"The return address was Childress, Texas. Ennis wrote back, you bet, gave the Riverton address." [short story]
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The local supermarket is where Alma worked and met her second Gay husband!
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Jack and the Bean Stock.
Once upon a time there was a boy called Jack, and he had a problem with his stock of beans. They just kept on coming more after more. So he sent his buddy Ennis way down the mountain to sing about powdered milk and spuds, and to see if the beans could be magically changed into soup. But, because of the sad singing about a dead cowboy on the way back, a bear come on Ennis and the soup cans were planted on the trail. Now if you go back to Brokeback Mountain, there you will see the whiskey stream and soup can trees.
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Martin Urquhardt is listed in the credits as the field biologist.
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Ennis and Jack engaged in the sport of venery when they shot the deer and also after dinner in the tent.
Definition 1: Hunting or the game hunted.
Definition 2: The pursuit of sexual pleasure
=aside=
Two for the price of one
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Jack and Ennis wantonly rolled down the mountainside.
Definition: Frolicsome; playful.
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We debate whether the mountains or the women are xtraneous to the story line in Brokeback Mountain.
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Jack gave a yawp of exultation when he did his rodeo impression.
Def: 1. A bark; a yelp. 2. Loud or coarse talk or utterance:
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Ennis came up behind Jack and pulled him close, and they stayed that way for a long time in front of the fire. Jack zizzed, and after a while, Ennis commented, "Come on, you're sleeping on your feet like a horse."
zizz -- to have a brief sleep
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Round 115!!!
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Ennis was reluctant to admit he was in love with another man.
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Lureen had Jack completely bamboozled, as Jack did Ennis.
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The book insinuates the boys were of a lower class in life.
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When Ennis saw Jack below, there was no delay.
Down the steps, into his arms.
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The first tent scene is an electrifying union, where Jack and Ennis make love compulsively, painfully, and unable to help themselves.
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The fright of being found out kept Ennis and Jack apart.
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There's what appears to be a gadfly on Ennis' face during the lake scene when he threatens Jack with the "All them things I don't know..." line. That fly drives me nuts!!!
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=compliment= Toast and Memento
Sandy and S*******, what great words, electrify and delay! And what U did with "there"
is amazing!!!!
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Both Ennis and Jack were handy men to have around (Shades of James Taylor's Handyman!!)
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"Down in Texas Jack's father-in-law died and Lureen, who inherited the farm equipment business, showed a skill for management and hard deals." [short story]
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Jack did his best to be a jaunty man.
def - having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air.
=aside=
Front, now you have me listening to James Taylor.
cool.
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The prominent Wall Street Journal's Michael Knight wrote in praise of author Annie Proulx:
"Miss Proulx writes with all the brutal beauty of one of her Wyoming snowstorms."
In fact, the publishers of BBM liked the quote of the Knight so much, they included it in the preface of "Brokeback Mountain" the short story.
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Ennis to Alma Jr.: "This Kurt fella, does he love you?"
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Ennis had a monkey on his back when it came to his sexuality.
To quote my favorite George Michael song, "[Ennis] why can't you do it, why can't you set your monkey free?"
=comment/compliment= Fran
Holy crap! 115 rounds before the BIG L-word gets played! That's what the whole movie is about, and we missed it until now. Apparently it's as hard for us to say as it was for Ennis. You hit the jackpot on that one!
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E. Annie Proulx was born in Norwich, Connecticut.
=compliment=
115 rounds, and we have the right word at last.
LOVE found by our own Fran-E.
Wow how could we miss that word. ???
Jack Pot Word -
LO
VE
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"There were only the two of them on the mountain flying in the euphoric, bitter air, looking down on the hawk's back and the crawling lights of vehicles on the plain below, suspended above ordinary affairs and distant from tame ranch dogs barking in the dark hours." [short story]
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"He stopped at the side of the road and, in the whirling new snow, tried to puke but nothing came up." story
=aside=
"All you need is love" - The Beatles Fran-E
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Horses are quadrupedal animals.
Ennis' horse is a joy to watch as it gallops on the mountain-top, with it's saddle-bags bouncing.
definition - having four feet.
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.............with a capital R! That's "R" as in River Road Entertainment, one of the production companies involved with the success of BBM!
Good that I officially 'clarified' those "signal/Signal" and "lighnin'/Lightning" cases in "Vicky's Law"!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
=aside= Ann Marie
Speaking of "M" is monkey and GM's song,
"Monkey Time" by Major Lance was a hit song
in 1963, ironically the year that Ennis & Jack met!
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After Lureen inherited the business, she "showed a skill for management and hard deals." [short story]
=aside=WLH
Good night.
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In the limited space of the tent, Ennis and Jack deepend their intimacy considerably.
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"U" is for "uglyazz" Aguirre (pronounced "a queer") who clearly considered Ennis & Jack an unholy alliance. He made that so clear that the following summer he refused to re-hire our hot Gay Boyz! :)
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"ABCs" reply #3223 -- "T" is "toss" what? ::)
Uh, oh, I feel an "Aussie" expression (that other worldwide folks don't know) such as "toss" (?) cumin' on! I dunno. But, review "Anke's Rule" (about 'foreign' expressions) in our "ABCs" Guidelinez!
Meanwhile, the 3 reg. Modz are asleep (or whatever) so they cudn't "XXX"! Ray's "T" was quickly replaced by Miss Victoria -- just like when us 3 were the 3 late nite "ABCs" Playerz over at The Original Board (TOB) of IMDB.
Sorry, Ray, wrang it out! However, at least U appeared even if only to kibitz? Try again! We'll be here. The #1 "ABCs" ain't goin' nowhere, Matey!
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Is it vanity to shave in your pickup mirror? Or just good grooming?
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Ennis's resolve never wavers, even when kneeling at the tent flap with his hat in his hand.
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Can U believe that xcsision hadn't been played yet, Lu? This game will definitely go to 200 rounds unless it suffers the same fate as the Luisitania!
"X" is xcision which unequivocally Ennis & Jack had to do to the huge elk in order to get the meat OUT!
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Our boys youthfully chopped firewood, set up tent and prepared for a summer alone on Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennnis was zonked-out from too much alcohol when he crashed on the ground before Tent Scene I.
=comment=
Many dictionaries spell this without the hyphen, but Webster's has it with the hyphen.
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Let's get in another fix.
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The elk Ennis shot had large antlers.
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Alma offers to call a baby-sitter.
Then they could go out as a threesome.
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Alma Jr. drove up to Ennis' trailer in Kurt's Chevy Camaro.
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When the boys brought the sheep down the mountain, they had to navigate some declivitous terrain.
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Sandy, your graphics are too freaking cute. I have no idea how you do it, but I love them. :-*
=reply=
Thanks AM, a little html, finding the right website, and cutting and pasting will do the trick.
Sandy
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Jack: "Once in a while? Every four fuckin' years?"
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Jack was from Lightning Flat, up near the Montana border.
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Ennis and Jack came to Aguirre's trailer looking for gainful employment.
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A freezing night provides the impetus for Jack and Ennis to spend the night huddled together.
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Joe Aguirre was not impressed with the work the lads did that summer, especially because the count was wrong and there were sheep in the herd they didn't take up to the mountain to begin with.
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Brokeback Mountain has a janus-faced1 poster for a janus-faced2 story in a janus-faced3 world.
def -
1 Having two faces, one looking to the future and one to the past.
2 Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another.
3 Having or concerned with polarities or contrasts.
=compliment= Toast
a triple play
Sandy
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Ennis's world was suddenly out of kilter after Jack drove away.
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Another reason that Alma ultimately had to and did leave Ennis is that, besides low-esteem and low-paying, he longed for long-houred jobs -- keeping him away from home, the wife and the kids much too much.
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Ennis had a mind-boggling reaction to the sex in the first tent scene.
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Ennis's nemesis was himself.
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It took Alma years after witnessing that kiss to express her hurt and outrage to Ennis.
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Here's more evidence that the "ABCs of BBM" could go to 200 rounds!!
BBM the film was "dedicated" by the producers, director, et al. -- yet heretofore not mentioned (except for the first name) at the "ABCs" -- to: Geraldine Peroni, the original BBM Film Editor. (A major film dedication is "a big thing".)
Very sadly, "Geri" died at a young age (51) before the BBM was completed. Geri lived with her female lover in the East Village of Manhattan, New York! Yes, Geri was also Gay!
=aside= Sandy & Toast
I got the "P" this go 'round!!
(Memento was out jogging.)
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Ennis was not willing to sign a quitclaim on his daughters; he wanted to see them despite the divorce.
=aside=
I'm so glad U got to play yr P, Will. That was so interesting and sad about Gerry. I did not know about her dying. :'(
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On a rainy day, Ennis Del Mar stayed under canvas, took off his wet hat, and whittled a piece of wood.
=aside=
Memento was jogging.
Toast was up and down a ladder.
And Will got in a nice P - cool
I like "nemesis"
Cool colours, too
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Cassie left notes for Ennis with Steve at the ranch.
=congratulations=Fran-E
Congrats to Fran for surpassing the 700th post mark!!! ;D
=reply=
Thanks for noticing.
Fran
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Jack's postcard to Ennis said that he was "coming thru [sic] on the 24th."
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In the first tent scene Jack and Ennis were undoing buttons and buckles.
=congrats= Fran-E
Congratulations Fran on 700 posts, many of which were some of the most interesting, esoteric, obscure and colorful words of this game.
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Jack seemed vexed at times by Ennis' repeated rejection of the idea they make a life together.
Definition: To cause perplexity in; puzzle.
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On the floor in Jack's closet were a pair of well-worn boots.
=aside=
Today was Fran-E Jr.'s graduation from high school!
Mom is very proud.
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Ennis' and Jack's times together were mutually xhausting.
Kongratz Fran
Jr.'s Grad Day
700 fine posts
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Because of their youngness, they lacked the self-awareness to recognize what they were feeling.
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Jack zizzes, and Ennis comments that he's "sleeping on his feet like a horse."
zizz (vb) to take a nap
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>>>>> Round 117!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! of the "ABCs of BBM" <<<<<
Give Me an (http://sig.graphicsfactory.com/samples/paid9.gif) for Fran Jr.
=birthday greetings= Vicky Kay
What a beautiful date June 11th for a beautiful person.
U're very active at BBM -- and a great Mom at home!!
I also sent U -- VKM -- a private birthday message.
=aside= Sandy
Feel free to add an animation commemorating "ABC-117"!
=asides= Fran
I'm the one who let U know via PM that U had a milestone 700 posts!
Glad U enjoyed and were proud of my pic in the N.Y. Daily News!
I mailed "Fran Jr." a beautiful, special graduation card today.
Will-Newz
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Lureen Newsome Twist was a very audacious young woman.
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Ennis grabs the banister while bounding down the stairs. (Jack had arrived after a four-year absence.)
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It was evident that both Jack and Ennis climaxed during Tent Scene 1.
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"...you and me can't hardly be decent together if what happened back there" -- he jerked his head in the direction of the apartment -- "grabs on us like that. We do that in the wrong place we'll be dead." [short story]
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Each of our boys wanted to own some land and have a ranch of some sort. However they found something more valuable, but they didn't know what to do with it: LOVE.
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Alma wore frowzy clothes.
def: Unkempt; slovenly: frowzy clothes; a frowzy professor.
Having an unpleasant smell; musty: a frowzy pantry.
=Aside=
Thanks to latjoreme for this word which she used to describe Alma when we were lunching at Ted's in Denver!
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Ennis: "When we split up after we got paid out, I had gut cramps so bad I pulled over and tried to puke, thought I ate somethin' bad at that place in Dubois." [short story]
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Heath Ledger
Birth Name: Heathcliff Andrew Ledger
Born: Perth, Western Australia
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The first night in the tent was impromptu for Ennis, but not for Jack. 8)
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Matthew Johnson played the drums on the Teddy Thompson version of "King of the Road" in the soundtrack.
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Jack was a darling klutz with his fall during his faux bull riding performance. :)
Klutz=clumsy
=Congratulations Fran!=
On your personal and BBM milestones! You do us proud! :D
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Mr. Twist considered that his son was a line-shooter.
def - A very boastful and talkative person.
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Alma is too mousy to communicate effectively with Ennis until their Thanksgiving confrontation. 8)
Mousy means timid.
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"He called Jack's number in Childress, something he had done only once before when Alma divorced him and Jack had misunderstood the reason for the call, had driven twelve hundred miles north for nothing." [short story]
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One thousand sheep, two horses and those dogs produced organic fertilizer day and night.
definition - A fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter.
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Jack’s Dad was “pretty well known in his day” in the rodeo world. :)
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Jack put more of a quotient of time into the relationship than Ennis did. 8)
Quotient means a measure.
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Brokeback Mountain makes the point that religion does not necessarily answer all our personal moral questions.
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Ennis lay by the smoldering fire, shivering to the bone when Jack called out: "Ennis, quit yer hammerin' and get in here."
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Jack and Lureen own and wear much turquoise jewelry. :)
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"Like vast clouds of steam from thermal springs in winter, the years of things unsaid and now unsayable -- admissions, declarations, shames, guilts, fears -- rose around them." [short story]
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In Ennis’ mind’s eye, Jack’s venous blood is splattering wildly. :'(
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Lureen was a widow after Jack's death.
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When Ennis exclaimed, "Jack Fuckin' Twist," he was using an xpletive as Jack's middle name.
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Ennis performed well as a yeoman at his many jobs. 8)
Yeoman=A diligent, dependable worker per dictionary.com
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Fran is never zizzing.
OOPs - back to the movie
Jack was zizzing by the twisted tree trunk as the lightning flashed in the cloudy sky.
=aside= Fran - I love your word zizz
so I used the add - ing rule.
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CXVIII
ROUND 118
We're doing Great
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Zizzer Free Zone
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Near the end of the movie, we see that Ennis is coming around to Jack's idea of being together (or he's run out of excuses), but alas, Jack runs out of luck before their next meeting comes in November.
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Ennis: "There was these two old guys ranched together down home, Earl and Rich. They was a joke in town, even though they was pretty tough old birds."
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Ennis was enraged to find out Jack was cheating on him in Mexico.
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From an early age, Ennis probably realized there was something about him that was different.
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Jack and Ennis began their relationship in the early sixties and continued it until the early eighties.
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Ennis dropped out of high school after his freshman year.
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“Don’t he look exactly like his grandpa?” L.D. asked. Actually, Bobby did look like L.D. at that point.
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Mrs. Twist did not remove the haemic stains from Jack's trophy shirts.
def. - Relating to or containing or affecting blood.
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"The door opened again a few inches and Alma stood in the narrow light." [short story]
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Aguirre’s sheep and the Chilean sheep were jumbled together.
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In Aguirre's office, between the foreman and the boys and to his right is a keyboard.
def - Holder consisting of an arrangement of hooks on which keys or locks can be hung.
=compliment=
Well done, Toast.
Fran
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Let be, let be. [short story]
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Jack and Ennis were part-time mates, but always together in thought.
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Beans are a good source of nutrition, an excellent source of fibre, and easy to pack.
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The bikers were uttering obscenities.
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The postmark on the first postcard Jack sent to Ennis was marked:
Childress
Sept
1967
TX
View here (http://static.flickr.com/26/89524415_7da9795f20.jpg?v=1138126220)
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Ennis was a quiet, content quaffer.
Sexual discussion brought out his beast.
def. - A person who drinks heartily.
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Ennis lived the rest of his life with many regrets.
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Jack: "You know, friend, this is a goddamn bitch of a unsatisfactory situation. You used to come away easy. Now it's like seein' the Pope."
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Jack and Ennis had their share of tiffs over the years.
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Ennis twisted and turned uncomfortably as Alma talked about Jack Nasty.
He acted like a man with a string around his neck.
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Ennis was valiant in his protection of the sheep--Jack too.
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Ennis and Alma lived in a walk-up apartment in Riverton.
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Jack and Ennis enjoyed their xhaustion together during their brief mountain-men adventures.
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Ennis heard the yarling of a dog as he moved closer to where the sheep were pastured.
yarling - wailing; howling
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That Jack, sleeping on his feet like a donkey -- what a zizzer! ;D
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Round 119!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! of the "ABCs of BBM"
=aside= Playerz
After the "Round #", we have room again to put the exact # of "!"s -- the amount above 100! ;)
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Ennis is anxious that Jack understand that he is not queer because of what they have shared.
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Let be, let be. [short story]
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E. Annie Proulx was born in Norwich, Connecticut.
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Ennis and/or Jack had to first dissect the big elk before they could get the meat and string it out like a butcher shop!
=aside= AMH
Yes, that's another word I used in the original "ABCs".
=comment= CT
And, Toast, remember Barbara Stanwyck's "Christmas In Connecticut"!
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Ennis was upset that they had to bring the sheep down early; by doing so, he was going to get shorted on some of his emolument.
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Alma Jr. said to her father: "Daddy, you need more furniture." To which he said:
"Yeah, well... if you got nothin', you don't need nothin'."
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The surface of the lake in the last scene between the men had a glassy appearance.
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"As they descended the slope, Ennis felt he was in a slow-motion, but headlong, irreversible fall."
[short story]
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I think all of us here agree that Annie Proulx's writing style is impeccable.
And of course we have impeccable taste.
Review:
"The characters and situations Proulx has dreamed up...work marvelously as fiction....It's clear she loves and knows this land, as she loves and knows its people, and her descriptions of Western landscape...are, as ever, impeccable." Rocky Mountain News
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Ennis was a Jeremiah (one who is pessimistic about the present and sees a calamitous future).
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"She was working at a grocery store clerk job, saw she'd always have to work to keep ahead of the bills on what Ennis made." [short story]
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Jack and Ennis' liaison remained a secret throughout their entire relationship.
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Makeup artists worked earnestly to create the impression that our young stars age as the years roll along.
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Fred Norgard is one of the four "Scenic Carpenters" listed in the credits.
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"Nobody's business but ours." --Jack
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The Twist home in Lightning Flat has a pitched roof. 8)
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Ennis quiddled when it was time for them to come down from the mountain.
def: to dawdle
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Whenever they could get away, Jack and Ennis rendezvoused way out in the middle of nowhere.
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Jack: "What if you and me had a little ranch somewhere, a little cow-and-calf operation? It'd be a sweet life."
=compliment= Fran
That was a great one like your "situation" answer.
Sandy
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Ennis and Alma's marriage lasted twelve years - from 1963 to 1975.
=congratulationz=
Sandy, you've hit the 400 mark when it comes to posts!
Way to go!!!!
Fran
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John Twist was unsympathetic about Jack’s life and loss. :'(
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Jack was a vagabond, driving grooves across Texas, and from the Texas panhandle to Wyoming and back. He was "King of the Road."
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Ennis: "I like doin' it with women, yeah, but Jesus H., ain't nothin' like this." [short story]
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Ennis and Alma had an xciting toboggan ride.
It was all downhill from there.
=aside= Toast
I think you're fixated on that toboggan ride.
Memento
=aside= PirateBride
I love the honeymoon toboggan scene,
but the first post about it was by PirateBride.
ps. Will-T added the downhill thing.
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Ennis heard the blue heeler yip as it sat next to the downed sheep. :'(
=aside=
I chipped a tooth in a toboggan wreck eons ago, so I am fond of that scene! :laugh:
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A favorable review of the movie was posted by Zig on February 1:
http://www.leblogduz.com/2006/02/brokeback_mountain.html (http://www.leblogduz.com/2006/02/brokeback_mountain.html)
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We'll be up to 5,000 rounds in no time! (according to a dream I had recently)
Mild-mannered ABC playerZ out to save the world (or at least all Brokies) from sure dematerialiZation!!
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Brokeback Mountain came to DVD in the United States and United Kingdom, April 2006.
Round 120 is here. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"Under her breath she said, "I'd have 'em if you'd support 'em." And under that, thought, anyway, what you like to do don't make too many babies. [short story]
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At the end of the 4th of July scene, Ennis was left standing like a colossus while red, white, and blue fireworks exploded behind him.
=reply= Toast
Sure, I'd be up for an all-AP round. Would we be able to use AP words already used, tho?
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The person who swung Earl around and left him dead was a dastard.
So was Mr. Del Mar.
def. - A malicious coward.
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This relationship evoked the memory of Rich and Earl’s story for Ennis. :'(
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Jimbo was bedecked in a floral print shirt when Jack offered to buy him a beer. 8)
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"Jack reached for the .30-06 but there was no need; the startled bear galloped into the trees with the lumpish gait that made it seem it was falling apart." [short story]
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Jack holds Ennis in a loving headlock at the Motel Siesta. :)
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Ennis and Jack imbibed vast quantities of whiskey. 8)
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Jean-François Lafleur is one of the eight "3D Artists" listed in the credits.
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Keanna Dubé plays Alma Jr., age 5, in Brokeback.
=aside=
If anyone would like to play my quizzes or my 6 degrees I would be much abliged. Now get your scrawny asses over there pronto:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=1919.0 (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=1919.0)
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=477.165 (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=477.165)
Oh, I actually scared myself there a little. Anyway role up, role up come and try to beat Fran the amazing observance woman!
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Especially when he is pining for Jack, Ennis is a loose cannon, quick to anger.
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Cassie was somewhat of a minx when she was near Ennis.
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Ennis suffered a gushing nosebleed on the last day on the mountain when Jack had accidentally slammed Ennis's nose hard with his knee.
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While Ennis was shuffling through his mail, he saw a postcard with his own handwritiing on it, addressed to Jack Twist. It was stamped in red: DECEASED.
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Jack had a plan to be with Ennis forever, but Ennis could not go along.
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The mention of sexual activity brings out Ennis' quarrelsomeness.
def - A disposition to fight.
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Jack's voice reverberated throughout the mountainside as he sang "Water-Walking Jesus".
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"When Ennis pushes his Stetson down to obscure his face, the gesture recalls nothing so much as James Dean pushing down his Stetson in the epic 1956 western Giant." From a review by Stephen Holden of the N.Y. Times.
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The soundtrack CD does not list a Brokeback theme.
There is a short first track on the CD - "Opening".
And there is the final track on the CD - "Wings".
According to the remix CDs, "Wings" seems to be the Brokeback theme.
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/da/ae/12f2a2c008a0a87afaa8a010.L.jpg)
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Joe Aguirre used a key to unlock the door to his trailer.
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Pivotal scenes in the movie feature a bucket which is like the vessel of life or the spirit.
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Ennis' eyes were watering as he walked around Jack's bedroom.
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Jack made at least one furtive xcursion to Mexico when his sexual urges overpowered him in Ennis' absence.
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Ennis and Jack were younkers when they met.
definition: young men
=compliment= AnnMarie
great word
Sandy
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Ennis landed a punch on Jack's zygomata (the temporal bone arching under the eye).
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Long May We Run !!!
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Jack and Ennis were addicted to nicotine and alcohol but most of all each other.
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“Got two whole boxes of formula for ya’.” Lureen’s mother speaking to her upon seeing her grandson for the first time.
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Jack: "Christ, it got a be all that time a yours ahorseback makes it so goddamn good." [short story]
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Jack and Ennis were true diamonds in the rough.
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Jack Twist was the first to emerge from Aguirre's office, once the 'interview' was over.
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Jack: "And why is it we're always in the friggin' cold? We oughta go south, where it's warm, you know. We oughta go to Mexico."
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Lureen wore so many rings near the end of the movie that her appearance was a bit gaudy.
=comment=
And so were those dining room chairs!
Fran
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Although not sexually accurate, many -- if not most -- people consider Ennis & Jack to be homosexuals!! ::) :o
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They went at it in silence except for a few sharp intakes of breath and Jack's choked "gun's goin' off," then out, down, and asleep. [short story]
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During their first sexual encounter, Jack and Ennis experienced brief jointure.
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All of a sudden Ennis knew there was a kerfuffle at the fireworks show, and he was in the middle of it.
def. - A disorderly outburst or tumult.
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"Later, that dozy embrace solidified in his memory as the single moment of artless, charmed happiness in their separate and difficult lives." [short story]
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Jack was sensitive and caring while simultaneously being masculine and manly.
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Annie Proulx lives in Newfoundland part of the year.
Newfoundland is the setting of her Pulitzer Prize winning book "The Shipping News."
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Jack: "Friend a mine got his oil checked with a horn dipstick and that was all she wrote." [short story]
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Alma and Ennis had a portable black-and-white TV.
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Aguirre instructs the boys to set up the main camp in the quadrant sectioned off by the forestry service.
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The color of Lureen's prominent lipstick is ruby!
=reply= Toast
No, to a round just about the author.
Let's see, "P" is panties.............
"S" is snub at Oscars.............
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The interior of the Twist’s home was neat but spartan.
=aside=
often not capitalized : marked by simplicity, frugality,
or avoidance of luxury and comfort <a Spartan room>
From Merriam-Webster
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Ennis:(finally looking content after a long time) "I was just sending up a prayer of thanks."
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"Like vast clouds of steam from thermal springs in winter, the years of things unsaid and now unsayable -- admissions, declarations, shames, guilts, fears -- rose around them." [short story]
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Jack felt the need to varnish the truth sometimes, with Ennis.
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Ennis' high school "pickup was old, no heater, one windshield wiper and bad tires; when the transmission went there was no money to fix it." novella
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Here's another recap in the amazin' "ABCs of BBM" game at the BetterMost Forum!
Tuesday, June 13th, was yet another busy day for "ABCs" posting, with 72 posts by 13 Playerz in a 24-hour period (BetterMost time, of course)! Quite amazing after 118 rounds of play!
Here's the breakdown:
:) Tuesday, June 13th - 72 posts!!! :)
Fran-E - 17 posts
Toast - 12
Front-Ranger - 11
Memento - 9
Prowl Among Us - 7
Will-ABC -4
Pirate Bride - 4
Snowflakes - 3
Victoria - 1
Becky - 1
DeeDee - 1
Moremojo - 1
Ann Marie - 1
[Note: If two or more Playerz have the same score, the names are listed in order of posting.]
Thanks, Playerz, for your dedication to the "ABCs of BBM". As we finish off our 121st round today, we continue to be quite impressive!
Gamely,
Fran-E
Prior "1-Day ABCs Profiles":
Sunday, May 28 - reply #2593
Tuesday, May 23 - reply #2346.
Sunday, May 21 - reply #2165
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Because of society's pressures, Jack and Ennis were each "forced" to get married, and then had an xtramarital affair with each other.
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To the Chilean sheepherders, Jack and Ennis were yanquis.
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On the rotary dial telephone in Joe Aguirre's office, the finger hole closest to the finger stop was used for dialing the number zero and the operator.
=aside= WLH
I do make good suggestions.
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As long as the Earth continues to rotate on its axis,
let's keep on searching for elusive "Q", "Y", and "Z" words.
Play on!
=compliment= Sandy
I love your graphics!
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"What am I doing hanging around with him?" Alma said, articulating her apathetic attitude.
=comment=
122! Good for U! (and me) Thanks for the recap, Fran! I'm glad U got to play yr simple Z--they're the best kind!
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"Both slept in camp that first night, Jack already bitching about Joe Aguirre's sleep-with-the-sheep-and-no-fire order, though he saddled the bay mare in the dark morning without saying much." Short story. :)
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Bobby was eating cereal at Thanksgiving - as revealed to us by Pierre Temblay.
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In a little while, under the full moon, their intimacy deepened considerably. (First tent scene)
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"...still they clinched, pressing chest and groin and thigh and leg together, treading on each other's toes until they pulled apart to breathe and Ennis, not big on endearments, said what he said to his horses and daughters, little darlin'." [short story]
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Ang Lee won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. :)
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Jack and Ennis were both gainly youths when they first met on the mountain. Def: Adj. graceful and pleasing; handily; readily; dexterously;
=aside=
Does anyone remember from "My Cousin Vinny" when he called them "the two youts"?
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Jack: "I kind of got this thing goin' with a ranch foreman's wife over in Childress. Expect to get shot by Lureen or the husband each time I slip off to see her."
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"They had a high time supper by the fire, a can of beans each, fried potatoes, and a quart of whiskey on shares, sat with their backs against a log, boot soles and copper jeans rivets hot, swapping the bottle while the lavender sky emptied of color and the chill air drained down, drinking, smoking cigarettes, getting up every now and then to piss, firelight throwing a sparkle in the arched stream, tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, talking horses and rodeo, rough stock events, wrecks and injuries sustained, the submarine Thresher lost two months earlier with all hands and how it must have been in the last doomed minutes, dogs each had owned and known, the military service, Jack's home ranch, where his father and mother held on, Ennis's family place, folded years ago after his folks died, the older brother in Signal and a married sister in Casper." Short story.
=aside=
Whew! What a long sentence! :)
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Jack responded judiciously to many of Ennis's comments.
For instance:
"I can't believe I left my shirt up there." "Yeah."
"Is (relations with Lureen) normal and all?" (nods)
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Ennis and Jack were just 2 young lads of nineteen when they met in the summer of 1963
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(http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/mintbar05.jpg)
The Mint Bar
151 North Main Street
Sheridan, Wyoming 82801
Annie Proulx discusses where the character Ennis was created:
"But the incident that actually made me start writing it was one night when I was in a bar in Sheridan, Wyoming—the Mint bar. There was a ranch hand I used to see. This guy was back leaning against the wall by the pool tables. The bar was packed with good-looking women, and he wasn’t looking at them—he was watching the guys….He was about sixty, and he watched them with a kind of subdued hunger that made me wonder if he was country gay."
She counted back from his age and decided to set the story in the ‘60s, when he would have been a young man.
NewWest (http://www.newwest.net/index.php/main/article/4463/)
=compliment= Toast
Thank you for providing all this extremely interesting information.
Sandy
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Kam Chan is listed in the credits as "Foley Editor."
=comment= Playerz
What in the heck happened to "K"?
The next letter is "N".
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Jack looked so serene napping against the tree with the blue heeler on his side.
=aside=
Now for some fun news.
Had dinner last week with our ABCs founder Will and AnDre in a nice restaurant
in Greenwich Village.
AnDre, I may add, blew me away with his great smile, contagious laugh and hello, great bod!
We had a blast and I told Will we miss him and would love to see him back on these boards
as a Moderator.
=reply= DeeDee
It sounds like you had a great time. Lucky you actually got to meet Dre!!! I'm envious as I've only had the pleasure of speaking with him over the phone several times now. Maybe one day real soon....
Fran
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Jack and Ennis went up the hill ostensibly to fish.
=reply=
L was such a great word, can U blame us for leapfrogging over K?
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Alma: "As far behind as we are on the bills, it makes me nervous not to use any sort of protection."
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At the Twists' house, Thanksgiving was celebrated by this quintet: Jack, Lureen, Bobby, L.D., and Fayette.
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Ennis is remarkably reticent; he has to be prompted even to say his last name.
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Immediately prior to the first tent scene, clouds scud across the face of the moon–a precursor of an impending metaphorical storm.
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“Ennis, high-arched nose and narrow face, was scruffy and a little cave-chested, balanced a small torso on long, caliper legs, possessed a muscular and supple body made for the horse and for fighting.” Short story. :)
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Prior to that first night, Ennis was unacquainted with a different type of sex. 8)
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The Mexican prostitute wore a striped V-neck shirt.
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At his divorce, and when he went into Jack's boyhood room, tears welled up in Ennis's eyes.
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Jack is xtinct at the end of the film. :'(
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Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams, who met during the filming of "Brokeback Mountain," are now New Yorkers -- more specifically, Brooklynites -- having purchased a four-story townhouse in Boerum Hill for a reported $3.5 million.
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Ennis’s love of his horses verged on zoolatry.
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Let's all give a hand to Fran and Zee for "Y" and "Z".
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Yet Another Milestone:
The "ABCs of BBM" Game has passed 20,000 views!!!!!
Quoting Ennis: It's some "high-class entertainment" we've got going on here!
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Look at those ABC'ers go, Keep up the fun and gamesmanship everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!
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20,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Views......... The "ABCs of BBM" were, are and continue to be #1 in views @ BM
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=comment= All ABCs Playerz
I can't help (as it brings such joy) but think of that effen' player about 100-something rounds ago (1 round = 26 answers) who stated -- in fact, she posted it on our gameboard -- that the "ABCs" rules were "too rigid"! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ho! Obviously, they're not even "rigid" at all! :o (BTW, she's still a player here!)
Happy 20,000 views to all the PLAYERZ -- and about 2,000 posts!!
=aside= VKM
That animation is A-1 and so cute w/ the 3 dogz & the cat!! It's also reminiscent of a scene in the movie "The Wizard of Oz".
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20,000 Views
Party Time for Will's BabyWill-Yum's ABZs
are all grown up
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The next night, as presented in the screenplay.
The setting sun leaves the sky ablaze in orange and purple.
ENNIS rides into camp.
JACK stands when he sees ENNIS.
ENNIS avoids his eyes.
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YOU GUYS ROCK!!!!!!!!
CONGRATS TO PLAYERZ, OUR MODS AND OUR WILL WHO STARTED THIS ROCKIN' TRAIN.
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"The bedroom, at the top of a steep stair that had its own climbing rhythm, was tiny and hot, afternoon sun pounding through the west window, hitting the narrow boy's bed against the wall, an ink-stained desk and wooden chair, a BB gun in a hand-whittled rack over the bed." [short story]
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"Close Range: Wyoming Stories" is the name of the book that Brokeback Mountain is in.
Congrats on 20,000 Views and 3,175 Words
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Jack had designs on Ennis immediately upon seeing him. :)
=congratulations=
Cheers to all of you! :D
=reply=
And cheers to you, too, Zinaida!
After all, you've helped us reach these numbers.
Will, Fran, Sandy, and Ann Marie
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The hats the boys wore in the film were undeniably elegant.
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Lureen to Ennis: "Well, he said it was his favorite place. I thought he meant to get drunk. He drank a lot."
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As I watch the horse and mules and Ennis with the groceries spilled all over the trail, I think of Epona.
Epona - Celtic goddess of horses and mules and asses.
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Although BBM is primarily about two non-straight male characters and the theme of BBM is Gay male luv, virtually all of the other characters (except the Jolly Minister) are allegedly heterosexuals!! ??? Oh, also the questionable Jim-bo, the best rodeo clown a guy could 'have'. ;)
=aside= Franni
I bet U thought it was played -- that word 'heterosexuals'! (R U 1?)
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Thanks to all the players for making this possible.
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Some people who diss BBM claim that it supports infidelity. ::)
Well tish and pish! They've all missed the point! ;)
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"Sees an old pickup with a bad muffler approaching, and Ennis becomes aware that the muffler is not the pickup's only problem. It coughs, sputters, rattles from several junctures as it pulls into the gravel parking lot of the Agency and dies." [screenplay]
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Jack's mercurial personality was prone to kaleidoscopic shifts in tone and mood.
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After Ennis married Alma, he had several short-lived jobs; however, he settled in with one which was located north of Lost Cabin (the name of a town) in Washakie County, WY! BTW, Ennis & Alma lived at that ranch. [short story]
=compliment= Memento
What a beautiful, animated congratz on 20,000 views of the "ABCs"!!
=compliment= Victoria
What a clever and unique word: "kaleidoscopic".
One of the best ever at the "ABCs", Miss Player!
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Jack: "Go to hell, Ennis. If you wanna live your miserable fuckin' life, then go right ahead."
=aside=
Good morning ABC players - hope your day is not miserable. (http://www.snopes.com/graphics/icons/news/coffee.gif)
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A nautical lamp is hanging on the wall above Jack's boyhood bed.
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Before they moved into the apartment over the laundromat, Ennis and Alma had been living on the outskirts of town.
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Alma kept staring at the same page of the newspaper while Ennis packed to run off with his lover.
=aside=
It's taking a whiile for me to get on the same page w/U ABC clowns. Forgive me, I'm on Mountain time!!
I guess I can get by on 1K or 2K high-altitude views a year, tho!!
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Sorry!! I searched on the 'words used' page and couldn't find 'queasy' so i thought it was safe! Third time lucky...
One by one, the sheep queued to get into Aguirre's pen.
=aside= SaucyCobblers
Welcome to the ABCs! We're always glad
to have new Playerz, so post away. Just
remember to skip two turns! ;)
Will, Fran, Sandy, and Ann Marie
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Ennis and Jack felt that their only safe places, to meet and be themselves, were private, rustic hideaways.
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"Ennis had wanted to be a sophomore, felt the word carried a kind of distinction." Story
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Ennis tucks his shirttail in as he prepares to leave the mountain. :)
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A little cow-and-calf operation with Ennis was Jack's ultimate dream.
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Brokeback Mountain is the first to be released the same day as both a DVD and a downloadable movie available via the Internet.
[wikipedia]
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Ennis sits on the steps to Aguirre’s trailer and waits for the man to arrive. :)
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"Brokeback Mountain, like Sam Mendes' best-picture Oscar winner "American Beauty," challenges its audience to embrace luminous filmmaking beauty even while spelunking through dark emotions."
--Larry Ratliff, San Antonio Xpress-News
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There is a review of BBM in "The Talon" publshed by York High School in Yorktown, Va.
Review (http://my.highschooljournalism.org/va/yorktown/yhs/article.cfm?eid=5147&aid=77413)
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Ennis and Jack practiced zootechnics (the care and improving of animals under domestication) and Randall had a degree in animal husbandry, which included zootechnics.
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Let's Play Some More
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Ennis availed himself of Jack’s rear orifice. 8)
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“They found a bar and drank beer through the afternoon, Jack telling Ennis about a lightning storm on the mountain the year before that killed forty-two sheep, the peculiar stink of them and the way they bloated, the need for plenty of whiskey up there.” Short story. :)
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Ennis laid out the ministering angel in the wild columbine, wings folded. (Columbine, the state flower of Colorado, is named after the dove.)
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Ennis was over come by a sense of dejection as Jack drove away in August of 1963.
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Jack was able to entice Ennis by placing his hand on his erection. :)
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Ennis and Jack blew up at each other during their final encounter.
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On Thanksgiving Alma could swallow the gall no longer and years of vexation spilled over onto Ennis.
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Hellfire was the implied and ultimate punishment of those who did not believe in the Pentecost, as Jack related it to Ennis by the fire.
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When Ennis punched Jack after saying, "This ain't no rodeo, cowboy" he added injury to insult.
=aside=
Hi, Tim! Wondered when U would be getting around to joining us today!
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"Brokeback Mountain" was featured at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival in October of 2005.
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The flashback of Jack's death shows it was the result of a killing, but it's never confirmed.
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Jack is one lithesome lad.
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“He was infatuated with the rodeo life and fastened his belt with a minor bull riding buckle, but his boots were worn to the quick, holed beyond repair, and he was crazy to be somewhere, anywhere, else than Lightning Flat.” Short story. :)
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Ennis' nostril flared when Jack's father tells him about the "ranch neighbor a his from down in Texas" that Jack wanted to bring back home.
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Oncore Productions is listed in the credits for Continuity Dialogue Spotting List. 8)
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In the novella, Jack would play his harmonica, and Ennis used his raspy voice to mangle the salty version of Strawberry Roan.
The Castration of the Strawberry Roan (http://www.immortalia.com/html/categorized-by-song/with-music/c/the-castration-of-the-strawberry-roan.htm) PG
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After their summer on Brokeback Mountain, Jack and Ennis returned to a quotidian (everyday, mundane) existence in the flatlands.
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The belt buckle Jack flicks is in the shape of a rectangle. :)
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Alma's sister was Ennis' sister-in-law.
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Jack obviously had a tumultuous relationship with his father. :'(
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He turns on the tap and urinates in the sink, pulls on his shirt and jeans, his worn boots, stamping the heels against the floor to get them full on.
[novella]
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The Riverton laundromat is in the vicinity of the Elks lodge.
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Annie Proulx, at age 70, moved to Arvada, Wyoming, where she is a writer of novels.
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Jack xpressed real concern when Ennis told him that his father had showed him the abused body of a hate crime victim.
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Jack gave a yank on the lasso to pull Ennis off his feet.
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Ennis zestily bounded down the steps, holding the banister with his left hand, ready to be reunited with his fishing buddy Jack.
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Round 125
Stayin' Alive
I've been kicked around since I was born.
And now its all right, it's ok.
And you may look the other way.
We can try to understand
The New York Times effect on man.
Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother,
You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
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Last year one storm the lightning kilt 42 sheep. (shakes his head) Thought I'd asphyxiate from the smell, We need to take plenty of whiskey, for when the lightning starts. (drinks)
[screenplay]
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Ennis' reply to Alma on Thanksgiving when she mentioned that he ought to get married again:
"Once burned," he said, leaning against the counter, feeling too big for the room. [short story]
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After marriage, Ennis worked on a road construction crew, with a man by the name of Timmy.
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Cassie: "Drunks like you, demandin' beer after beer. Smokin'. Gets tiresome."
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Ennis was upset that Aguirre called them down from the mountain earlier than expected.
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The river behind the boys was frothy as Jack stroked Ennis’ cheek.
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"During the day Ennis looked across a great gulf and sometimes saw Jack, a small dot moving across a high meadow as an insect moves acoss a tablecloth...." [short story]
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Drunker still, JACK sings a Pentecostal hymn, "WATER-WALKING JESUS", a sad, dirgelike rendition, causing coyotes to yip in the distance.
[screenplay]
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The postcard Jack sent Ennis bore the indicia, Sept. 1967.
=compliment= Prowl
Great word !!
Sandy
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BBM added more diversity by having a couple of big, oogly, dumbazz jerks in the film, namely Jo (Ho) Aguirre and L.D. (Low Down) Newsome Meddlesome!! ::)
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=comment= 20,000!
That's a nice banner that Admin Phillip placed at the entrance to BetterMost Forum announcing the record-breaking 20,000 views of the "ABCs" and congratulating the Playerz and inviting others to join in the fun! :)
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The public phone Ennis used to call Jack's house had a keypad instead of a rotary dial.
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Jack lamented the loss of Ennis’ constant companionship when their first summer together ended.
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LaShawn: I was spendin' more than I made, more than Randall ever will make!
We come out here thinking ranchin' was still big hats and Marlboros.
Boy was we behind the times!
[movie]
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Should I remove this image??
=reply=
I vote no. Call me juvenile, but I think it's funny. They're Marlboro boxes, fer cryin' out loud! :laugh:
AnneMarie
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L.D. would needle Jack until he cracked one Thanksgiving.
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“We could'a had a good life together–a real good life. . .” Jack opined to Ennis.
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"Alma asked Ennis to use rubbers because she dreaded another pregnancy." [short story]
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Ennis would always quash Jack's plan for them to have a sweet life.
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Ennis took the stairs two at a time, leaped to the ground and rushed into Jack’s waiting arms.
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"It would be Jack Twist's second summer on the mountain, Ennis's first." [short story]
=congratulationz=
The 3500th post for Toast!!!
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(Ennis' trailer) The shirts hanging on a nail shudder slightly in the draft.
[novella]
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L.D. was an unscrupulous man.
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Barbara Vancheri of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ranked "Brokeback Mountain #8 on her "Best Films of 2005" list.
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Alma: You oughta get married again, Ennis. Me and the girls worry about you.
[movie]
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Ang Lee xcised at least one scene from the movie (hippies, another flashback to Jack's death).
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Lureen momentarily stopped Lashawn's yapping when she commented, "Oh, you was Tri Delt? I was Kappa Phi myself."
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Jack zinged all the way to Riverton for the oppotunity to see Ennis after 4 years.
Def: To move swiftly with or as if with a zing: an arrow zinging toward its target.
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Time to Get In Your Licks
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WE SEE other Riverton citizens setting up, a few assorted rowdies drinking beer, families, couples relaxing near the DEL MAR FAMILY. Other children with their parents play nearby.
[screenplay]
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"Ennis woke in red dawn with his pants around his knees, a top-grade headache, and Jack butted against him...." [short story]
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To show signs of aging, Ennis has developed crow's feet.
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Ennis woke in red dawn with his pants around his knees,............
[novella]
=aside=
Great minds think alike, Fran.
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"The first snow came early, on August thirteenth, piling up a foot, but was followed by a quick melt. [short story]
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Speaking of "B" is "butted" (Fran) and "D" is "dawn" (Toast), in that very same immortal first night tent scene, after Ennis opened his belt buckle and slid down his wranglers, he had Jack on all fours!!!! [BBM book] Too bad they 'lessened' it with a standard lay-down for the film! :o Oh, Dre!
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After Jack's initial gasp, we hear a cacopony of sighs, groans, gasps and utterances as the act is consummated.
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Ennis "applied at age fourteen for a hardship license that let him make the hour-long trip from the ranch to the high school." [short story]
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The first hot tent scene again (and again)! After Ennis had his pants pulled down and hauled Jack on all fours, Mr. "E" for enter used a lil' spit and stuck IT in Jack's hot butt! :o [book] Yeeeeeee-horrrrrrre! :laugh:
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Rodeoing had injured most of Jack's joints especially the wrists and shoulders.
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To knit, Alma used yarn and knitting needles.
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As Jack and Ennis sat by the fire--the flames lambently reflecting off their faces--they spoke only occasionally to each other.
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Alma: "Don't lie, don't try to fool me, Ennis. I know what it means. Jack Twist? Jack Nasty. You and him..."
=aside=
We had a whopping 75 words played yesterday.
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Jack and Ennis were nascent gay men.
def: Coming into existence; emerging
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Just before pulling into the parking lot behind the laundromat, Ennis passed a stop sign, a red octagon.
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Ennis is packing for a fishing trip.
MM this shirt smells ok.
Now Ennis, don't forget your shiny new creel.
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Many of the rocks we see in BBM were quartzitic.
Def: a compact granular rock composed of quartz and derived from sandstone by metamorphism.
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Who cares where we go on this rugged old road? -- A Love that Will Never Grow Old, Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
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Jack's pickup was in poor shape, as he starved his way across Texas, looking for rodeo buckles; hoping for money, fame and maybe even love.
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BBM has been called a western with a twist.
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Seeing her husband driving off with Jack, Alma was reduced to utter despair.
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125 EXT: RIV2RT0N, WYOMING: DRIVE-IN: NIGHT:
ENNIS and CASSIE sit in ENNIS'S truck, trying to watch THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.
CASSIE is rapt, eats popcorn, swigs cheap white wine from a bottle between her knees, despite a violent wind storm that has come up, blowing trash and dust into the windshield. The sound from old window-mounted speaker is barely audible over the windstorm. The wind is blowing dust so high into the air that the screen is partially obscured.
ENNIS We ought get our money back.
CASSIE (hits him on the shoulder) Hush up, Ennis, this is important. He's learnin' how to be a Jedi knight.
ENNIS tries to step the blowing dust from entering his truck cab, tucks an old flannel shirt in the crack created by the drive-in movie speaker.
ENNIS My truck's fillin' with dust.
CASSIE (rapt) Shhhhi , Turn up the volume.
ENNIS (fiddling with the speaker) Up as high as it'll go.
A strong gust of wind carries a big panel of the screen away, leaving a rectangular hole in Luke Skywalker's face. Suddenly, ENNIS rolls down his window just enough to unhook the speaker and throw it out into the dirt. He drives off.
[screenplay]
I couldn't resist posting the whole scene - That's some high-class entertainment.
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A woodpile is conveniently located just outside the door to the elder Twists' house.
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Jack and Ennis xchanged their roles and duties on the mountain.
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“It (Colt 45) can get you into trouble but it can’t get ye out.” – Steve Earle, The Devil’s Right Hand, from the soundtrack.
=aside=
yes, it's in the dictionary.
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Before Lureen came over to talk to him at the bar, Jack could feel her eyes zeroing in on him.
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We are definitely at the graduate school level!!!
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Proulx wrote
Jack said his father had been a pretty well known bullrider years back but kept his secrets to himself, never gave Jack a word of advice, never came once to see Jack ride, though he had put him on the woolies when he was a little kid.
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"You gotta xtra blanket, I'll just roll up here and catch 40 winks," Ennis said.
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Jack "was crazy to be somewhere, anywhere else than Lightning Flat." [short story]
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"In a disquieting way everything seemed mixed." Short story; Jack's feelings when they're untangling the sheep. :)
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Hidden in Jack's closet, Ennis found their two shirts from Brokeback Mountain, entwined.
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JACK drives through town in his truck, which rattles and sputters louder than ever. Drums his fingers on the steering wheel in time to ..... his fuzzy radio. Eyes the sidewalks and dilapidated storefronts, as if looking for someone: ENNIS.
[1964, in screenplay]
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A pair of glasses are sticking out of Aguirre’s vest pocket as he interviews the boys. 8)
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Jack’s boots were “holed beyond repair.” Novella. 8)
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That day in the irrigation ditch left an indelible impression on Ennis.
That summer on Brokeback has left an indelible impression on Ennis.
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Someone close to Jack was a Judas; thus his untimely demise as Ennis visualizes it. :'(
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The Korean version of the "Brokeback Mountain" DVD, which was released on May 26th, is available at YesAsia.com.
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Ennis and Jack enjoyed copious libations of whiskey and beer.
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Ennis' family heritage was a few dollars, a dilapidated vehicle, some mortgaged property (now lost to the family), and the indelible impression left on him that day in the irrigation ditch.
The warmest memory he seems to have is of his Mom telling her little cowboy that it was time for bed.
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Brokeback Mountain is longer than a short story and so is called a novella.
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"We see Ennis ride into camp atop Cigar, dismount, somewhat obscured by the darkness." [screenplay]
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Last year one storm the lightning kilt 42 sheep. (shakes his head) Thought I'd asphyxiate from the smell, We need to take plenty of whiskey, for when the lightning starts. (drinks)
[screenplay]
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Jack and Ennis’s last encounter was beside a quiescent lake.
Def: Being quiet, still, or at rest; inactive
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Thunder is rolling when Ennis is washing the coffeepot in the stream. :)
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Ennis wears double snap pocket cowboy shirts while Jack wears single snap pocket shirts. 8)
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No one touched the trigger but the Devil's right hand. --Steve Earle, The Devil's Right Hand, from the soundtrack
=aside=
At least I think that's what he says. Steve Earle is not much for clear enunciation.
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Jack was unloved by his father. :'(
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Indignant, they (TWO BIKERS) glare at ENNIS, as the first of the fireworks shoots into the sky, exploding in air in sync with the verse, "...bombs bursting in air...", beginning the show.
[screenplay]
=aside=
Thanks Toast and congrats on the 3500 post.
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Jack had a look of wide-eyed innocence that Ennis found hard to resist.
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Mrs. Twist could xtol Jack’s virtues to everyone except Mr. Twist. :)
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Katherine Young is one of the four "Carpenters" listed in the credits.
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Jack made a point of zinging it all the way to Riverton for their four-year reunion.
Def: To move swiftly with or as if with a zing: an arrow zinging toward its target.
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Let's all land on home plate!!!
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The boys acclimated quickly to the higher altitude. :)
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The Basque: "One thing, don't never order soup."
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Ennis created quite a cacophony with the cans and bottles on the ground on his way to the tent that first night.
I've been saving this for eons! :laugh:
=compliment!=
I love your baseball announcement, Sandy!
=reply= Juliette
Thank you and that's a great word.
Sandy
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Outside the Black and Blue Eagle Bar
FIRST ROUGHNECK (driving, size of a bear) Hey, fuckhead, watch where the fuck you're goin', you nearly got my dawg kilt.
[screenplay]
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"You got a kid?" said Jack. His shaking hand grazed Ennis's hand, electrical current snapped between them. [short story]
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Jack tried to get friendly with Jimbo the clown, but he was having none of it.
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Lureen appeared gratified when Jack told her father off at Thanksgiving dinner.
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Linda Higgins offered to get Ennis a "hunderd" post cards of Brokeback Mountain.
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The old man said, "Tell you what, I know where Brokeback Mountain is. He thought he was too goddamn special to be buried in the family plot."
Jack's mother ignored this, said, "He used a come home every year, even after he was married and down in Texas, and help his daddy on the ranch for a week, fix the gates and mow and all." [short story]
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As Jack danced his jig, his behavior was so jocose that Ennis laughed more than at any time during the film.
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Jimbo thought Jack was a real knucklehead (but the opposite was true).
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Ennis' luggage going up to Brokeback consisted of a brown paper bag.
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L.D. Newsome was a devoted mammonist.
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There was a magnificent shot of nimbus clouds building up over Brokeback Mountain.
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Aguirre was able to observe Ennis and Jack's horseplay while hiding behind foliage. :)
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"No doubt about it, [Lureen] was polite but the little voice was cold as snow." [short story]
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They spent the afternoon quiddling at the Motel Siesta. :D
Quiddling means lingering per Encarta.
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Ennis felt the need to regurgitate when he stumbled into the alleyway. :P
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Ennis’ hair is slicked back when he’s at Monroe and Alma’s for Thanksgiving dinner. O0
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"Ennis jerked his hand away as though he'd touched fire, got to his knees, unbuckled his belt, shoved his pants down, hauled Jack onto all fours, and, with the help of the clear slick and a little spit, entered him, nothing he'd done before but no instruction manual needed." From the story
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Movie Ennis believes that Jack may been beaten unmercifully by three assailants, with one of them using a tire iron.
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Jack was often vilified by his father.
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The day was hot and clear in the morning, but by noon the clouds had pushed up out of the west rolling a little sultry air before them. Ennis, wearing his best shirt, white with wide black stripes, didn't know what time Jack would get there and so had taken the day off, paced back and forth, looking down into a street pale with dust.
That day in 1967 - novella.
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Jack is more xtroverted than Ennis.
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Biker #1 was a slimy, no-good yellow-belly; so was Biker #2.
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Above the treeline, Forest Service divided the mountainside into zones and allowed herding on allotments with designated campsites. Aguirre warned about the Forest Service snooping around his pissy pup tent.
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Round 129!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! of the "ABCs of BBM".............
[key = # of "!"s in both places is # of rounds over 100!]
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Jack and L.D. Newsome had an acrimonious relationship.
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Ennis said: "Bottom line is, we're around each other and this thing grabs hold of us at the wrong place and the wrong time, we're dead". :'(
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Jack was more comfortable with his relationships than Ennis ever could be.
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"[Jack] neglected to add that the foreman had learned back in his squeaky wooden tilt chair, said, Twist, you guys wasn't gettin' paid to leave the dogs baby-sit the sheep while you stemmed the rose, and declined to rehire him." [short story]
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While peering out the window waiting for Jack to arrive, Ennis could not conceal his effervescence.
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LUREEN is very North Dallas now, fur coat, too much jewelry, too much makeup, too stiff a hairdo.
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"The started bear galloped into the trees with the lumpish gait that made it seem it was falling apart." [short story]
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Jack’s hair was an attractive shade of dusky brown.
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Proulx wrote:
"Jesus Christ, quit hammerin and get over here. Bedroll's big enough," said Jack in an irritable sleep-clogged voice. It was big enough, warm enough, and in a little while they deepened their intimacy considerably.
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Jay St. Louis is listed in the credits as "Assistant Locations Manager."
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Ennis found it tough to admit his full feelings concerning Jack; the intensity of those feelings sparked emotions in him that were beyond his ken.
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Proulx wrote:
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. It ain't goin' a be that way. We can't. I'm stuck with what I got, caught in my own loop. Can't get out of it."
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"Ennis ran full-throttle on all roads whether fence mending or money spending...."
[short story]
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Jack's frustration took him to Mexico where he connected with a native inhabitant to satisfy his need for male companionship.
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One thousand sheep produced a noticable amount of ordure.
definition - Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels.
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"Three puppies belonging to one of the blue heelers went in a pack basket, the runt inside Jack's coat, for he loved a little dog." [short story]
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A 'Brokeback Mountain' Q & A at the Aero was put online by Defamer.Com
Read it here (http://www.defamer.com/hollywood/brokeback-mountain/defamer-screening-report-brokeback-mountain-q-a-154842.php)
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Proulx wrote:
Alma asked Ennis to use rubbers because she dreaded another pregnancy. He said no to that, said he would be happy to leave her alone if she didn't want any more of his kids. Under her breath she said, "I'd have em if you'd support em." And under that, thought, anyway, what you like to do don't make too many babies.
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"The little Texas voice came slip-sliding down the wire." [short story]
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Jack: "Tell you what, we could a had a good life together, a fuckin real good life."
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Ennis was also known for urinating in his trailer home sink. Hey, it's like real estate: "Location, location, location"!!! :laugh:
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=aside= Toast!
What a nasty/dishy word: ordure.
Definitely not the name of a perfume!
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On Thanksgiving Alma could swallow the gall no longer and years of vexation spilled over onto Ennis.
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Jack and Lureen waltz to "I Don't Want To Say Goodbye".
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94 INT: FARM XPO: TEXAS: DAY:
Two dark, dour, over-allied FARMERS are watching JACK demonstrate a fancy air-conditioned tractor. JACK, who can drive anything, is doing a fine job of putting the tractor through its paces.
FARMER #1 Didn't that piss-ant used to ride the bulls?
FARMER #2 He used to try....
[screenplay]
=congratz= Toast
On 500 posts
Sandy
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Lashawn dominated every conversation with her seemingly endless yatter.
def: (n) idle talk; chatter
=congratulationz= Toast
Guess who's made his 500th post?!?
Fran
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Initially, Ennis remained in base camp, while Jack took the more zenithal position on the mountain to be near the sheep.
=compliment= Prowl
Great use of the word.
Sandy
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We can never be too wordy!!!
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Ennis suffered great angst about his feelings about Jack.
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"The stock was too far distant for [Ennis] to see their condition, only that they were black baldies." [short story]
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Cold night. Panhandle wind blows. JACK and LUREEN in their Cadillac, hurrying to a big country dance. LUREEN is very North Dallas now, fur coat, too much jewelry, too much makeup, too stiff a hairdo. JACK wears a white Stetson. Both are smoking.
[screenplay]
=aside= All my fishin' buddies.
Hell, that's the most I wrote in a year.
Thank you all for your comments.
I could never do it without your help.
Send in another Klown.
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Mrs. Twist believed in the religious dogma attached to the Pentecost, but wasn’t judgmental concerning her son’s sexuality.
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"Jack and Ennis, the dogs, horses and mules, a thousand ewes and their lambs flowed up the trail like dirty water through the timber and out above the tree line into the great flowery meadows and the coursing, endless wind." [short story]
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There is a five-cent stamp on the first postcard that Jack sends to Ennis.
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L.D. Newsome is a gasbag.
definitions:
gasbag - A boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
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Jack and his mom were alike--both had large hearts overflowing with love and kindness.
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"Jack, who can drive anything, is doing a fine job of putting the tractor through its paces, but there's an air of boyish inanity about him." [short story]
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JACK and ENNIS ride through the mountains, like Randolph Scott and Joel McCrae in RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY, only more life-worn, more weather-beaten. [screenplay]
I want to see that movie.
amazon.ca - review (http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/customer-reviews/B000BT96DW/701-9323004-3485147)
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The last quarrel the boys had. . .was unfortunately a real kickup.
Def: noisy quarrel or row
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"Three puppies belonging to one of the blue heelers went in a pack basket, the runt inside Jack's coat, for he loved a little dog." [short story]
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Lureen is very North Dallas now, fur coat, too much jewelry, too much makeup, too stiff a hairdo. Jack wears a white Stetson. [screenplay]
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Ennis, being the more nescient of the pair, was hesitant to admit his feelings toward males.
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Ennis...hauled Jack onto all fours...
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Brokeback Mountain by E. Annie Proulx
Read the prologue (http://www.davecullen.com/brokebackmountain/book_film.html#excerpts)
Read the complete novella without prologue
(as it appeared in the New Yorker) (http://mister-don.livejournal.com/89313.html#cutid1)
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L.D. Newsome quizzed Jack constantly. How could Jack not feel resentful?
Def: to make fun of: MOCK
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Ennis asked Alma to bring home some round steak when he dropped off the girls at the grocery store.
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'Welcoming' sign from that SOB Aguirre: "Trespassers will be shot! Survivors will be shot again!!"
=aside= Lu
Can U believe that now-famous BBM sign word "survivors" wasn't used?! It's E/Z on to Round 200! Anchors away!! ;)
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Flashback shots were used in the movie to show time transition – past to present and vice versa.
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Ennis stands, takes a half-empty bottle of cheap white wine from the fridge - a legacy of Cassie. Takes two jelly glasses from the dry rack next to the sink, unscrews the bottle top, fills both. Sits. [screenplay]
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"Brokeback Mountain" premiered in Spain on October 22, 2005, at the Valladolid International Film Festival.
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"The meadow stones glowed white-green and a flinty wind worked over the meadow, scraped the fire low, then ruffled it into yellow silk sashes." -story
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Jack picks it (postcard on dashboard) up, looks at it again,
We see what it says: "Divorce final. E.M.” JACK sings along with the music (Patsy Cline's "Crazy") with xaggerated gestures, can't stop grinning. [screenplay]
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Lashawn yatters even while dancing with Jack. Jack only nods, glancing back at the table, probably at Randall.
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Zhang Yuan compliments Ang Lee on his Best Director Oscar for Brokeback Mountain:
"Ang Lee's movie is very touching. It's simple but perfect," commented Zhang Yuan, a Chinese film director of the "Sixth Generation." "I sincerely congratulate him. He is the pride of all Chinese directors everywhere."
Link to his comments (http://english.people.com.cn/200603/07/eng20060307_248489.html)
=compliment=
Another impressive "Z" from our Zee!
Fran
=reply=
Around Letter 26, I finally get up off my pockets and into the control zone.
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Round 131!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"Brokeback Mountain" won Ang Lee the best director Oscar, making him the first Asian winner of the prize.
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Jack and Ennis sat by the fire, sipping whiskey from a bottle.
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Pan the camp. Horses, dogs, then not quite in focus. Focus sharpens: Ennis and Jack pulling off their clothes, laughing, cutting up. [screenplay]
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Ennis's famous shirt has diamond pearl snaps, created by Rockmount Western Wear in Denver. (They are simply square pearl snaps that are set diagonally.)
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Ennis and Jack became enmeshed with one another shortly after meeting.
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Jack felt foolish after he drove 1,400 miles to visit Ennis unannounced following Ennis' divorce and was turned away. :'(
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There is hardly a straight male in the U.S. who will see this movie voluntarily," opined Fox News' Roger Friedman. Two months, $43 million and four Golden Globes later, "Brokeback Mountain" is an unqualified commercial and critical hit -- and thousands of straight men have seen the movie and enjoyed it, if in some cases grudgingly.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2006/01/26/apop.DTL
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The boys were going to get together in November and hunt elk, but those plans never materialized.
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When Alma refers to Jack Nasty her remarks are filled with innuendo.
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After Jack was gone, Ennis would still dream about the campfire, where a spoon juts out of a can of luridly colored beans.
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Mr. Jack Twist: Now you sit down before I knock your ignorant ass into next week. [movie]
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Outside the bar, Ennis reached through the truck window and lambasted the driver.
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Aguirre was monitoring Jack and Ennis on Brokeback Mountain with a big-ass pair of binoculars.
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"Brokeback Mountain" premiered in Norway on October 22, 2005, at the Bergen International Film Festival.
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Lureen likes a very orderly office, with Daddy's portrait front and center.
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There were pyrotechnics at the 4th of July picnic.
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They may have lived apart and not seen one another frequently, but despite that, Jack and Ennis had a qualitative relationship.
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E. Annie Proulx wrote:
Ennis ran full-throttle on all roads whether fence mending or money spending, and he wanted none of it when Jack seized his left hand and brought it to his erect cock.
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People who see Brokeback Mountain and are struck with a lingering sense of sadness are said to be suffering from Brokeback syndrome.
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Ennis was more timid than Jack concerning sex.
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1980 - Drive-In: Suddenly, Ennis rolls down his window just enough to unhook the speaker and throw it out into the dirt. He drives off. [screenplay]
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Lureen was quite the vixen that first night she met Jack.
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Cassie walked with a wiggle when she used her wiles on Ennis.
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Jack xamines the paint brands on the mixed-up sheep to sort them.
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YesAsia.com offers "Brokeback Mountain" on DVD in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Korean versions.
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Jack zings in his pick-up truck all the way from Texas to Wyoming after he's informed that Ennis has gotten a divorce from Alma. Jack has so many zings in his step and zings in his heart and zings in his speed and zings in his.... that he cud have been singing Judy Garland's "Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart". Unquestionably, Jack no doubt emotionally related to Judy big time as did most every Gay male -- and others -- in the 1960s, the era of Ennis & Jack.... and Stonewall!
=aside= Toast
Jack had whose prominent photo on his bedroom wall? As U know, handsome (and Gay-rumored) best actor for "Judgment At Nuremberg" Maximilian Schell! And who was Max's much more famous than he co-star? Judy Garland! Zing!
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"ABCs of BBM" Round 132!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ennis's aphoristic communications where short and to the point.
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Ennis fed hay to the cattle, which are also known as bovines.
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Alma wanted Ennis to use a contraceptive (rubbers) because she dreaded another pregnancy.
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Happy Birthday to Sir Paul who turns 64 today.
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Alma, Jr.: "Bring fish, Dad. Big, big ones."
Happy Father's Day.
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The boys were enjoined by Aguirre to bring the sheep down immediately.
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"He was still working there in September when Alma, Jr., as he called his daughter, was born and their bedroom was full of the smell of old blood and milk and baby shit, and the sounds were of squalling and sucking and Alma's sleepy groans, all reassuring of fecundity and life's continuance to one who worked with livestock." From the story
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On Thanksgiving Day we see two "families" gathered around their gravy.
Jack's family is invaded again by Grandfather.
Ennis' family is in Monroe's house, and he is the "invader".
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Alma and Monroe appeared to have a harmonious relationship.
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"Brokeback Mountain" made its world premiere in Italy on September 2, 2005, at the Venice Film Festival.
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Old man: Don't you let that damn Joe Aguirre send you up there with no twenty-two. Coyotes don't mind a twenty-two. Make sure he gives you a thirty-ought. There’s coyotes and coyotes up there. They will eat your damn sheep and damn jackass, with a thirty-ought, you might hold your own. [screenplay]
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Brokeback fans raise $18K for Variety ad.
See article (http://www.advocate.com/news_detail.asp?id=27732)
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"The cold air sweetened, banded pebbles and crumbs of soil cast sudden pencil-long shadows, and the rearing lodgepole pines below them massed in slabs of somber malachite." [short story]
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Jack said to Ennis,“Truth is, sometimes I miss you so much I can hardly stand it.”
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Jack spent nights alone in the pup tent.
He had nights alone in the base tent.
He had many nights alone out there in the real world.
But his favourite nights were when he and Ennis were together.
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"Ennis rode easy, sleeping with his eyes open, but the hours he was away from the sheep stretched out and out." [short story]
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Ennis landed in a precarious predicament when Alma saw him kissing Jack.
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Over the years, Ennis and Jack shared many quarts of whiskey together.
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Through the years, Lureen became a robotic shell of her peppery younger self.
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"They went at it in silence except for a few sharp intakes of breath and Jack's choked "gun's goin' off," then out, down, and asleep." [short story]
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The post card of Brokeback Mountain hanging in Ennis's closet cost thirty cents.
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Francine gurgles and coos.
Alma stirs the gravy.
The effect of the postcard (from Jack) goes unnoticed. [screenplay]
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Brokeback Mountain showed several significant, poignant and ver' special visits between Dad Ennis and his eldest daughter Alma, Jr. (P.S. Junior knew!)
=congratulations=
Happy Father's Day, Ennis del Mar!
Oh, and to my own Dad! -- and Dre!!
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Ennis was wild with passion and a mixture of emotions when he took Jack roughly on that cold night in the tent.
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Ennis: takes a hit from his cigarette. Xhales. (A beat.)
Ennis: I been sittin' up here all this time, tryin' to figure out if I was...? I know I ain't. I mean, here we both got wives and kids, right? I like doin' it with women, but Jesus ...ain't nothin' like this. [screenplay]
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Yuma County Gay Rights Meetup has a notice about Brokeback.
Read it here. (http://gayrights.meetup.com/177/boards/view/viewthread?thread=1648340)
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Zhang Zihi said of Ang Lee, “He creates characters that draw in an audience no matter what language they speak. His insight into the human heart crosses all boundaries. I know he is also making a huge influence in the lives of younger filmmakers and actors."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388795/news (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388795/news)
A pic of Zihi presenting Ang with a Golden Globe award for Brokeback Mountain:
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"They found a bar and drank beer through the afternoon, Jack telling Ennis about a lightning storm on the mountain the year before that killed forty-two sheep...." [short story]
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Western romance "Brokeback Mountain" emerged as the big winner at the Orange BAFTA awards, winning best film and director for Ang Lee, best supporting actor for Jake and best screenplay.
(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41352000/jpg/_41352074_jake_getty203.jpg)
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Jack Twist wore a chambray shirt, a white T-shirt, and blue jeans in 1963.
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When they were taking leave of each other, Jack said he was headed "up to my daddy's place" to give him a hand thru the winter. John Twist wasn't worthy of being called a daddy but Jack loved him anyway.
=aside=
here's to my daddy, who gave me a fine set of genes.
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"...[Ennis] wanted none of it when Jack seized his left hand and brought it to his erect cock." [short story]
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Both Ennis and Jack fathered children, and offscreen, Heath has fathered a child with Michelle.
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Ennis recognized the blood on the shirts as being his own, from a gushing nosebleed.
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Jack and Ennis battled balls of hail during a storm that forced them to close up the tent - and hopefully get cozy, too!
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Lureen and Jack's refrigerator has an icemaker as well as in in-door ice dispenser.
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Jack's bay mare was a little jumpy.
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Ennis could not resist embracing Jack during their reunion because he looked so kissable.
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=comment=
And who in their right mind could blame him?
Sigh. ::)
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Whiskey was the preferred liquor of choice for Jack and Ennis.
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The thousand sheep, the dogs, the horses, Jack and Ennis and the pack mules slowly flow out above the tree line, into the vast flowering meadows of the mountainside. [screenplay]
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"Too late to go out to them damn sheep," said Ennis, dizzy drunk on all fours one cold hour when the moon had notched past two. [short story]
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Much of BBM was filmed outdoors.
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Two Chilean Sheepherders are looking just as glum at the huge mixed herd, gesturing wildly.
Ennis: "What're we gonna do?"
Jack wants to impress Ennis.
Jack: "I can handle this."
Jack, puffed up like a banty rooster, rides to the Chilean Sheepherders.
Ennis sits on Cigar Butt and curses under his breath. [screenplay]
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While Alma was occupied in the kitchen, Ennis had quite some difficulty quieting down his crying daughters.
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U all saw the train in BBM, right? Then, how come no one mentioned the railroad? Woooo-woooo! Posilutely on to Round 200! All aboard!
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Ennis: (to himself) "...can't believe I left my damn shirt up there...." [screenplay]
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"They never talked about the sex, let it happen, at first only in the tent at night, then in the full daylight with the hot sun striking down...." [short story]
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The first tent scene gives Jack and Ennis the opportunity to satisfy their sexual urges which have been aroused by being around one another.
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Jack had to raise the volume of his voice and change his tone in order to get L.D. Newsome to back down at Thanksgiving.
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Lashawn was a wearisome talker.
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Ennis waited xpectantly for Jack to arrive in Riverton.
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Those two drunk a/o drugged, lowlife, foul-mouthed, disrespectful, dirty pigs that Ennis confronted at the Independence Day celebration were two yellow-bellies. Once confronted and beat by the "Gay Guy", they crawled away.
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Zambia Business has an online article about BBM.
View it here. (http://archive.wn.com/2006/02/09/1400/zambiabusiness/)
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"She was working at a grocery store clerk job, saw she'd always have to work to keep ahead of the bills on what Ennis made." [short story]
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Jack's plans, for a sweet life for them, were baffled by Ennis and his fears.
def - Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.
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At the end of the story, Ennis is working at the Coffeepot Ranch, and has a pretty sober life.
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"...without saying anything about it, both knew how it would go for the rest of the summer, sheep be damned." [short story]
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Linda Higgins tucks the one postcard into a small envelope.
Linda: "That'll be thirty cents. (smiles at him, likes him) Big investment."
Ennis lays out a quarter and a nickel. [Leaves.] [screenplay]
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Ennis elected to stay in camp and proposed to ride out at first light.
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"Ennis went back to ranch work, hired on here and there, not getting much ahead but glad enough to be around stock again, free to drop things, quit if he had to, and go into the mountains at short notice." [short story]
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Jack: "So what we got now is Brokeback Mountain! Everything's built on that! That's all we got, boy, fuckin' all. So I hope you know that, even if you don't never know the rest!"
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Lureen, triumphant but tired, has just delivered little Bobby.
Her mother and her father, L.D. Phillips [sic], and her husband Jack, stand there by the bed as the nurse brings the infant. [screenplay]
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Jack put on a jocular performance of bull riding. :D
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The OLD MAN kicks at the tractor tire a time or two, as if irritated it exists. -screenplay
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The moon was so luminous that Jack could see Ennis’ campsite fire. 8)
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Ennis could hear the muffled sounds of Mr. and Mrs. Twist coming from the kitchen below.
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Nefarious words poured out of John Twist’s mouth when Ennis visited. :(
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By the end of the summer, Ennis and Jack were experts on all things ovine.
Def: Of, relating to, or characteristic of sheep.
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Ennis props Jack’s bedroom window open with a stick. 8)
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Although sick with coughs and runny noses, both Alma Jr. and Jenny had quieted down by the time Alma and Ennis were ready for bed.
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Annie Proulx said " ... when I saw the film [Ennis and Jack] roared off of the screen and into my head with a ferocity I didn’t think was possible."
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Ennis scrapes the frying pan with a spatula. :)
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"He had been about three or four, he said, always late getting to the toilet, struggling with buttons, the seat, the height of the thing, and often as not left the surroundings sprinkled down." [short story]
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Ennis is an unassuming chap from the moment we set eyes on him. 8)
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Ennis put his vas deferens to work that first night in the tent. :)
=definition=
The vas deferens is the tube in the male reproductive system in which sperm travel to the urethra.
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"In August Ennis spent the whole night with Jack in the main camp, and in a blowy hailstorm the sheep took off west and got among a herd in another allotment." [short story]
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Xinhua net on the MTV awards and Heath/Jake’s nomination for Best Kiss:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/27/content_4480436.htm (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/27/content_4480436.htm)
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Jack could see yond fire in the moonlight. :)
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"If, as it has been said, love is the harmony of two souls singing together, then 'Brokeback Mountain' is the heartbreaking dissonance of two souls denied their only chance at joy, and also a sobering commentary on the damage they leave in their wake as they're forced to try and fit in."
--Steven Snyder, Zertinet Movies
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Jack stands with arms akimbo when he alights from his truck at Aguirre’s. :D
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Ennis would not let Jack backbite Alma and his girls.
def - To speak spitefully or slanderously about (another)
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Ennis is in a crouching position when he makes his move in the first tent scene.
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"Sure enough," Alma said, taking a dollar bill from her pocket. Ennis guessed she was going to ask him to her a pack of cigarettes, bring him back sooner. [short story]
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On Brokeback Mountain, Ennis and Jack were elevated above the crawling vehicles and barking dogs down below, and even over the flying hawks' backs.
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Alma Jr., Jenny and Bobby were the evidence that both Jack and Ennis were fertile.
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Jack: "I got a boy. Eight months old. Smiles a lot. I married the prettiest little gal in Childress, Texas. Lureen."
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Jack went to Mexico and picked up a hustler.
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L.D. was impolite to Jack during every conversation. ;)
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The song "Melissa," performed by The Allman Brothers, is courtesy of Def Jam Music Group. [credits]
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Ennis slouches in front of the television set, nursing a beer, watching David Carradine in Kung Fu. [screenplay]
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Ennis pushed Jack against the wall and laid a major lip-lock on him after not seeing him for four years.
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"The cold air sweetened, banded pebbles and crumbs of soil cast sudden pencil long shadows, and the rearing lodgepole pines below them massed in slabs of somber malachite." Short story. :)
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Jack was Aguirre's choice for herder; nevertheless, Ennis was more suited to the job.
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Jack was outspoken about his dreams for the future with Ennis. 8)
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Ennis stands with his hands in his pockets as he awaits Aguirre. :)
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Chilean Sheepherder: ¿Cuál es su problema? ¿Qué dice? [screenplay]
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Jack: "Folks run you off?"
Ennis: (stiff) "No. They run themselves off. One curve in the road in 43 miles, and they miss it. Killed them both." [screenplay]
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Ennis had a sheepish grin on his face when he said: "You may be a sinner, but I ain't yet had the opportunity."(http://www.rhoen.de/lexikon/images/sheep.gif)
=aside=
pun intended
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“The sheep trucks and horse trailers unloaded at the trailhead and a bandy-legged Basque showed Ennis how to pack the mules, two packs and a riding load on each animal ring-lashed with double diamonds and secured with half hitches, telling him, 'Don't never order soup.'” Short story. :)
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The color that most closely corresponds with Ennis is an umber hue.
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Juarez: Jack makes his way through the crowded streets, entering the seedier part of the town. ...... Hookers stand in doorways enticing Passersby. The sidewalks are crowded with military men, vendors. [screenplay]
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"Alma Jr. looks around the nearly empty trailer, a homage to plains-life minimalism: a TV sits on a plastic milk crate in front of a battered recliner, the only other furniture besides the chipped Formica table, two wobbly chairs, and a fridge and tiny stove." [screenplay]
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Despite all the rain, snow, hail, etc. on the mountain, it was a xerophilous environment (tolerant of xeric [dry] conditions).
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Twenty yards away, Two Chilean sheepherders are looking just as glum at the huge mixed herd, gesturing wildly. [screenplay]
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New Zealanders had to wait until February 9, 2006, to see "Brokeback Mountain" in theaters.
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"I feel awful about what happened," Said Ennis to Jack's parents. "Can't tell you how bad I feel."
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E. Annie Proulx wrote:
It is an eerie sensation to see events you have imagined in the privacy of your mind, and tried hopelessly to transmit to others through little black marks on a page, loom up before you in an overwhelming visual experience. I realized that I, as a writer, was having the rarest film trip: my story was not mangled but enlarged into huge and gripping imagery that rattled minds and squeezed hearts. ["Getting Movied"]
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The news of Jack's death was catastrophic to Ennis.
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"The wind strikes the trailer like a load of dirt coming off a dump truck, eases, dies, leaves a temporary silence." [short story]
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Jack: "You wouldn't do it, Ennis, so what we got now is Brokeback Mountain. Everything's built on that. It's all we got, boy..."
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What's this Kurt fella do? --Ennis, from the screenplay
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When Jack entered Aguirre's trailer in 1964, a gust of wind spun the fan in the end wall.
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Ennis & Jack had a longterm -- and hot -- homosocial relationship.
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=aside= FGH
Dre is well aware of where U got ur "D"!
Speaking of "D"s, 'heigh ho' to DeeDee.
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Lureen and Jack's refrigerator has an in-door dispenser.
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The Jerusalem Post has an article called "Turkey restricts viewing of Brokeback Mountain." Read it here (http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1139395619032&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull)
=aside=
Sadly there are still a lot of places with very narrow-minded and backward views about homosexuality.
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Jack Twist: "Can't please my old man, no way. That's why I took to rodeoin!" (proudly knocks his rodeo belt buckle), "Ever rodeo?" [screenplay]
=aside= RE: Associated Press article in the "J" is Jerusalem "Post"
The "restriction" on viewing Brokeback Mountain in Turkey is exactly the same as the R rating applied to Brokeback Mountain in the United States of America.
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"It was Lureen and she said who? who is this? and when he told her again, she said in a level voice yes, Jack was pumping up a flat on the truck out on a back road when the tire blew up." [short story]
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I can't decide which mole of Jack's/Jake's I love more: the one above his lip, or the one on his back we get to see when he rolls over Ennis in Tent Scene #2. :P
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Ennis and Jack still sit at the bar, each nurses a longneck. Ennis peels the label from his bottle. A few empties sit in front of Jack. [Day One, afternoon - screenplay]
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The windows in Aguirre’s trailer were dirty to the point of being opaque.
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Brokeback was nominated for Best Picture by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and won the Golden Globe and many other awards for Best Picture.
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In the story, Jack had the quill of an eagle in his hatband.
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A. Jack and Ennis ride through the mountains, like Randolph Scott and Joel McCrae in "Ride The High Country", only more life-worn, more weather-beaten. [screenplay]
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Ennis is wearing a striped shirt during his first reunion with Jack.
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Jack took the stairs two and two. - story. In the movie, it was Ennis who did the same.
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Ennis raises up, gets to his knees, unbuckles his belt, shoves his pants down with one hand, uses the other to haul Jack up on all fours. Jack doesn't resist. [screenplay]
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Theaters in Venezuela began screening "Brokeback Mountain" on February 24, 2006.
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Mrs. Twist was a wise woman.
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Alma Monroe was xpecting a new child; Ennis figured she was four or five months along.
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Jack yearns to spend the rest of his life with Ennis.
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In the 1960s, the U.S. Census ranked BBM towns such as Signal, Riverton and Lightning Flat as ZPG. Anyone who saw BBM certainly knew that!
[official designation ZPG = Zero Population Growth]
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Round 137!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! of "ABCs of BBM"
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The axles of the railroad cars are visible as the train speeds by between the camera and Ennis.
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Ennis: "You did once. You been to Mexico, Jack Twist? Hm? 'Cause I hear what they got in Mexico for boys like you."
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Ennis lathered up, hoping his razor had some cut left in it.
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Ennis knew that it was very cold outside the drafty tent.
But an August blanket of snow was a real surprise.
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The song "The Devil's Right Hand" was written and performed by Steve Earle.
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When we last see her, Lureen's hair is styled so that it is fringed around her face.
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During the last lake scene, Ennis and Jack shouted and gesticulated fiercely.
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John Twist: "He had some half-baked notion the two a you was goin' a move up here, build a cabin, help run the place."
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Jack: "... what I'm sayin' is, if the tax don't get you, the inflation will eat it all up."
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Ennis and Alma jounced downhill on the toboggan. :)
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"'Brokeback' taps into those uneasy wishful thoughts that everyone has: What if I'd married someone else? What if I seized that opportunity? What if I'd finished my education? What if I'd taken a chance?" --James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette
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After his first day as herder, Ennis sat by the fire and was lathering up his face, hoping the razor he brought in a paper bag had some cut left in it.
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When Ennis' parents died, they left behind a ranch with two mortgages. :)
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Brokeback Mountain is the nucleus of Jack and Ennis’ relationship. 8)
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Aguirre barked out his orders for the summer, and expected the boys to take it from there.
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Ennis's girls were playing on the swingset while Ennis and Alma argued.
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Ennis and Jack enjoyed the status quo that they had on the mountain. :)
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They had stood that way for a long time in front of the fire, its burning tossing ruddy chunks of light, the shadow of their bodies a single column against the rock. [short story]
ruddy - Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
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Lureen: "He use to say he wanted his ashes scattered on Brokeback Mountain, but I wasn't sure where that was."
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“The venetian blinds hung askew and admitted a triangle of white light, the shadow of the foreman's hand moving into it.” Short story. :)
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Two sheeptrucks and a couple of horsetrailers have unloaded at the trailhead to Brokeback Mountain. They are high, but still in the trees. The bleating of a thousand sheep fills the air. [screenplay]
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Ennis' fear of his essential nature is vital to the movie.
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“In a disquieting way everything seemed mixed.” Short story, when they come upon the intermingled sheep herds. :)
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Ennis headed for the supermarket xit as the nuts came crashing down around his family.
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There is an article on Brokeback in Yankee Fog an online blog.
View it here. (http://www.yankeefog.com/archives/2005/10/brokeback_mount_1.html)
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Ennis cursed the zurramato mule. :D
=Translation; Pipedream rule=
Zurramato is dumbass in Spanish.
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Wonderful work! :)
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Ennis takes the living room in about two strides, ignoring the startled Monroe, who is smoking a cheap, after-dinner cigar.
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Jack’s boots were “holed beyond repair.” Short story. :)
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Shortly after marriage, Ennis went to work on the road construction crew.
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They seized each other by the shoulders, hugged mightily, squeezing the breath out of each other, .... until they pulled apart to breathe and Ennis, not big on endearments, said what he said to his horses and daughters, little darlin'. [short story]
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"We see the little del Mar family ease through the 4th of July crowd, trying to find a place to sit." [screenplay]
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Ennis stomped the ground to get his boots full on.
=aside=
My heart is full of you guys.
I've missed you. Great work!
Oh, my, been away for 10 days and had a lot of reading to catch up on.
A few BBM moments from vacation in Provincetown:
a bumper sticker that said "Ennis and Jack Live"
a lovely piece on BBM in a new film called "Fabulous: History of Queer Cinema" screened at the Ptown film festival
"Jake of Brokeback Mountain" was a crossword clue in the Sunday Boston Globe puzzle that featured people with difficult-to-spell names (Zbigniew Brzezinski, etc)
=response=
Welcome back, Paul. We missed you, too. As you can see, we've been plenty busy.
Will, Fran, Sandy, and Ann Marie
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Seeing the film disturbed me. I felt that, as the ancient Egyptians had removed a corpse's brains through the nostril with a slender hook before mummification, the cast and crew of this film, from the director down, had gotten into my mind and pulled out images. [Annie Proulx - "Getting Movied"]
=aside=
Welcome Back Doctor!!
Seems like taking the waters
didn't cure you of Brokeback. - lol
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The half-empty bottle of cheap white wine in Ennis' refrigerator was a legacy of Cassie.
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The only intermediary for Jack and Ennis was the Riverton post office.
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That first summer was one of good frolic and camaraderie; Jack and Ennis were still juvenescent.
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Kudos for BBM:
"Remarkable! The performances are a revelation!" --Robert W. Butler, The Kansas City Star
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Ennis had been avoiding Cassie lately after his latest trip with his fishing buddy.
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Ennis's mood was frequently morose. :(
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Jack: (finally facing her) "I told you, Lureen, he needs help with his reading, why ain't you called the school yet? They said they'd set him up with a special teacher." [screenplay]
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Ennis was the object of Jack's affection.
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Such a beautiful phrase from Ms. Annie: "the grieving plain."
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Jack's reference to Mexico was questionable to Ennis.
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Round the campfire Jack and Ennis talked about rough-stock events.
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Jack: "Fast or slow, I just like the direction you're goin' in."
=aside=
Did I miss the memo?
When did we go from just red to bold and red?
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Ennis’ voice trembled when he was questioning Jack about Mexico. :)
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“He might have to stay with his daughter until he picks up another job. . .”
From the short story
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When Ennis experienced "gut pains" after leaving Jack, he had an attack of visceralgia.
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Jack’s visage was wreathed in smiles as he drove toward Ennis after receiving word of the divorce. :D
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Aguirre was quick and to the point, xplaining the duties of his two employees.
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Yale Daily News has an article about BBM.
Read it here. (http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=31245)
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ZA@Play review of Brokeback Mountain:
http://www.chico.mweb.co.za/art/2006/2006jan/060106-brokeback.html (http://www.chico.mweb.co.za/art/2006/2006jan/060106-brokeback.html)
=aside=
I'll keep having 'em if you'll support 'em!!
=reply= Lee
We may need to pay child support, but keep them coming.
Sandy
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Home Run !!!
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"...in a blowy hailstorm, the sheep took off west and got among a herd in another allotment." [short story]
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It was brazen of Jack to take Ennis hand in the tent.
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With furrowed brow, Heath Ledger has mastered the look of consternation that is so often on Ennis's face.
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Ang Lee was the director of BBM.
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Steffen Cole Moser played K.E. del Mar, age eleven.
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Aguirre acted like previous employees had been fly-by-night no-good losers.
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"Ennis, what are you lookin for rootin through them postcards?" said Linda Higgins, throwing a sopping brown coffee filter into the garbage can. [story]
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"Ennis, please, no more damn lonesome ranches for us," she said, sitting on his lap, wrapping her thin, freckled arms around him." [short story]
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Ennis was fearful society would be intolerant of his true relationship with Jack.
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After the dozy embrace, Ennis mounted his horse with a jingle of his spurs.
Jack heard the jingle and watched Ennis riding off saying " . . . See you tomorrow ... "
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Want yet more proof that the ABCs will go to Round 200??!!
The United Kingdom is the country with the second -- to the U.S.A. -- largest distribution of the movie BBM!
=aside= UK-ers
How cud U all (Beckala, et al.) miss Kingdom?
Cheerio,
Will-S
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Annie Proulx is an extremely literate writer.
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Sees an old green pickup with a bad muffler approaching, and Ennis becomes aware that the muffler is not the pickup's only problem. [screenplay]
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The nexus between Ennis and Jack is so powerful that it lasts a lifetime. Def: connection; joint; link
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On January 6, 2006, "Brokeback Mountain" was featured at the AMC Quail Springs 24 and the Harkins Bricktown 16 theaters in Oklahoma City.
=comment=
I think I see a future "Q".
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Lureen told Ennis that Jack had been pumping up a flat on his truck out on a back road when the tire blew up.
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Gay Pages and Queer NZ were offering a chance to win passes to BBM if you signed up for their newsletter.
http://www.queernz.com/ (http://www.queernz.com/)
=aside= Fran
I didn't see your comment about "Q" until after I had posted.
We can always use "Q's" - so next round.
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A marching band strikes up a tinny, slightly off-key rendition Of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." , Alma Jr. crawls onto her daddy's lap.
Ennis (settling her down) Here we go, darlin'. [screenplay]
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McMurtry and Ossana wrote the award-winning screenplay shortly after the story was published.
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On the mountain, they were suspended above ordinary affairs and distant from tame ranch dogs.
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JACK, wearing only his boots, is doing laundry. Shivers. Squats by the stream, carefully wrings out ENNIS'S only other shirt, a denim button-up western-style shirt, and hangs it on a long branch next to their combined wardrobes: three pairs of Levi's, 2 shirts, two bandannas - no undergarments (neither wears socks or underwear). [screenplay]
=aside=
"S" is [screenplay]
how did I miss that?
Cool, Paul.
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On January 6, 2006, "Brokeback Mountain" opened in Durham, North Carolina, at the Carolina Theatre and the Varsity Theatre.
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Jack wanted to go somewhere warm with Ennis like Mexico instead of "always being in the friggin' cold".
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The postcard from Jack xcites Ennis so much that he has to leave the room.
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"Ang Lee's movie is very touching. It's simple but perfect," commented Zhang Yuan, a Chinese film director of the "Sixth Generation." "I sincerely congratulate him. He is the pride of all Chinese directors everywhere."
http://english.people.com.cn/200603/07/eng20060307_248489.html (http://english.people.com.cn/200603/07/eng20060307_248489.html)
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Brokeback is the theme of the Zia Regional Rodeo.
http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/45112.html (http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/45112.html)
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We all deserve a trophy for 140 Rounds.
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Lureen told Ennis that Jack "kept most a his friends' addresses in his head." [short story]
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"You bet."
=aside=
Congratulations to my (team) mates on our 140th Round.
=compliment=
Speaking of "bet," I would have bet my life that "bet" was already used. Great find, Lee!
Fran
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Ennis' returned postcard is on top of a "Farmers" flyer, advertising shingles, shovels and a Centurion Smoke Detector.
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"The road to Lightning Flat went through desolate country past a dozen abandoned ranches distributed over the plain at eight- and ten-mile intervals...." [short story]
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"Below it he drove a nail and on the nail he hung a wire hanger and the two old shirts suspended from it. He stepped back and looked at the ensemble through a few stinging tears." Story
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As the two men parted that first summer, an empty feed bag blew down the road and fetched up under a truck.
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They got the big tent up on the Forest Service's platform, the kitchen and grub boxes secured. Both slept in camp that first night, Jack already bitching about Joe Aguirre's sleep-with-the-sheep-and-no-fire order, though he saddled the bay mare in the dark morning without saying much. [short story]
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"He didn't know which way it was, the tire iron or a real accident, blood choking down Jack's throat and nobody to turn him over. Under the wind drone he heard steel slamming off bone, the hollow chatter of a settliing tire rim." [short story]
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The mountain was like a cloak of invisibility, shielding Jack and Ennis from the world (so they thought).
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Ennis: (raising his glass) "To Alma and Kurt."
Alma Jr. laughs, and clinks her glass with her daddy's. [screenplay]
=compliment=
How'd we miss this one?!?
Fran
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The credits show Karen Bedard as "Script Supervisor" and Karen Redford as "Assistant to Mr. Lee."
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All reassuring of fecundity and life’s continuance to one who worked with livestock.
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Ennis: Tall, raw-boned, lanky, possessed of a muscular, supple body made for the horse and for fighting he stretches, looks at the old man, who looks back at him sourly. [screenplay]
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The Stoney Nation is given "Special Thanks" in the credits.
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Happy Birthday, Milli!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have a great day! Hope you're not too busy to come play the ABCs.
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On that fateful day when the boys came down from Brokeback, Ennis was overpowered by his emotions; he collapsed to his knees and wept like a baby! :(
=thanks= Fran
I am here, aren't I? ;D
Cheers for the warm wishes, Frannie! :-*
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"The cold air sweetened, banded pebbles and crumbs of soil cast sudden pencil long shadows, and the rearing lodgepole pines below them massed in slabs of somber malachite." Short story. :)
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"Perhaps you've heard this movie described as the 'gay cowboy' movie. That's an unfair assessment of this splendid film, which has sympathetic characters and fantastic scenery."
--Linda Cook, Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa
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The air on Brokeback was redolent of pine and juniper.
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Ennis was slopping the washrag around till the fire spat, not to be confused with the bikers and their slop-bucket mouths.
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Mrs. Twist kept a tidy house.
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Scott Urquhart is one of the three "Stand-ins" listed in the credits.
=comment=
Don't confuse Scott Urquhart with Martin Urquhardt, BBM's "Field Biologist."
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Jack, especially in his youth, was prone to vagarious action.
def: whimsical, capricious.
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All the promotion in the world couldn't keep "Geisha" -- an exotic, orientalist melodrama directed by a white male -- from feeling dishonest. Just as all the homophobia in the world couldn't keep audiences from tuning in to the wrenching realness of "Brokeback" -- a gay western directed by a straight Asian that nevertheless feels fundamentally sincere and authentic.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2006/01/26/apop.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2006/01/26/apop.DTL)
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"We had the luxury of using our own imaginations to xpand and build upon that blueprint, rounding out characters, creating new scenes, fleshing out existing ones. It was such an enjoyable experience, it made me wonder why more short stories were not adapted into films."
--Diana Ossana on Proulx's short story in "Climbing Brokeback Mountain"
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Jack was quite the yawner when he came down from sleeping with the sheep.
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Zhou Xun is auctioning off a foreign language copy of Brokeback Mountain called VGC PERHAPS LOVE on Yahoo.
http://auctions.yahoo.com/sg/search?p=&cat=0&s=endtime&seller=summerfontein&userID=summerfontein&view=list&resulttab=0 (http://auctions.yahoo.com/sg/search?p=&cat=0&s=endtime&seller=summerfontein&userID=summerfontein&view=list&resulttab=0)
=compliment= Zee
You've come through for us once again. I have to admit I have a newfound appreciation for Asian names, especially the ones that start with an "X" or a "Z".
Fran
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We're unstoppable! :)
=compliment=
To Memento: Congrats on finding the Zia Regional Rodeo story. I'll be attending! :D
=reply= Pirate
You'll have to give us a report.
Sandy
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Ennis was in agony when he realized Jack was dead. :'(
=aside= Fran
The title of another song from "Into the Woods"! :laugh:
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Ennis suggests they can get together once in a while way out in the:
middle of nowhere (film)
back of nowhere (story)
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Jack parks his truck by a concrete slab when he first drives up to Aguirre’s trailer. 8)
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Ennis found it tough to resist Jack’s dusky gaze.
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Waitress: (to Ennis) "You drinkin' that beer, or was you plannin' a grow flowers in it?"
Ennis looks embarrassed, is about to say something, but Jack speaks first.
Jack: (to waitress) "Tell you what, ma'am, you just keep linin' 'em up."
Waitress smiles. Walks off. [screenplay]
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"When he realized that he had misread Ennis's intentions in communicating with him about the divorce, Jack turned and fled .
=clarification=
This is a replacement for "frigging, which has already been used, xcept w/o the g.
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Alma was gravid shortly after she and Ennis married.
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Annie P wrote that, while trying to write the "dozy embrace" paragraph, she listened to "Spiritual" by Charlie Haden and Pat Metheney over and over again until she got it right.
She said that when she hears that piece now, Ennis and Jack appear before her.
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Irricana is one of the towns thanked by the producers in the credits.
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Ennis looked away from Jack's jaw, bruised blue from the hard punch Ennis had thrown him on the way down the mountain.
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Ennis and Jack were toking the kosto by the river. :)
kosto=cannabis in the Basque language.
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Jack worked up a lather in his chipped enamel cup.
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Jack (snorts) "Not hardly. (drags on the joint) Hell, me and Lureen was never that way. She's good at makin' hard deals in the machinery business, but so far as our marriage goes, (Pause) we could do it ever the telephone." (passes it back to Ennis) [screenplay]
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Alma accused Ennis of going up to the mountains for nastiness rather than fishing.
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Mrs. Twist observably knew Ennis was Jack’s beloved. 8)
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The old man sat silent, his hands folded on the plastic tablecloth, staring at Ennis with an angry, knowing expression. Ennis recognized in him a not uncommon type with the hard need to be the stud duck in the pond. Story
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Alma: (darkens) "I coulda brought home your smokes. 'Sides, it's way past their bedtime."
Ennis: (grim) "The quicker you give me the damn smokes, the quicker they'll be home in bed." [screenplay]
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Jack was treated rudely by L.D. and Ennis was treated rudely by Mr. Twist. :(
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Jack’s big teeth bringing blood, his hat falling to the floor, stubble rasping, wet saliva welling, and the door opening and Alma looking out for a few seconds at Ennis’s straining shoulders and shutting the door again and still they clinched, pressing chest and groin and thigh and leg together, treading on each other’s toes until they pulled apart to breathe and Ennis, not big on endearments, said what he said to his horses and daughters, “Little darlin.” story
=aside=
Oh my!!!
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The hay bales Ennis fed the cattle were bound with twine.
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Ennis: (as if it's a reason) "Alma, Jack and me ain't seen each other in four years."
Alma, though, has seen what she has seen: understands many things now, having aged years in the space of a few moments.
Alma: (flat) "Sure enough." [screenplay]
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The morning after TS1, Ennis rode off with great velocity.
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Ennis was a man of few words.
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Despite his early instructions, Aguirre didn't care about the xecution of the job; he only cared about the results.
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Ennis and Jack were but younglings when they first met. 8)
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Ennis used his zib to stem Jack’s rose. :)
zib=penis in Palestinian
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The "ABCs of BBM": Round 142!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ennis allowed only so much time to be with Jack.
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"Jack came lagging in late one afternoon, drank his two bottles of beer cooled in a wet sack on the shady side of the tent, ate two bowls of stew, four of Ennis's stone biscuits, a can of peaches, rolled a smoke, watched the sun drop." [short story]
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Mrs. Twist’s face was careworn.
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Ennis re Earl: "They drug him around by his dick 'til it fell off".
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Kurt Enger is listed in the credits as "Production Intern."
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“Ennis Del Mar wakes before five, wind rocking the trailer, hissing in around the aluminum door and window frames.”
From the short story
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Ennis rode Cigar Butt, a good night horse, through the glimmering frost (summer on BBM!).
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Edssel Hilchie is one of the four "Locations Scouts" listed in the credits.
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But Ennis and the first redneck are rolling around in the street, hitting and gouging whenever one of them can get a hand free. Traffic is stopped, including the big-tired pickup that almost hit the dog. [Thanksgiving - screenplay]
=aside= Dr. Paul
No more drugs.
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Jack tried to talk Ennis out of the herdin' job, sayin' you have to spend half the night jumpin' up and checkin' for coyotes.
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"Brokeback Mountain" was released in South Korea on March 2, 2006.
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“Jack came lagging in late one afternoon, drank his two bottles of beer cooled in a wet sack on the shady side of the tent, ate two bowls of stew, four of Ennis’s stone biscuits, a can of peaches, rolled a smoke, watched the sun drop.”
From the short story
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Aguirre looked at the milling sheep with a sour xpression.
=aside=
Thanks to my fellow ABC clowns for boosting me into the 1000+ club!!
=reply=
Well done! I'm impressed.
Fran
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"Ennis sits, supper finished, his back against a log, boot soles to the fire, two empty bean cans with spoons in them nearby, a few leftover fried potatoes." [screenplay]
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By hoping he and Ennis would share a life, Jack was being overly optimistic.
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Jack's pounding on the ground is one of my favorite moments in Tent Scene 1.
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L.D. liked to indulge in quarterbacking during dinner, even Thanksgiving dinner.
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Jack and Ennis usually camped in a riparian setting.
=congratulationz= Tim
You've hit 300!
Fran
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Ennis was in a somnolent state of mind when he chose to wait till morning to go back to the sheep.
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In honor of our dear and clever friend Toast, a toaster appears in one of those kitchen scenes, but I can't remember which one.
=reply=
There's a toaster in the elder Twists' kitchen, and I believe Alma Jr. is standing in front of one during the scene where Alma asks Ennis if he knows anyone named Jack.
Fran
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Jack became more urbane over the years.
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www. thesimon.com - commentary
Brokeback Mountain: Brokedown Ideas (http://www.thesimon.com/magazine/articles/getting_reel/01044_brokeback_mountain_brokedown_ideas.html)
... The film's message is essentially safe from a right-wing point-of-view: Gay men are victims and are used to their victimization — it's something they "live with" silently. ...
=aside=
anyone got a pic of that toaster??
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The credits show Ken Wills as "Property Master," Sherrie Wills as "Props Buyer," and Cory Wills as "Props Trainee."
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Understanding what Ennis is saying requires a process of xtrapolation sometimes.
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Ennis' apple pie would have been yummier if he had been left in peace to enjoy it, without having to make Cassie cry while getting rid of her.
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"'Brokeback Mountain' is a beautiful and painterly film, with Lee and cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto evoking the artistry of Remington, Hopper, and any number of other American artists in nearly every frame." --Daniel Fienberg, Zap2it.com
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Round 143!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! of the "ABCs of BBM".............
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Ennis's understanding of himself is truly abysmal.
=comment=
Whoa! There ain't no reins on this one!!!!!!!!!!
Round 143!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"Ennis picked out a big chestnut called Cigar Butt to ride, Jack a bay mare who turned out to have a low startle point."
From the short story
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At the Greyhound station when Ennis is having his piece of pie, there's a soft drink cooler with Coke written across the top of it.
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Although Ennis is rough and rugged, his naive innocence softens those weathered edges, making him very desirable to both Jack and the viewer.
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Ennis may be good at many things, but he gets a D for enunciation.
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Alma Jr. is Kurt's fiancée.
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Alma Jr. glows, as she and her daddy drink a toast to the upcoming wedding.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_964.jpg)
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Ennis felt that there was a hazard at every turn (curve in the road).
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Jack was incompetent when it came to shooting.
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The scenery and performances in Brokeback were unforgettable and jaw-dropping.
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To knit, Alma used yarn and knitting needles.
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Ennis laughed at the "rodeo cowboy", and said, "I think my dad was right."
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Jack had a tendency to mope and bitch about the gdb of an unsatisfactory situation.
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"Brokeback Mountain" opened on January 6, 2006, at the Village Pointe 16 and the AMC Oakview theaters in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Ennis worked for Stoutamire's cow and calf outfit, known in some versions of the novella as the Coffeepot Ranch.
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There are power poles in the background when Ennis alights from the truck at the beginning of the film. :)
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Queertexan.com is a blog with comments about BBM.
http://queertexan.com/blog1/brokeback/ (http://queertexan.com/blog1/brokeback/)
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Ennis and Jack never did get together on November 7 at Pine Creek.
Ennis' postcard, arranging the time, was returned to him.
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A shovel rests on the steps to Ennis’ trailer at the end of the film. 8)
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Ang Lee was born in Pingtung, Taiwan, on October 23, 1954.
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John Twist’s anger toward Jack was unrelenting. :(
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John C. Twist was a vexatious old man. Spitting in his coffee cup was just another way for him to get under your skin.
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When it was raining, Ennis whittled while hanging out in the tent.
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Ennis believed he’d be xiled from society if he acted upon his true feelings and set up housekeeping with Jack. :'(
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Yaniboy described as a 32 year old gay man, blue eyes, brownish hair, with a weakness for chocolate has some musings about Brokeback.
Read his ramblings here. (http://yaniblog.blogspot.com/2006/01/brokeback-musings.html)
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Jack places Ennis’ hand on his erect zakila. :o
zakila = penis in Basque
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Wonderful work, Brokies! :)
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…at evening in the fire glow, quick, rough, laughing and snorting…
=aside=
You want the rest, you'll have to read the story!
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"He was still working there in September when Alma Jr., as he called his daughter, was born and their bedroom was full of the smell of old blood and milk and baby shit, and the sounds were of squalling and sucking and Alma's sleepy groans, all reassuring of fecundity and life's continuance to one who worked with livestock." [short story]
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Even though Cassie was comely, Ennis preferred Jack. :)
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Mrs. Twist was the more dignified of Jack’s parents. 8)
=milestone=
The 4,000th "ABCs of BBM" post!!!!! Congratulations, Snowflakes!
Fran
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"A closing scene involving a visit by Ennis to Jack's parents is heartbreaking in what is said, and not said, about their world. A look around Jack's childhood bedroom suggests what he overcame to make room for his feelings. What we cannot be sure is this: In the flashback, are we witnessing what really happened, or how Ennis sees it in his imagination? Ennis, whose father 'made sure me and my brother saw it.'" --Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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Ennis and Jack’s relationship became fractious around their 20th anniversary. :-\
=Congratulations Snowflakes=
You had the 4,000th post, lucky girl! 8)
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George Strait's "All My Ex's Live in Texas" blares from the car stereo. Engine cuts, music stops. Alma Jr. steps out of the Camaro and closes the door …. Ennis smiles. Alma Jr. walks up to her father. [screenplay]
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Jack: "I like doin' it with women, yeah, but Jesus H., ain't nothin' like this." [short story]
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Ennis says to Alma, "I'll be half the night...bring home some round steak..."
=compliment= Fran
Great H!
Happy 4000th, all.
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Cassie: (hits him on the shoulder) "Hush up, Ennis, this is important. He's learnin' how to be a Jedi knight."
Ennis tries to stop the blowing dust from entering his truck cab, tucks an old flannel shirt in the crack created by the drive-in movie speaker. [screenplay]
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Anibal Kerpel and Annette Kudrak are listed in the credits as "Music Editors."
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In TS2, we get a good look at Jack's lats, or latissimus dorsi.
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Years on years they worked their way through the high meadows and mountain drainages, horse-packing into the Big Horns, Medicine Bows, south end of the Gallatins, ..... into the Wind Rivers over and again, the Sierra Madres, Gros Ventres, the Washakies, Laramies, but never returning to Brokeback. [short story]
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On January 6, 2006, "Brokeback Mountain" opened at the Naro Expanded Cinema in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Jack made the first overture by introducing himself to Ennis with a handshake. :D
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Ennis' and Jack's jeans are called pants in the tent scenes.
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Jack drove up to Wyoming after the divorce without a qualm.
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"Please [sic] to meet you," said Jack, trembling like a run-out horse. [short story]
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Ennis and Jack were swapping the bottle back and forth while they talked.
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Cigar Butt races off the trail, pulling the two mules along with him through the trees and the undergrowth, tearing the supply packs, scattering food everywhere. [screenplay]
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Aguirre is uncouth enough to spy on Ennis and Jack through the foliage. :)
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On January 6, 2006, "Brokeback Mountain" opened at the Naro Expanded Cinema in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Jack and Ennis's encounters were wordless, but full of noises.
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Mrs. Twist had an xalted opinion of her beloved son, Jack. 8)
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Jack's wish was to be yoked together with Ennis.
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In the story, Jack and Ennis were portrayed as more of a Zweibund, or association of two against a hostile world, while the movie was more about unrequited love, IMHO.
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I'm so proud to be a part of this wonderfully fun team! 8)
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Lureen is involved with accounting as she discusses Bobby’s education with Jack. 8)
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“He didn't ask if Ennis had a watch but took a cheap round ticker on a braided cord from a box on a high shelf, wound and set it, tossed it to him as if he weren't worth the reach.” Short story. :)
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"The mailbox read John C. Twist." [short story]
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Ennis and Jack devoured the jerky quickly to satisfy their hunger. :P
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Ennis’ relationship with Cassie was an ephemeron.
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Alma’s wardrobe was clean, but frumpy! :laugh:
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Ennis told Jack a grisly story about his terrible encounter with homophobia at the hands of his father as a nine-year-old.
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"The bedroom, at the top of a steep stair that had its own climbing rhythm, was tiny and hot, afternoon sun pounding through the west window, hitting the narrow boy's bed against the wall, an ink-stained desk and wooden chair, a b.b. gun in a hand-whittled rack over the bed." [short story]
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Alma mentioned that she and the girls love fish, making them ichthyophagous.
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Jack's room was up in the roof joists of the little house.
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Anibal Kerpel and Annette Kudrak are listed in the credits as "Music Editors."
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Ennis sustained a laceration to his temple from his fall off the horse that spooked.
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“You want a switch?” said Ennis. “I wouldn’t mind herdin'. I wouldn’t mind sleepin' out there.”
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"Well, I'm goin' a warsh everthing [sic] I can reach," he said, pulling off his boots and jeans (no drawers, no socks, Jack noticed), slopping the green washcloth around until the fire spat. [short story]
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Ennis behaved like an ostrich, which is known to stick its head in the sand when confronted with anything new or strange.
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Jack rides close to the mountain precipice when they’re herding the sheep to the next location. :)
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Quizilla.com has a Brokeback quiz.
Take the quiz (http://quizilla.com/users/nixierox/quizzes/What%20Brokeback%20Mountain%20Character%20Are%20You%3F%20-pictures,%205%20q's!/)
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Ennis didn't want to move into town because the rent would be too high. :)
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Jack appears bearing several days’ worth of stubble. 8)
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In his postcard, Jack says he's "coming thru (sic) on the 24th".
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Jack arrived unshaven at Aguirre’s trailer. :)
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Ennis preferred stemming the rose to vaginal sex. 8)
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Ennis and Jack were wild and woolly that summer on Brokeback.
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"Xquisitely shot and vast in its emotional take on forbidden love, 'Brokeback Mountain' is compassionate and compelling in its risqué examination of perceived manhood." --Frank Ochieng, Movie Eye
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When Ennis and my beloved Jack first met, they were yeanlings. They really were. Oh, my, how the yeanlings' years have flown.
God bless you all!
Mrs. Mary Twist
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In a speech to university students in Shanghai last weekend published in the Nanfang Zhoumuo weekly today, Ang Lee says he felt hopeless during six years of unemployment.
http://www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/74081.asp (http://www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/74081.asp)
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George A. Lara is listed in the credits as "Foley Recordist/Engineer."
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The worn paint brands made it difficult for Ennis and Jack to sort them Chilean sheep outta theirs.
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Jack was a firm believer in carpe diem. :)
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John Twist is a despicable character. 8)
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Alma tried to talk Ennis into becoming an electrician and he would have none of it. :)
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Ang Lee said: "Brokeback Mountain is a romantic symbol of what we fail to attain. It's about loss. It's about fear. It's about the illusory quality of love."
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Here's another recap in the amazin' "ABCs of BBM" game at the BetterMost Forum!
Wednesday, June 21st, was one of the busiest days ever for "ABCs" posting, with 95 posts by 12 Playerz in a 24-hour period (BetterMost time, of course)!
Here's the breakdown:
June 21 - 95 posts - 12 players
Front-Ranger - 20 posts
Fran-E - 18
Toast - 14
SouthEndMd - 10
Prowl Among Us - 10
Memento - 7
Pirate Bride - 7
Will-ABC - 3
Snowflakes - 3
Ann Marie - 2
Lucise - 1
Moremojo - 1
Note: If two or more Playerz have the same score, the names are listed in order of posting.
Thanks, Playerz, for your "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble" in the "ABCs of BBM".
Sandy
Prior "1-Day ABCs Profiles": (http://www.jamsarts.com/animated/people/Cowboy_on_computer.gif)
Tuesday, June 13th - reply#3391
Sunday, May 28 - reply #2593
Tuesday, May 23 - reply #2346
Sunday, May 21 - reply #2165
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Ennis grabbed Alma by the arm during their Thanksgiving confrontation. :'(
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Gino Savoia, Samantha Hughes, and Darren Grout are listed in the credits as "Paramedics."
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Yes, that's "Ice" w/ a capital "I"! An established and often mentioned 'movie connection' to BBM is "The Ice Storm". Y? Because, like BBM, it was directed by award-winning director Ang Lee (1997).
=aside= BBM 411
For more movie connections to Brokeback Mountain, U can go to IMDB's BBM, which has an entire section so designated. The first film connection is "The Ice Storm"!
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When Ennis felt that his guts were being pulled out a yard at a time, that would include his jejunum, a section of the small intestine.
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Florence Krisko is listed in the credits as "Dog Trainer."
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Some of the scenes were filmed in La Mesilla, NM; most likely Ennis' flashback about Earl's death. :'(
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“He pressed his face into the fabric and breathed in slowly through his mouth and nose, hoping for the faintest smoke and mountain sage and salty sweet stink of Jack.”
=comment=
Thanks for the recap of Wednesday! I really had an ABCelebration of the summer solstice, and reached the 1K finish line, too!
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Ennis is numb with pain when he learns that Jack is deceased via the returned postcard. 8)
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The Chileans were also herding ovejas in the summer of 63. :)
Ovejas=sheep in Spanish
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"A porch stretched across the front of the tiny brown stucco house, four rooms, two down, two up."
[short story]
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Ennis sought to quell his daughters' cries.
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Ennis’ reaction to touching Jack’s erection was immediate and incendiary. :)
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Ennis snapped a button on Jack's shirt, just before swearing.
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"Two little girls," Ennis said. "Alma Jr. and Francine. Love them to pieces." Alma's mouth twitched.
[short story]
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While Ennis was undressing to bathe, he was describing the coyote with oversized testis. :D
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When Ennis worked at Car Scrope’s cow-and-calf outfit (in the story) he had to have
become experienced in vaccimulgence. Def: milking of cows
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When Jack was flirting in the bar, Jimbo gave him a withering look.
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Ennis recognized the xistence of his feelings for Jack that second night in the tent. 8)
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'Out in Youngstown' published an article "Bahamian Gay Groups Enraged Over 'Brokeback' Ban." Read it here (http://www.outinyoungstown.com/home/news.asp?articleid=11014)
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Ennis and Jack are moving at a considerably zippier pace as they gather their gear before it blows away in the sudden windstorm.
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Round 147! Here's a visualization of how quickly we move through the alphabet:A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Jack immediately ascertained that Ennis was a potential lover. :D
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Ennis looked away from Jack's jaw, bruised blue from the hard punch Ennis had thrown him...
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Lureen: "What are you waiting for, cowboy...a matin' call?"
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Jack and Ennis' relationship spans two decades.
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Many BBM-related items, such as a pair of the shirts, Jack's hat, Ennis' canvas coat, the commemorative belt buckles Ang gave to the cast and crew, were auctioned on ebay.
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The face that Ennis presented to the world was just a facade.
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"The window looked down on the gravel road stretching to the south, and it occurred to him that for his growing-up years that was the only road Jack knew." [short story]
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When Ennis got a nosebleed, he spilled some hemoglobin.
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Lashawn’s nonstop chatter was irritating. >:(
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When I told Ennis that I intended to play this two-sworded special "word", he said, "Mama Twist, I think this will be the darndest smartest word they'd ever seened". Oh, my! Well, let's see, shall we?
"Jack-of-all-trades" sometimes described Ennis in more ways than one, I believe.
And may I wish all of you gay boys and gay girls a very happy, healthy and safe gay pride.
Sincerely speaking,
Mrs. Mary S. Twist
=answer= Mr. Toast
Yes, Dear, I use 13 real whole cherries in my tasty cherry cakes.
I cut them in half for the cherry juices to give more flavor to the cake.
Remember to always serve on a real plate and with fresh coffee and cream.
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We see Ennis applying the knuckle sandwich many times. He punches Jack, the biker, the wall and the truck driver that confronts him on Thanksgiving. 8)
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The mare that threw Jack was lucky, but Ennis was luckier! :D
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"Ennis went back to ranch work, hired on here and there, not getting much ahead but glad enough to be around stock again, free to drop things, quit if he had to, and go into the mountains at short notice." [short story]
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Jack has a nevus on his face and one on his back. Def: congenital growth or mark on the skin, such as a mole or birthmark.
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Alma and Lureen’s ovaries did their work and produced Jr., Jenny and Bobby. :D
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Jack and Ennis were smoking pot! :o
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The trailer for the movie "Brokeback Mountain" comes in Windows Media and QuickTime formats.
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All sorts of riffraff attended the 4th of July fireworks display.
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Joe Aguirre paid them, said little. He had looked at the milling sheep with a sour expression, said, "Some a these never went up there with you." [short story]
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“He. . .took a cheap round ticker on a braided cord from a box on a high shelf. . .”
From the short story
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Annie P., Diana O. and Larry M. were jointly nominated for their combined writing of BBM for a prestigeous USC "Scripter" award! It was USC's 18th annual and held on February 11th. (BTW, who won? The "Capote" author and screenwriter!)
[USC = University of Southern California]
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When Ennis and Cassie pull up in front of Monroe and Alma's house to pick up Alma Jr., the sun visor on the passenger's side of the truck is in the down position.
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Ennis: “Alma, this is Jack Twist. Jack, my wife, Alma.”
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Mouths open, L.D. Newsome is the most xasperating in Brokeback Mountain! At the movie theater, in the Junior Twists' Thanksgiving scene, we wanted to throw our root beer sodas and buttered popcorn at the big nasty bytch! Fortunately, Jack saved the day and Lureen put the icing on the cake with her grin of approval. When that happened, the audience cheered. ;D
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Jack whooped out the equivalent of "yippee" when Ennis shot the elk.
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Stephanie Zacharek wrote a review of BBM in Salon.Com.
Review (http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/movies/review/2005/12/09/brokeback/index_np.html)
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...by noon the clouds had pushed up out of the west, rolling a little sultry air before them ... as Ennis waited for Jack to show up.
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Ennis utilized a brown paper bag as his suitcase. :D
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"The road to Lightning Flat went through desolate country past a dozen abandoned ranches distributed over the plain at eight- and ten-mile intervals, houses sitting blank-eyed in the weeds, corral fences down." [short story]
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Ennis had taken the day off to wait for Jack's arrival after four years apart.
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Ennis and Jack were bean epicureans. :D
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"Ennis went back to ranch work, hired on here and there, not getting much ahead but glad enough to be around stock again, free to drop things, quit if he had to, and go into the mountains at short notice."
[short story]
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His shaking hand grazed Ennis’s hand, electrical current snapped between them.
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Both Ennis and Jack found Jack’s bull riding pantomime hilarious. :laugh:
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"They had stood that way for a long time in front of the fire, its burning tossing ruddy chunks of light, the shadow of their bodies a single column against the rock." [short story]
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When Ennis introduced Jack to Alma, Jack had terrible jitters.
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Ennis woke up the morning after with a horrible katzenjammer. :D
katzenjammer=hangover, American Heritage Dictionary, the old fashioned book version! :laugh:
=comment=
Probably my favorite "K" word to date!
Fran
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Brokeback Mountain played to large audiences in many countries.
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Marty Antonini portrayed Ennis’ loquacious colleague Timmy. 8)
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"Ennis went back to ranch work, hired on here and there, not getting much ahead but glad enough to be around stock again, free to drop things, quit if he had to, and go into the mountains on short notice." [short story]
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K. E. was "three years older'n" Ennis.
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The boys’ relationship is predicated on love.
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"Brokeback Mountain" opened in Oklahoma City on January 6, 2006, at the AMC Quail Springs 24 and the Harkins Bricktown 16 theaters.
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The name of the actual bar featured in the movie, where Jack meets Lureen, is called Ranchman's located in Calgary. A link to many of the places where Brokeback was filmed (http://www1.gocanadianrockies.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7&Itemid=8)
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"S" is for the scythe seen on the front porch of The Twists' old home when Ennis visits them after Jack's death. To many people it is a bad luck sign or an ominous symbol. [This subject was discussed big time at IMDB.]
[sycthe = an implement used for hand-cutting grass and composed of a long curving blade attached to a long handle]
=observation=
Board says "now viewing":
Will-ABC and "1 Guest"; probably, Fran!
(Look, let's see who posts next.............)
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"Ennis went back to ranch work, hired on here and there, not getting much ahead but glad enough to be around stock again, free to drop things, quit if he had to, and go into the mountains at short notice."
[short story]
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Sunday, June 25th =NEWZflash=
A Happy & Successful Birthday to "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain" Moderator ANN MARIE H.!!!!!
Luv 'n' meows,
Will-U & AnDre
=anniversary=
June 25th!!!!!
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From All the ABCs Modz and Playerz
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The reviews from the critics of BBM have been almost unanimous in their praise.
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When Ennis was talking with Jack for the last time, he had a vertiginous attack and fell to his knees.
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"He stopped at the side of the road and, in the whirling new snow, tried to puke but nothing came up." [short story]
=happy birthday!= Ann Marie
Birthday Girl, you are one of the nicest people I've met through BBM. I wish you a year of more happiness than your heart can hold. Enjoy your day and celebrate Y-O-U!
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Independence Day
Fireworks were xploding, music was playing loudly, and Ennis was straightening out the world.
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Happy Birthday Anne-Marie
from your friend Ennis
Have a NICE day. OR else!!!!!
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Yer--Wyoming for your.
=aside=
Happy birthday Clarissa, Ann Marie, and Gian, and also to Linda Cardellini, who's 31 today. May you get your footrub and your man, at last.
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You guys are the sweetest of the sweet! Thanks so much for your kind and fun wishes, they both touched me and made me laugh out loud! And since I don't relish getting older, any giggles and warm thoughts are doubly appreciated. :-*
Happy Birthday too to Clarissa and Giancarlo and Happy Anniversary to Will & Dre! June 25 is a nice, sunny bday to share, especially with fellow BBMers!
Y, oh Y, can't I come up with a "Y" to play right now!!!!!! :'(
=reply=
Because you don't need one. Lee beat you to it!
Fran
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We see Ennis at his zippiest when he's racing out of the apartment after he hears Jack's truck pull up.
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Round 149!
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Brokeback won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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The Twists would have been smart to buy stock in bleach, what, for all that Lureen used on her hair.
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There's a Coca-Cola commercial refrigerator in the background when Cassie runs into Ennis at the coffee shop at the Greyhound bus station.
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Alma got fed up with Ennis's disinclination to step out and have fun, so she dumped him.
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A few couples dance on the small floor near the jukebox to The Eagles "Already Gone". The TV above the bar is tuned to "Diff'rent Strokes". Ennis sits at a booth by himself, a few empties in front of him. "Already Gone" ends. ... [screenplay]
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I know sometimes you felt so lonely,
I know you felt so sad and blue.... --"No One's Gonna Love You Like Me" lyrics
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Jack: "Old Brokeback got us good."
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Ennis stuck his hand out of the tent, caught some hailstones and showed Jack how large they were.
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Ennis was glad enough to be around stock again, free to drop things, quit if he had to, and go into the mountains on short notice after his divorce.
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The scenes shot in Fort Macleod were Ennis' apartment and the diner where Ennis eats a slab of apple pie (the Java Shop).
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Ennis lifts it off the nail: it's Jack's old shirt from Brokeback days, dried blood on the sleeve, Ennis' own blood, from their last day together on Brokeback, when they were wrestling and Ennis slipped and Jack accidentally kneed him in the nose. [screenplay]
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"The window looked down on the gravel road stretching to the south, and it occurred to him that for his growing-up years that was the only road Jack knew." [short story]
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Ennis said, "That don't mean nothin." about Alma's story of the creel case.
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Wedding in Wyoming:
Ennis in a new Levi's jacket and a bolo tie, nervously adjusts his collar. Alma in a J.C. Penney's wedding dress, happy. [screenplay]
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When they reunited after four years, Jack and Ennis were overwhelmed by their feelings.
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Alma carried a picnic basket in the fireworks scene.
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The Queen's Hotel in Fort Macleod is where the scene where Ennis meets Cassie was shot.
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“Alma,” Ennis said. “Jack and me ain’t seen each other in four years.” As if that were a reason.
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OMG, Gyrlz -- and some Boyz: Can U believe that no one ever played the answer word "shirts". Well, they dint! We even had an ABCs player with shirts in her name! Oh, it is so on to Round 200!!
What was Ennis carrying in that climatic, emotional and now famous scene? The two shirts!!
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The summer job on Brokeback provided only temporary employment for Jack and Ennis.
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Ennis is usually a gentleman, however be careful what you discuss with him. He gets riled up when you hint at sexual topics.
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Ennis couldn't remain vertical when he talked with Jack for the last time.
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After their first night of connubial bliss, Ennis and Jack playfully wrestled in the grass on Brokeback.
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Proulx, McMurtry and Ossana Discuss Adapting “Brokeback Mountain
Ossana xplained that the only aspect of the story that the film could not capture was the “beauty of the prose". The dialogue is very spare.
Newwest.net (http://www.newwest.net/index.php/main/article/4463/)
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"Yuba-Sutter's premiere of the movie “Brokeback Mountain" brought an unusual array of entertainment to Plumas Street - gay cowboys, gender-bending “drag kings" and country music. The fundraiser to benefit the Yuba-Sutter chapter of Equality California, an GLBT advocacy group, brought some gay activists..."
Read the article (http://www.club4boys.com/node/818?PHPSESSID=417bb08c09122c01d9675ec2d10b8ea6)
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Ken Zilka's name appears in the credits next to the words "Joe Stunt Double."
=compliment=
Bravo
Sandy
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The sesqui-centenary round!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jack arose early to enable him to tend the sheep.
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A real fan of BBM is popularly referred to as a Brokie! ;D The only question about Brokie is how was it never played in 150 rounds?!? ???
150 Rounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "ABCs of BBM"
=congratulations= Playerz
Another great milestone: 150 Rounds
of the "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain".
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Even after Alma opened the door and saw them, still Jack and Ennis clinched.
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Forest Service got designated campsites on the allotments.
From the screenplay
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Ennis Del Mar was engaged to marry Alma Beers before he worked on Brokeback Mountain.
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Besides some hand-grabbin' and ear-pullin', there's not much foreplay goin' on in the first tent scene. ::)
Happy 150th, all
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After he left Wyoming, Jack drove grooves across Texas in his beat-up truck.
=aside=
150--isn't it lovely??!!
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Approaching the Twist dirt road.
The corral fences have fallen down.
A lone hawk circles.
Ennis slows down. [screenplay]
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"Brokeback Mountain" opened in Israel on January 19, 2006.
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When Ennis is startled from Jack's placement of his hand in Tent Scene I, he jerks himself up almost like a jack-in-the-box.
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Ennis looks back at Alma, then kicks Biker #1 right in the face, bloodying his nose and knocking him out cold. Alma and the girls move away in horror, the fireworks and music in the background. [screenplay]
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The song "Trust in Lies," which is listed in the credits, was written by Rick Garcia and Craig Eastman and performed by The Raven Shadows.
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When Jack thought back to that moment of artless, charmed happiness that he had with Ennis, nothing marred it, not even the knowledge that Ennis couldn't bring himself to embrace Jack face-to-face.
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When Ennis held the returned postcard, the dirt on his nails made the scene seem more real and much more sad.
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Jack sports an ornate wedding band when he arrives for the reunion. :)
=asides=
Happy belated birthday Ann Marie! I was the airport transport officer yesterday or I would have joined in the revelry! :D
I met Diana Ossana who judged the Pride on the Plaza Parade on June 24. She told The New Mexican that “It’s incredible work that you’re doing, and I’ll do anything to support it,” Ossana said before announcing the winners. “There are two things that I’m really proud of — my daughter Sarah and this film, Brokeback Mountain.” What a thrill! :) :) :)
=reply= Pirate
That must have been very exciting to have met Diana Ossana.
Sandy
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Ennis and Jack had to leave the mountain during the second week of August because a big snowstorm was coming in from the Pacific.
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Ennis was on the highway crew, working weekends at the Rafter B in exchange for quartering his horses there.
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On first meeting Proulx, Ang Lee was intimidated. Then she took him to Wyoming, where he ordered Rocky Mountain oysters in a restaurant (not realizing they were breaded bull's testicles.) "A lot of protein," he comments, with a mischievous smile. "That broke the ice with Annie."
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When Ennis asked Jack if he'd been to Mexico, he knew he was trespassing in the "shoot-em zone."
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There are many trash cans inside and outside of Agiurre’s office. :)
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Big banner over the stage: "Benefit for the Childress County Children's Home" - underneath, "Charlie Daniels' Band". Charlie Daniels' Band fiddles away, lots of couples on the dance floor.
The Twists and the Malones are at a table near the dance floor. [screenplay]
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Ennis and Jack stood in the vestibule of Ennis's home while he introduced Jack to Alma.
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A windmill is visible in the background in the scene where Jenny and Alma Jr. are sitting in Ennis' truck as Jack shows up unexpectedly after the divorce.
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Jack was xhaling cigarette clouds like whale spouts, after jouncing a bed at the Motel Siesta.
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LaShawn yakked all the way through the benefit dinner. 8)
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Brazilian critic Reginaldo Zaglia opines in Portugese in 100% Video: “O que transforma "Brokeback Mountain" num dos filmes mais belos desta década é a forma natural com que o diretor Ang Lee trata um tema tão delicado!”
Translation: Reginaldo says Ang Lee treats this delicate subject beautifully. Also, he believes BBM should have won the Oscar as best picture! Kudos to him! :D
=compliment= Pirate
Kudos to you on finding this.
Sandy
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Onward! :D
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At age 14, Ennis applied for a hardship license so he could drive himself to school.
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Dedicated fans of the #1 film BBM are frequently called "Brokies"!! (Over 150 rounds for this word? Word up!)
=comment= F-5
The 5 fiercest (a.k.a. "Fierce 5") Brokies at the "ABCs of BBM" are: Fran, Toast, Memento, Prowl and Front-Ranger! The 5 are like the 5-car train in BBM (besides no caboose) -- only fffffaster. Even Mod AnnMarie has stated that it took her 5 attempts to post an answer!!!!! Watchout for the "F-5"! Ironically, the singing group "J-5" had the #1 song "ABC"! ;D
=congratz= Will
Great answerz that were oddly overlooked: Brokie & Brokies!!
Gayly,
Dre (hope U liked my hot anniversary 'gift'!) ;)
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Ang Lee reshapes cowboy culture in "Brokeback Mountain."
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Diana Ossana, screenwriter. How in the world did we miss her? Now that I’ve met her, I’m glad I got to post this “D!” :)
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Evaporated milk is one of the items listed in the sales circular Alma picks up in the mail (or the post, as Becky says!) 8)
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The Basque advises Ennis it’s too early in the summer to be tired of frijoles. :laugh:
Frijoles=beans in Spanish
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One of the songs featured in "Brokeback Mountain" is "A Love That Will Never Grow Old," which was performed by Emmylou Harris.
=aside= Will & Dre
A "Happy Anniversary" to both of you.
It seems your timing was good this year:
You got to celebrate with a pride parade!
Fran
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Jack and Ennis persuaded Alma to let Lureen and Jack adopt Ennis's daughters. They all moved down to Texas and lived together harmoniously where the bluebirds sang and there was a whiskey spring. And money flowed from L.D. Newsome -- revisionist version
=reply=
It's an honor to be one of the F-5s!!! Thankx, Will!!
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It was inconvenient, to say the least, for Jack to drive from Texas to Wyoming for nothing, after the divorce.
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"Brokeback Mountain" opened in Japanese theaters on March 4, 2006.
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We see both Alma and Lureen’s knockers. :laugh:
Knockers=breasts; considered "Vulgar Slang" per dictionary.com! :D
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Cassie was portrayed as a somewhat louche lady.
def: Of questionable taste or morality; decadent: “The rebuilt [Moscow hotel] is home to the flashy, louche Western disco Manhattan Express” (Liesl Schillinger).
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"I can't make it on a coupla high-altitude f***s once or twice a year!" :o
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov composed “Capriccio Espagnol, op. 34” as listed in the film credits. :)
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Story Jack had a serious overbite. ;D
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Signs outside the grocery store advertise "fresh produce" and "choice meats."
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Queenslandpride.com is offering an original soundtrack recording of Brokeback Mountain if you win their contest. Unfortunately you must be a resident of Australia. Contest (http://www.queenslandpride.com.au/promo/)
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Jack was off rodeoin' during his four-year absence from Ennis.
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Joe Aguirre to Jack: "Eat your supper, breakfast in camp, but you sleep with the sheep, hundred percent."
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Ennis: "Jack ain't the restaurant type.
We're more likely just...
...go out and get drunk."
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In TS2, we get a little glance of Jack's furry umbilicus, or belly button.
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Bottom line: Jack loved Ennis, and vice versa.
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Wonderful Women of Brokeback
1. Alma Beers Del Mar Monroe
2. Lureen Newsome Twist
3. Cassie Cartwright
We all know men can be pigs, and these ladies put up with a lot.
Mrs. Twist is in a separate category.
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The xplosiveness of Ennis' temper is shown by his encounter with the bikers on the Fourth of July and his encounter with the truck driver on Thanksgiving Day.
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There is an article called "Proulx found it hard to quit 'Brokeback'" in a Yonkers forum. Article (http://www.topix.net/forum/city/yonkers-ny/TA2HPF3IHNHEU2LHF)(http://www.finestcard.com/cards/anniversary00.gif) Will & Dre
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Forest Service supervised the zoning and use of allotments on Brokeback Mountain.
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Round
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
=compliment= Toast
Nice job with the graphics. You'll be taking my job away.
Sandy
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Nearly over before it began, summer poured its essence into autumn, and the boys’ time on Brokeback ended.
=compliment= Tim
This is one beautifully composed sentence,
one of the best in the ABCs game!
Fran
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Besides "Brokies" (my last answer) avid fans of Brokeback Mountain (BBM) are also known as BBM-ers.
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=appreciation= Sandala
Thanx for that anniversary animation.
It's ver' "The moon and New York City"
as in "Arthur's Theme". We really luv it!
After 5 years, we still happily try to out-bytch
each other and a lot more, trust us! Ask DeeDee.
Will & Dre-5
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=milestone= Will
You've hit your 300th post! Quoting Jack here
(and just as excited as he was when Ennis killed
that elk): "Ooooeee!!!!!!!"
Fran
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Ennis at Thanksgiving: "And that's the story of my saddle bronc career."
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The characters and events depicted in this photoplay are fictitious.
=milestone= Toast
This was your 600th post!
Congratz!
Fran
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For Jack and Ennis, Brokeback was the most eudaemonic time of their lives. def: producing happiness
=aside=
Thanks to akeelah and the bee.
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Kurt is Alma Jr.'s fiancé.
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Returning from Lightning Flat, Ennis saw "a few graves bright with plastic flowers, and didn't want to know Jack was going in there, to be buried on the grieving plain." [short story]
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The bikers at the 4th of July picnic acted like hooligans.
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"Brokeback Mountain" was released in Iceland on January 13, 2006.
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Ennis at six, takes his father's advice on how to defend himself from his older brother K.E.:
" ... I got him in the outhouse, jumped him on the stairs, come over to his pillow in the night while he was sleepin and pasted him damn good. Took about two days. Never had trouble with K.E. since. The lesson was, don't say nothin and get it over with quick." [short story]
Younger brothers more likely to be gay:
study (http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/06/26/brothers-gay.html)
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Jack got kind of a kiss-off from Ennis after travelling 14 hours to see him after learning of his divorce.
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After Jack got the kiss-off from Ennis, he made use of his lacrimal duct. :'(
=compliment= Southend
great follow-up
Sandy
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Scenes of Ennis mounting were plentiful, whether it was his horse, Jack, or Alma.
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Ennis lugged along his bait dip net on the reunion fishing trip with Jack. :D
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Jack’s dining room table was oblong. 8)
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You boys found a way to make the time pass up there, didn't you?" -- Aguirre
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Qwipster’s Movie Reviews by Vince Leo rates BBM 2-1/2 stars: “More superficially, perhaps enjoyment by women (and gay men), will also be determined by how attractive you find the male leads and your desire to see Ledger and Gyllenhaal get it on.” :D
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Ennis had a bad case of rhinorrhagia, with his nose bleeding all over them shirts.
Hey, I just hit 250! Brokeback got me good!
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The room at the Motel Siesta smelled of many things after Jack and Ennis's passionate reunion, among them was saddle leather (yum!)
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Ennis was surprised that Alma Jr. was driving Kurt's car; he thought she was still seeing Troy.
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Jack and Ennis argued the umpteenth time he drove to Wyoming. :D
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Jack and Ennis argued vehemently the umpteenth time he drove to Wyoming.
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"They had a high-time supper by the fire...talking horses and rodeo, livestock events, wrecks and injuries sustained, the submarine Thresher lost two months earlier with all hands and how it must have been in the last doomed minutes...." [short story]
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Jack felt the need to xpend energy to maintain his relationship with Ennis. :)
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The mountain was the place for our boys to yot.
def: to unite closely
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Stephanie Zacharek's review of "Brokeback Mountain" is available at Salon.com.
Review (http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/movies/review/2005/12/09/brokeback/index_np.html)
=comment=
Sandy's original "Z" has been revamped
and put to work again.
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Yeah, baby! :laugh:
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Jack kicks his truck after he alights from it by Aguirre’s trailer. :D
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L.D.’s conversations with Jack were always brusque. :(
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"Jack is in the cab of his old pickup, grinding the ignition. Ennis is under the hood, fiddling with the carburetor." [screenplay]
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Our boys were driven to each other, whether by Ford or GMC.
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Ennis touches the epidermis on Jack’s body the second night in the tent. :)
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Lureen's dad was in the farm-machinery business, Jack explained to Ennis.
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Greg Schlosser is listed in the credits as one of the four "Ennis Stunt Doubles," one of the four "Jack Stunt Doubles," and "Bull Rider #1."
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“At first glance Jack seemed fair enough, with his curly hair and quick laugh, but for a small man he carried some weight in the haunch and his smile disclosed buckteeth, not pronounced enough to let him eat popcorn out of the neck of a jug, but noticeable.” Short story. :)
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Helping his dad with fence-mending was not Jack's main incentive for returning to Wyoming two-three times a year. Ennis was.
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Jeffrey Fayle is listed in the credits as "Set Costume Supervisor."
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Ennis isn’t wearing any knickers when he strips to bathe. :o
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Ennis and Jack gathered in the evenings by the light of a lantern (probably a Coleman lantern made in my and Brandon's home town of Wichita).
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The boys measured each other up in Aguirre's parking lot.
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"In May of 1983 they spent a few cold days at a series of little icebound, no-name high lakes, then worked across into the Hail Strew River drainage." [short story]
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Thoughts of Ennis’ loving occupied Jack’s mind. :D
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Our boys were lousy with pulchritude; that is, they were gorgeous!
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In Brokeback Mountain, there were many questioners, and few with answers.
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Joe Aguirre to Jack regarding the pup tent: "You roll up that tent every mornin' case Forest Service snoops around." [screenplay]
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Bathing in front of another cowboy is the slippery slope to you-know-what. ::)
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Ennis and Jack found the elk very tasty as they did the after dinner treats.
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Jack's response to Ennis' "Army didn't get you?": "They can't get no use out of me. Got some crushed vertebrates. And a stress fracture, the arm bone here...." [short story]
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Despite her loquaciousness, there was a vacuous quality to LaShawn.
=aside=
(I hope she is not one of the wonderful women, and thus is fair game!)
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Jack gazed into the rearview mirror of his truck and fastened his eyes upon Ennis–a wayward figure with an unsure gait–the direction of his life matching his stride.
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"The Code of the West enshrined in nearly a hundred years of Hollywood films, glorified the fierce, masculine loyalty of 'partners' and 'mates.' But the tenderness of men for men, the emotional substrate of that male bonding, even if not acted upon, has rarely been xplored as deftly as it is in Brokeback Mountain."
--an excerpt from "Me Neither," by Frank Pittman, M.D., Psychology Networker's Movie Reviews
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In a popular culture blog, there is an article called "Britney Spears, Brokeback Mountain, Yanni Are Screwed". Link (http://www.pugbus.net/artman/publish/03082006_screwed.shtml)
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Kurt's car: The Z28's radial tires were manufactured by BF Goodrich.
=compliment= Prowl
Great Z
Sandy
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Here it is -- Yahoo -- Round 154!
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=aside=
Look out, a very special "A" word is coming up!!
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"It must be all that time of yours a-horseback , that makes it so good!" said Jack.
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Many people have said Ang Lee was brave to make this movie.
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Nasty old man Mr. Twist was cantankerous and much worse!
=milestone= Playerz
25,000 views somehow slipped by!
Congratulations to all the wonderful
and loyal readers who view the ABCs.
We have so many who just read not play.
Gamely+
Will-XYZ
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"This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United States and other countries. Unauthorized duplication, distribution or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution."
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Ennis doesn't say a word the morning after their first sexual encounter while Jack watched him ride away.
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Jack says "See you for supper" on that morning after TS1 as Ennis rides away.
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Jack was quite genial when he introduced himself to Ennis. :)
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"They had a high-time supper by the fire...talking horses and rodeo, livestock events, wrecks and injuries sustained, the submarine Thresher lost two months earlier with all hands and how it must have been in the last doomed hours...." [short story]
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Jack’s injuries rendered him immobile in Ennis’ vision of his death. :'(
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The music that plays as Ennis rides up a rocky ridge on the morning after TS1 is lovely, but jarring. It appears again when he finds the shirts.
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Ara Khanikian is listed in the film credits as "Inferno Artist."
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Ennis had no idea that he would be getting laid prior to getting in the tent in Tent Scene I.
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The 'morning after', Ennis woke up to muddled thoughts and a slight hangover.
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Heath managed to convey his reactions with the slightest nuance of his lips, eyes, or ear.
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Jack after Ennis shot the elk: "Ooooeee!"
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Ennis got all pouty while sitting on the grassy knoll.
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The procedure for the WGA, which Brokeback won this year, is that writers submit their scripts to preliminary judging panels of volunteer Guild members. Names are removed so better-known writers have no advantage. Three judges rate each script, with the highest-rated scripts qualifying for final judging. During this ultimate phase, the script is read and judged three more times by prominent writers in the genre being judged.
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Earl and Rich were two guys who ranched together down home.
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A little Wyoming trivia for y'all:
The horse that appears on Wyoming license plates -- including those on Ennis' trucks -- has a name, "Old Steamboat." It is named for a legendary Wyoming-bred bronco that could not be ridden in the 1900's.
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Ironically, while Ennis was undressing to bathe, he was describing the coyote with oversized testes. :D
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The power of the story of Brokeback Mountain is unequalled by any other in its class.
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Jory Vine is listed in the film credits as "Bull Fighter #2."
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Jack gave a woeful look when he drove away in the truck the day of their first parting. :(
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Ennis and Jack’s rough sex sent them into the xosphere. :-*
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Ennis and Jack were rather youngish when they met. 8)
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In an article about BBM, the author talks about Ang Lee, Proulx, and McMurtry and Ossana who have jointly written two novels, "Pretty Boy Floyd" and "Zeke and Ned", and adapted several of McMurtry's novels for the screen.
Link (http://www.spiked-online.com/Printable/0000000CAF1E.htm)
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We're Still Alive!!!
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Lureen was dressed as the archetypical barrel racer. :D
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"Isn't that the pissant who used to ride the bulls?"
One farmer to another in the tractor scene.
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All Jack ever wanted to do was to have a little cow-and-calf operation with Ennis. :'(
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"The little church in which Ennis and Alma are married was a tough one to find, but eventually the perfect little chapel was found in Dinton, 20 minutes east of Okotoks on Highway 547." http://www1.gocanadianrockies.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7&Itemid=8
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After all those nights sipping whiskey by the fire, the boys emptied many a bottle.
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Several folks in the crowd were waving American flags during the fireworks scene.
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Alma glimpsed Jack and Ennis in mid-embrace.
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L.D. Newsome harbored negative thoughts concerning Jack.
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T.J. Bews and Lynn Ivall are listed in the film credits as "Rodeo Hazers."
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The jukebox's presence gave a real 1960s and 1970s feel at the Wolf's Ears Bar where Ennis met Cassie. [Disco was clearly not en vogue in the late 1970s in Wyoming.]
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Akira Kurosawa was one of the leaders of Asian filmakers that Ang Lee studied and emulated. He made several films about samurai warriors with parallels to BBM.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000041/ (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000041/)
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Ennis didn't need any lessons in Tent Scene 1. He managed very well without any instructions.
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Kate Mara played Alma Jr., age 19.
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Ennis and Jack were both nomads when it came to employment. :)
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Although they seemed impromptu, Tent Scenes 1 & 2 were really very carefully orchestrated by Ang Lee, Rodrigo Prieto, and the cast.
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Puffs of cigarette smoke floated behind Ennis and Jack whenever they exhaled. 8)
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Ennis’ voice is quavering as he confronts Jack about Mexico. :(
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The smells and sounds of Alma and the girls were reassuring of fecundity and life's continuance to one like Ennis who worked with livestock.
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Jack to Ennis in Tent Scene 2: "S'alright, s'alright."
=aside=
The question of whether Ennis or Jack said "sorry" is still up for debate.
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Jack had a turbulent relationship with his father. :'(
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Diana Ossana's daughter, Sara, worked for five months in pre-production and throughout filming as an unpaid intern and assistant to Judy Becker, the production designer for "Brokeback Mountain."
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Each of the boys made good use of his seminal vesicle in tent scene 1.
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“Joe Aguirre, wavy hair the color of cigarette ash and parted down the middle, gave them his point of view.” Short story. :)
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"'Brokeback Mountain' is a sweeping epic that xplores the lives of two young men, a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy, who meet in the summer of 1963 and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection."
--Clay Smith, The Insider
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“I can admire the concept. I certainly respect the acting. But the film lacked power. It lacked passion. It failed to win me over. The film seemed laborious. It could've just as easily worked if they were just zealous friends. As a love story, "Brokeback Mountain" is partially daring, partially artsy, and partially peculiar.”
“Brokeback Mountain" Exhibits a Daring Pass
by Homer Yen
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They boys were zonking themselves out with copious quantities of cheap whiskey.
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Ennis and Jack clinched mightily until they had to pull apart to breathe.
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"The mountain boiled with demonic energy, glazed with flickering broken-cloud light, the wind combed the grass and drew from the damaged krummholz and slit rock a bestial drone." [short story]
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Aguirre was a churlish (rude, boorish) SOB.
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Another example of Alma and water--Ennis's lack of a steady job put Alma in a long, slow dive.
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Jack raised his eyebrow ever so appealingly, when he asked Ennis if he would be back next summer.
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Foil is listed on the sales circular Alma finds in the mail with Jack’s postcard. :)
=comment=
And there's also a piece of crinkled
foil next to the cherry cake.
Fran
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Jack and Ennis came upon a black bear that was rolling a log over looking for grubs.
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Ennis and Alma were joined in holy matrimony. :D
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Jack inquired if the bartender knew Lureen’s identity. :D
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In terms of sexual experience, Ennis was a Johnny-come-lately.
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Ennis was klutzy, knocking over the pots and pans on his way into Tent Scene One.
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The plan to set up a little cow and calf operation was logical to Jack. :)
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The sky above Brokeback was so "boneless blue" that Jack thought he might "drown looking up." As Toast pointed out so eloquently, he did end up drowning looking up :'(. But why was the sky a boneless blue?
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John Twist: "Then this spring he's got another fella's goin' a come up here with him and build a place and help run the ranch, some ranch neighbor a his from down in Texas. He's goin' a split up with his wife and come back here." [screenplay]
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Although two people, as deep lovers, Ennis & Jack acted in oneness!
=aside=
See Will-U's multi-faceted "one" answer at ABCs reply #386 in Round 14.
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Jack seemed surprised but obviously pleased by the greeting Ennis gave him when they were first reunited after spending a long 4 years apart.
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BBM has a high quotablity factor as evidenced by this game.
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Jack's boots were "worn to the quick, holed beyond repair." [short story]
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"The room stank of semen and smoke and sweat and whiskey, of old carpet and sour hay, saddle leather, shit and cheap soap." [short story]
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Ennis thanked Mrs. Twist for the offer of the cake; however, he was too upset over the loss of Jack to eat anything and simply accepted the coffee.
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"'Brokeback Mountain' is a sweeping epic that explores the lives of two young men, a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy, who meet in the summer of 1963 and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection."
--Clay Smith, The Insider
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In the divorce proceedings, it was Ennis del Mar versus Alma del Mar.
=comment=
Actually, it's plaintiff versus defendant, so it
would be Alma del Mar versus Ennis del Mar.
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Jack waggled about a great deal while riding the bull.
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An xcerpt from Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx can be found here:
http://www.fiercepoet.com/index.php/weblog/brokeback_mountain/
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I may not be around much this weekend so I wanted to post to all my fellow ABC playerz here in the US....
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/vkm91941/Lines%20Visualized/4thofJuly.jpg)
Happy 4th of July Weekend Everyone!
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New York-born Anne Hathaway was perfectly cast as Lureen Newsome Twist in BBM. She sure came off as very Texan.
=greetings= Playerz
VKM-Victoria's American Independence weekend greeting is a thoughtful, fun and colorful tribute which this New York-born guy and his Bi Boi really appreciate. Thanx "V"! We know that Ennis celebrated one 4th of July with fireworks and fists!!
Independencely,
Will & Dre
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Zemblan Grammar has a commentary on Brokeback entitled "Partially cloudy, with a chance of tight jeans and sniffling." Read it here. (http://zembla.blogs.com/grammar/film/index.html)
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We'll be here 24/7!!!
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"The Wings" has become a BBM anthem.
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Jack drove a beat-up, black pickup truck.
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"Ennis, weather-eyed, looked west for the heated cumulus that might come up on such a day, but the boneless blue was so deep, said Jack, that he might drown looking up." [short story]
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Aguirre dismisses Ennis and Jack with a rude sidelong glance after he reveals their job descriptions. :)
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"All we got now is Brokeback Mountain," Jack said. "Everthing built on that." -- story
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Alma Jr. and Kurt are going to be married on the fifth of June.
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Ennis had gastrointestinal cramps soon after he and Jack parted.
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Jack couldn't get by on a couple of high-altitude f**ks a year, but Ennis could.
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"Ennis, his chest heaving, does not turn away from Alma, but can still smell Jack -- the intensely familiar odor of cigarettes, musky sweat, and a faint sweetness like grass, and with it the rushing cold of the mountain." [screenplay]
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At a certain juncture, Jack realized Ennis wasn't going to join him in the sweet life.
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Harvey S. Karten is a member of NY Film Critics Online and gives BBM a C+: “Speaking of flirting, “Brokeback Mountain” has been called a “gay cowboy” movie, which it is, but thematically it’s more. Its principal theme is a common one in literature and cinema, the frustration that arises when people are unwilling or unable to express their true feelings. You repress who you are to such an extent that your life turns into what one character says in Henry Jaglom’s “Going Shopping”: “If you don’t do what you are meant to do and avoid taking risks, you’re destined to live with a life of Thursdays.” :-\
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“Ennis picked out a big chestnut called Cigar Butt to ride, Jack a bay mare who turned out to have a low startle point.”
{from the short story}
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Signs outside the grocery store advertise "fresh produce" and "choice meats."
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Ennis was sexually naive before Tent Scene 1 but was a fast learner.
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Jack and Ennis remained in each other’s orbit for two decades. :D
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Joe Aguirre paid them, said little. He had looked at the milling sheep with a sour expression, said, "Some a these never went up there with you." [short story]
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Brokeback was an Academy Award qualifier.
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Lee Shoquist’s review for Reel Movie: "Going for Broke: Mountain is the Best Movie of 2005. There’s a scene late in Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee’s much-awaited big screen version of the award winning gay love story by Annie Proulx, where a shut-down, frightened Ennis del Mar—devastating Heath Ledger, as one half of a poignantly stifled, decades-long love affair—finally breaks, collapsing into the arms of his exasperated soul mate, Jack Twist, played with open-hearted vitality by Jake Gyllenhaal. Ledger’s Ennis, whose muted, marble-mouthed, speak-only-when-necessary implosion cracks with tears of a life wasted, sobbing into Gyllenhaal’s embrace. As movie moments go, it’s just incomparable.” :'(
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Jack and Ennis had spats but few big knock-down, drag-out fights.
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LaShawn was annoyingly talkative. 8)
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Ennis: "We can hunt in November. Kill us a nice elk."
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Joe Aguirre said, "Got your .30-.30" in the story, but in the screenplay it's 30/30 with a virgule.
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After Ennis married Alma and she was pregnant that January 1964, Ennis picked up a few ranch jobs before settling in as a family live-in wrangler on a ranch in Washakie County. BTW, when Alma Jr. was born in September, they were still there in Washakie. [story]
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Xcerpts from the short story Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx can be found here:
http://www.stanford.edu/~jqfang/excerpts.html
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There is a review of Brokeback by Iris Yokoi at SqueezeOC.com. Link (http://www.squeezeoc.com/squeezeoc/stayingin/dvds/article_1086924.php)
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Since Ennis & Jack met in June and the BBM author wrote that they were not quite twenty, they both have summertime zodiac signs, namely "Cancer" and/or "Leo". ;) ;D
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Round 158
U Are Great
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Happy
Canada
Day
July 1st
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Ennis was eating his apple pie, all alone when Cassie and her new man came by.
(http://www.lakbaypilipinas.com/press_releases/images/apple-pie-ala-mode.jpg)
Happy
Independence
Day
July 4th
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Ennis wears a buff-colored jacket and this color appears throughout the movie, along with blue which is Jack's color.
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Ennis to Jack: "Texas? Sure, and maybe you'll convince Alma to let you and Lureen adopt my girls, and then we could all live together, herding sheep...." [screenplay]
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"Ang Lee knows from his years of making films that tread with exquisite delicacy on the suffering of the human heart, that great love and suffering are sometimes packaged together. He knows that self-denial is as finely tuned a punishment as the damage any posse could inflict. He knows that the death of the heart knows no bounds of gender, nationality, or era. " B. Ruby Rich - Guardian Unlimited
=aside= Toast
(http://barkriver.dsisd.net/newsletter/images/animated%20toaster.gif)
Welcome back
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A European mounted animal head is on the wall behind Ennis when he and Jack go for their first beer together. :)
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Jack flicks his belt buckle when he turns to face Ennis after he takes a pee. :laugh:
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Jack was being his gracious self when he put out his hand to introduce himself to Ennis. 8)
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While Ennis and Jack were saying goodbye to each other, a dust plume rose and hazed the air with fine grit that made Ennis squint. --from the story
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As you read the novella "Brokeback Mountain", image after image present the sad beautiful story. And then the movie adds detail and feeling to each image, lingering just long enough to make you wonder if this is really real, or just a dream.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks for the Toaster,
and it is nice to be back and see what has happened over the last couple of days.
Lots of nice stuff has been posted.
I love what you guys are doing here.
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Alma, Jr. knocked over jumbo-sized jars of peanuts. :laugh:
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"'Brokeback's kisses top Brangelina's at MTV Movie Awards" was the caption of the Los Angeles Daily News article. "I said to Heath after the scene filmed, 'If we don't win the MTV Award for best kiss, it wasn't worth it,'" Gyllenhaal said to wild applause.
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Ennis used spit as a lubricant. 8)
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While trying to separate the sheep, everyone was walking in sheep muck. :P
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Jack leaned in the doorway nonchalantly as he spoke about Bobby to Ennis and Alma. 8)
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As evidenced in Tent Scenes I and II, Jack and Ennis become very familiar with each other's orifices.
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Pizza is on sale for 85¢ in the grocery flyer Alma receives in the mail. :)
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Jack and Ennis reunited on the quaternary anniversary of their meeting.
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Those two bums at the Independence Day celebration, oh, like today, that Ennis had to put in their place were two rotten apples that Ennis did not let spoil the whole bunch.
With my blessings on the holiday,
Mrs. Mary Twist
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We are witness to two very passionate on-screen smooches between Jack and Ennis - one of which won the MTV award for "Best Kiss".
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Ennis felt remorse about the punch he had thrown Jack on the last day on the mountain.
=greetings=Mrs. Twist
Thanks for joining us, Mrs. Twist. I will be making a cherry cake in your honor this 4th of July.
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The fact the boys could not spend their lives together had untoward emotional effects – particularly concerning Jack.
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Jack demonstrated valor when he stood up to L.D. Newsome at Thanksgiving dinner.
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Proulx, McMurtry and Ossana Discuss Adapting “Brokeback Mountain
All three writers seemed to be thrilled with the final product, which was sensitively directed by Ang Lee. As McMurtry explained with what would appear to be his highest measure of praise, “It says what it needs to say and then it shuts up."
New West (http://www.newwest.net/index.php/main/article/4463/)
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Cassie passed from flirtatious trollop-like status to that of x-girlfriend in Ennis’ life in short order.
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"The South China Morning Post reported in January 2004 that Shanghai, Beijing and Yunnan province were scouted by Ang Lee as possible filming locations for Brokeback Mountain, the story of two American cowboys who fall in love in the Wyoming mountains". From heathbaby.com. Link (http://www.heathbaby.com/news/index.php?Action=Full&NewsID=483)
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Ennis continued to follow zoic employment, but Jack preferred to stake his fortune with farm machinery, and the Newsomes.
def - Pertaining to animals or animal life or action.
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Round 159!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! of the "ABCs of BBM"
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Watching the flashback scene of Jack’s murder stirred abhorrent feelings within moviegoers.
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Alma Jr inherited Ennis's beanpole length, according to the story.
=aside=
For the movie, they settled for a shorter, but greatly cute girl.
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In Jack Twist's boyhood room, on the wall there is a cross with the inscription "Christ In Our Room".
=aside= Penthesilea
Herzliche Gru, Chrissi!
Nice 2 C U back again!
Wilhelm-V
=comment= Playerz
Part of the fun of the "ABCs" game is that
U never know who's gonna pop up here!
Let's see who's next? OMG! It's..........
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Alma Jr. and Jenny deified and worshipped their daddy, Ennis.
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... Ennis was back on his feet and somehow, as a coat hanger is straightened to open a locked car and then bent again to its original shape, they torqued things almost to where they had been, for what they'd said was no news. Nothing ended, nothing begun, nothing resolved. [short story]
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When Ennis flips Alma over to have sex, he was trying to recreate (albeit unknown to her and possibility himself), the thrill of his first encounter with Jack.
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Ennis was groggy from drinking, but once inside the tent with Jack, he became remarkably alert.
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Later, that dozy embrace solidified in (Jack's) memory as the single moment of artless, charmed happiness in their separate and difficult lives. [short story]
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Jack was attired in indigo blue denim during the time he was on Brokeback.
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Ennis could have a Jekyll and Hyde personality at times.
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Kade's (Philps) beautiful face as Ennis at 9 years young looks soooo like Ennis as a boyish adult that it is posilutely perfect casting! ;)
=aside= MMB
Speaking of pretty faces,
welcum back "Mandala"!
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A lunch pail is visible in the background inside Aguirre's trailer.
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Around the campfire, Ennis and Jack talked a lot about the military service, as did most young men their age.
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After Jack died, Ennis sometimes had nightmares about him where he would wake in grief.
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Lureen was used to a somewhat opulent lifestyle, at least by Ennis' standards.
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When Ennis and Jack were separating for the first time, a dust plume rose and hazed the air with fine grit.
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Even in its spareness, Mrs. Twist's house had a certain quaintness about it with its various knickknacks.
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Not only does Mrs. Twist's home have quaintness, as Memento mentioned above in "Q", but The Twists' home also evokes respect as Ennis clearly demonstrated that he deeply respects the home and the mother of his demised B/F Jack.
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Ennis and Jack were suspended above ordinary affairs, tame watch dogs and the crawling lights of vehicles while they were on Brokeback Mountain.
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I think it was Tim/Prowl who called Cassie a flirtatious trollop.
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Jack and Ennis felt that their time on Brokeback Mountain was unlimited.
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Ennis dropped in at his house just long enough to pick up a toothbrush and a shirt and then he and Jack did vamoose into the mountains.
=aside=
Thanks, Sashca, for coming out to play ABCs with me for a while!! Come back again anytime!!
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Whatever Jack whispers in TS1 has become the topic of much debate, but it's all right with me... :-*
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Jack questioned what Ennis was looking at while staring at the heavens filled with xtraterrestrial objects--stars--to those more romantically inclined.
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Jack's attempts at vocalization set off distant coyote yowling and nearby coffeepot pounding.
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Isaiah Z. Sterrett writes in Renew America: "Brokeback Mountain" is no "Casablanca," "Gone With the Wind," "Citizen Kane," "Schindler's List," or "Forest Gump." But it is certainly innovative, beautifully photographed, intelligently written, and acted most impressively. Additionally, it is very true to the Annie Proulx short story upon which it is based. There is certainly nothing "stomach-churning" about it. What's stomach-churning are the people, conservatives and liberals alike, trying to make political statements — or comedy — by opposing it. "Brokeback Mountain" deserves high praise — not sophomoric jeers.” :)
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Jack couldn't compete with the "trained athaletes" that had taken over the rodeo circuit.
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Ennis shot the deer with a rifle bullet. :(
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One of the toughest things for me to watch is Jack cry as he leaves Ennis after his trip to see him post-divorce.
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The elk meat dangled on the drying rack, shortly to become jerky.
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Alma and Jack often stepped "over the line" with Ennis, engaging in effrontery.
=aside=
Here I yam. The mistress of effrontery! Front-Ranger
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Ennis and family -- Alma, Alma, Jr. and Jenny -- celebrated Independence Day's Fourth of July by going to a big community outing replete with fisticuffs and fireworks!!
=greetings= Playerz
A happy, healthy and safe Independence Day to all of the regular and loyal Playerz of the "ABCs of BBM" whether U live in America or Canada or.............
Gamely,
Will-ABC & Dre
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Aguirre dismisses Ennis and Jack with a rude sidelong glance after he reveals their job descriptions. :)
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Ennis was greatly amused by Jack’s hijinks pretending to ride a bull while intoxicated. :laugh:
Hijinks=variation of high jinks per dictionary.com
=comment=
Happy Fourth of July everyone! ;D
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Jack initially showed interest in Ennis, and then the feeling became mutual.
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Jason Anderson writes in eye WEEKLY: “Two cowboys bunk down in the biblical sense in Ang Lee's exquisitely acted if languidly paced adaptation of Annie Proulx's story. While tending sheep on a mountain in Wyoming (portrayed here by the Canadian Rockies), Ennis (Ledger) and Jack (Gyllenhaal) go from strangers to great friends. They maintain a furtive romance over the course of two decades while establishing quietly calamitous family lives. (Lesson for the wifefolk: beware of "fishing buddies" who never fish.) Though both leads carry off the difficult task of keeping the characters plausible as they age from vigorous youths to middle-aged men who feel burdened by their compromises, it's Ledger's taciturn top who belongs in the director's pantheon of inarticulate lovers.” :D
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Jack had the knack to rodeo until he was too busted up. :D
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Both Ennis and Jack found themselves lachrymose on occasion. :'(
=comment=
Happy 4th, y'all! 8)
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Jack’s mom was a dignified and matronly woman.
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After they reunited, Ennis and Jack were starving and decided to go for a nosh, but not in Dubois!!
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Ennis was more than willing to occupy the tent with Jack on the second night. :)
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Jack came lagging in late one afternoon, drank his two bottles of beer cooled in a wet sack on the shady side of the tent, ate two bowls of stew, four of Ennis's stone biscuits, a can of peaches, rolled a smoke, watched the sun drop. [short story]
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Ennis quaffs down plenty of whiskey when he returns to camp after confronting the bear. :D
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“The wind booms down the curved length of the trailer and under its roaring passage he can hear the scratching of find gravel and sand.”
From the short story
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Jack came lagging in late one afternoon, drank his two bottles of beer cooled in a wet sack on the shady side of the tent, ate two bowls of stew, four of Ennis's stone biscuits, a can of peaches, rolled a smoke, watched the sun drop. [short story]
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The day after Tent Scene I, Jack and Ennis had a tete-a-tete.
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Despite Ennis' reluctance to spend his life with Jack, Jack's hopes of such a life remained undaunted.
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We cannot verify if Ennis is correct about the tire iron.
Happy Independence Day to the USA, and especially to the seven astronauts aboard the Discovery on a 12-day mission meant to test the shuttle fleet and resupply the International Space Station.
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A wall sconce is visible as Ennis ascends the stairs to Jack’s room. :)
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Ennis and Jack xcavated a grave for the fallen sheep and marked it with a talisman. :(
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yummy (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=462.msg15492;topicseen#msg15492) yummier (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=462.msg46440#msg46440)
What would be yummiest, would be to eat Mrs. Twist's piece of cherry cake, drink some coffee; and to make Mr. John C. Twist cry.
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Marcelo Zarvos' contribution to "Brokeback Mountain" was additional music.
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Lureen was very adept at using an adding machine as Jack says:
"If you'd see Lureen, punchin' numbers in her addin' machine. She's gonna crack the zeros. Her eyes gettin' smaller and smaller. Like watchin' a rabbit tryin' to squeeze into a snakehole with a coyote on its tail."
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“Three puppies belonging to one of the blue heelers went in a pack basket, the runt inside Jack's coat, for he loved a little dog.” From the short story. :)
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The characters and events depicted in (the Brokeback Mountain) photoplay are fictitious.
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John Twist’s attitude toward his family was demeaning. :(
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Alma couldn’t enjoy her marriage after she spotted Ennis and Jack swapping spit. :(
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An American flag is flown outside the Riverton Post Office.
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Glen Campbell's "Southern Lights" played while Ennis was eating his apple pie, according to the screenplay. Was Ennis thinking of Mexico as he listened to it?
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The song "Battle Hymn of the Republic": with the lyrics Glory, glory, hallelujah, His truth is marching on.... was heard on the Fourth of July.
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Jack's musical instrument is a harmonica.
=milestone=
My 1,000th post! Too bad they weren't
all ABCs-related. Now that would have
been impressive!
=announcement=
Effective immediately, I am resigning as a
moderator.
Awesome Playerz, it's been fun traveling through
160+ rounds of the alphabet with you. Thanks for
the pleasure of your company on this "journey." It's
meant the world to me (and more).
Fran
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Ennis held down two jobs that summer, on the road crew all week, and at the Rafter B Ranch on the weekends.
=aside=
Congratz Fran-E on both your jobs here.
1000 Great Posts!!! And a Great Mod!!!
So sorry to see you go as a Mod.
However please stick around
and steal a few more of my words, and letters.
I look forward to seeing many more posts from you, Fran.
Toast
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The bikers who showed up on the Fourth of July were a couple of knaves.
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The Modz and Playerz offer their utmost appreciation to Fran who did an absolutely outstanding job as moderator. No one could ever come close to the devotion and dedication you put into this game. It won't be the same without you.
I'd like to offer you congratulationz on your 1000th post and at the same time say how saddened I am to see you go.
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Ennis and Jack had lain together for the first time during the first tent scene.
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Timmy (asphalt worker) claims there are "47 different species in Wyoming alone, was telling Pat, 'no I ain't gonna eat them, no way, mushrooms is poison,' but he kept at me." [screenplay]
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Fran-E scores big time with a hard-earned 1,000 posts!!!!! That is quite a BBM feat, Fran -- especially with your quality, informative, consistent, well-thought and interesting postings.
BTW, there's a "1,000 Posts Club" but rather than in an open forum, as I believe it should be, it's within some other specific board? Come out!
Gamely,
Will-XYZ
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Without Fran here, I think I'm going to fall into wrack and ruin, it is xpossible for me to follow the ABC rules correctly even after 161 rounds! But I'll try not to think about myself, but rather be happy for you, Fran, to spend more of your time posting and reading and less trying to keep us ABC clowns from running amok! Thank you for the great times and for rearranging those 26 letters with me ad infinitum. Best regards, Front-Ranger
p.s. Don't be a stranger--come back and visit your ABC friends often!
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Jack and Ennis found the jerky to be more of a nutriment than the beans. :)
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Jack grabbed Ennis and hugged him–his arms encircling him like the tentacles of an octopus.
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Ennis and Jack never did get together on November 7 at Pine Creek.
Ennis' postcard arranging the time was returned to him.
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Randy Quaid's attorney said that the actor has dropped his suit against Focus Features and producers David Linde and James Schamus, which claimed he was fleeced into working cheaply by the filmmakers' assertion that "BBM" was "a low-budget, art-house film, with no prospect of making any money."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12633305
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Jack is riding along a rocky ridge when they’re herding the sheep to another location. 8)
=compliment=
You were a great Mod, Fran! We'll miss having you in charge! :)
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Ennis knew the words to the salty version of "The Strawberry Roan." ("The Castration of the Strawberry Roan")
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“Three puppies belonging to one of the blue heelers went in a pack basket, the runt inside Jack's coat, for he loved a little dog.” From the short story. :)
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Jack was unflinching in his devotion to Ennis.
=aside=
And our dear Fran has been unflinching in her devotion to our beloved ABCs of BBM. Happy 1000th post as well. Thank you for your dedication and compassionate moderation in dealing with us dolts. (Thank you for kindly reminding me that I had already posted that word 100 rounds ago.) I'm very sorry you're leaving but, you come back and play with us again.
Paul
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Ennis would constantly vacillate when Jack would present his plans for their future together. 8)
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Jack entertained us all with his wonky bull riding demonstration. :laugh:
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Nothing could xtinguish our boys' love for each other.
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The Chilean and Aguirre’s sheep were grazing on the mountain yerba. :D
yerba=grass
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Zachary Zoeller gave his oscar predictions in the Daily Beacon which included Brokeback as winner of best picture. http://dailybeacon.utk.edu/showarticle.php?articleid=49790 (http://dailybeacon.utk.edu/showarticle.php?articleid=49790)
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Ennis awakened quickly when Jack took his hand and placed it on his crotch
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Jack had to get up frequently to empty his bladder of all that rented whiskey.
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The Senior Twists' home in Lightning Flat is located in Crook County, WY!
=compliment= Playerz
OMG!!!!! This ABCs game on "the 5th of July" is hotter this hour (noontime EST) -- look at all the posts -- than "A Cat On A Hot Tin Roof"! I tried goin' thru the A-B-C process for U... V... W... X... Y... Z... #162... A... B... and fi-na-l-ly... "C"! By the time I found a word and then verified and then.... the game letter was gone 9 times this hour -- and counting! This is a great tribute to all of the "ABCs" Playerz!
Will-XYZ
P.S. I also "C" that our Fran-E's light is lit green!
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In Ennis’ mind, the thought of living with Jack as a couple was a daunting prospect.
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Ennis’ epiphanous vision of Jack’s death shocked him enough to phone Lureen. :o
epiphanous=epiphany
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Jack thought their time together would be infinite, but Ennis thought their days were finite.
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Ennis wore his left glove while stirring food in the frying pan.
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OMT (Old Man Twist) was heartless in his attitude toward Ennis.
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Jack interrogated the bartender about Lureen’s identity. 8)
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In the screenplay, Jack and Ennis sleep overnight in Jack's jalopy, before meeting Aguirre at the drop off point in the a.m.
[ps I think we see the sleeping scene in the trailer for Brokeback Mountain.]
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Joe Aguirre put a key in the keyhole and unlocked the door to his trailer.
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Both Jack and Ennis engaged in lacrimation or crying, during their separate and difficult lives. :'(
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Jack and Ennis each matured in their relationship over the years.
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Aguirre (looks up from the paper) "I ain't got no work for you."
Aguirre stares coolly at Jack. No nonsense. [An awkward moment:] Jack fingers the brim of the hat in his hand, looks as if he wants to say something more - Starts for the door. [screenplay]
=comment=
Congratz Snowflakes on Reply 4500
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Over the years, old man Twist had become ossified in his opinions.
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Mrs. Twist: “Want some coffee, don’t you? Piece of cherry cake?”
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Jake and Heath were qua Jack and Ennis, respectively. :)
Qua=in the character of
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Jack and Ennis's lives came to revolve around their experiences on Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennis utters the line: “I’m stuck with what I got here” as he and Jack bask at the Motel Siesta. ;)
=aside= Jackie
Welcome to the ABC's from the Playerz and Mod.
Great choice of word. We hope you continue playing.
Sandy
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Jack and Ennis established regular "fishing trips" throughout their relationship.
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Cassie's feelings fer Ennis were unrequited.
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The death of Jack Twist in Texas, left a vacant spot in Ennis Del Mar's life.
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Wikipedia contains a lengthy, informative page on BBM. :D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_mountain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_mountain)
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Most of Alma's feelings fer Ennis were unrequited -- e.g., backdoor Ennis -- as well as her xhaustive emotional state from being an eyewitness to E&J's hotazz "reunion" -- followed by the boyz' quick trip to the motel (overnite).
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Thanksgiving evening:
"... ENNIS runs around the pickup, yanks open the driver door, drags the huge man out in the slushy street, pummeling him and kicking him. Knees him in the nuts." [screenplay]
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Diana Ossana and James Schamus won the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award. Link (http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2006-01-23-pga-brokeback_x.htm)
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There's no one in the place except you and me.
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Ennis stood in many awkward positions while waiting for Aguirre. ;)
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Ennis: "Jack, he rodeos mostly. We was fishin' buddies...."
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Jack and Ennis were compadres.
=aside= Fran
U + me = compadres.
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Dusty, choky little trailer office. Venetian blinds hang askew, the one desk littered with papers, the Bakelite ashtray filled with butts, only one chair for guests.
Description of Aguirre’s office in the screenplay.
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"The wind strikes the trailer like a load of dirt coming off a dump truck, eases, dies, leaves a temporary silence." [short story]
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Although there is only one GMC pick-up truck in the BBM film, there are several Fords!
=comment= "Lureen"
Meryl Streep's new movie "The Devil Wears Prada" co-stars BBM's Anne Hathaway (she looks great, very pretty) as a naive assistant to a big and ruthless magazine editor (MS) in New York! BTW, Anne was born in Brooklyn! The film is already the #2 movie in the Northeast -- second only to "Superman Returns"!
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Waitress gives each boy his fresh beer. Gathers the empties, and leaves.
[screenplay]
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Tom Gregory, who also bought the shirts from Brokeback, bought the postcards used in the movie. He trekked to Calgary and made a deal with the film's propmaster -- who wrote the cards in his own handwriting. Gregory stayed in the propmaster's house three days to make the deal, he says. Link to article (http://www.armyarcherd.com/2006/04/secrets_of_brok.html)
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In the screenplay, the scene where Jack and Randall make a fishing date is on a cold frosty night, and the parking lot is icy.
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Finding the shirts jolted Ennis's memory back to their time on the mountain.
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Katalin Berta is listed in the film credits as "Costumer."
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The Basque showed Ennis how to pack the mules with two packs and a riding load lashed on each animal.
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Ennis and Alma were joined in holy matrimony. ;)
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Jack’s nubs almost form a beard when we first lay eyes on him. :D
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Ennis felt obligated to stick with his familial plans the weekend Jack arrived unannounced. 8)
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Ennis asks the Basque where the powdered milk and patatas are when he arrives to pick up their foodstuffs. ;)
patatas = potatoes in Spanish
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According to many reviewers, Brokeback qualifies as one of the greatest love stories on screen.
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Ennis couldn't reconcile his needs and desires with the teachings of his father.
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Jack came lagging in late one afternoon, drank his two bottles of beer cooled in a wet sack on the shady side of the tent, ate two bowls of stew, four of Ennis's stone biscuits, a can of peaches, rolled a smoke, watched the sun drop. [short story]
The Spanish word for shady (place) is sombreado.
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Per Lureen's description of Jack's death, he perished from head trauma. :'(
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Ennis was uncompromising in his refusal to have a sweet life with Jack.
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Ennis greatly valued his relationship with his daughters.
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Ennis passes several abandoned ranch houses sitting blank-eyed, surrounded with weeds.
Spanish - hierbajos.
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Brokeback Mountain is an xploration of "societal constraints and the passions that lurk underneath."
--Mark Englehart, for Amazon.com
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After the dozy embrace, Jack looks yearningly as Ennis departs.
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The Spanish prostitute wore one zapato on his left foot and another zapato on his right.
zapato = shoe
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Will you still beat me (with a Z)? Will you still play ABCs with me? When I'm 164.
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Jack convinced Ennis to go camping with him after the reunion saying "You shot my airplane out of the sky," when he wouldn't ranch up with him.
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Two butchers are working at the grocery store.
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In the mail, cheese pizza is listed in the grocery circular on sale for 85¢. ;)
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Ennis was very defensive to Jack's vehemence in the lake scene.
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No one's gonna love you like me
No one else, can't you see.... --"No One's Gonna Love You Like Me" lyrics
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From a distance, the sound of sheep. Jack tends the fire. Drinks front [sic] a whiskey bottle.
From the screenplay
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Sometimes either Jack or Ennis would ride up to the sheep in the gloaming, or twilight.
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Jack told Ennis, "This is no little thing that's happenin' here" when they reunited.
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"Alma Jr., age 6, and Jenny, age 4, on a rusty metal swing set, impassively swinging. From inside the second-floor apartment, sounds of an argument." [screenplay]
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After being rejected by Ennis in the post-divorce scene, Jack joylessly says, "I'll see you next month, then." :(
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First Roughneck (driving, size of a bear) Hey, fuckhead, watch where the fuck you're goin', you nearly got my dawg kilt. [screenplay]
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Ang Lee's birth name was Li An.
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Jack showed his mettle by sticking with Ennis for twenty years.
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Ennis only wanted to get together with Jack a nominal number of times--not enough for Jack.
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Ennis' occupation was ranch hand.
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Jack’s mom surely had a positive parental influence on him.
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Ennis quantified their supplies every Friday at twelve noon.
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There are some rubber stamps in a carousel on Joe Aguirre's desk.
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Alma was snippy with her "Jack Nasty" remark on the occasion of her "Thanksgiving Extravaganza".
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Ennis spurred his horse from a trot to a gallop when he saw the dead sheep.
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Jack’s attraction to Ennis was immediate and undeniable. ;)
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In 1963 Jack Twist showed up in Signal in a vehicle; Ennis had to hitch a ride, since his vehicle bit the dust during his high school years.
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The heartfelt "He Was a Friend of Mine," written by Bob Dylan and performed by Willie Nelson, is the first song heard during the end credits.
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Tom Gregory admitted to being a bit xtravagant when he bought the two shirts featured in BBM for $101,100 but said that the shirts represent the whole gay plight in America. “They really are the ruby slippers of our time.”
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Lashawn could, and did, yack.
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Annie Proulx writes in the tradition of Emile Zola, who pioneered the tradition of writing in hyper-realistic prose about the coarser elements of life.
=aside= Will-ABC
I hope this is a high-fallutin' enuf Z for U. :)
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Round 165 of the ABCs of BBM!!!!!!!!!!
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XXXXX - Zat
Ha! Ha! He! He! Ho!
That was funni, Lee!
"Zat"'s gotta ga! ga! go!
We know dat U have more "Z"s.
Fran revised ur name to Lee Zee!
Plz. [CHANGE] "Z" word asap, Bee!
Game-Lee,
Will-XXX
P.S. "Zat"'s all, Folkz!
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Jack attempts to shave using his rearview mirror, a 25-cent razor and water in a paper cup.
From the screenplay
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"Brokeback Mountain" cost about U.S. $14 million to produce, excluding its advertising budget. According to interviews with the filmmakers, Focus Features was able to recoup its production costs early on by selling overseas rights to the film.
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At the memorable Thanksgiving Day dinner at the Junior Twists' home with Jack's in-laws, the television in question was a console t.v.
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Many reviewers have commented about Heath's ability to disappear so completely into the role of Ennis. Jenny seems to disappear during the second half of the film.
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Jack and Ennis relieved their everyday existence on Brokeback by falling in love with one another.
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Years on years they worked their way through the high meadows and mountain drainages, horse-packing into the Big Horns, Medicine Bows, south end of the Gallatins, Absarokas, Granites, Owl Creeks, the Bridger-Teton Range, the Freezeouts and the Shirleys, Ferrises and the Rattlesnakes, Salt River Range, into the Wind Rivers over and again, the Sierra Madres, Gros Ventres, the Washakies, Laramies, but never returning to Brokeback. [short story]
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Ennis had a tendency to grunt his answers. Hunh?
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Ennis: "Say 'hi,' girls."
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Ennis included his horse in most of his travel plans.
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When it came time to leave Brokeback, Ennis and Jack jostled with each other out of frustration over having to leave.
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"Brokeback Mountain" opened in Hong Kong on February 23, 2006.
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The bikers at the Fourth of July fireworks were speculating on the incidence of pussy on the hoof in both Wyoming and Las Vegas.
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Ennis dropped the girls off at the supermarket, since "I got a million things I gotta do before I leave."
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Ennis nustled up to Jack in Tent Scene 2.
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Ennis: "That foreman, he owes me. I worked through a blizzard last Christmas, remember?"
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Fried potatoes were on the menu at Brokeback Mountain. However one week there were no spuds included in the delivery. Probably 'udías en salsa de tomate' instead.
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There are many online Brokeback quizzes. Here is a link to one of them. (http://www.teenhollywood.com/quiz.asp?quiz_id=212)
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Ennis helped create a ruckus with the foul-mouthed bikers at the fireworks display. ;)
=compliment=
Toast, love those taters! :laugh:
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He had stanched the blood, which was everywhere, all over them, with his shirtsleeve.
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Both Ennis and Jack lose their tempers during their final meeting. >:(
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Ennis and Jack’s relationship would have been considered unchaste in rural America in 1963. :(
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In the corner of Ennis's apartment is an interesting assortment of items: a vacuum cleaner (wind), a hot water heater (water), and an :( iron on an ironing board. Doom for Jack!!
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Ennis's Point Of View: Middle of Nowhere: Dusk
A flash - Just a few seconds - Ennis and we see, in the evening shadows, a man being beaten unmercifully by three assailants, one of whom uses a tire iron. [screenplay]
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Ennis couldn’t xculpate Jack for his Mexican freedom ride. ;)
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Jack yawns and rubs his weary eyes after spending the first night in the pup tent. ;D
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Richard Zach has posted a Brokeback Mountain webcam. Link (http://www.ucalgary.ca/~rzach/logblog/2006/01/brokeback-mountain-webcam.html)
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Let's all be prolix.
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Ennis ran amok after the Thanksgiving Day Massacree and was looking for a fight. >:(
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"Ennis mounts his big rangy buckskin and leads the two mules along the trail." [screenplay]
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Jack at the Motel Siesta: “Couldn’t get here fast enough.” ;)
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Friend, this letter is a long time over due, Jack wrote in the story.
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The bartender told Jack that Lureen's dad sold farm equipment: "I mean big farm equipment. Hundred-thousand-dollar tractors, shit like that."
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Lureen’s voice was feeble at times when she was describing Jack’s demise to Ennis. :'(
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Ennis showed gratitude to Mrs. Twist when she allowed him see Jack’s room.
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The mountains were a haven for Ennis and Jack’s trysts. :)
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"Brokeback Mountain" was released in India on March 10, 2006.
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After a bit of jostling, Ennis was able to get Jack in the proper position.
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Jack kneels for Ennis after the jostling.
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"Ennis, weather-eyed, looked west for the heated cumulus that might come up on such a day, but the boneless blue was so deep, said Jack, that he might drown looking up." [short story]
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From the screenplay:
16 EXT: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN: DAY: MONTAGE:
JACK saddles up, in a pale world. The mountain, misted, is the color of smoke. . .
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After Ennis came down from his love nest with Jack on Brokeback Mountain, he and Alma built a nest above a laundromat.
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Alma Monroe: "You still go fishin' with Jack Twist?"
Ennis Del Mar: "Not often."
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Rodrigo Prieto was the Director of Photography for Brokeback Mountain.
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The website for Quill & Quire has a short article on Annie Proulx's experiences at the 78th Academy Awards ceremony.
www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.cfm?act=archive&month=3&year=2006
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Brokeback Mountain Director of Photography, Rodrigo Prieto ASC, AMC.
El director de fotografa Rodrigo Prieto, nominado al premio Oscar por "Brokeback Mountain", da una conferencia de prensa en Ciudad de Mejico el mircoles 1 de marzo del 2006. [From: AP Spanish Online - Date: March 4, 2006]
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Rodrigo Prieto .... Young Mexican male prostitute (uncredited)
=comment=
How could we have neglected this talented guy until now, and then Msuamber and I both do an item on him today?
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...and then in the full daylight with the hot sun striking down...
=comment= msuamber
Welcome to our ABC party, msuamber! Great word!
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Ennis: "No. They run themselves off. One curve in the road in 43 miles, and they miss it. Killed 'em both." [screenplay]
=aside= Amber
I'm glad you found the ABCs game.
Fran
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Ennis' shirttail was always coming untucked, or at least he thought so.
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Veracity was Mrs. Twist’s hallmark in life.
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Carl, Cassie's boyfriend who "even talks," was played by Will Martin.
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Ennis and Jack had an xceptional summer on Brokeback Mountain.
=aside=
Wow Fran,
Will is an xceptional word.
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Ennis' expression says yum when he's eating beans, 'cuz they're better 'n most.
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"Brokeback Mountain" was released earlier in theaters in Zurich's French-speaking region than its German-speaking region.
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Round 167 of the "ABCs of BBM"!!!!!!!!!! -- it's heavenly ~4~ the brayne!
FYI: Ironically, the "ABCs of BBM" turned into Round 167 just after the BBM-4 cast ("J-A-L-E") exited from "Oprah" w/ the "Big O" declaring: "Bareback Mountain -- making history!"
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=aside= Fran-H
Wow, "W" is Will.....
Thought I played "will";
I did but w/ small "w".
Tanx for thinking of me;
I had no idea.... hmmm.
Will-U
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On the mountain, they were suspended above ordinary affairs and distant from tame ranch dogs and curious foremen with big-ass binoculars (so they thought).
=aside=
Round 167!!!!!!!! This is heaven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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One dog begins to bark incessantly. Ennis rides over to see what the ruckus is about and discovers a shredded sheep, clearly the victim of a coyote pack. [screenplay]
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Jack somehow clipped Ennis' bloody shirt that last day on the mountain.
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"Devil's Right Hand" by Steve Earle is on the Brokeback Mountain soundtrack.
=aside= Amber
Welcome to the ABC's from the Playerz & Modz. We hope
to see you around here quite a bit.
Sandy
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"Brokeback Mountain" is officially banned in the United Arab Emirates; more specifically, in the emirates of Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain.
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The characters and events depicted in (the Brokeback Mountain) photoplay are fictitious.
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Alma got a grocery-store clerk job in the story.
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Jack was really hamming it up when he did his pseudo-rodeo mating dance.
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Heath said his bisexual uncle was the inspiration for him to take on the role of Ennis. Link (http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/ledger%20took%20brokeback%20inspiration%20from%20bisexual%20uncle)
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Jack scooped up icy water and drank, crystalline drops falling like jewels from his fingers.
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The bike in the Twists' yard is able to stand in an upright position because of its kickstand.
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Ennis stayed as lean as a clothes-pole. [short story]
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"No, Jack he rodeos mostly," said Ennis.
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Those two biker dudes were a couple of numbnuts.
=aside=
Yes, it's in Webster's
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Brokeback Banned In Bay State Prison
(CBS4) Norfolk, Mass. USA. A prison officer is being punished for showing the film to inmates at MCI Norfolk, the state's largest prison.
CBS 4 (http://cbs4boston.com/local/local_story_100151503.html)
Ferullo: "We're already running 'Brokeback prison.' (http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=Quirks&article=UPI-1-20060410-14362000-bc-us-brokeback.xml)
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Jack rode into town for the reunion on a street pale with dust. :(
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The website for Quill & Quire has a short article on Annie Proulx's experiences at the 78th Academy Awards ceremony.
http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.cfm?act=archive&month=3&year=2006
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The whiskey Jack and Ennis were drinking had the label "Old Rose".
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Ennis was shivering when the fire died down just before TS1; then another fire was stoked.
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The gruesome sight Ennis witnessed at age 9 caused a terror within him.
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Mr. Del Mar used a crime scene and a dead human to make it clear to his boys that he wanted them to be "real" men like himself.
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"Brokeback Mountain" opened in Venezuelan theaters on February 24, 2006.
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Brokeback has been described by People's Weekly World Newspaper as "A heartbreaking story of working-class people, men and women, trying to make a living, trying to do the right thing, imprisoned by limited options, prejudice and fear."
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The old man kicks at the tractor tire a time or two, as if irritated it xists. Looks at Ennis.
Old man: Where was you raised, bud?
Ennis: Ur, Sage [screenplay]
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The Taiwan-born, New York-based moviemaker Ang Lee picked up the Best Director Award for "Brokeback Mountain" at the 78th Academy Awards.
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Jack Twist was a sexual zigzagger!!
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A Limerick in Honor of Round 168 of the ABCs of BBM:
Our BBM knowledge we demonstrate
As more and more words we accumulate,
It only gets better
As we add each letter,
So let's red-line it through One-Sixty-Eight!
A...B...C...D...E...F...G...H...I...J...K...L...M...N...O...P...Q...R...S...T...U...V...W...X...Y...Z...
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“Ennis’s and Jack’s acute emotions — yearning, loneliness, disappointment, loss, love and, yes, lust — are affecting because they are universal.” [Frank Rich - The New York Times]
=congratz=
Mmm - Fran Frost
Oops, Robert didn't write limericks, though.
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The OLD MAN points to a long, barren mountain to the north, its upper reaches miles away, reaching well above the tree line.
From the screenplay - man pointing out Brokeback to Ennis.
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Larry McMurtry, who wrote the screenplay for BBM with Diana Ossana, defied the dress code at the 78th Academy Awards by wearing his usual jeans and cowboy boots.
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Ennis and Jack wore dungarees throughout the entire move and so did Larry McMurty at the Academy Awards.
=comment=
Jeans were called dungarees in the Sixties, at least where I grew up.
=aside= Fran
Love the limerick.
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Jack would cast furtive looks at Ennis and his face revealed a love and longing for him of the most elemental kind–without guile or artifice–but childlike and innocent.
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"He stopped at the side of the road and, in the whirling new snow, tried to puke but nothing came up. He felt about as bad as he ever had, and it took a long time for the feeling to wear off." [short story]
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(A beat) A dust plume rises and hazes the air with fine grit.
Jack (squints) "You gonna do this again next summer?"
[screenplay]
Synonym: backbone, gumption, guts, moxie, sand.
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Ennis and Jack engaged in a little hanky-panky in Tent Scene 1.
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Jack was the more obvious in his desires, while Ennis’ intentions were more indirectly apparent.
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Jackson, Wyoming (Dec. 10, 2005)- "This is what love is about," parka-wearing director Ang Lee declared ... describing his controversial new movie ... moments before Brokeback Mountain's 6 pm premiere at Jackson Hole's Teton Theatre.
Planet Jackson Hole (http://www.planetjh.com/brady/brady_2005_12_11_brokeback.html)
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Kenton Jakub is listed in the film credits as "ADR Director."
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Setting up camp and herding the sheep required great amounts of labor.
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The Basque showed Ennis how to properly pack a mule.
=aside=
Did you hear the one about how they packed the author of the Hokey Pokey in his casket?
You put the left leg in, you take the left leg out.
You put the right arm in, you take the right arm out.
...
OOPS !!
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"We see the young Ennis looking down at the body -- as his eyes widen, we see the horror wash over his nine-year-old face...." [screenplay]
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Ang Lee said that he wanted to shoot a straight, mainstream, somehow offbeat movie with a realistic West.
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Ennis packed and knotted the supplies on the mules while cocky Jack tested the startle point of his horse.
=aside=
Did you hear the one about Larry La Prise?
...
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"One of several remarkable things about Ang Lee's new movie 'Brokeback Mountain' is that, though set in 1963, you could spend the first three-quarters of an hour imagining it to be 1863. The spareness of the composition, wherein a man, a horse and the yawning skies of Wyoming might be all that fills the screen, suggests a bygone age, and when one character expresses the hope that 'the army don't get me.' you have to correct your initial instinct: it's not the Civil War he's referring to but the Vietnam War. For a while, time seems to have stopped in this American pastoral."
--Anthony Quinn, The Independent (UK)
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/reviews/article336696.ece
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The actual house used for the Twist Ranch/Homestead is run-down and in danger of being destroyed.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_946.jpg)
=comment=
There is a post on the Dave Cullen site
dedicated to finding ways to preserve the
house so BBM fans can continue to visit.
In the meantime, the house has been
vandalized, and the closet has been
ripped apart. :( Sad!
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Jack and Ennis stimulated each other mentally, physically and emotionally.
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Ennis and his daughter toast the upcoming wedding:
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_967.jpg)
Ennis (raising his glass) "To Alma and Kurt."
Alma Jr. laughs, and clinks her glass with her daddy's.
Ennis smiles back at his daughter, his face full of regret, and longing. [screenplay]
=aside= Toast
I can't believe it took you 168 rounds before you used that word.
I like your new avatar, but I can't give you any more toasters.
Sandy
=aside= Sandy
Happy 600!
Break out the Sauvignon Mouton 1963.
Toast
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"I felt we both knew that this story was risky and that he wanted to take the story on, probably for the creative challenge and perhaps (though he didn't say so) for the gasping euphoria when you get into unknown but hard-driving imaginative projects."
--Annie Proulx on Ang Lee, "Getting Movied"
=milestone= Sandy
Congratz on your 600th posting!
As Jack would say, "Ooooeee!"
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For the movie BBM, Miss Cathy Vayda seriously performed an essential job: Assistant Dog Trainer. If she dint, fahgedaboudit! Look what happened w/ the sheep. ::)
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Ennis got on the highway crew, tolerating it; but working weekends at the Rafter B in exchange for horse quartering.
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Jack xcoriated L.D. for his years of abusing him.
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Annie Proulx's "Brokeback Mountain" appeared in The New Yorker's October 13, 1997, issue.
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Aguirre had a zero-tolerance policy:
Jack Twist was supposed to sleep with the sheep one hunderd percent.
definition (http://www.wordreference.com/definition/zero-tolerance_policy)
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Round 169 is Fine!
Bring on the wine!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What color is Sauvignon Mouton? Green?
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Jack was afforded few opportunites alone with Ennis during their twenty-year relationship.
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Jimbo dismissed Jack and the other buckaroos.
=answer= Toast
Yes Sauvingnon blanc, the good ones, are rather grassy and green, and that's how we Front-Rangers like 'em.
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Brokeback Mountain, set in Wyoming, was actually filmed in Canadian locations.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_822.jpg)
(http://www1.travelalberta.com/images/HomePageIcons/horsepack.gif) (http://www1.travelalberta.com/Stories/index.cfm?action=display&storyID=180)
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“He was glad the light was dim on the landing but did not turn away from her.”
From the short story – just after Alma sees Ennis and Jack kiss.
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Ennis could be eloquent in his own way, such as when he said, "If you don't got nothing, you don't need nothing."
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Jack Nasty: "I'm not you. I can't make it on a couple a high-altitude fucks once or twice a year. You're too much for me, Ennis, you son of a whoreson bitch. I wish I knew how to quit you." [short story]
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After a four-year hiatus, Ennis grasped Jack and hugged him hard enough to knock the breath out of him.
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Jack asked the bartender, "Do I look like I can afford a f**king roping horse?"
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That to me is the brilliance of “Brokeback Mountain.” It’s about gay cowboys, sort of — itinerant ranch hands is more accurate — but it’s really about all of us. [Carolyn Rummel]
PWW.org (http://www.pww.org/article/view/8389/1/303/)
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When in the tent together, the boys preferred to lie cheek by jowl .
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Ennis and Jack surely had to use kindling to start their fires.
=comment=
WOW ... this K took me forever! Kindling is small wood used as fuel to start a fire.
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With one kick, Ennis was able to shut up both of the loudmouthed bikers.
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Mrs. Mary Twist is Lureen's mother-in-law. Lureen was a fortunate woman with Jack as her husband and Mary as her mother-in-law. Jack's quiet mother-in-law was Fayette Newsome [RIP].
=aside= DeeDee
Where the "N" is that DDD?
Dre confirms for din-din 7/11.
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He neglected to add that the foreman had leaned back in his squeaky wooden tilt chair, said, Twist, you guys wasn't gettin' paid to leave the dogs baby-sit the sheep while you stemmed the rose, and declined to rehire him. [short story]
=aside= It's been a good week here at BetterMost
I am off for a while, exploring Labrador.
=reply= Toast
Have a good trip.
Sandy
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When Jack is introduced to Alma, he makes the off-the-cuff remark that he has an eight-month-old boy who smiles a lot.
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“Brokeback Mountain” bears the PS classification in the Library of Congress (PS=American Literature classification).
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Ennis is wearing a light gray quilted vest in the "You girls need a push or somethin'?" scene.
=aside= Toast
Enjoy your vacation. Is this a fishin' trip?
Fran
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Ennis and Jack visited the Rattlesnake Mountains in their quest for a sweet time.
=aside=
Almost packed!!
You put the quilted vest in ..
Fishin' buddies ??
I WILL bring back salmon and char!!
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Alma was scared for Jenny to live in the boonies because of her asthma.
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Ennis was sure one for wearing tight jeans.
=comment=
NOT that I mind of course. ;D :o
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Annie Proulx describes a terrible scene from Jack's childhood when he discovered that his father was uncircumcised.
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The vermin in BBM are the two, big, drunk, grosss, ooglyazz, offensive, disrespectful, foul-mouthed, booze-belly pigz at the Independence Day fireworks scene. Now, those two were vermin big time!! FYI, I happened on reading that someone(s) thought that surprise scene was unrelated or unnecessary!? Ding-dong!!! Three of that scene's points were to show, prove and educate that Gays: (1) protect their families, (2) kick azz, too, and (3) win at kicking azz!!! In fact, it was one of my AnDre's fave scenes in the movie! ;D
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When Ennis was bathing, he got himself wet.
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On January 6, 2006, "Brokeback Mountain" opened at the Naro Xpanded Cinema in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Lee’s Brokeback Mountain carries on the Wuxia tradition in Chinese storytelling, which details how warriors find their humanity. Lee’s main rival in Wuxia filmmaking is Zhang Yimou, creator of films “Hero” and “House of Flying Daggers.´
=comment=
Here is additional information about the Wuxia tradition in filmmaking:
There is a long literary tradition in China called "Wuxia" that has to do with martial arts, chivalry, and historical epic storytelling. Wuxia novels and stories extend back to the early dynasties, and when the People's Revolution drove many Wuxia writers into exile the tradition was carried on in other places such as Taiwan, where Ang Lee was born. Wuxia stories have parallels to other cultures including the West. This is from Wikipedia:
Jiang Hu (__) (Gong Woo), (literally means "rivers and lakes") is the wuxia parallel universe - the alternative world of martial artists and pugilists, usually congregrating in sects, disciplines and schools of martial arts learnings. It has been described as a kind of "shared world" alternate universe, inhabited by wandering knights and princes, thieves and beggars, priests and healers, merchants and craftspeople. It corresponds roughly to America's Wild West period, or to the era of the Book of Judges in the Bible. The best wuxia writers draw a vivid picture of the intricate relationships of honor, loyalty, love and hatred between individuals and between communities within this milieu.
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Zachary Zoeller posted his Oscar predictions online in the Daily Beacon with Brokeback as the winner. Link (http://dailybeacon.utk.edu/showarticle.php?articleid=49790)
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"Brokeback Mountain" is officially banned in the United Arab Emirates.
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Serving suggestion by Jack: balance a can of beans on a log, with a spoon handle jutting out.
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"'Brokeback Mountain' does some of the best things a story can do. It abolishes the old West cliches, excavates and honors a certain kind of elusive life, then nearly levels you with the emotional weight at its center."
~Gail Caldwell, The Boston Globe
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Alma's world falls apart when she discovers Ennis and Jack in their passionate embrace.
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Steve Eichler is the uncredited Guitar Player in Brokeback Mountain.
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Frank Kern is listed in the film credits as "Foley Supervisor."
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After their first meeting, Jack and Ennis gravitated to one another as two lost spirits meant to be one.
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Jack's and Ennis's chests were heaving when they finally pulled apart to breathe. (Reunion scene)
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With no one around to inhibit them, Jack and Ennis pursued their mutual attraction until Joe Aguirre decided to bring the sheep down early.
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Ennis was joyful upon his reunion with Jack after four years -- and how!
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We see Ennis kayo one of the the bikers. ;)
kayo = pronunciation of the initial letters of a boxing knock out per the American Heritage Dictionary
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"Ennis and Jack, the dogs, horses and mules, a thousand ewes and their lambs flowed up the trail like dirty water through the timber and out above the tree line into the great flowery meadows and the coursing, endless wind." [short story]
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The mountain, misted, is the color of smoke, the high, grassy-plain invisible.
From the screenplay
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Ennis & Jack's horses nickered in the darkness beyond the fire's circle of light. [BBM story]
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After an evening of merriment and heavy drinking, Ennis sought the great oblivion of sleep back at the camp. He figured the woolies would do okay without him for one night.
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The last shot we see of Alma as Ennis's wife, she is laying on her pillow with her misery face.
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Ennis qualmishly entered the tent where Jack was waiting for him in Tent Scene 2. Def: An uneasy feeling about the propriety or rightness of a course of action.
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"Ennis woke in red dawn with his pants around his knees, a top-grade headache, and Jack butted against him; without saying anything about it, both knew how it would go for the rest of the summer, sheep be damned." [short story]
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After Brokeback Mountain, Ennis married Alma, impregnated her, and then settled in at the Elwood place as a wrangler.
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After Tent Scene I, Jack was afraid that his relationship with Ennis might be touch-and-go.
=aside=
Pun intended.
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After Ennis kicked him in the face, Biker #1 was left in a state of unconsciousness.
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All John Twist did was vilify Jack during Ennis' visit. :(
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Ennis was weather-eyed, scanning the sky for clouds during their last trip together.
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Ennis and Jack’s time on the mountain was their xclave. :)
exclave = a part of a country that is isolated and surrounded by foreign territory.
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The bikers didn't know enough to shut their ignorant yaps when Ennis said: "Hey, you boys wanna keep it down? I got two little girls here." The bikers learned the hard way.
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When Ennis takes off after Tent Scene 1, he zips up his pants and leaves without a word.
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We're in this for the long run!!!
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Jack was an accomplished bull rider until he became too busted up. ;)
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"Ennis woke in red dawn with his pants around his knees, a top-grade headache, and Jack butted against him; without saying anything about it, both knew how it would go for the rest of the summer, sheep be damned." [short story]
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“They shook hands in the choky little trailer office in front of a table littered with scribbled papers, a Bakelite ashtray brimming with stubs.” From the short story. :)
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When Jack said he’d had a thing going with the wife of a rancher and for the last few months he’d slank around expecting to get shot by Lureen or the husband, Ennis laughed a little and said he probably deserved it.
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Alma's and Lureen’s fertilized embryos became Alma, Jr., Jenny and Bobby. ;)
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Every time he visited Ennis, Jack had fourteen hours of driving ahead of him.
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Jack was quite gallant at the benefit dance; he cut a nice figure and cut a rug with Latalk.
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“He picked up a few short-lived ranch jobs, then settled in as a wrangler on the old Elwood Hi-Top place north of Lost Cabin in Washakie County.”
From the short story
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John Twist only allowed insular words to escape his mouth. >:(
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Ennis and Jack were throwing jabs at one another before they left the mountain. 8)
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A native plant that grows all over the mountainous areas of Wyoming where the story is set is kinnikinnick, also called bearberry because the bears love to eat its red berries in the fall.
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Ennis thought he would teach those foul-mouthed bikers a lesson...and what a lesson he taught! ;D
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When Alma Jr. visited her dad at the end of the story, he is middle-aged.
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The song "No One's Gonna Love You Like Me" was written and produced by Gustavo Santaolalla and performed by Mary McBride.
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Over the twenty-year period of their friendship/love affair, the boys had only a few opportunities to spend more than a few days together.
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The reunion scene has so much emotion, longing and passion that it takes your breath away.
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While Ennis was fighting with the bikers, Alma and the girls were quailing nearby.
quail [vb] to recoil in fear
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Images of Jack being beaten to death during the flashback were revolting.
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What Bobby is eating at Thanksgiving looks absolutely sickly. :-X
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In the reunion science, all their longing for one another, all their despair, all their testosterone-driven male sexuality, all their romantic attachment, is encapsulated in that full body kiss.
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Predator loss occurred the first night the sheep were unguarded.
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Jack felt that beans were vapid, or lacking in taste.
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...Jack's horse shied and reared, Jack saying "Wo! Wo!" and Ennis's bay dancing . . . --from the New Yorker Magazine
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Jack was always xpending energy to maintain his relationship with Ennis. ;)
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Tay Yek Keak wrote a review of "Brokeback Mountain" for Straits Times, the most widely read newspaper in Singapore.
http://www.plu.sg/plural/index.php?itemid=97
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There is a review of Brokeback at Zion One (ZionOne.com). Link (http://www.zionone.com/details.asp?ID=1132&subCatID=91&mainCatID=32&genreID=40)
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And We're Still Not Through!!!
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Ennis aspired to be a sophomore, he thought it sounded distinguished. Alas, it was not to be, because the transmission went out on the truck.
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The Twists' house bathroom was a crucial scene for a very young four-year-old Jack when his nasty father OMT (Old Man Twist) threw Lil' Jack on the bathroom floor and traumatized him by exposing OMT's un-cut cock and pissing on the boy!! May OMT spit gasoline in his cup and burn all da way to Hell!
=comment=
DeeDee & Johnny Cakes and Will & AnDre are doin' din-din for 4 in NYC tonite! Hey, Lu, wanna fly down? BTW, DD will be back on the ABCs Board on Thurs. eve when she's home.
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Some people are of the opinion that it was a calculated move on Jack's part to 'loosen' Ennis up with alcohol, to prepare him for 'that night'. I beg to differ - it was an evening of friendship and booze which happened to end up in ground-pounding sex! ;)
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Jack's drunken mock-rodeo performance was endearing to Ennis.
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A clip from "1978 Edmonton Boxing," courtesy of CBC-Edmonton, is playing on the TV in the bar when Ennis meets Cassie.
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The relationship became quite fragile when Mexico entered the conversation. :(
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Jack is gung ho about beginning his liaison with Ennis. ;)
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Brokeback is Ennis and Jack's hideaway from society, so they can be together in peace....Or so they thought.
*Grabs binoculars and stares intently* ;D ;) ;D ;) ;D ;) ;D ;) ;D
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John Twist and L. D. Newsome are total idiots for not loving Jack as we do! :D
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Jack was always joking around and dazzling us with his smile. 8)
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Jack's mother is kindhearted; Jack's father isn't.
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Ennis asks the supply Basque what happened to the powdered leche and spuds. :D
leche = milk in Spanish
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Jack and Ennis' little camp was just about manageable when the both of them were around.
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One more notch I scratch
To keep me thinkin' of you
One more notch does the maker make
Upon my face so blue.... --"Maker Makes" lyrics
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Jack and Ennis' relationship consisted of on-again, off-again "fishing trips".
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Ennis is a pugilist (one who fights with his fists).
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During the incident with the bikers, Alma quails while she tries to comfort her little girls.
quail [vb] to recoil in fear
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Gotcha! My kemosabe Front Ranger, U are outta turn, Gyrl-Lee!! One must skip two turns as one (U) knows!
=comment=
Playerz: Someone gets a free "R" turn.
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This morning AnDre & I were eating shredded wheat cereal with real raspberries and I wondered if that word shredded.............
Ennis discovers a shredded sheep, clearly the victim of a coyote pack. [screenplay]
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Over the years, Jack tries unsuccessfully to get Ennis to come with him and build a life of their own, but Ennis rejects him every time.
This is the replacement "R" word.
The next letter is "T".
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Jack and Ennis always planned their trysts to be in the middle of nowhere.
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What begins as a utilitarian alliance between Jack and Ennis becomes a bond and so much more.
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"Brokeback Mountain" emerged as the victor at the 2006 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs), walking away with four trophies, including Best Film.
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When Ennis said he would stick with beans, Jack replied, "Well, I won't".
=aside=
I don't know why it took me so long to post this, it's my signature!
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Annie Proulx's prose is very xacting.
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"Brokeback Mountain" continued to dominate the year-end critics' awards, winning Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director from the New York Film Critics Circle, and two more honors from the National Board of Review: Best Director and Best Supporting Actor.
=aside= Paul
Well done!!!!
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Aguirre’s sheep and the Chilean sheep are grazing on the same zacate. ;)
zacate = grass in Spanish
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Welcome to Round 173!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
;)
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John Twist was abusive to Jack and to Mrs. Twist. :(
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Speaking of John Twist, he was also a bully. >:(
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Ennis and Jack got crocked before the first night in the tent. 8)
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Before he accused Jack of going to Mexico, Ennis walked over and spoke to his horses, then walked back at a deliberate pace.
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Jack rides along an escarpment when they’re relocating the sheep. ;)
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"Brokeback Mountain" producers Diana Ossana and James Schamus won the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year prize at the 15th annual Producers Guild of America Awards.
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Mrs. Twist treats Ennis graciously while John Twist continually whines. ;)
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"The huge sadness of the Northern plains rolled down on him." [From the story]
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Two irascible characters in this movie were Mr. John C. Twist and Ennis.
i·ras·ci·ble adj.
Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered.
Characterized by or resulting from anger
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"Human beings have a great need to love and be loved in return. 'Brokeback Mountain' celebrates that need without making any moral judgments. One line in the film sums it all up: 'If you can't fix it, you gotta stand it.'"
--Paul Clinton, for CNN.com
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Jack and Ennis were kings of the mountain, and Aguirre was a nasty knave.
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Jack is so lovable; it’s difficult to fathom why his father and L.D. despised him. Jealously perhaps? ;)
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"There were only the two of them on the mountain, flying in the euphoric, bitter air, looking down on the hawk’s back and the crawling lights of vehicles on the plain below, suspended above ordinary affairs and distant from tame ranch dogs barking in the dark hours." [From the story]
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BBM was nominated for numerous awards, and won some!
(AMPAS be damned).
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Ennis’ familial and societal obligations kept him from having a happy life with Jack. :(
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“Joe Aguirre, wavy hair the color of cigarette ash and parted down the middle, gave them his point of view.” Short story. ;)
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A horse is a quadruped.
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Ennis’ yammering caused Jack to roust and urge him into the tent. ;)
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The quietly simmering sexual tension between Jack and Ennis finally erupts in Tent Scene l.
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Ennis: "I can't quit this one. And I can't get the time off. (pause) Was tough enough gettin' this time. The trade-off was August." [screenplay]
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Ennis entered uncharted territory in the tent that first night. ;) ;)
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Everything seemed to be mixed up, Ennis thought when the sheep drifted into another herd and he experienced a sense of vertigo.
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When Jack was b*tching about the food situation and offered to shoot a sheep, Ennis said he would stick with beans. Jack replied, "Well, I won't".
=aside=
That's the rest of my signature, after 173 rounds!
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Ennis and Jack pepper their conversations with xpletives. ;)
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Cinemaclock for Yellowknife has movie information, synopsis and user reviews for Brokeback. Link (http://www.cinemaclock.com/aw/crva.aw/p.clock/r.nwt/m.Yellowknife/j.e/i.8543/f.Brokeback_Mountain.htm)
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Ennis' corduroy jacket remains zipped up thanks to its zipper's interlocking teeth.
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Round 1*7*4
And more words to xplore!!!
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Jack absconded with Ennis’ love. ;)
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“Both Jack and Ennis claimed to be saving money for a small spread; in Ennis's case that meant a tobacco can with two five dollar bills inside.” Short story. :)
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One more chain I break
To get me closer to you....
--"Maker Makes" lyrics
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John Twist elicits disgust as he criticizes Jack. >:(
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Brokeback is about enduring love and fierce sexual attraction between two men.
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Upon Jack's suggestion that Ennis consider moving to Texas as a cure for his paranoia, Ennis sarcastic reply included the phrase "...and whiskey'll flow in the streams...you're a real thinker there, Jack f'n Twist".
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Ennis granted that money was a good point for riding a piece of stock for 7 seconds.
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John Twist expressed his hatred for his son Jack during Ennis’ visit. >:(
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LaShawn’s constant chatter was an irritant. :)
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Ennis’ words are always spoken in a jumble. 8)
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Kim Olsen and John Adshead are listed in the film credits as "Key Grips."
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After Ennis introduced Jack to Alma, they were out of there lickety-split and going to the motel.
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There are two matrons in BBM: Fayette Newsome and Mary Twist -- coincidentally, both married to borish bores!!
=compliment=
The "ABCs" is coming up on a whopping 30,000 views! This ain't no "blah".
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Emmylou Harris, who sang "A Love That Will Never Grow Old," appears courtesy of Nonesuch Records.
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Falling in love was an occupational hazard of being a ranch hand on BBM.
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Ennis's father left him with a pathological fear of exposing his true nature to the world.
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It was a quirk of fate that brought Ennis and Jack together that summer on Brokeback.
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We are invited along as Ennis is remembering a tender back hug moment with Jack. ;)
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Jack is catching a snooze, resting his head on a fallen tree, with a blue heeler by his side while the sheep mill about. ;)
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L.D. is rather tubby around the middle. 8)
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Over the years, Jack tries unsuccessfully to get Ennis to come with him and build a life of their own, but Ennis rejects him every time.
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Jack tried valiantly to get Ennis to commit to a life together. ;)
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Jack and Ennis are supposed to wrangle sheep on a Wyoming mountainside in 1963 and end up wrangling each other.
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Jack’s xclamation of pleasure in the tent that first night is now legendary. ;)
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Shawn McKenzie reviews BBM on Entertain Your Brain: ;)
http://www.entertainyourbrain.com/brokebackmountainrev.htm (http://www.entertainyourbrain.com/brokebackmountainrev.htm)
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Ennis and Alma zigged and zagged along their marital road until one day Alma decided that she had had enough of Ennis and filed for divorce.
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Let's Continue to Thrive!!!!!
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Ennis was astute enough to know what to do the first night in the tent. 8)
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When Ennis took to fighting, he was showing his bellicose side.
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"Brokeback Mountain" is banned in mainland China.
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John Twist spent his life demoralizing his family. :(
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Ennis wishes he could escape society’s expectations to live the life he desires. :)
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"Fuck-all has worked the way I wanted," lamented Jack.
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Just like the light of the morning
After the darkness has gone
The shadow of my love is falling
On a place where the sun always shone....
--"I Don't Want to Say Goodbye" lyrics
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Dear Ennis is a bit of a hick. :-\
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Old Man Twist was an insensitive sonofagun.
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The song "Eyes of Green," which is listed in the film credits, was written and performed by Jeff Wilson.
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Adina Konits reviews BBM in Big Picture Big Sound: ;)
http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/article_606.shtml (http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/article_606.shtml)
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Ennis' fear of a homosexual lifestyle, was largely due to his father.
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John Twist had the misguided idea that Jack’s lifestyle was appalling. :)
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Neal Bailey reviews BBM for Cinema Crazed: :)
http://www.cinema-crazed.com/brokeback-mountain-neal.htm (http://www.cinema-crazed.com/brokeback-mountain-neal.htm)
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"Brokeback Mountain" was re-recorded at Sound One.
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Jack and Ennis started off as working partners and ended up becoming lifelong romantic and sexual partners.
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As a film, BBM is qualitatively superior to an Oscar-winning film that shall remain nameless. ;D
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Inside of Ennis' trailer was a small rug.
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The Basque: "It's too early in the summer to be sick of beans." [screenplay]
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...the sparks flying up with their truths and lies, a few hot points of fire landing on their hands and faces...and they rolled down into the dirt. --From the story
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If Jack’s wishes had been fulfilled, he and Ennis would have lived an uncomplicated life with one another.
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"V" is for -- at long last -- who else? Valerie Planche, who played the Waitress (see BBM cast credits) at the Signal Saloon -- the first bar that Ennis & Jack went to after they left the work office trailer and after Jack's "trailer" line: "If we're gonna work 2gether we might as well drink 2gether". In fact, Valerie served the boyz their first beers!! How cud U miss her? U see Valerie in the background (minus her head) wiping tables.
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The closet in Jack's bedroom, where Ennis found the two shirts, had a wooden rod braced across it.
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Jack was trying to xcise a thorn from the sheep's hoof.
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Jodi Yeager's name is listed in the end credits next to the words "Post Production Accountant."
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Ennis & Jack are literally sexual zigzaggers: they zig to both sides of the fence and they zag in and out with each other!! :o ;D
=aside=
I started the "ABCs of BBM" game with the premier "A" and now, 175 completed rounds later, here's my gayly unique "Z"!
=compliment= ABCs Playerz
Nearly 30,000 views of the "ABCs" are about to arrive!
Leadership, rulez, guidelinez and suggestionz hold up!!!
One could get the mysterious impression that it led itself?
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A Limerick in Honor of Round 176
Our 176th round,
Countless "A"-to-"Z" words have been found!
Yes, we may be addicted,
But who could have predicted
A craving for this game so profound?
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Mrs. Twist’s gesture of allowing Ennis to visit Jack’s room proved very apt.
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His fears were the bane of Ennis's existence.
=aside= Fran
Love your limerick Fran!
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Ennis' clacking of his jaw on that freezing night woke Jack, prompting him to say "Quit your hammerin' and get over here."
=aside= Fran
Got a kick out of your limerick,
It made me want to pick some kinnikinnick.
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Ennis was good at feigning disinterest.
=aside=
Love the limerick, Fran
=aside=
We're gonna hit 30,000 views today!
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Ennis found Jack's campfire antics entertaining.
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About the time my daddy left to fight the big war
I saw my first pistol in the general store
In the general store, I was thirteen
I thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen....
--"Devil's Right Hand" lyrics
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A Limerick in Honor of the ABCs of BBM's 30,000th View
The ABCs' 30,000th view
(I'll take credit for more than a few)
So here's my compliment:
What a grand achievement!!!
And to Mayor Will, I say, "Thank U!"
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We see Jack grooming a sheep's hoof. ;)
=Congratulations=
30,000 cheers for the team
Rising to the top like cream
Will leads the way
Controlling any fray
And proclaiming we're a scrrrrrream! ;D
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Yes, Jack is holding the sheep's hoof to groom or excise a thorn! :)
=Congratz=
You clever people keep this such a fun place to be! Thanks to Will for beginning this adventure for us and for returning now to herd us from letter to letter and round to round!
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Ennis inhaled Jack's intensely familiar odor, after a four-year absence.
=congrats= Will, et al.
U will always be our fearless leader! Thanks for the 30,000 happy memories!
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It was quite the jubilee when Ennis and Jack met after four long years. 8)
=Congratz=
This is a jubilee for all of us. Thanks to everyone that Will has named above, and of course to Will himself, for being brilliant enough to conceive this game that keeps us on our toes! 8)
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Jack did a kick-ass job of putting L.D. in his place at Thanksgiving dinner.
=congratz=
We all did a kick-ass job of contributing to the 30,000 views of this game. Thanks to all the Playerz and of course to Will our kick-ass Mayor.
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People tell me love's for fools
Here I go breaking all the rules....
--"It's So Easy" lyrics
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Ennis used the most minimum effort to move his mouth when speaking. :-X
=Congratulations=
Huge thanks to all. Even though I'm new here I've been welcomed warmly, especially by Will! :-*
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The story tells us that Jack and Ennis were pretty noisy while fooling around, but not saying a word.
=aside=
Let's all get noisy and celebrate our latest milestone.
Special thanks and congrats to Will, Sandy, Fran and AnnMarie. Cheers to all our Playerz.
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Jack and Ennis are rugged outdoorsmen.
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The cinematography includes many a beautiful panorama of the Alberta countryside.
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Jack's mock-rodeo antics proved he was quirkier than old staid Ennis.
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He just kept on moving
Never reaped what he could sow
And he was a friend of mine....
--"He Was a Friend of Mine" lyrics
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"There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you can't fix it you've got to stand it." From the story
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Jack was tomcatting around in Mexico. ;)
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Ennis dredged up a rusty but still usable phrase from his childhood: "Time to hit the hay, cowboy. You're sleepin on your feet like a horse."
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We could see that Jack was vivacious from the first moment we saw him. :)
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Ennis awoke in wonderment with his hand on Jack’s erection. ;)
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Ennis squatted to xfoliate with warm water and Jack was aching to see what we saw! 8)
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Ennis yielded to the pressures of society and his own inner demons by not having a life together with Jack.
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When Ennis is riding through the forest with his mules, and when a train goes by between the viewer and Ennis, an effect like looking in a zoetrope is created. A zoetrope is an old-fashioned spinning toy with pictures on the inside. When you look through slots, a sense of animation is created.
=compliment= FrontRanger
Great "Z".
Sandy
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We're creating a zoetropic effect
as we take a ride on the BBM train through Round 177.
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Ennis and Jack are awash when they jump into the river. ;D
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The beginning of the relationship occurred in the summer of 1963. ;)
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Jack’s conundrum was trying to convince Ennis that his vision for their future was feasible. :)
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Jack and Ennis sat around the fire while the chill air drained down.
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Jack spends most of their time together trying to entreat a positive answer from Ennis about living together. 8)
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Jack might've seemed forward when he grabbed Ennis' hand and placed it on his crotch, but Ennis sure didn't complain! Matter of fact, we know what happened next! ;D
=comment= Memento
I love the Round 177 train! Can I jump in for a ride? :D
=compliment=
CONGRATS on 30,000 views!!
Wanna bet that there will be 30,000 more views to come?
Go on, put all yer cards on the table!! :laugh:
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8)
Keep it up Playerz!!
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Well, I got into a card game in a company town
Caught a miner cheating, I shot the dog down
Shot the dog down, watched the man fall
Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw....
--"Devil's Right Hand" lyrics
=comment=
You all know my favorite game!
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After four years, Ennis kissed Jack like a hunger that hadn't been fed.
=compliment=
Congratz to playerz and mods, past and present! Awesome thread. Let's keep it around for another 30,000!!!
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BBM shows the struggle of Ennis and Jack finding their way toward each other while maintaining their identity, status, and safety within their straight world.
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Jessie Johnsen is listed as one of the four "Painters" in the film's end credits.
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Marcus Kleine reviews BBM in German on his Filmseite: ;)
http://marcus-filmseite.blogspot.com/2006/03/brokeback-mountain-come-to-where-love.html (http://marcus-filmseite.blogspot.com/2006/03/brokeback-mountain-come-to-where-love.html)
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The reunion kiss was luscious and a joy to witness (to all but Alma!) :-*
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The first postcard Jack sent to Ennis was addressed to Mr. Ennis Del (sic) Mar.
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Ennis put the numerals "1" and "7" on his mailbox.
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Jack was obviously attracted to Ennis upon first sight. ;)
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There are so many prejudiced people about: L.D., John Twist, Alma, Jimbo… :laugh:
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Ang Lee has been described as Hollywood's quietest genius in this piece on Brokeback Mountain. Link (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2005/12/20/apop.DTL)
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During one of their trips, Jack suggested that Ennis relocate to Texas. ;)
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Shrimp also happens to be on sale per the circular Alma receives in the mail. ;)
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It's tiny shrimp that are listed for sale. 8)
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Ennis liked ungulates (animals having hooves).
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Ennis’ lack of commitment was vexing for Jack, who wanted a shared life of partnership.
=Congratz= To all of you for your many and creative posts.
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About the time my daddy left to fight the big war
I saw my first pistol in the general store....
--"Devil's Right Hand" lyrics
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Alma xclaimed that she’d cry out for Monroe after Ennis grabbed her arm during their Thanksgiving argument. :(
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Randall probably had a constant headache dealing with LaShawn's constant need to yammer all day long.
=comment=
I apologize for my lack of creativity - still *lol*
=reply= Amber
No need to apologize - well done.
Sandy
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Ennis and Alma zigged and zagged along their marital road until one day Alma decided she had had enough of Ennis and filed for divorce.
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ROUND ONE SEVENTY EIGHT
:D Everyone is doing great 8)
Round 178!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jack left Ennis after learning his divorce didn’t change their relationship and wept; in fact, he was nearly in abject sorrow.
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When Jack confronted Ennis, Ennis looked like he might bolt.
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Ennis and Jack try to recapture the magic of their cocooned existence on Brokeback with their "fishing" trips.
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Seems so easy
Yeah, so doggone easy
Oh, it seems so easy
Yeah, where you're concerned
My heart can learn....
--"It's So Easy" lyrics
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Brokeback Mountain became Ennis's and Jack's erstwhile paradise.
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The sheep had to be brought down from the mountain by summer’s end, not early fall as Jack and Ennis had hoped.
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Jack and Ennis grappled with each other that last day on the mountain. :laugh:
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Oh Lord, how I know
Oh Lord, how I see
That only can the maker make
A happy man of me....
--"Maker Makes" lyrics
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Ennis and Jack are products of Annie Proulx's imagination.
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Ennis was clearly jarred after being thrown from his horse upon meeting the bear.
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Alma knows how to knit; she is a knitter.
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=greetings= Front-Ranger
We wish "Happy Birthday" to Lee,
Who happpened to play the last "E".
As she reads this notation,
She'll be filled with elation,
Playing the next letter to be.
Happy Birthday, Lee!
Enjoy your day!
Gamely,
Will, Fran & Sandy
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The train in Signal was powered by locomotion.
=aside=
Happy Birthday, Lee!
C'mon, baby, Do the Locomotion. ::)
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Ennis picked out a mouse-colored grullo as a spare horse.
=reply= dear ABC mods,
Thank U so much for the birthday greetings,
I can't think of anywhere else I'd rather be on my b-day
Thanx to southendMD as well! See U at P, S, V, and so on.
Your fellow ABC clown,
Front-Ranger Lee 8)
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The end credits show that "Capriccio Espagnol Op. 34" was composed by Nikolaj Rimsky-Korsakov and arranged by Jim Long.
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Continue to kick major butt over here at the ABCs (like another Lee I know ...) ;D
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! ;)
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Alma outed Ennis in the kitchen on Thanksgiving.
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Ater he turned down Jack's offer to buy him a drink, Jimbo joined his friends who were playing pool.
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From all the Playerz and Modz
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The quilting stitches on Ennis' gray vest create a rectangular design.
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Jack and Ennis were two rough-spoken country boys with no prospects in the world, but with all the prospects in the world for each other.
=reply= Playerz and Modz,
Speaking of spoken,
I am speechless!! U are too kind,
Thank U for making my b-day very special!!
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"There's a storm comin' in from the Pacific, worse than this one," said Jack.
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Lureen: "Husbands don't never seem to want to dance with their wives.
Why do you think that is, Jack?"
Jack: "I never gave that theory any thought".
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The acting and cinematography in the second tent scene are utterly exquisite.
=comment=
From an utterly happy Lee :)
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In the Fourth of July scene, Alma Jr. is wrapped in a baby afghan made of variegated yarn.
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Ennis had wrung it out about a hundert times, thinking about Jack. ;)
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Some people thought the reason Ma Twist invited Ennis to return was so that Jack's ashes could be xhumed and Ennis could scatter them on Brokeback Mountain.
=comment=
What's better than to play an X on your birthday?
To play an X and a Z--but that is not to be!!
I'll save that for the next Scrabble bee. :)
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Jeff Yang wrote a piece about Ang Lee entitled "King of Masks".Link (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2005/12/20/apop.DTL)
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Jack and Ennis were unknowingly exposed to zoonoses seeing as they were working so closely with the sheep. Zoonoses are diseases or infections that can be passed from animal to human (no not lions, tigers and bears...not that type of zoo nose!) :laugh:
=comment=
After working in a vets for a couple of weeks you know that a zoonose is a BAD thing!
Bet you didn't know that...I like to educate!
=greetings= Front-Ranger
Wishing Lee a very happy birthday: have lots and lots of fun for me...but not too much if you know what I mean *glug, glug* ;D
Beckala
=compliment= Beckala
Great "Z"!!
Sandy
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Round 179
Hey, Gang, let's keep 'em flyin'
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Our boys had big appetites; and not just for beans.
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Jack: "Shit, that stay with the sheep, no fire bullshit. Aguirre's got no right makin' us do somethin' against the rules." [screenplay]
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BBM is a story of two men with secret identities and closeted passions.
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Jack and Ennis spoke with a distinctive Wyoming accent or drawl.
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"Mama, I need crayons," Alma Jr. said emphatically.
=aside= Fran
I think "E" is my new favorite letter!!
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Rotten Tomatoes featured: "San Fran Crix Make Their Year-End Picks", with Brokeback as Best Picture. Link (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=271259)
=aside=
In honor of our esteemed Mod, Fran.
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I don't want to say goodbye
Let the stars shine through
I don't want to say goodbye
I only want to live with you....
--"I Don't Want to Say Goodbye" lyrics
=aside= Sandy
Thanks for the nice thought.
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Ennis looked up into the heavens and sent up a prayer of thanks while looking at the stars.
=aside= Lee, Happy Birthday! What a great time of year to have a birthday -- summer. Best wishes. ;)
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Both Ennis and Jack look self-conscious when Aguirre issues his invective "you ranch stiff's ain't never no good".
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Alma: "Could you wipe Alma Jr.'s nose?" [screenplay]
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=MILESTONE= over 30,000 views of the "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain"
No one could have imagined that just one file at the BetterMost Forum would receive 30,000+ and still counting views! Even us ABCs Playerz didn't expect such! The "ABCs" started with a renowned history at IMDB's Brokeback Mountain Board and a strong foundation of rulez, guidelinez and suggestionz. It was ignited when Will-ABC played the first "A" for "Academy" (as in Awards).
Almost overnight, the intriguing ABCs game became the "Crown Jewel of BetterMost". It's consitently kept that title ever since -- past 30,000 views! The "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain" is, in reality, the #1 file (a.k.a. "thread") besides, in fact, the #1 game at the BetterMost Forum. We're very proud and passionate about that productive group effort! :) ;D ;)
Gamely,
Will-U
"ABCs" Creator & Moderator
~~~and~~~
Fran, Ann Marie and Sandy
{a.k.a. Fran-dy, Ann-dy and Sandy,
formerly Fran Marie, Ann Marie and San Marie}
"ABCs of BBM" Co-Moderatorz
At the "ABCs of BBM" we give credit where credit is due! We acknowledge the following contributing "ABCs" Playerz!!
{Alphabetical list of 50 select, game-spanning ABCs Playerz!}
Amber
Ann Marie
A_R 2006 - Ari
Becky (Beckala)
Coffee Cat
Courtney (CMR)
David-in-Hartford
DeeDee
Dre! - AnDre
EdnBarby - Barby
Ellemeno - Clarissa
Fernly - Lynn
Fran-E
Front Ranger - Lee
Henry Pie - Sarah
Hungry Hippos - Sheyne
I-Heart-BBM
Jackie Sparrow
JC-in-NYC - Juan
Jude W
Juliette Montague
Katie-77
Latjoreme - Katherine
Little Darlin - Andrew
Lucise - Milli
Lynne
Mandy (MMB)
Mary Twist (Mrs.)
Memento - Sandy
Meryl - Cindy
MoreMojo - Scott
Montferrat - Pauly
Mt. Becky
Penthesilea - Chrissi
Prowl Among Us - Tim
PWDay - Patrick
Ray
Ringer Fanatic
Sashca - Melinda
Saucy Cobblers
Shakes-the-Ground
Snowflakes - Qannik
South End MD - Paul
Sparkle Motion - Stacey
Starboard Light - Nippith
The Pirate Bride - Zinaida
Toast - Sherlock
Two Bloody Shirts - Grace
VKM-91941 - Victoria
Will-U
The Brokeback Mountain word is the word! Word up!! O0
Next "ABCs" milestone: 5,000 posts!!!!! Look for it real soon. :laugh:
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Wooo Hooo and Congrats to the ABCs Playerz and Modz
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Keep up the good work, wordsmiths! :D
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When Jack said to Ennis: "It's nobody's business except ours", he was assuring him that it would not be a kiss-and-tell relationship.
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Jack ladles gravy onto the silver turkey platter before tussling with old L.D.
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Jack was on a mission to win Ennis over.
=reply= Milli and Sandy
Thank U for the brilliant graphics yesterday. U made my birthday very special!!
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The bear encountered by Ennis had nonretractable claws on its paws.
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Aguirre observed Ennis and Jack’s horseplay through his binocs. ;)
=Happy Birthday Lee!=
Belated but good wishes!
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Jack is quite personable with L.D. until their confrontation at Thanksgiving. ;)
=Happy Birthday Front-Ranger!=
A day late, but I believe in celebrating as long as possible! :)
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When Jack and Ennis are standing in front of the trailor, they give each other the very quickest of glances.
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Our boys were rough-mannered, rough-spoken and inured to the stoic life. -- from the first sentence of the story
=reply= Juliette and Pirate
Thanx! I'm happy to keep on celebrating!!
=comment=
Nearly 200 rounds and we still haven't used up the great words in the first sentence of the story!!
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On January 6, 2006, Utah Jazz owner and Latter-day Saint Larry H. Miller pulled the film "Brokeback Mountain" from his Jordan Commons entertainment complex in Sandy, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City.
=aside= Sandy
One good word deserves another!
Thank you for keeping the ABCs game
on track come hell or high water.
You're the best!
=reply= Fran
Thank you for your kind words. I could never keep this game on track the help from you, Will
and of course the Playerz.
Sandy
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Ennis likes to tuck in his shirt.
=congratulations=
As I'll be away for a few days, I want to congratulate everyone in advance of the next big milestone: 5000 Posts!!!!! Exactly 26 little letters away.
We are unstoppable!
=aside= SouthEnd
Thanks for the congrats and hope you have a good trip.
Sandy
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Jack had ulterior reasons for going back to Wyoming after four years away.
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In the screenplay, a voice-over, such as the one employed during the flashback scene when Ennis and K.E. were being taken to see Earl's body, is abbreviated as V.O.
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Clouds of dust whirled upward as Jack drove away from Ennis upon learning the divorce meant no life together.
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Ennis xulted to see Jack's truck after four long years.
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Announcer: " Whoa, watch out there, fella! He's comin' for ya! Send in the clowns! A fine ride for Mr. Twist. Four seconds for him." [screenplay]
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ZDNet has an article reprinted from the Washington Post about editing movies to delete objectionable language, sex and violence, which it claims is an "illegitimate business" . It uses Brokeback Mountain as an example.
Link (http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ratcliffe/index.php?p=158)
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We have more admirers than Warren Beatty!!!
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The movie, the story, the actors, the creators, and the ABC Playerz and mods (all 3!) are awesome.
=compliment= Sandy
Spin 'em Sandy. Also, great "Z"! :D
=reply= Lee
Thanks, I'm looking forward to seeing your "E".
Sandy
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"...Jack's people had sent word that his uncle Harold was in the hospital with pneumonia and expected not to make it. Though he did, and Aguirre came up again to say so, fixing Jack with his bold stare, not bothering to dismount." [short story]
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U R cordially invited to play
the ABCs of BBM Game
On April 3rd, Will-U started the ABCs of BBM game here at BetterMost. This is a game where players take turns posting words -- in alphabetical order, of course -- related to Brokeback Mountain. Believe it or not, our game is now well into its 180th round, and today we reached yet another milestone: our 5,000th post! Yes, that's a lot of alphabet letters, but its also a symbol of what a group of people working together can accomplish.
We're always excited to have new Playerz join us. Come share our fun. But be forewarned: The ABCs game is addictive!
Gamely,
Fran and Sandy
Game Moderators
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Ennis was wrought with confusion throughout his life; do I live happily ever after with Jack, or live the miserable life society expects me to live? ;)
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As the movie unfolds, it’s clear that Ennis isn’t eager to progress in their relationship; however, Jack does show willingness to "go for it."
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When Ennis and Jack were standing together on the landing of Ennis's home, their hands grazed each other's and a hot jolt of electricity passed between them.
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People tell me love's for fools
Here I go breaking all the rules....
--"It's So Easy" lyrics
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The boys' occupations of ranch hand and sheep herder are a robust but gritty way of life.
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One chilly night on the mountain led to a heated moment of passion.
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The bear growled, opening its mouth to reveal four incisors.
incisor [n] any of the front cutting teeth between the canines
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Jack Twist was portrayed by Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal.
=aside= CoffeeCat
Welcome to the ABCs. That was a great answer and
we hope you come back and play again. Unfortunately,
the word "coffee" has already been used, but I'm sure
you can think of another good one.
Sandy
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Part of the attraction between Ennis and Jack was a recognition of kinship.
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Oh Lord, how I know
Oh Lord, how I see
That only can the maker make
A happy man of me....
--"Maker Makes" lyrics
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Ennis thought his get-togethers with Jack and his life in the everyday world had to be mutually exclusive.
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Ennis del Mar, hired to nurture a flock of sheep, was in need of more nurturing himself.
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The end credits indicate that "Capriccio Espagnol Op. 34" was composed by Nikolaj Rimsky-Korsakov and arranged by Jim Long.
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Welcome back, Frani, as a full-fledged and "listed" ABCs Board Moderator and an "ABCs Answer List" Gyrl.............
"Hello, Frani!"
{sung to the tune of "Hello, Dolly!"}
Hello, Frani, well, hello, Frani,
It's so nice to have U back where U belong!
U're lookin' swell, Frani
We can tell, Frani
U're still glowin', U're still crowin'
U're still goin' strong!
We feel the Board swayin'
For the ABCs playin'
One of your old favorite game letters
From way back when!
So, take Frani's wrap, Playerz
Find her an empty post, Playerz
Frani'll never go away again!!!!! ;D
=aside= Frani
Can U believe how Gay songster Jerry Herman knew how 2 dezcribe "U" 2 a "T"? He's got "U" down 2 an "F"! "U're still 'crowin'"! Don'tcha luv it, "B"? Ironically, even BBM had crows! I'm 2ruly verklempt! :laugh:
Luv 'n' games, Frani, from All of the ABCs Board Modz -- ooopz, only one !?
Will-U-in-Waitin' :-*
"ABCs of BBM" Creator (omg, what've I dun?)
& Mayor-in-Xile (welcomed by a real "M")
"P" "S" {We luv our ABCs lettas!} And, now, Frani -- and Sandy and Playerz -- it's on to the record-setting 5,000 "ABCs" posts at BetterMost's!!!!!
=appreciation= Will
Thank U for this big Broadway-inspired "Welcome Back"! I'm sincerely touched. But, like U, I never really "left" the ABCs of BBM. Ah, the BBM power of this "ABCs" addiction....
Evergreen,
Fran
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"Ennis said the kind of riding that interested him lasted longer than eight seconds and had some point to it. Money’s a good point, said Jack, and Ennis had to agree." From the story.
=aside= Fran
Welcome back. We sure did miss U.
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Ennis had a moment of je ne sais quoi when he found out Jack had died. :'(
=comment=
I presume this French phrase is acceptable since it's quite well known.
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5,000 posts!!!!! @ the "ABCs of BBM"!!!!!
Trophies to ALL the ABCs of BBM Playerz over the years! ;D
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The biggest trophies are ALL of the friendships that have been created as an "ABCs" result! Many communicate with me via e-mail besides private messages. Some special BBM people I speak with on the telephone. And the really spezial ABC-ers of BBM have even rendezvoused with me -- and sometimes with AnDre, too -- in person!! ;D :P :o :-* :laugh:
Gamely,
Will-U ;)
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A Limerick in Honor of the ABCs of BBM's 5,000th Post
(You knew one was coming....)
Who'd have thought when this game was begun
That a 5,000th post could be done?
What a proud day for our mayor
And each dedicated player!
Congratulations to everyone!!!!!
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No fancy graphics
Am I able to affix
Proud of five thou
I continue to meow
With the BBM demographics!
Zin ;)
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All aboard the BBM Train with an amazing 5,000 Posts.
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Wow, this is incredible! Never has a thread seen so much.
Congratz to all the playerz!
Congratz to Mayor Will for starting this awesome game.
Congratz to Fran, Sandy and Ann Marie for keeping it fun.
We Rock!
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Just as the force of nature/love is unstoppable, so is this game and Playerz/Modz! A toast to my fellow and sistah ABC Clownz, and especially to U, Fran! We knew U couldn't stay away!!
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Jack had a funny, vibrant personality. 8)
=Congratz=
Thanks, Will, for starting this wonderful game! Thanks, Modz and Playerz, for keeping it fun! 8)
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Whoa, Cowgirls!!! :) ;) :-*
We jumped from Juliette M's "Q" to Lee's "U", and now Snowflakes' "V".
We need an "R", an "S", and a "T", and then we can pick up where we left off with a "W".
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Ennis did ruminate about Jack’s plans, but couldn’t quite commit to them. :)
=Congratz!=
Thanks to all involved; this is such a fun ride! ;D
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"Sure enough," said Alma in a low voice. She had seen what she had seen. Behind her in the room, lightning lit the window like a white sheet waving and the baby cried. [short story]
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Jack felt triumphant as he drove toward Ennis, happily singing “King of the Road.” :)
=comment=
"W" is next boys and girls, since we're back on track!
=Milestone Congratz=
5,000 posts and I know we all have words in store for many, many more! Thanks, Will, for setting us upon this adventure!
Juliette ;)
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We enjoyed Jack’s wacky bull riding performance almost as much as Ennis did! ;)
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According to Ennis, there were always xtenuating reasons why he could not do what Jack or Alma Jr. wanted.
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From a review of BBM:
"It's beautifully shot, and not as slow-moving as you might think."
--Luke Y. Thompson, LYTrules.com
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From a distance, Ennis watches the flock of sheep as it zigzags across the high meadows accompanied by Jack.
=aside= Prowl
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Congratz, Playerz, on 5,000 posts!!!!!
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With much more to come!!
(Where else could you have so much fun?)
:o <--- See? He can't believe it either.
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I am right on time! ;)
Congratulations All!! ;D
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"Git along, little [ABC] doggies." --The Maker Makes, Rufus Wainwright
=aside=
Feel like we could paw the white right out of the moon!! :)
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In the motel, the boys were cuddling and smoking in bed.
=aside=
Jack and Ennis are celebrating our 5,000th post with us.
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As mentioned above, Ennis and Jack were cuddling in bed at the Motel Siesta. ;D
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Well, I got into a card game in a company town
Caught a miner cheating, I shot the dog down
Shot the dog down, watched the man fall
Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw.
--"Devil's Right Hand" lyrics
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Jack and Ennis were energized by being together in the mountains.
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“He was infatuated with the rodeo life and fastened his belt with a minor bull-riding buckle, but his boots were worn to the quick. . .”
From the short story
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Jack and Ennis enjoyed dining on elk with its mild, slightly gamey flavor.
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Every time I hear his name
Lord, i just can't keep from cryin'
'Cause he was a friend of mine....
-- "He Was a Friend of Mine" lyrics
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Jack: "Is there anything interesting up there in heaven?"
=compliment= Lee
Great find! I'd have sworn Jack's
"interesting" was already played.
Wrong again!
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Ennis was Johnny-on-the-spot when it came time to kill the elk.
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Mrs. Twist is wearing knitwear in the form of a blue sweater when Ennis pays a visit to see about Jack's ashes.
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The "I wish I knew how to quit you" scene was filmed at Upper Kanasaskis Lake in Kananaskis Country.
=comment=
Over 5,000 posts! I can't believe I didn't even realize that. WAY TO GO EVERYONE :) So happy to be a part of the game!
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Ennis had a slow meandering approach to their relationship that frustrated Jack.
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Better late than never: congratulations to over 5.000 posts!!
Good job everybody!! :)
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Jack looks natty in his shiny buckle and long slim jeans.
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Ennis feared an ouster from society if he set up ranch keeping with Jack. :(
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Jack is wearing a purple shirt when he’s in search of his parka. ;D
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Ennis and Jack's "fishing trips" were on a quasi-periodic basis.
Def: adjective : almost but not quite periodic; especially: periodic on a small scale but unpredictable at some larger scale.
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Jack became a rover in Mexico after his argument with Ennis. 8)
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Ennis returns to the camp with scrapes on his face after his run-in with the bear. ;)
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Ennis’ voice carried a tremble when he was discussing Mexico with Jack. :(
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Ennis was unprepared for Jack’s bold moves in the tent that first night. ;)
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"Brokeback Mountain" was featured at the Sarratt Cinema at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 13-15, 2006.
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L.D. was wealthy enough to offer Jack his freedom. ;)
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There is some disagreement about whether Brokeback Mountain is actually xtant (existing).
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Marsha Lance of Yakima, Washington, was the only person in the Yakima Herald-Republic's "Pick the Oscars" contest to guess the winner in all ten contest categories, including "Best Director" Ang Lee. (She won $100 in Mercy movie money.)
=comment=
Not of any great relevance
but still a "Y".
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When he got news of Ennis' divorce, Jack was elated.
He drove zealously for 14 hours to get together with his beloved Ennis ...
only to be disappointed. :'(
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Twenty-six More Words to Accrue
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Ennis thought Alma was capable of artistry in "fixing up" their ramshackle house (we saw that she didn't have much talent in that regard, either in the house or in their subsequent apartment).
=congratulations= Mods and Mayor, fellow Playerz
5K Posts--what a milestone!! In fact, we've passed so many milestones, we might run out of stones!! But never will we run out of letters and words!! Thanx to Mayor Will, our illustrious leader, and mods past and present, for this glorious and entertaining game. ;D
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"In August Ennis spent the whole night with Jack in the main camp and, in a blowy hailstorm, the sheep took off west and got among a herd in another allotment." [short story]
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L.D. got his comeuppance at Thanksgiving when Jack let him have it.
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Alma dreaded another pregnancy so she asked Ennis to use "protection" which put a damper on the party.
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Ennis was an everyman until that adventure the first night in the tent. ;)
Everyman= typical or representative of all human beings per Encarta
=comment=
I know I look at men differently now. ;)
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Jack parted the tent flap to entreat Ennis into the tent when he grew weary of Ennis’ yammering. :)
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No one's gonna love you like me,
No one, no one.
-- "No One's Gonna Love You Like Me" lyrics
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We see the trucker’s headlights in the distance at the beginning of the film. ;)
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The spell of Brokeback Mountain is inescapable.
=aside=
The spell of the ABCs game is inescapable!
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Lureen adopts a jaundiced view of matrimony.
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Alma was in the beginning stages of a knitwork project.
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The tent is a little lopsided, but finally up. [screenplay]
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Jack asked the very mouthy LaShawn to dance.
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"Brokeback Mountain" opened in Reno, Nevada, on January 6, 2006, at the Century Riverside 12 Theatre.
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One of Ennis's bear-scare, mule-spill scrapes appeared to be oozing.
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Jack and Ennis were driven by poverty and lack of opportunity when they decided to work on Brokeback that fateful summer.
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Ennis, after quaffing his beer, was waylaid by Cassie on his way to the head.
=aside= RouxB
Welcome to the ABCs. Good choice of word.
Come back and see us again.
Sandy
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"The sheep trucks and horse trailers unloaded at the trailhead, and a bandy-legged Basque showed Ennis how to pack the mules, two packs and a riding load on each animal ring-lashed with double diamonds and secured with half hitches, telling him, 'Don't never order soup. Them boxes a soup are real bad to pack.'" [short story]
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The lodgepole-covered mountain was their sylvan retreat.
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Ennis was tremulous before he stepped into the alley to vomit. :(
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LaShawn’s behavior was uppity whilst we all knew she’d just fallen off the turnip truck. ;D
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Baby Jenny was wrapped in a varicolored blanket at the Fourth of July celebration.
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Jack waxed philosophical whenever he and Ennis spoke face to face. ;)
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Lureen became more and more xanthocomic as she got older.
Def: yellow-haired
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As Lureen aged, she became a bit yellow-haired, not to mention flashy in a dime-store sort of way.
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Because Brokeback Mountain was zonated, different herds of sheep could be assigned to different allotments.
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Tell me, where else could we
have so much fun -- and for free?
=aside= Will
Thank U.
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Ennis was glad the light was dim in the vestibule [when he introduced her to Jack] but he did not turn away from Alma.
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We can see the tension in Jack's jaw as he restrained himself from looking at Ennis, while he was bathing.
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I stole away and cried
I stole away and cried
'Cause I never had too much money
And I never been quite satisfied
And he was a friend of mine.
--"He Was a Friend of Mine" lyrics
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In the story, when Jack begged Ennis to go away with him for a few days of camping, Ennis picked up the motel phone and dialled his own number.
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One of the actual camping sites used in the movie was Elbow Falls in Alberta.
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Although I have been on tour with Ennis, Lureen and grandson Bobby and his boyfriend promoting the Brokeback Mountain film on tape, I have not forgotten you wonderful enthusiasts here at the game forum. More than 5,000 plays and notices is truly impressive, I must say. It's more fun than the church social. You all must be so fulfilled and happy. My sincerest congratulations to all of you and particularly the guiding and helpful monitors as well as all the new players that I see here.
Bless you, bless me,
Mrs. Mary S. Twist
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Fayette's popularity with the fans of Brokeback Mountain appears to be far less (if any) than Mary Twist's, yours truly. I pray that God will not mind my making that observation.
=aside= Mary Twist
Good to see you again. What does the "S" stand for?
Sandy
=answer=
Sorry, dear, not Sandy!
MST
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WOW!!!
Over 31,000 views and over 5,000 posts! Amazing, Playerz, that's all I got to say! ;D
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Ennis and Jack visited the Big Horns, the Medicine Bows, the south end of the Gallatins, the ....
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Jack drove hell-for-leather from Childress to Riverton for their reunion. Def: at breakneck speed;
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Jack intimated he was interested in Ennis from the first furtive look he threw him– sheepishly from under the brim of his hat.
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The summer sheep pastures were under the Forest Service's jurisdiction.
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Kimberly Saree Tomes and Shelby Siegel are listed as "First Assistant Editors" in the end credits.
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"We get together with someone else for a lot of reasons, and in infinite combinations. Sometimes it is because of sex. Sometimes it is because of love. Because we need. Because of social and conventional expectations. Because of loneliness. Because of companionship. Because of money. And sometimes because, just because." Jenna Ng on Brokeback Mountain in The Film Journal Link (http://www.thefilmjournal.com/issue13/brokebackmountain.html)
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Jack possessed the interest and desire to mastermind his relationship with Ennis. ;)
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L.D. was narcissistic until Jack shut him down at Thanksgiving. 8)
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Ennis's orientation was, ostensibly, straight. As he said, "I ain't no queer."
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Jack: "Hell yes, I been to Mexico. Is that a fuckin' problem?"
=compliment= Fran
Great one! I could have sworn it had been used.
Sandy
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Jack’s quips are as endearing to us as they are to Ennis. :)
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When Ennis came to visit our Twist home after finding out about Jack's passing, Ennis looked through Jack's childhood bedroom window and saw the same lonely road's end view that Jack longingly looked at for years.
Sadly,
Mrs. Mary S. Twist
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We are treated to a dramatic sunrise as the film opens. :)
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"Like vast clouds of steam from thermal springs in winter, the years of things unsaid and now unsayable -- admissions, declarations, shames, guilts, fears -- rose around them. Ennis stood as if heart-shot, face grey and deep-lined, grimacing, eyes screwed shut, fists clenched, legs caving, hit the ground on his knees." [short story]
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At the end of the film, we see fields of grain undulate in the wind.
=aside=
Just catching up on my ABCs reading, after being away for a few days.
Some great words: "S" is sylvan is my favorite.
Missed you guyz.
Paul
=reply= Paul
Welcome back. We missed you and your clever wordz.
Sandy
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Old man Twist was so vindictive that he wouldn't let Ennis take Jack's ashes up to Brokeback Mountain.
=aside=
Welcome back, Paul!!
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When Ennis washed the coffeepot he'd wade in the creek.
=aside= Mikaela
Welcome to the ABCs of BBM game.
Will, Fran, and Sandy
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Jack was a product of xenogenesis: Ennis couldn't see Jack in either of his parents.
def. the production of offspring unlike either parent
=compliment= Paul
Now that's what I mean.
Sandy
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Thanks in part to the yeast, Jack and Ennis were able to enjoy their beer.
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The addition of the numbers "82501" to the exterior of the post office building indicates that the United States Postal Service's system of zip-coding has reached Riverton, Wyoming.
=aside= Paul
Glad you're back! BTW, I can't believe
you preferred "sylvan" to my "Yakima"!
(I'm kidding!)
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I swear, we've got words galore!!!!
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When Jack drives 14 hours to his beloved, only to be spurned, he turns around and heads to Mexico, aching for love.
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Jack drove at breakneck speed to be with his Brokeback lover whom he had not seen in four years.
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John Twist and L.D. are stubborn old coots. ;D
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The movie begins with a lovely daybreak display. ;)
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Ennis was ebullient upon seeing Jack for the first time in four years.
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The boys were together a lot less frequent as they got older.
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Jack gazed at Ennis with glazed eyes after he kissed him. ...um, The mountain was glazed with flickering broken-cloud light. (From the short story)
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Ennis lived in hand-to-mouth poverty.
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There's an old icebox in the elder Twists' kitchen.
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Jack and Ennis had a serious jones for each other.
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Aguirre rode into camp on the premise of informing Jack that his kinsman, Uncle Harold, was very ill.
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Jack felt lovelorn when he and Ennis were apart.
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Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar went through the motions of being straight men, but their hearts were elsewhere.
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The people of Riverton had a not-in-my-back-yard (NIMBY) attitude when it came to gay people; thus Ennis wanted to meet way out in the middle of nowhere.
=aside= Toast
Welcome back! Hope U had a good trip!
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Troy was Alma Jr.'s onetime boyfriend.
=aside= Toast
Did you bring home any fish?
Welcome back!
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Brokeback has been described by People's Weekly World Newspaper as "A heartbreaking story of working-class people, men and women, trying to make a living, trying to do the right thing, imprisoned by limited options, prejudice and fear."
PWW Newspaper (http://www.pww.org/article/view/8389/1/303/)
=aside= Fran
I ate lots of fish,
I brought back fish,
but, I caught no fish myself.
Sylvan, nautical and boneless blue describe my Labrador adventures.
I will post a few pics in Fran's Fascination Thread.
Congratz to all on still posting new words.
You haven't used all my list ... yet
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The subtlety and quietness of Brokeback make it all the more powerful.
=aside= Toast
Welcome back. Breakfast at the ABCs just wasn't the same without Toast.
Sandy
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Girls like Cassie, Alma, and Alma Jr. had mainly cowboys, roughnecks and roustabouts to choose from in Wyoming.
def= an unskilled or semiskilled worker, mainly in oilfields and the marine industries.
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Jack threw a few salacious looks Ennis's way. ;)
=aside=
Welcome back, Toast
We guyz have to keep the girlz on their toez!
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Brokeback Mountain: Two sweet loving guys in a treacherous world.
=aside=
Thanks Dr. Paul, we sweet loving guyz have to stick together.
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Ennis was looking for summer work to save money for his upcoming wedding.
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Cassie, the aggressive, was quite the virago.
=aside=
No, not Virgo.
def: a domineering woman
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In 1997, Edna Annie Proulx wrote Brokeback Mountain, set in Wyoming.
In 1998, Matthew Shepard died in Wyoming.
=aside=
OOPS this is post 666 for me.
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"Lee and company handle the particulars of the tale with the requisite meticulousness and xquisite taste that marks the director's films."
--Glenn Kenny, Premiere
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Ennis made Jack a nice breakfast of scrambled eggs, including both the white and the yolk, since he is too young to be worried about cholesterol.
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The black bear that Ennis encounters was hired from a local zoo called Doug's Exotic Zoo Farm, just outside of Innisfail. http://www.dougszoo.com/ (http://www.dougszoo.com/)
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We're Still Alive!!!
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Ennis spent some time atop Jack, particularly in the tent scene.
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While waiting for Jack to show up after four years apart, Ennis was wearing his best shirt, white with black stripes.
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Ennis to Cassie regarding Carl: "Looks like I got the message in any case."
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Unfortunately for Jack, L.D. Newsome thought he was a dope, not worthy of his daughter.
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“Brokeback Mountain” conveys the depth of the tragedy that engulfs whole families when someone is forced to deny who they are.
pww.org (http://www.pww.org/article/view/8389/1/303/)
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While standing in the vestibule of his apartment, Ennis took in Jack's intensely familiar scent.
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Ennis: "Well, you got a extra blanket, I'll just roll up out here and grab forty winks, ride out at first light."
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Ennis' early life was harsh; as Jack said "Shit. That's hard."
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"I was trying to write the inchoate feelings of Jack and Ennis, the sad impossibility of their liaison..." Annie Proulx
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Leanna Thompson, Mike Arzillo, Rick Lovegrove, Shane Nichol, and Jim Patrick are listed as "Dressers" in the film's end credits.
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In the screenplay, Jack keeps trying to play "Kaw-Liga" on his harmonica; even after Ennis warns him about scaring off the sheep.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_272.jpg)
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Brokeback is the story of two poor ranch hands who take jobs guarding a flock of sheep in the lush Wyoming wilderness.
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"Again the ranch is on the market, and they've shipped out the last of the horses, paid everybody off the day before, the owner saying, 'Give 'em to the real estate shark, I'm out a here,' dropping the keys in Ennis's hand. He might have to stay with his married daughter until he picks up another job, yet he is suffused with a sense of pleasure because Jack Twist was in his dream." [short story]
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During a portion of the filming completed in Kananaskis Country, some of the crew made their base at Nakiska Ski Lodge.
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Around that time Jack began to appear in his dreams, ..... but the can of beans with the spoon handle jutting out and balanced on the log was there as well, in a cartoon shape and lurid colors that gave the dreams a flavor of comic obscenity. [short story]
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Upon hearing the news of the sudden ending to the summer, Ennis is seen pouting on the grassy knoll. :(
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Probably the quirkiest line in the movie is after Alma says: "You know, your friend could come inside, have a cup of coffee..." and Ennis responds: "He's from Texas."
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Jack's proposal that he and Ennis run a little cow and calf operation together may have been quite a radical idea for their time and place.
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A hot jolt scalded Ennis and he was out on the landing, pulling the door closed behind him. Jack took the stairs two and two. [Short story]
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Cassie: "I left word for you with Steve at the ranch. And you must've got those notes I left at your place." [DVD]
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We see Ennis, his little boy's face, fill with horror. Then, unlike the earlier flashback, we pan up the body in the ditch. But the bloodied face is not Earl's: it is Jack's. [screenplay]
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Brokeback Mountain was resplendantly verdant, I mean verdant.
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"'Well, I'm goin' a warsh everthing I can reach,' he said, pulling off his boots and jeans (no drawers, no socks, Jack noticed), slopping the green washcloth around until the fire spat." [short story]
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Jack and Ennis had to get in there and untangle the sheep with the help of some xpatriot sheepherders from Chile.
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The sheep were grazing on the mountain hither and yon.
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Information on Ang Lee can be found at ZoomInfo.
http://www.zoominfo.com/search/PersonQuery.aspx?companyName=&firstName=ang&lastName=lee&peopleSearchByValue=&x=23&y=9
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We're Still Getting
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(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_338.jpg)
"What the fuck are you lookin' at?"
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Jack could see that he would never be on the bubble.
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The boys exchange tender caresses in TS2. :-*
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... Jake Gyllenhaal is also amazing as Jack, the more daring, but also more desperate, of the pair.
pww.org (http://www.pww.org/article/view/8389/1/303/)
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Ennis: "For you forgettin' to bring the harmonica. I'm enjoyin' the peace and quiet." [DVD]
=comment=
And I am so enjoyin' this game!!!
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"Love is a force of nature." The tagline.
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The bridge where Ennis goes to collect supplies is located on the Galatea Trail in Kananaskis Country.
=comment=
I've been waiting forever to catch a "G"!!!! :)
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Jack was quite the ham, performing his mock-rodeo extravaganza.
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Lureen icily details Jack’s demise to Ennis via the telephone. 8)
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Jory Vine is listed as "Bull Fighter #2" in the film's end credits.
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When Ennis said to Cassie that he probably wasn't much fun, he was describing himself
as a killjoy.
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The (Twist) ranch was a meagre little place, leafy spurge taking over. [short story]
(http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/weedguid/images/11b.jpg)
=milestone=
I have had a chance to size up the action during my two weeks without the ABCs, and I am impressed.
Fran is back at the helm with Sandy (Memento)
and we have passed the 5,000 post milestone.
(http://www.sermons4kids.com/feeding-5000-339x432.jpg)
Thanks to our Mods for your care and feeding of the 5,000,
and Yum to Will for starting all this.
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John Twist maligned Jack, even in death. :o
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Corrie Neyrinck is listed as "Draftsperson" in the film's end credits.
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Uncle Ang told his Oscar that he wished he knew how to quit it.
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Jack proposed to Ennis the idea of a life together throughout their relationship.
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During their summer on the mountain, Jack would quetch a lot to Ennis about Aguirre and the "sleep with the sheep" routine.
=compliment= Mikaela
Great "Q", especially since we can use
all the different verb forms: quetched,
quetching, quetches!
Fran
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"[Michelle] Williams has two scenes as she realizes the nature of her husband's fishing trips that ought to obliterate all references to 'Dawson's Creek' and earn her an Oscar ticket."
-- Dan Fienberg, Zap2it.com
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Ennis seized Alma's wrist and tears sprang to her eyes.
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Jack's death represented a tabula rasa, but even so Ennis clung to his cherished memories of Jack.
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Tabula rasa = A need or an opportunity to start from the beginning. Often used as a term in literature.
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Although Ennis was unlikely to try and draw attention to himself, he sometimes lost it, and then he became the center of attention.
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Ennis could not vanquish his fears.
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Larry McMultry defied the dress code at the 78th Academy Awards by wearing his usual jeans and cowboy boots.
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Jack - ordinarily a genial man - made an xception on Thanksgiving Day, 1977; and told his father-in-law: "Now you sit down before I knock your ignorant ass into next week."
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Jack performed a yauld bull riding exhibition for Ennis. 8)
yauld means vigorous per Merriam-Webster OnLine
=Compliment= Snowflakes
Excellent "Y".
Sandy
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Ennis and Alma went zigging and zagging along their marital road until one day Alma decided that she had had enough of Ennis and filed for divorce.
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Still in ABC heaven!! BTW, there are 87 candles lit for Chris right now!!!!!!
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The sooty bulk of the mountain paled until it was the same color as Ennis's fire.
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Jack's laundry: three pairs of Levis, 2 shirts, two bandannas - no undergarments. [screenplay]
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_212.jpg)
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Ennis is yanking Jack’s shirt while they’re at it in the tent that first night, and the collar is nearly choking Jack. 8)
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Larry McMurtry defied the dress code at the 78th Academy Awards by wearing his usual jeans and cowboy boots.
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Ennis and Jack enjoyed their first experience on the mountain so much that they repeated it for twenty years. ;)
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When the Hi-Top folded Ennis and Alma moved to a small apartment in Riverton, up over a laundry.
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Ennis was pouting up on the grassy knoll.
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Cassie behaved like a hussy when she zeroed in on Ennis. ;)
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The sex in the first tent scene was immediate.
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Jack joyously greeted Ennis on their fishing trips.
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Lureen was smoking king-size cigarettes at the charity dance.
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When Jack asked, "What are we goin to do now?" Ennis responds listlessly, "I don't know."
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Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto captured majestic western mountain views in a beautifully filmed version of Annie Proulx's "Brokeback Mountain".
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Igor Nikolic as listed as "First Assistant Sound Editor" in the film's end credits.
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The tragedy of Ennis and Jack has a sweepingly sad operatic quality to it.
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"They were raised on small, poor ranches in opposite corners of the state, Jack Twist in Lightning Flat, up on the Montana border, Ennis del Mar from around Sage, near the Utah line, both high school drop out country boys with no prospects..." From the story.
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Alma was too much of a quizzer for Ennis.
After he said "Not often."; he wanted her to forget her worries about him getting remarried, and please forget the damn fish she didn't get - and won't ever get now.
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"Brokeback Mountain" opened in Reno, Nevada, on January 6, 2006, at the Century Riverside 12.
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Jack and Ennis' relationship was masked by secrets, lies and deception.
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For sixteen years Ennis and Jack took a trek, looking for, but avoiding, Brokeback Mountain.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_821.jpg)
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"Brokeback Mountain is at once the gayest and the least gay Hollywood film I've seen, which is another way of saying Lee has a knack for culling universality from the most specific identities." --Ella Taylor, LA Weekly
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Ennis and Alma exchange marriage vows shortly after the summer on Brokeback.
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Jack was wont to complaining and to dancing; Ennis was wont to pouting and to silence.
=aside= SouthEnd
Good variation of won't to get another version of your signature into a post.
Sandy
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Alma spent many years as the xcuser, but no more baby-making times was too much for her.
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Katherine Young's contribution to "Brokeback Mountain" was in the area of carpentry. Her name is listed in the end credits as one of four "Carpenters."
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Fortunately, both Ennis and Jack had zoophilous tendencies because it kept them employed. 8)
Def: zoophilous is having an affinity for animals
=compliment= SnowFlakes
Great "Z".
Sandy
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We'll play until we can't type straight!!!
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Jack turns his ankle, but is saved from the angry, slobbering bull by a non-alcoholic rodeo clown.
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"The venetian blinds hung askew and admitted a triangle of white light, the shadow of the foreman's hand moving into it. Joe Aguirre, wavy hair the color of cigarette ash and parted down the middle, gave them his point of view." [short story]
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Jack: " Pretty good with a can opener.”
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Ennis was dismissive of Jack's wishes.
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"Jack makes his way through the crowded streets, entering the seedier part of the town. Hookers stand in doorways, enticing passersby. The sidewalks are crowded with vendors." [screenplay]
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Alma and the girls stare at Ennis, stunned and wide-eyed: they have witnessed a kind of fury in him that they have never seen before. [screenplay]
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Ennis endearingly grunted his way through the film.
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"The bear hurries off into the brush." [screenplay]
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One of Brokeback Mountain's themes is the individual vs. society.
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In 1964, Jack walked out of Aguirre's trailer jobless, friendless, and scared.
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Earl was found in a kanat, a sloping irrigation ditch.
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In rodeo and lovemaking scenes alike, Jack proves that he has a very limber body.
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Brokeback Mountain and its environs cover a massive area.
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Jack was naturally attracted to Ennis. 8)
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Jack: "I tell you what. We could had a good life together, fuckin' real good life.
Had us a place of our own.
But you didn't want it, Ennis.
So what we got now is Brokeback Mountain."
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Ennis: "You ever get the feelin'... I don't know, er... when you're in town and someone looks at you all suspicious, like he knows? And then you go out on the pavement and everyone looks like they know too?"
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Ennis answered Alma’s question with a quiddity: “I’m so clumsy I might get myself electrocuted.”
def: n 1: an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections [syn: quibble, cavil] 2: the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other [syn: haecceity]
=compliment= Lee
I'm writing this one down so I remember it.
I can't wait to use it in "real life."
Fran
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Ennis feared the ramifications if his community should come to think of him as being queer.
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The short story "Brokeback Mountain" was published in the New Yorker in 1997, without the prologue.
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When Jack said, "I did once" it was tantamount to an accusation.
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Ennis was more uncertain than Jack over male/male sex.
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Earl died violently, with his "nose tore down from skiddin on gravel". [short story]
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"They went off in Jack's truck, bought a bottle of whiskey, and within twenty minutes were in the Motel Siesta jouncing a bed." [short story]
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Ennis was not opposed to getting xperimental if the conditions warranted it. 8)
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Alma remarried during her young-bearing years.
def - Capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring.
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Ennis, Jack, the horses, the mules, the sheep, and the dogs traveled a zigzaggy path up the mountain.
=comment=
Just when you thought you had seen every last form of "zigzag"....
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Jack was more able to show affection than Ennis was.
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Alma's wedding hat was made of beads and shoelaces - oops I mean fabric.
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"Joe Aguirre, wavy hair the color of cigarette ash and parted down the middle, gave them his point of view." [short story]
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"He had wanted to be a sophomore, felt the word carried a kind of distinction, but the truck broke down short of it, pitching him directly into ranch work." From the story.
=aside= Fran
Great job with the graphics. I'll be out of a job.
Sandy
=reply= Sandy
Hardly. I can only cut and paste your graphics.
Fran
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Ennis holds the telephone receiver to his left ear as he talks to Lureen Newsome Twist in Texas.
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Here's another body part:
"Ennis said nothing, straightened up slowly, rubbed at his forehead; a horse stamped inside the trailer. He walked to his truck, put his hand on the trailer, said something that only the horses could hear, turned and walked back at a deliberate pace." [short story]
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Jack had the get-up-and-go to drive 14 hours several times a year to see Ennis.
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Jack tenderly held Ennis after he entered the tent with hat in hand.
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Five Important Moments
From 2005
As Interpreted By Eggs in Lisa's Microwave
Number Five: Brokeback Mountain
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Note the excellent use of toast, cowboy hats and a minimal wardrobe. (No shirts here!!)
Five Important Moments (http://www.amateurgourmet.com/the_amateur_gourmet/2005/12/five_important_.html)
=compliment= Toast
This one made my night. Thank U.
Fran
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Scott Urquhart, Jamie Switch, and Meagen MacKenzie are listed as "Stand-ins" in the film's end credits.
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Ennis didn't realize that he was in for a knock-your-socks-off experience when Jack told him to quit his hammerin' and get in the tent.
=aside= Toast
I bet you never thought you'd have a starring role in egg theater.
Sandy
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So many lakes, yet so few fish for Alma and the girls.
=aside= Sandy and Frandy
EggXactly.
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"In December Ennis married Alma Beers and had her pregnant by mid-January."
[short story]
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Jack's mother demonstrated a true nobility of the soul when Ennis came to pay his respects after Jack's death.
=compliment= Mikaela
Beautifully expressed!
Fran
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Ennis, recognizing his otherness: "And then you go out on the pavement and everyone's lookin' at ya like they all know, too?"
otherness: The quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known.
=aside= Mikaela
Very nice, we all could use some "nobility of the soul".
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Mrs. Twist was a perspicacious woman; by sensing what Ennis and Jack meant to each other, she demonstrated a refined character and highly attuned wisdom.
=compliment= Tim
A beautiful choice of words here!
Fran
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In Jack's boyhood bedroom, the quilt-covered bed was pushed up against the wall.
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Ennis and Jack meet several times a year over the next couple of decades for visits into the wilderness to rediscover the epiphanic, transcendental rapture they found on Brokeback Mountain.
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“He stepped back and looked at the ensemble through a few stinging tears.”
From the short story – Ennis’ reaction after hanging the shirts and postcard in his closet.
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"...somehow, as a coat hanger is straightened to open a locked car and then bent again to its original shape, they torqued things almost to where they had been, for what they'd said was no news. Nothing ended, nothing begun, nothing resolved." [short story]
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The huge sadness of the northern plains rolls down upon Ennis. He doesn't know which way it was, the tire iron - or a real accident, blood choking down Jack's throat and nobody to turn him over.
The wind drones. [screenplay - during phone call to Lureen.]
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As soon as Ennis could embrace Jack after their four years apart, he went on to prove himself a veritable volcano of eruptive passion.
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L.D. considered Jack a total waste of time as an employee and a son-in-law.
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At the end of the movie, it's clear that Ennis has not been able to xpiate his guilt over neglecting Jack.
def: atone for
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After all that yacking, Randall Malone was ready for some crappie fishing with .. an experienced fishin' buddy.
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After Tent Scene I, Ennis and Jack spent a lot of time unzipping and zippering up their jeans.
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Words expressed so sublimely!!!
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Jack was annoyed with Ennis because he wouldn’t commit to a more permanent relationship.
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Jack and Ennis buttoned and unbuttoned those shirt buttons more than once that summer of 1963.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_074.jpg)
=aside= Sandy
Nice zipper action there too.
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"That summer," said Ennis. "When we split up after we got paid out I had gut cramps so bad I pulled over and tried to puke, thought I ate something bad at that place in Dubois." (From the short story)
=aside= Mikaela
Good find.
Sandy
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Ennis was reluctant to expose his love for Jack to anyone; he wanted to remain completely discreet concerning their relationship.
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After Alma made her "Jack Nasty" remark, Ennis stormed out and went to the Black and Blue Eagle Bar, where he also didn't make out very well.
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When Ennis talked to Lureen on the phone he sensed frost in her voice.
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Ennis wasn’t much of a talker; moreover, he seldom discussed anything germane to his and Jack’s gay relationship.
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... "Brokeback" is not "about" homosexuality. It is about the hardships of love, a universal topic and one completely worthy of exploration by Hollywood.
Isaiah Z. Sterrett (http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/sterrett/060127)
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When he learned of Jack's death, Ennis's grief was immeasurable. :'(
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Young Bobbie behaved like a jackanapes at the Thanksgiving table when his mom asked him to eat rather than watch football.
Def: an impudent or conceited fellow; a saucy or mischievous child
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Jack, in a better mood now, is doodling on his harmonica. Tries to play Hank Williams's "Kaw-Liga."
Ennis (tolerant, smiles) "You'll run the sheep off again if you don't quiet down."
Jack keeps playing. [screenplay]
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The startled bear galloped into the trees with the lumpish gait that made it seem it was falling apart. (From the short story.)
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When Ennis was going down the mountain with Jack and the sheep, he felt like there was a headlong, irreversible momentum.
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Jack's father-in-law needled him whenever he could, particularly when carving the turkey.
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Ennis, and then Jack, chose the safe, orthodox route through life. A wife, kid(s) and a bit of a job. The fishing came later.
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...his yearning for low-paid, long-houred ranch work, his propensity to roll to the wall and sleep as soon as he hit the bed, his failure to look for a decent permanent job....... (From the short story's list of reasons why Alma divorced Ennis)
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Alma must have seemed like a quidnunc to Ennis when she started asking him if he still went fishing with Jack Twist. Def: A nosy person; a busybody
=comment=
We're going through this round like gangbusters.
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In 1963 Jack sized up Ennis at least twice in his rearview mirror.
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His longing for the man had only increased at the end of the summer.
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Jack and Ennis spent only one summer together on Brokeback.
=compliment= Prowl
Another one that I can't believe wasn't used. Jack and Ennis were the true "Boys of Summer".
Sandy
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Jack and Ennis held a slowburning torch for each other throughout the years.
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Jack and Ennis came to an understanding on the mountainside that this would be a one-shot thing.
=aside= Will-ABC
Nice to see U!
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Ennis had instuctions to pass over the keys of the ranch, and vacate his trailer at the beginning of Annie Proulx's short story–then he would spend some time with his daughter, until another job showed up.
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This would be all right, Jack would answer, had to answer.
But he did not.
It was Lureen and she said who? who is this? and when he told her again she said in a level voice yes, Jack was pumping up a flat on the truck out on a back road when the tire blew up. [short story]
=aside= Toast
Congrats on Post 700.
Sandy
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Jack's horse was very xcitable.
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Lashawn yacked her way through dinner, through her dance with Jack, and was still at it as she and Lureen exited the club–did Randal ever get any peace? Can’t blame him for wanting to fish with Jack.
=comment=
I wouldn't mind "fishing" with Jack myself. ;D
=aside= Toast
Congrats on post number seven-hundred!
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L.D. and Fayette Newsome visited Bobby Twist shortly after his zeroth birthday.
zeroth - Preceding even the first.
=aside=
701 and I'm not done.
Thanks Everyone that played in this round.
We sailed through tonight.
=reply=
It really was an outstanding round at lightning speed. We definitely made up for the one before it.
Sandy
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Round 191
We've only just begun.
(http://www.cardmaster.com/card/Good%20Luck/Animated/hammer.gif)
We've only just begun to live
White lace and promises
A kiss for luck and we're on our way
(We've only begun)
Before the risin' sun, we fly
So many roads to choose
We'll start out walkin' and learn to run
And yes, we've just begun
Sharing horizons that are new to us
Watching the signs along the way
Talkin' it over, just the two of us
Workin' together day to day
Together
Together
And when the evening comes, we smile
So much of life ahead
We'll find a place where there's room to grow
And yes, we've just begun
The Carpenters
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"Jack slid his cold hand between Ennis's legs, said he was worried about his boy who was, no doubt about it, dyslexic or something, couldn't get anything right, fifteen years old and couldn't hardly read, he could see it though goddamn Lureen wouldn't admit to it and pretended the kid was o.k., refused to get any bitchin' kind a help about it." [short story]
=milestones= Sandy and Toast
Congratulations on reaching 700 posts, but what took you so long?
=reply= Fran
Thanks for the congratz but we're still babes in the woods compared to you.
Sandy
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Ennis was like a babe in the woods as far as his sexual experience before Tent Scene 1.
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"They had stood that way for a long time in front of the fire, its burning tossing ruddy chunks of light, the shadow of their bodies a single column against the rock. "
(From the short story's description of the dozy embrace.........)
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The sheep--and the boys--had to navigate a sometimes not-so-simple declivity while bringing the sheep down Brokeback.
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Ennis didn't need too much enticement to enter the tent.
=comment=
Very exciting Monday morning reading.
Strong weekend, playerz!
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"They shook hands in the choky little trailer office in front of a table littered with scribbled papers, a Bakelite ashtray brimming with stubs." [short story]
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Jack: “Gun’s goin off.” From the story.
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We watched as Jack retrieved Lureen's cowgirl hat for her at the rodeo. 8)
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More than in the short story, women are an integral part of the movie.
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Jack was so jittery that Ennis could feel the vibrations through the floorboard.
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Ennis's and Alma's kith and kin were present at their modest wedding.
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"They shook hands in the choky little trailer office in front of a table littered with scribbled papers, a Bakelite ashtray brimming with stubs." [short story]
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Two cowboys-at-heart ride beside the mirror-like stream, in a quest for Brokeback Mountain.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_712.jpg)
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"Ennis, you got a problem and you got a fix it or it’s gonna be with you until you’re ninety and K.E.’s ninety-three." (Ennis's father doles out sage advice in the short story.)
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Though Jack and Ennis believed themselves to be invisible on the mountain, the reins of society were omnipresent, either externally (in the form of Joe Aguirre) or internally (Ennis's fears and repressed memories).
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Ennis flipped Alma around to penetrate her from behind, obviously wishing that she was Jack.
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The boys like to quench their thirst with the occasional belt of whiskey.
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"…then, and as easily as the right key turns the lock tumblers, their mouths came together, and hard, Jack’s big teeth bringing blood, his hat falling to the floor, stubble rasping, wet saliva welling,…" [The short story’s reunion kiss] :P
=aside=
This game *is* getting addictive! :)
=reply= Mikaela
We're going to be starting a 12-step program soon.
Sandy
=reply to reply=
Hehe. But I'm not certain that I'm yet ready to try quitting!
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What both men want, it becomes clear, is what Ennis is afraid to let them have: the steadiness of each other's companionship. Men in Love - A Brokeback Review by David Leavitt (http://www.slate.com/id/2131865/)
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Ennis was trespassing in the shoot-em zone when he said, "You been to Mexico, Jack?"
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When Lashawn told them she'd pledged Tri-Delt at SMU, Lureen apparently tried to upstage her, saying she was Kappa Phi herself.
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In the end, Brokeback Mountain is less the story of a love that dares not speak its name than of one that doesn't know how to speak its name, and is somehow more eloquent for its lack of vocabulary. Men in Love - A Brokeback Review by David Leavitt (http://www.slate.com/id/2131865/)
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By the end of the film, Ennis' face was wizened with age.
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Ennis's internalized homophobia, fear and shame were xtensive, ingrained into the very core of his being.
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The grace and refinement of Mrs. Twist made John C. appear even more yokelish.
yokelish - (of persons) Lacking in refinement or grace.
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In the Utah/Nevada/Idaho/Wyoming area where the story is situated, zealotism has led to suffering and lives lost. The Mormons were known to subject homosexuals to electro-shock therapy, and vigilantism was practiced by religious groups and other extremist groups. It was in such an atmosphere that the horrific death of Earl was allowed to happen and was witnessed by the 9-yr-old Ennis.
def: \Zeal"ot*ism\, n. The character or conduct of a zealot; zealotry.
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In Round 192, We sail the SS ABCs Blue!!!!!
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Jack: "Swear to God I didn’t know we was goin a get into this again—yeah, I did. Why I’m here. I fuckin knew it. Red-lined all the way, couldn’t get here fast enough.”
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One thing never changed: The brilliant charge of their infrequent couplings was darkened by the sense of time flying, never enough time, never enough. [The short story] :P :'(
=aside=
Can't believe that one wasn't taken yet.... perhaps I had rather double-check.
=reply= Mikaela
Brilliant find.
Sandy
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One thing never changed: The brilliant charge of their infrequent couplings was darkened by the sense of time flying, never enough time, never enough. [The short story]
=comment= Mikaela
Thanx for letting me ride in yr draft!!
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"...and deliver us from evil..." from the wedding.
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Ennis + Jack = eternal love. :-*
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Ennis was forebearing to ask whose fault it was, when Jack complained about the four-year separation.
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Judge (raises gavel) "Divorce granted."
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Alma looks sad, but determined...cries quietly
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…. Ennis looks miserable. [screenplay]
=aside= Ooops - Prowl
This is where I should have said:
Congrats on post number four-hundred!
And I mean it from my Toasty little heart.
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Ennis and Jack loved each other, but no one can deny they were both horny a great deal too.
=aside= Didn't anyone notice I passed post number 400? :'( :(
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Junior’s urgent need for crayons indicates that she was an imaginative child.
=aside=
Prowl, congrats on passing 400!! :)
and
Toast, thanks for the illustrated entries!! They sure did follow the script to a T in the divorce scene.
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Jack's low-startle-point horse was jumpier than Ennis' Cigar Butt.
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Jack and Randall got to know each other while LaShawn and Lureen were kibbitzing in the powder room.
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"Jack and Lureen’s home. Wall-to-wall carpeting, fairly luxurious, particularly in comparison to Ennis’s life."
[From the script]
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"Ennis --" said Alma in her misery voice, but that didn't slow him down on the stairs and he called back, "Alma, you want smokes, there's some in the pocket a my blue shirt in the bedroom."
[short story]
=milestone= Tim
Congratz on reaching your 400th post!
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Brokeback Mountain confounded all the naysayers, including:
There is hardly a straight male in the U.S. who will see this movie voluntarily," opined Fox News' Roger Friedman. Two months, $43 million and four Golden Globes later, "Brokeback Mountain" is an unqualified commercial and critical hit -- and thousands of straight men have seen the movie and enjoyed it, if in some cases grudgingly.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2006/01/26/apop.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2006/01/26/apop.DTL)
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Lureen sure overdid the peroxide over the years.
=aside=
Poor Lureen, how we malign her.
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Ang Lee: Everyone has a yearning for love. Maybe you have that taste of it that you keep wanting [to get] back; maybe you never have that. [Brokeback Mountain is] a poignant story - "would have, should have, could have…" [Production Notes]
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In Jack's boyhood bedroom, his quilt-topped bed is positioned against the wall.
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They were raised on small poor ranches in opposite corners of the state... [first sentence of the story]
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“It was only about three seconds I was on that bronc. . .” Ennis to his daughters while eating Thanksgiving dinner.
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"TOMORROW MORNIN we'll truck you up the jump-off." [From the short story]
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Ledger's astonishing performance reveals an unsuspected vein of tenderness in a character more likely to express emotion through violence than words.
Men in Love - A Brokeback Review by David Leavitt (http://www.slate.com/id/2131865/)
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While Jack rode horses when he and Ennis got together, he used vehicular means to travel from Texas to Wyoming.
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Happy to switch but give you warnin I can’t cook worth a shit. Pretty good with a can opener. [From the short story.]
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Anne Hathaway: "Joy Ellison (dialect coach) was wonderful. We would do xercises where she broke down all of Lureen's dialogue into basic Texas syllables." [Production Notes]
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There are many videos of Brokeback on YouTube. For your viewing pleasure. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDIwlEwYHnI&mode=related&search=)
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On her wedding day, Alma was blushing happily, her cheeks and lips borrowing the color of good Zinfandel wine.
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Round 193 -- ABCs of BBM!!!!!!!!!!
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Ennis applied for a hardship driver's license at age fourteen to attend high school.
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Joe Aguirre "didn't ask if Ennis had a watch but took a cheap round ticker on a braided cord from a box on a high shelf, wound and set it, tossed it to him as if he weren't worth the reach." [short story]
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The horses drank and Jack dismounted, scooped icy water up in his hand, crystalline drops falling from his fingers, his mouth and chin glistening with wet. (From the short story)
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Ennis (a little defensive) [to Cassie]: Denny's ain't goin' out.
I got hungry, so I came here to get some pie. (a beat)
Can't I eat in peace? [screenplay]
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=aside=
Seems like the pie was eaten at a Greyound Bus Station in the film.
=aside= Toast
Who is he talking to?
Sandy
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Cassie Cartwright
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"The count was not what he'd hoped for either. Ranch stiffs never did much of a job." [short story]
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"He Was a Friend of Mine" sung by Willie Nelson was played during the closing credits.
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Ennis passes the Twist family plot surrounded by
sagging sheep wire, a tiny fenced square on the welling prairie, a few graves and a few tilted gravestones, bright with plastic flowers. [screenplay]
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"Ennis's breath came slow and quiet, he hummed, rocked a little in the sparklight, and Jack leaned against the steady heartbeat, the vibrations like faint electricity... [short story]
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"Confidentally directed by Ang Lee and featuring sensitive and powerful performances by Jake Gyllenhaal and a breathtaking Heath Ledger, this film is determined to involve us in the naturalness and even inevitability of its epic, complicated love story."
-- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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Ennis chose to jilt Cassie in this manner: he simply ignored her.
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According to Eye Weekly, Heath Ledger said he and Jake Gyllenhaal instantly respected each other just for committing to the project. "We were like, 'Good on ya -- well done. So let's do this job now -- we're knee-deep and there's no way out.'"
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=comment=
August is a hot new month and it starts the second half of the Summer of 2006, like a brand-new season. While DeeDee & I were on the phone tonite -- she s/w Dre earlier -- the month changed from July to August. Later, when Fran & I were speaking on the telly, the month changed from July to August in her Chicago time zone. Mid-summer can be a time for renewal. August is also the month that Ennis & Jack came down from Brokeback Mountain -- but posilutely not their last August 2gether. Let's play.............
Jack was licensed to drive the various pickups {double entendre} he had -- plus the big farm equipment vehicles for daddy-in-law Newsome.
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"Jack's mother, stout and careful in her movements as though recovering from an operation, said, 'Want some coffee, don't you? Piece a cherry cake?'" [short story]
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Jack revs the engine a few times, then puts it in neutral and pulls on the emergency brake. [Script instructions]
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Ennis projected an outward appearance of having an oversimplified personality, while in reality he was internally complex and tormented.
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Diana Ossana: ... [Brokeback Mountain] affected me as a woman, and I felt it would surely affect anyone else, no matter what their sexual preference. [Production Notes]
=aside=
Nice one Prowl.
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Jack made queries with about ten different people in Riverton to find out where Ennis had moved to after the divorce.
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The sex in Tent Scene 1 was rough-and-ready.
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"Le Secret de Brokeback Mountain" was released in France on January 18, 2006.
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"…..lets go all over me, soaked me, then he throws a towel at me and makes me mop up the floor, take my clothes off and warsh them in the bathtub, warsh out the towel, I’m bawlin and blubberin."
(The short story's Jack relates a tale of child abuse that makes me want to puke.)
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ENNIS is sitting on the bed, unbuttoning his shirt. A scatter of cheap toys on the floor. From the next room, We hear the baby cough and wheeze. Flicker of a TV from the corner of the room. [screenplay]
=aside= Mikaela
John C. Twist was the nasty.
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Jack was vehement in his confrontation with Ennis in the lake scene.
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Jack's body sagged under the weight of disappointment once he realized that Ennis' postcard about the divorce really wasn't going to change anything.
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Michael Costigan: Ang felt that this was a story that he wanted to tell, about people who feel something so strongly but live in a time and place where they are not allowed to have those feelings - and, if they had them, could not articulate or xpress them. [Production Notes]
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The New York Observer has an article about yuppies living in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, where Heath and Michelle live, called "Welcome to Schnooklyn". Link (http://www.observer.com/printpage.asp?iid=11984)
=aside=
We are fast and furious this morning.
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The Forest Service used zonation to distribute the herds of sheep equitably on Brokeback Mountain.
=aside=
Now I have a W, X, and Y in reserve. Sheesh!!!
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We're elevating to the 200th Floor !!!
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards
Heath Ledger was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for Brokeback Mountain.
Jake Gyllenhaal was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Brokeback Mountain.
=comment=
They didn't win, but they deserve a capital A.
ps. whoever does A next time, please use Actress
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"Ennis, weather-eyed, looked west for the heated cumulus that might come up on such a day, but the boneless blue was so deep, said, Jack, that he might drown looking up."
[short story]
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Jack and Ennis clinched, pressing chest, groin and thigh together, when they finally reunited after four years apart.
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... Ennis limits the relationship to fishing and hunting trips two or three times a year. It's as if he believes they don't deserve better. Men in Love - A Brokeback Review by David Leavitt (http://www.slate.com/id/2131865/)
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As they sat on the swings, Alma Jr. and Jenny were within earshot of some of their parents' argument about who was going to serve supper.
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Ennis and Jack's relationship, while rocky and disjointed, stood the test of time and proved fortuitous for them both.
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Jack and Ennis' emotional and sexual relationships were give-and-take.
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"Brokeback Mountain" was released in Hong Kong on February 23, 2006.
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It’s obvious during the scene outside Aguirre’s office that Jack had an inkling Ennis was the one for him.
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Jack's mother had a just-folks manner about her. Def: Unpretentious and friendly
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Jack looks again. Lureen is still looking at him.
This time, impatient, she gets up and comes straight to him..
Lureen "What are you waiting for, cowboy...a mating call?"
Jack flushes.
She leads him onto the dance floor. The jukebox plays Kitty Wells' "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels." [screenplay]
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Aguirre’s spying through his binoculars caught Jack and Ennis in a moment of frolic and lollygagging.
=compliment= Prowl
Great word.
Sandy
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Jack and Lureen were seated with the Malones at the benefit dance.
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Jack lamented that nothin ever came to his hand the way he wanted nohow.
def: no·how ( P ) Pronunciation Key (nhou)
adv. Nonstandard
In no way; not at all.
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Jack and Ennis took to the freedom of Brokeback like otters to water.
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Ennis encountered a bear, no doubt on the prowl in its territory.
=aside= Prowl
Yay!!! You finally used it!!!
Sandy
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Jack's issues with with Ennis were expressed in quantitative terms, such as "something I don't hardly never get" and "one or two high-altitude f**ks a year."
=aside= Tim
About time U used that word!!
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Jack (friendly) "Me and my partner here, we got us a summer's worth a drinkin' to do today. Reckon we're gonna need that extra hour."
Bartender (repeats) "Told you...we open at ten."
The Waitress glares at the bartender.
Waitress "Aw, lay off 'em, Royce. They're just buttons."
Royce shrugs. [screenplay]
=aside= Prowl
Really good one - prowl.
Prowling and Lollygagging - Afternoon Delight.
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"The room stank of semen and smoke and sweat and whiskey, of old carpet and sour hay, saddle leather, shit and cheap soap."
(The short story's contender for sentence with most words beginning with an S.) ;)
=aside=
You people are too quick for me most of the time. You're really good! And I loved the *prowl*.
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The boys were a bit trashed on the night of TS1.
=aside=
Fast and furious!
'Bout all I can do to keep up!
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During the first tent scene, the audience is exposed to unrestrained sexual passion between Jack and Ennis.
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James Schamus: Heath brings an astonishing combination of vulnerability and strength to the part of Ennis. [Production Notes]
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…then, and as easily as the right key turns the lock tumblers, their mouths came together, and hard, Jack’s big teeth bringing blood, his hat falling to the floor, stubble rasping, wet saliva welling....
( The short story’s reunion kiss)
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Ennis's paranoia grew until he felt like he was on xhibit whenever he went to town.
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“Brokeback Mountain" is inert, while dealing with subject matter that might have been titillating in the sixties but yawned-at by anyone in the audience with a modicum of sophistication.
Review by Harvey Karten (http://www.azreporter.com/?itemid=627)
=comment=
I think we should sic Ennis on that reporter.
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Ennis and Jack wore zip-fly jeans.
=compliment= Fran
Great word.
Sandy
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Round 195!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- from Round 200 we're only five!
On the radio, besides Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5's #1 song "ABC" (Playerz!) (1970), Dre & I also recently heard Dionne Warwick's 'Top 10' pop 'n' soul song "Trains And Boats And Planes" (1966)!! Did Ennis & Jack hear those two songs?? U bet!!
People are traveling by land and sea and air to the "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain" -- by train and boat and plane!!!
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=aside= DeeDee [< notice newest nicety: name in blue!]
U are traveling today from NYC-2-Baltimore in a 4th transport choice: car! "Trains & Boats & Planes & Automobiles"!? U & Johnny Cakez have a safe motoring trip. U can play the heat wave "ABCs" 2nite. ;)
=compliment= Sandy
U did an ABC job of the 3 transportation graphix! Dionne wud luv it 4 her song! BTW, U know I noticed the color blue on all 3!!! :-*
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Neither Ennis or Jack seems willing to approach the other as they wait outside Aguirre’s office.
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Jack bared his behind to the beautiful blond boy for purposes of boinking.
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"Ennis reflexively cold-cocks him hard in the jaw, causing Jack to stagger back and fall on his ass."
(From the published script)
=comment=
What a word! ;)
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L.D. Newsome proved how dim-witted he was by his corruptive behavior during Thanksgiving dinner.
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When Ennis introduced himself to Cassie as "Ennis......Del Mar", it was an echo to how he introduced himself to Jack.
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Jack’s conundrum was trying to convince Ennis that his vision for their future was feasible. ;)
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Ennis stopped to give Alma a gratuitous kiss before taking off with Jack.
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While on Brokeback, the boys not only had to look after the sheep, but double as hostlers.
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Jack's love-inspired plans for the future imploded when Ennis told him clearly that "It ain't goin a be that way".
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Ennis stormed out after Alma's accusation, he was in a foul mood.
When the angry driver yelled out at him, Ennis responded jaggedly with a fist fight.
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When Jack and Ennis argued at the lake, Ennis keeled over as if heart-shot.
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“….as a coat hanger is straightened to open a locked car and then bent again to its original shape, they torqued things almost to where they had been….”
(From the short story)
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Ennis and Jack visibly enjoyed munching on the jerky. ;)
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Linda tucks the one postcard into a small envelope.
Linda Higgins "That'll be thirty cents." (smiles at him, likes him) "Big investment."
Ennis lays out a quarter and a nickel. [Leaves.] [screenplay]
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There is something about the senior Twist that is very off-putting and also mesmerizing, like watching a train wreck.
=compliment= Will & Sandy
Speaking of trains, what great graphics!
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When asked if he had a better idea, Jack pointedly responded, "I did, once".
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"Water Walking Jesus," written by James McMurtry, Stephen Bruton, and Annie Proulx, is a quasi-religious song.
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It is clear from the fact that Jack nearly asphyxiated that the stench of those 42 dead sheep was extremely rank.
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For the past two months, he'd slank around expecting to get shot by Lureen or the husband, one. -- said of Jack, in the story
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Diana Ossana: ... [Brokeback Mountain] is a very specific story, with very specific dialogue. The way they spoke, the timbre of their voices, had to be realistic. [Production Notes]
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Lureen was unaware of the significance of Jack's fishing trips until a certain phone call.
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Ennis' viewpoint on the subject of living with Jack: "Two guys livin' together? No way. We can get together once in a while way the hell out in the back of nowhere...."
[screenplay]
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Lureen & Jack had, what was considered then, luxurious wall-to-wall carpeting in their home -- as compared to a few tacky throw rugs in Ennis' tired trailer.
=comment= Playerz
Fact is, at the "ABCs" today, we have wall-to-wall posts!!!!!
=aside= Mikaela
Tanx 4 the w-to-w and, as U promised, savin' W the "W"! :-*
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Ennis's father was an xecrable person, showing his young sons the tortured-to-death Earl and laughing about it.
=aside=
Will, you're welcome. Quite a lot of the quotes have numerous playable words in them. An excess of BBM riches! ;D
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Ennis laughed at Jack's yabber about rodeoing.
def: tr. & intr.v. yab·bered, yab·ber·ing, yab·bers
To jabber (something) or engage in jabbering.
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In the short story, Ennis and Alma managed to zig and zag along their marital road for about ten years. (The movie marriage lasted twelve years.)
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Are we still having fun?
Are we still following the rules?
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Michelle Williams was nominated for an Oscar for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role" and should have won! ;)
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That to me is the brilliance of “Brokeback Mountain.” It’s about gay cowboys, sort of — itinerant ranch hands is more accurate — but it’s really about all of us. pww.org (http://www.pww.org/article/view/8389/1/303/)
=aside= Jackie
Michelle can have a capital A too.
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After they were castrated, those cows that Ennis was caring for were steers.
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"One thing never changed: The brilliant charge of their infrequent couplings was darkened by the sense of time flying, never enough time, never enough."
[The short story]
=aside=
Toast, I love your references to reviews! Thank you.
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Neither of the heroes (Twist nor Del Mar) eschews sex with women; instead, they simply assert that they prefer sex with each other. Men in Love - A Brokeback Review by David Leavitt (http://www.slate.com/id/2131865/)
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"...trust in me, I'll never falter or fail" from the lovely song "A Love That Will Never Grow Old".
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Ennis "has outgrown his faded cowboy shirt, his wrists stick well out of the sleeves, the buttons gap." [screenplay]
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"A heartbreaking story of working-class people, men and women, trying to make a living, trying to do the right thing, imprisoned by limited options, prejudice and fear." People's Weekly World (http://www.pww.org/article/view/8389/1/303/)
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OMT (Old Man Twist) was an ill-tempered coot.
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The callously stamped word "deceased" on the postcard hit Ennis like a javelin through the heart.
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The slit or notch Ennis made on the branch with the saw is known as a kerf.
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"Just the smile in your eyes, it can light up the night. And your laughter's like wind in my sails" from "A Love That Will Never Grow Old".
Yes, I like this song.
=aside=
Boy, we have the wind in our sails today!
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“They could hear the river muttering and making a distant train sound a long way off.”
(From the short story)
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Alma Jr. looks around the nearly-empty trailer, an homage to plains life minimalism: a TV sits on a plastic milk crate in front of a battered recliner, the only other furniture besides the chipped Formica table, two wobbly chairs, and a fridge and tiny stove. [screenplay]
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L.D. thought he headed up an oligarchy.
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The “happy tussle” shows us (and Aguirre) an unusual sight: Ennis as a prankster.
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After coming down the mountain, the sheep were queuing up to get counted and into their trailers.
=aside=
I'm queueing up just to get a word in edgewise!
Y'all are lightnin' fast.
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Anne Hathaway: An actor friend of mine said, "Read this [Brokeback Mountain] script." I did, and it was a heartbreaking and very real love story. [Production Notes]
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”The room stank of semen and smoke and sweat and whiskey, of old carpet and sour hay, saddle leather, shit and cheap soap.”
(More short story; - that sentence really has more than one "s" going for it. And it bears repeating for other reasons too.......)
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My feeble research shows that Texas U students are called teasippers, and this is where the enigmatic exchange between Ennis and Alma about "Texans don't drink coffee?" originates. Who knew Ennis could be so clever?
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Her (Annie Proulx's) narration, with its echoes of Western genre fiction, is knobby and elliptical, driven by an engine as unpredictable as the one that runs Jack Twist's troublesome truck, with the result that it often backs into scenes that a more conventional writer would place front and center. Men in Love - A Brokeback Review by David Leavitt (http://www.slate.com/id/2131865/)
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Cassie disproved the ancient saying "in vino veritas". She never managed to find out the truth about Ennis even if she kept drinking wine.
Def:
Latin saying: There's truth in wine ( ie. Alcohol will make people speak the truth)
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Jack’s expression wilted when he discovered Ennis and he weren’t going to be together after the divorce.
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Anne Hathaway: ... Annie Proulx revealed a part of American history to me that I didn't know xisted. [Production Notes]
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Jack and Ennis enjoyed many yolky breakfasts of eggs and beans.
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Ennis's father was a veritable zit on society’s bum; forcing his young sons to see the corpse of a man tortured to death in order to teach them a homophobic lesson.
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We're in Seventh Heaven!!!
This must have been the fastest round in ABCs history.
We are hot and about to hatch!!!!
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In Brokeback Mountain—Ang Lee's moving, operatic film adaptation of Annie Proulx's story—it's exactly what the tag line for the film says: a force of nature. Men in Love - A Brokeback Review by David Leavitt (http://www.slate.com/id/2131865/)
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Ennis and Jack kissed until they had to pull apart to breathe.
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"The hand trembles ever so slightly. Alma, busy with the cooking, doesn't notice."
(From the published script)
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Ennis stood as if heart-shot, face grey and deep-lined, grimacing, eyes screwed shut, fists clenched, legs caving, hit the ground on his knees. [screenplay]
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Jack would gaze at Ennis with the most ensorcelling eyes–full of love and desire.
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"....foam dice hanging from the rearview..."
(From the script's initial introduction of Joe Aguirre)
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When Aguirre dispatches them to work as sheepherders up on the majestic Brokeback Mountain, they gravitate towards camaraderie and then a deeper intimacy. Rotten Tomatoes (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/brokeback_mountain/about.php)
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Jack and Ennis demonstrated a hyperactive and wanton sort of activity while in the tent together the first time.
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Junior had the appearance of an ingenue. Nevertheless she was certainly able to get her points across, as Cassie discovered.
Def, ingenue: A naive, innocent girl or young woman.
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The sheep were jammed into trucks to take them up to the trailhead.
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Drew Kunin was the movie's "Production Sound Mixer."
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Tent Scene I was a lollapalooza for both Ennis and Jack. Def: Something outstanding of its kind.
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"ABCs of BBM" hitz over 100 postz in one day (once again)!
On the hottest day of the year in most parts of the U.S.A. -- in fact, a "Heat Wave" in many states -- the "ABCs of BBM" were also burning up! It was hot, hot, hot with over 100 posts in one day on the very first of August.
Ironically, the international #1 song "Heat Wave" by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas came out at the same time when Ennis & Jack met and found love: the Summer of 1963! ;D
For the "ABCs" today, the actual number of posts were 109 in the shade! There were a whopping eight pages of posts just for the "ABCs" game today from page 358 to 365.
The reply answer posts began with #5357 by Will-U @ 12:16 a.m. and ended with #5465 by Memento @ 11:27 p.m. Coincidentally, the milestone day began with an "L" -- for "licensed" by Will -- and ended with a bookends "L" -- for "lollapalooza" by Sandy. Meanwhile, the temperature hit 100+ degrees!
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Gyrlz, the ABCs is like a "Heat Wave"!!!
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"Alma Jr. looks around the trailer, an homage to plains life minimalism: A TV sits on a plastic milk crate...."
[From the published script]
=aside=Yesterday was pretty wild in here. ;D Probably be slowing down today! Well, I know I will.....
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Ennis was innocent in the ways of gay relationships and sex; in fact, he displayed a good degree of nescience concerning the subject.
Def: lack of knowledge or awareness; ignorance
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At the benefit dance, Lureen and Lashawn were trying to outdo each other.
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Associated Press: Cartman once described independent movies as “gay cowboys eating pudding.” Now we have “Brokeback Mountain,” an upcoming movie by Ang Lee about gay cowboys.
Stone: If they have pudding in that movie, I’m going to lose my mind.
Parker: No, if there’s pudding eating in there, we’re going to sue.
Parker and Stone: (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9744344/) ‘South Park’ prophets
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Ennis' quick-fix solution to the lack of lubricant in Tent Scene I was to use saliva and spit.
=aside=
The goal for today is:
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Homophobia unfortunately ran rampant in the community where Ennis grew up.
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Jack Twist was a sheepherder in 1962 and 1963.
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Lashawn sure could talk, either to your delight or to your dismay.
=aside=
Stay cool, playerz
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One cold night in a tent on Brokeback Mountain turned Ennis’s whole world upside down for ever.
=aside=
Wishing you all coolness and shade in your heatwave!
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Brokeback Mountain was a veritable Garden of Eden.
=aside= Playerz
It's 63 degrees in my corner of the Rocky Mtns.
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Michael Barnes on Jack: "His smooth features are all eyes, almond-shaped, infinitely blue, surrounded by eyelashes so thick they could be registered as weapons." Link (http://www.austin360.com/movies/content/shared/movies/reviews/B/brokebackmountain/aas.htm)
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Screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana xpanded Annie Proulx's short story.
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It was just another happy tussle until Jack accidently yerked Ennis in the nose.
def: Yerked
Yerk \Yerk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yerked; p. pr. & vb. n. Yerking.] [See Yerk.] 1. To throw or thrust with a sudden, smart movement; to kick or strike suddenly; to jerk.
Their wounded steeds . . . Yerk out their armed heels at their dead masters. --Shak.
2. To strike or lash with a whip. [Obs. or Scot.]
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ZackScott.net talks about how one man tries to overcome his Brokeback phobia. Link (http://www.zackscott.net)
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Two More Rounds for the Big Date
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Jack was shocked when Ennis told him of the attack on Earl,
and when he told him that his father showed him the mutilated dead "tough old bird", Jack said:
"You seen that?" [short story]
Jack (white) You seen that? [screenplay]
You seen this? [movie]
Ennis: "Hell, for all I know he done the job. If he was alive and was to put his head in that door right now you bet he'd go get his tire iron." [short story]
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"Jack found himself with a vague managerial title, traveling to stock and agricultural machinery shows. He had some money now and found ways to spend it on his buying trips." [short story]
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Most people agree that Jack says to Ennis, "c'mere" during Tent Scene 2, and also during the Last Tussle.
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“Brokeback Mountain” conveys the depth of the tragedy that engulfs whole families when someone is forced to deny who they are.
PWW.ORG (http://www.pww.org/article/view/8389/1/303/)
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"Both Jack and Ennis claimed to be saving money for a small spread; in Ennis's case that meant a tobacco can with two five-dollar bills inside. That summer, hungry for any job, each had signed up with Farm and Ranch Employment." [short story]
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The sex in Tent Scene I was fast and furious.
=aside=
Just like we're going through this round.
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Jack would grouse about spending the night with the sheep.
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Ennis and Jack were both high-school dropouts.
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A description of Juarez: "Tourist families and locals intermingle on the streets and sidewalks. A family poses for a picture with a donkey wearing a sombrero." [screenplay]
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The judge’s granting of Alma and Ennis’ divorce was a jurisprudential decision.
Def: the course of court decisions
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Heath reportedly said that Jake was a good kisser. :-*
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Jack licks his own lips and Ennis' repeatedly throughout the movie.
=comment=
There is a video on YouTube called "Jake Gyllenhaal and his tongue".
For your viewing pleasure. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2-uTAcusgc&search=%20jake%20tongue)
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In the motel room next to Jack's and Ennis's, a phone stopped ringing in mid-peal. [story]
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Aguirre was bein' nosy with his big-ass binoculars.
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In the light from the late night fire Ennis’s eyes took on the quality of glittering dark obsidian when Jack told him how much he missed him.
Def. obsidian: A hard and shiny, usually black volcanic glass
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Brokeback mountain was the paradise where they let go, fell in love, and found their true selves.
It was perfection! Well, it would've been if they didn't have to leave in the end .. :-\
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In general, Ennis del Mar is a quiet-spoken man who knows what society expects of him. He gives little voice to his real thoughts and feelings.
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Ennis roughly put his equipment in the rear.....of the pickup. ;)
=aside=
Just being a little cheeky. ::)
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Jack thought Lureen’s number-crunching was like “watchin a rabbit tryin’ to squeeze into a snakehole with a coyote on its tail.”
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"The table (Jack and Lureen's) was set for a full Thanksgiving dinner, huge turkey and all the trimmings." [screenplay]
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"Love is a force of nature" is a unifying theme of BBM.
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After his telephone conversation with Lureen, Ennis knew that he'd have to face the void of the rest of his life without Jack. :'(
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Jack developed a Texas accent over the years, so when he said "wife" it sounded like "waf."
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Cassie xemplified Ennis’ continual denial of his emotional makeup, and his attempts to have what he believed was a “normal” relationship with a woman.
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Some of Ennis's and Jack's contortionistic grappling incidentally mimicked yoga positions every now and then.
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Ennis's and Jack's work was zoological in nature. And love is a force of nature!!
=aside= Playerz
Let's take a victory round!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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At Jack and Lureen's house, the kitchen is adjacent to the dining room.
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Call us Brokies, call us BBMers, call us BetterMostians, just call us.
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Jack shows up and says “And here I am” at the pivotal point. Ennis, panicking because now he has to make a commitment or at least a decision, uses his daughters as his latest excuse.
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Lashawn thought it delightful when Jack asked her to dance.
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Ennis was an effaceable guy, particularly when he and Jack first met.
Def: to make (oneself) modestly or shyly inconspicuous
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"...trust in me, I'll never falter or fail" from EmmyLou, Gustavo and Bernie's wonderful song, "A Love That Will Never Grow Old".
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Jack drove down to Mexico and went gallivanting in Juarez.
Def. gallivanting: To roam about in search of pleasure (or amusement).
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Ennis "turns on the tap and urinates in the sink, pulls on his shirt and jeans, his worn boots, stamping the heels against the floor to get them full on." [story]
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Because of the ambiguity around Jack's death, we have to make our own inference.
=aside=
Mika, gallivanting is my favorite word today.
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Ennis’s relatively few possessions in his trailer look like jetsam thrown up by the tide – what is a big inactive fan doing haphazardly placed on the bed, for instance?
=Aside=
Not *that* kind of fan – there isn’t any question why he/she would be on the bed! ;)
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Lureen was a Farrah Fawcett knock-off at the end of the movie.
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Our boys lustily embraced each other.
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Jack to Ennis who is hesistant about killing a sheep: "What's the matter with you? There's a thousand of them."
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The Del Mar family's attendance at the Fourth of July fireworks was disturbed by the appearance of a ne'er-do-well or two.
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Before pulling into the laundromat's parking lot, Ennis drives past a stop sign that is octagonal in shape.
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Ennis' statement, "It ain't gonna be that way" was a preview of things to come.
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A memorable quote from the movie:
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Alma Del Mar Jr. - Age 19: [Surveying her father's meager living conditions] Daddy, you need more furniture.
Ennis Del Mar: Yeah, well... if you got nothin', you don't need nothin'.
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Jack: "I'm commutin' four hours a day. Come in for breakfast, go back to the sheep, evenin' get 'em bedded down, come in for supper, go back to the sheep, spend half the night jumpin' up and checkin' for coyotes. By rights I should be spendin' the night here. Aguirre got no right a make me do this." [story]
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Ennis struck Jack on their last day on the mountain.
=congratulationz= Playerz
It just struck me that we're gonna hit 200, and I may be offline.
So, happy 200th round, everybody; it's been an honor to be playing with y'all.
=reply=
What's more important? Stick around. It'll be sooner than you think. :)
Fran
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Jack's mother puts her hand on her throat as she is talking to Ennis.
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Ennis and Jack both felt unspeakable happiness when they embraced after four long years apart.
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Aguirre was viewing the boys tussle with his big-ass binoculars and his dumbass puss.
=aside=
Fran, you're right, I'm still viewing the game!
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"Years on years they worked their way through the high meadows and mountain drainages, horse-packing into the Big Horns, Medicine Bows, south end of the Gallatins, Absarokas, Granites, Owl Creeks, the Bridger-Teton Range, the Freezeouts and the Shirleys, Ferrises and the Rattlesnakes, Salt River Range, into the Wind Rivers over and again, the Sierra Madres, Gros Ventres, the Washakies, Laramies, but never returning to Brokeback." [story]
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Jack displayed xemplary politeness in recovering Lureen's hat and handing it back to her.
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Jack was like a yo-yo, going from Texas to Wyoming, and Wyoming to Texas.
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Lightning zaps can be fatal for sheep.
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Where's Will-U?
Sandy and I believe that we should temporarily suspend the ABCs of BBM game until Will is available to make the official 200th round announcement.
So, let's wait to hear from Will, our esteemed mayor, the person who makes this ABCs game possible, both out front of and behind the scenes.
Agreed?!!!!!
Fran, Sandy and Ann Marie
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"Where's Will-U?"........ Will & Dre and millions of others were out in the brutal East Coast / NorthEast 5-day "Heat Wave"! Guess what song we heard on the radio system at the bank in Manhattan? "Heat Wave" by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas!!! U go, Gyrlz!
200 Roundz of the "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain"
Once back home, Dre read an e-mail from an ABCs player 4 me 2 go 2 the ABCs Board asap 4 a surprise! Indeed, what a surprise! U all thoughtfully and respectfully "suspended" the ABCs game for me! This was only the second time for that; the first time was by me for 100 rounds! I do appreciate the appreciation. U bet! ;D
200 Roundz of the "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain"
I presumed that the "surprise" was that the BetterMost Administrator(s) finally restored Will-ABC as an "official" moderator. It was first requested exactly one month ago on July 2 when Ann Marie & I were switching Mod positions just as we planned. Trust me, that was the deal! We know; we made it. Re: the #1 ABCs of BBM", most people know that U can't argue with success! That's been my experience until this ungrateful situation, of which many people are familiar. Likewise, they have received no response from the Administrator(s). :(
200 Roundz of the "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain"
Success is exactly what the "ABCs of BBM" has brought here to BetterMost: #1 in views, #1 in posts, #1 in pages and #1 in participants. The "ABCs Players" list (see the separate file) is like a "Who's Who" at BM. I'm most proud that the "ABCs of BBM" are #1 in quality posts. I prefer quality to quantity -- though we have that too!! Unlike anywhere else on any board, U wont find any non-sense posts (e.g., what did U eat for breakfast this morning Harry, or Sally broke a fingernail, boo! hoo!) at the ABCs! Let's give a lot of credit where credit is due namely the current ABCs Modz Fran & Sandy and formerly Ann Marie -- and ALL of the ABCs Playerz!! I've overseen and guided the game since reply #1 and it really is an internet marvel. :)
200 Roundz of the "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain"
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Thank you, Will,
for making all this fun possible.
Congratulations, ABCs Players,
on this "AA" is awesome accomplishment! You all continue to impress and to amaze me.
With special gratitude and appreciation to Sandy.
This is what 200 cowboy emoticons look like:
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Mrs. Twist, while being full of good character, also possessed a great deal of aplomb.
Def: poise
Congratulations to everyone associated with this game. You should all be proud. Personal thanks to Sandy and Fran :D ;)
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The sheep and I want to thank Will, Fran and all the Playerz for achieving this milestone. Without ewe none of this would have been possible.
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Awesome, Brokies, Congratulations Due Everybody For Giving Heaps In Joyous Karmic Lighthearted Measure On Passing Quest Round Sensational Twohundred Under Vigilant Watch Xpert Young Zealousmods.
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Rodeoing, which Jack did, was backbreaking work.
=aside=
There's no reins on this one!!!!!!!
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You haven't lived until you've been flying down the highway, steering with your left hand, while your right hand is busy writing words down like "vivisection" and "zither" for the ABCs game!!!
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Felicitaciones from Chilean Sheepherder #1:
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O Captain, my Captain! None of this would be possible without our esteemed Mayor, Kemo Sabe, and originator, the original and one-and-only Will-ABC!!!!!!!!!
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The cast and crew stayed in Canmore for a portion of the filming of the movie. Additionally, the best views of the Three Sisters (one of the mountains making up Brokeback) are from Canmore.
=comment=
200 rounds!!!! Unbelievable. Thanks to Will-U for this awesome place and game and for the opportunity to play along :) So proud to be a part of the game!!!! Way to go everyone. I never get tired of reading all of your answers and expanding my vocabulary ;D
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"Ennis del Mar: about twenty but nonetheless compelling, not light or frivolous in disposition, appearance or manner, uncommonly quick reflexes -- a high-school drop-out country boy with no prospects, brought up to hard work and privation, rough-mannered, rough-spoken, inured to the stoic life." [screenplay]
=milestone=
As we move through our 200th round,
what an accomplishment for anyone who ever
posted an ABCs answer!
=aside= WLH
From yet another appearance of the BBM train,
it seems you're exchanging your "Captain" title for
"Engineer." Could it be?
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Time can’t erase Jack and Ennis' connection, and over the next 20 years they meet sporadically, simultaneously accepting and denying what began on Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennis del Mar wore faded blue jeans. Boy, did they fit him well!
=aside= Clara
Welcome to the ABCs. U R just in time for our 200th round celebration.
Sandy
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Ennis & Jack were quite gamely with many of their activities such as their wrestling with each other on the mountain (ask Aguirre) -- and the boyz were also quite gamely at the Siesta Motel!! ;D :laugh:
Gamely,
Will-U
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=aside= Clara
Welcome to the "ABCs of BBM"! The Gyrl Modz
wud be asleep @ 1 a.m. but they'll greet U tmo!!
BTW, "Clarissa" minus "iss" = Clara! Any relation?
....and yet another new ABCs player today:
=aside= Triple Threat
Welcum 2 U, 3 (as in triple).
Wasnt "TT" the name of a race horse?
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Ennis's nose was bleeding, - and just then he felt as if his heart was hemorrhaging too.
Congratulations on the 200 rounds, Will, players and mods!
What a wonderful achievement!
:) :) :)
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Brokeback was Jack and Ennis' ivory tower.
=comment=
200 Q's, Y's & Z's !!!! Thanks to our playerz' expertise and a little Brooklynese.
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Jack and Ennis looked forward to joining each other on their none-too-frequent fishing trips.
=milestone=
I always look forward to joining my ABC buddies here.
Congratulations to everyone on our latest milestone! Seems like we just celebrated 100.
Contrary to what one might have thought, the game has gotten even more exciting, especially in the past days with everyone posting at lightning speed.
Special thanks to our steadfast Modz: Fran and Sandy. You keep this train on the right track.
Heartfelt thanks to our creator and engineer Will.
I can't quit this one.
200!! WooWee!!
Paul
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L.D. thought he was a big know-it-all. But did he know his ABCs like we do? KNOW!!!
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John Twist was a lumpen boor. Def: Vulgar or common
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Jack thought he possessed musical talent for singing and playing the harmonica. :D
=aside= Triple Threat
Welcome to the ABCs of BBM game.
Mods Fran and Sandy
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Jack was supposed to pitch the pup tent nightly and sleep with the sheep.
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Jack and Ennis had an on-again, off-again relationship.
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Lureen's originally so pearly teeth took on a yellow-brownish tint in later years, clearly visible during her tlephone conversation with Ennis.
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Alma started to quiz Ennis about his "fishing trips" with Jack Twist at the Thanksgiving dinner.
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Cassie’s behavior when she was with Ennis was somewhat rapacious.
Def: excessively grasping or covetous
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The name of the bull Jack rode was Sleepy: "Let's hope he's not".
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Ennis was subconsciously teasing Jack when he said, "I ain't had the opportunity" to sin.
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If Ennis's love for Jack resembled a river rushing into the sea, society's homophobia was a strong and dangerous undertow that he always feared would drag him down into that sea's deepest waters.
=aside=
Much has been made of the movie's water/river/lake imagery, I figured it might be time to use it for the ABC's as well! :)
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"In the flash of a moment, the years vanished, and their pent-up emotions spilled out as their lips locked and relocked repeatedly, each running their fingers through the other's hair, and trying to climb into each other's clothes. It was the goodbye kiss they'd wished they'd shared back then, but couldn't." Blogcritics.org
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The westerlies brought in an early cold front from the Pacific, cutting Jack's and Ennis's first summer together short.
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After their initial meeting, Jack’s love for Ennis grew xponentially.
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"Annie Proulx's career has been dictated by her carpetbagging instict to market her ability to "explain" the natives to the yuppies using watered-down Faulknerese? If so, I think she would have stuck with Vermont, Colorado's I-70 corridor, and maybe Napa Valley. Instead, she chose Newfoundland, Wyoming, and the Texas panhandle, three of the least sexy, least yuppified places on the continent." John Clayton's comments on Brokeback Mountain
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Wrapping up Round 200 with a spin!!
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Keep having fun y'all!! ;D
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That's a great spinning "ABCz" wrap-up to Round #200, Lu! ;D
Ironically, I literally started the 200 roundz of the "ABCz of BBM" here at BetterMost Forum with "A" is Academy (U know, the bus company) and, now, I'm the honored player to end the 200 roundz of the "ABCz of BBM". ;)
And, now, here's literally the last word ending to............
Round 200 of the "ABCz of Brokeback Mountain"
Round #200's "Z" word answer:
Ennis' & Jack's pants were zip-flies!! "Z" gay way to end!
P.S. "Hello, Frani!", dont U even dare try it, Gyrl! :laugh:
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Long May We Run!!!!
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The boys’ time together proved arousing for both of them.
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A description of Ennis from the screenplay: "Tall, raw-boned, lanky, possessed of a muscular, supple body made for the horse and for fighting."
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After four years, Jack breaks the silence and makes contact with Ennis.
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Each time Jack visited Mexico, he entered the demimonde of illicit sex.
Def: a distinct circle or world that is often an isolated part of a larger world; especially : one having low reputation or prestige
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Erin Flasch is listed as "Canadian Casting Assistant" in the film's end credits.
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Lashawn Malone talked frenetically throughout the entire benefit dance.
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John Twist displayed a greedy side to his nature by insisting Jack's ashes go in the family plot.
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Ennis: "Bottom line is we're around each other an'... this thing, it grabs hold of us again... at the wrong place... at the wrong time... and we're dead."
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Jack and Ennis' meeting with Joe Aguirre was interrupted by a phone call.
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Ennis and Jack would sit next to the fire, tease and josh with each other, while their love for one another deepened.
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Aguirre kills the joy out of every scene he's in. >:(
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When Jack and Ennis tussled at camp, [in the story] a few embers of fire were landing on their hands and faces.
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Brokeback is one of the few mainstream “Gay-themed” films.
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A handsome young Mexican, masculine, dressed for a night out makes eye contact: with Jack - gives him a knowing, seductive look.
Young Mexican: ...Señor....
Jack stops. Hesitates a moment. Then nods. They walk off together. [There are 14 nods in the screenplay]
=aside= All My Friends at ABCz
Sorry that I missed Round 200.
>Nods, and tips baseball hat<.
I've been off for a friends 50th Birthday.
Back in full force later this evening.
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"Battle Hymn of the Republic" was performed by Casey Smith, Darrell Croft, Lloyd Pollock, Peter Orr, and Ken Hart.
=aside= Toast
Welcome back.
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Procurement of supplies for use on the mountain was handled by the Basque.
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Jack could be found quenching his thirst for water in a nearby stream, and his thirst for love by “drinking in” Ennis.
=aside= Toast
Hats off to you. . .
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He could smell Jack - the intensely familiar odor of cigarettes, musky sweat and a faint sweetness like grass, and with it the rushing cold of the mountain.
(From the short story)
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They seized each other by the shoulders, hugged mightily, squeezing the breath out of each other, saying son of a bitch, son of a bitch... [story]
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Jack could be found quenching his thirst for water in a nearby stream.
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Jack caused strong passion and otherwise entirely unprecedented emotions to flare up within Ennis.
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Alma was disappointed that Ennis never wanted to take vacations with her and the girls, only with Jack.
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Jack and Ennis were making whoopee in Tent Scene I and continued to do so throughout their relationship.
A modified verse of "Makin' Whoopee" as applied to Ennis and Alma.
After 4 years
Or maybe less
What's this I hear?
Well, can't you guess?
She feels neglected
And he's suspected
Of Makin' Whoopee!
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Jack was xceedingly in love with Ennis. :-*
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Ennis took definitive steps to stop the slopbucket yammers of the bikers.
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Ennis and Alma went zigging and zagging along their marital road until one day Alma decided that she had had enough and filed for divorce.
=aside= Sandy
I believe this is the last variation
of "zig" and/or "zag."
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Round 202!
There's no stopping this choo-choo....
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Jack’s assessment of Ennis was fast and accurate. :D
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From Ennis’s recollection we learn that 3-year old Jack was both bawling and blubbering when his father beat and mistreated him severely.
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Jack was cruising in Mexico after Ennis gave him the brush-off.
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Jack’s spirits drooped quickly once he learned Ennis’ divorce didn’t change the nature of their relationship for the better.
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Once Lashawn started talking, it was difficult for anyone else to get a word in edgewise.
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Alma wrapped her freckled arms around Ennis and asked him to move into town.
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There are 17,100,000 hits on Google for Brokeback Mountain.
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"Years on years they worked their way through the high meadow and mountain drainages, horse-packing into the Big Horns, Medicine Bows, south end of the Gallatins, Absarokas, Granites, Owl Creeks, the Bridger-Teton Range, the Freezeouts and the Shirleys...." [story]
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Jack inveighed bitterly over having to spend the night with the sheep rather than in the main camp.
Def: to complain vehemently
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Alma was horrified at Ennis's overreaction at the Independence Day festivities, and was afraid the police would come and haul him off to jail.
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Corey Lee and Chris Kosloski are listed as "Grips" in the film's end credits.
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Alma hung her laundry on the line while the wind of the plains whistled bitterly around her.
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All the jewellry Lureen wears to the benefit dance clearly give us an impression of her as a "material girl".
=compliment= Mikaela
Very clever reference!
Fran
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Much needless suffering could have been prevented if Jack and Ennis had gone to Denver as Jack suggested.
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Concerning the affairs of his business, L.D. Newsome was omnipotent.
Def: having virtually unlimited authority or influence
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"Ennis said nothing, straightened up slowly, rubbed at his forehead; a horse stamped inside the trailer. He walked to his truck, put his hand on the trailer, said something that only the horses could hear, turned and walked back at a deliberate pace." [story]
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Jack was quivering with rage when he finally told off his father-in-law in no uncertain terms.
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"Tall, raw-boned, lanky, possessed of a muscular, supple body made for the horse and for fighting."
From the screenplay-- describing Ennis
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Ennis to Jack: "What is Aguirre finds out? We're supposed to guard the sheep, not eat 'em." [screenplay]
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The ochre-branched willows swayed stiffly, pollened catkins like yellow thumbprints.
[From the short story]
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Throughout the course of their time together, the boys’ relationship underwent many changes.
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Ennis and Jack's "fishin'" destinations may be variable, but their affection for each other is constant.
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"Lureen gives Jack a what-can-we-do expression....... Jack maintains a polite, glazed smile."
[From the published screenplay]
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Dozens of critics and non-critics alike have performed xegesis on the short story and screenplay of “Brokeback Mountain.”
Def: an explanation or critical interpretation of a text
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As usual, Lee directs with subtle attention to detail, capturing both the awesome grandeur of the scenery and the telling flickers of a character's eye, from small outdoor adventures to heaving internal yearnings. theZreview: BBM (http://www.thezreview.co.uk/reviews/b/brokebackmountain.htm)
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Ziyi Zhang's tribute to BBM director Ang Lee, entitled "The Cross-Cultural Cowboy of Film," appeared in the May 8, 2006, issue of Time. Lee was rated one of the world's "100 Most Influential People," in the category of Artists and Entertainers. Ms. Zhang wrote:
"Because of Ang Lee, so many more people know about Chinese filmmaking and about Chinese films. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a Chinese-language movie, mesmerized Western audiences in 2000. And last year, with Brokeback Mountain, yet another unimaginable success, both with critics and audiences, he captivated the entire world and reached the pinnacle of moviemaking...."
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Round 203
Peroxide Chablis
Compliments of Lureen in Texas
A Toast from Little Ole
Wine Drinker Me
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Jack and Ennis’ first sexual encounter was as brief as it was abrupt.
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Ennis seems to have settled in for a bachelor life, with his spartan trailer and minimal furniture.
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It's curtains for Cassie when Ennis realizes that their relationship just won't work.
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"The Basque is showing Ennis how to properly pack a mule. Deftly hitches on two packs, as Ennis watches." [screenplay]
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Anne Hathaway: He (Ennis Del Mar) can't access his emotions and be with the person he loves most in the entire world. [Production Notes]
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The biker with the slop-bucket mouth is fat.
=aside= Ekeby
Welcome to the ABCs of BBM game!
Will, Fran and Sandy
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"Jack has just taken a piss, is buttoning his jeans. Ennis smokes. Takes a deep swig from a whiskey bottle. Jack walks up, flicks his rodeo belt buckle with his fingers. Sit down across from Ennis. A creek gurgles nearby." [screenplay]
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Ennis says "Hey , Junior . . ." when Alma Jr. drives up in Kurt's Camaro.
aside: Thanks! I'll probably repeat some....
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After spending his first summer with Ennis, Jack’s intention was to have a life with him that included being true partners – together forever.
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Gamely Greetings, Ekeby:
Sorry, the word "jagged" was previously used
as an answer in ABCz Round 100 by Toast (a person).
Also, U're outta turn as everyone must skip 2 turns!!
=aside= Ekeby
Do U know about the "ABCz Answer List"? It's a separate file! Also, on ur computer is the "search" / "edit" feature to verify if a word has been used or not? Mod Fran-E "will" be glad to provide the 411. She has sent U a PM (pvt. msg.)!
Will-U, Mayor
ABCville
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Chris Smith and Jordy Wihak are listed as "On Set Dressers" in the film's end credits.
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Cassie had a vivaciously kittenish air to her when she first approached Ennis in the bar.
Def. Kittenish = Playfully frisky.
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Ennis’ consumption of too much whiskey caused him to become logy, fall asleep outside and ultimately wind up in the tent with Jack.
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When Ennis flies from his house to greet Jack, he has happily momentarily dropped the macho role demanded by society.
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Ennis and Jack were two no-account boys with no prospects from opposite corners of Wyoming.
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James Schamus: In many ways, Brokeback Mountain's a truly grand old-fashioned movie about two heroes, fighting against all odds to preserve their love. [Production Notes]
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As Ennis lay shivering with teeth chattering in the cold, Jack prevailed on him to join him in the warmth of the tent.
=comment=
Lucky Ennis. . .
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Quoth Aguirre, "Ranch stiffs ain't never no good."
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"Ennis mounts his big rangy buckskin and leads the two mules back up the mountain." [screenplay]
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L.D. Newsome was not only pompous–and a bit stupid–but supercilious as well.
Def. Disdainfully arrogant; haughty
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Ennis feels trapped by his feelings, trapped by the marriage he has, trapped by the relationship he wants but can't have, trapped by society, and trapped by his own feelings of guilt, doubt, fear.
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Its stars are unabashedly glamorous. The big-eyed Jake Gyllenhaal is a far cry from Proulx's small, bucktoothed Jack Twist, just as the blond, square-jawed Heath Ledger is nothing like her Ennis Del Mar, "scruffy and a little cave-chested." Men in Love - A Brokeback Review by David Leavitt (http://www.slate.com/id/2131865/)
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"Breathtaking views. Sheep grazing, dogs sleeping, Ennis and Jack tending the sheep. The sheep spread out onto the expansive treeless plain, nothing in sight but sky and land, high clouds." [the screenplay's description of the montage of the moving sheep]
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Jack took a walk on the wild side when he went cruising in Mexico.
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Ennis didn't have much talent for speaking xtemporaneously; thus, the lame replies, like "He's from Texas."
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Several of the shirts worn in the movie have contrasting yokes. For example, the bartender who gives Jack the 411 on Lureen is wearing a solid-color shirt with a contrasting plaid yoke. Lureen's rodeo shirt also has a contrasting yoke (and sleeves).
def: The yoke of a shirt is the fabric that comes over the shoulders and is attached to the back piece with a horizontal seam.
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ZippyVideos has a video of the trailor of BBM. Link (http://www.zippyvideos.com/2586781961368796/brokeback/)
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And We Keep Coming Back For More!!!
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Announcer: "Here she comes, ladies and gentlemen, look at her fly... Miss Lureen Phillips from right here in Childress, Texas...oh boy...and her time is... {beat) ...sixteen and nine-tenths seconds. Let's give her a big hand"
The words are drowned out as the crowd gives Lureen a big hand. [ Lureen is a Phillips in the screenplay]
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Jack possessed a beautiful countenance; he radiated compassion.
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"Jack and Ennis sit around the campfire and eat the venison in silence. All we hear is their chewing and chomping and the crackling of the fire." [screenplay]
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John Twist’s refusal to honour his son’s last wish was the equivalent of a desecration.
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Jack endeavored to bring Ennis out of his shell over the years, but Ennis was a tough nut to crack and remained more or less taciturn.
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While up on Brokeback Mountain, Jack and Ennis were responsible for Joe Aguirre's flock of sheep.
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Jimbo's rejection of Jack's advances was quite glacial.
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Jack helped Ennis clean the wound he suffered after being thrown from his horse.
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"Silent, Ennis walks towards the tent, fire illuminating his face. He sits on a log by the fire. We see the cut on his forehead, gaping now, dried blood covering the whole side of his face." [screenplay]
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During the last years of his life, Jack set himself up to secretly juggle at least two simultaneous relationships in addition to his married life.
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After not seeing each other for four years, Jack and Ennis give each other a long, knee-buckling embrace.
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"Ennis steps out of the truck, no suitcase, just a grocery sack stuffed with his only other shirt and a pair of Levi's." [screenplay]
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"He called Jack's number in Childress, something he had done only once before when Alma divorced him and Jack had misunderstood the reason for the call, had driven twelve hundred miles north for nothing."
(From the short story)
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Jack interrupted his attempts to put his boot almost into the fire, and poured Ennis a noggin of whiskey.
def: a small amount of liquor, usually a gill.
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I am so pleased and comforted that Brokeback Mountain proved to be an Oscar-winning movie! It is a living and endearing tribute to my inspiring son Jack.
God bless everyone connected with Brokeback Mountain then and now, including all of you fine folks here at the A-B-C's of BBM.
=congratulations= Everyone
Congratulations on your latest achievement of 5000 posts.
Indeed, you all deserve a lot of fresh coffee and cherry cake.
=reply= Mrs. Twist
You're certainly a part of our achievement as you've made
several contributions to the word list. My personal favorite
was: "Q" is quilt.
Fran
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Alma stood petrified in the kitchen, trying to make sense of what she'd just witnessed.
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Alma was a querier on Thanksgiving when she asked Ennis: "You still go fishin' with Jack Twist?"
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Ennis and Jack rassled on their last day on the mountain. [This is listed in the dictionary as a slang term for wrestled.]
=Reply= Mrs. Twist
Thanx for yr congratulationz and welcome back to the board, we missed U!
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"He could smell Jack - the intensely familiar odor of cigarettes, musky sweat and a faint sweetness like grass"
(From the short story)
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He was a friend of mine
He was a friend of mind
Every time I think of him
I just can't keep from cryin'
'Cause he was a friend of mine....
-- "He Was a Friend of Mine" lyrics
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Ascending from plains where they lead lives of drudgery and routine humiliation, Ennis and Jack become the unwitting heroes of a story they haven't a clue how to tell. Men in Love - A Brokeback Review by David Leavitt (http://www.slate.com/id/2131865/)
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Ennis was given to nonverbal vocalizations such as hmmm, huh, and hunh.
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"Jack turns down an alley. Men line walls on each side. Direct looks. A handsome young Mexican, masculine, dressed for a night out, makes eye contact with Jack -- gives him a knowing, seductive look." [screenplay]
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Brokeback Mountain was xecutive-produced by Alberta Film Entertainment, William Pohlad, Larry McMurtry, Michael Costigan, and Michael Hausman.
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Wrapped in a blanket and groaning, Ennis very much resembled a yeti as he stumbled about in the first deep snow of autumn.
Def. Yeti = Abominable snowman ;)
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"After four years apart, Jack returns to Ennis' small town of Riverton, Wyoming. Their still-smoldering passion flares like a zephyr-swept campfire. They stoke these flames during periodic 'fishing trips' where their rods and reels stay untouched."
-- Deroy Murdock, The Indianapolis Star, February 6, 2006.
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The following characters are described as appealing in the screenplay:
Jack Twist: appealing, with a quick laugh
The rodeo clown: an appealing young man
Jack (as seen by Lureen): his appealing face
Cassie: very appealing, curvy in jeans and T-shirt
Linda Higgins: large but appealing.
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L.D. did not let any opportunity to belittle Jack pass him by. >:(
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The news that Jack was dead confounded Ennis.
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L.D. got his just desserts at Thanksgiving dinner. (http://www.springville.ca.us/applefest/Images/applepie-sm.jpg)
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Proulx describes Ennis' eyesight like this: "he was farsighted enough to dislike reading anythig except Hamley's saddle catalog."
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Anne Hathaway: This screenplay shows that not having the freedom to be who are you are doesn't just affect you; it affects the people that you let into your life. [Production Notes]
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After four years apart, the boys hand their hands all over one another, and groped all they dared to outside Ennis’ apartment.
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Jack: "I'm commutin' four hours a day. Come in for breakfast, go back to the sheep, evenin', get 'em bedded down, come in for supper, go back to the sheep, spend half the night checkin' for damn coyotes. Aguirre got no right to make me do this."
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(Ennis and Jack): The world breaks their backs, but in this brave film, they're as iconic as the mountain. Men in Love - A Brokeback Review by David Leavitt (http://www.slate.com/id/2131865/)
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Alma had a just-in-time peek at the men kissing when she opened the apartment door.
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The song, "I'll Be Gone," which is listed in the film's end credits, was written and performed by Terry Gadsden and Fred Kinck-Petersen.
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Jack is shown taking a leak in one scene with his back to the camera.
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LaShawn worked at Neiman Marcus and had no resistance to spending all her paycheck there.
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Rodrigo Prieto not only shot Brokeback Mountain, for which he has garnered an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography, but appeared in a cameo role within the film as a Mexican prostitute whom Jake Gyllenhaal's character, Jack Twist, meets.
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Prieto)
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The blue heelers that Jack and Ennis used were obedient...which is less than you can say for the mules!
=aside= Becky
Long time no see! Thanks
for dropping by.
Fran
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Brokeback meals predominantly consisted of beans and whiskey. ;)
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Jack quested all over Wyoming, searching for that part of Ennis which would accept himself and Jack as a worthwhile couple.
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Much to Lureen's dismay, Bobby was riveted to the television during Thanksgiving dinner.
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...and at evening in the fire glow, quick, rough, laughing, and snorting, no lack of noises, but saying not a goddam word...
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(Ennis' and Jack's) blissful summer comes to a truncated conclusion. Quiet mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
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L.D. Newsome considered Jack a good-for-nothing upstart. >:(
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Jack was almost always on pins and needles around Ennis because of his volatility.
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Jack and Ennis wear western-style clothing: well-worn jeans, cowboy boots, snapped (sometimes buttoned) shirts and cowboy hats.
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Lureen demonstrates her xpertness at barrel racing at the rodeo.
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Rufus Wainwright sings "Git along little doggies," which is part of a traditional cowboy song that actually goes, "yippee-ti-yi-yo, git along lil doggies."
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"For just a few seconds, we get a glimpse of the urban nightscape that was the locus of the very gay movies that might have been playing, in big cities, at the moment when the scene takes place—movies like "Nighthawks" and "Taxi zum Klo", in which sexual profligacy is at once celebrated as a form of liberation and mourned as a pallid substitute for meaningful connection."
From Slate: Men in love - is Brokeback Mountain a gay film? by D. Leavitt http://www.slate.com/id/2131865/
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Round 206!!!!!! of the "ABCz of BBM"
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ABCz-ville Mayor'z Top 10 Playerz
in the new Round 200s Series
=Roundz 201 to 205=
Fran-E - 34
ProwlAmongUs Tim - 23
Mikaela - 21
Front-Ranger Lee - 19
Toast - 17
Memento Sandy - 15
EkeBy - 2
SouthEndMD Paul - 1
Mrs. Mary Twist - 1
Beckala - 1
Gamely congratz,
Mayor Will-I-Am
...givin' U the ABCz statz!
Note: This is a statistical appetizer for a new series of recap statz for every 10 roundz of the challenging, educational, intriguing and fun ABCz of BBM! :)
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Jack is proudly carrying his bull-riding buckle and his gear to his old pickup.
A photographer yells at him.
Photographer: Jack...Jack...we need to get pictures of all you winners before anybody leaves.... [screenplay]
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Ennis couldn't meet Jack in August, he said, because, for one, he had to run the baler.
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"The dried blood on the sleeve was his own blood, a gushing nosebleed on the last afternoon on the mountain when Jack, in their contortionistic grappling and wrestling, had slammed Ennis's nose hard with his knee."
(From the short story)
=aside=
Can't quite believe that one hadn't been used.....!
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Not surprisingly, the first coupling comes a few hours after Del Mar finally opens up and both cowboys share the disappointments of their youth. Quiet mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
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Michael Barnes on Jack: "His smooth features are all eyes, almond-shaped, infinitely blue, surrounded by eyelashes so thick they could be registered as weapons."
=aside=
Dave Cullen has a thread called Jake's Eyelashes.
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"Scene a Brokeback Mountain."
"Over in Fremont County?
"No, north a here."
"I didn't order none a them."
(From the short story)
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Jack: "I wish I knew how to quit you."
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Ennis stands as if heart shot, face gray and deep-lined. Fights a silent battle, grimaces, his eyes screwing shut, fists clenching, legs caving, he hits the ground on his knees. [screenplay]
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Jack and Ennis were both hunters, but Ennis was better at it.
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Aguirre’s voyeuristic binocular-wielding represented an invasion of the boys’ privacy.
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Jack found a financial jackpot when he hooked up with Lureen; however, there was no rainbow with his pot of gold.
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The atmosphere within the tent was kinetically charged while Jack and Ennis were having sex.
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By means of his lariat, Jack literally swept Ennis off his feet.
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Moreover, since when do movies have to depict morally pure behavior? What is more moral: "Brokeback Mountain," a movie about love, or "The Godfather," a movie about killing for power? Isaiah Z. Sterrett (http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/sterrett/060127)
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Ennis’ sexual inexperience notwithstanding, he did a fine job with Jack their first time together.
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The subject of Jack Twist/Jack Nasty was off-limits to Alma as far as Ennis was concerned.
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The characters and events depicted in this photoplay are fictitious.
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The furniture in Jack's boyhood bedroom included a quilt-laden boy's bed, a small chest of drawers, a desk, and a chair.
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Tent Scene I was a night of rough-and-tumble sex.
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Alma Jr.: "Daddy, tell about when you rode horses in the rodeo."
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Ennis: "Short story, honey. Only 'bout three seconds I was on that bronco, an' the next thing I knew I was flyin' - only I wasn't no angel like you, and didn't have no wings. (smiles at her) And that's the story of my saddle bronco career."
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His girls love him, their faces rapt when their Daddy speaks. [screenplay]
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I don't want want to say goodbye
Let the stars shine through
I don't want to say goodbye
All I want to do is live with you....
-- "I Don't Want to Say Goodbye" lyrics
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Living the life she’d been dealt, her attitudes, loving manner and intuitive acceptance of Jack and Ennis, combined to make Mrs. Twist a unique woman.
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Jack and Ennis found themselves in the vastness of Brokeback Mountain.
Then they needed to find a place to be themselves.
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Brokeback showed us that time does not necessarily heal all wounds.
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Jack and Ennis' fishing xcursions happened once or twice a year (story) or two, three times a year (film).
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Brokeback Mountain allows us to think of the decisions made as a younker, and how these choices are affected by our upbringing. Oh to be a totally liberated younker.
younker - A young person (especially a young man or boy).
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Brokeback Legos was posted into "Film Gecko" by Leora Israel Zellman. Link (http://www.filmgecko.com/2006/02/)
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We're going straight to ABCz Heaven!!!
(At Least Some of Us)
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"Two dour farmers are watching Jack demonstrate a fancy air-conditioned tractor. Jack, who can drive anything, is doing a fine job of putting the tractor through its paces, but there's an air of boyish inanity about him." [screenplay]
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In tent scene 2, Ennis sees and senses Jack with his hands, not his eyes - interpreting each gentle touch much like the blind read braille.
=compliment= Mikaela
Excellent!
Fran
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Ennis was a crackerjack marksman, as evidenced when he shot the elk.
=aside=
A new twist on the Cracker Jack box provides surprises for him or her. Neiman Marcus has substituted the traditional Cracker Jack prizes with limited edition surprises. These include an 18-karat gold ring with an emerald, ruby, or sapphire cabochon in place of the plastic "jewel" for her and a pair of silver vermeil and enamel cuff links in the shape of the recognizable Cracker Jack box for him. It looks like LaShawn will be buying a few of these.
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"Two dour farmers are watching Jack demonstrate a fancy air-conditioned tractor. Jack, who can drive anything, is doing a fine job of putting the tractor through its paces, but there's an air of boyish inanity about him." [screenplay]
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Ennis’s and Alma’s estrangement increased steadily until divorce became the logical conclusion - for Alma.
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Two dark, dour, over-allied farmers are watching Jack demonstrate a fancy air-conditioned tractor. Jack, who can drive anything, is doing a fine job of putting the tractor through its paces.
Farmer #1: "Didn't that pissant used to ride the bulls?"
Farmer #2: "He used to try...." [screenplay]
=aside= Fran
We are even pasting from different versions of the screenplay.
No copying here, just great minds thinking alike.
=reply= Toast
Ditto!
Fran
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Cassie to Alma Jr.: "You don't talk much, but you get your point across." [screenplay]
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Ennis' facial expressions include a nicely modulated series of grimaces and hesitant smiles.
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Brokeback Mountain has been described by People's Weekly World Newspaper as "A heartbreaking story of working-class people, men and women, trying to make a living, trying to do the right thing, imprisoned by limited options, prejudice and fear." PWW.org (http://www.pww.org/article/view/8389/1/303/)
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The bikers made the mistake of jeering at Ennis when he asked them to keep it down in front of his two little girls.
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The bikers were examples of know-nothings, by both definitions of an ignoramus and an anti-intellectual.
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Brokeback is a tale of love and loss, of unrealized dreams, and of lives wasted by denying passion and accepting convention.
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Jack mistakenly thought that Ennis and Alma's divorce meant that he and Ennis could finally be together.
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In the screenplay, the Malones nod when Jack asks: "You two bound for the big party up in Childress?"
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Jack's father-in-law had oodles of money.
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Here's a description of Ennis from the screenplay: "Tall, raw-boned, lanky, possessed of a muscular, supple body made for the horse and for fighting."
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According to Annie Proulx, Jack and Ennis spent their questing days in the:
Big Horns,
Medicine Bows,
Gallatins,
Absarokas,
Granites,
Owl Creeks,
Bridger-Teton Range,
Freezeouts,
Shirleys,
Ferrises,
Rattlesnakes,
Salt River Range,
Wind Rivers,
Sierra Madres,
Gros Ventres,
Washakies,
Laramies,
Hail Strew River;
but never returning to Brokeback.
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The attraction and devotion that Jack and Ennis first felt for each other were to ripple and reverberate through all their subsequent years together.
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The audiobook version of BBM is ably read by Campbell Scott, who does a lovely job. The only distraction was that he pronounces "Aguirre" to rhyme with "a queer".
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Ennis: "I got the girls this weekend...I'm sure as hell sorry. You know I am."
Jack nods...tried to retain some dignity, caught yet again in a wrenching situation with Ennis, feels totally powerless. [screenplay]
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Ennis raises up, gets to his knees, unbuckles his belt, shoves his pants down with one hand, uses the other to haul Jack up on all fours. Jack doesn't resist.
Ennis spits in the palm of his hand, puts it on himself. They go at it in silence, except for a few sharp intakes of breath.
Ennis shudders. [screenplay]
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Finding the shirts gave Ennis verification that Jack had loved him till the very last.
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Ennis took the rag from Jack, after his run-in with the bear, and rubbed away most of the dirt, wincing from the pain.
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As it happens throughout, Ledger’s mastery over his rugged face xpertly reveals bewilderment and replays pleasures to come when he awakens, hung-over beside his sudden love. Quiet mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
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Jack wasn't good at much, but at love he did yeoman's service.
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After four years apart, Jack found Ennis in Riverton, Wyoming, and their still-smoldering passion flared like zephyr-fanned campfire coals.
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Blast from the "ABCz of BBM" Passssssssssst:
The player in Round 13 of the ABCz at IMDB's "BBM" who published on our playing board that "The ABCz rulez were stringent and the moderatorz were strident". BTW, that was over a whopping 230 combined (33 + 208) roundz ago! FYI, she periodically still playz! ;D ::) :o :laugh:
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Round 208!!!!!!! of the "ABCz of BBM"
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Great spinning ABC blox "Round 208" graphic by Sandala!
Aussies: We're gonna get a vibe message somehow from
Olivia Newton-John this round!
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How about a round of applause for all the rounds that we have survived.
A special round of applause for Mayor WillYum and his recaps.
Ooops!
I almost forgot that I have to connect to Brokeback too.
Jack sits on the tailgate of his old pickup, taping his right hand for his upcoming bull-ride. Hears applause. Looks around, sees the quarter horse and the young woman come flying out of the arena, everybody standing way back, giving her room.
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Just as she passes Jack, her hat flies off, lands at his feet. [Jack meets Lureen - in the screenplay]
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Ennis gave Jack the brush-off after he had travelled 1400 miles to see him after his divorce.
=aside= Will
I wasn't giving you the brush-off. Thanks for the recap.
Sandy
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“They were respectful of each other’s opinions, each glad to have a companion where none had been expected.”
From the short story
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Sheepherding one summer on Brokeback Mountain proved forever detrimental to Ennis’s peace of mind – but still he wouldn’t have missed it for the world.
=aside=
Will - thanks for letting us know the stats! :) And congrats to Fran-E for being by far the most prolific poster in recent rounds. :)
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"Alma enters, puts down a grocery bag, sorts through the mail. There's an electric bill and, beneath it, a postcard addressed to Ennis. She studies the postcard, then puts it back down on the pile of mail as she hears Ennis's truck pull up." [screenplay]
=aside= Will
I'm pleased to be leading the pack in terms of
ABCs posts in the post-Round 200 series. Thanks
for taking the time to compile this for us.
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Judy Becker (Production Designer): The short story made me cry, and the script made me cry too. Brokeback Mountain is a love story, and it's also about whether or not you have the inner strength to fulfill your life. [Production Notes]
=comment= Prowl
" ..a companion where none had been expected.”
One of my favourite lines from the whole story.
Kongratz for coming in second to Fran.
No mean feat.
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Ennis was knocked galley-west when Jack accidentally butted his face with his knee. Def: into destruction or confusion <was knocked galley-west>
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Ennis was haunted in his dreams by Jack's death.
=aside= Will
This is your old haunt; keep gracing us with your stats and
comments. Don't shame me with my one measly post during
201-205; I was in Ogunquit, ME, this weekend.
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You either buy into this tale of men in love or you join the ranks of those who’ve been snickering during the movie’s prerelease trailers, and who can be divided into the insecure, the idiots, or the insecure idiots. (New York Metro review – Ken Tucker) http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/15224/
=aside=
OK, so I really liked that review comment. Spot-on. ;)
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The evening was a jimdandy. Ennis had plenty to eat, spoke more words than he did all year, had a friend dance for him, and even his Dad's negative words seemed ok.
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Brad Kaughman and Aaron McCullough are listed as "Paint Foremen" in the film's end credits.
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Mrs. Twist had a lovely little lilt in her voice.
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“Jack used to mention you,” she (Lureen) said. “You’re the fishing buddy or the hunting buddy, I know that. Would have let you know,” she said, “but I wasn’t sure about your name and address. Jack kept most a his friends’ addresses in his head. It was a terrible thing. He was only thirty-nine years old.” [short story]
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L.D. Newsome: "Whoa, now, Rodeo...the stud duck does the carving around here."
Jack, having been through this kind of scene many times before, tries nonetheless to be gracious.
Jack: "You bet, L.D....just thought I'd save you the trouble." [screenplay]
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Ennis’s oratorical skills left a little to be desired, so he expressed himself through actions instead; - sometimes tender, sometimes explosive.
=compliment= Mikaela
Perfecto!
And congratz on your 500th post!
Fran
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Ennis and Jack felt that their only safe places, to meet and be themselves, were private, rustic hideaways.
=compliment= Mikaela
Kongratz on Post 500.
Love your posts.
Keep 'em coming.
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Alma resented Ennis' quasi-regular "fishin'" trips with Jack.
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Ennis and Jack ate the Elk with relish (and sometimes a little mustard).
=compliment= Mikaela
Congratz on 500 colorful posts.
Sandy
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Jack’s truck spun its tires when he killed the engine.
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Ennis: "To Alma and Kurt."
=aside= Toast
To you, too!
Fran
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The reunion gave Jack and Ennis the oportunity of unleashing the suppressed passion they had been feeling for each other since the days of Brokeback.
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Cassie was verging on tears towards the end of her conversation with Ennis at the coffee shop.
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Wine Review - Cline Cellars, Sonoma Zinfandel 2004
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Whoa, cowboy. This wine is chomping at the bit, an almost-thoroughbred that needs to be broken in.
... Wines of this nature could use a little Brokeback therapy, and get in touch with their less aggressive, more sensitive side. Cline Cellars, Sonoma Zinfandel 2004 (http://nomerlot.com/reviews/wine-reviews/2006/02/01/p817)
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Brokeback Mountain was Jack and Ennis' Xanadu, a paradise on earth . . . .
=compliment= Ekeby
Kudos for finding a real "X" word as
opposed to one that starts with an "ex".
Fran
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Lashawn's forte is yattering; she talks a blue streak, making it difficult for anyone else to get a word in edgewise.
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Gustavo Santaolalla's (Academy Award Winning) score (for Brokeback Mountain) also adds a quaint but incredibly necessary touch to the film, as the few calming, often repeated measures drift through the film like tumbleweed, or a breeze over the landscape the film encompasses. The score's soft chorus is startlingly powerful, and its power is reminiscent of Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago's Oscar-winning score.
NBC5.com (http://www.nbc5.com/news/6681662/detail.html)
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Break out the wine.
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Jack was thoughtful, considerate, gentle, romantic – he was downright amiable.
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Ennis drops a bombshell when he says "we can get together every once in a while way out in the middle of nowhere".
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Jack tells Ennis, "I can't cook worth a damn. Am pretty good with a can opener, though."
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Not a word is said until Del Mar rides off to work. “See you for supper,” effectively declaims that this was most certainly not a one-night stand. Quiet mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
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Ennis adds to the entropy of their relationship when he says he can't get away until November . . . .
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"The fourth summer since Brokeback Mountain came on and in June Ennis had a general delivery letter from Jack Twist...." (novella)
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A grim, grey morning. Ennis and Jack, both mounted, the blue heelers at attention. Glum, looking at a huge mass of milling sheep. Twenty yards away, two chilean sheepherders are looking just as glum at the huge mixed herd, gesturing wildly.
Ennis: "What're we gonna do?" [screenplay]
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Alma experiences a harrowing situation when Ennis raises his fist to her and says "I'll make you eat the f**in' floor!"
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Jack has an innocent and impish manner.
=compliment= Toast
Nice job with the crystal letters.
Sandy
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Jill Antal is listed as "Payroll Accountant" in the film's end credits.
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Sunshine Krispy saltines are available for purchase at Monroe's grocery store.
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Diana Ossana: A true luxury would have been to shoot the movie in continuity, but we didn't have that luxury. [Production Notes]
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With the full moon backlighting the tent, each grasps the nape of the other before they begin their initial bout of lovemaking . . . .
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When Alma asks Ennis if his friend would like to have coffee, he replies with the off-the-wall remark that "he's from Texas".
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Alma: "You still go fishin with that Jack Twist?"
Ennis: "Some."
He thought she'd take the pattern off the plate with the scraping.
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"Don't lie, don't try to fool me, Ennis. I know what it means. Jack Twist? Jack Nasty. You and him -- " [short story]
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In the nearly twenty years they knew each other, Jack and Ennis thought of each other a proverbial (if not a literal) quintillion times . . . .
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Ennis was ok being intimate with Jack in the middle of nowhere, but the idea of being more open about it near civilization made him restless.
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Ennis was suffused with a sense of pleasure because Jack Twist was in his dream. prologue to story
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As Ennis waited anxiously and impatiently for Jack to arrive for their reunion in -67, he was the very image of a man on tenterhooks.
=aside=
Wow! This place has been incredibly busy the last day!
And thank you all for the congrats on my first 500 posts! Couldn't have done it without you! :)
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Thanksgiving at the Monroe household:
It’s cheering to see that everyone can be civil, but even Capriccio Espagnol burbling out of the telly can’t cover the rage unleashed in Ennis when he is confronted in the kitchen by Alma with the real reason for his frequent trips back to nature. Quiet mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
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You would have thought Old Man Twist had a personal
vendetta against Ennis, so mean-spirited was his narrative . . . .
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The pickup was old, no heater, one windshield wiper and bad tires, when the transmission went there was no money to fix it.
(From the short story)
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Randy Quaid: Aguirre is a cards-close-to-the-vest type; he looks at Ennis and Jack as xpendable. [Production Notes]
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What Ennis would have said, circa 1997, is "No, Jack, he rodeos mostly, and, yadda yadda yadda, we was fishin' buddies . . . "
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Ennis's sudden and explosive temper made him a veritable Zidane among cowboys, as the driver outside the Blue Eagle Bar found out to his surprise.
=comment=
Taking a chance that the French captain Zinedine Zidane's exlposively angry head-butting of his Italian opponent Materazzi in the recent Soccer World Cup Finals is as well-known here at BM as it certainly is in Europe. I doubt you'll find a person who've not seen that incident multiple times and discussed it at length - it's become a common cultural denominator.
And if there is *any* doubt about a BBM connection, Toast pointed out this link that shows the actual headbutt incident and what may have been said to provoke it....... ;)
Brokeback Butt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlxtVcj-mGI)
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Let's Do It Again!!!
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It was abundantly clear "how it would go" after TS1.
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Jack and Lureen: “No one’s gonna love you like me,” plays in the background during their first slow dance. Quiet mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
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Ennis hit the ceiling at Thanksgiving, when Alma brought up Jack.
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After the post-divorce drive, Jack's hopes started to go down the drain.
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The world which Ennis and Jack have been born into is at once changing rapidly and yet scarcely evolving.
[Synopsis - Production Notes]
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His reunion with Ennis had been gestating in Jack's mind since they first separated in Signal, Wyoming . . . .
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The love-sick pair hug then kiss in the parking lot. A horrified Alma appears in the wrong place at the right time and shudders from head to toe at the abhorrent sight. Quiet mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
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Greetings, "Jeep" Wagoneer (tanx 4 ur 411 PM late last nite):
U must check the "ABCz Answers List" to verify that a word has not been used. No one can play just any word they want, even tho I know that U luv vehicles.
"Ford" was used in Round 26 by, coincidentally, Will-U (reply#725)! U can change your "F" word or someone else can play a replacement "F". Our loose policy on this is basically whoever is first! That's another reason Y it's important to first check the validity of any answer word.
Mayor Will
ABC-ville
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XXX - "mountians" is clearly a typo! Nobody noticed? Unfortunately for the game, due to unpredictable PMD, I dont currently have the mod "edit" feature to correct it myself. So, the expediency of the game is slowed and the Playerz 'suffer'. It's reminiscent of the IMDB board. The "ABCz of BBM" flourished anyway.
Moreover, "mountains", of course, is a long-ago used answer. JPW, like everyone else, U need to check the "ABCz Answer List". If U write Toast, he could explain 2 U how to use the E/Z "edit" & "search" feature to verify words.
Next letters: "F" & "M"
Note: Replacing XXX'd wordz does not count as a turn! Same player can do both!! And then, play their own turn!
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At the bar, just after the Aguirre interview:
Waitress (to Ennis): "You drinkin' that beer, or was you plannin' a grow flowers in it?"
Ennis looks embarrassed, is about to say something, but Jack speaks first.
Jack (to waitress): "Tell you what, ma'am, you just keep linin' 'em up." [screenplay]
=comment= WillYum
This is a replacement for Ford which had been played previously.
I had been PMing J-Wagoneer about the errror.
But now I agree, the time is up.
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Ennis and Jack quested all over the mountainous areas of Wyoming, looking for a time and place that had escaped them.
=comment=
Replacement for previously played word mountain.
Next letter up is I.
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Many of us Brokies have found BBM to be truly inspirational.
Next up is "J".
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Jack and Ennis jockey their horses through the herd as they move the sheep up the mountain.
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Thanksgiving, outside the Black and Blue Eagle Bar: Without hesitation, Ennis runs around the pickup, yanks open the driver door, drags the huge man out in the slushy street, pummeling him and kicking him. Knees him in the nuts. [screenplay]
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"Bunch a other things, fuckin busted ribs, sprains and pains, torn ligaments."
(From the short story)
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Jack and Ennis had to face a melee of confusion the morning after the storm since their sheep scattered and mixed with the Chilean sheep.
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All the people out on the pavement looking at Ennis were nobodies [persons of no account].
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Lureen had a straight-forward and rather opportunistic approach to getting to know Jack.
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There Ennis stood, wondering where his damn shirt was, and very conscious of the bruise appearing on Jack's cheek where he had punched him.
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Jack’s pickup truck races across the bleak southern Wyoming landscape after passing an ENTERING WYOMING sign.
(From the screenplay)
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Ennis awoke with the pillow wet, sometimes the sheets.
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Jack: "...I can't make it on a couple a high-altitude fucks once or twice a year. You're too much for me, Ennis, you son of a whoreson bitch. I wish I knew how to quit you." [story]
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Jack gave Ennis an enthusiastically uproarious re-enactment of a bull ride.
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When Ennis visited the Twist ranch in Lightning Flat, he was making a public statement of his attachment to Jack, his dead lover.
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Ennis was waylaid by Cassie on his way to the can.
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The BBM scenes that xemplify Ennis’s love for Jack do so through showing some subtle and tender actions of his, rather than having him talk out loud about it.
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Independent Spirit Awards
"Brokeback Mountain" and "Crash" were both winners at yesterday's Independent Spirit Awards, which named the unconventional western best picture and the electrifying examination of race and class in Los Angeles best first feature. Post-Gazette, March 05, 2006 (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06064/665664-331.stm)
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The rules specify one-word answers. The word "quid" was played in Round 114 by Memento (Sandy), and the word "quo" was played in Round 137 by ThePirateBride.
We need a new "Q" word.
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The boys exchanged quids pro quo: Ennis tried ordering soup instead of beans, and offered to sleep in the cat-piss tent; Jack was entertaining and taught Ennis in the ways of love.
(dictionary.com lists quids pro quo as alternative plural)
=comment= Playerz
Next up is "Z".
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While we're waiting for a "Z", I thought I'd share with the playerz some more stats: specifically the Lighting Flat Fast and Furious Rounds 196 through 200, leading up to our latest and greatest milestone. With the Mayor'z and Modz' permission:
Rounds 196 to 200
Total of 130 letters plus 14 round announcements, info
and assorted congratulations
Mikaela 25
southendmd Paul 21
Front-Ranger Lee 20 + 4
Fran-E 17 + 4
Memento Sandy 16 + 3
Toast 14
ProwlAmongUs Tim 10
Hizzoner Will-U 2 + 2
Jackie Sparrow 1
Lucise Milli 1 + 1
Amber 1
Clara7615 1
Triple Threat 1
Congratulations to All, especially our new star Mikaela!
Five rounds in just over 48 hours, must be a record!
Now, back to our regularly scheduled round 210.
Do I hear a "Z"?
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Doug's Zoo's very own "Bonkers" is the bear star of "Brokeback Mountain."
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=aside= Sandy
I "borrowed" your graphics for this one, but
Round 210 is still waiting for your personal
touch.
Fran
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"Ennis is trying to adjust a tent pole."
(From the published screenplay.)
=comment=
Paul, sure enough - I'm really having fun with this. Starting to struggle with the "Z" though!!
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Being together was the be-all and end-all for Jack and Ennis.
=aside= Paul
Thanks for the stats. We redlined it all the way.
Second place isn't exactly chopped liver.
Sandy
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Rodrigo Prieto - Cinematographer Brokeback Mountain
From the opening sequence, Rodrigo Prieto’s camera wordlessly sets the scene of Signal, Wyoming; its spectacular backdrop of state-owned mountains being used illegally as summer pasture for sheep, are the perfect metaphor for the twin notions of “following the rules we like” and “just don’t get caught.” Quiet mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
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"The mountain boiled with demonic energy, glazed with flickering broken-cloud light..."
(From the short story)
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Joy Ellison is listed in the film's end credits as "Dialect Coach."
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Jack and Ennis had a freewheeling summer on Brokeback that would change their lives forever.
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Sleepy the bull gyrated wildly in the arena, but Jack held on for dear life, long enough to win first prize.
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James Schamus: One of the great things Ang brings to the story is the humanity and attention devoted to every character. [Production Notes]
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Ennis had to invent alibis to satisfy Alma's curiosity every time he and Jack spent time together.
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Ennis eventually jettisoned the straight guy charade that his relationship with Cassie represented, but managed to hurt Cassie deeply in the process.
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To show that not all rodeo cowboys are fuckups, Jack kidded around and made his new friend laugh.
Jack: "Yeehaw...
There you go.
Burn his guts out.
Wavin' to the girls in the stands!
He's kickin' me to high heaven!"
Ennis: "I think my dad was right."
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Jack was trapped in a loveless marriage with Lureen.
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The second tent scene mantra: S’alright, s’alright
Def. mantra: An incantation, a sacred verbal formula, repeated in prayer and meditation
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Throughout it all, Gustavo Santaoalla’s music fits the narrative like a glove: solo, then steel guitars for the lonely men in the mountains; strings are added as their romance blossoms, a country fiddle adds party zest. Quiet mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000BEZQ18.01._PE26_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
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Those bikers were a study in orneriness.
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Jack and Ennis wore shirts with placket fronts – fastened with buttons.
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Ennis looks at Jack quizzically when Jack asks him about his life, that morning in the not-yet-open bar down the road from Aguirre's office.
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Jack and Ennis show their affection not only in their sex, but in the passionate way they roughhouse together.
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When Ennis visited Alma in the grocery store, dozens of jars fell off the shelf.
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(Director Ang) Lee, his talented cast, and crew, have done the world a great service by bringing Annie Proulx’s story to the screen, for if just one couple can use this “fiction” as the stepping stone to their happy ending, then all of the grief suffered silently by countless others may not have been in vain. Quiet mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
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The question about what really happened to Jack remains unanswered. Was it an accident, or was he murdered?
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"ABCz of BBM"
Roundz Round-Up
#201 to #210
=Top 10 Playerz=
Toast - 59!!!!!!!!!! {winner!}
Fran-E - 55!!!!! {runner-up!}
Mikaela - 43! {top three}
Memento Sandy - 32 {top four}
ProwlAmongUs Tim - 31 {top five}
Front-Ranger Lee - 23
SouthEndMD - 15
Ekeby - 13
Will-U - 6
Mrs. Mary Twist - 2
Honorable mention for other Roundz #201 to #210 Playerz:
J.P. Wagoneer, DeeDee, Becky, Clara and Dre!
Thanx to All of the Playerz of the
"ABCz of Brokeback Mountain"!! :)
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At the time of the 1977 Thanksgiving, the Farrah Fawcett "do" very evidently was in vogue among wanna-be-fashionable women in Childress.
=comment=
We really went through rounds 201-210 posting like there's no tomorrow. :o ;D
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That summer on Brokeback was a time of winsome days and seductive nights.
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Heath Ledger: I had fear going into it, but that was all the more reason to do it; it was xhilarating when I committed to [Brokeback Mountain]. [Production Notes]
=comment= All
Wow, I must say it feels great to be the winner this morning.
And that is a motivating factor in this game.
But when we put down that next post,
We are really looking forward to what will be posted by someone else.
That little realization of something new about Brokeback Mountain.
I love this game, I love Fran and Memento(Sandy) and WillYum for making us follow the Rulez.
And I love every post that makes sense and has a brand new word on the subject line.
And Oh Yes; Did I mention that I beat Fran??
We have a great team of Playerz here.
Welcome to all our new Playerz too.
Definition:
1. [adjective] making lively and cheerful; "the xhilarating effect of mountain air"
Synonyms: stimulating
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Estás perdiendo el tiempo
Pensando, pensando
Por lo que más tú quieras
¿Hasta cuándo? ¿Hasta cuándo?
Y así pasan los días
Y yo, desesperando
Y tú, tú contestando
Quizás, quizás, quizás
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Mile Zero with the slogan of "No matter where you go there you are." has a commentary on Brokeback. Link (http://www.milezero.org/index.cgi/movies/commentary)
=compliment= Toast
Congratz on being the winner. You haven't been in touch with Floyd Landis lately have you?
:laugh:
Sandy
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And For More Words We Will Delve!!
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Jack adored Ennis.
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... Flash forward to the next basted bird and it’s the holiday meal where Del Mar is at the table with his daughters, ex-wife and her new husband. Quiet mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
=aside= Sandy
In my recent discussions with fellow-winner Floyd Landis
I wonder if his cap is on too tight,
(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41976000/jpg/_41976204_landis203.jpg)
He cannot seem to figure out if:
The test of his leak broke rules. [or]
The leak of his test broke rules.
In my case I cannot explain the presence of steroids (prednisone) in my Corn Flakes.
Must have been some Doctor or Nurse that did it.
Like Floyd, I plead guilty when I am guilty to
Wines in 209
Pudding in 187
Eggs in 189 (Now that's important)
But any other advantage in winning so much so often must come down to
whisky and beer (Make that wine and gin)
dehydration (either you drink or you don't)
B sample (I posted "A" in that round)
injections for pain in his hip (Free neck injections for all)
his natural metabolism (my cereberal metabolism)
WADA - WADA - WADA
humbly yours
Toast
=reply= Toast
Great comeback!!!
Sandy
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"Ennis stood as if heart-shot, face grey and deep-lined, grimacing, eyes screwed shut, fists clenched, legs caving, hit the ground on his knees." [story]
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Prior to meeting Jack, Ennis was naive; however, as he and Jack spent time together, Ennis’ mind symbolically debouched and he saw their relationship in a new light.
Def: To emerge or issue from a narrow area into the open.
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Jack’s constant and tender care for Ennis’s skittish nature in many ways epitomizes love and selflessness.
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Randy Quaid: ... Annie Proulx is a fabulous writer, and her classic love story always stayed with me. [Production Notes]
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When Jack placed Ennis' hand on his crotch, Ennis was galvanized into action.
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"Ennis stood as if heart-shot, face grey and deep-lined, grimacing, eyes screwed shut, fists clenched, legs caving, hit the ground on his knees." [story]
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Jack tried his best to infuse Ennis with some of his own optimism and hopes for the future.
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Jack's jocosity, which we saw a number of times, must have been learned as a survival mechanism with his serious Mom and scornful Dad. I bet Uncle Harold was as funny as could be.
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Finding a way to convince Ennis that two men could actually live together proved to be a knotty problem for Jack.
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ENNIS and JACK sit at the bar, each nurses a longneck.
(From the published script)
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Ennis and Jack first met while applying for work with Joe Aguirre in 1963.
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Jack’s first postcard necessitated a response from Ennis. :D
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Jack and Ennis had a rocky relationship in many ways, but overall it was a good one.
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The story unfolds over two decades, during which they endure loveless marriages to long-suffering wives — Williams and Anne Hathaway — and bide their time between perilous trysts.
(Entertainment Weekly – Christine Spines) http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1136042_1|111142_0_,00.html
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Jack quetched "about Joe Aguirre's sleep-with-the-sheep-and-no-fire order". [short story]
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Jack’s getaways with Ennis weren’t only a chance to be with the man he loved, but they provided a welcome respite from his humdrum daily grind with Lureen and L.D. Newsome.
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Ennis was always broke; he would just scrape by.
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Ennis and Jack's love thrived despite all the challenges and consequences.
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Alma put the upside-down postcard from Jack Nasty under the other mail.
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In the firelight that permeated the tent, we see Jack stroking Ennis’ cheek as gently as if he were fondling velvet.
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Ennis and Jack part ways after that Brokeback summer to start building more conventional lives.
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Anne Hathaway: ... Lureen is in a marriage with Jack that is based on a certain kind of love, but not passion; it doesn't go as deep as the connection he has with Ennis. I was interested in xploring what that would do to a person, how that would turn them. [Production Notes]
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There were times when Ennis' temper got the best of him and he acted the yob.
def: a rowdy, aggressive or violent young man.
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Jack saw Ennis’s night fire through the darkness on the mountain, shining as brightly and seeming just as far away as Zaniah in the skies above.
Def:
Zaniah is a star in the Virgo constellation, which seems quite fitting for Ennis at that point in time. ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta_Virginis
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Round 213
Let's keep it clean!
We need an "A".
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Ennis encountered the bear in an arboreal setting.
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As it happens throughout, Ledger’s mastery over his rugged face expertly reveals bewilderment and replays pleasures to come when he awakens, hung-over beside his sudden love. Quiet mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
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"….the sounds were of squalling and sucking and Alma’s sleepy groans, all reassuring of fecundity and life’s continuance to one who worked with livestock."
(From the short story)
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Ennis dredged up an old saying when he told Jack, "Time to hit the hay, cowboy". (story)
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Focus Features and River Road Entertainment present "Brokeback Mountain," an Ang Lee film.
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During Ennis's visit, Jack’s mother exudes frailty and strength at the same time.
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Jack saddles up, in a pale world. The mountain, misted, is the color of smoke, the high, grassy-plain invisible. Ennis cleans the breakfast plates by the fire. Jack mounts his bay mare. She crow-hops a little; he keeps her under control. Rides off, Ennis watching him go. [screenplay]
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_092.jpg)
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The boys are described as having hardscrabble lives.
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When the short story says Jack had been "riding more than bulls", it's implying that Jack had been having sex with other men.
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Jack's jocoseness is apparent, even on Aguirre's bottom step, when he says: "Your folks just stopped at Ennis?
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Uncle Harold, who got a reprieve from death by pneumonia, was one of Jack's kinsmen.
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"It is an eerie sensation to see events you have imagined in the privacy of your mind, and tried hopelessly to transmit to others through little black marks on a page, loom up before you in an overwhelming visual experience."
(Annie Proulx on seeing the film for the first time, in “Getting Movied”.)
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"Years on years they worked their way through the high meadows and mountain drainages, horse-packing into the Big Horns, Medicine Bows, south end of the Gallatins, Absarokas, Granites, Owl Creeks, the Bridger-Teton Range, the Freezeouts and the Shirleys, Ferrises and the Rattlesnakes, Salt River Range, into the Wind Rivers over and again, the Sierra Madres, Gros Ventres, the Washakies, Laramies, but never returning to Brokeback." [story]
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They never talked about the sex, let it happen, at first only in the tent at night, then in the full daylight with the hot sun striking down, and at evening in the fire glow, quick, rough, laughing and snorting, no lack of noises, but saying not a goddamn word except once Ennis said, "I'm not no queer," and Jack jumped in with "Me neither. [short story]
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Jack wanted to meet after four years, and Ennis was more than willing to oblige.
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In fact, Ennis was so willing to oblige that he practically flew down the stairs to greet and hug the just-arrived Jack (not to mention to kiss the living daylights out of him).
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There was a quiver in Jack's voice when he said, "I miss you so much I can hardly stand it."
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They were raised on small, poor ranches in opposite corners of the state, Jack Twist in Lightning Flat up on the Montana border, Ennis del Mar from around Sage, near the Utah line, ... [ First line in the short story as publiished in the New Yorker Magazine. ]
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Visibly in dire straits, Ennis crumpled and cried out his pain and misery after having watched Jack drive away.
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Jack was the tamer of the wild beast in Ennis.
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Ennis and Jack had an unspoken agreement that they wouldn't express their feelings to each other.
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Lashawn was the picture of vivaciousness throughout the entire party and dance.
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Ennis Del Mar: "Why don't you just let me be, huh?
It's because of you, Jack, that I'm like this.
I'm nothin... I'm nowhere...
Get the fuck off me!"
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During a brief phone conversation with Ennis, Lureen xplains the details of Jack's death, but is it the truth?
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Jack and Ennis were still in their youthhood when they met that summer on Brokeback.
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Brokeback Sporno Moments (http://queerbeacon.typepad.com/queer_beacon/2006/07/italy_wins_brok.html)
Zinedine Zidane of France celebrates his soccer sports/porno antics, celebrating with:
team mate Thierry Henry
team mate Frank Ribery
team-mate Sidney Govou
Link (http://queerbeacon.typepad.com/queer_beacon/2006/07/italy_wins_brok.html)
In a previous round we saw Mr. Zidane NOT celebrating with Marco Materazzi.
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Round #214 of the "ABCz of Brokeback Mountain"
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Flying along with the ABCz.............
Will ;D Fran ::) Sandy :-*
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An assortment of candy is available for purchase at the Greyhound bus station.
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At the hands of his assailants, Earl was subjected to bestiality (=brutality) of the worst kind.
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Mrs. Twist clutches her throat with apprehension when her husband utters, “Tell you what: we got a family plot and he’s goin’ in it.”
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The beginning of Brokeback takes place during the Sixties, the era of sex, drugs and rock n' roll, all of which are included, to some extent, in the movie.
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Jake Gyllenhaal: This is the first time I've ever played a character spanning a long period of time. Ang said, it's not only the makeup and the wardrobe but also the voice and the movement and the behaviour - everything combined into one. He made me feel empowered. [Production Notes]
=aside= Mikaela
Earl and bestiality??
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The whole crew of Jack, Ennis, the sheep and other animals flowed up the mountain like dirty water.
=aside= Toast, Mika
bestiality can also mean brutality, which applies to Earl.
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Jack had a grueling commute, up and down the mountain, according to him.
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Jack saw Ennis’ campfire from his night camp, located at a greater height on the mountain.
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(Ennis Del Mar buying a postcard)
Linda Higgins: "That'll be thirty cents." (smiles at him, likes him) "Big investment."
Ennis lays out a quarter and a nickel. [Leaves.] [screenplay]
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After agreeing to switch jobs with Jack, Ennis rode Cigar Butt up to where the sheep slept, carrying leftover biscuits, a jarful of jam, and a jarful of coffee with him for the next day.
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Ennis recalled one of Jack's stories about how his father abused him when he was only a knee-high toddler.
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It’s a heartbreaking story of working-class people, men and women, trying to make a living, trying to do the right thing, imprisoned by limited options, prejudice and fear. PWW.org (http://www.pww.org/article/view/8389/1/303/)
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Ennis was mortified into silence when he woke up the next morning. ;D
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After the big reunion kiss, came the famous nuzzle.
=aside=
I wish I had a picture.
=aside=
Hey, now I have a picture, thanks to Toast.
Thanks to Sandy for the animation.
You guys are the greatest.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_523.jpg)
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Ennis's reaction to Jack showing up after four years was overwhelming to both Jack and Alma.
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Ennis wanted to keep a very low profile when he and Jack were together.
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Aguirre’s order that Jack and Ennis defy Forest Service regulations was questionably suspicious.
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Anne Hathaway: ... Annie Proulx revealed a part of American history to me that I didn't know existed. [Production Notes]
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"They shook hands in the choky little trailer office in front of a table littered with scribbled papers, a Bakelite ashtray brimming with stubs." [story]
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Jack and Ennis had a timely meeting that first summer on Brokeback – the fates were in their favor.
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Ennis felt an upsurge of passion whenever he looked at Jack.
=aside=
I've altered my previous post [#5929 bestiality] to make it even clearer in which context the played word was being used. Not changing the word though as I think it was appropriate.
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John Twist and Mrs. Twist extended vastly different levels of hospitality to Ennis during his visit to Lightning Flat.
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Ennis has settled for mere existence, wasting years in a loveless marriage, unable to overcome his fears. From Brokeback Mountain to Walden Pond (http://www.bigqueer.com/index.php?/archives/112-From-Brokeback-Mountain-to-Walden-Pond-Thoreau-and-the-Authentic-Life.html)
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Jack xcelled at long-distance driving.
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Jack's horse was yarely and easily spooked.
def: lively, agile
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Ennis' and Jack's lessons in the summer of 1963 were in zoology, meteorology, sexuality, culinary sciences, sexuality, straight shooting, and drinking.
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Beans, sheep and hot boys were abundant on the mountain in the summer of '63.
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Carl was a bystander when Cassie happened to see Ennis at the cafe and went over to confront him.
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Ennis described the callous, brutal treatment Earl received: "What the tire iron done looked like pieces a burned tomatoes all over him." [short story]
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At Thanksgiving with the in-laws, Jack was defiant.
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Having arrived separately in Signal, Wyoming looking for work in the summer of 1963, Ennis (Heath Ledger) and Jack (Jake Gyllenhaal) soon find themselves packed off to the top of the eponymous mountain to protect a herd of sheep from potential predators.
BBC review (http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A8373963)
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Ennis feared that he would suffer the same brutality as Earl.
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Jack and Lureen both had a large amount of gumption, while Ennis and Alma had little or none.
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A few handfuls of hail rattled against the window followed by rain and slippery wind banging the unsecured doorof the next room then and through the night.
(From the short story)
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Ennis internalized the brutality that was so callously inflicted on Earl.
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The spoon handles that jutted out of the cans of BetterMost beans reminded Ennis of the tire iron that so callously inflicted the brutality on Earl, which he internalized.
=aside= Toast
Sorry, it's contagious.
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Earl's killers were never caught.
=aside= Southend and Toast
It is contagious.
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Ennis had a lifelong fear of being brutally killed like Earl; just for being himself.
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All who heard about it mourned the brutality of Jack's death.
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We see the brutality inflicted on Earl in a nine-year-old's eyes.
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The brutality and callousness of Earl's death was obscene.
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Ennis had pitiful dreams later on in his life in which the spoon stood in for the tire iron, because he was not able to confront the brutality of Jack's death.
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There are many notable quotations from the film, including Ennis' line "For all I know he done the job" referring to his father's possible role in the brutality callously inflicted upon Earl.
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Rich could take away the body of Earl, but only the rains could wash away the signs of brutality in the irrigation ditch.
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Ennis was shattered when he found out about Jack's death.
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The callous brutality that was Earl's murder took its toll on Ennis' psyche.
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Lashawn kept up a relatively unilateral conversation.
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A violence-prone society like Wyoming's suffers from outbreaks of brutality.
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The emotional wreckage that Earl's death had on Ennis was lifelong.
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The sight of Ennis's bloodied face after the bear incident served to disarm Jack's gripes and ire just as well as any xpelliarmus spell ever cast at Hogwarts.
=comment=
In my opinion the Harry Potter universe has become a part of popular culture to the extent that the frequently used spells (Including Expelliarmus: Disarming spell) can be deemed the equivalent of "popularly known foreign language words". :)
See Lexicon of spells] (http://www.hp-lexicon.org/magic/spells/spells_e.html)
=aside=
You people are something entirely and creatively else with your inspired posts about........ :o brutality.
8)
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Mr. Del Mar had a message for his sons: "This brutality could happen to yourselves."
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Beans, like the BetterMost ones consumed by Jack and Ennis while up on Brokeback Mountain, are zincous; they contain zinc.
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Round 216:
"A" words and "Z" words
and everything in between!
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Ennis abruptly pulled his hand away from Jack's crotch.
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Around that time Jack began to appear in his dreams, ..... but the can of beans with the spoon handle jutting out and balanced on the log was there as well, in a cartoon shape and lurid colors that gave the dreams a flavor of comic obscenity. [short story]
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"It (the bedroll) was big enough, warm enough, and in a little while they deepened their intimacy considerably." [story]
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Ang Lee conveys maddening delirium rendered in the way one man’s eyes gaze at another’s, and then look away, and the looking-away amounts to the murder of two souls as surely as if they’d drawn guns and hit each other in the heart.
NewYorkMetro review (http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/15224/)
=aside=
Woot! 400 pages!! 8) :) 8)
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U read my mind, Mika, as I was trotting over to post it....
400 Pagez!!!! of the "ABCz of BBM!!!!"
(http://www.virtuallandmedia.com/img5/miscs2/book01.gif)
The "ABCz of BBM" Dictionary
{Miriam-Willster Version}
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As Ennis grew older, he slowly abandoned his old ways of thinking concerning his relationship with Jack; it wasn’t until after Jack died, however, that his mind reached a higher plane of enlightenment, and he achieved some peace.
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"Ennis ran full-throttle on all roads whether fence mending or money spending...." [story]
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During the phone call to Lureen, Ennis had a glimpse of Jack being beaten in his mind.
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Jack’s father-in-law treated him as no more than a helper within his business.
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Aguirre came cantering along the trail and innocently said:
"Twist. Your Uncle Harold's in the hospital with pneumonia.
Doctors don't expect he'll make it.
Your ma sent me to tell you, so... here I am."
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_257.jpg)
=congratulations=
To all on 400 pages.
Good News.
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In the summer of 1963, Jack yearned to be anywhere other than the jerkwater town of Lightning Flat.
def: (adj) small, unimportant, etc.
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Ma Twist was the kindest, most nurturing of all the BBM parents. Without passing any judgement, she embraced the knowledge of Ennis and Jack's relationship through the years.
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Luckily, too much whiskey and cold temperatures forced Ennis into the tent that chilly night, and the boys got to know each other better.
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Ennis comes across as a completely authentic American cowboy - masculine, tough, independent and stoic.
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Jack had a nerve-wracking "interview" with Aguirre in 1964. He told Ennis about some of it in the short story:
"Got to tell you, friend, maybe somebody seen us that summer. I was back there the next June, thinkin about goin back -- I didn't, lit out for Texas instead -- and Joe Aguirre's in the office and he says to me, he says, 'You boys found a way to make the time pass up there, didn't you,' and I give him a look but when I went out I seen he had a big-ass pair a binoculars hangin off his rearview." He neglected to add that the foreman had leaned back in his squeaky wooden tilt chair, said, Twist, you guys wasn't gettin paid to leave the dogs baby-sit the sheep while you stemmed the rose, and declined to rehire him. He went on, "Yeah, that little punch a yours surprised me. I never figured you to throw a dirty punch."
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The onus of describing her husband's death to his "fishin' buddy" Ennis fell on Lureen.
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Jack’s love for Ennis permeated his being to the core.
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Jack and Ennis became questers: trip after trip in the mountains of Wyoming, searching for a place to be themselves.
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After 20 years, Ennis found his old shirt with the ripped pocket in Jack's closet with Jack's old shirt over it.
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Both Jack and Ennis succumbed to their mounting sexual desires in Tent Scene 1.
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"This is Jack Twist: like Ennis, a rough country boy with little education but somewhat different in appearance and attitude, a little less stoic, a little more of a dreamer. More welcoming, appealing, with a quick laugh. Twenty, but not as tall as Ennis, more compact and muscular, thick, dark hair, worn jeans, bullrider's belt buckel, faded shirt, stubbly beard, cowboy hat, boots worn to the quick." [screenplay]
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... But I think that if "Brokeback" speaks powerfully to gay and non-gay audiences alike, it is because the film articulates not only the tragedy of true love constrained and ultimately defeated by homophobia, but because it speaks to the tragedy of life not truly lived. From Brokeback Mountain to Walden Pond (http://www.bigqueer.com/index.php?/archives/112-From-Brokeback-Mountain-to-Walden-Pond-Thoreau-and-the-Authentic-Life.html)
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Ennis and Jack devoured the elk voraciously (and each other).
=congratulationz= Playerz and Modz
400 pages, damn!! Yea, 400 pages...
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"Jack removes the bandanna from around his neck, wads it up, takes the whiskey from Ennis, and pours some into the bandanna. Raises the bandanna to Ennis's forehead." [screenplay]
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Ennis continued to xempt himself from Jack’s requests for a life together. ;D
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Jack and Ennis' youthy attraction for each other grows into a mature lifelong love.
=aside= Playerz
Have a nice weekend. I'm off to hear some great music at the Newport Jazz Festival.
Sandy
=reply= Sandy
Sounds like fun. Enjoy!
Fran
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Paula Zahn: "The great American western is crossing a new frontier in just a few days. "Brokeback Mountain," a movie as controversial as it is acclaimed will show up in movie theaters all over the country."
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0512/13/pzn.01.html
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The ABCz of BBM announces Round 217!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Send in the ABCz Klownz:
Fran, Sandy, Toast, Mikaela, Tim, Lee, Paul, Ann Marie, Lucise, Mary, Scott, A-E: Amber, Becky, Clara, DeeDee, Ekeby, et al.
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The authentic life is there for the living, and the deepest tragedy of "Brokeback Mountain” is the refusal of Ennis to accept Jack’s invitation to live it. From Brokeback Mountain to Walden Pond (http://www.bigqueer.com/index.php?/archives/112-From-Brokeback-Mountain-to-Walden-Pond-Thoreau-and-the-Authentic-Life.html)
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The description of Earl's death is an example of rural homophobic brutality.
=aside=
I didn't think we was gonna get into this again!
Yes, I did, I red-posted it as fast as I could.
I can't believe this word hasn't been played!
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Jack and Ennis both grew up and spent all their lives living and working in the wide expanses of the country.
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(http://img.slate.com/media/1/123125/122954/2112219/2131361/051209_mov_brokeback_mt3EX.jpg)
"Let somebody love you, Desperado." [photo caption] (http://www.slate.com/id/2131959/)
Lasso Me Tender (http://www.slate.com/id/2131264/)
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Ennis effectively dispatched the elk, put up the tent, and whipped up breakfast for Jack, among a myriad of other things as camp tender.
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In TS2, we get a nice view of Jack's furry abdomen.
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The boys' love for one another grew more intense over the years.
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The price of outward conformity to a rigid code of heteronormativity is a slow inward death for (Jack and Ennis). As Thoreau puts it bluntly, "A living dog is better than a dead lion." From Brokeback Mountain to Walden Pond (http://www.bigqueer.com/index.php?/archives/112-From-Brokeback-Mountain-to-Walden-Pond-Thoreau-and-the-Authentic-Life.html)
=aside=
I have a brand new and growing appreciation for writers who use brobdingnagian words.
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To Ennis, Jack's plan for a sweet life was ill-conceived.
=aside=Toast
Brobdingnagian: That's a Swift one!
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The reunion kiss jump-started Jack and Ennis' relationship.
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Jack was a real kidder, his rodeo f***ups scene made even Ennis laugh.
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Ennis was a real loner by temperament.
=aside= Moremojo
Welcome back, Scott.
Will, Fran & Sandy
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Jack used his harmonica to create unique melodies, much to Ennis’ chagrin.
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Randall and Lashawn Malone were newcomers to Childress, Texas.
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As the following action occurs, we pull away to the night landscape, and we only hear the sounds - the belt being unbuckled, rustle of jeans, Ennis spitting, sharp intakes of breath .... [screenplay]
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Mrs. Twist believed in the Pentecostal tenets of her faith.
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With Alma busy in the kitchen, Ennis takes on the role of queller as he attempts to calm his crying daughters.
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... And I did find Brokeback Mountain more powerful in retrospect, when its tone and images and emotions lingered beyond all its elevated Oscar-worthiness. Lasso Me Tender (http://www.slate.com/id/2131264/)
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In Ennis's world, it was downright dangerous to be thought of as a sissy.
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"Jack and Lureen's home. Wall-to-wall carpeting, fairly luxurious, particularly in comparison to Ennis's life. Many photos of Lureen winning barrel-racing trophies. One of Jack, the one taken in the arena the day they met." [screenplay]
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It is understandable that Jack would be frustrated after 16 years of trying to convince Ennis that they can have a life together.
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Ennis was met at the front door of Jack's house by the venerable Mrs. Mary Twist.
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Ennis: "So what's the occasion?"
Alma Jr. blows on her coffee, something on her mind. This is hard for her...
Alma (apprehensive): "Me and Kurt...we're getting married." [screenplay]
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After Jack talks about failing his xaminations for the army, Ennis talks about it and his own self xaminations:
"Sure as hell seem in one piece to me. You know, I was sittin up here all that time tryin to figure out if I was -- ? I know I ain't. I mean here we both got wives and kids, right? I like doin it with women, yeah, but Jesus H., ain't nothin like this. I never had no thoughts a doin it with another guy except I sure wrang it out a hunderd times thinkin about you. You do it with other guys? Jack?" [short story]
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Ennis’ face was a study of yipe! when Jack grabbed his hand and Ennis realized where it was placed. ;D
yipe means to express surprise per dictionary.com
=comment=
Ennis' body language certainly said "yipe!"
Fran
yipe (interjection) used to express surprise, fear, dismay (also yipes)
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Ennis's zoophilia was so ingrained that he called his horses "little darlins."
def: Affection or affinity for animals
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Round 218!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are the GGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRR 88888888888888888888888888888888888 TEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(If I do say so meeself...218 x 26 = 5,668 words and counting...)
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Ennis awkwardly stopped climbing the steps to Aguirre's trailer when Joe entered it and closed the door.
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Getting jealous, Ennis says, "You been to Mexico, Jack?"
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And so it goes on Brokeback Mountain, where the stunning Wyoming landscape plays in grand emotional counterpoint to the awkward romance depicted on screen.
Deep Focus Review here (http://www.deep-focus.com/flicker/brokebac.html)
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Several of the original songs for Brokeback Mountain feature a duet between an acoustic guitar and a pedal steel guitar.
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Cassie and Ennis are the only people on the dance floor. It is immediately clear that Ennis cannot dance. But Cassie doesn't mind, makes the most of the moment, enjoys herself, shaking the funk out of her ass, letting her hair fly. [screenplay]
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Joe Aguirre sits with his feet on his desk, flipping through a newspaper, chewing on a toothpick.
(From the published script)
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Unable to stand it any longer, Ennis reluctantly gets up from the campfire and walks toward the tent containing the gorgeous Jack. ;)
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Awkwardly (Ennis) pulls up his jeans, leaving the safe harbour of selective memory little room to deny the act. Quiet mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_189.jpg)
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I think the story for me was this incredibly masculine figure who had this innate love for a soul in another man.
(Heath Ledger interview, Fordham Observer) Here (http://www.fordhamobserver.com/media/paper827/news/2006/02/02/ArtsCulture/More-Than.Just.the.Gay.Cowboy.Movie.Heath.Ledger.Discusses.brokeback.Mountain-1595399.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.fordhamobserver.com)
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Ennis was able to jimmy the carburetor of Jack's old truck so it would start.
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The Basque taught Ennis how to load the mules and secure everything with the correct knot.
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Sadness due to time passing all too quickly lurked in Ennis's and Jack's minds when they were apart - and when they were together.
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
Miss Higgins owned the gift shop where Ennis ordered and returned to buy the BBM postcard to hang in his closet with "the two shirts". (Unfortunately, they did not show those gift shop scenes in the BBM movie.)
=aside= Fran
When U go on your trip, hope U buy me a gift! :)
But, of course, U're a gift to the ABCz! :-*
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By nightfall it turned colder. Jack and Ennis passed a joint back and forth, the fire burning late, Jack restless and bitching about the cold, poking the flames with a stick, twisting the dial of the transistor radio until the batteries died. [short story]
=aside= WillYum
Aw shucks!
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Jack's mother was a proponent of that "old-time religion" of Pentacostalism.
=aside= Willyum
Hey, I played the last "G" and it was gorgeous. It was my gift to U!
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"¿Cúal es su problema?" was la pregunta (the question) that one of the Chilean sheepherders asked.
=aside= Zinaida
ABCz answer "problema" is inspired by our Latina Pirate Bride!
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During their reunion, Jack feared that Ennis wanted to make their future get-togethers quadrennial events.
Def. quadrennial: Happening once in four years.
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Lashawn: "We come out here thinking ranchin' was still big hats and Marlboros.
Boy was we behind the times!" [screenplay]
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Brokeback Mountain was set in the state of Wyoming.
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"Ennis's breath came slow and quiet, he hummed, rocked a little in the sparklight and Jack leaned against the steady heartbeat, the vibrations of the humming like faint electricity and, standing, he fell into sleep that was not sleep but something else drowsy and tranced......"
(From the short story)
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(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_191.jpg)
Both Jack's and Ennis' hats were still uncrushed the next morning after tent scene 1. (http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_194.jpg)
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Jack’s father-in-law gave him a job with his company mainly as a vouchsafement because he’d married his daughter.
Def: to grant as a privilege or special favor
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"Alma goes to the window. Looks out...sees Ennis throw his stuff in the back of Jack's truck. Gets in the passenger side, Jack gets in the driver's side. They pull away as Riverton comes to life. Alma, pale, filled with disquiet, pain, fear, watches them go. Cries." [screenplay]
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In 1963 Ennis came to Signal with little xpectation of companionship, friendship, or even respect.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_004.jpg)
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When he became a Texan, Jack undoubtedly addressed a group of people as "y'all."
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At the tiniest glimpse of Jack, Ennis's heart would soar as surely and steadily as a zeppelin in the sky.
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Round two-one-nine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We're all doing just fine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jack’s unhappy homelife could be ascribed, in part, to his father-in-law.
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Jack and Ennis went bonkers for each other.
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Having satisfied what may be transitory needs, the two of them are operating at emotional cross-purposes — Ennis trying to assert the encounter as a drunken aberration, and Jack balancing that discomfort against his own desires.
Deep Focus Review here (http://www.deep-focus.com/flicker/brokebac.html)
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"Ennis sits at the little kitchen table with Jack's parents. Across from him sits Jack's father, his hands folded on the plastic tablecloth. The father is tough, weatherbeaten, testy, critical -- makes it clear by his manner that he expects to be the stud duck in the pond. Jack's mother -- silent, defeated -- stands. Ennis can't see Jack in either of them." [screenplay]
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On the day after the reunion, Jack and Ennis drove into the mountains and jumped into the enervating water.
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Jack's fate remains ambiguous, although Ennis is certain that the tire iron got him.
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... Gyllenhaal's Jack Twist is the more extroverted one, the rodeo rider, the cowboy who makes cow eyes. Lasso Me Tender (http://www.slate.com/id/2131264/)
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
As we all now know from my recent "M" post (if U dint know b4), the lovely Miss Linda Higgins is the owner of the gift shop where Ennis buys the now famous BBM postcard.
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Ennis didn't need any more inticement than his hand strategically placed by Jack.
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The mountain landscapes in BBM are magnificent: Skies and distant mountains in many shades of clear blues, emerald grasslands, far-off forests the muted deep greens of jade.
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Cassie: "Oh, Ennis...girls don't fall in love with fun!"
Starts crying as she rushes off to Carl, who waits by the door. Carl looks back at Ennis; Ennis shoots Carl a murderous look. Carl hurries Cassie outside. [screenplay]
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"I felt that, as the ancient Egyptians had removed a corpse’s brain through the nostril with a slender hook before mummification, the cast and crew of this film, from the director down, had gotten into my mind and pulled out images."
Annie Proulx in “Getting Movied”
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Alma wanted to move to town so the girls could have neighborly interaction with other children and not grow up as lonely as Ennis did.
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In the twilight sky of Brokeback Mountain an orangish cloud is set next to a dark blue cloud--the colors of Ennis and Jack.
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"Everyone asks you know 'what was the most difficult thing for you,' or 'physically what was the hardest thing,' expecting me to say, 'oh, making out with Jake Gyllenhaal. And it's a really obvious thing to say, but at the end of the day after the first take (pause, makes kissing motion) it was like, ok let's get on with the day. Let's get through it. And all the mystery had been taken away. It really wasn't such a big deal. And yeah, he's a good kisser."
(Heath Ledger interview, Fordham Observer) here (http://www.fordhamobserver.com/media/paper827/news/2006/02/02/ArtsCulture/More-Than.Just.the.Gay.Cowboy.Movie.Heath.Ledger.Discusses.brokeback.Mountain-1595399.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.fordhamobserver.com)
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In 1964 Joe Aguirre looked at Jack queerly and said "Twist, you guys weren't gettin' paid to leave the dogs to babysit the sheep while you stemmed the rose. Now get the hell out of my trailer."
def. In a strange manner.
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Alma Jr.: "Wedding'll be June fifth at the Methodist Church. Jenny's singing, and Monroe's gonna cater the reception." [screenplay]
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"And yet, making the rounds for perhaps the most important and stereotype-shattering romance made in the last ten years hasn’t shaken their modesty even an inch. Gyllenhaal counters Lee’s airy and aloof self-deprecation with a surprising intensity, and their banter hits at a close bond."
The Stanford Daily: Gyllenhaal and Lee interview here (http://daily.stanford.org/article/2005/12/8/wantedPreferablyAliveGyllenhaalAndLee)
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Toast, the word "knuckle" was played in Round 147 by Snowflakes.
We need a replacement "K".
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After Ennis hands his elder daughter to Alma, Junior hugs her mother and hangs on as tightly as any little koala clinging to a safe and sheltering eucalyptus tree.
=comment=
Next letter up is "T"
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Jack attempts to persuade Ennis to climb out of the rut of heteronormative expectations in rural Wyoming, but Ennis is traumatized by a childhood episode in which his father took him and his brother to see a gay man tortured and beaten to death for having the temerity to live openly with another man. From Brokeback Mountain to Walden Pond (http://www.bigqueer.com/index.php?/archives/112-From-Brokeback-Mountain-to-Walden-Pond-Thoreau-and-the-Authentic-Life.html)
=comment=
Eucalyptus Alma
I love the smell of that one.
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"I'd sure as hell rather not," the biker replied unctuously.
def: Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness
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Ennis vetoed Jack's proposed cow-and-calf operation and a sweet life together.
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While the transcendentalist philosopher wrote long before Annie Proulx wrote the short story upon which Ang Lee based his film of "Brokeback Mountain," Thoreau is as relevant today as when "Walden" was published in 1854. From Brokeback Mountain to Walden Pond (http://www.bigqueer.com/index.php?/archives/112-From-Brokeback-Mountain-to-Walden-Pond-Thoreau-and-the-Authentic-Life.html)
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As far as Ennis was concerned, there was little about his relationship with Jack that was xoteric.
def: suitable to be imparted to the public
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Jack's opinion of beans, summarized in one word: Yuck!
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Annie Proulx used a number of zoographic terms and phrases in her short story "Brokeback Mountain". Here are some of them:
bay mare
big bull
big chestnut
big son of a bitch coyote
black bear
cow and calf operation - mmm?
darling horses
Dead Horse - oops that's a road...
goddam pup - oops that's a tent...
good night horse
late heifers
little dog
milling sheep
mouse-coloured grullo
run-out horse
skittish bay mare
startled bear
strawberry roan
stud duck
talking horses - oops
tame ranch dogs
tough old birds
adj. Of or pertaining to the description of animals.
=compliment= Toast
I think this is my favorite "Z" post.
Fran
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Round 220 of "ABCz of BBM"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"Jack and Lureen's home. Wall-to-wall carpeting, fairly luxurious, particularly in comparison to Ennis's life. Many photos of Lureen winning barrel-racing trophies. One of Jack, the one taken in the arena the day they met." [screenplay]
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In a more benign and constructive way, America is now experiencing the Brokeback breakthrough.
Time Magazine, “How the West Was Won Over:" here (http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1151805,00.html) (Only the introduction is available now)
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Finding happiness together was the crux for Ennis and Jack.
def: a puzzling and insolvable problem
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After Ennis went to the Higgins Gift Shop and inquired about the BBM postcard, Linda Higgins indicated that she didn't order any of them; however, she now will!
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"It is an eerie sensation to see events you have imagined in the privacy of your mind, and tried hopelessly to transmit to others through little black marks on a page, loom up before you in an overwhelming visual experience."
(Annie Proulx on seeing the film for the first time, in “getting movied”.)
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Ennis was possessed of a fiery temper.
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Ennis: "See you in the morning'...."
A shuddering snort from Ennis's horse, the grind of hoof on stone, and Ennis rides away, a very young Jack watching him go. [screenplay]
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
Ennis entered Linda Higgins's gift shop and enthralled himself with the postcard rack looking for a pic of BBM.
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Jimbo the clown’s refusal of Jack’s offer of a drink portrayed him as an ingrate.
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Joe Aguirre proved himself to be a jackleg employer when he instructed Jack to defy Forest Service rules and pitch a tent on the q.t. to sleep with the sheep.
def: characterized by unscrupulousness, dishonestly, or lack of professional standards
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On the day after the first tent scene, Ennis rode his horse along a knife-edge ridge toward the sheep.
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Jack let his gaze linger on Ennis’ image in the rearview mirror.
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Alma Jr.: "Me and Kurt...we're getting married." [screenplay]
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You bet Aguirre was not pleased at all about what he obviously considered to be the boys’ negligence of their duties.
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Jack thought that Ennis' sense of fear was overblown.
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"The cold air sweetened, banded pebbles and crumbs of soil cast sudden pencil long shadows, and the rearing lodgepole pines below them massed in slabs of somber malachite." [short story] ;D
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Ennis’s true emotions could sometimes be as difficult to fathom as any complex quadratic equation, even for Jack who knew him best.
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"...and the rearing lodgepole pines below them massed in slabs of somber malachite." {short story}
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Both Jack and Ennis were quite spent after the night of Tent Scene I. Def: 3 : to have an orgasm
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Jack and Ennis used tin cups to drink both coffee and whiskey.
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Jack knew how to unleash Ennis' passion. ::)
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After he'd seen Jack drive away, Ennis vociferated his despair by means of loud yells, moans, sobs and whimpers. :'(
Def. vociferate: To utter or cry out loudly and vehemently, especially in protest.
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Jack redlined it to Wyoming to pay Ennis a visit after his divorce where one was unfortunately not warranted.
=clarification=
Jack felt Ennis' postcard about the divorce
warranted a trip to Wyoming.
The Mean Modz
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Jack viewed his trips to Mexico and “needing something he hardly ever got,” as xonerating circumstances to find male companionship other than Ennis’.
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Brokeback a la Shakespeare:
ENNIS:
I have almost forgot the taste of fear.
Long time has been my senses would run cold,
I’d dread that Sweet Life, and my fear and shame
Would at a mention of it rouse and stir:
It’d paralyze me. I have dreamed dreams of horror!
But now, admitting to my heart at last,
Nothing shall stop me.
Why does my soul cry?
This postcard says “deceased”!
He should have died hereafter.
There would have been a time for such a word.
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last dark moment of our squandered time;
And all our yesterdays have led this fool
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life was a twisting shadow, a bull-rider,
Who twirled and clung his seconds on the bull
And then was crushed by hooves….. This is a tale
Told to make saints weep, full of loss and longing, -
Signifying true love.
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=comment= For the less literary-inclined
Ennis is left with sweet memories of his and Jack's yesterdays.
The Mean Modz
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Jacob Ziegler of 411mania.com predicted that BBM would win the Best Picture Oscar. Link (http://www.411mania.com/movies/columns/38285/Z-At-the-Movies:-Official-Oscar-Predictions.htm)
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We Can Compile Our Own Lexicon!!!
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Jack and Ennis drank beer from amber-colored bottles while sitting at the bar.
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
Linda Higgins greeted Ennis in her gift shop while he was looking at the postcards and while she was "throwing a sopping brown coffee filter into the garbage can". [story] (This scene was not shown in the film.)
=comment= Amber
Ironically, w/ the prior "A" answer (#6119) "amber-colored", we also have a player named "Amber"! :)
=aside= Meryl
I C Meryl listed above as "visiting" and we hope she re-playz! If so, welcome back Meryl! (Confirmed!) Now, I can re-introduce U as the first player to start word answerz in color at the ABCz!
=information= vintage ABCz
Since I just had pvt. msgs. asking me when.... The first ABCz answer in color was Reply #68 by 1 Meryl on Day 2 in Round 3 on April 4th of Page 5! BTW, the answer color was blue! The word was "irrigation". (U can guess the reference.)
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Jack Twist was a dreamer, always building castles in the air....
Thanks, WILL!! :-*
=aside= Meryl
Welcome back to the ABCz. Hope you'll drop in again.
Sandy and Fran
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The six-cent stamp Jack used on his postcard to Ennis saying, “Ennis, See you in a couple weeks. Fish should be jumping,” features a picture of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Jack eyed Ennis while shaving in his rearview mirror.
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The boy's coupling in the first tent scene was frenzied.
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John Twist was a coarse and gruff man.
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In the screenplay, Ennis crosses from The Quik Stop Carwash and orders a "scene a Brokeback Mountain" postcard from Linda Higgins at the Gas Station/Convenience Store. Ennis picks up the card after Alma Jr. comes to visit and tacks it on the wall of his trailer, beside the shirts on a wire hanger suspended from a nail, next to the window.
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Jack could not imagine life without Ennis, even a few times a year.
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Ennis was a job-hopper so he could drop things to go into the mountains at short notice.
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The sight of Jack Twist kindled Ennis' passion for Jack into a raging lust.
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Ennis certainly led Cassie to believe he was more interested in her than he was.
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Lashawn's alma mater was SMU.
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The negation of his true nature had ramifications that affected everyone Ennis cared about.
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
(where else am I lately besides the Motel Siesta?)
When Miss Linda F. Higgins assures Ennis that if they (the distributors) have more of the Brokeback Mountain postcards, she can get him a hundred of them! Ennis simply replies that one's enough!
=aside= Ennis
I bet that U wished that U had ordered one hundred BBM postcards! ;)
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One senses straight folks twisting themselves into pretzels trying to make a patently gay story fit their sensibilities: That's what we usually have to do with heterosexual love stories.
Drew Limsky in Boston Globe: A beautiful, doomed dream: here (http://community.livejournal.com/wranglers/321512.html)
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Ennis was on the qui vive, watchful and vigilent as he waited for Jack to arrive after 4 years apart.
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They met after four years apart–Ennis pushed Jack against the wall, kissed him hungrily, and Jack happily reciprocated.
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Ennis presses his face into the fabric and breathes in slowly through his mouth, hoping for the faintest smoke and mountain sage and salty sweet stink of Jack. But there is no real scent, only the memory of it, which we see, zoom — an image of the mountain, superimposed - the imagined power of Brokeback Mountain, of which nothing is left but what he now holds in his trembling hands. [screenplay, slightly modified from Annie Proulx]
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Ennis' rule of thumb was: "If you can't fix it, you've gotta stand it."
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Ennis loved Jack greatly although he seldom showed it; consequently, Jack sometimes underestimated the degree of Ennis’ true commitment.
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Emotional and physical stimulation caused a reaction in the vascular systems of Jack and Ennis.
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As Ennis, Ledger is so clenched that he mutters as though his jaw were wired shut; certainly his emotions are.
Philadelphia Daily News review: Men in love, and in anguish here (http://ae.philly.com/entertainment/ui/philly/movie.html?id=494615&reviewId=19720)
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Both Lashawn and Timmy were xtroverts.
=aside= Mika
I loved your Ennis as Macbeth.
I memorized that passage in 11th grade.
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While his yacker wife was in the ladies' room Randall had a suggestion for Jack Twist: "Think you'd like to go down there some weekend? Drink a little whiskey, fish some. Get away, you know?"
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Zamnet, Zambia's first internet provider, lists several movies that China has banned, one of them being Brokeback Mountain.
Link (http://www.zamnet.zm/newsys/news/viewnews.cgi?category=3&id=1149840368)
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On BBM, sheep, trees and hot boys abounded.
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Tony Curtis
berates Brokeback Mountain
in an interview with Fox News:
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[Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in drag in the movie Some Like it Hot]
"(Brokeback Mountain)'s nothing unique. The only thing unique about (Brokeback Mountain) is they put (Brokeback Mountain) on the screen. And they make 'em (male gay lovers) cowboys.
Howard Hughes and John Wayne wouldn't like (Brokeback Mountain)."
Curtis berates BBM (http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/curtis%20berates%20brokeback%20mountain_05_02_2006)
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Brokeback Shakespeare 2:
JACK (before he falls back asleep after TS1):
O blessed, cherished night! I am afeard,
Being in night, all this is but a dream,
too flattering-sweet to be substantial!
=asides= Toast
LOL at your quite appropriate picture accompagnying Mr. Curtis's comments. Wonder what John Wayne had to say about "Some Like It Hot" btw?
=aside= Southendmd
Thanks for your Macbeth comment! :) I learned that passage by heart too, once upon a time, and rather like it. Seemed eerily fitting for Ennis, somehow. :-\
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=comment= For the less literary
Jack and Ennis cherished their time together.
Fran
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Jack and Ennis enjoyed the delectable elk as well as their after-dinner delectables.
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Annie P's prose could be described as elliptical: very concise, nothing extraneous.
=aside= Mika
Ennis and Jack as Romeo and Juliet, brilliant!
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In the end the stud duck refused to let Jack's ashes go. "Tell you what, we got a family plot and he's goin in it." [short story]
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Ennis Del Mar: "Yes, sir." [movie]
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The beans/whiskey combo meals on the mountain were hardly high-altitude gastronomical highlights, but they proved to be just the right fare to help bring Ennis and Jack together.
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Jack had a hunch that Ennis would be up for joining him in TS1.
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And what is that "moonlight amid the mountains" of which Thoreau speaks? It is the sheer exhilaration of the authentic life lived fully in the integrity of one's own truest self. From Brokeback Mountain to Walden Pond (http://www.bigqueer.com/index.php?/archives/112-From-Brokeback-Mountain-to-Walden-Pond-Thoreau-and-the-Authentic-Life.html)
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A singular jet plane can be seen in the film in the sequence in which Jack is pitching his sale tactics on the gentlemen in Childress.
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It is evident that Ennis found Aguirre's order to bring the sheep down early a kicker of the very worst kind.
Def. kicker: A sudden, surprising turn of events or ending.
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Alma loathed the idea of another pregnancy.
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Ben-Hur ... better than BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN,
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0009UZG1O.01._SCTZZZZZZZ_V1117678334_.jpg)
Those in search of a hunky male-male film
will do much better purchasing this classic
than going for "Brokeback Mountain."
It is much more erotic
-- and funnier, too.
Review by Jeff Wagner (http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A2WOIQ2L55O3B9/002-3175341-2628046?ie=UTF8&display=public&page=3)
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My husband Mr. Twist's attitude toward Ennis in the kitchen scene depicted above showed that John Twist was nastier than Jack surely described his father to Ennis.
Thank you Mr. Toast for displaying that photo up above. I believe that the actress who portrayed me did a fine performance.
God bless all the nice folks here at the Brokeback Mountain game.
Mrs. Mary Twist
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Jack acted in an offhand manner when he put Ennis' hand on his crotch.
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Brokeback Shakespeare 3:
Jack:
I do love nothing in the world so well as you. Is that not strange?
Ennis:
As strange as the thing I know not. It were as possible for me to say I loved nothing so well as you. But believe me not, and yet I lie not. I confess nothing, nor I deny nothing.
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=comment= For the less literary
Jack was unsuccessful in convincing Ennis that it was possible for the two of them to build a life together.
Fran
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Jack quetches about Joe Aguirre's sleep-with-the-sheep-and-no-fire order until Ennis offers to take over that role.
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After Jack and Ennis parted at summer’s end, Ennis was so overwhelmed over “losing” Jack, he paused, knelt and retched with grief and anger.
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Ennis Del Mar's father and mother met an untimely death when they swerved off a road with only one deadly curve.
=compliment= Meryl
Excellent word.
Sandy
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Bokeback Mountain - in Annie Proulx's book "Close Range" - is the story of thwarted passion between two sheepherders. It won an O. Henry Short Story Award.
=compliment= meryl
Wow, swerved, only being played now.
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Ennis' and Alma’s argument after Thanksgiving dinner resulted in Ennis threatening Alma, and Alma getting upset and angry to the point of ululation.
Def: wailing
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Ennis had vantage over Jack when it came to sharp-shooting.
=comment=
Thanks, Sandy and Toast, for the compliments. :-*
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... a Wal-Mart spokeswoman replied, "The fact that we are offering the movie (Brokeback Mountain) is not an endorsement of the content of the movie or any specific belief. ...We simply offer the latest titles that consumers want."
imdb.com (http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2006-04-04)
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When Jack asked Lashawn to dance, it was plain she was prone to loquaciousness and xcitability.
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When Ennis introduced Jack to Alma, she said, "hello" yieldingly.
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Contemplating the wide vistas and majestic landscapes of Brokeback Mountain allowed Jack and Ennis to experience a Zen-emulating inner peace and contentment that they were never able to find once off the mountain.
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Folks, I'm about at the end of my "Z"s at the moment. If the mods don't accept this one, please just let me have the XXX treatment to keep the game going and the ABC's intact, - as I'm a bit short of time just now.
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The second evening after Tent Scene One, according to the screenplay:
The setting sun leaves the sky ablaze in orange and purple.
Ennis rides into camp. Jack stands when he sees Ennis.
Ennis avoids his eyes.
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"...the wind combed the grass and drew from the damaged krummholz and slit rock a bestial drone.” {short story}
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Ennis's broken nose healed crooked. [story]
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If only Ennis had read Thoreau; or if only Jack had read Thoreau to him. I suspect the passage “Walden” that Jack would have chosen would have been this famous declaration: "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer." From Brokeback Mountain to Walden Pond (http://www.bigqueer.com/index.php?/archives/112-From-Brokeback-Mountain-to-Walden-Pond-Thoreau-and-the-Authentic-Life.html)
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Jack and Ennis were eyeing each other outside fat-arse Aguirre's trailer.
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Alma's anger festered for years until that outburst at Thanksgiving dinner.
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From the minute that Jack laid eyes on Ennis, he was a goner. :P
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Very occasionally do the components of a film, (story, cast, music, cinematography, design and editing) come together in calm harmony and deliver an emotional experience that renews faith in the art. Such an unforgettable result can be found in every frame of Brokeback Mountain thanks to director Ang Lee’s vision of the awful truth that struggles helplessly to the surface in the souls of married men whose real desires remain largely unfulfilled and hidden away. Quiet Mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
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The attraction Jack feels for Ennis is just about instantaneous.
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The jury will stay out permanently on the topic of Jack's fate - ie. we will never know for sure how he died.
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Ennis is described as having uncommonly quick reflexes, and thus has a keen sense of kinesthesia.
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Despite the physical distance between them (Ennis is in Wyoming, Jake in Texas), they come together again and again and head back to the wild — aware that if they're caught, they could be lynched by all their neighbors, those less-than-liberal "real" men who wouldn't know a real man if he f***ed them in the ass. Lasso Me Tender (http://www.slate.com/id/2131264/)
[Pardon the terms, but some things need to be said.]
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Ennis rode along on the rocky, slippery moraine until he heard the sound of a bark from the blue heeler.
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Cassie came on to Ennis so blatantly, her behavior was nearly nymphomaniacal.
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What's stomach-churning are the people, conservatives and liberals alike, trying to make political statements — or comedy — by opposing it. "Brokeback Mountain" deserves high praise — not sophomoric jeers. Isaiah Z. Sterrett (http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/sterrett/060127)
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Ennis (on solving his problem with K.E.): "Dad says, you got a take him unawares, don't say nothing' to him, make him feel some pain, get out fast and keep doin' it until he takes the message. Nothin' like hurtin' somebody to make him hear good. So I did. I got him in the outhouse, jumped him on the stairs, come over to his pillow in the night while he was sleepin' and pasted him damn good. Took about two days. Never had trouble with K.E. since. The lesson was, don't say nothing' and get it over with quick." [story]
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The homemade quilt on Jack's boyhood bed makes his mother Mary Twist a quilter. If U think that Mrs. Twist "bought" the homemade quilt via mail order from Macy's Dept. Store in NY -- or mall shopping at Target! in WY -- then whomever made Jack's quilt is a quilter!
=aside= S&T
Tanx 4 enabling (as enablerz) the 2 daze off 4 me!!
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While he is waiting for Jack to show up for the reunion, Ennis is the very image of restlessness born of anticipation.
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Jack spent two summers on Brokeback Mountain.
One time he almost asphyxiated with the stink.
One time he came away smelling a sweet life.
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"Ennis woke in red dawn with his pants around his knees, a top-grade headache, and Jack butted against him; without saying anything about it, both knew how it would go for the rest of the summer, sheep be damned." [story]
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Due to his childhood traumas and society's continued prejudices Ennis remained unreceptive to Jack's proposal of a sweet life together.
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Jack's complaint to Ennis, "What's the point a makin' it?" could be seen as vaunting.
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Linda Higgins Gift Shop
In the now known Higgins' Gift Shop, while speaking to Ennis who was looking for a BBM postcard, lovely (and large) Linda tossed a used wet coffee filter into a wastebasket.
=comment= Playerz
After not done during my 2-day break, the "ABCz of BBM" game header (i.e., # of viewz in 100s and # of postz in 25s) is now updated by me. I've literally done it thousands of times. It's one of the special tasks of the ABCz Chief Mod.
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Michael Costigan: ... I think Ang also saw in it what you see in a lot of his films; people who are xtensions of where they are from and where they live, and are products of their environment. [Production Notes]
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Lureen became more and more yellow-toothed as she aged, especially evident in her phone call with Ennis.
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“'Brokeback Mountain,' you have never seen a Western like this. The critics rave about Oscar potential, but is America ready for young cowboys in love?”
-- Paula Zahn’s opening remarks during a segment
of CNN's “Paula Zahn Live,” on December 13, 2005
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0512/13/pzn.01.html
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As Ennis is pulling up to the lonesome old ranch, we hear the kitchen radio advertising a grocery store, possibly Monroe's.
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Ennis is caught between a rock and a hard place as far as living a conventional life and his desire for Jack. (I think he preferred the hard place).
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The boys always seemed to find themselves in various contortions together during tussles and tent scenes.
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Proulx wrote:
They never talked about the sex, let it happen, at first only in the tent at night, then in the full daylight with the hot sun striking down, and at evening in the fire glow, quick, rough, laughing and snorting, no lack of noises, but saying not a goddamn word except once Ennis said, "I'm not no queer," and Jack jumped in with "Me neither. A one-shot thing. Nobody's business but ours."
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The boys' infrequent couplings were brilliantly charged and energetic.
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Alma Jr. looks around the nearly-empty trailer, an homage to plains life minimalism: a TV sits on a plastic milk crate in front of a battered recliner, the only other furniture besides the chipped Formica table, two wobbly chairs, and a fridge and tiny stove. [screenplay]
=compliment= Memento
I like that Ennis preferred the hard place over the rock.
Nice one!!!
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Ennis was grumpy when he found out that they were to take the sheep down a month early.
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Randall wanted to play "Texas Hold 'Em" with Jack.
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The mountain was an idyllic setting to fall in love.
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I demand a Jewish cowboy! Wait, Maggie's brother Jake played one in "Brokeback Mountain." I demand a straight Jewish cowboy! Salon.com - Cool Jews (http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/07/10/cool_jews/)
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David Marchese seems to have taken some liberties with the facts here.
Jake Gyllenhaal was raised Jewish. (His mother is Jewish; his father is not.)
Jack Twist, in Brokeback, is a lapsed Pentecostal cowboy - sheepherder.
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The boys told each other "truths and lies", but there was a kernel of truth within those lies, such as for instance in Jack's tale of seeing a ranch foreman's wife on the side.
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"They never talked about the sex, let it happen, at first only in the tent at night, then in the full daylight with the hot sun striking down, and at evening in the fire glow, quick, rough, laughing and snorting, no lack of noises, but saying not a goddamn word except once Ennis said, 'I'm not no queer,' and Jack jumped in with 'Me neither. A one-shot thing. Nobody's business but ours.'" [story]
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When Annie was writing the 'dozy embrace' passage, she tells us that she listened over and over to a piece called 'Spiritual' from the 'Beyond the Missouri Sky' album by Charlie Haden and Pat Metheney. She wrote that whenever she hears that piece, Jack and Ennis appear before her.
Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi6i8bfwV-w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi6i8bfwV-w)
It's the dozy embrace in slow motion set to the music.
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Ennis was a study in nervousness as he waited for Jack Twist to appear on that "best shirt" day, after a quadrennium of desire.
=compliment= Paul
You stole the space for my "M"
But gave me a new bit of "Brokeback" music
Thanks.
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Both Jack and Ennis must have felt like some kind of oddity growing up in Wyoming in the 1950s-'60s.
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Ennis got into many fights, showing his pugilistic side.
=aside= Toast:
Didn't mean to steal your M; there's always next round, cowboy.
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Alma Jr. was the questioner: Daddy, will you come to my wedding to Kurt on June the fifth?
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Hangover be damned: when Jack made a suggestive move in Tent Scene One, Ennis was raring to go.
def: full of eagerness, enthusiastic
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"….the sounds were of squalling and sucking and Alma’s sleepy groans, all reassuring of fecundity and life’s continuance to one who worked with livestock.
(From the short story)
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With one of the hired hands sleeping on high with the animals, while the other cooks and cleans far below, there’s not much chance for exploring their growing urges until too much whisky and a cold night throw both men into the tent. Quiet Mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
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By the time they came down from the mountain, the boys had both undergone significant changes.
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Ennis didn’t think Jack’s cow and calf operation idea was a viable plan.
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Finding out that Ennis's divorce did not mean the beginning of a sweet life together was a whammy (a serious or devastating setback) for Jack.
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At the lake scene, Ennis shoves Jack in his xiphisternum, that is, the lower part of his breast bone.
Today's anatomy lesson. :)
And a real X word.
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Jack was the most young-at-heart person in the movie.
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Alma Jr. was already zygotic, after only a month of her parents' marriage.
=compliment= Ellemeno
A Great "Z"!!
Sandy
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"An accumulation of very small details give the film its authenticity and authority: Ennis’s dirty fingernails in a love scene…….."
Annie Proulx in “Getting Movied”
=aside=
Sorry if this was out of turn and you were planning to post the A, Sandy. Just delete my post if so.
=reply= Mika
You weren't out of turn. I don't have first dibs on posting.
Sandy
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Ennis ended up alone in a bare-bones trailer with Jack Twist in his dreams and memories.
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When travelling back and forth to see Ennis, Jack had to travel through Colorado. :D
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At his last meet-up with Ennis it is evident that Jack’s stock of hope and dreams was very nearly depleted.
:'(
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Lureen's rodeo shirt was embellished with floral embroidery.
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After some awkward fumbling, Jack and Ennis become intimate.
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Jack had a good grip on Ennis, and on rodeoing.
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Ennis walks over to the bassinet where baby Francine is wheezing and coughing.
He picks up Francine and cradles her. Two-year-old Alma Jr. gets out of her little bed and toddles over to her Daddy, hugs his leg as he rocks Francine. [screenplay]
=comment=
AWWW I love that scene !!!
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This is the kind of thwarted love that goes back to Tristan and Isolde. To extend Proulx's metaphor, Jack has unlocked the tumblers of Ennis' heart and in panic Ennis throws away the key.
Philadelphia Daily News review: Men in love, and in anguish here (http://ae.philly.com/entertainment/ui/philly/movie.html?id=494615&reviewId=19720)
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With all the dead pickups lying around, the area around the trailer looked like a junkyard.
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The kindheartedness of Mrs. Twist Sr. balances the yokelishness of John C. Twist, but can never make you forget his rudeness.
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"Annie actually wrote a note in the limited edition of the story she gave me saying that the name of my character Jack Twist actually refers to the strength a rodeo rider must have in his legs to hold on to a bull, and that it is symbolic of the strength you need to hold on to something you truly believe in that makes you feel alive."
The Stanford Daily Gyllenhaal and Lee interview here (http://daily.stanford.org/article/2005/12/8/wantedPreferablyAliveGyllenhaalAndLee)
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Ennis spoke in a low murmur.
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Jack was nown to get his nomenclature wrong sometimes, such as when he referred to his "vertebrates."
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Ennis more than once demonstrated an almost owlish over-sensitivity to bright light.
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When Ennis warned Jack that drinking water from the stream could give him 'beaver fever' {story}, he was implying the water could be infested with protozoa.
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“Down to the quasi-ambiguous hate-crime finish, Brokeback Mountain comes as close to being a still life as you can get with human characters.”
-- Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun
www.metacritic.com/film/titles/brokebackmountain
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We all revere Ma Twist.
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”The room stank of semen and smoke and sweat and whiskey, of old carpet and sour hay, saddle leather, shit and cheap soap.”
(The short story's description of we-all-know-which room)
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The sex scenes were both tasteful and titillating.
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Ennis tried to be the uberman.
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Ennis' consonants and vowels were often poorly enunciated.
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In an Oprah Winfrey-like lapse, New York Times critic Manohla Dargis claims that every straight woman has had an Ennis in her life, while San Francisco Chronicle film critic Mick LaSalle thinks: ''It's possible that if these fellows had never met, one or both would have gone through life straight."
Drew Limsky in Boston Globe: A beautiful, doomed dream here (http://community.livejournal.com/wranglers/321512.html)
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Mrs. Twist was compassionate, accepting and understanding concerning her son’s relationship with Ennis; as such, she set an xample of the nearly ideal parent of a gay child.
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Ennis had two young'uns, Jack just one.
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The braying of Ennis's mules as they ran from the bear sounded not unlike tones from a zampogna.
Def. zampogna: Italian bagpipe with 2 drones and 2 conical chanters, all in one stock.
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We're hot as brix!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ennis used the agnomen “Junior” to refer to his older daughter.
Def: nickname
=congratz= Tim
You've reached your personal milestone of 500 posts!
Fran
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It was only a matter of time before Jack and Ennis would boink each other.
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Jack was very forgiving: he always turned the other cheek. ;D
Or, if you prefer, Jack shaved the stubble off his cheek outside the trailer. :-\
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As Jack drove away after learning the bad news connected with Ennis’ divorce, he felt emotionally deserted and headed for Mexico.
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But though they reunite periodically at Brokeback for fishing trips where no trout are caught, when they're apart life is an expulsion from paradise.
Philadelphia Daily News review: Men in love, and in anguish: here (http://ae.philly.com/entertainment/ui/philly/movie.html?id=494615&reviewId=19720)
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The boys liked fooling around, and I ain't foolin'.
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The boys' relationship gradually grows from friends to lovers.
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“Eat supper, breakfast in camp, but SLEEP WITH THE SHEEP, hundred percent, NO FIRE, don’t leave NO sign.”
From the short story
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Ennis (to Jack's parents): "I come by to say that if you want me to take his ashes up there on Brokeback like his wife said he wanted, I'd be proud to." [screenplay]
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Jack knew that Aguirre would be his jinx if he stuck around in Signal.
jinx - a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
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It took two decades for Ennis to discover Jack's kleptomania.
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The boys had a legitimate gripe against Aguirre for forcing them to violate Forest Service regulations.
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The early part of the film includes a “montage of the moving sheep”, according to the script.
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In the screenplay, lonely Jack - in Mexico - sips tequila from a shot glass, doesn't order another, and the Mexican bartender says "Buenos noches, señor," as Jack walks to the door.
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Jack and Ennis gave each over the once-over outside Aguirre's trailor.
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One of the bulls Jack rode had a piebald appearance.
Def: Having spots and patches of black and white, or other colors; mottled.
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Estás perdiendo el tiempo
Pensando, pensando
Por lo que más tú quieras
¿Hasta cuándo? ¿Hasta cuándo?
Y así pasan los días
Y yo, desesperando
Y tú, tú contestando
Quizás, quizás, quizás
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The first time Jack and Ennis were under the same roof was in Aguirre's trailer.
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Ennis and Jack were smokers.
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“. . . they came together on paper as herder and camp tender for the same sheep operation north of Signal.”
From the short story
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To extend Proulx's metaphor, Jack has unlocked the tumblers of Ennis' heart and in panic Ennis throws away the key.
Philadelphia Daily News review: here (http://ae.philly.com/entertainment/ui/philly/movie.html?id=494615&reviewId=19720)
=aside=
Congratulations on your 500th post, Prowl. :) Here's to 500 more on this very thread! 8)
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Ennis values every stolen minute with Jack, but Jack wants more than stolen moments. Jack wants a sweet, complete life.
=congratulations= ProwlAmongUs
This is where I should have said:
Congratulations on 500 Posts.
But we were moving too fast last evening.
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Alma wheedled Ennis into leaving the lonesome old ranch.
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Jack’s hopes of a life with Ennis as he’d imagined it were xpunged when Ennis wouldn’t commit to such a life after his divorce.
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The solitude and peacefulness of the locations in [Brokeback Mountain] really has stuck with me... I feel like I need to get out of the city, away from the noise, and the yuppie gotta-have-it drive to obtain more posessions. Brokeback Mountain by KR900 (http://www.saabnet.com/tsn/bb/booksandmovies/index.html?bID=762)
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Round two-twenty-seven!
For Ennis and Jack, Brokeback was Heaven. . . ;)
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Jack had to abide by Ennis' wishes and leave after driving so far to see him.
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Ennis seems to have decided that it wasn't fair to use Cassie as a beard since she was more interested in him, than he was in her.
beard - A person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality).
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"You got a kid? said Jack. His shaking hand grazed Ennis's hand, electrical current snapped between them. [story]
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Ennis often acted diffident toward Jack, but he loved him nevertheless.
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Here is Ennis in his best shirt, with six empty beer bottles.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_457.jpg)
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The Academy voters who gave Ang Lee the Best Director Oscar proved fickle, and his film was not chosen as Best Picture of 2005. :(
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"Like vast clouds of steam from thermal springs in winter, the years of things unsaid and now unsayable -- admissions, declarations, shames, guilts, fears -- rose around them." [story]
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Jack could be hospitable to his in-laws for only so long, about 10 years or so, before he blew up.
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Jack and Ennis were incredibly brave to risk as much as they did to have a relationship.
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Rene Jansen is listed in the film's end credits as "Set Buyer."
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Ennis came back knackered from his run-in with the bear.
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"ABCs of BBM"
Rounds Round-Up
#211 to #220
Player - Number of Posts
Toast - 62!!!!!! {winner!}
Mikaela - 49!!! {runner-up!}
Fran - 36! {top three}
Front-Ranger Lee - 32 {top four}
ProwlAmongUs Tim - 31 {top five}
Memento Sandy - 23
SouthEndMD Paul - 20
Will-U - 10
TripleThreat - 5
DeeDee - 3
Lucise Milli - 1
Moremojo Scott - 1
Thanks, Players.
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Alma is always lamenting their lot in life in an effort to make Ennis more ambitious.
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Scene: Higgins' Gift Shop
Miss Linda Frances Higgins is not only the owner of the Higgins Gift Shop -- where Ennis buys his BBM postcards -- but, as it is a very small business, she is also its manager.
=aside= Fran
Thanx 4 the Round-Up of Roundz #211 to #220. Glad U were able 2 use my user-friendly format. Congratulationz for being "Top 3"! :-*
=reply= Will
Thank U. It certainly is easier to cut and paste and just change names and numbers.
Fran
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When Jack proposed the little cow and calf operation, Ennis's response was in the negative.
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Well, Klownz, we've outdone ourselves -- again and again and again. :) Most of U all are so swell as ABCz Playerz! ;) And, cowboy and cowgyrl hatz off to alllllll of the faithful and entertained Viewerz of our #A-1 ABCz game. ;D
=milestone= The "ABCz of Brokeback Mountain" surpasses 40,000 views!!!!
The "ABCz of Brokeback Mountain" remains the undisputed and reigning "King (& Queen) of the BetterMost Forum". Look 4 the 40,000 viewz =milestone= 2 be loudly proudly posted on a BM =newz= banner! :-\
Gamely,
Mayor Will-U
ABCzville, USA
County of BBM
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Jack and Ennis were operative ranchers and herders.
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Ennis was on pins and needles waiting for Jack to show up for their four-year reunion.
Congratz on(http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:ywMcSJcwgkPBOM:http://www.myfonts.com/images/email-content/iyf-200503/40000.gif) Views
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While waiting for Ennis to come back with supplies, Jack only finds beans, but quenches his thirst with about half a bottle of whiskey.
=congrats= All
40K views, way to go!
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The boys got sick of beans and wanted a change, and after they shot the elk their hunger was satisfied and both were replete.
Def: complete; abundantly fed
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(Ennis' trailer) The shirts hanging on a nail shudder slightly in the draft.
[short story]
=comment= ProwlAmongUs
Sorry that I missed your 500th Post last evening.
I backtracked and left a note.
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BBM is a story about the trials and tribulations of forbidden love.
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Proulx wrote:
"You been a Mexico, Jack?" Mexico was the place. He'd heard. He was cutting fence now, trespassing in the shoot-em zone.
"Hell yes, I been. Where's the fuckin' problem?" Braced for it all these years and here it came, late and unexpected.
=congratulations= Players and Viewers
40,000 views! Quoting screenplay Jack here, "Ooooeee!"
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Alma had a virginal wedding gown, and her nightgown was pretty virginal too.
=congratulationz= Playerz
40K views, damn! Yea, 40K...
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Ennis had a beat-up pickup, but Jack always seemed to have new wheels.
=aside= Tim
Happy 500th!
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Viewers of "Brokeback Mountain" have different xegeses of Lureen's words and demeanor during her phone call with Ennis. Was Lureen actually telling the truth about Jack's death or merely reciting a well-rehearsed story?
def: interpretations of a word, passage, etc., esp. in the Bible
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Ennis remained yieldless when it came to Jack's desire to have a life together. Def: Without yielding; unyielding.
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After spending the evening with Jack, Ennis felt so zippity-do-da that he thought he could paw the white out of the moon.
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This round is a special presentation, please sit back and enjoy the letters from A to Z.
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Ennis and Jack sat abreast in the pickup cab, wearing their later-to-be-bloodied shirts.
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It was a friendship that became a secret.
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Jack: "You know, it could be like this, just like this, always."
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There are truths we can't deny.
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This looks like an important event, complete with fireworks.
Everybody on best behaviour please.
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These fangs would scare any horse,
even one with a high startle point.
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You have no idea how bad it gets.
=aside=
I'm glad I got to post topless Jack on the bridge. :P
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There are lies we have to tell.
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Jack isn't able to touch Ennis
or to doctor his bloody wounds after the bear scare.
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No American juveniles may legally watch Brokeback Mountain
without an accompanying parent or adult guardian.
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That "cowboy" is kneeling in the alley, having a problem with his stomach.
Don't look at him, for f**k sake.
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After the bear shows his fangs, Ennis lands on the gravelly trail.
Shit. That's hard!
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This trailer is a moving but melancholic mountainous montage.
But where are the cowboys moo-cows?
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Brokeback Mountain saw limited release in the United States on Dec 9, 2005;
and went into wide national release with 700 theaters on Jan 13, 2006.
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In order not to offend sensitive viewers,
the words "scrawny asses" are edited from the sentence:
"I suggest you get your scrawny asses in here, pronto."
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There are places we can't return.
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These guys have quenchless thirsts
and are acquiring an appetite, too.
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Jack is roping his buddy,
since this summer is over and it's
"Time to get goin', cowboy".
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Jack: "Well since we are going to be working together,
I reckon its time we start drinking together."
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.. this thing grabs hold of us again
...in the wrong place...
...in the wrong time...
...we're dead.
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Ennis, tired and lonely, sits on the bed
wearing pyjamas and an undershirt.
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The opening vista of train, plain and automobiles
cannot prepare us for the mountainous scenery to come.
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The Basque was at the wheel driving Ennis and Jack to Brokeback Mountain beginining the journey of a lifetime.
[text by JPWagoneer]
=compliment= JPWagoneer
Thanks for your detective work on this one.
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These guys appear xclusively in the trailer.
But who is that with the tire-iron:
A friend? Or a prowling assailant?
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Ennis just used up a
yearlong supply of words in one evening.
Back to grunting and mumbling for a while, I guess.
[french subtitled trailer]
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In an article from zatma.org, Ming Zhen Shakya states Ennis
- has “trailer trash” callousness - because he serves a whiskey toast to his daughter
- but that he is like Balboa at Darien when he sits at Jack's bedroom window?
BBM: a crippled love affair (http://www.zatma.org/Dharma/zbohy/Literature
/essays/broke_back.html)
=comment=
ps. It was Cassie's cheap wine, but oops it was jelly glasses, so I guess he is "trailer trash".
- and for God's sake the room was like an oven, and besides you cannot see the Pacific from Darien.
This round was a special presentation, Now back to regular play.
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Bravo! Author! Bravo!!
TOAST, take a bow my friend you earned it!
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Thanks to Paul and Victoria and Fran.
Tingly!
Mischievous!
We hijacked a thread.
27 posts in 33 minutes. We are good!!
I think the Modz will like it.
THANKS!
Toast
Is it OK, Fran??
LOVE YOU GUYS
There are lots of other words in the trailers.
Keep looking.
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Cheers to our friend Toast, Pixel Artiste Extraordinaire.
Bravo! Brilliant Masterpiece Montage.
Not "hijacked", just gently borrowed.
To be clear: This was completely Toast's creation. Vic, Fran and I were simply helper sheep.
So happy to be a part of it. It was a blast!
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I really enjoyed that special presentation, guys. Thanks for the beauty, the memories, the ongoing relevance.
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Awesome! Brokies, Congratulationz!! ;D
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Toast, you asked: Is it OK, Fran?
It's more than OK; it's B-R-I-L-L-I-A-N-T!!!! Thanks for letting me participate at the last minute and post the "Q" word.
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O.M.G!
Thank you, thank you. And the captions are wonderful.
I'm putting a link to this glory so all can see this.
Thank you, Toast, for your artistry, and to the gang of helper sheep.
Bee-ewe-tiful!
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Ennis is right! Some hi-class entertainment for sure! :D
BRAVO!
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Breathtaking, Beautiful, Brilliant
Hats Off to You, Toast
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Round 229
We're doing fine!!
Kongratz on
40,000 Views !
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"Around that time Jack began to appear in his dreams, Jack as he had first seen him, curly-headed and smiling and bucktoothed, talking about getting up off his pockets and into the control zone, but the can of beans with the spoon handle jutting out and balanced on the log was there as well, in a cartoon shape and lurid colors that gave the dreams a flavor of comic obscenity." [story]
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Though Ennis had worried that Jack would still be sore from that punch, Jack had clearly let bygones be bygones.
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Earl's killers were cold-blooded cowards.
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Henry David Thoreau might well have been thinking of Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist when he wrote that "the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." From Brokeback Mountain to Walden Pond (http://www.bigqueer.com/index.php?/archives/112-From-Brokeback-Mountain-to-Walden-Pond-Thoreau-and-the-Authentic-Life.html)
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Their years of childhood privation equipped Ennis and Jack well for their rugged life on the mountain.
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"Like vast clouds of steam from thermal springs in winter, the years of things unsaid and now unsayable -- admissions, declarations, shames, guilts, fears -- rose around them. Ennis stood as if heart-shot, face grey and deep-lined, grimacing, eyes screwed shut, fists clenched, legs caving, hit the ground on his knees." [story]
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A window looks down on the dirt road stretching south...the only road out of this godforsaken place. [screenplay]
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Jack peeled spuds, while Ennis attended to his hygiene.
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A coyote had dined on the innards of one of Joe Aguirre's sheep.
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Utah Jazz basketball owner Larry Miller pulled Brokeback Mountain from his megaplex.
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In a press release issued by Universal Studios, Craig Kornblau (President, Universal Studios Home Entertainment) said, "As one of the most talked-about movies of the year, 'Brokeback Mountain' has not only established a new benchmark in filmmaking but it has also permeated the public consciousness to an unprecedented level.
=comment= Fran
innards - God how I love that word today.
Innards, please, One to go.
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In more than one of her interviews, Annie Proulx has remarked how long and hard she thought while writing: the short story "Brokeback Mountain" is pure lucubration.
1. [n] - a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation
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There were sheep and horses featured in the film and each one was a mammal.
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Jack nodded his head when Ennis looked at him and said "Ennis", but Jack wasn't content with just one name.
=milestone=
This is post 911 for me.
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Rich outlived Earl, and Ennis outlived Jack.
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Re: Post #6279, "Z" is zoophobia
Sorry, Ellemeno, in my opinion, Ennis is not exhibiting "zoophobia," an abnormal fear of animals (in this instance, bears).
We need a replacement "Z" for Round 226.
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Ming Zhen Shakya, in her article about Ennis and Jack and Joe, has some interesting ideas and facts about sheep ranging in Wyoming, however her allegations that Jack and Ennis "beat each other up... and then make up and longingly part, staying apart until the cuts and bruises heal so that they look good when they “go fishing” again at which time they beat each other up and then make up and longingly part, staying apart until they heal in time to “go fishing” again at which time....": Well, for one thing . . . BBM: a crippled love affair (http://www.zatma.org/Dharma/zbohy/Literature/essays/broke_back.html)
This is a replacement word for "Z" is zoophobia.
Next letter up is "P".
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"Time plays cruel tricks on the characters of Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee's adaptation of an Annie Proulx short story. Some days promise to last forever. Others get lost in the between-scenes sweep of years. And whatever its speed, time always heads in the same direction, drawing its protagonists away from the promise of the past." Keith Phipps of The Onion
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One of the most popular Brokeback Mountain quotes used by comedians is Jack's "I wish I knew how to quit you."
=compliment= Toast
Your wonderful special round
of beautiful art is a delight! Thank you. :-*
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"A few weeks later on the Saturday, he threw all Stoutamire's dirty horse blankets into the back of his pickup and took them down to the Quik Stop Car Wash to turn the high-pressure spray on them. When the wet clean blankets were stowed in the truck bed, he stepped iinto Higgins's gift shop and busied himself with the postcard rack." [story]
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John C. Twist sat there, spitting in his coffee cup, arguing that Jack wasn't too good to be buried on the grieving plain as one of his family.
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To write the BBM screenplay, Diana Ossana used a computer, while Larry McMurtry used one of his typewriters.
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Ennis' hardship license made it possible for him to drive to school even though, at fourteen, he was underage.
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Ennis would often vex Jack with his quiet, diffident manner.
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After Jack invited Ennis into the tent to get warmed up, they certainly warmed up to each other.
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In the screenplay, Jack has one shot glass of tequila in the Mexican cantina, refuses more; and the bartender says, "Buenas noches, señor," as Jack is xiting.
=aside=
Wow, this topic has been read 40,444 times.
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In the liner notes for the “Brokeback Mountain Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” CD, “special thanks” are given to a number of people, including Lester Yano.
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ZNBC has posted a list of the Oscar winners including Ang Lee for Best Director. Link (http://www.znbc.co.zm/media/news/viewnews.cgi?category=7&id=1141640314)
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We'll be lookin real purty around 2:30!!!
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About having a sweet little cow & calf operation with Jack, Ennis was adamantine in his rejection. :(
def: Unyielding; inflexible: “If there is one dominant trait that emerges from this account, it is adamantine willpower.”
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Proulx wrote:
"You," he said to Ennis, taking in the ragged hair, the big nicked hands, the jeans torn, button-gaping shirt, "Fridays twelve noon be down at the bridge wih your next-week list and mules. Somebody with supplies'll be there in a pickup." He didn't ask if Ennis had a watch but took a cheap round ticker on a braided cord from a box on a high shelf, wound and set it, tossed it to him as if he weren't worth the reach.
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The nature of the relationship between the boys was understood to be strictly confidential.
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Jack is the really cute driver of the pickup that enters the parking lot, stopping just to the right of Aguirre's employment office, one early morning in 1963.
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Ennis was an eye-catcher; he certainly caught Jack's attention the moment Jack pulled into the parking lot adjacent to Joe Aguirre's trailer.
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Jack came to realize that his desire of having a life together with Ennis was only a fantasy.
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Jack's pickup lurched as he released the clutch while it was still running and in gear.
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"A few weeks later on the Saturday, he threw all Stoutamire's dirty horse blankets into the back of his pickup and took them down to the Quik Stop Car Wash to turn the high-pressure spray on them. When the wet clean blankets were stowed in the truck bed, he stepped into Higgins's gift shop and busied himself with the postcard rack." [story]
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Although Ennis had not had any previous sex, he was driven by powerful and instinctual desires.
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Jack soon found out that Ennis was a jimhickey of a marksman.
Def: Noun 1. jimhickey - someone excellent of their kind;
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When Ennis steps out of the pup tent to do his snow dance, we know the ambient air temperature must have been at most 273.16 degrees Kelvin, or it wouldn't have been cold enough for snowflakes to form.
Definition of Kelvin scale
[n] - a temperature scale that defines absolute zero as 0 degrees
Example use of the word Kelvin scale
1. water freezes at 273.16 degrees and boils at 373.16 degrees
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Jack would have given up everything, lock, stock, and barrel to have had a life together with Ennis.
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Like millions of others, (Alma) can’t find the courage or the words to confront her partner with the truth of his infidelity, much less his sexuality. Quiet Mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
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As tough as it seemed to be for him, Ennis was most suited to one niche in life–ranching.
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Ennis had a gift for caring for livestock and thus could have been a successful ostler.
(Ostler: one who takes care of horses or mules; a variation of "hostler.")
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Ya know - Pierre Tremblay, additional first assistant director of BBM.
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Ennis listened queasily as Alma talked about fishin' and Jack Twist, and about not bringing home even one fish; but when she said "Jack Nasty", he twisted her wrist and said, "Shut up. Mind your own business; you don't know nothin' about it."
=aside= Meryl
Ostler, just the one word I was looking for:
Ennis was one jimhickey of an ostler.
Good one !!
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On his Mexico trip, Jack walks by a little ragamuffin shouting "Necessitas!"
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"They seized each other by the shoulders, hugged mightily, squeezing the breath out of each other, saying son of a bitch, son of a bitch;" [story]
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After four years apart, Ennis and Jack became very turned-on at just the sight of each other.
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We see the real ugliness of the murdered Earl scene in the eyes of nine-year-old Ennis.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_600.jpg)
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Ennis's vagueness prompted Jack's reply of "ever' four f*ckin' years?"
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Jack was so disappointed over the lack of time Ennis and he had together, his hopes of a happy life withered.
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The sheep managed to eke out nourishment from the xerophily on Brokeback Moutain.
def: n. plants which grow in a dry environment.
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The blueheeler yapped and drew attention to the shredded sheep as Ennis came galloping up the mountain.
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"This constant sense of alienation, of being an "outsider," would have crushed a less peaceful mind, but instead strengthened Lee's Zen-like inner serenity." From Ang Lee: a pinch of Tao, a dash of Zen by Raymond Zhou. Link (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2006-03/04/content_537001.htm)
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We're much more fun than a rerun!!!
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Lureen looked nonplussed when her two male customers cast aspersions on Jack's bullriding ability.
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Jack Twist: "Nobody's business but ours."
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Ennis and Jack had a companionable time, on Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennis felt dazed and confused when he rode off in the morning, after having sex with Jack for the first time.
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Jack reached over and fondled Ennis’ ear during one scene when they sat by the fire talking.
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Ennis was probably not surprised to find that Jack's father was a grizzled old curmudgeon.
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Ennis was quite a handyman, no matter what he said.
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Jack introduced himself to Ennis after they left Joe Aguirre's trailer.
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When it was raining, Ennis was whittling a horse statuette as a time killer.
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Ledger's performance is prime Oscar bait: He's ostentatiously immobile, with uncanny low tones — his voice is 50 fathoms deep. The whole performance is subtextual. Lasso Me Tender (http://www.slate.com/id/2131264/)
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Jack was usually on the receiving end of L.D. Newsome’s Machiavellian machinations.
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Lee, the word itself is good, but, having just played the "C", you failed to skip two turns.
We need a replacement "E" word for this round.
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Ennis is about to meet Cassie:
A few couples dance on the small floor near the jukebox to Eagles "Already Gone". The TV above the bar is tuned to "Different Strokes". Ennis sits at a booth by himself, a few empties in front of him. "Already Gone" ends.
This is a replacement word for "effulgent", played out of turn.
Next letter up is "N"
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Rufus Wainwright, who sang "The Maker Makes" on the soundtrack, has a pleasantly nasal voice and an "I-am-what-I-am"-ness, according to The New Yorker.
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Brokeback has been described by People's Weekly World Newspaper as "A heartbreaking story of working-class people, men and women, trying to make a living, trying to do the right thing, imprisoned by limited options, prejudice and fear."
PWW.org (http://www.pww.org/article/view/8389/1/303/)
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"They shook hands in the choky little trailer office in front of a table littered with scribbled papers, a Bakelite ashtray brimming with stubs." [story]
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Once the boys got to know one another, they spent a lot of time quipping back and forth around the campfire.
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The running length of the movie "Brokeback Mountain" is two hours and fifteen minutes. Real Brokeback fans would love to have a three-hour version of the movie, including the hippies' scene, and much more.
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In the kitchen at Thanksgiving, Ennis dearly wanted to give Alma a good smack for her accusatory words.
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Jack to Ennis: "Try this one . . . and I'll say it just once." [DVD]
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From the get-go, the boys formed the underpinnings that led to their long relationship.
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In fact, “Brokeback Mountain” is like vaudeville where whites wore black face. Hollywood makes gays “acceptable” to the mainstream by ensuring only heterosexual actors play gay characters. Brokeback Mountain would've been better if Danny Pinatauro or Jonathan Taylor Thomas, male actors who have had virtually no career since coming out, had played these men struggling with sexual identity. Bare-Back Mountain, analysis of sexual minstrelsy (http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/01/331001.html)
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Ma Twist was very welcoming of Ennis.
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Botanists customarily classify coniferae -- a group of trees and shrubs which includes the lodgepole pines Proulx mentioned in Brokeback Mountain -- as xerophytes.
"Since the leaf-structure is markedly xerophilous in respect of thickened cuticle, sunken stomata, etc., it has been customary to regard the whole tree or shrub bearing these leaves as a 'xerophyte.'" -- R. H. Compton, "Xerophily in the Coniferae and Microphylly"
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Watching the preview trailer of Brokeback Mountain - after enjoying the movie multiple times - is an excellent review of the yoking of Jack and Ennis.
def. To join securely as if with a yoke; bind: partners who were yoked together for life.
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"Drs." Twist and delMar had to contend with thorns stuck in sheeps' hooves and other forms of zoopathology.
=aside=
With thanks to Toast.
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232
We ain't yet through!
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"After the pie Alma got him off in the kitchen, scraped the plates and said she worried about him and he ought to get married again. He saw she was pregnant, about four, five months, he guessed." [story]
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“The stale coffee is boiling up but he catches it before it goes over the side, pours it into a stained cup and blows on the black liquid, lets a panel of the dream slide forward.”
From the short story
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"Listen to her purr, gentlemen. You're not gonna get that with your Caddy," quoth Jack the salesman.
=aside= Paul
"Caddy" demands an explanation for the viewers. It is a slang term for a "Cadillac" car. BTW, Cadillac owners despise that term; I know, I'm one!
Mayor Will-C
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Brokeback Mountain is chock full of dudes of all kinds.
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The liquor, cold night and warm bedroll all proved efficacious in furthering the boys’ intimacy.
Def: having the power to produce a desired effect
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Cassie initially came off as a bit of a floozy; later we felt bad for her.
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"The hell they are," was the start of a "gee whiz" scene for Jack. His rowdy reply to Ennis, who said his dad thought rodeo riders were f**kups, made Ennis smile.
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"Ennis jerked his hand away as though he'd touched fire, got to his knees, unbuckled his belt, shoved his pants down, hauled Jack onto all fours and, with the help of the clear slick and a little spit, entered him, nothing he'd done before but no instruction manual needed." [story]
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While the boys slept in their cozy tent, finding freedom in their dreams, a few wispy clouds scudded across the full moon temporarily dimming its iridescent glow.
(From one of the film’s night scenes.)
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Jack Twist's pickup entered the parking lot, turned to it's right and stopped with a joggle near Aguirre's office trailer.
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After Jack put Ennis' hand on his crotch, he sat up startled, then kneeled down, unbuckled his belt and entered Jack.
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The post "J" is jammy, formerly reply #6410 posted by Ellemeno, has been XXX'd because the explanation did not meet the guidelines.
=clarification= Playerz
Remember the ABCz is about what was and what is in BBM, not what wasn't.
Mod Fran
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Ennis and Alma behaved jocosely on the short honeymoon toboggan ride.
This is a replacement for "J" is jammy
from Round 231 which has been deleted.
Next letter up is "L"
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"Fine campsite up in the mountains. Jack's late-model, clean-as-a-pin pickup truck and horse trailer. Two horses tethered nearby. Ennis in his old pickup truck pulls up to a campsite. He can see in his headlights that Jack has already set up camp. Toots the horn. Smiles." [screenplay]
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But only Jack can see the metaphorical moonlight of the authentic life that offers itself to them before they descend from the mountain into the dreary desperation of heteronormative conformity and loveless marriage. From Brokeback Mountain to Walden Pond (http://www.bigqueer.com/index.php?/archives/112-From-Brokeback-Mountain-to-Walden-Pond-Thoreau-and-the-Authentic-Life.html)
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Alma wore a green print flannel nighty.
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"Jack slid his cold hand between Ennis's legs, said he was worried about his boy who was, no doubt about it, dyslexic or something, couldn't get anything right, fifteen years old and couldn't hardly read, he could see it though goddamn Lureen wouldn't admit to it and pretended the kid was o.k., refused to get any bitchin' kind a help about it." [story]
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Aguirre picks up his phone, pauses; and then Jack and Ennis get out of the office quickly.
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The boys enjoyed a delicious, lip-smacking meal quarried from the elk that Ennis had shot. Def: extracted
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The kind of place where Ennis and Jack went to drink beer before going up the mountain was called a roadhouse.
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Ennis and Jack fell in love with one another somewhere up on Brokeback.
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When Jack Twist was cremated, the undertaker had to be told to divide his ashes in half for distribution to two sets of relatives.
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Scene: Linda Higgins' Gift Shop
The Brokeback Mountain postcard purchased in the Higgins Gift Shop by Ennis had great personal and emotional valuableness to him of his time with Jack.
def = a quality of having value; a condition of being desirable or having esteemed qualities or characteristics
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To show that Jack and Ennis had aged, makeup artists added wrinkles around the actors' eyes.
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In the movie trailer promoting Brokeback Mountain, the words "scrawny asses" are xpurgated from the sentence: "I suggest you get your scrawny asses in here, pronto."
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While Ennis had two, Jack had only one young'un, Bobby.
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Ennis' zoophilism towards his horses is apparent by his calling them by the endearment of "little darlin'" and by his keeping them despite his economic situation. In the short story, he works weekends at the Rafter B in exchange for keeping his horses out there.
def = affection or affinity for animals
=greetings= Annie Proulx
Happy Birthday! Were it not for your short story, none of us would be here.
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Round 233
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Happy Birthday to
Annie Proulx
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/AnnieProulxBirthday.jpg)
born August 22 1935
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Ennis felt compelled to live in denial after his sexual awakening.
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What can't be fixed must be borne, Ennis said.
=congratulationz= All
Round 233!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
With 6.5K posts and 40K+ views, this is the place to be!!
Thank U, Sandy and Fran, for your patience and leadership and thank U, Mayor Will, for your inspiration and guidance!!
Thank U to my fellow playerz for your gameliness!
Thank U, Annie Proulx, for your words. Happy Birthday!!!!!!!
=reply= Lee
And thank U for being an enthusiastic Player.
Fran
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After the summer of 1963, Del Mar is to be married; Twist goes back to the rodeo circuit, if the army doesn't get him.
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Lee, we love your enthusiasm, but you just did the "R". (I'm not even going to mention the "Q" here.) Your "T" word, reply #6450, has been XXX'd. You have to skip two turns.
=comment= Players
We need a replacement "T" word.
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Jack’s hair is dark, chocolate brown while Ennis’ has a tawny, sandy look to it.
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Ennis' parents were killed when they drove off the only curve on Dead Horse Road.
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Jimbo the clown had an exiguous part in the film, but an important one nevertheless.
Def: scanty, small
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Ennis' relationship with Cassie, which was doomed from the start, eventually fizzled out.
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"They never talked about the sex, let it happen, at first only in the tent at night, then in the full daylight with the hot sun striking down, and at evening in the fire glow, quick, rough, laughing and snorting, no lack of noises...." [story]
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Jack and Ennis always had a problem finding time for each other; it hinged on many factors, but most prominent were Ennis’ reluctance to “come out,” the enormous distance between them, and their marital situations.
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The boys' relationship progressed inch by inch from a friendship into a lifelong love.
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As they stood there in the Riverton apartment, talking to Alma, Ennis could feel Jack's jitteriness through the floorboard.
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"He Was a Friend of Mine" is a song that, like "Streets of Laredo" is a kind of death knell.
def: To give forth a mournful or ominous sound.
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Before Ennis met Jack, his desires for males remained mostly latent.
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Annie the birthday girl was inspired by Charlie Haden and Pat Metheney's gorgeous album "Beyond the Missouri Sky" when writing the dozy embrace sequence.
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Ennis told Jack: "Stoutamire is a hell-raiser, and he raised hell about me takin' the week. I don't blame him. He probably ain't got a good night's sleep since I left." [story]
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Brokeback is an out-and-out dramatic story about two men who fall in love.
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When Lureen disrobed in the back of her daddy's car, her breasts were pendulous.
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Ennis looks at Jack questioningly in the bar, when Jack asks about his folks.
=aside= Doctor
Pendulous - Good one. LOL
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Linda Higgins to Ennis as he's busying himself at the postcard rack at Higgins's gift shop: "Ennis, what are you lookin' for rootin' through them postcards?"
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Jack said: "See you for supper" the morning after TSI to which Ennis said nothing.
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Tim Cyr is listed in the credits as rodeo rider and technical advisor to film.
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The reunion kiss shows the boys unmistakably attracted to each other.
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"All the little gold men have been handed out, but will any victory have lasting effect? Certainly it will in Alberta -- the real location of Brokeback Mountain which went into the Oscars as the front-runner but, in the only twist of the evening, was bumped by Crash for best picture."
-- Debra Cummings, Travel Alberta
[link] (http://www1.travelalberta.com/Stories/index.cfm?action=display&storyID=180/url)
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As Ennis came home with his horses, Alma was doing the wash.
=comment=
Gosh! I thought I'd never get to post a word again! U playerz talk a blue streak!
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The pressures of living their lives as closeted gay men xacted a terrible toll on the emotions of Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar.
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Like Donny Osmond & The Osmonds' #1 song stated in 1971: "(Just like a) Yo-Yo"! Did Ennis & Jack (in their 8th year 2gether) hear this song on the radio? Of course they did -- as did all of North America and beyond. BTW, E & J may have also had the single record and/or the record album! ;D
Ennis & Jack's relationship was posilutely like they were two emotional yo-yos!!
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"Yo-Yo"
{song}"First he's up,
Then he's down.
U build me up to let me down,
But I dare not make a sound.
No matter what U say or do,
I'm gonna bounce right back to U.
Just like a yo-yo,
Just like a yo-yo!"
The BBM version would have been sung by Jack to Ennis!
=comment= Mark the Wagoneer
Good vehicle seating observation; right U R! Ennis is on the right and Jack is in the middle! SE-md "sits" corrected as to who's really driving the pick-up truck. BTW, it's ironic that U, the vintage vehicle owner, caught a "wheel" question!
=aside= Rangeress Lee
Speaking of your comment above (#6481), "U players talk a blue streak" (Ha! Ha! Ho!), plz. put Playerz in blue, Gyrl-Lee!
=aside= Sherlock
{This is a reply 2 your non-sensical 8-track tape sarcasm.}
FYI, "Yo-Yo" and other #1 million-selling Osmond songs are on their brand-new compact disc (c/d) "The Osmonds Anthology". It appropriately contains another #1 timeless pop song that everybody knows: "One Bad Apple"! ::)
For more 411, visit: www.Osmond.com (http://www.Osmond.com) {revised site addy}
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The title "Brokeback Mountain"
has been translated into the Czech language
as "Zkrocená hora."
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Come one, come all, get on board for Round 234!!!!
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Ennis's alibi was that Jack was his fishin' buddy.
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"It is clear Ennis enjoys the ride, the silence of the high country. Rounds a bend -- his horse suddenly balks, spooks, rears up: a small black bear in the middle of the trail aacross a small stream. Ennis is thrown, lands hard, rolls on the rocky ground." [screenplay]
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OMT (Old Man Twist) was an ornery old curmudgeon.
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Though Ennis and Jack were lovers, it can be argued that they never once dated each other.
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Jack and Ennis slept in tents up on Brokeback to protect themselves from the elements.
def. = wind, rain, etc., forces of the atmosphere
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"Two hours of pushin' broom buys an 8x12 four-bit room."
{from "King of the Road"}
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Jack and Ennis gorged themselves on whiskey and sex on several occasions. ;D
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Even though Jack and Ennis don't do any fishing, they were hooked on each other.
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After the bear scare:
Jack is more worried than angry, tries to disguise his concern with indignation.
Jack : "Where the hell you been? Up with the sheep all day, I get down here, hungry as hell and all I find is beans.... " [screenplay]
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Ennis seemed to lead a jinxed life; he wandered from job to job, had little money, and lost Jack as he approached middle age–hardening an already bitter existence.
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Jack was always kvetching about something: the food, the cold, the infrequency of intercourse.
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Ennis and Jack did not know that Aguirre's lenses were trained on them.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_254.jpg)
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After that summer on the mountain, Ennis and Jack herded the sheep down the mountain, marshalling them in pens for shipment to market.
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Jack has multiple birthmarks, or nevi, on his face and neck. Nine out of ten cowboys think they're cute. The rest are blind. 8)
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Jack did an over-the-top rodeo cowboy impersonation to the delight of Ennis.
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But these (marriages) are passionless unions, and Ennis' drift into unemployment and alcoholism is relentless. Lasso Me Tender (http://www.slate.com/id/2131264/)
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Jack was always quetching about something: the food, the cold, the infrequency of intercourse.
=aside=
I'm having a deja vu.
=reply= Southend
All over again.
Sandy
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Ennis seldom responded to any of Jack’s queries with more than one or two words.
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Jack quetched and kvetched and was rarely satisfied.
=aside= Déjà Vu
Don't you ever ask them why,
if they told you, you would cry,
So just look at them and sigh
and know they love you
"Teach Your Children" - CSNY
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Ennis stopped at the threshold of Jack's house and thanked his mom for the shirts in the paper bag.
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When Jack first met Ennis, Ennis was taciturn and uncommunicative, but Jack brought him out of his shell.
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"... even detractors agree that Brokeback Mountain is a moving story of cursed love and a repression so pervasive that it remains as virulent within the hearts of the lovers as it does in the cruel world they inhabit." From Lonesome Dudes by Joseph Braun. Link (http://www.vueweekly.com/articles/default.aspx?i=3138)
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Jack: "Well, since we are going to be working together, I reckon it's time we start drinking together." [trailer]
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By xposing her breasts in "Brokeback Mountain," Anne Hathaway put her "Princess Diaries" days well behind her.
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Like my prior "Y" is "yo-yos", this yo-yoing is inspired by The Osmonds' #1 song "Yo-Yo" from 1971, another hot year for Ennis & Jack!!
Ennis & Jack were notoriously yo-yoing each other's emotions by such major scenes as Ennis not having Jack stay after the latter's grueling approximately 3,000-mile round-trip drive and, in turn, Jack's round-trips to Mexico not to purchase turquoise jewelry but to rent Spanish-speaking male hookers.
=aside= "Yo-Yo's" at the ABCz
{revised 8/23 and note all "3" referred posts end in a "3"!}
Round 081 #2263 - Memento
Ennis' emotions yo-yoed between detachment, fear and despair.
Round 199 #5533 - SouthEnd
Jack was like a yo-yo traveling from Texas to Wyoming and Wyoming to Texas.
Round 198 #6483 - Will-U
Ennis & Jack's relationship was posilutely like they were two emotional yo-yos.
=comment= The Osmonds
Those interested in getting the song "Yo-Yo" with the Gay lyrics for Ennis & Jack, go to any record store and ask for The Osmonds' new anthology c/d! For mo' 411, check out www.Osmond.com (http://www.Osmond.com) Playerz interested in the antique 8-track tape containing "Yo-Yo" should contact Missy Fayette! :-*
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Working with farm animals and dogs made Ennis aware of the zoonosis leptospirosis. He warned Jack about it in the screenplay when he said: "Get lepto drinking that (lake water). Better to have a beer."
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Round 235 of the "ABCz of BBM"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Flyin' high and fast with the ABCz of BBM!
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Jack and Ennis had an unspoken agreement to not talk about how they felt about one another.
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Brokeback allowed Jack and Ennis to have time together in a buffer zone–shielded from the uncaring and tough world they were accustomed to.
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In the conclusion to "Walden," Thoreau could well have been describing the “Brokeback” Wyoming of the 1960s when he wrote, "The surface of the earth is soft and impressible by the feet of men; and so with the paths which the mind travels. How worn and dusty, then, must be the highways of the world, how deep the ruts of tradition and conformity!" From Brokeback Mountain to Walden Pond (http://www.bigqueer.com/index.php?/archives/112-From-Brokeback-Mountain-to-Walden-Pond-Thoreau-and-the-Authentic-Life.html)
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Ennis (stiffens): "If you don't want no more of my kids, I'll be happy to leave you alone."
Alma (under her breath): "...I'd have 'em, if you'd support 'em...."
Alma, a look of despair on her face, reaches up and turns off the bedside lamp. [screenplay]
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Ennis often failed to enunciate clearly; consequently, he was often seen as uncaring or aloof.
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L.D. was a manipulative control freak, but Jack stopped him in his tracks at Thanksgiving dinner.
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Jack (to Ennis): “I’m commutin' four hours a day. Come in for breakfast, go back to the sheep. evenin' get 'em bedded down, come in for supper, go back to the sheep, spend half the night checkin’ for damn coyotes.” [screenplay]
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Their days on Brokeback proved the most halcyon of Ennis and Jack's existence.
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While checking one another out during the initial scenes of the film, there was little verbal interaction, but plenty of the visual sort.
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"Lee successfully juxtaposes the characters' perceived privacy against the expansive Rocky Mountain backdrop yet maintains an intense intimacy. He handles the film with the care and reverence one would expect of the man who wrote and directed The Wedding Banquet."
-- Paul E. Pratt
http://www.gaywired.com/article.cfm?section=10&id=7832
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Jack kvetches about many things: the food, the cold, and the infrequency of intercourse.
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The sheep spent their summer pasture time on land under the control of the Forest Service.
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"This is Ennis del Mar: about twenty, but nonetheless compelling, not light or frivolous in disposition, appearance or manner, uncommonly quick reflexes -- a high-school drop-out country boy with no prospects, brought up to hard work and privation, rough-mannered, rough-spoken, inured to the stoic life. Has outgrown his faded cowboy shirt, his wrists stick well out of the sleeves, the buttons gap." [screenplay]
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Jack was both nimble and quick when it came to the sex in Tent Scene I.
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Ennis was out-of-bounds and trespassing in the shoot-em zone when he said, "You been to Mexico, Jack?"
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Ennis spent most of his life pecuniarily deficient.
Def: of, or relating to money
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When Ennis was mounting his horse, he used many muscle groups, including his quads.
{def: informal for quadriceps}
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Jack Twist's first appearance in Brokeback Mountain is in a rickety old pickup truck.
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The great musical score from Brokeback Mountain is partially responsible for many of the evocative emotions people feel while viewing it.
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Throughout "Brokeback Mountain," Jack and Ennis search for happiness.
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"Perhaps most amazing is the way this film is playing around the country. Where I live — a neighborhood of many luxury SUVs and "W. The President" bumper stickers — I saw the film to a sold-out house that started out laughing uncomfortably and ended enraptured. Such is the power and greatness of Brokeback — it succeeds as a cosmic paean of love, an aesthetic triumph, and a natural and unpretentious unifier."
-- Neil Fauerso, The Iowa Source
http://www.iowasource.com/movies/10bestmovies2005_0206.html
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Given the way that Cassie was perceived, she could also be called a woman of easy virtue.
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Ennis lacked the wherewithal to enable him to have an easier life.
Def: means, resources; specifically : money
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"Brokeback Mountain is blessedly free of Hollywood condescension, despite the presence of outsized belt buckles and press-on nails. There is not one character, major or minor, that devolves into caricature. The movie is a triumph of spare dialogue, as actors communicate reams with their faces and bodies. Credit Ang Lee, who here xceeds his already excellent work with actors in Sense and Sensibility and The Ice Storm."
-- Matthew Kennedy,
http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/51/brokebackmatt.htm
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"Even on the deeper thematic level, the sadness of longing and loss, the difficulty of articulating pent-up desires run parallel with traditional Chinese stories such as "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai," of which the 1963 film version is credited as the single biggest influence on Lee's artistic upbringing." Ang Lee: A Pinch of Tao, a dash of Zen by Raymond Zhou. Link (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2006-03/04/content_537001.htm)
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All of the characters in BBM were born as a zoon. ;D
A zoon is any individual produced from a single egg.
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Round 236!
We keep getting our kicks!
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Jack’s dream of a life together with Ennis was broken after he mistakenly thought Ennis’ divorce would change their relationship.
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While creating the screenplay for "Brokeback Mountain", Larry McMurtry turned out five typewritten pages per day and passed them on to his co-writer Diana Ossana for her consideration. Most of Annie Proulx'x words survived the screenplay creation process.
=aside= Playerz
After 24 hours of sun, wind and sky
I am ready for another stint of ABCz.
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"Third boxcar, midnight train,
destination Bangor, Maine"
{from "King of the Road"}
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"The years whiz by in the film’s middle, signaling that nothing will be as special, or as holy, as the idyllic first days of their romance. We see the evolution of their lives — the comings and goings of girlfriends, marriages, children, and facial hair — but we don’t see what becomes of the physical expression of their love."
-- Matthew Kennedy, Bright Lights Film Journal
http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/51/brokebackmatt.htm
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The boys would sit by the fire, usually saying little, staring intently into the flames.
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But in choosing to live his life from a script written by someone else, Ennis is false to himself, to his wife and his children, and most of all to the man who loves him fully, the only person for whom Ennis feels genuine passion. From Brokeback Mountain to Walden Pond (http://www.bigqueer.com/index.php?/archives/112-From-Brokeback-Mountain-to-Walden-Pond-Thoreau-and-the-Authentic-Life.html)
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Paul (Southendmd), "acrimonious" was played back in Round 129 by Tim (ProwlAmongUs).
A replacement "A" word is needed.
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The furtive glances Jack and Ennis gave one another outside Aguirre’s office were an adumbration of what was to follow between them.
Def: To suggest, indicate, or disclose partially.
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The Twist homestead was bleak indeed.
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"As an actor, Ledger has a great understanding for Ennis, and the widespread praise he has enjoyed is merited. But the margin of excellence between his performance and Gyllenhaal’s is narrow. Jack is the more outgoing and impulsive of the two, but his hurt cuts just as deep."
-- Matthew Kennedy, Bright Lights Film Journal
http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/51/brokebackmatt.htm
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Outside of Aguirre's trailer were many junked pickup trucks.
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The kindliness of Mrs. Twist is an example for all of us to follow.
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Jack's laughter was endearing to Ennis, and was the wind in his sails.
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"Brokeback Mountain is that rare thing, a big Hollywood weeper with a beautiful ache at its center. It's a modern-age Western that turns into a quietly revolutionary love story."
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
http://movies.aol.com/movie/brokeback-mountain/21990/reviews
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After the bear scare, Jack notices that Ennis is hurt and tries to react in a caring manner.
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The choice of spending his life with Jack was an optional choice for Ennis; one he was never able to manage, unfortunately.
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Jack's postcards to Ennis were written in pen (probably ballpoint).
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Query Booksellers has this online description of Annie Proulx’s novella:
"A stand-out story...'Brokeback Mountain' is the sad chronology of a love affair between two men who can't afford to call it that. They know what they're not -- not queer, not gay -- but have no idea what they are."-- Walter Kirn, New York
http://www.querybooks.com/shop_archive.htm
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From the screenplay by McMurtry and Ossana:
The tent is a little lopsided, but finally up. Ennis is trying to adjust a tent pole. Jack is sitting by the fire, playing a slightly damaged harmonica, squalling the old Tex Ritter rodeo tune, "Bad Brahma bull". A whiskey bottle sits next to him.
Ennis: "This tent don't look right."
Jack stops playing, glances over at Ennis and the tent.
Jack: "It ain't goin' nowhere. Let it be." (starts up again on the harmonica)
Ennis: (amused) "That harmonica don't sound quite right."
Jack: "That's 'cause it got kinda flattened when that mare threw me."
Ennis: "I thought you said that mare couldn't throw you."
Jack: "She got lucky."
Ennis: "If I was lucky, that harmonica would broke in two."
Both laugh.
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Jack slithered toward Ennis and brought his hand upon his waiting crotch in Tent Scene I.
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Jack: "Tell you what, you got a get up a dozen times in the night out there over them coyotes. Happy to switch but give you warnin', I can't cook...." [story]
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After Joe Aguirre spoke about stemming the roses, Jack Twist knew it was unadvisable to stick around Signal.
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Ennis found himself engulfed by a veritable vortex of emotion when Jack departed from Signal in 1963.
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The passionate kiss in Tent Scene II was just a warm-up for what was to come.
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Jack Twist was an xplorer; Ennis was barely a follower, even when it was safe to follow.
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Alma Jr. yessed Ennis when he asked: "This Kurt fella, does he love you?" [screenplay]
yes = (vb) to say yes (to)
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In the article "Will Brokeback Mountain Bring New Jeans Fashion Awareness For Gay Jeans?", the author talks about cool new vintage-looking denim Zara jeans.
Link (http://www.ezinearticles.com/?Will-Brokeback-Mountain-Bring-New-Jeans-Fashion-Awareness-For-Gay-Jeans?&id=143988)
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Here's Looking at You 24/7!!!
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Scene: Linda Higgins Gift Shop
Linda to Ennis (regarding BBM postcards):
I didn't order none of them.
Let me get the order list.
They got it, I can get you a hundred.
I gotta order some more cards anyway.
=aside= Sandy
Here's lookin' at U-2, Kid!
Thanx 4 ur great graphix.
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"...Joe Aguirre had watched them through his 10x42 binoculars for ten minutes one day, waiting until they'd buttoned up their jeans, waiting until Ennis rode back to the sheep, before bringing up the message that Jack's people had sent word that his uncle Harold was in the hospital with pneumonia and expected not to make it. Though he did, and Aguirre came up again to say so, fixing Jack with his bold stare, not bothering to dismount." [story]
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Although Jack “needed” his trips to Mexico, he felt a sting of compunction after cheating on Ennis.
Def: a twinge of misgiving
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Jack and Ennis eventually gave into their desire for each other.
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Jack's exuberance was infectious, and finally brought a smile to Ennis's face.
def: joyously unrestrained and enthusiastic ;D
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Ennis got his initial sexual experience firsthand, starting when Jack first placed his hand on his crotch.
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Obviously missing Jack more than anyone realized, Ennis extended him an exuberant greeting when they met after four years apart.
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The screenplay calls Ennis' sparely furnished trailer "an homage to plains life minimalism".
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"As rendered in Proulx’s story, Jack had 'some weight in the haunch and his smile disclosed buckteeth,' while Ennis had a 'high-arched nose and narrow face . . . scruffy and a little cave-chested.' In the film’s major concession to commercial viability, both Gyllenhaal and Ledger are decidedly prettier than Proulx’s inventions. That in no way minimizes their performances."
-- Matthew Kennedy,
Bright Lights Film Journal http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/51/brokebackmatt.htm
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Of any scene in the film, Ennis had the jolliest look on his face when he saw Jack arrive after their four-year separation.
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Jack Twist: "Well, what in the hell ever happened to August?
Christ, Ennis.
You had a fuckin' week to say some kinda word about this."
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To say that Ennis had a laconic personality is an understatement.
def: terse, untalkative.
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"Jack pulled a squalling burr out of the harmonica, flattened a little from a fall off the skittish bay mare, and Ennis had a good raspy voice; a few nights they mangled their way through some songs...." [story]
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Ennis was in a no-win situation as far as having a life with Jack or having a life without him.
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Ennis Del Mar: Has outgrown his faded denim cowboy shirt, his wrists stick well out of the sleeves, the buttons gap. [screenplay]
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While Ennis worked on his horse carving, rain pattered on the tent creating a lonely but peaceful sound.
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Alma was a querist when she inquired: "Ennis, you know somebody name a Jack? From Texas?"
def. = one who inquires
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Jack spent the summer after Brokeback rambling all around the state of Texas.
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Ennis chose the straight-and-narrow path to live his life.
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Cassie suffered from a slight case of tarantism; she dragged Ennis onto the dance floor constantly.
Def: An uncontrollable urge to dance.
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"Ang Lee's unmissable and unforgettable Brokeback Mountain hits you like a shot in the heart. It's a landmark film and a triumph for Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
http://movies.aol.com/movie/brokeback-mountain/21990/reviews
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Brokeback Mountain is in the vanguard of films planned and developed to bring gay issues into the mainstream.
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In his first weeks on the mountain, Ennis whiled away his time by carving a small wooden horse.
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Jack and Ennis show us the xtremes of the life of a gay person.
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Another way of yessing someone in the film is to say "sure enough".
=aside= Sandy
Great Ennis words: firsthand and straight-and-narrow! I get it!
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"Set in an era before AIDS, support groups or that Jerry Springer episode, 'My Husband Has a Gay Cowboy Lover,' when Ennis' wife (Michelle Williams) discovers his secret, she represses it, heartsick for years, with no point of social reference to base any decisions on. The isolation worked both ways, as the two lovers were just as bereft of support. Jack laments to Ennis, who is growing apart from him, 'You don't know what it's like to get so little -- of something which you need so much!' Which brings to mind a Zappa song -- 'He's just a cowboy for a day / Of course, his evening's not complete / Without some meat in the seat' -- with the somewhat ambiguous title, 'He's So Gay.'"
-- Jon Dunmore
http://www.poffysmoviemania.com/BrokebackMountain.html
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Thank you to all who participate
in this game which continues to fascinate!
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The Del Mar’s marriage was abrogated by judicial order.
Def: to abolish by authoritative action
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Ennis was bewitched, bothered and bewildered when it came to his love affair with Jack.
{with apologies to Rodgers and Hart}
=aside= Fran
The Frank Zappa-BBM connection? Who knew?
=reply= Paul
Google!
Fran
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Ennis and Jack had plenty of opportunities to consume beans and elk on the mountain, but not enough to consume soup.
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Dusk was falling when Ennis approached Jack and said, “You know I ain’t no queer.”
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"...I saw the film to a sold-out house that started out laughing uncomfortably and ended enraptured. Such is the power and greatness of Brokeback — it succeeds as a cosmic paean of love, an aesthetic triumph, and a natural and unpretentious unifier."
-- Neil Fauerso, The Iowa Source
http://www.iowasource.com/movies/10bestmovies2005_0206.html
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In Aguirre's office trailer, Jack and Ennis listened attentively to the foreman's instructions.
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Ennis’ fear of being attracted to males was partially grounded in the fact that his father forced him to witness the aftermath of Earl’s death.
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Ennis was really heartbroken when he realized he had lost Jack forever. :'(
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The first interior shot in the movie takes place in Aguirre's trailer.
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After Ennis told Jack his dad said rodeo cowboys were all fuckups, Jack began hootin’ and hollerin’ and jumping up and down.
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While she knitted, Alma suggested to Ennis that they smarten up and head on over to the church social.
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The boys enjoyed a lip-smacking meal of elk and a lip-smacking dessert of each other.
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What happened in the moonlight that night on Brokeback, was nobody else's business but Jack's and Ennis'.
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Ennis tells Jack: "I come up under my brother K.E., three years older'n me, slugged me silly ever day. Dad got tired a me come bawlin' in the house and, when I was about six, he set me down and says, Ennis, you got a problem and you got a fix it or it's gonna be with you until you're ninety and K.E.'s ninety-three..." [story]
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After a decade or so, Jack had finally had an overdose of L.D. Newsome.
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Ennis and Jack glimpse the literal moonlight amid the mountains when they live on Brokeback and later return to it on their periodic 'fishing trips.' From Brokeback Mountain to Walden Pond (http://www.bigqueer.com/index.php?/archives/112-From-Brokeback-Mountain-to-Walden-Pond-Thoreau-and-the-Authentic-Life.html)
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While up on Brokeback Mountain, screenplay Jack is more prone to querulousness than Ennis is. Jack complains about Joe Aguirre's sleep-with-the-sheep order, the surplus of beans, the length of his commuting time, the smell of the pup tent....
def. = the quality of being given to complaining
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John Twist’s actions in his own home revealed him as a robustious man.
Def: Coarse; rough; crude.
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Jack: "Well since we are going to be working together, I reckon its time we start drinking together." [trailer]
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The boys tentative friendship turned into something much more intimate in Tent Scene I.
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"Ang Lee's unmissable and unforgettable Brokeback Mountain hits you like a shot in the heart. It's a landmark film and a triumph for Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
http://movies.aol.com/movie/brokeback-mountain/21990/reviews
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Both Earl and Jack were viciously beaten to death; Earl in Wyoming and Jack in Texas.
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Though Jack's chosen mare on Brokeback was wilder than the others, he preferred her that way.
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Ennis panics because now he has to make a commitment or at least a decision when Jack shows up after the divorce, uses his daughters as his latest xcuse.
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"Besides directors, actors also shared the joy of Lee's success. International film star Chow Yun Fat, who worked together with Lee in the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, said he was full of confidence that Lee would take the prize after viewing Brokeback Mountain. He was sure Lee would be awarded the Best Picture Oscar for his talent in the future."
-- Source: Chinaview.cn
http://www.kfccinema.com/index.php?archive=1142346073&subaction=list-archive&go=archives
=comment=
When it comes to "Y" words, I am grateful for Lashawn, the blue heelers, and Google.
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Jack was zealed over the prospect of spending his life with Ennis, but became gradually morose as he accepted such a situation would never materialize.
Def: Full of zeal; characterized by zeal. (zeal: eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something: fervor)
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Round 239
We've done fine,
All along the line
=aside= ProwlAmongUs
Perfect Z
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The film advertised has been rated "R" - Restricted.
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. [American trailer for Brokeback Mountain]
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Jack bounced back and forth between Texas and Wyoming for 'bout sixteen years.
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Ennis was hesitant and chary, initially concerning sex with Jack, or even admitting his attraction to males.
Def: discreetly cautious; hesitant and vigilant about dangers and risks
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"They left it to wind through a slashy cut, leading the horses through brittle branchwood, Jack, the same eagle feather in his old hat, lifting his head in the heated noon to take the air scented with resinous lodgepole, the dry needle duff and hot rock, bitter juniper crushed beneath the horses' hooves." [story]
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“…I think the basic basin-and- range topography, the mix of high plains, forested mountains, desert, highways and dirt roads, with all that such varied landscape can mean psychologically, is expressed in both the story and the film." –Annie Proulx
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“Save your money for your next entry fee, cowboy.”
Jimbo to Jack after declining his offer of buying him a beer.
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"Already viewed by more people than any of the other of this year's Oscar contenders, Brokeback has splayed some of Alberta's most stunning geography on silver screens the world over."
-- Debra Cummings, Travel Alberta
http://www1.travelalberta.com/Stories/index.cfm?action=display&storyID=180
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Jack is hatless as he shaves, looking at the two cute guys in his rearview mirror.
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Ennis would normally gaze at people with an indirect look rather than facing them while speaking.
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Justin Onofriechuk is listed in the film's end credits as "Assistant Property Master."
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Ennis' knowledgeableness about animals is apparent from his appraisal of Jack's horse all the way to the trust his bosses have in him, and their willingness to keep him on the payroll, even if he does disappear into the mountains at odd times.
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In the kitchen of the Twist home, there’s a ladder-back chair visible behind John Twist.
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"Years on years they worked their way through the high meadows and mountain drainages, horse-packing into the Big Horns, Medicine Bows, south end of the Gallatins, Absarokas, Granites, Owl Creeks...." [story]
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Jack Twist stopped being a namby-pamby son-in-law when L.D. stepped over the line at Thanksgiving.
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The Texans, including the Twist family, were ostentatious in their consumerism.
=reply= Mayor Will
Thanx for pointing out the misspelling; I changed the 'c' to 't'.
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
Linda F. Higgins to Ennis: "Ennis, what are you lookin for, rootin' through them postcards?" Later, Linda Frances offered to sell Ennis up to 100 postcards of Brokeback Mountain at her gift shop; however, he stated that one would be enough! :-\
=question= Ranger Lee
Mr. & Mrs. Twist were "ostentatious"? ???
Yeah, their plush home is so luxurious!
Sometimes, U are soooooo hysterical. :laugh:
U even spelt "ostentacious" wrong!
Ya gotta luv ya, loyal Lee! :-*
=aside= Toast
"John was viciously beaten to death!"
John who?
(Corrected!)
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Monroe's use of the word "condiments" induced some language-inspired quizzicality on the part of Ennis.
=compliment= Fran
Excellent (http://www.virtuallandmedia.com/a5/24/q.gif)
Sandy
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The following preview (for Brokeback Mountain) has been approved for all audiences by the Motion Picture Association of America.
The film advertised has been rated "R" - Restricted.
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. [trailer]
Parental Review: BBM (http://www.screenit.com/movies/2005/brokeback_mountain.html#p)
Check out this page and see that BBM has: At least 22 "f" words (1 used sexually), 13 "s" words, 2 slang terms using female genitals ("p*ssy"), 1 using male ones ("d*ck"), 16 hells, 11 damns, 6 asses (1 used with "hole"), 4 S.O.B.s, 1 crap, 13 uses of "G-damn" and 1 use each of "Christ," "Jesus" and "Jesus Christ."
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Aguirre thought that "ranch stiffs never did much of a job."
=compliment= Lee
Good find!
Fran
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"Late in the afternoon, thunder growling, that same old green pickup rolled in, and he saw Jack get out of the truck, beat-up Resistol tilted back." [story]
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Scene: Higgins' Gift Shop
Linda Francis Higgins was unfamiliar with exactly where Brokeback Mountain is located. When Ennis indicated to helpful Linda that he was lookin' for a postcard scene of Brokeback Mountain, the charming Miss H thought BBM was located "over in Fremont County". Ennis indicated no; it's north of here.
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Ang Lee’s vita before directing Brokeback Mountain includes writer, producer, actor and director on a number of other movies, thus qualifying him to oversee the film.
Def: a brief biographical sketch
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Jack tried a Carl Perkins song, bawling "what I say-ay-ay," but he favored a sad hymn, "Water-Walking Jesus," learned from his mother who believed in the Pentecost, that he sang at dirge slowness, setting off distant coyote yips. [short story]
"Water-Walkin' Jesus.
Take me away! [movie]
=compliment= Toast
Good one - I'm surprised we didn't use that one before the 239th round.
Sandy
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Jack felt that he spent an xorbitant amount of time (4 hours a day) commuting back and forth between tending the sheep and going to the main camp.
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From a five-star review of the "Brokeback Mountain" DVD at Video Universe:
"Some people dismiss this as just 'a gay cowboy movie', but this is just oversimplication. The essence of this film is about the enduring power of love, that love comes in ways and means that may not always make us comfortable, but is nonetheless just as valid and real. The breathtaking cinematography, music and plot stayed with me for days after the first viewing, haunting my waking hours like nothing ever has. Closer inspection has revealed deeper layers inherent in the film, such as the duality of elements (yin-yang pairings) and subtle gestures. Above all, the actors, who totally threw themselves into their roles, particularly Heath Ledger who *becomes* the tortured Ennis Del Mar."
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?redir=y&cart=506&PID=7045474
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The zoophoric sign in the Cassie/apple-pie-eating scene indicates that it's a Greyhound bus station.
def: (a.) Bearing or supporting the figure of an animal.
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Ennis' aloof posturing says more about him than the few words he does manage to speak.
=compliment= Toast
Excellent "Z" and graphic.
Sandy
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Ennis's belligerent posture put the bikers at the Fourth of July celebration on their guard.
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In the screenplay, Ennis orders and picks up his postcard from Linda Higgins at the gas station / convenience store, across the street from the Quik Stop Car Wash.
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Jack’s mom and dad were denizens of Lightning Flat.
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"Again the ranch is on the market and they've shipped out the last of the horses, paid everybody off the day before, the owner saying, 'Give 'em to the real estate shark, I'm out a here,' dropping the keys in Ennis's hand. He might have to stay with his married daughter until he picks up another job, yet he is suffused with a sense of pleasure because Jack Twist was in his dream." [story]
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Ennis: "Yeah, you're a real thinker, there.
Goddam. Jack fuckin' Twist.
Got it all figured out, ain't ya?"
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_731.jpg)
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When Ennis spotted the dead sheep, he spurred his horse into a gallop.
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Jack took a hands-on approach to initiate sex with Ennis.
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"Rodeo rider Jack and itinerant ranch hand Ennis are constricted not just by society’s lethal hatred but by self-destruction. Ennis’s anxiety over a more permanent commitment to Jack is both real and imaginary. He is a hurt animal prone to violence as an ineffective cure for his sexual desires. It is rational self-defense, and a wholly human response, yet it will doom him to purgatory."
-- Matthew Kennedy, Bright Lights Film Journal http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/51/brokebackmatt.htm
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Ennis had jocund evenings with his buddy; Jack danced and sang, and all was well in that place and time.
def: Full of or showing high-spirited merriment.
A poet could not but be gay,
in such a jocund company
- Wordsworth.
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Jack accidentally gave Ennis a knock-down blow when they were getting ready to leave Brokeback.
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"Jack came lagging in late one afternoon, drank his two bottles of beer cooled in a wet sack on the shady side of the tent, ate two bowls of stew, four of Ennis's stone biscuits, a can of peaches, rolled a smoke, watched the sun drop." [story]
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Ang Lee: I feel very fortunate to have Heath in (Brokeback Mountain). ... He meticulously aims towards a certain target and firmly believes in what he's doing. [Production Notes]
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Ennis accepted Jack’s invitation and joined him in the tent where they nestled up together and expanded the depth of their relationship.
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Ennis and Alma lived in the outer sections of Riverton early in their marriage.
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Ennis took the plunge when he entered the tent and became intimate with Jack that first night in Tent Scene I.
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"It’s a story about the cowboys’ future, not their past as we hardly get a glimpse of their lives before that fateful day at Joe’s except for references of childhood experiences. We follow them through their tumultuous marriages and the self-destructive decisions they make. Their romance becomes a quicksand that they struggle in as they consider their homosexual relationship for the rest of their lives. It pulls no punches, literally, as their onscreen romance plays out as real and ugly as the emotions they feel."
-- Justin Deimen, Urban Wire (http://www.theurbanwire.com/stories/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=589&Itemid=69)
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Ennis crashed on his head when Cigar Butt reared in fright.
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The boys stayed in the tent to get shelter from the blowy hailstorm.
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"Ennis and Jack, the dogs, horses and mules, a thousand ewes and their lambs flowed up the trail like dirty water through the timber and out above the tree line into the great flowery meadows and the coursing, endless wind." [story]
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Ennis' love for Jack was unabated even after twenty years.
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As a resident of Arvada, Wyoming, Annie Proulx writes about Ennis and Jack with validity.
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"Ennis woke in red dawn with his pants around his knees, a top-grade headache, and Jack butted against him; without saying anything about it, both knew how it would go for the rest of the summer, sheep be damned." [story]
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Xcusing the killers of Earl and Jack is an affront to any spiritual view of society.
=comment=
Or more simply: an affront to humanity, period.
Fran
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Jack set out to yend his rope and lasso Ennis on their last day on the mountain.
def: to throw, to cast
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"Brokeback screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana revealed they optioned Annie Proulx’s short story within a week of reading it in The New Yorker, had a script done three months later, then it took seven years to get the controversial picture made, with directors Gus Van Zant and Joel Schumacher attached to it before Lee."
-- Wolf Schneider, Inside Film Online
http://www.insidefilm.com/sistersfourlanehighway.html
=clarification=
Gus Van Sant spells the last part of his name with an "S", not a "Z", as it's spelled in the quoted article.
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=aside= Toast
Thank you!
=announcement= Players
Toast has used his creative talents to generate captioned photographs for Rounds 240 through 250. With some editing help from the Mods, his special photos will grace the ABCs of BBM round announcements for these eleven rounds. Players may still post round announcements, but the Mods will edit in Toast's photos.
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Sorry, Toast. I posted "atop" during round 185, on July 25th: reply #5129.
=compliment= Tim
Thanks for helping out the Modz here.
It's much appreciated.
Fran
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/ToastCard2.jpg)
Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
Linda asked Ennis which postcard he was looking for in the postcard rack. He replied: Brokeback Mountain! :)
[Note: This "A" is the replacement for Ms. Toast's XXX'd "atop".]
=comment= BBM postcard
Whoever did that BBM postcard promotion in the visual above (no one from here) is not too brite in language. They misspelled "Higgins" as "Higgin"! ::)
=aside= Fran
If Linda can't get U the postcard of BBM, then, trust me, her sister Fran will! Hey, she got me this one to show U all! Tanx to the Higgins Sisterz!! ;) :-*
=response= BBM Pix
That's a wonderful announcement that Toast's terrific BBM photographs will adorn the ABCz announcement roundz from 240 to 250. If U have an extra BBM pic, Linda would like one to hang at her gift shop.
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Jack backed out of Ennis' driveway the day of the post-divorce debacle.
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Ennis hoped that calling Lureen would allay his worst fears.
=comment= Toast
Nice work on Round 241. Looking forward to 242-250! 8)
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“The wind strikes the trailer like a load of dirt coming off a dump truck, eases, dies, leaves a temporary silence."
From the short story
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"The open glory of the scenery is in absolute contrast to the social entrapment that fates Jack and Ennis to loveless marriages and negligent, ineffectual fatherhood."
-- Matthew Kennedy, Bright Lights Film Journal
http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/51/brokebackmatt.htm
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Lureen gave Jack a most fetching smile as she asked, "What are you waitin' for, cowboy, a matin' call?"
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Aguirre lowered his binoculars after spying on Ennis and Jack, grimaced over what he’d seen, but kept his mouth shut until Jack asked for work the following summer.
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Ennis to Jack: "And I can't get the time off. It was tough gettin' this time -- some a them late heifers is still calvin'. You don't leave then. You don't. Stoutamire is a hell-raiser, and he raised hell about me takin' the week. I don't blame him. He probly [sic] ain't got a night's sleep since I left. The trade-off was August. You got a better idea?" [story]
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
Ennis going to the Higgins Gift Shop and ordering a postcard of Brokeback Mountain seemed incidental at the time; however, as we all now know, the postcard was instrumental in the climatic final scene of the BBM movie placed by Ennis on the inside of his opened closet door with "the two shirts" and that BBM postcard.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/ToastCard2.jpg)
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Ennis enjoyed the jocundity of the Brokeback evenings with his friend Jack Twist.
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The quarters that Ennis fed into the jukebox had knurls on their edges.
knurl = any of a series of small beads or ridges, as along the edge of a coin
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Ennis liked Alma but he was not in love with her.
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Jack’s father-in-law sold tractors, combines and other large machines used for farming.
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After Ennis entered Jack's nethermost region, he pushed the thought of it back into the nethermost region of his mind.
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The driver, Joe Aguirre, middle-aged, stocky, no fool, hair the color of cigarette ash and parted down the middle, foam dice hanging from the rearview, gets out. Then reaches back in for an oversize container of coffee. Joe glares at Ennis, then Jack, as he heads for the trailer office door. [screenplay]
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When Jack showed up unannounced at his cabin after the divorce, Ennis found himself in a pickle.
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Bobby finally quiets down and eats his cereal at Thanksgiving dinner after his dad tells off his granddad.
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As Jack and Ennis ride beside the calm water, the sky’s serene reflection is visible belying the discontent they feel.
A scene from one of their meetings
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Ennis "might have to stay with his married daughter until he picks up another job, yet he is suffused with a sense of pleasure because Jack Twist was in his dream." [story]
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For twenty years, Jack twisted in the wind, waiting for Ennis to join the dance.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/76/ChubbyDontKnock.jpg)
Don't knock the Twist.
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The wound on Jack's face after the boys came down the mountain would heal, but the only unguent for the wound left by Ennis's departure was Ennis himself.
Unguent: A soothing or healing salve
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"The years whiz by in the film’s middle, signaling that nothing will be as special, or as holy, as the idyllic first days of their romance. We see the evolution of their lives — the comings and goings of girlfriends, marriages, children, and facial hair — but we don’t see what becomes of the physical expression of their love. Their lusty kissing after a four-year separation clinches their lasting passion, but the scene quickly turns into a voyeuristic nightmare for Ennis’ wife Alma."
-- Matthew Kennedy, Bright Lights Film Journal
http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/51/brokebackmatt.htm
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Even though the batteries in Jack's transistor radio died (according to the story), Jack and Ennis were still on the same wavelength.
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
Ennis had the xcited emotional xpectancy to find a postcard of scenic BBM (aka Jack T) in lovely Linda's good gift shop.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/BBMPostCard.jpg)
=aside= Toasted
Twistin' w/ Toast (#6696) was a real "T" surprise!
Those classic rock 'n' roll 1960s movies are fun.
Did U notice one of the singers is "DeeDee"?
She sings #1 song "Mashed Potato Time".
Tanx 4 the "CC" soundtrack album cover.
Special thanx 4 the 3 BBM postcardz!
#1 N' Sync song: "Bye, Bye, Bye"!!!
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Ennis hid the fact that the postcard in the mail was a yearned-for message from the love of his live.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/EnnisPostcard.jpg)
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As the story continues, Proulx describes Ennis' "propensity to roll to the wall and sleep as soon as he hit the bed," which implies that Ennis and Alma's sex life is zealless.
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Round242.jpg)
=milestone= Friends
I just had to take this Post
This is ToastPost 1000
Aw shucks, it ain't nothin'
Just 23 days, 5 hours and 37 minutes online.
I just know the novella, screenplay, subtitles, and movie by heart.
I don't care what you say I have to find a match and light a Cuban Cigar.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/cigarBoneless600.jpg)
I call this pic My Cuban Cigar on Boneless Blue.
**cough cough**
*That was good*
Thanks to my cousin who visited Havana recently.
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(http://c.icq.com/img/friendship/static/card_7364_rs.gif)
Congratz Toast on 1000 Posts!!!
From all the Playerz and the Modz
Will, Fran & Sandy
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Hey, Toasty, Congrats
and
Welcome to the 1000+ Posts Club!
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/vkm91941/Lines%20Visualized/200501051516580.jpg)
Cheers to you for your incredible vocabulary, knowledge of all things BBM and your delightful computer artistry. They have all served you well in the making of this achievement.
;D
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A Limerick in Honor of Toast's 1,000th Post
Let me tell you 'bout my friend named Toast
In the ABCs game he's engrossed,
He keeps posting away
(Sometimes ten times a day)
Now, with 1,000 posts, he can boast!
Well done, Toast!
:)
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TOAST, you're the Most (BetterMost, that is!)! Congratulations! 8)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Toast.jpg)
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Jack was more demonstrative than Ennis; he displayed affection in an open manner.
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Ennis' marriage to Alma bottomed out, one of the reasons being that he spent so much time thinking about Jack's anatomy.
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The Pudding Scene
Twist and Lureen have a boy, who is coddled and spoiled by “daddy” until a pivotal Thanksgiving dinner scene where we hear that “Boys should watch football,” before the repressed husband finally tells his father-in-law off and slices the turkey himself! Quiet mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
=aside= Friends
This is my first post today and I need nine more in to keep fit.
So let's get back to the action.
Thanks Everyone for your kind words on the board
and especially thanks for the PMs, too.
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Due to Ennis’ marital situation and spending only sporadic time together, Jack became dismayed and frustrated throughout the course of their relationship.
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Some of us had to watch the film several times to get the dialogue; Ennis had a special way of enunciating.
=congrats=Toast
Whether burnt or chewed, buttered or dry, we need our Toast daily.
Happy 1000 Mille-stone, my friend.
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We are back to the present as Jack older now, watches the pickup truck fade away into the distance, that dozy embrace solidified in his memory as the single moment of artless, charmed happiness in their separate and difficult lives. [screenplay]
=aside= Dr. South and Prowler
I wonder if it is millestone or millstone somedays.
But we love it here.
Check out this link for interesting location pics of BBM. (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=169.msg77099#msg77099)
Thanks.
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Jack garnished the Thanksgiving turkey with gravy, and a rosemary branch was held between its legs.
=congratulationz= Toast
on your 1K dash. Welcome to the club!
It is a sad and soggy day when I can't trade posts with Toast.
Here's to a thousand more!
(p.s. the 2nd 1,000 comes twice as fast!)
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Jack and Ennis experience a four-year hiatus between their summer on Brokeback and their initial reunion.
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Annie's story is really about two isolated characters on an isolated mountain, and how a connection is formed there.
=aside= Front - Lee
Garnished with gravy, good one!!
That would make me soggy.
Thanks.
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The dozy embrace occupied the junction between a dream and a memory in Jack's mind.
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"After the news of Ang Lee becoming the first Chinese director to win the Best Director Oscar for Brokeback Mountain, joy and delight spread through Hong Kong's film circle and filmmakers thought it is inspiring to local film production."
-- Chinaview.cn
http://www.kfccinema.com/index.php?archive=1142346073&subaction=list-archive&go=archives
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Ennis thought Jack's idea of having a life together was ludicrous - judged from his remark: "You're a real thinker."
=aside= Toast
Since you're such a letter man, David Letterman wants you to be on his show.
(http://www.heathersanimations.com/men/DAVIMATE.gif)
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His stoicism drives the movie, and nowhere more movingly than when he utters its signature line: "If you can't fix it you've got to stand tt. "Men in Love - A Brokeback Review by David Leavitt (http://www.slate.com/id/2131865/)
=reply= Sandy
The Toast Letterman Show
I could do that.
Ooops! You mean as a guest ??
Moi ??
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Jack was notably impressed with and attracted to Ennis as soon as he laid eyes on him.
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"Brokeback Mountain is blessedly free of Hollywood condescension, despite the presence of outsized belt buckles and press-on nails. There is not one character, major or minor, that devolves into caricature. The movie is a triumph of spare dialogue, as actors communicate reams with their faces and bodies."
-- Matthew Kennedy, Bright Lights Film Journal
http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/51/brokebackmatt.htm
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In time Del Mar divorces, but his predilection remains unsaid (by Alma). Quiet mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
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Lureen was quoting Jack who was quoting Ennis when she said, “It might have been a place where bluebirds sing and there’s a whiskey spring.”
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Scene: Linda Higgins' Gift Shop
Ennis del Mar returns to the gift shop when notified that his BBM postcard has arrived. It no doubt made friendly Linda's day. She placed the postcard in an envelope for him. U thought Ennis only went there once? ::)
=comment= Playerz
If U want to see an ABCz 1-2-3-4-5-6 answer punch,
notice my answer posted @ 11:12 a.m. and Ms. Meryl
posting her answer @ 11:13, Memento @ 11:14, Lee
@ 11:16, Toast @ 11:22 and then Fran @ 11:24!!!!!!
:) Hot game -- especially on a Monday morning. ;D
=aside= Fran
I luv ur forthcoming "W"!
So "Will-s" our Beckala.
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As part of his characterization of Ennis del Mar, Heath Ledger became a master of the squint.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Ennis.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/singingrl1.jpg)
=aside=Will
Yes, my trigger finger was itchin' for that "R"! ;D
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Ennis and Jack turned each other on.
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When Alma asked Ennis to invite Jack in for coffee, he replied unconvincingly, "Aw, he's from Texas."
=comment= Playerz
On weekday mornings, it helps to remember the adage of the Great One (Wayne Gretsky):
"I go to where the puck is going to be." Thus, we have to go to where the alphabet is going to be!
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Alma wished Ennis would take her and the girls vacationing more often.
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"The movie is a triumph of spare dialogue, as actors communicate reams with their faces and bodies. Credit Ang Lee, who here exceeds his already excellent work with actors in Sense and Sensibility and The Ice Storm. Note, for example, how Gyllenhaal as Jack wills himself not to catch a sideways glance of his naked comrade."
-- Matthew Kennedy, Bright Lights Film Journal (http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/51/brokebackmatt.htm)
=reply= Players
I was trying for "R", then "S", and the next thing I knew, Toast had posted "V".
:)
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We witness Jack’s ability to xude his interest in Ennis upon first sight. ;D
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Ennis looks up suddenly and changes the direction and speed of the horse when the blue heeler yelps.
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Ennis was aware of zoonotic diseases like lepto that could be passed on to humans from animals.
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Round243.jpg)
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"All the little gold men have been handed out, but will any victory have lasting effect? Certainly it will in Alberta -- the real location of Brokeback Mountain which went into the Oscars as the front-runner but, in the only twist of the evening, was bumped by Crash for best picture."
-- Debra Cummings, Travel Alberta
http://www1.travelalberta.com/Stories/index.cfm?action=display&storyID=180
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"Third boxcar, midnight train. Destination: Bangor, Maine" from the "King of the Road" lyrics.
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Ennis Del Mar is a fictional character created by Annie Proulx.
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"Going up, the day was fine but the trail deep-drifted and slopping wet at the margins. They left it to wind through a slashy cut, leading the horses through brittle branchwood, Jack, the same eagle feather in his old hat, lifting his head in the heated noon to take the air scented with resinous lodgepole, the dry needle duff and hot rock, bitter juniper crushed beneath the horses' hooves." [story]
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The boys entangled their legs together in the last-day tussle, not to mention other occasions.
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So, in Brokeback Mountain ... you have two guys with slim hips and dungarees and cowboy hats pulled low. They lean against pickups, smoke cigarettes, and trade monosyllables (if that). They're suitable for framing. Lasso Me Tender (http://www.slate.com/id/2131264/)
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Jack was able to glean a lot of information in a short exchange with Ennis that he did not know before when he made a surprise visit after the divorce was final.
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It was obvious that Lureen used tons of hairspray on her Farrah hairdo.
(http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:y2klGAXrBZntAM:http://brokeback.web.fc2.com/img/lureen06.jpg)
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Ennis and Jack had shared interests, but couldn't share the possible benefits of a life together.
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Ennis jestingly needled Jack by saying, "I think my daddy was right." Tragically, his dad was right about the ways that men who didn't conform could come to a bad end.
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Kimberley French is listed as "Still Photographer" in the film's end credits.
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Jack's live-wire personality complements Ennis' quiet and broody nature.
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Lureen has a manicure, a coif, a wardrobe, and a fashionable phone, but still it is clear that it is just a façade.
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According to the Production Notes for Brokeback Mountain, Randy Quaid swiped his copy of the New Yorker in order to finish reading Annie Proulx's short story.
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From a five-star review of the "Brokeback Mountain" DVD at Video Universe (http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?redir=y&cart=506&PID=7045474):
"Some people dismiss this as just 'a gay cowboy movie', but this is just oversimplication. The essence of this film is about the enduring power of love, that love comes in ways and means that may not always make us comfortable, but is nonetheless just as valid and real."
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Jack had some pie-in-the-sky idea that someday Ennis would join him in establishing a little cow-and-calf operation. :(
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When he needed a thirst quencher, Ennis often reached for a beer.
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"They had a high-time supper by the fire...drinking, smoking cigarettes, getting up every now and then to piss, firelight throwing a sparkle in the arched stream, tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, talking horses and rodeo, roughstock events, wrecks and injuries sustained, the submarine Thresher lost two months earlier with all hands and how it must have been in the last doomed minutes, dogs each had owned and known, the draft, Jack's home ranch where his father and mother held on, Ennis's family place folded years ago after his folks died, the older brother in Signal and a married sister in Casper." [story]
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Ennis put his postcard to Jack through the mail slot at the post office.
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There are a number of preview trailers for the movie Brokeback Mountain.
The subtitled French trailer includes the spoken words "scrawny asses" and the rodeo fu**ups scene, and louder, more agressive music.
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"A singular guitar chord manages to invoke the sharp pang of hurt and empathy for the unrequited lovers each time another obstacle is thrown their way. Nothing is done just to simply elicit emotions as each action is presented as pure and unbridled. The interactions between the two leads are always sensitive, and never unnatural or overly sappy."
-- Justin Deimen, UrbanWire
http://www.theurbanwire.com/stories/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=589&Itemid=69
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The visage of the nine-year-old Ennis witnessing a horrible event was unforgettable.
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/BBMPostCard.jpg)
Scene: Higgins' Gift Shop - Postcard Rack
Ennis (standing at the postcard rack): "He turns it, not finding what he wants". [screenplay] BTW, we know exactly what Ennis wants at the gift shop (no, not Linda): a postcard of BBM, an eternal remembrance of his late boyfriend Jack!
=aside= Fran
The last "W" -- by U -- was W-1!
It dint go unnoticed: "Wills"! ;)
U no who caught the drift....
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Ennis was xcusatory while explaining to Jack that even though the divorce was final, this was not a good month for Jack to visit.
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Pre-Oscar buzz:
"Four BAFTA's, Four Golden Globes and universal recognition from critics and movie industry bodies alike have put Brokeback Mountain firmly in the saddle for this year’s Academy Awards race. Quality speaks for itself and Brokeback has it in spades. But good craftsmanship is no guarantee of success as, come voting time, Academy members are as susceptible to mood and circumstance as anyone else. So here’s why everyone attached to Brokeback Mountain should remember their ‘thank yous’ when those all-important envelopes are opened on March 5...." -- Sky.com
http://oscars.sky.com/Features/pgeFeature.aspx?id=85
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Blood began to zighyr from the wound that Ennis got when he was thrown from his horse after an encounter with a bear.
def: Zighyr: to percolate, trickle, or ooze.
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Ladiez and zentlemen!!! The Score is now 244!!!!!!!!!!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Round244.jpg)
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Ennis shovels.
Timmy: " ... 47 different species in Wyoming alone, was telling Pat, 'no I ain't gonna eat them, no way, mushrooms is poison,' but he kept at me.... "
Road Boss approaches. Timmy shuts up.
Road Boss: "Pick it up, boys. (to Timmy) Del Mar can't work a shovel and listen to your damn yammering ... " [screenplay]
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L.D. Newsome, always one to boast, took Jack's carving duties away at Thanksgiving, until Jack put him in his place.
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"The wind strikes the trailer like a load of dirt coming off a dump truck, eases, dies, leaves a temporary silence." [story]
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Jake Gyllenhaal: Joy (Ellison) set up three voices, three separate marks in the script, for Heath and I. Our voices change; they get progressively deeper.
[Production Notes]
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When Jack returned, it helped Ennis regain his equilibrium.
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After helping Jack start up the engine of his old pickup truck, Ennis leans against the fender to say "I can't believe I left my damn shirt up there."
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Jack's guilelessness is part of what is so charming about him.
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Pre-Oscar buzz:
"The Academy is sometimes accused of dodging controversy, so this heartfelt tale of homosexual love is a golden opportunity for voters to embrace a subject long considered taboo. Its western setting provides the perfect backdrop to the drama, and Dances With Wolves and Unforgiven prove that the Academy will never say that the western is dead." -- Sky.com
http://oscars.sky.com/Features/pgeFeature.aspx?id=85
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Jack was itching to leave Texas and start a new life with Ennis, if only Ennis would say yes to the idea.
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After four long years apart Ennis planted a great big juicy kiss on Jack when he saw him!
=comment=
;) whoa is it me or did it just get hot in here?
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Ennis knuckled down and tried to be faithful to his family life.
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Jack was the linchpin in the story of Brokeback Mountain.
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"Heath says this is the most macho roll he's ever taken," Lee said the next day over breakfast. "But think about it, and he's right. Right after this, he went to play Casanova, where he put on makeup every day. It's not a very macho role." Ang Lee to the Chicago Tribune
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Jack got nil in return for his fourteen-hour drive to Riverton after he heard of Ennis' divorce.
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Jack was very observant when it came to Ennis.
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Jack and Ennis have an emotional as well as physical push-and-pull relationship.
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Ennis' thirst became less quenchable as time went by.
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[Hearing the blue heeler barking incessantly,] Ennis rides over to see what the ruckus is about. -- from the screenplay
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"I smoke old stogies I have found, short but not too big around," lyrics from "King of the Road".
=aside=
Get along, little stogies.
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Alma's mouth twitches, when Ennis tells Jack Nasty: "Two little girls: Alma Jr., and Francine. (pause) Love them to pieces."
=aside= Paul
Whoopee ti yi yo !
Play of the day, maybe the week.
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When he woke up on the morning after, Ennis had a head of unruly hair.
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BBM is visually stunning. As are Toast's Round Announcements.
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Alma: "Ennis, please, no more damn lonesome ranches for us," she said, sitting on his lap, wrapping her thin, freckled arms around him. "Let's get a place here in town?" [short story]
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The campfire had died down to xylanthrax by the time of the dozy embrace flashback.
Def: xylanthrax: charcoal
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That dog that alerted Ennis to the disemboweled sheep was a real yelper.
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Sheep, dogs and horses, travelled zigzaggedly up the side of the mountain; around streams, rocks, trees, and each other.
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Dizzying, but fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Round245.jpg)
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Jack deserved and needed an "attaboy" from his dad, but did he get one? No. :'(
def: at·ta·boy (t-boi) interj.
Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or man: Attaboy! That's the way to hit a home run!
[Alteration of That's the boy!.]
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Ennis was bewitched, bothered and bewildered when it came to Jack.
=aside= Toast
Thanks for the stogie comment.
Great use of our old friends zig and zag--they're tired.
=aside= Lee
Love the X, and a real one to boot.
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At their first reunion, the boys jumped from a cliff together into the water.
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The doomed men try to see each other as often as their lives and lies allow. Quiet mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
=aside= FrontRanger
Atta-Boy
I think Jack did hear that, and he became a fine man.
I think Uncle Harold had an immense effect on Jack.
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Ostensibly, Jack and Ennis were heterosexual, but experientially, they were gay or bisexual.
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"Trailers for sale or rent,
Rooms to let, fifty cents,"
lyrics from "King of the Road".
=comment=
I wonder what the room at the Motel Siesta cost?
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Ennis finds two special garments in a jog at the back of the closet.
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The boys had a hand-to-hand first time sexual encounter that night in Tent Scene I.
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The blue heeler barked incessantly until Ennis went to see what was the matter.
=compliment= Lee
You are hot today!!
Sandy
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According to Lureen, Jack spent his last day jacking up the truck, pumping the flat tire, and then drowning in his own blood.
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L.D. thought of himself as a big kahuna.
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Ennis, Jack, and their families suffered many losses as a result of following the rules of society.
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(Ledger's) Ennis Del Mar is as monolithic as the mountainscape in which — with the same swiftness, brutality, and precision that he exhibits in shooting an elk — he f**ks Jack Twist for the first time. Men in Love - A Brokeback Review by David Leavitt (http://www.slate.com/id/2131865/)
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As Jack stands sleepily beside the campfire, Ennis comes up and nestles lovingly against him, forming the beloved Dozy Embrace.
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Jack and L.D. were engaging in one-upmanship at Thanksgiving dinner before L.D. finally backed down.
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It never took much provocation to get Ennis to fight.
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Ennis agreed to continue his and Jack's intimate relationship with one important qualification---that it remain their secret.
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop, WY (1983)
Linda Frances Higgins observed Ennis "rootin'" through the shop's postcard rack lookin' for sumtin'. That's proof positive that rootin' Ennis is, after all, a real rooter! ;D
def = rooter is one who pokes or digs about.
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Scene: Hudson Corner Cafe, NY (2006)
What a wonderful time we BBM-ers all had this evening in Manhattan at our ver' spezial Din-Din Party! ;D
=aside= John M. M. Gallagher
Our "BBM Din-Din in Manhattan" tonight went all as planned -- and then some. It was entertaining to reflect on all of the ABCz Playerz past and present. I'm personally overjoyed that we finally met in person and under the very best of circumstances: festivities, food, frivolties 'n' fun! It was like our first reunion all over again! C U soon!
Will ;D.......
=aside= Meryl
Wowie, Miss Meryl. The #1 ABCz game was discussed big time. As John stated: "The ABCz seems as popular now as when it started". Meryl, U are a 'colorful' part of its herstory! See our event report at the "Anything Goes" board. Dre especially enjoyed meeting U. BTW, DeeDee & Dre had already been on the phone w/ each other after our din-din by the time U posted ur "Q". Call us anytime!
.......& Dre! O0
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Ennis loves to sniff his Little Darlin's clothes.
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(Brokeback Mountain) tells the story of two young men - a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy - who meet in the summer of 1963, and unexpectedly forge a life-long connection, one whose complications, joys, and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love. [Production Notes]
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Brokeback Mountain is a uniquely American film.
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Jack and Ennis' reunion led to trysts several times a year veiled as "fishing trips".
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Jack wipes tears from his eyes after leaving Ennis and learning he’d misinterpreted the meaning of the divorce.
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A sheep stops to xcrete on the way up the mountain.
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"However, each year we can count on at least a few bigger budget films being made that get around the “happily ever after” barrier – and then go on to be celebrated during awards season, such as this year’s Oscar-nominated films Brokeback Mountain, Crash, Capote, Munich and Good Night, and Good Luck." From Happily Ever After in the Yogi Times, March 2006 Link (http://www.folkstory.com/articles/happily_ever_after.htm)
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Jack and Ennis travelled zigzagwise all over the Wyoming mountains in search of places where they could relax and be themselves.
=comment= Players
Zig is tired, zag is zagged, but they'll be back.
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The condemnation of Ennis's father toward gay men was absolute; it even extended to his own son, in Ennis's mind.
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The kitchen wall at Jack’s home and the fireplace at Monroe’s are made of brick. ;D
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Jack and Ennis like to canoodle in or out of the tent. ;)
Jack wasn't just good with a can opener, after all.
=aside= to those who may not know
def: to caress, fondle or make love.
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With discretion but unmistakable verité the still-present reality of gay bashing slips into (Brokeback Mountain) like an unwanted guest, adding another layer of candour where some lesser minds would opt down saccharine way. Quiet mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
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Jack was happy and felt a sense of empowerment when he found out Ennis was divorced.
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The boys had a free-and-easiness on Brokeback that they never again had anywhere in their lives.
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If you can't fix it, Jack, you gotta stand it.
=compliment= Toast
You get the prize this round.
Sandy
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Jack started going into his usual handwringing when Ennis said he would not leave Alma, but Ennis stopped him with "If you can't fix it, Jack, you gotta stand it."
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When Ennis had gut cramps, this included his ileum, the mid-section of his small intestine.
Today's anatomy lesson.
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Jack jacks up the truck on a back road, removes the wheel, attempts to pump it and then is fatally struck with part of the rim; sure.
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Ennis felt the need to keck after stumbling into the alley. :D
keck means to retch per dictionary.com
=aside=
This answer is in honor of Lee, Paul and Will, and you know why my friends! ;)
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Jack chose one of the liveliest horses for his use on the mountain. And he chose to dance with LaShawn because she was a "lively little gal."
=aside= Juliette
Thank U for gracing us with yr presence! Now we don't have to say, "Whatever happened to August?"
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Jack knew that the expensive machinery sales would keep him from crawling under his c**t pickup all the time.
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Jack and Ennis were nuzzling on the stairs at the end of their hot reunion kiss.
=aside= Juliette
An eventful August, glad to see you here.
Keck is a fabulous word! I'm honored, I think...
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Both Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger outdid themselves in their performances in "Brokeback Mountain."
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Alma wanted Ennis to have a "decent permanent job with the county or the power company." [short story]
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Jack and Lureen have a quodlibet over Bobby’s scholastic challenges. ;)
a quodlibet is a a subtle or elaborate argument per dictionary.com
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Ennis chose a roundabout way of trying to find out if Jack had been outed.
=compliment= Juliette
Wow what a great Q word! So good to have U back!
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Ennis is south of Brokeback Mountain when he buys the postcard from Linda at Higgins's gift shop.
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Jack is described as being tremorous standing next to Ennis, who introduces him to Alma.
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Jack would have welcomed the opportunity to have had an unconventional (at that time) lifestyle by living with Ennis, but Ennis would have no part of it.
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Brokeback Mountain featured many virtuoso performances, like my favorite, Jake Gyllenhaal's.
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Lee’s camera breaths empathy and understanding into every one of its shots, ... The lakes, mountains, highways, farms, rodeos, bars, people all resonate with the feeling of a weighty and constricting social propriety clashing against a raw, natural, hopeful vision of how things could be. James MacDowell (http://www.alternatetakes.co.uk/?2006,1,46)
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Brokeback Mountain continues to beguile us with its singular xquisiteness.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/zkrocena_hora.jpg)
It's xquisite even in Czech
=aside= Playerz:
My 500th post!
Nice playing with y'all.
:) :) :) :) :)
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There wasn't quite enough yardage in Alma's clothes which caused some gappage. Same with Ennis's clothes.
=comment=
Possibly a better use of the word would be that Alma had to estimate the yardage in her knitting project.
The Modz
=Congratulationz= southendmd Paul
500 posts? Hail, yr just beginning!!
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"In this sense, as well as in the graphic nature of some of the sex scenes, "Brokeback Mountain" is a zeitgeist-capturing moment for Hollywood." From Cowboys Saddled with a Secret by Peter Rainer. Link (http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1209/p11s03-almo.html)
=congratz= Southend
Congratz on 500 posts - anatomical, cheeky and otherwise.
Sandy
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Congratulations to Dr. South on 500 Posts.
Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies
It's your misfortune and none of my own
Whoopie ti yi yo, git along little dogies
You know that Wyoming will be your new home
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Ennis and Alma's kitchen "outing" was laden with acrimony.
=aside=
Thanks for the kind wishes. I'm way behind most of you guyz.
Paul
You're almost there, Lee...
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Jack made a blatant last-ditch attempt to persuade Ennis to move to Texas when Ennis expressed his paranoia.
=compliment= Sandy
Great Z!! How do U do it??!!
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Annie Proulx wrote: can't can't can't
- .. give you warnin I can't cook worth a shit.
- "Can't be no worse than me, then. Sure, ....
- "They can't get no use out a me.
- You and me can't hardly be decent together
- It ain't goin a be that way. We can't. I'm stuck with what I got, caught in my own loop. Can't get out of it. Jack,
- But if you can't fix it you got a stand it,"
- Let me tell you, I can't quit this one. And I can't get the time off.
- I'm not you. I can't make it on a couple a high-altitude fucks ...
- I'll take a cup a coffee but I can't eat no cake just now.
- Can't begin to say how bad I feel. I knew him a long time.
- I can't get no help out here.
- ... and if you can't fix it you've got to stand it.
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The soup in those soup boxes that were so hard to pack most likely was dehydrated.
=comment= Toast
I can't believe you found so many can'ts! ;D
=aside= Southend
Congrats on Number 500! 8)
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Thanks to Ennis and Jack effing Twist for one of the best movies of all time.
=compliment= Mayor Will, Fran, Sandy, and Playerz
Thanx for putting up with me these 890-something effing posts I've made on the ABCs game.
Yes, it's in the dictionary!
=congratz= Lee
You did it!!! 2000 irreverent, colorful, interesting posts!!!
Sandy
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When Jack wanted to be together, Ennis just wanted to flee.
=congratz= FrontRanger Lee
Happy Double-Mille-Stone 2000th! Love those double-entendres!
Keep 'em coming, friend.
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Argentina-born guitarist Gustavo Santaolalla provides an acoustic musical background for Ang Lee's tale of two cowboys in love.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Front2000.jpg)
=milestone= Front Ranger
A guitarist and Rocky Mountain High
mm Lee Denver ??
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
Referring to ordering the BBM postcards, Linda saying to Ennis with her humorous exaggeration "I can get U a hundred" has -- in Brokeback Mountain circles -- become a Higginsism!
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=milestones= Various Playerz
Front-Ranger E. Lee: 2,000 posts!!
DeeDee: 1,000 Dee-liteful postzl
SouthEnd Paul: 500 theraputic entries.
Juliette Montague: Happy Bee-lated B-day!!!
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The ineffable appeal of the movie Brokeback Mountain caused it to cross over into the mainstream and take the moviegoing public by storm.
=reply=
Thank U FRiend FRan, Paul, Toast, and Will!! Hope U have pix, Will!!
Since I can't party in NYCity, this game is my partying place!!! I know I'm sick, that's why I have to see my dr. Paul!
And it was especially fun makin alphabet sandwiches with U and Toast yesterday. Paul had some tasty meat, I brought two tomatoes, and Toast was, well, the toast!!
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Receiving the postcard from Jack was a jizz moment for Ennis Del Mar.
2. jizz - Term for semen, to ejaculate. Thus used to mean something was so good that it inspires orgasm. [www.urbandictionary.com]
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L.D. had a king's ransom to bequeath, but he would never give any of it to Jack except if Jack would get lost.
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Rolling Stone | Peter Travers
"Ang Lee's unmissable and unforgettable Brokeback Mountain hits you like a shot in the heart. It's a landmark film and a triumph for Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. -- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
http://movies.aol.com/movie/brokeback-mountain/21990/reviews
=asides=
Paul: Congratulations on 500 posts. Toast wants to know what took you so long!
DeeDee: Congratulations on 1,000 posts. Play the ABCs game more, and you'll be at 2,000 in no time. Just ask Lee.
Lee: Congratulations on 2,000 posts and thanks for the good wishes. It was easier than I thought it would be.
Will: Thanks for the extra-nice phone message. You made my day!
Sandy: Thanks for the update and for holding down the fort.
Juliette: Welcome back to the ABCs.
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As part of his mourning for Jack, Ennis paid a visit to his parents in hopes of being allowed to take his ashes up to Brokeback.
=aside= All BetterMost Friends
This word came into my mind upon hearing of the
passing of our dear friend and moderator CHRIS.
May God bless him and keep him safe in His heart.
We will miss him.
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
When Linda guessed the wrong direction for Brokeback Mountain, Ennis indicated that BBM is located northward of where they were at in lovely Linda's convenient gift shop.
=aside= Meryl
I sent U a personal PM message.
Dre is on standby at the phone.
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"It’s a story about the cowboys’ future, not their past, as we hardly get a glimpse of their lives before that fateful day at Joe’s except for references of childhood experiences. We follow them through their tumultuous marriages and the self-destructive decisions they make. Their romance becomes a quicksand that they struggle in as they consider their homosexual relationship for the rest of their lives. It pulls no punches, literally, as their onscreen romance plays out as real and ugly as the emotions they feel."
-- Justin Deimen, UrbanWire
http://www.theurbanwire.com/stories/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=589&Itemid=69
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Posting this now because I want to be sure
Paul sees it and knows I care. I may be away
a few days dealing with my grief over the
passing of my long-time friend Chris.
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Have a Razzle-Dazzle Birthday
from the Playerz and the Modz
Will, Fran & Sandy
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The church pinnacle visible behind Aguirrre's trailer is the quaint, recently restored tiny church, now called St. Joseph's Inn (http://www.saintjosephs.ca/), in Cowley, Alberta.
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Brokeback's question-mark ending left the viewer to interpret how Jack really died.
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Ennis had to meet the Basque each week to pick up requisite supplies and food.
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The movie, as Emmylou Harris' magnificent song notes, is about "a love that will never grow old." That's hardly something to screech about. Isaiah Z. Sterrett (http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/sterrett/060127)
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When Ennis punched Jack before coming down the mountain, it was a tit-for-tat retaliation for Jack's accidental kneeing him in the face.
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"Such is the power and greatness of Brokeback — it succeeds as a cosmic paean of love, an aesthetic triumph, and a natural and unpretentious unifier."
-- Neil Fauerso, The Iowa Source
http://www.iowasource.com/movies/10bestmovies2005_0206.html
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Lureen verified the cause of Jack's death as an accident, but Ennis still didn't believe her.
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Ennis and Jack felt safer while camping in the woods.
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Headline by The Associated Press:
"Brokeback Mountain" nominations xceed Ledger's expectations
Link
(http://www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2006/02/16/LifeArts/brokeback.Mountain.Nominations.Exceed.Ledgers.Expectations-1616495.shtml?norewrite200608251840&sourcedomain=www.dailytexanonline.com)
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Ennis's expression when Cigar Butt threw him said "yipes".
=aside= Vic, Sandy, Toast
Yipes, thanks for the birthday wishes, the animated cake, my name in lights, and the gorgeous skyline of my fair city.
You guyz are the best!
Paul
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Jack grew tired of the zigzaggery of following Ennis' itinerary. He realized there was no destination defined.
def: n. The quality or state of being zigzag; crookedness.
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Round 248 and we're doing great!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This game is starting to get interesting!!!!!!!!!!!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Round248.jpg)
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In the movie Brokeback Mountain, the mother of Jack was portrayed by Roberta Maxwell as the archetype of the compassionate, loving madonna.
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Lureen was initially blasé on the phone with Ennis, while her hair was ablaze with peroxide.
=thanks= Toast
For the accent.
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I just had fresh mocha coffee but not w/ a capital "C".
Scene: Linda Higgins' Gift Shop
We all knew, but may have 4got10, that busy Linda had been playing around with another guy b4 Ennis entered her shop. His name is.... Mr. Coffee -- a.k.a. the coffee machine! Coffee even conveyed to Miss Higgins a sopping wet brown coffee filter. Well, Linda threw that in the garbage so fast after she saw the likes of rootin' Mr. Ennis. [coffee maker 411, BBM Screenplay version]
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"Topic - Discuss": Paul "S"'s B-day in Mazz
=greetings= {notice the space} Paul {notice w/o a ":"}
A healthy and Gay B-day 2 my "psych"ed pal in Beanz-town!! When U cum down to NYC, I have ur BBM gift shop present. Besides our own Linda Higgins.... verklempting, gayest and like-buttah birthday wishes from the other Linda ("SNL")!! In fact, besides Miss Richman throw in Babs & Madonna!! For your new year, please let me give U the "profile" gift of.... SouthEndMD.
Gamely, of course,
Will-NYC-397
Chief ABCz Moderator, "Sheep"herder & Proofreader
(Oy, gevalt, when I'm not herding my old "haunt".)
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There was plenty of room for Alma Jr. to park in Ennis' driveway.
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Jack's essence was loving and hopeful, even though he was quite a complainer.
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To capture Ennis' essence, Heath said that the words forced themselves out of his mouth, as if it were a fist.
=aside= Will
Thanks for the bday wishes. So sweet that you like to improve your sheep.
Let's just say I'm going through an ee cummings period.
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Sorry for the interruption, but I can't seem to access the list of words that have already been played. When clicking on the link provided in the thread's initial post, I see a thread of posts, without the word-list in evidence. I've seen this list before, so I can't imagine what may have changed or what I might be doing wrong. Can anyone advise?
Thanks, and forgive the interruption...
Scott
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Hi Scott and Players
Seems like our Answers Played List has gotten too big for it's breeches.
Fran has started a New Thread called
"ABCz of BBM" Answerz List"
It is in the ABCs and 123s thread (Top of the List all day so far)
New Answerz List (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=4130.0)
She has also had to break the list down into two posts -- one for "A" to "M" and a second for "N" to "Z" -- just another example of the work required to keep us posting along.
Toast
I'm sure she's working on it now, and that she will have a notice for us when all is ready. Thanks, Fran and Sandy, for keeping us on the straight and narrow.
=reply= Toast
Thanks for stepping in here and answering Scott's question.
Fran
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Jack used a number of guns, before the gun went off in the tent.
There was his B.B. gun in Lightning Flat,
the gun with which he shot an eagle,
Aguirre's gun that wouldn't shoot straight, and more ..
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As Toast explained, Sandy and I were forced to split the ABCs Answers Played file into two separate posts as the original post had exceeded its size limitation. The Answers List was split in half -- "A" to "M" and "N" to "Z" -- in two consecutive posts. In order to have the posts back to back, we had to start a new file entitled "ABCs of BBM" Answers List. This file is marked with a smiley icon and currently sticky'd at the top of the "ABCs and 123s" page.
All of the replies to the old "ABCz of BBM" Answers Played file are now located on a file called Replies to "ABCs of BBM" Answers List. All future comments or suggestions relative to the ABCs answer list should be made there.
If anyone has any other questions about the new answer list setup, send a personal message to Sandy ("Memento") or me, and we'll try to help.
Fran
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=aside= Will
Thank you for another great suggestion.
=birthday greetings= Paul
Hope you're enjoying your special day.
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The kind of straw cowboy hat that Ennis wears as a new husband is called a hillbilly hat.
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Ennis impulsively lied to Alma after receiving the postcard: "We was fishin' buddies".
=aside= Fran
Thankz for the wishes.
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Ennis could feel the jittering of Jack through the floorboard, as they made small-talk to what's her name.
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Vests and parkas, like the ones Ennis and Jack wore during the early years of their relationship, were usually insulated with kapok, which is made from the silky fibers in the seedheads of a tree.
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Jack and Ennis enjoyed a little liquid libation every now and again.
=aside= Playerz
I'm signing off to enjoy a little birthday libation.
Cheers!
Paul
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Ennis acted like a mensch when he said he would go to Alma Jr.'s wedding.
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Jack and Ennis liked to take their whiskey neat, as in without ice.
=aside= Paul
Enjoy your libation! Hope you're having it neat!
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Justin Onofriechuk is listed as "Assistant Property Master" in the film's end credits.
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Mrs. Twist offered Ennis a piece of cherry cake.
I thought it was "piece of cherry" cake.
But in a private message, she assured me that she used 13 cherries per cake, and that she cuts them before adding to get the flavour into the batter. Most pieces of the cake will have a "piece of cherry".
Since this is Paul's birthday, I think he should have as many pieces of cherry cake as he wants.
=reply=
And don't forget the candles.
Fran
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Ennis felt his feelings for Jack quicken when he saw Jack’s truck pulling into the parking lot behind the laundromat. ;)
=Happy Birthday Paul!=
Many felicitations and have a corner of cake for me! :-*
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One of Jack’s pickup trucks was a two-toned red and white.
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In 1966, Jack returned for Ennis in a smart red and white pickup.
Smart looking truck.
Smart looking cowboy.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/brokeback_563a.jpg)
=aside= ProwlAmongUs
Smart word - red.
Still not used after 248 rounds !!
Good one Tim !!
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Cassie was trying to tantalize Ennis with her hair throwing, cutoffs and tube top.
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Jack and Ennis had an understanding that they would meet every once in a while, way out in the middle of nowhere.
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"Already viewed by more people than any of the other of this year's Oscar contenders, Brokeback has splayed some of Alberta's most stunning geography on silver screens the world over."
-- Debra Cummings, Travel Alberta
[link] (http://www1.travelalberta.com/Stories/index.cfm?action=display&storyID=180/url)
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Clear day. Though it's summer, there is a biting little wind. Jack, wearing only his boots, is doing laundry. Shivers. Squats by the stream, carefully wrings out Ennis's only other shirt, a denim button-up western-style shirt, and hangs it on a long branch next to their combined wardrobes: three pairs of Levi's, 2 shirts, two bandannas - no undergarments (neither wears socks or underwear). [screenplay]
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After a day of xcessive drinking and smoking, Ennis runs down the stairs to greet Jack.
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Lee, the word "understanding" was played back in Round 190 by, believe it or not, you! (See reply #5285.)
We need a replacement "U" word.
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An article in the February 24, 2006, Taipei Times:
'Brokeback Mountain' sets good example, Chen says
By Chang Yun-ping, Staff Reporter
President Chen Shui-bian yesterday used the Oscar nominated movie Brokeback Mountain as an analogy to describe relations between the US and Taiwan, stressing the importance of both sides seeking ways to reconcile and cooperate with one another to reach the common pursuit of a "great new world."
(http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2006/02/24/2003294381/url)[article]
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L.D. Newsome is pompous and arrogant, but has an underwhelming personality.
=comment=
The next letter is "Z".
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Annie Proulx listed the mountains visited by Ennis and Jack, showing the zigzaggedness of their trips around Wyoming.
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Ennis loved Jack and certainly enjoyed spending time with him, but he had a strong aversion concerning letting his sexual preference become known.
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"Ennis del Mar wakes before five, wind rocking the trailer, hissing in around the aluminum door and window frames. The shirts hanging on a nail shudder slightly in the draft. He gets up, scratching the grey wedge of belly and pubic hair, shuffles to the gas burner, pours leftover coffee in a chipped enamel pan; the flame swathes it in blue." [story]
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From then on, Del Mar and Twist return to the mountain every few months, pretending to fish and hunt but catching only themselves. Quiet mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
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Though Jack's tolerance for cold weather diminished with time, his love for Ennis did not.
=This is my first time playing this game, please let me know if I've messed up... Thanks!=
=aside= Kelly
Welcome to the ABCz of BBM game.
Will, Fran & Sandy
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"Set in an era before AIDS, support groups or that Jerry Springer episode, 'My Husband Has a Gay Cowboy Lover,' when Ennis' wife (Michelle Williams) discovers his secret, she represses it, heartsick for years, with no point of social reference to base any decisions on. The isolation worked both ways, as the two lovers were just as bereft of support."
-- Jon Dunmore
http://www.poffysmoviemania.com/BrokebackMountain.html
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
Linda Higgins (U know her, don'tcha) had forgotten to order more postcards of Brokeback Mountain -- until Ennis del Mar appeared and inquired about it. "That Gyrl" threw out that Mr. Coffee filter in the trash so fast, hopped behind the counter and used her place-an-order pen lickety split!
=aside= DeeDee :laugh:
Thanx 4 the call & thanx 4 the laugh.
At least U know ur outfit color: red!
Dre asked "Shouldn't it be black"?
He said that U are a "B" like me.
I told him: U oughta know "B"!
Honey Babe, he luvs his "B"s!
Meanwhile he laughed krazy!
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One minute Ennis was on his way to the men's room at the Wolf Ears Bar, and the next minute he was dancing with a future girlfriend. Doesn't Cassie know you can dance better after you get to the washroom?
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While Jack was happy riding the bulls, he was happier when he was, um, with Ennis. ;)
=aside= Playerz
My birthday was a lot happier because of all your kind wishes.
Thanks and let's keep on riding!
=aside= notBastet/Kelly
Welcome to the ABCz, you done good!
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There was an iciness in Lureen's voice during her phone call with Ennis as she described the circumstances of Jack's death.
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Jessie Johnsen, Jason Mackenzie, Glen Tallis, and Jason Webster are listed as "Painters" in the film's end credits.
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When I watch Ennis and his keepsakes - both the shirts and postcard - I am reminded of some of Jack's last words to him:
" ...
I tell you what.
We could a had a good life together,
fuckin' real good life.
Had us a place of our own.
But you didn't want it, Ennis.
So what we got now is Brokeback Mountain.
Everything's built on that.
That's all we got, boy, fuckin' all.
So I hope you know that
if you don't never know the rest.
... "
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Jack and Ennis had a few libationary interludes during which they wetted (whetted?) their respective whistles.
=aside= Southend
Hope you had some 'good libations' on your birthday.
Sandy
=reply= Sandy
Yes, indeed, I had 'good libations' last night.
I get my 'excitations' here at the ABCz.
Paul
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Because of society's pressures and his own inner demons, Ennis was forced to live a tormented masquerade.
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To Jack Twist, nodding off was a side effect of counting sheep all day and all night.
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Jack treaded carefully with his words so that he wouldn't overwhelm the low-startle-point Ennis. But when he showed up after four years apart, Ennis was easy to overwhelm.
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"The stale coffee is boiling up, but he catches it before it goes over the side, pours it into a stained cup and blows on the black liquid, lets a panel of the dream slide forward. If he does not force his attention on it, it might stoke the day, rewarm that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemd wrong...." [story]
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So Ennis and Jack ... rendezvous two, three times a year, going on ''fishing trips'' to Brokeback Mountain (???) where they can be at peace with one another, quelling their longing and loneliness. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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At the end of the movie, Ennis regretfully said, "Jack, I swear."
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Ennis and Jack's chances of having a happy life began to shrink as soon as they left Brokeback.
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Ennis and Jack pay no attention to the twitch of Alma's mouth when Ennis says: "Two little girls: Alma Jr., and Francine. Love them to pieces."
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Ennis expected Alma to obey him unquestioningly, but she did not comply.
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"The stricken face of Michelle Williams as Alma conveys the seismic catastrophe of love that must not exist but will not disappear. The moment she knows her marriage is over is a miracle of economic acting. Lureen’s (Anne Hathaway) bitterness at husband Jack can be measured by the amount of peroxide in her hair. Finally, Ledger’s sterling last moments on screen are a validation of the entire bold enterprise."
-- Matthew Kennedy, Bright Lights Film Journal [link] (http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/51/brokebackmatt.htm/url)
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Ennis entered the tent in Tent Scene II with white-knuckled apprehension.
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Jack and Ennis drank xcessively.
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Alma’s knit dress in the scene where she sees Jack and Ennis kissing is made of multicolored yarns.
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There is a zealful look on Ennis' face as he bounds down the stairs for his reunion with Jack.
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=compliment= Toast
It has been a pleasure having your images grace each of the announcements for roundz 240 through 250. Thank you!
=congratulations= Players
Round 250 already! At this rate, we'll reach 300 in no time. Thanks for following the rulez -- well, at least most of the time -- and making this mod's job easier.
=aside= Will and Sandy
This ain't no little thing that's happening here! Will, thanks for keeping this mod on her toes. Sandy, you're the best co-mod ever.
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While Jack was peeling potatoes and having a ciggie, Ennis was performing his ablutions.
=congratz= All Playerz
Wow, 250 rounds! Who knew it was possible??
More kudos to Mayor Will, Modettes Fran and Sandy.
Thank you, Toast, for the gorgeous round announcements.
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Ennis' marriage to Alma bottoms out because of his inattentiveness, never taking a vacation with her and the girls, and doing "what she hated".
=congratz= Playerz
It's been a blast playing the last 250 rounds with you. Thanks to all of you for your creativity, wit and gumption. Special thanks to Toast for the fabulous round announcements and to Will and Fran for keeping this game fun, exciting and letter perfect.
Sandy
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Jimbo so enjoyed the excitement of the rodeo that he made clowning his bread-and-butter.
=congratz= Southendmd
Belated birthday wishes!
=comment= Toast
I'll miss your snazzy round announcements.
Thanks for the nice art work.
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Jack sang Water-Walking Jesus slowly like a dirge, to set off "distant coyote yips".
=aside= Meryl
Thanks for the birthday wishes.
Paul
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Jack and Ennis show up at Aguirre's trailer looking for employment.
=aside= Sandy, et al.
Bottoms up!!!
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Jack complained of a fetid odor he noticed in the pup tent.
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Jack and Ennis cherished their infrequent get-togethers in the mountains.
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Jack and Ennis' relationship blossomed into a head-over-heels love affair during Tent Scene II.
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"But it is Lee, whose calm and steady hand invisibly guides Brokeback Mountain from start to finish, who is most responsible for the film's success. The inability to love, whether due to homophobia, violence, distance, or merely missed opportunity, is a crime of epic proportions, a tragedian's pallette. In Lee's poignant Western landscape, our collective refusal to free love from the chains of moral superiority has broken the back of America. We cannot continue down that path, no matter the costs."
-- Gabriel Shanks, Mixed Reviews [review] (http://www.mixedreviews.net/maindishes/2005/brokeback/brokeback_gabriel.shtml/url)
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Jack and Ennis were jouncers at the Motel Siesta in 1966.
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There were a few kerfuffles going on that Thanksgiving Day in 197? whatever.
{Def: commotion. Comes from Gaelic for "twist".}
=compliment= SouthEnd
Wicked awesome.
Sandy
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Jack and Ennis's horses stepped on a path covered with lichen and moss on their last trip through the mountains.
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Jack had a tendency to make a 'mountain' out of a molehill when he couldn't find his blue parka, or didn't want to call Bobby's teacher because he complained too much.
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When Jack proved reluctant to make a move at the rodeo bar, Lureen took a no-nonsense approach.
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In fact, in Lureen's no-nonsense approach, she very overtly came on to Jack.
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Lureen handled the paperwork at Newsome Farm Equipment, and Jack was their only combine salesman.
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Proulx described Ennis and Jack as having "a high-time supper by the fire, a can of beans each, fried potatoes, and a quart of whiskey on shares"; thus, the whiskey was in a quart-size bottle.
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Ennis restlessly waits for Jack's four-year-long return, while smokin' and drinkin' and sittin' in his finery.
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...they shook hands, hit each other on the shoulder, then there was 40 ft of distance between them... :( --from the story
=aside= Toast
You're right, we haven't used all of Annie's "S"s yet.
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In fact, generally, (Brokeback Mountain) is cruel to family. It seems to think family is a bourgeois delusion; Ennis's poor daughter ends up in a gaudy Trans Am owned by her fiance, a harbinger of roughneck disaster to come.
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=aside= Paul
Have a good weekend.
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Jack was understandably heartbroken by Ennis' post-divorce rejection.
=aside= Playerz
I will be understandably absent for a few days, as we celebrate a long Labor Day weekend. I'll be basking on the "Irish Riviera", that is, the south shore of Boston for a little R&R&R (the third R being recovering from birthday romping).
Cheers,
Paul
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From a five-star review at Video Universe:
"Some people dismiss this as just 'a gay cowboy movie', but this is just oversimplication. The essence of this film is about the enduring power of love, that love comes in ways and means that may not always make us comfortable, but is nonetheless just as valid and real." [review] (http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?PID=7045474&style=movie&cart=387395481&All=yes#rev/url)
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Jack and Ennis' whirlwind summer romance on Brokeback turned into a lifelong love.
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At the Thanksgiving dinner in Childress, Jack is not pleased when L.D. xpounds that "Boys should watch football."
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Ennis's noes starting turning into yeses when he agreed to go to Alma Jr's wedding.
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Ennis was quite the zealant during the reunion kiss, as was Jack.
def=one who is zealous
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Long May We Run!!!
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The final image of the aloneness of the survivor (Ennis) is heartbreaking. He was never a crier, of course, but you know inside he's sobbing.
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=aside= Sandy
Nice to have your "real" round announcements back.
Onwards and upwards.
=reply= Toast
Your round was like going to the Metropolitan Museum.
Mine are like going to the Museum of Bad Art.
Sandy
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Ennis was brooding and quiet, while Jack was outgoing and vivacious.
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After weeks of eating beans, Jack and Ennis really chowed down on the fresh, delicious meat of their illicitly-shot elk.
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Intolerance caused the devastation of two young men's lives and tragedy to many more people in the story of Brokeback Mountain.
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(Ang) Lee lets the tale unfold in its own time, its own way, and yet the (Brokeback) story never flags, never engages us less than fully, building to a heart-shredding conclusion. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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"An accumulation of very small details give the film its authenticity and authority: Ennis’s dirty fingernails in a love scene…….."
Annie Proulx in “Getting Movied”
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Ennis: "I like doin' it with women, yeah, but Jesus H., ain't nothin' like this. I never had no thoughts a doin' it with another guy except I sure wrang it out a hunderd times thinkin' about you. You do it with other guys? Jack?" [story]
=aside= Mika
Welcome back!
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Jack weighed up the odds of winning at the rodeo; therefore Lureen and the high-end farm equipment won out.
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
Ooopz! Our gift store owner Linda Frances Higgins 4got 2 order the BBM postcards. However, she being an A-1 customer service gal -- plus seeing specimen Ennis in her face -- she quickly offered: "Let me get the order list". Once she grabbed her pen, the only question was what color ink did she use, black or blue... or perhaps red... or maybe green.
=aside= Mikaela
Glad U took my "ABCz" advice.
A "Lordy Ringer of a Return"! ;)
U were correct about "Meryl & Me".
That's Y the din-din was over 3 hours.
We covered everything from "A" to "Z"!
=congratz= Will
Guess who's reached 400 posts? U! ;D
Fran
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Pre-Oscar buzz:
"Entertainment Weekly has filed a handy Oscar cheat sheet that's not only going to be useful to office pool bettors, but indicates something unique about this year's contests. A glance at the scorecard gives a good sense of what a juggernaut Brokeback Mountain has become. While that's not unusual in the annals of the Academy Awards -- Titanic and Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King were unstoppable -- what is striking is that a small film is dominating the landscape."
-- Scott Bowles and Anthony Breznican, USA Today [article] (http://blogs.usatoday.com/ofactor/2006/01/little_film_big.html/url)
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Ennis did his keening for Jack in Jack's closet.
def = Lamenting the dead
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Lureen:
"Well, he said (Brokeback) was his place.
I thought he meant to get drunk.
Drink whiskey up there.
He drank a lot."
[short story]
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After that magical summer on Brokeback, Ennis' and Jack's lives were never the same.
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Joe Aguirre: "Fridays twelve noon be down at the bridge with your next-week list and mules. Somebody with supplies'll be there in a pickup." [story]
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... including Ennis's strained, loveless relationship with his wife Alma (Michelle Williams, in an Oscar-worthy turn) -- with a cinematic clarity and stark directness we rarely get from movies these days. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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The pristine beauty of the mountains helped Jack and Ennis relive their happier days up on Brokeback.
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Pre-Oscar buzz:
"So, as we await the judgment of the exalted Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences -- don't you wonder what sciences these are, exactly? -- to discover which, if any, of the queer-themed stories or performances will enter the pantheon of Oscar winners, we're left once again to ponder the wider significance of all this hoopla. As reporters and critics have been asking now for weeks, does this represent a shift in the cultural landscape, a truce in the cultural wars? Or is it all about marketing, PR and the media fascination with the latest Big Thing that will surely be succeeded by the Next Big Thing?" -- Larry Gross, Truthdig
[article] (http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/31683//url)
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The rusty GMC pickup truck located across from Aguirre's trailer was nearly brand new in 1963!
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... Brokeback Mountain is about much more than sexual desire, and Lee makes sure we understand that Ennis and Jake are happy simply sitting beside one another, taking in Wyoming's majestic scenery. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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The bulls threw Jack each time he rode one (most of the time before eight seconds).
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Ennis unleashes his pent-up feelings for Jack when he shoves him up against the wall to kiss him again after a four-year wait.
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
Ennis orders the personally ver' symbolic postcard of Brokeback Mountain with a ver' viewy scene.
def = fantastic views, spectacular in appearance
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=congratulationz & appreciation= Playerz
A whopping 250 roundz of the "ABCz of BBM"!
That's 6,500 word answerz -- plus the XXX's!
Thanx also to all of the loyal ABCz Viewerz!
Mayor Will ;D
ABC-ville, USA
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The opening lines of Ang Lee's acceptance speech at the Academy Awards:
"Wow! I wish I knew how to quit you. First of all, I want to thank two people who don't even exist. Or I should say, they do exist, because of the imagination of Annie Proulx and the artistry of Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. Their names are Ennis and Jack. And they taught all of us who made "Brokeback Mountain" so much about not just all the gay men and women whose love is denied by society but, just as important, the greatness of love itself...."
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Jack is Ennis' yokefellow, and Ennis is Jack's.
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Ennis is a zoophilist; he loves his horses.
def. = a lover of animals
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252!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeeeee-haw Roundz of the fab 'n' fun "ABCz of BBM"
Frandala, what's doin' for two fifty-two -- 252?!
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Meryl, "xcruciating" was played in Round 58 by Sandy (reply #1627).
We need a replacement word for "X".
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"But though they reunite periodically at Brokeback for fishing trips where no trout are caught, when they're apart life is an xpulsion from paradise."
Philadelphia Daily News review here (http://ae.philly.com/entertainment/ui/philly/movie.html?id=494615&reviewId=19720)
=aside= to Meryl
Apologies for butting in like this.
=aside= to Will
Good advice should be taken! ;) I read all about the din-din and it sure sounded wonderful! :)
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"An accumulation of very small details give the film its authenticity and authority: Ennis’s dirty fingernails in a love scene…….."
(Annie Proulx in “Getting Movied”)
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"You said you caught a bunch of browns, and you ate them up." -- Alma, referring to brown trout
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The chemistry between Ennis and Jack is almost nuclear.
=aside= Will
Congratz on 400 colorful, witty and "Higginistic" posts all with perfect spacing and punctuation, of course.
Sandy
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Jack, the more sexually experienced of the two, and the one with a somewhat stronger gay drive (he's not beyond dousing his fire with trips to Mexico), tries to convince Ennis to start a life with him, to build a cabin and run a ranch. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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"Docs don't expect he'll make it." -- Aguirre, of Uncle Harold
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"…then, and as easily as the right key turns the lock tumblers, their mouths came together, and hard, Jack’s big teeth bringing blood, his hat falling to the floor, stubble rasping, wet saliva welling....."
(The short story’s reunion kiss)
=aside= Mika
Welcome back to the ABCz. I look forward to reading your always very interesting posts.
Sandy
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Ennis and Alma got hitched in December of 1963 (according to the story).
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Ennis was immobilized by fear and couldn't accept two guys livin' together.
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Front-Ranger played out-of-turn:
failed to skip two posts.
We need a replacement "G"
=comment= Lee
You are no "greenhorn";
maybe too eager today.
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Ennis is a man of downward gazes and quiet mumbles.
This is a replacement for "G" is greenhorns,
played out of turn by Front-Ranger.
Next up is "J"
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Some unpleasant Newsome customers comment jeeringly on Jack's rodeo abilities in Lureen's presence.
=aside=
Thank you, Sandy, and Fran, and Will! ! :) :) :-*
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An online review of the novella Brokeback Mountain at Query Books:
"A stand-out story...Brokeback Mountain is the sad chronology of a love affair between two men who can't afford to call it that. They know what they're not -- not queer, not gay -- but have no idea what they are."-- Walter Kirn, New York review (http://www.querybooks.com/shop_archive.htm)
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The bikers were low-life loudmouths.
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Ang Lee conveys maddening delirium rendered in the way one man’s eyes gaze at another’s, and then look away, and the looking-away amounts to the murder of two souls as surely as if they’d drawn guns and hit each other in the heart.
(New York Metro, here (http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/15224/) )
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For more than fifteen years, Jack and Ennis took in the sights of the mountains, choosing nameless, hidden areas as often as possible.
=milestone= Mikaela
Mikaela just posted reply ABCs #7000
Congrats
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Annie Proulx in "Getting Movied": "'Brokeback' was not connected to any one incident, but based on a coalescence of observations over many years, small things here and there."
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To extend Proulx's metaphor, Jack has unlocked the tumblers of Ennis' heart and in panic Ennis throws away the key.
Philadelphia Daily News review: here (http://ae.philly.com/entertainment/ui/philly/movie.html?id=494615&reviewId=19720)
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Ennis became a quarreller when he felt cornered about sexual things.
If he was going to die, he would take someone with him.
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop {Labor Day W/E $ale!}
Riverton's best known -- if not only -- gift shop belongs to Miss Higgins. Among its diverse patrons are Ennis... del Mar! :P
=aside= Sandy
Thanx 4 my 400 postz congratz (#6989).
U 4got 2 mention "grammar" and "syntax".
Also, U misspelled "Higginstic" which should be
"Higginsistic" but nonetheless ver' creative word!
=aside= Frandy
I beat ur lurkin' self 2 the "R"! ;D
U thought I was holdin' out 4 "S"! :laugh:
Have a safe 'n' sound Labor Day W/E! :-*
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Ennis and Jack "had a high-time supper by the fire, a can of beans each, fried potatoes, and a quart of whiskey on shares...." [story]
=aside= Will
Yes, you did. And here I was hurrying to post an "R" so you could use one of your "S" words. :)
=aside= Players & Viewers
Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Happy Labor Day, if applicable.
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"Jack is a rodeo rider, a guy who lopes and mopes around fairs most of his professional life in exchange for a few seconds of thrashing ecstatically on the back of a bucking steer before being painfully and all too quickly thrown off. The sexual metaphor is not, however, laboured....."
From The Guardian's review: here (http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,4267,1680094,00.html)
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" ... If you looked at the story from another vantage -- the children's -- it would be a different tale altogether: about greedy, selfish, undisciplined homosexuals who took out a contract in the heterosexual world, and abandoned it."
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In the Fourth of July scene, Biker #2 wears cool leather vambraces.
def = protective coverings for the forearms
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After leaving Jack in Signal, Ennis whimpered in the alley.
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As a couple, Jack and Ennis were xiles from society.
=milestone= Meryl
Congratulations on your 800th post.
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop {Labor Day $ale!}
Ennis yearningly ordered that meaningful card of BBM. He was yearning for Jack. Out of eternal love, Ennis understandably became a yearner. The BBM postcard from the Higgins shop represented those yearnings.
def = one who longs wistfully or sadly; feels tenderness
=congratz= Meryl
On Ur 800 BBM postz!!!!!!!!
I just hit half that.
=comment= "V"
I'm vambraced! ;D
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Joe Aguirre was perusing a 'zine when Jack Twist reappeared in his trailer to look for work on Brokeback.
def = slang for magazine
=compliment= Meryl
Great "Z" word as well as "V". You were on a roll last night.
Sandy
=aside= Thanks, Sandy! :-*
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Local Calgary thespian David Trimble acted the part of The Basque.
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop {OPEN all L/D w/e!}
"Ennis stepped into Higgins's gift shop and busied himself with the postcard rack." [BBM story]
=compliment= Ellemeno
That's a great and unique round announcement
with an incredibly striking 253 exclamation marks!
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Joe Aguirre and L.D. Newsome had a figure flaw in common: both tended toward corpulence.
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"They kiss. They have sex. They cuddle. Oh my! Not so long ago, it would have been considered career suicide for a major male movie star to get hot and heavy with a man on screen. And in this climate of cultural conservatism, when elections can hinge on the demonization of gay marriage, Brokeback represents a huge gamble for everyone involved."
Entertainment Weekly's BBM coverage: here (http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1136042-2-7_1|111142|233612|1_0_,00.html)
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Ennis was nervous and apprehensive anticipating Jack’s arrival after four years, but when he saw him arrive his uneasiness turned to ecstasy.
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... Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana magnificently captures these cowboys of few words, opening small moments in Proulx's work into a greater, more fully fleshed-out dramatic whole. Jack, and especially Ennis, don't always express themselves eloquently, but they manage to get their points across. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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"What makes it so potentially groundbreaking, though, is that it has become something of a cinematic oxymoron: an unapologetically sexual love story between two men with a real shot at breaking out of art houses and into the mainstream."
More of Entertainment Weekly's BBM coverage: here (http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1136042-2-7_1|111142|233612|1_0_,00.html)
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L.D. was a man filled with hubris.
Def: Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance
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Ennis keeps his volume low; his voice is frequently an indecipherable mumble.
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Sorry JP but the next letter up is "J".
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Juxtaposed to the rather homely Alma, Lureen comes across as a much more daring and fashionable young woman.
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Ennis had to have included kibble on his weekly list of necessities, since sheep dogs require supplemental food.
=aside= Playerz
I just realized that
vambraces was my 800th post!
Glad it was in the ABCz. 8)
=reply= Meryl
We R 2!
Will, Fran & Sandy
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''I'm stuck with what I've got here,'' he says, voice tinged with sorrow, lying beside Jack in a motel room. ''Makin' a livin' is 'bout all I got time for now.'' Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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L.D. acted like a high muckety-muck.
Def: An important, often overbearing person.
=congratz= Meryl
Congratz on 800 posts and I'm also glad your 800th was posted here at the ABCz.
Sandy
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Ennis was a naysayer when it came to two men living together.
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Jack's attempts to draw out the laconic, strong-and-silent Ennis are not predatory but open-hearted and good-natured.
The Guardian's review: here (http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,4267,1680094,00.html)
=aside= Meryl
Congrats on passing 800 posts! :)
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"And what's the image of the real America through (Ennis' trailer) window? Why it's flat. It's a dreary rural wheatscape, if you will, with no features to interest the eye, no textures to assuage the soul. There's nothing interesting to it. It expresses someone's idea of repressed America, where gay men are forced to bury their personalities and violent conformism is the rule of the day.
To paraphrase Gertrude Stein, there's no there there."
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=comment=
Someone posted on one of the other topics that there is a sign in the middle of Oakland with the word "THERE" in great big letters, calling it a rebuttal to Gertrude Stein's famous quote.
Sandy
=reply= Sandy
Interesting point about Gertrude and Oakland.
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| "There", a monumental sculpture (1988) by Roslyn Mazzilli is installed in Oakland City Center, answering the addage from the late poet and ex-Oaklander, Gertrude Stein, who wrote about Oakland after returning years later "there is no there there".
Additionally, in 2005 a sculpture called HERETHERE has been installed by the City of Berkeley on the Berkeley-Oakland border. The sculpture consists of eight foot high letters spelling out the words "HERE" (Berkeley) and "THERE" (Oakland). |
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The structure of the Riverton Elks Club is that of a modified Quonset hut.
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Their affection for one another is spontaneous and unthinking at times, and at others ravenous and addictive.
The Stanford Daily review: here (http://daily.stanford.org/article/2005/12/8/8216brokeback8217IsALoveStoryOfMountainousProportions)
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"The cold air sweetened, banded pebbles and crumbs of soil cast sudden pencil-long shadows, and the rearing lodgepole pines below them massed in slabs of somber malachite." [Story]
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Conservatives will see the liberal tyranny of an entertainment culture forcing elitist "progressive values" on the reluctant red-state millions and, in the process, staining the purity of the most American of good ol' American genres, the western, home of Duke Wayne, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers.
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To relieve the sick feeling that came over him after parting from Jack in Signal, Ennis knelt down in an alley and tried upchucking.
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* Higgins Gift Shop *
==CLOSED Evenings==
Re-opens tmo. Labor Day
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Heart-uneasy Ennis had emotional dry heaves and was in process to upchuck vomitus!
def = materials discharged by vomiting
=congratz= DeeDee
Our Gyrl -- and Dre's Godmama -- hit 1,000 postz!
Delayed congratz as DDD hadn't posted here then.
In fact, DeeDee hasn't played ABCz since Aug. 17!
Detective Dee has been busy on 2 mystery cases:
"Who's that Girl II?" and "Where's the body?" :o
=aside= Kitty Wells
Meow! I luv your classic C&W song about God and "Honky Tonk Angels"! Thanx to "BBM", it's getting a new boost. Happy B-day, Miss Wells! Folkz, Country Queen Kitty just just turned 87 years the other day on August 30th! :)
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Lureen" "What are you waiting for, cowboy...a mating call?"
Jack flushes.
She leads him onto the dance floor.
The jukebox plays Kitty Wells' "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels." [screenplay]
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Jack, Ennis, their horses, the dogs and the coyotes were all well acquainted with the smell of the xcreta of a thousand ewes and their lambs.
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"Instead, director Ang Lee's film is a poignant, heartbreaking and startlingly romantic exploration of the years-long relationship between two rugged young ranch hands, the taciturn and closed-off Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and the open-hearted, longing Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) as they struggle to both indulge and disguise the intense feelings they share in a more repressive American West." From 'Brokeback Mountain': Interviews From The Film to Beat This Year Link (http://www.hollywood.com/movies/feature/id/3473439)
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By castrating calves, Ennis was controlling zoogamy to make the herds more efficient.
def: sexual reproduction of animals
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Round 254 of the "ABCz of BBM"!
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"Brokeback defies the familiar stereotypes of what it means to be gay on screen (no one has AIDS or an affinity for interior decorating) and doesn't cheat when it comes to the love scenes."
Entertainment Weekly: here (http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1136042-2-7_1|111142|233612|1_0_,00.html)
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The blade on each of the Thanksgiving knives, both in Riverton and Childress, carved well enough.
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop {Labor Day $ale$}
Ennis was lookin' for a postcard of BBM. When the Higgins woman realized they had no BBM cards left, she stated: "I gotta order some more cards anyway". [story]
=question= Higgins Sisters
Wondering if U Gyrlz sell any BBM sympathy cards?
Many know of "someone" here who is now "demised";
however, we have to 1st verify if it was actually alive?!
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"Ledger and Gyllenhaal dig so deep it makes you wonder where they have left to go."
The Stanford Daily review: here (http://daily.stanford.org/article/2005/12/8/8216brokeback8217IsALoveStoryOfMountainousProportions)
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L.D. eats crow at Thanksgiving dinner after Jack makes him back down.
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"Over the next few years, Ennis and Jack both find their way through mundane, hollow lives, the former working as a ranch hand in Wyoming, the latter as a would-be rodeo star in Texas who later ends up selling high-end farm equipment." Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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High above the Wyoming plains, Jack and Ennis keep watch as their flock grazes on the high meadows.
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"Finally, the inevitable tragedy and the realization by one man (Ennis) of what a misspent life he's had. How he should have to his own self been true; how happiness has evaded him forever."
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Junior came running in her little jammies and asked her reunion-dazed daddy to bring her a big fish.
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Ennis got kid-glove treatment from Mrs. Twist because she knew he was someone very special to her son.
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Ennis (in a low voice) "I ain't got but a buck and some change."
Jack "You drink up. I'll worry 'bout the tab."
The waitress returns with more longnecks. [screenplay]
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The magnitude of his loss struck Ennis forcibly when he discovered the two bloody shirts that Jack had kept hidden for nearly twenty years.
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Leanna Thompson, Mike Arzillo, Rick Lovegrove, Shane Nichol, and Jim Patrick are listed as "Dressers" in the film's end credits.
=congratz= DeeDee
Look who's the newest member of the 1,000 Posts Club! I'm duly and delightfully impressed, but I'd be doubly delighted if you'd venture into our neck of the woods a little more often to play the ABCz game. What are you waiting for, cowgirl?
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Jack made an outright admission that he had been to Mexico, and he was willing to take the consequences of Ennis knowing this.
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Jack, leery of Ennis's prickly reaction to the suggestion of living together, mostly avoided the subject.
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The terms "stemmed the rose" and "red-lined it all the way" induced language-inspired quizzicalities in some moviegoers.
=compliment= Fran
Fantastic "Q".
Sandy
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What starts as a sexual release quickly turns into something far more meaningful, although Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger), the quieter and more withdrawn of the two, doesn't quite recognize the transformation he's been through until after he and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) go their separate ways at summer's end. Hunched over himself in an alley, Ennis falls prey to a violent fit of nausea, as if his stomach were being ripped out. It's his body telling him that he's just been separated from his soulmate. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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Ennis found himself in a sticky situation the morning after Tent Scene I.
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"In casting the two lead roles, (Ang) Lee says that his decisions were based solely on talent, and that the actors’ sexuality was never a factor. But he does admit that sexual identification might have made the process easier. 'If they’re gay, I’m happier,' he says. 'But I never asked if they were gay. I never checked with their agent.'
"(Jake) Gyllenhaal hears this and gives Lee a sly glance. 'That would be job discrimination,' he says." [link] (http://www.exgaywatch.com/blog/archives/2005/12/all_things_brok.html)
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The morning after the first tent scene, Ennis's uncombed hair was an apt reflection of his befuddled state of mind.
=congratz= Dee Dee
on your achievement of 1,000 posts! 8)
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
Vivacious {that "V" word was already used} Linda Higgins in her great enthusiasm to accommodate handsome Ennis offered to order him a voluminous amount of BBM postcards!
def = numerous, more than enough
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"Brokeback Mountain is that rare thing, a big Hollywood weeper with a beautiful ache at its center. It's a modern-age Western that turns into a quietly revolutionary love story."
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly [link] (http://movies.aol.com/movie/brokeback-mountain/21990/reviews)
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The xcessiveness of Lureen's cosmetic 'improvements' accentuate the hollowness of her personality.
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Lureen's hair and teeth were at their yellowest during her phone call with Ennis.
=congratz= DeeDee
Congratz on 1000 posts. Hope to see you around these parts very soon.
Sandy
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"The development of this story from a flash in Annie Proulx's mind into a prize-winning narrative, then into a masterful but scary screenplay, and now into a courageous film Gay Chicago producer Craig Zadan has called 'not a hit movie [but] a phenomenon,' has much to teach us. To go deeply into the unknown can enrich your life; creativity taken with risk leads to euphoria -- the right daring, perceptive people arrived after the script was looked at and rejected for six years." -- Andrew Hudson, White Crane [link]
(http://www.whitecranejournal.com/68/art6806.asp)
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We're all getting(http://rami.mawas.googlepages.com/Google_logo_Small.gif)-eyed!!!
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Jack repeatedly assured Ennis that everything was alright.
def = alright
–adverb all right.
—Usage note The form alright as a one-word spelling of the phrase all right in all of its senses probably arose by analogy with such words as already and altogether. Although alright is a common spelling in written dialogue and in other types of informal writing, all right is used in more formal, edited writing.
=congratz= Mayor Will and DeeDee
Congratz on your posting milestones! It's been high-class entertainment with every one!
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Jack was both topless and bottomless (except for his boots) when he was washing clothes in the river.
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Ennis "gets up, scratching the grey wedge of belly and pubic hair, shuffles to the gas burner, pours leftover coffee in a chipped enamel pan." [story]
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Monroe really doesn't mind that there are nuts and glass all over the floor at the supermarket, on the day that the heifers all decided to calve at the same time.
=aside= Sandy
Google-eyed - Great One.
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JPWagoneer, your post that Ennis' mother's first car was a Hudson is speculation, and ABCz answers have to be based on something that is or was Brokeback Mountain. The short story, movie, or screenplay versions do not tell us anything about Mrs. del Mar's first car or, for that matter, whether she even knew how to drive.
We need a replacement "H" word for Round 254.
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Ennis wasn't moved by Jack's persistent entreaties for them to live together.
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Jack and Ennis were the summer hires for the sheepherding job on Brokeback Mountain.
=comment=
This is the replacement "H" but I will delete it if I am out-of-turn.
=reply= Lee
U R good. The skip-two-turns-or-else rule does not apply to replacement wordz. :)
Fran
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Ennis' flat-out refusal to have a life together was a constant source of frustation for Jack.
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Cans of Green Giant products are on the top shelf at the Riverton Supermarket.
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
Ennis himself ordered the BBM postcard and he ordered it for himself!!
=comment= Hudson
Mrs. del Mar drove a Hudson car?
BBM never said she even drove!
Mr. del Mar surely cudn't drive!
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In fact the whole movie is a rich, spacious, passionate way of showing, not telling, feelings that dare not speak their name - and doing so with superb intelligence and magnificent candour.
The Guardian's review: here (http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,4267,1680094,00.html)
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"The movie says this directly, without words; shows them strikingly unalike, right off. Ennis has hitched a ride through the night in a big truck; he hops off, walks into Signal, shrinks, hands in his coat pockets, hides under his hat from the daylight, from other eyes, as he waits by Aguirre's office trailer steps. A train passes -- through gaps between cars we glimpse him smoke a cigarette. The train recedes into the distance -- Jack barrels along the road towards us in his beaten up pickup. It turns, skids to a halt with a couple of jolts, coughs, splutters, spurts of smoke. Jack gets out, leans against it, hands on hips, open: the opposite of Ennis.
-- Andrew Hudson, White Crane [link] (http://www.whitecranejournal.com/68/art6806.asp)
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Jack disliked the idea of knuckling under to Ennis's demand that they stay apart, but he chose to go along with it rather than lose Ennis altogether.
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Movie poster spoofs featuring every male couple from cartoon hero He-Man and foe Skeletor (Grayskull Mountain) to lobbyist Jack Abramoff and Rep. Tom DeLay (in Kickback Mountain) litter the Internet.
USATODAY: Film spurs culture of gay cowboy jokes: :( :-\ here (http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2006-01-25-brokeback-humor-cover_x.htm)
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"It’s a story about the cowboys’ future, not their past as we hardly get a glimpse of their lives before that fateful day at Joe’s except for references of childhood experiences. We follow them through their tumultuous marriages and the self-destructive decisions they make. Their romance becomes a quicksand that they struggle in as they consider their homosexual relationship for the rest of their lives."
-- Justin Deimen, UrbanWire [link] (http://www.theurbanwire.com/stories/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=589&Itemid=69)
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The setting for Monroe's Supermarket is at the junction of Railway Street and Nanton Avenue, in Crossfield, Alberta.
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At the early onset of autumn Ennis and Jack had to leave Brokeback Mountain on Aguirre's orders. :'(
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"Brokeback Mountain is blessedly free of Hollywood condescension, despite the presence of outsized belt buckles and press-on nails. There is not one character, major or minor, that devolves into caricature. The movie is a triumph of spare dialogue, as actors communicate reams with their faces and bodies."
-- Matthew Kennedy, Bright Lights Film Journal [review] (http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/51/brokebackmatt.htm)
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Brokeback demonstrated that there are plenty of Americans who are quite ready to deal with queerness.
I Would Like To Thank Ang Lee ...
(http://liberalserving.typepad.com/liberalserving/2006/03/i_would_like_to.html)
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Ennis ridiculed Jack's suggestion that he move to Texas.
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Ennis began the night of Tent Scene 1 beside the fire but when the fire went out he ended up sandwiched in a bedroll with Jack.
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Tins of Corned Beef Hash are available for purchase at Monroe's Supermarket.
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Entertainment Weekly insisted that Brokeback was an "unapologetically sexual love story between two men."
The full article: here (http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1136042-2-7_1|111142|233612|1_0_,00.html)
=aside= DeeDee
This comes a little too late, but better late than never: Congrats on passing the 1,000 posts mark! :)
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"As rendered in Proulx’s story, Jack had 'some weight in the haunch and his smile disclosed buckteeth,' while Ennis had a 'high-arched nose and narrow face . . . scruffy and a little cave-chested.' In the film’s major concession to commercial viability, both Gyllenhaal and Ledger are decidedly prettier than Proulx’s inventions."
-- Matthew Kennedy, Bright Lights Film Journal [review] (http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/51/brokebackmatt.htm)
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Knowing that Alma knew about him caused Ennis to get all wigged out at Thanksgiving.
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When Ennis greeted Jack at their reunion, his passion xploded in an intense kiss.
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Lureen's hair and teeth became yellower as the years went by.
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Lureen wore a blouse with stripes like a zebra when she took a phone call from Ennis.
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=aside= Toast
Thank you for locating the elusive campfires.
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Ennis "might have to stay with his married daughter until he picks up another job, yet he is suffused with a sense of pleasure because Jack Twist was in his dream." [story]
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Earl's death was a brutal one indeed.
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According to USAToday (http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2006-01-25-brokeback-humor-cover_x.htm), Brokeback Mountain corralled the cultural zeitgeist.
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We see Ennis drive up to the Supermarket, bring his kids inside and dump them on Alma, since the heifers need him today.
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"Jack is the more outgoing and impulsive of the two, but his hurt cuts just as deep. His coltish enthusiasm is all the more devastating by its inevitable end. And it is Jack’s simple dream that lends Brokeback Mountain its aching poignancy. It joins a great tradition of yearning already captured in “Somewhere” from West Side Story, Lenny’s rabbits in Of Mice and Men, and that bus ride to Florida in Midnight Cowboy."
-- Matthew Kennedy, Bright Lights Film Journal [review] (http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/51/brokebackmatt.htm/[url)
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Her first glimpse of Jack immediately put Lureen in a flirtatious mood.
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Ennis greets the manager of the supermarket when he sees him near the checkout: "Hey, Monroe."
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The August snowfall up on Brokeback in '63 turned out to be the harbinger of an early end to the summer for Jack and Ennis.
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The movie Brokeback Mountain had an international cast and crew.
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You can purchase Purity Bread, baked by Purity Factories in St. John's, Newfoundland, at Monroe's Riverton Supermarket.
(http://142.163.100.85:8000/nfwebs/england/All%20Hard%20Bread.jpg) (http://www.purity.nf.ca/products.htm#bread)
=comment=
This is the only bread I can find in Brokeback Mountain.
So unless you find your own, I have dibs on "B" is bread.
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"Taiwan Solidarity Union lawmaker Kuo Lin-yung said that after seeing the movie, "Brokeback Mountain" directed by Ang Lee, he understood that the love between homosexuals is also real, meaningful and touching."
-- Chang Ling-yin [article] (http://english.www.gov.tw/TaiwanHeadlines/index.jsp?categid=10&recordid=92693)
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Jack felt disheartened and low-down when Ennis gave him the brush-off after having driven fourteen hours to see him.
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The set for Monroe's Supermarket is at the junction of Railway Street and Nanton Avenue, in Crossfield, Alberta.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter10/P005807bM.jpg) (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter10/_Roped_In_Frame.html)
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"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] (http://www.whitecranejournal.com/68/art6806.asp)
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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."
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You could purchase eggs by the dozen carton or by the tray at Monroe's Supermarket.
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"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] (http://www.smh.com.au/news/books/a-faithful-take-on-love-and-hate/2005/12/29/1135732684438.html?page=2)
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Ennis and Alma were residents of Riverton.
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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!
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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.
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Ennis became unglued when Alma asked him about his "fishing trips" with Jack Nasty during Thanksgiving dinner.
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"'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] (http://www.whitecranejournal.com/68/art6806.asp)
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Ennis winced in pain when Jack attempted to clean the wound he had received in the bear incident.
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
Linda's offer to order Ennis a hundred postcards far xceeded his meager request of one!
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Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana did yeomen's work in staying true to Annie Proulx’s vision of Brokeback Mountain.
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When Jack and Ennis carved up the elk, they were practicing zootomy.
=aside= Fran
Drum roll, please, Fran is about to hit 1500 posts!
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If you want pork and beans at Monroe's supermarket, they are on the top shelf near the 'ketchup' aisle, and the brand name is Green Giant.
=aside= Friends
This is my last reply to the ABCz.
Congratulations, Fran, on your next post - 1500.
=reply= Toast
This had better not be your last reply. You are the glue in Monroe's Market that holds this game together. Besides you still haven't played "bread" yet, it is reserved for you.
Sandy
=reply= Toast
The ABCz game without Toast? No way, no how. This is NOT your last post regardless of how U feel right now. Like it or not, there's NO quitting this one -- this I know from personal experience, say, some 500 posts ago -- but U are allowed to go away for a very, very short time. We need U here, so please come back soon. We've left the light on, and the door is open.
Fran :(
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Jack's harmonica playing was the butt of many of Ennis' jokes.
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Jack's and Ennis's love for each other was constant and enduring.
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The boys cared about each other deeply, even if they didn't always show it.
=aside= Toast
What's this about your last reply??
The darkened avatar??
Well, friend, if so, I will deeply miss you.
Courage, mon vieux!
Paul
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Cassie tearfully exited the coffee shop when she realized Ennis was not interested in her.
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Ennis doled out hay, the cattle's feedstock.
=aside= Toast
You seem to have a problem with xylanthrax this a.m. Nothin that a good scraping can't fix. :)
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Ennis's shortcomings as a provider were grist for Alma's case for divorce.
=congratz= Fran
On achieving 1500 posts!
=congratz= Will
On achieving 400 posts!
=aside= Toast
Say it isn't so! :'(
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"Brokeback Mountain exudes atmosphere; it could well be considered to be the third lead in the film. That atmosphere is captured by two extraordinary designers: cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (Frida, 21 Grams), whose Ansel Adams-influenced backgrounds are the best travel brochure Wyoming ever had, and composer Gustavo Santaolalla (The Motorcycle Diaries), whose plaintive guitar settings are the musical equivalent of hearing a heart break."
-- Gabriel Shanks, Mixed Reviews [review] (http://www.mixedreviews.net/maindishes/2005/brokeback/brokeback_gabriel.shtml)
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When Ennis said: "You may be a sinner, but I ain't yet had the opportunity", he
was insinuating that he was a virgin.
=congratz= Fran
On 1500 Frantastic posts and Fran letters.
Sandy
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Ennis helped Jack start his jerry-built pickup.
=aside=
ABCs without Toast is like a picnic without bread or wine, or thou.
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Movie poster spoofs featuring every male couple from cartoon hero He-Man and foe Skeletor (Grayskull Mountain) to lobbyist Jack Abramoff and Rep. Tom DeLay (in Kickback Mountain) litter the Internet.
USAToday article here (http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2006-01-25-brokeback-humor-cover_x.htm)
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Ennis was ingenious when it came to impromptu lubrication.
=congratz= Fran
On your 1500 ingenious posts.
You go, girl!
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In spite of all their "fishing trips", Ennis missed the boat on having a happy life together with Jack.
=aside= Toast.(http://ns21879.ovh.net/~bestgrapr/gifs/gastronomie/toasts/toasts-04.gif)
I will very much miss my Toast with my coffee in the mornings.
Sandy
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Compared to Ennis, Jack tended to be more needy and vulnerable.
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Ennis's little family enjoyed an outing to the Independence Day fireworks, until Ennis got all wigged out by a couple of bikers. Later, Ennis endured a very uncomfortable outing by Alma, and then wigged out in front of a biker bar.
=Congratz= Fran
Congratulations on 1.5K wonderful posts!
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From a review of the BBM DVD:
"A US TV special 'Sharing The Story' serves as the customary 'Making Of' featurette. It traces the roots of the project back to the time when, as Schamus describes, 'It was known as the greatest unproducable screenplay ever written.' There's also a smattering of behind-the-scenes footage as the film finally goes before the cameras." http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/04/21/brokeback_mountain_dvd_2006_review.shtml
=aside= Everyone who noticed
Thank you for the good wishes on my 1,500 posts.
Thank you, Toast, for being first!
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"You could say that simply depicting this hillbilly heaven accurately is itself an unsettling criticism, yet the effect, again, is to make it seem, in many ways, admirable—its unflagging work ethic, its quasi-mystical connection to harvest, soil, livestock, and weather." West of Eden by Gary Indiana of the Village Voice. The Voice (http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0548,indiana,70453,20.htm)
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Ennis had a regretful countenance in the last scene of the film.
=aside=
I am also regretful at the departure of our friend Toast.
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"'Brokeback' is set in an era before the Stonewall [Rebellion] and in an inhospitable locale, which heightens the tension and conflict."
-- Rob Lowman, L.A. Daily News [link] (http://www.dailynews.com/entertainment/ci_3668946)
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Ennis gave Jack a tongue-in-cheek reply when he said: "You may be a sinner, but I ain't yet had the opportunity."
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Before flicking his belt buckle, Jack made a urinary deposit in the grass.
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LaShawn is the best example of verbosity in this movie.
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Alma opened up a can of worms at Thanksgiving dinner when she asked Ennis about his "fishing trips" with Jack Twist/Nasty.
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Jack and Ennis indulged in an xcursionary dalliance two, three times a year.
=aside= Sandy
Your double-entendres slay me!
=response= Paul
Thanks, but I'm really a very nonviolent person.
Sandy
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In the "no business but ours" scene where Jack meets Ennis up on the mountain, Jack is arranged along the X-axis, while Ennis stands, and then crouches, along the Y-axis.
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Both Jack and Ennis are zealants when it comes to their "fishing" trips: Jack is willing to make a 14-hour drive to Wyoming from Texas a couple of times a year to be with Ennis while Ennis is willing to quit his jobs on short notice to be with Jack.
zealant = one who is zealous
zealous = intensely devoted
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Ennis' statement "You ain't got nothin', don't need nothin' " was his aphorism on his state of relative poverty.
=comment=
A round without Toast is like a Broke without a Back. :(
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"Their chemistry is thick and natural, leaving the audience with a persistent case of the butterflies."
The Stanford Daily's keen observation on the two BBM leads is included in this review. (http://daily.stanford.org/article/2005/12/8/8216brokeback8217IsALoveStoryOfMountainousProportions)
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"They were raised on small, poor ranches in opposite corners of the state, Jack Twist in Lightning Flat up on the Montana border, Ennis del Mar from around Sage, near the Utah line, both high school dropout country boys with no prospects, brought up to hard work and privation, both rough-mannered, rough-spoken, inured to the stoic life." [story]
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The boys were deliriously happy to see each other at the reunion stairs.
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"Annie actually wrote a note in the limited edition of the story she gave me saying that the name of my character Jack Twist actually refers to the strength a rodeo rider must have in his legs to hold on to a bull, and that it is symbolic of the strength you need to hold on to something you truly believe in that makes you feel alive."
From a Gyllenhaal and Lee interview, here (http://daily.stanford.org/article/2005/12/8/wantedPreferablyAliveGyllenhaalAndLee)
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Ennis woke up in the pup tent one frosty August morning to find that it had snowed during the night.
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"The stale coffee is boiling up, but he catches it before it goes over the side, pours it into a stained cop and blows on the black liquid, lets a panel of the dream slide forward." [story]
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Well I get into a card game in a company town
Caught a miner cheating I shot the dog down
Shot the dog down, watched the man fall
Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw
(From Steve Earle's "Devil's Right Hand" lyrics, as favoured by certain Riverton waitresses)
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To Ennis, the sweet life together with Jack was inconceivable.
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Ennis was the jilter, first to Jack, and then to Cassie, and then to Jack again.
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Lureen seduced Jack while wearing a kicky little red-and-white cowgirl outfit designed to attract attention.
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Ennis related a particularly lurid account of Earl's death.
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Ennis had a tendency to go into a meltdown if Jack wasn't careful.
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"After their first sex, Ennis grimly heads off to his sheep, getting into a habit of making work an alibi for non-commitment that will last him for the rest of his life."
The Guardian review: here (http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,4267,1680094,00.html)
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Jack was frequently oscitant, therefore willing to switch jobs with Ennis. ;D
oscitant means yawning with drowsiness at dictionary.com
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Jack procured a temporary panacea for his pain by passing through the panhandle all the way to Mexico.
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"¿Señor?" quod the pulchritudinous prostitute whose pleasures Jack perilously pursued.
def: quoth, said.
=aside= Lee
Pretty passable, hunh? ;)
Paul
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The high rangelands on Brokeback and nearby mountains were ideal for grazing sheep.
=compliment= Paul and Lee
Nice alliteration! 8)
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"Ennis himself is a humble ranch-hand by trade, only doing the job so that he can make enough cash to marry his sweetheart Alma and, as he fiercely tells Jack, he "ain't no queer".
The Guardian's review: here (http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,4267,1680094,00.html)
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Monroe is wearing a shirt and tie at Thanksgiving dinner.
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Alma was the unwitting usurper of Jack's place at Ennis's side.
=aside= Paul
I pried myself a-part from the Ps.
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The beans in sauce bubbled viscously in their tins, being heated over an open fire on Brokeback Mountain.
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"Searing life memories are made for Jack and Ennis. After their first thrilling, urgent animal coupling, we don’t see much more of their private affections. The years whiz by in the film’s middle, signaling that nothing will be as special, or as holy, as the idyllic first days of their romance. We see the evolution of their lives — the comings and goings of girlfriends, marriages, children, and facial hair — but we don’t see what becomes of the physical expression of their love."
-- Matthew Kennedy, Bright Lights Film Journal [review] (http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/51/brokebackmatt.htm/url)
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Several times Jack expressed the fear of ending up as a yardbird.
def = an inept, untrained enlisted man.
=comment= Lee
U jumped the gun here. "X" was next.
Fran
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After the divorce, Alma's sister became Ennis' x-sister-in-law.
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Handbag.com’s Celebrity Editor Zoe Drewitt had this to say about the 78th Academy Awards:
"Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman picked up the surprise Oscar of the night when Crash, a drama about racism in LA, won Best Picture. It beat the favourite, Brokeback Mountain, which is about a gay affair between two cowboys. However, Brokeback Mountain's Ang Lee did win the Oscar for best director; it was one of three awards the film won that night." [link] (http://www.handbag.com/galleries/gallery/red_carpet/film_awards/film_oscarwinners06/MemberID=2//url)
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Everything's A-OK!
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Ennis offered to abstain from sex altogether after Alma said she was worried about having another child, implying that he was a poor provider.
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
Ennis only bought one postcard -- of Brokeback Mt.!
=congratz= Franette
On your hard-earned Fran-tastic 1,500 postz!
Most of 'em likely occurred here at the ABCz!
=aside= Sandala
I luv that animated yellow pop-up !Toast-er!
It's fun watching the toast pop-out! ???
=aside= Will
Thank U.
Fran
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Tent Scene I was a rushed rough-and-tumble encounter, but Jack and Ennis get another crack at emotional and physical intimacy in Tent Scene 2.
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Jack was desirous of a sweet life with Ennis.
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"This particular tale could not have happened to anyone but two men...it is a hard, spare story, albeit one told with eloquence."
-- Gabriel Shanks, Mixed Reviews [review] (http://www.mixedreviews.net/maindishes/2005/brokeback/brokeback_gabriel.shtml)
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Before Jack, Ennis did not know the ways of the flesh; however, he did get a flesh wound when he come upon a bear.
=comment= All
Can I start an =apology= category? I uniquely need it!
Sorry! I was so upset about the departure of Toast that I got my XYZs mixed up!
=reply= Lee
I think we're all very upset about Toast's departure. No need to apologize. We just want him back.
Sandy
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Ennis' eyes were glistening with tears when he found the two shirts in Jack's closet.
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Jack’s faux bull riding performance was humorous to Ennis. ;)
=aside= Toast
Your departure is not humorous! Many of us have taken a break and returned, so please join us again! :D
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The elk was immolated, more as a rite of passage than to appease Jack’s and Ennis’s hunger.
=aside= Lee
I think they were hungry and sick of beans.
Fran
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Ennis and Jack, celebrating their reunion getaway, got naked as jaybirds and plunged exuberantly off a cliff into a mountain lake.
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Ennis drank and smoked heavily, being keyed up with anticipation of Jack's upcoming visit.
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Ennis luridly related the details of Earl's murder.
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In conversations, Ennis tended toward monosyllabic replies.
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The Producers also thanked the Town of La Mesilla, New Mexico, where some filming was done.
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Ennis was caught in an off-guard moment when Jack placed his hand on his crotch.
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L.D. was pontificating about masculinity when he said "boys should watch football".
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Bobby obviously agreed with his granddad's statement on Thanksgiving, as he apparently took an interest in football to rival Harry Potter's passion for Quidditch.
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"Yet, neither of them can quite forget the other, and their time together nags in the back of their minds. Finally, after four years they are reunited and immediately pick up where they left off, returning to the fabled Brokeback Mountain, which becomes a physical and symbolic locus of solitude where they can be together in a way they can't be otherwise."
-- James Kendrick, QNetwork.com [review] (http://www.qnetwork.com/?page=review&id=1561[/url)
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Ennis said that Jack and he would most likely just go out and get drunk "if he shows."
=aside=
I'm goin to go out and get drunk if Mr. T doesn't show.
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And Ledger... succeeds wildly in a role so completely original that he seems to have had nothing to draw on aside from a tremendous amount of heart.
The Stanford Daily review: here (http://daily.stanford.org/article/2005/12/8/8216brokeback8217IsALoveStoryOfMountainousProportions)
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"As Larry McMurtry has said: when Ennis visits Jack's parents, hears what Jack's father says, finds the shirts in Jack's room, it becomes a great movie, a tragedy -- for he then realizes what he's missed. We have seen his deep emotional turmoil, but he's failed to grasp (what we have also seen): Jack's enormous love for him (even during Jack's unfaithfulness). We've heard Jack's tender "it's all right, it's all right," repeated in their second lovemaking; said in response to Ennis's agony when he falls to his knees at the crux of their argument. We've felt Jack's heart."
-- Andrew Hudson, White Crane [link] (http://www.whitecranejournal.com/68/art6806.asp[url)
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Alma was a shrinking violet at the beginning of her marriage to Ennis but became more assertive as time went on.
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"We're not goin to do that," Ennis said to Jack's proposal to ranch up together. :'(
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"Screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana have worked xtensively in the Western genre (McMurtry is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove, among many other Western novels, and Ossana has worked exclusively writing Western teleplays with McMurtry, several of which were based on his novels), thus they understand well the conventions of the form, notably the homosocial bonding that by its very nature requires the exclusion of women."
-- James Kendrick, QNetwork.com [review] (http://www.qnetwork.com/?page=review&id=1561[/url)
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Ennis responded with a yerk after Jack put his hand on his crotch.
Def: A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk.
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Jack transformed himself for Ennis in a Zelig-like way, hiding his gayness and his loquaciousness.
def = a chameleon-like person, named after Leonard Zelig, the hero of the 1983 movie "Zelig" by Woody Allen.
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=clarification= ???
I believe that Jack was most comfortable with himself while around Ennis and that Ennis got to see the real Jack. However, Ang Lee has been referred to as a Zelig-like director:
"That most chameleon-like of directors, Ang Lee, pulls off yet another surprising left turn in 'Brokeback Mountain.'" -- Todd McCarthy, Variety.com [link] (http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117928059?categoryid=31&cs=1/url)
Fran
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Round 260 ...and where is he? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
:(
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Their affection for one another is spontaneous and unthinking at times, and at others ravenous and addictive. The Stanford Daily review (http://daily.stanford.org/article/2005/12/8/8216brokeback8217IsALoveStoryOfMountainousProportions)
=comment=
I might add that participating in the ABCs is pretty addictive as well! ;)
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When Ennis awoke after TS1, Jack was butting up against him.
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The dance that my son Jack took Lureen to, where they met Mr. Randall and Miss LaShawn, was church-sponsored.
Bless you all as always.
Mrs. Mary S. Twist
=aside= Front Ranger
Where's who, dear?
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=clarification= ???
The benefit dance appears to be county-sponsored. The church social Alma wanted to smarten up for and the church picnic mentioned by Alma Jr. and Jenny would be church-sponsored events.
The Mean Modz
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The emotional drought that ensued after Ennis and Jack parted in Signal ended four years later when they were reunited.
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Jack and Ennis easily "got into this again" at the reunion scene, but not much was easy in their "separate and difficult lives".
=aside= Mrs. Twist
We're missing our dear friend Toast, who said goodbye yesterday. Can you speak to him for us?
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"Ledger is halfway between inarticulate and taciturn but perhaps wiser than he initially seems. His more outgoing friend-turned-lover is a Texas rodeo cowboy with slightly more worldly experience."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today [review] (http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2005-12-08-brokeback_x.htm/url)
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When Bobby Twist met his Newsome grandparents for the first time, the topic of discussion quickly became how much he looked like granddad.
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Jack and Ennis hightailed it out of Ennis' apartment to the motel.
=aside= Toast
We want you to hightail it over here.
Sandy
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"A singular guitar chord manages to invoke the sharp pang of hurt and empathy for the unrequited lovers each time another obstacle is thrown their way."
-- Justin Deimen, Urban Wire [link] (http://www.theurbanwire.com/stories/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=589&Itemid=69)
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The Thanksgiving turkey was served au jus. (Jack applied the jus.)
=aside= Toast
Jus get back here!
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The kickoff of the Thanksgiving Day football game on the Twists' TV came not long before the kickoff of a spat between Jack and L.D.
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Jack made a last-ditch effort to let Ennis know what his feelings about him were when he said: "Tell you what... truth is, sometimes I miss you so bad I can hardly stand it...."
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An excerpt from Ang Lee's acceptance speech upon being presented with the Academy Award for Achievement in Direction for "Brokeback Mountain":
"Thank you, members of the Academy, for this tremendous honor. And to everyone at Focus Features, in particular, David Linde, James Schamus, thank you for your love and support. To Bill Pohlad, Tory Metzger, Ira Schreck, Joe Dapello, many thanks, and a special thanks to David Lee. And thanks to my wife, Jane Lin, and my boys, Han and Mason. I love you. On 'Brokeback Mountain,' I felt you with me every day. I just did this movie after my father passed away. More than any other, I made this for him. And finally, to my mother and family, and everybody in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China, thank you." -- www.oscar.com
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Beans and flour were among the necessities ordered by Ennis each week while on Brokeback.
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
Linda operates the Higgins Gift Shop. [U knew that!] ;D
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“It begins so simply. A plucked guitar string. A mountain range. Forests. Clouds dotting an enormous sky, blue as the ocean. Birds. Wind. And then: a wordless exchange of glances between two cowhands.”
-- Gabriel Shanks, Mixed Reviews [review] (http://www.mixedreviews.net/maindishes/2005/brokeback/brokeback_gabriel.shtml)
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Although Brokeback Mountain was produced in the present Quaternary Period, according to the Geologic Timetable, the mountains it was filmed in were created in the Cretaceous Period.
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Ennis looked up to see a tiny Jack on his horse riding along the rocky ridge of the mountain.
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
Regarding a BBM postcard, Linda assured Ennis that she had to order some more postcards for the store anyway.
=aside= Meryl
The BBM Brunchero NYC is shapin' up to be the biggest!
We'll "toast" your margarita w/ my green apple martini!!
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Alma started talking turkey at Thanksgiving dinner when she brought up Ennis' "fishing trips" and Jack Nasty.
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Ennis upchucked to no avail, while sobbing in the alley.
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In a conversation in the kitchen after Thanksgiving dinner, Alma voices her suspicions to Ennis about the true meaning of his relationship with Jack.
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When Jack is introduced to Alma, there is a bag of Wonder bread on the counter.
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The xigencies of the boys' rural life required hard work and privation.
=aside= Lee
Wonder bread makes me think of Toast...
Although, he is much more substantial.
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LaShawn, a formidable yakker, was tactfully described by Jack as "a lively little gal."
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A review of the movie “Brokeback Mountain” in German from Die Zeit (literally translated: Time), the most widely read German weekly newspaper, can be found here: [review] (http://zeus.zeit.de/text/2006/11/BrokebackMountain)
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When Ennis had his ablutionary interlude, Jack busied himself with peeling potatoes and tried hard not to look.
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Aguirre hit Jack with a low blow when he said, “Twist, you guys wasn’t gettin paid to leave the dogs baby-sit the sheep while you stemmed the rose.”
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Ennis spent much of his time just trying to stand things, until he could stand it no longer, and then he acted in contradictory ways.
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Aguirre deliberately stared at the boys while they were, um, horsing around.
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The memory of the dozy embrace was embedded in Jack's heart as the one moment of true happiness he had known in his life.
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop {closed Sept. 11th}
Linda Higgins was throwing out a used coffee filter when she started queerying Ennis!
=congratz= Sheyne
For listening to the creative writer, sharp
editor and expert proofreader Will-S and
revising your BBM moniker from the ugly
~"horrible_starving rhinocerouses"~ (sic)
to the simple, true and pretty "Sheyne"!
(Most BBM-ers, not all, accept my correct
spelling, better-looking and sensible advice.)
Maybe others Will do it on New Year's Day!!
Chief Mod Will-U!
("I'm so excited")
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"It allows Lee to draw out a theme that's been present in his films from the start: the notion that repressed passion does no one any good. In Brokeback Mountain, it turns vibrant men ghostly."
-- Keith Phipps, The Onion (A.V. Club) [link] (http://movies.aol.com/movie/brokeback-mountain/21990/reviews[/url)
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How did Jack know that Ennis hadn't yet had the opportunity to sin? He got it from the horse's mouth.
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Jack and Ennis took an invigorating plunge in the river after a night together.
=comment= Paul
Ha! No one would guess yr a Bostonian!
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Lureen gave a very jazzy appearance with her Farrah hair and her jewels.
=aside= Fran
Love the jazzy graphics.
Sandy
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Ordering Jack to sleep with the sheep on the q.t. is an act of knavery on the part of Joe Aguirre.
def = dishonesty
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When Ennis looked up to see Jack riding amongst the woolies high up on the mountain, Jack appeared Lilliputian.
def. extremely small.
=reply= Lee
Waddya mean? That's wicked awesome. I gotta go pahk my cah in Hahvahd yahd and slurp some chowdah.
Paul
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Ennis' taste in food and life is one of a basic meat-and-potatoes approach.
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"Those worried about explicitness on screen needn't be. Both guys do flash their bums briefly (in both cases whilst washing themselves in stream water), both girls do flash their breasts, and sex scenes are limited to two straight, one gay and in all cases only a few seconds long at most and all with clothes on."
-- Garth Franklin, Dark Horizons [review] (http://www.darkhorizons.com/reviews/brokeback-n.php/urrl)
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Ennis had been overtaxing his ability to "stand it" for 20 years when he finally broke down and cried in Jack's embrace. :'(
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When Ennis caught a coyote in the process of preying on the sheep, that coyote was a goner.
=aside=
Pahking in the yahd?? That's what they do in Arkansaw! I suggest pahking in PEEbeddie.
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When Jack and Ennis were discussing their philosophies about ranching up, they were having a quodlibetical debate.
=aside= Lee
I didn't know Hahvahd had an extension school in Little Rock. Pahking in PEEbeddie is positively pissah!
{PEEbeddie: Bostonese vernacular for the lovely north shore town of Peabody and never pronounced "Pea-bawdy"}
{pissah: def: ver' good}
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Entertainment Weekly called BBM a sort of "Romeo and Romeo on horseback" in this article (http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1136042-2-7_1|111142|233612|1_0_,00.html)
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Jack suggested that he and Ennis go out for breakfast on the day after the reunion because he was starving.
=aside= Paul
Quodlibetical, that's pissah!!
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"They were raised on small, poor ranches in opposite corners of the state, Jack Twist in Lightning Flat up on the Montana border, Ennis del Mar from around Sage, near the Utah line, both high school dropout country boys with no prospects, brought up to hard work and privation, both rough-mannered, rough-spoken, inured to the stoic life." [story]
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Ennis was always uptight about someone finding out about his relationship with Jack.
=aside= Lee and Paul
Don't forget about Reveah and Dawchesta.
Sandy
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As nineteen-year-olds, Ennis and Jack started their venture into the world with employment on Brokeback Mountain.
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Lureen spoke waspishly to both Jack and Lashawn at the Benefit dance.
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Ennis xpectorated frequently, to show his disdain.
=aside= Lee
Sandy and I would like to refrain from the crude Bostonese, and to show that we are indeed true Brahmins. :laugh:
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Title design in the movie was by yU + Co.
=aside= Sandy, Paul
I bow to the Brahmins of Beantown (isn't that a kind of bull??)
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Zee News has a piece called: "Brokeback Mountain lassoes three Oscars." Link (http://www.zeenews.com/spesial_art.asp?aid=279952&sid=ZNS)
=aside= Lee
Brahim also means any of several breeds of Indian cattle.
=aside= Paul
I'm not sure if my blood is blue enough to be a Boston Brahim.
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Here's To All You Buckaroos
and One Missing One
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop {closed Sept. 11th}
Ennis advertently goes to the Higgins Gift Shop on a nostalgic Ennis & Jack mission: Get that Brokeback Mountain postcard! It was comforting to read about Ennis acting advertently -- a rare occasion for him.
=comment= Playerz
U've heard of inadvertently....
well, this is the real "vertent" thing!
=aside= Lureen
Another advertent example in BBM is red-hot Lureen premeditatedly whipping off her black 'n' red-laced bra in the back seat of her daddy's hot-red car and...!
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In the backseat with Jack, Lureen whipped off her brassiere and got down to business. ;D
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Lee, "yU" was played by me all the way back in Round 12. (See reply #342.)
We need a replacement "Y" word.
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"The cold air sweetened, banded pebbles and crumbs of soil cast sudden pencil-long shadows, and the rearing lodgepole pines below them massed in slabs of somber malachite." [story]
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Lureen was decked out in fancy clothes and jewels for the charity dance.
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From an early debate on BBM’s box-office potential:
"Romances just do not do reliable business, at all, so what you guys really have to ask yourself is: what kind of yardsticks are you using to measure the success of 'Brokeback Mountain'? I mean, when easy-to-sell straight romantic comedies like 'Must Love Dogs' or 'Love Actually' can barely crack $50 million, then what can we reasonably expect from 'Brokeback Mountain'?" (http://www.mcnblogs.com/thehotblog/archives/2006/01/weekend_estimat_3.html)[link]
[This is the replacement "Y" word.]
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Snow was falling outside in big, heavy flakes as Ennis and Alma argued in the kitchen on Thanksgiving.
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LaShawn had the gift of gab.
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"Brokeback Mountain is that rare thing, a big Hollywood weeper with a beautiful ache at its center."
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly [review] (http://movies.aol.com/movie/brokeback-mountain/21990/reviews)
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop {closed Sept. 11th}
Only after being prompted by Linda was Ennis inquiring into a postcard of Brokeback Mountain. (Inquiring minds wanna know!)
=transition= Victoria
Former ABCz player (and so much more) has departed the BBM Board! ??? Vicky Kay was a longtime player and good for our "graveyard" shift. Will miss Miss Vicky's fun graphix. Y, I even got her 2 change her "vkm" moniker. :-X She was 1 of my many perennial students of spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, syntax, etc. -- which I continue to offer free-of-charge in the better interest of and presentation on the ABCz Board. :P
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Jack was prone to the pronouncement of jeremiads.
def = laments, complaints, named after the prophet Jeremiah.
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The screenplay describes Ennis as KO'ing the drunk biker with a kick to the head.
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When Jack and Ennis went off the cliff into the lake, that first step was a lulu. ;D
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Ennis's missive sent in reply to Jack's first postcard was short on words but to the point: You bet.
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Alma wanted to get down to the nitty-gritty of Ennis' fishing trips with Jack Nasty.
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After a summer of sitting unused, Jack's pickup truck needed some tinkering to become operational.
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Gay cowboys are now the new penguins.
USATODAY: Film spurs culture of gay cowboy jokes (http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2006-01-25-brokeback-humor-cover_x.htm)
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Pre-Oscar buzz on the category of best supporting actor:
"Jake Gyllenhaal, because of the support for the picture, is the spoiler. When you have a quasi-lead role in a supporting category, there can be a number of people that say, 'Wow, that was the biggest performance there.'" [link] (http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/oscars/2006-01-31-oscar-nomination-news_x.htm/url)
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop {closed Sept. 11th}
In Linda's gift shop, the postcards were racked! It made it easier for Ennis to not find what he was lookin' for: BBM.
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=comments= Busy "B"'s
That was a "hot" summer Saturday hour with a half-dozen postz within 1 hour between 12 noon and 12:59 p.m.! ;D
=aside= Sandala
We luv that '69 song by Gladys Knight & The Pips.
Motown! "Get on down to the real Nitty Gritty!"
We have it on c/d, album, single and 8-track. ;)
=aside= Meryl
U inadvertently mentioned British pop singer Lulu!
Her 1967 #1 song "To Sir With Love" was no "lulu"!
Maybe Ennis had Jack sing it 2 him in the tent/motel.
I know I have Dre sing it 2 me every night b4.......! :)
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Jack used a five-cent stamp on his first postcard to Ennis.
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Jack "was crazy to be somewhere, anywhere else than Lightning Flat." [story]
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After Thanksgiving dinner, Alma at long last unveiled that she knew the truth of Ennis's and Jack's relationship.
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While Jack vamped until ready to approach Lureen, she vamped him with come-on looks.
=aside= Toast!
Hello and welcome home! :-*
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Brokeback Mountain was xecutively-produced by William Pohlad.
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop {closed Sept. 11th}
All of the postcards at the gift shop were xhibited on a free-standing, revolving rack! (So much is x-hibited on "revolving racks".)
1-2-3 recap:
ABCz Creator
ABCz Chief Mod
ABCz-ville Mayor
Will-ABC
What hav I dun!
#1 in "views"
#1 in "postz"
#1 in on-line time
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"E" is Edsel posted in Round 262 by Will is a speculative post.
We see Randall once, at the Childress Charity Event, and he arrived there in the Twist Cadillac. Lashawn lets us know what is in the screenplay - that baling wire and gum cannot keep their pickup working. There is a reference in the movie to a car. Just a car.
We need a replacement "E".
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Jack, and especially Ennis, don't always express themselves eloquently, but they manage to get their points across. There's a simple poetry to their words. ''I wish I knew how to quit you,'' a frustrated Jack says to Ennis, and his sentiments ring with pain and desperation.
This is a replacement for E is Edsel in round 262
Next letter up is "Y"
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Lureen's hair yellows to an almost platinum blonde throughout her marriage.
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Ennis' exhibits zoophily when he calls his horses by the endearment "little darlin'" and keeps them despite the economic cost.
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Jack admitted that he'd been to Mexico. Is that an effin' problem?
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Ennis was hitting below the belt when he asked Jack if he had ever been to Mexico.
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"The wind booms down the curved length of the trailer, and, under its roaring passage, he can hear the scratching of fine gravel and sand." [prologue]
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Alma put a damper on things when she said to Ennis, "I'd have 'em if you'd support 'em".
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Ennis was at the end of his rope after Jack lassoed him and accidently hit him in the face.
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"Lee said he was drawn to the film not to make a statement about gay rights, but because of the story’s central focus on love. 'What is love? There’s no answer for it. You can only grope for it, and you can only try to communicate that to an audience.' He noted the expression 'falling in love' has connotations of danger. 'It can destroy you, and are you willing to take that chance?' he said."
-- from The Durango Telegraph (http://www.durangotelegraph.com/telegraph.php?inc=/05-12-22/mountain.htm) [link]
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In TS1, Jack had a firm grasp of the situation at hand.
=compliment= Paul
Great play on words.
Sandy
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Jack and Ennis had several hook-ups a year where they engaged in "fishing" and other activities.
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"A singular guitar chord manages to invoke the sharp pang of hurt and empathy for the unrequited lovers each time another obstacle is thrown their way. Nothing is done just to simply elicit emotions as each action is presented as pure and unbridled. The interactions between the two leads are always sensitive, and never unnatural or overly sappy."
-- Justin Deimen, Urban Wire (http://www.theurbanwire.com/stories/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=589&Itemid=69)[link]
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Lashawn jarringly yakked her way through every scene she was in.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks for the compliment, especially coming from the master of the double-entendre.
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When Jack got the brush-off from Ennis, after he had driven fourteen hours to see him, it put a kink in his plans.
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"The wind strikes the trailer like a load of dirt coming off a dump truck, eases, dies, leaves a temporary silence." [prologue]
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While on Brokeback, the boys could let their thoughts meander in the idyllic setting and contemplate what they meant to each other.
=aside= Tim
Good to see you playing again.
Sandy
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On the reunion staircase, Jack and Ennis were nuzzlers.
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Ennis' view of his first sexual experience with Jack was very one-sided, but that changed dramatically in Tent Scene II.
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Ennis "picked up a few short-lived ranch jobs, then settled in as a wrangler on the old Elwood Hi-Top place north of Lost Cabin in Washakie County." [story]
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Jack quixotically wished for a sweet life with Ennis; it was the impossible dream.
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After nervously waiting all day, Ennis was ravished with delight when he saw Jack drive up.
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John Twist: “Tell you what. I know where Brokeback Mountain is. He thought he was too goddamn special to be buried in the family plot.”
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Earl's death was particularly traumatic for Ennis.
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Ennis was apprehensive about his up-and-coming encounter with Jack in Tent Scene 2.
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Pre-Oscar buzz:
"Quality speaks for itself and Brokeback has it in spades. But good craftsmanship is no guarantee of success as, come voting time, Academy members are as susceptible to mood and circumstance as anyone else." -- Sky.com (http://oscars.sky.com/Features/pgeFeature.aspx?id=85)[link]
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The "don't look right" tent was out of whack, according to Ennis.
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Ennis xited Monroe's supermarket, promising some round steak, as nuts came crashing down.
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Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
For more BBM info on the Linda Higgins Gift Shop, U can visit: yahoo.com. U will find internet 411 entered by the Will-ster of the unending #1 "ABCz of BBM".
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Do not remove or edit this reply.
I would appreciate it if users who are planning on retiring from the game would please not delete their posts. This dumps a large amount of material in the Recycle Bin which causes issues for the rest of the site because of how those posts are stored. I had to reset the site earlier today (which has put things back as they were before). If you are no longer interested in participating, please just resign from the game and move on to other things on BetterMost (and there are going to be a lot of new things starting this fall). Mass deleting messages means I have to take time to repair forum issues, and the end result is those messages get restored anyway.
I appreciate your consideration.
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German newspaper Die Zeit's review of the movie “Brokeback Mountain” can be found here: [review] (http://zeus.zeit.de/text/2006/11/BrokebackMountain)
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Jack and Ennis spent most of their lives raising and caring for animals.
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You can purchase Purity bread, a Newfoundland specialty, at Monroe's Supermarket in Riverton, Wyoming.
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"The second girl was born, and Alma wanted to stay in town near the clinic because the child had an asthmatic wheeze." [story]
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L.D. was one of those folks who just had to make disparaging remarks concerning others, particularly Jack.
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Monroe sees Ennis Del Mar enter the supermarket with a Del Mar child in each arm.
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"Ennis, wearing his best shirt, white with wide black stripes, didn't know what time Jack would get there and so had taken the day off, paced back and forth, looking down into a street pale with dust." [story]
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Jack was always griping about something: the food, the weather, etc.
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Alma has a hairclip in her hair to keep her bangs out of her eyes while she works at the supermarket.
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To Ennis, his gut cramps in the alley were idiopathic. When he growled, "What the f*ck you lookin' at?" he really did not know the answer.
Idiopathic is a medical adjective that indicates a recognized cause has not yet been established.
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;D ??? ::) The "ABCz of Brokeback Mountain" hits BetterMost Forum's newest and biggest =milestone= 50,000 viewz!!!!! :o #1 in viewz! :P #1 in postz! :laugh:
50,000 Viewz!!!!!of the "ABCz of
Brokeback Mountain"This is a tremendous and opportune tribute to the impressive knowledge, dedication, creativity, energy, time and fun of
ALL= of the
ABCz memorable
Moderatorz and the alphabetically-speaking pulchritudinous
Playerz -- past and present!!
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******************************************************Flying high via
A-to-Z Airlinez is the adroit, appealing, aquiline, arcadian and amazingly still airborne
ABCz!
The "ABCz" broke its own record again : 50,000 viewz!!!!!
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========================================Depicted above is our animated, alphabetical and abbreviated
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Brokeback
Mountain "
BM" train!
ABCz hits 50,000 viewz by Playerz & Viewerz & Guestz (+ 2 hidden)!!!
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To paraphrase the PussyCat Dolls' song, "Don'tch-U luv it"? ;D And, to quote BBM's Jack Twist.......! ::)
Gamely,
Mayor Will-ABC-U
(Viewz #1 to #50,000)
ABCzville, World
=aside= Celebrantz
To cell-"A"-brate the ABCz of BBM huge 50,000-plus milestone, Will & Dre and some Brokie Friendz like Todd & Rob -- not from the "board"; until lately they viz the ABCz not "bored" -- went out to drink, eat and party tonight at the Cowgirl Restaurant in Manhattan, NYC!
=announcement= Playerz
On Sunday, September 24th, in New York City
is the Manhattan Brunchero at the Rodeo Bar
& Grill on Third Avenue and East 27th Street
from 12 noon until 3 p.m. There are several
"ABCz" Playerz who are confirmed to attend!
They're comin' from many countries & states. ;D
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Congratz to all who have made this wonderful game possible, from creator Will-ABC, to the tireless hardworking moderators Fran, Sandy, and Ann Marie (emeritus), and to my fellow Playerz, whom I love equally, including southendmd, prowlamongus, JulietteMontague, Toast, Fran, Memento, Mary Twist, Victoria, Mandy, Lucise, The Pirate Bride, Becky, Meryl, and many others. Thank U for getting me through some hard times and helping me to see that there are a million ABC ways to look at the world in a better way. And also for helping me to see that we can never run out of words (not even Qs or Zs) to describe our favorite film and story. With love and best regards, Front-Ranger (Lee)
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=The Congeniality Rule= Players
From this post on, any written text deemed even remotely inappropriate for inclusion in the "ABCs of BBM" game file (by any stretch of the imagination) -- whether contained in a word explanation or in an aside or a "whatever," and whether part of a game answer, round announcement, or a free-standing post -- will be promptly deleted, without notice, at the sole discretion of the Moderator(s).
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Congrats, Playerz, on 50,000 views of the ABCz of BBM!
Miss you much! Tried to come up with a "J" just now, but can't. But I remain an ABCz Player in spirit. ;)
Take care,
Ann Marie :-*
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50,000 VIEWS!!!
CONGRATZ TO ALL OUR PLAYERZ AND MODZ! AND FOR MAYOR WILL WHO STARTED AND MAINTAINED THIS GRRRRRREAT GAME!!!
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Though Ennis did not wish to consciously see him as such, Jack was his jo (that is, sweetheart).
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Oh, my, what an absolutely wonderful achievement for all of us. It gives you pause to realize that over 50,000 viewings have happened here for the continuing interest in the heartfelt story and film of Brokeback Mountain.
I must especially thank the A-B-Cz mayor Will and the moderators Fran, Ann Marie and Sandy and the special players Pirate Bride, Front Ranger, Juliette Montague, Dee Dee and Vicky who have all been very kind and helpful to me. I ask that you forgive me if I overlooked any of my new friends.
God bless all of the, I see, 'congenial' players of the A-B-Cz game. Please continue this new B.B.M. tradition.
Mrs. Mary S. Twist
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Jack and Ennis were hired to be the keepers, or custodians, of Joe Aguirre's sheep while the herd was pastured up on Brokeback Mountain.
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Jack liked to drape himself in a languid way against his truck, by the fire, or on the hillside.
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It was a momentary lapse in judgement for Ennis when he kissed Jack outside.
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"Gyllenhaal is the more boyish of the two, full of optimism and therefore more overtly wounded when he runs up against the walls that hold him in. Ledger, in a truly stand-out role, appears at first to be stuck in a rut of coarse mumbling, but as the film progresses, we begin to see fine nuances in his downcast eyes and minimalist speech, ranging from a fierce sense of dignity to an ultimate level of tortured heartbreak."
-- James Kendrick, Q Network Film Desk [link] (http://ofcs.rottentomatoes.com/click/author-75/reviews.php?cats=&letter=&sortby=default&page=20&rid=1473524/url)
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The shop was re-modeled and is re-opened for bizness!!!
Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
Not keeping her thoughts to herself with lines like "Ennis, you ain't no tourist!" and "What are you lookin' for rootin' through them postcards?", Linda Higgins was quite out-front with Mr. Ennis!
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Them boys got plastered the evenin' Ennis didn't go up to them sheep.
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50,000 VIEWS!!!
CONGRATZ TO ALL OUR PLAYERZ AND MODZ! AND FOR MAYOR WILL WHO STARTED AND MAINTAINED THIS GRRRRRREAT GAME!!!
I second this emotion!!
Well done, everybody at the ABCz game! Great effort! ;D
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"Brokeback Mountain" has been described as a quasi-independent film.
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In his opening scene, Jack putted into view in a beat-up old pickup and came to a halt before the trailer and Ennis, revved the motor, and cut the engine.
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scene: Higgins Gift Shop
The picture postcard that Ennis desired, representing the Gay times of him and Jack on BBM, was a scene of Brokeback Mountain.
=aside= Sheyne
U will be airborne this eve on A-to-Z Airlinez.
We'll have a kangaroo meet U at JFK Airport.
Hop into Man-hat-tan as quick as possible.
Dre & I are Gay dining U on Sat. eve. ;D
We'll toast to Ennis & Jack and "ABCz"!
On Sunday is the Manhattan Brunchero! O0
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"They found a bar and drank beer through the afternoon, Jack telling Ennis about a lightning storm on the mountain the year before that killed forty-two sheep, the peculiar stink of them and the way they bloated, the need for plenty of whiskey up there." [story]
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In TS1, as semen flew through his urethra, Ennis groaned.
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As he approached the Black and Blue Eagle Bar that Thanksgiving night, Ennis was a very vincible target.
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Jack's spirited mimicking of a rodeo ride for Ennis was one of the movie's rare but wonderfully waggish moments.
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No, I'm not XXX'ing someone's wrong answer word!
Scene: Higgins Gift Shop
In Roman numerals, which we've seen b4 at the "ABCz" (Zinaida, Juliette and Lee), the cost of Ennis' BBM postcard was XXX cents. In English words, thirty cents.
Note (via Mrs. H): Romans don't differentiate between upper and lower case letters w/ "numerals" as letters such as "XXX".
=congratz= Playerz
Congratz again and again and again!!! ;D
This time it's for 51,000 viewz!!!!! :P
It red-lined so fast from 50-Gs! :laugh:
This game has its loyal viewerz
and "guests" (some hidden)!
Gamely,
Mayor Will-ABC
ABCz-ville, N.A.
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"A story of love and isolation, which reaches its emotional end in the early 80's -- after the Village People stayed at the YMCA and when the Stonewall movement had supposedly won gay rights."
-- Adam Smith and Benjamin Cohen (http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-323.html) [BBM review]
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When Brokeback Mountain was showing in theaters in Poland, the currency used to buy a ticket was the zloty.
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Throughout the movie there are many auguries of Jack's death, and there are auguries of Jack's and Ennis's relationship in the first part of the movie.
=aside=
Thanks to latjoreme for mentioning auguries in her "Bookends" post!!
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Excuse me but the word busied is already in the Answerz List.
So I XXX it and I can find a new B word.
If I do wrong, please let me know. I have Private Messages, I think.
=clarification=
The word "busied" was previously posted in Round 253 by Will-U (reply #7007).
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Jack Twist - he did not like the bean diet.
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I say that the father of boy Ennis was a cruel man and he did a cruel thing to his boys.
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Scene:
Higgins Gift Shop {End-of-Summer $ale!}
Ennis determinedly went into the gift shop in search of a postcard of Brokeback Mountain. He didn't find one but he ordered it. ;) (In fact, somebody toasted our BBM postcard; it's gone!)
=comment= Sheyne
Sheyne & Will went to Greenwich Village in Manhattan and the first place I took her was the original Stonewall Club! We cruised down gay Christopher Street. We ate at Manatus Restaurant out front -- a good place to see and be seen! Among local celebs who I proudly intro'd Sheyne to were (a) the legendary "Rollerina", (b) a chief advisor at City Hall and (c) a head of the Gay police officers group (who had 3 prisoners in his NYCPD van). S & I were served cold bubblies, such as strawberry daiquiris and piña coladas, and hot dishes -- and we also dished hotly! We can't repeat anything here at the ver' censored BM forum.) Sheyne & I had unbridled fun! :laugh:
=announcement= Playerz
Sunday, Sept. 24th, is the Manhattan Brunchero
at the appropriately-named Rodeo Restaurant.
Confirmed "ABCz" Playerz include 6:
Sheyne, Will, Dee, Dre, Meryl & Mika!
Event is from 12 noon to 3 p.m. ;D
Mayor Will-ABC
"411" postz!!!!
ABCz-ville, NA ;D
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"They set up camp without saying much, picketed the horses in the meadow. Jack broke the seal on a bottle of whiskey, took a long, hot swallow, exhaled forcefully, said, 'That's one a the two things I need right now,' capped and tossed it to Ennis." [story]
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Jack and Ennis make fires to cook and keep warm. I think you say they have fires in hearts too.
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Jack gently took Ennis' face in his hands right before he planted one on him in the second tent scene.
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Jack "had shot an eagle, he said, turned his head to show the tail feather in his hatband." [story]
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To Ennis, the two shirts are irreplaceable.
=comment=
To me, the ABCz are irreplaceable, and hard to stay away from.
So too, meeting fellow Brokies in Boston this weekend, especially Sandy who is a true gem.
Happy new year, darlin'.
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To Ennis, getting together way out in the middle of nowhere was simply being judicious.
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When "Brokeback Mountain" was playing in theaters in Denmark, the currency used to buy a ticket was the krone.
=aside= Clarissa
See what your "zloty" inspired?
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Jack and Ennis launched into a love affair of epic proportions.
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Jack Twist, he wanted a meaty meal so Ennis shot the deer for him.
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"The Australian-born Ledger has undoubtedly earned the noteworthy accolades of dramatic achievement reserved most exclusively for history's great actors -- no less than Brando, De Niro, or Olivier, to name a few. To be sure, Heath Ledger's astonishing portrayal of Ennis del Mar in Brokeback Mountain will be praised and celebrated as brilliant and memorable for generations to come."
-- Peter Kreysa, American Chronicle [link] (http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=4701)
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One can say about either the short story or the film, that Brokeback Mountain is one heck of an oeuvre.
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Ennis did provide more than beans for his friend Jack. Now they can have deer soup.
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"Thanks to his performance in Brokeback Mountain, Heath Ledger is no longer just 'that dude who jousted to Queen remixes,' but a bankable and respected leading man."
-- Defamer article (http://www.defamer.com/hollywood/brokeback-mountain/heath-ledger-to-brokeback-banners-dont-be-afraid-of-love-147760.php)[link]
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After he was kicked off the Brokeback Mountain job by Aguirre, and learned that Ennis hadn't been around, Jack went down to Texas to compete in rodeos.
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Ennis wanted Alma to believe hook, line and sinker, that he and Jack were really going on fishing trips.
=aside=
I'm baaack!
=reply= Sandy
Missed U! So glad U're back.
Fran
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Jack and Ennis were tremendously attracted to each other.
=aside= Sandy
Great to see you back, and as witty as ever.
It was tremendously fun seeing you this weekend.
Paul
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After days and weeks to eat beans, Jack found the diet unappealing.
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"A story of love and isolation, which reaches its emotional end in the early 80's -- after the Village People stayed at the YMCA and when the Stonewall movement had supposedly won gay rights."
-- Adam Smith and Benjamin Cohen (http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-323.html) [BBM review]
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The shooting of the elk was an example of willful disobedience, as it was not hunting season.
=aside= Seepian
Welcome. How are things in Denmark?
Paul
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Alma was on a fishing xpedition when she asked Ennis at Thanksgiving dinner, if he still went fishing with Jack Twist.
=aside= Fran, Paul, & Lee
Thanks for the welcome back.
Sandy
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Time passed all too zippily for Ennis and Jack during their infrequent get-togethers; never enough time, never enough.
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We're still taking our licks!
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When Jimbo blew off Jack, he was very attitudinal.
=aside= Seepian
Your English is just fine; a lot better than my Danish.
Say hi to Grandma and her teapot.
Danes don't drink coffee?
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You might not be able to hear it (well, try really hard and you might) but I'm clappin' for your 51,800 views!! ;)
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ABCz-ville Mayor's Acknowledgment
This is to acknowledge those thankful and real people Playerz -- (but sadly no administraitors) -- who are thoughtful and appreciative to acknowledge all of the entertainment, information and fun that this "game-plus" provides to so many people as participantz and/or viewerz and the recent record-breaking
50,000 viewz
of the
"ABCz of Brokeback Mountain"
Acknowledgers (alphabetically, of course)
Ann Marie
Charlie RT {X-BM-er; posted it at IMDB}
Clara
DeeDee
Dre!
Fran-E
Front-Ranger Lee
Juliette Montague {via p-mail}
Mandy {X-Mod; posted at her "dmmb" profile at IMDB}
Mrs. Mary Twist
Sheyne
Sparkle_Motion Stacey
Will-U {player not mayor}
Analogously, when Motown Records had its "25th Anniversary" #1 television special in 1983 (ironically, Jack Twist died later that year) -- who didn't see or doesn't know about Diana Ross & The Supremes televised reunion singing "Someday We'll Be Together" and Michael Jackson's debut of his eye-catching "Moonwalk" dance -- Berry Gordy, Jr., Motown's founder, etc., declared: "This show is not about who left Motown but about who stayed and who returned"! So, as the "ABCz of BBM" founder, etc., I'm prompted to state: This game is not about who left the ABCz but who stayed and who returned! ;D
Will's ver' late-night "A" is "Adios!"
Years after that unforgettable everlasting Motown show, Gordy sold the company but never the legacy. There are many reasons that I stayed here such as the intelligent and rewarding enjoyment, consistently and creatively contributing to that, and, of course, the people. Starting with Fran and Ann and Sandy and Mandy and Dee and Lee, U know who U are as much more than just A-1 Playerz. There are also many reasons known to me, and some known to U, for my long-considered decison to exit as a Player. Let the "ABCz of BBM" game play on! ;D
Gamely with
"411" postz,
Mayor Will-ABC
ABCz-ville, The World
P.S. Quite candidly, I was on the lookout for just 1 more (the one that "broke/back") out of a 100 bent "straws" and I ver' E/Z-ly found it -- posted today! ???
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The sheep did baa.
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After Jack suggested going to Mexico, Ennis responded that they could use Don Wroe's cabin in November, which was cold comfort to Jack.
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Will, Will, Will,
By this time U know how I hate surprises, and yet U pull another one. So while I attempt to collect my thoughts here, I am going to use this post to tell you "thank U."
Thank U for starting this incredibly addictive "ABCz of BBM" game, first over at IMDB's Brokeback Mountain Board and then here at BetterMost. U know firsthand how much this game means to me and to so many other people, too. I think U fine-tuned it just perfectly and, under ur care, direction, and maintenance, it certainly turned into a juggernaut. There's no denying that! As I've said before, this is no little thing that's happening here. Anyone can look at the ABCz Answerz List and be impressed, so thank U for the time and effort U extended over several months with regard to this outstanding game. It remains as ur "legacy".
Thank U also for leaving "ur" game in my care. I'm going to try to make U proud.
I wish U a happy life.
Fran
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Ennis Del Mar was not very good at the dancing.
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The relationship of Ennis and Jack was not equal in the eyes of the law to that of Alma Jr. and Kurt.
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Ennis fiercely gripped Alma's arm during the kitchen outing.
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Ennis make one gunshot and the elk animal was dead.
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Seépian, the word "yen" was played back in Round 64 by Tim (ProwlAmongUs), reply #1787.
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Here is the replacement "Y" word:
While working up on Brokeback Mountain, Jack was a bigger yawper than Ennis. Jack complained about the four-hour commute, the sleep-with-the-sheep order, and the smell of the pup tent.
[The next letter is "H".]
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When Ennis punched Jack on the hill, he was behaving like a hobbledehoy.
1. [n] - an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy
hobbledehoy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A hobbledehoy (from an old Scots word) is an awkward rustic adolescent boy or teenager. A hobbledehoy is naïve, gawky, and shy around women. He is neither a boy nor a man, and so is also called a halfling. The root word hob is also used to describe the little men of fairy tales, like hobs, hobgoblins, and hobyahs.
The word hobbledehoy is used by Richard Hannay in John Buchan's The Three Hostages to refer to local rustics. Anthony Blanche in Brideshead Revisited mocks some Oxford undergraduates, whom he accuses of acting out their repressed homosexual fantasies by dunking him in the college fountain, as "hobbledehoy" among other things.
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Ennis was often inarticulate, especially when it came to expressing emotions.
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Ennis he was afraid to work for the power company because the juice might kill him.
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Jon-Paul Khouri played a hippy in a filmed scene from the movie which ended up on the cutting room floor.
=appreciation=
Will, it won't be the same around here without you. Take good care,
Elle
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Jack ladled gravy onto the big silver platter that held the Thanksgiving turkey.
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The mothers in Brokeback Mountain seem to be lost and lonely or dead.
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Ennis was a tough nut to crack, but Jack succeeded in getting through to him.
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When Jack did his mock-rodeo mating dance, he became off-balance.
=aside= Clarissa
It's great playing with you. You're a chef d'oeuvre yourself.
Paul
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Ennis, he pines for more rides with the friend Jack Twist.
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The horses ridden by Ennis and Jack are classified as quadrupedic mammals; in other words, they are mammals with four feet.
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Reality struck when Jack experienced Ennis' post-divorce rejection.
=appreciation= Mayor Will
Reality struck here, too. Will has left the building. I want to thank you for inviting me here so many rounds ago. I wish you well, and a future filled with fascinating words.
SouthEndMD (correctly, for you)
Paul
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Ennis used the rough stump of the tree to aim the shotgun at the elk animal.
=comment= Mr. Paul
Reality is a good thing.
I wish us all a double dose.
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Jack and Ennis stayed out of touch with each other for four years before reuniting.
=appreciation= Mayor Will
Thank you for bringing this game to BetterMost and for making it an addiction to so many people. Don't stay out of touch. Come by and visit us any time.
Sandy
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Ennis wore socks, but no underthings.
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After Mr. Aguirre said "We'll truck you up to the jump off." he made Ennis and Jack feel like visitors not welcome any more.
=appreciation= Mr. Will
Visitors are always welcome here.
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"The string of spare horses included a mouse-colored grullo whose looks Ennis liked." [story]
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After being married to Ennis for several years, Alma gave up and xtricated herself from her marriage.
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Jack and Ennis were the yielders and gave in to be the man and to have a wife, until they were extricated.
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Fayette and L.D. were little Bobby's bubbeh and zeydeh.
zeydeh - a Yiddish word now used in English that means "Grandpa."
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Ennis was being avoidant when he had a whole week to say some little word to Jack about August, but didn't.
=aside= Tim
Welcome back, cowboy.
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Ennis started to learn about the nuts and bolts of sex that night in Tent Scene I.
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"Ennis picked out a big chestnut called Cigar Butt to ride, Jack a bay mare who turned out to have a low startle point." [story]
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Ennis and Jack were daddies and tried to be good to the kids.
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Jack had to do a lot of educating in TS2.
=greetings= Scott 6373
Welcome to the ABCz game.
Fran
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The sudden appearance of a bear frightens Ennis's horse.
=aside= Will-U
Thanks to the Mayor for a great game.
=aside= Everyone
52,000+ views is cool! Nice work.
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The love between Jack and Ennis it is in the heart and also from the glands.
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The glands to which Mr. Seepian refers produce hormones which were active in tent scene 1.
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The judging at the horse riding event measured that Lureen rode for 16.9 seconds.
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Ennis had a kicked-in-the-teeth reaction when he found out that he and Jack would have to leave Brokeback.
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"Ennis, high-arched nose and narrow face, was scruffy and a little cave-chested, balanced a small torso on long, caliper legs, possessed a muscular and supple body made for the horse and for fighting." [story]
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Scott 6373, the word "instinct" was played back in Round 77 by Pipedream (reply #2133).
We need a replacement "I" word.
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Ennis was certain that their love would not insulate them from danger.
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Ennis, he was the smart one; he know that if a cowboy had a male lover, one of them could die.
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Annie P. tells us that the boys made love noisily.
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Ennis: "His folks still up in Lightnin' Flat?"
Lureen: "Oh yeah. They'll be there until they die. I never met them. They didn't come down for the funeral. You can get in touch with them. I suppose they'd appreciate it if his wishes was carried out." [story]
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Jack and Ennis pined for the times on Brokeback Mountain, but they never returned there.
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Ennis responded with lightning quickness to Jack's postcard asking him if he would be there on the 24th.
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When Jack jumped to the bait and responded to Ennis's message that the divorce was final, Ennis gave him the ol' runaround.
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Ennis "possessed a muscular and supple body made for the horse and for fighting." [story]
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It was obvious that Jack knew the tricks of the trade when he was in Mexico.
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Ennis was uneasy about being a man in love in the towns.
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The cause of Jack's death was not definitively verifiable.
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Ennis was so soft spoken and diffident, that his voice was barely audible; in fact, it sometimes was a mere whisper.
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Ennis wrapped himself in a blanket and danced in the snow to warm up his xtremities on the snowy morning.
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The first time we saw Alma Jr., age 3, onscreen, she was yay high.
=comment=
I'm gesturing here, but you can't see it.
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There is an article in zeenews.com called "'Brokeback Mountain' tops at gay media awards." Link (http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=284884&archisec=ENT&archisubsec=1)
=response= Fran
I can cyberly see U gesturing - about 3 feet off the ground.
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To This Game We All Can Relate
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With the rap of his gavel, the judge granting the Del Mars' divorce absolved Ennis and Alma of the legal bonds between them, but the moral issues remained to haunt Ennis for the remainder of his life.
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Ennis was looking for a brawl at the Black and Blue Bar after being outed by Alma.
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Ennis "picked up a few short-lived ranch jobs, then settled in as a wrangler on the old Elwood Hi-Top place north of Lost Cabin in Washakie County." [story]
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The elk meat was drying in the smoky air after Ennis shot the animal.
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Pierre Tremblay said that the elk was shot with a tranquilizer gun in a wildlife preserve; I feel the elk's pain.
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Jack and Ennis never went fishing on their trysts because they had bigger fish to fry.
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I like it when the horse is galloping and the saddlebags of Ennis are bouncing.
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"Ennis, high-arched nose and narrow face, was scruffy and a little cave-chested, balanced a small torso on long, caliper legs, possessed a muscular and supple body made for the horse and for highting." [story]
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By the end of the summer on Brokeback, Ennis had learned the ins and outs of having sex with a man. After he was married, he learned the ins and outs of having sex with a woman.
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The bed in the Siesta Motel was truly jouncy.
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In the office of Aguirre there are three keisters, and two are scrawny.
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"A few weeks later, on the Saturday, he (Ennis) threw all Stoutamire's dirty horse blankets into the back of his pickup and took them down to the Quik Stop Car Wash to turn the high-pressure spray on them." [story]
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When Ennis "wrang it out", he was taking matters into his own hands.
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Lureen was dressed to the nines at the charity dinner.
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Both Jack and Ennis responded to stress by acting outwardly indignant and boisterous.
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When Jack was a young boy, though it may not have been in his heart, he called his abusive father "Pa".
=farewell= A-B-Cs Mayor Will
I knew that I was remiss in my reading at the A-B-Cs board since the "50,000" celebration. I am stunned to read that our steadfast and kindly mayor ended his tenure. I've been so welcomed by him and comfortable here. As one of the dear players mentioned, it will not be the same without him. I surely agree. I will miss him along with many others who have left the county. Oh, dear, I hope and pray that Will knows I will always put on a fresh pot of coffee for him and have the cherry cake waiting.
Bless and peace,
Mrs. Mary S. Twist
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On the reunion day in 1967, the closer Jack and Ennis got, the more their steps were quickening.
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"Ennis got on the highway crew, tolerating it but working weekends at the Rafter B in exchange for keeping his horses out there." [story]
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Jack and Ennis spent many happy nights together, sat around the campfire and bonded deeply, saying but few words.
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Ennis telephones to Texas and talks with Mrs. L. Twist about the dying of Jack. She seemed stunned too.
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"Sometime in early 1997, the story took shape. One night in a bar upstate, I had noticed an older ranch hand, maybe in his late sixties...."
-- Annie Proulx, in "Getting Movied," on her inspiration for BBM
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The Lake Scene argument is notable for its vehemence.
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Jack wished for his ashes to be buried on Brokeback Mountain, might be "where bluebirds sing, and there's a whisky spring".
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"The spareness of the composition, wherein a man, a horse and the yawning skies of Wyoming might be all that fills the screen, suggests a bygone age, and when one character xpresses the hope that "the army don't get me", you have to correct your initial instinct: it's not the Civil War he's referring to but the Vietnam War."
-- Anthony Quinn, The Independent [review] (http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/reviews/article336696.ece[/url)
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'Brokeback' yanker meets with those who made it a hit. See full article (http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2006/04/brokeback_yanke.html)
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Ennis and Jack prefer the zigzaggeries of mountain travel to the zigzaggeries of being together in civilization.
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This Ain't No Nickel-and-Dime
Operation.
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Jack: "Got to tell you, friend, maybe somebody seen us that summer. I was back there the next June, thinkin' about goin' back -- I didn't, lit out for Texas instead -- and Joe Aguirre's in the office and he says to me, he says, 'You boys found a way to make the time pass up there, didn't you,' and I give him a look, but when I went out I seen he had a big-ass pair a binoculars hangin' off his rearview." [story]
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Ennis sported brilliantined hair in honor of Alma's Thanksgiving Day Spectacular.
=aside= Sandy
You're back! Modz rule!
=reply= Paul
Thanks, also blue is more my color.
Sandy
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After eating dinners on the mountain, Ennis and Jack sat around and chewed the fat.
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When that first snow came, Ennis was so surprised, he danced around wrapped in his blankie.
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Ennis poorly enunciated his words.
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"There is something, a frisson, a vibe, that gives (Jimbo) the Clown an uneasy feeling...although he remains perfectly friendly...takes his beer, stands up." [screenplay]
def. = a brief intense reaction, usually a feeling of excitement, recognition, or terror, accompanied by a physical shudder or thrill
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Jack was grabbing the bull by its horns when he suggested to Ennis that they could have a sweet life together.
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David Harbour played Randall Malone.
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Brokeback Mountain gives us examples of how intolerance affects whole families.
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"The cinematography is remarkable, juxtaposing awe-inspiring images in a way that conveys a deep sincerity for the subject matter. There are mountains to climb and others that represent ideals to work towards, or simply molehills that seem like mountains until we open our eyes and conquer our fears about different lifestyles."
-- iofilm [review] (http://iofilm.co.uk/fm/b/brokeback_mountain_2004_r2.shtml)
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"This isn’t the kind of romance movie with wacky pitfalls and kooky best friends. Co-writers Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana have scripted a quiet, subdued, snails-pace film that just has the two protagonists drink whisky, eat way too many beans and very rarely, wax poetic about their shared childhood misery, all of which comes before the start of anything physical." Todd LaPlace of Hollywood Bitchslap Review (http://www.hollywoodbitchslap.com/review.php?movie=12764&reviewer=401)
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It was the luck that brought Ennis and Jack to Brokeback Mountain. Each of them wondered if it was the good luck or maybe bad luck.
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"Within a mile Ennis felt like someone was pulling his guts out hand over hand a yard at a time." [story]
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Ennis found the two bloody shirts within the nooks and crannies of Jack's closet.
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In the screenplay, Ennis presses his face into the newly discovered shirts, hoping to find the smoky, salty sweet odors of Jack Twist.
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"Ennis, wearing his best shirt, white with wide black stripes, didn't know what time Jack would get there and so had taken the day off, paced back and forth, looking down into a street pale with dust." [story]
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The mock-rodeo-mating-dance is quintessentially Jack-esque.
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Ennis misses the fishing travels with a good rider like Jack Twist.
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"They went off in Jack's truck, bought a bottle of whiskey and within twenty minutes were in the Motel Siesta jouncing a bed." [story]
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Jack and Ennis continued their relationship through thick and thin for twenty years.
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Jack's driving from Texas to Wyoming was quite an undertaking.
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"A truly successful adaptation of a written work to the big screen will demand two things – that it remains somewhat faithful to the source, and yet at the same time be more than just a vanilla adaptation of a book. Brokeback Mountain succeeds on both counts. Much of what transpires in the novella is faithfully reproduced onscreen, and even the dialogue in the movie pretty much follows what was written verbatim."
-- BBM review at SPUG Forums (http://www.spug.net/showthread.php?t=79957) [link]
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Ennis showed little willingness to form a long-term relationship with Cassie Cartwright.
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When Ennis was in Jack's closet xamining his boots, he discovered the two bloody shirts tucked away.
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"Stemmin' the rose", a saying from the brutish Aguirre, is a yahooism.
{Yes, it's in the dictionary.}
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Jack Twist lost much of his zippiness but gained a paunch as the years went by.
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The image above: Proof positive of the pleasantness of viewing Mr. Ledger's and Mr. Gyllenhaal's abs.
=appreciation= Fran
Thanks for reminding us (below) of the banging that went on at the Motel Siesta.
=reply= Elle
:)
Fran
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Re the Motel Siesta:
"A few handfuls of hail rattled against the window followed by rain and slippery wind banging the unsecured door of the next room then and through the night." [story]
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Ennis was climbing the walls waiting for Jack to show up for their four-year reunion.
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Ennis drinks many bottles of beer while waiting for Jack to show up for their four-year reunion.
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When Ennis told Jack he couldn't meet up until November, it pushed Jack over the edge.
=aside= Will
I hate to see you go, the game will miss you, but thanks for all you've done to bring the fun to us! Don't forget, if you change your mind, you can always come back home to the ABCz.
=aside= Ellemeno or Sandy (not sure who posted the pic)
That close-up from the wrasslin' scene is HOT!!!
=reply= Ann Marie
Good to see you again. It was Elle that posted that (http://www.info.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uebprakt/WS9899/icons/hot.gif) picture.
Sandy
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When Jack got tired of beans and wanted to shoot one of the sheep, it gave Ennis
food for thought.
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Proulx wrote:
"Ennis, please, no more damn lonesome ranches for us," she said, sitting on his lap, wrapping her thin, freckled arms around him. "Let's get a place here in town?"
"I guess," said Ennis, slipping his hand up her blouse sleeve and stirring the silky armpit hair...."
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Ennis's visited Jack's parents at the family homestead, to see if he could grant Jack his last wish: to have his ashes spread on Brokeback Mountain.
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"Ledger's magnificent performance is an acting miracle. He seems to tear it from his insides. Ledger doesn't just know how Ennis moves, speaks and listens; he knows how he breathes. To see him inhale the scent of a shirt hanging in Jack's closet is to take measure of the pain of love lost." Peter Travis of Rolling Stone
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"You didn't go up there to fish," Alma said, judgmentally.
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Sean Finnan, Dan Kuzmenko, Evan Godfrey, Cameron Dales, Tyler Flewelling, Mark Gamache, and Naomi Robinson are listed in the film's end credits as "Production Assistants."
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Jack Twist lovingly stroked the side of Ennis' face after Ennis told him of the tough old dead bird.
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As Ennis stood against the fireworks, he was the epitome of monumental loneliness and frustration.
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An excerpt from Ang Lee's acceptance speech upon being presented with the Academy Award for Achievement in Direction for "Brokeback Mountain":
"Wow. I wish I knew how to quit you. First of all, i want to thank two people who don't even exist. Or I should say, they do exist, because of the imagination of Annie Proulx and the artistry of Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. Their names are Ennis and Jack. And they taught all of us who made "Brokeback Mountain" so much about not just all the gay men and women whose love is denied by society but, just as important, the greatness of love itself."
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Jack and Ennis oftentimes met in the cold weather. Brrr.
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Ennis and Jack's first night of rough sex gradually turned into tenderness and playful physical contact.
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Ennis' face quivers before he says "Thank you for your time." to Lureen Twist.
=aside= Friends
Thank you all for keeping the game going.
We are at 7,500 posts, and I am proud to be posting again.
Toast
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Back at the Motel Siesta:
"A few handfuls of hail rattled against the window followed by rain and slippery wind banging the unsecured door of the next room then and through the night." [story]
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Jack was a sometime rodeo rider.
=congrats= Players and Mods
On 7500 posts. We're having some time!
=aside= Toast
Welcome back, friend.
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Jack sings a tune about water and Jesus near the fire.
=reply= Paul
Thanks,
I'm back for some quality time.
I see that you all had some great times in Boston.
Any cherry cake left in your freezer??
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Jack and Ennis' love survived the ups and downs of a twenty-year relationship.
=aside= Toast
Welcome back - I was getting tired of Danish and bagels.
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=congratz= Playerz
We have survived the ups and downs of
270 Rounds and
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Ennis sometimes used humor to veil their true feelings towards Jack.
=reply= Toast
We had a blast in Boston; sorry, no cherry cake left.
Sandy's won first prize, though.
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Over the next few years, Ennis and Jack both find their way through mundane, hollow lives, the former working as a ranch hand in Wyoming, the latter as a would-be rodeo star in Texas who later ends up selling high-end farm equipment. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
=aside= Sandy
*ignores cakeless Paul*
Oh Sandy, Sandy, Sandy. My friend ...
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"After their first, drunken sex -- xplicitly but tactfully filmed -- Ang Lee's images, developed from the screenplay, point up the difference between the two men. Ennis wakes up, hung over; wonders if he really did what he remembers doing...." -- Andrew Hudson [review] (http://www.whitecranejournal.com/68/art6806.asp/url)
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Jack found eating beans to be yuckier than the drip-drying elk meat.
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Ennis castrated young male animals to control zoogamic activity in the herd.
def: adj. sexual reproduction of animals
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Still at the Motel Siesta:
"A few handfuls of hail rattled against the window followed by rain and slippery wind banging the unsecured door of the next room then and through the night." [story]
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Jack bent over backwards to be with Ennis and to make him happy.
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Jack is pretty good with a can opener; he's also pretty good at canoodling.
=aside= Sandy
You still got it!
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In their final encounter, Jack confronts Ennis with the desperately sad truth that they have wasted their lives in outward conformity and secret transgression. From Brokeback Mountain to Walden Pond (http://www.bigqueer.com/index.php?/archives/112-From-Brokeback-Mountain-to-Walden-Pond-Thoreau-and-the-Authentic-Life.html)
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"'I guess,' said Ennis, slipping his hand up her blouse sleeve and stirring the silky armpit hair, then easing her down, fingers moving up her ribs to the jelly breast, over the round belly and knee and up into the wet gap all the way to the north pole or the equator depending which way you thought you were sailing, working at it until she shuddered and bucked against his hand and he rolled her over, did quickly what she hated." [story]
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Lureen flaunted her sorority association in LaShawn's presence -- an act that was certainly deliberate.
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February, 2006
The eight Academy Award nominations secured this week by Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain" guarantee that not only will the film itself continue to prosper at the box office, but that the bitter culture war surrounding the gay-themed western will continue to be fought. (http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/ssi/globalnav/wpdotcom_190x30.gif) (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/01/AR2006020102477_pf.html)
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"Ennis stayed as lean as a clothespole, stepped around in worn boots, jeans and shirts summer and winter, added a canvas coat in cold weather. A benign growth appeared on his eyelid and gave it a drooping appearance, a broken nose healed crooked." [story]
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Rasslin' around up on the mountain half-nekkid in broad daylight was ill-advised.
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The cliff, that Ennis and Jack jumped off, was the jumping-off place for their first tryst in the mountains.
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"Brokeback Mountain, which spans two decades beginning in 1963, depicts cowboys trapped in the first two generations of gay history. The emotionally frozen Ennis can never fully embrace his love for Jack because he has been subjected to a particularly terrifying form of conversion therapy. When he was nine, his father took him to see a man who had been beaten to death for having 'ranched up' with another man. The heterosexual imperative reflected in that murder drives both Ennis and Jack to marry women. But Jack believes a different life is possible — he tries to persuade Ennis that they can inhabit a closet built for two. The tragedy of the film is that Jack is too far ahead of his time — it is the less courageous Ennis who survives."
-- an excerpt from Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights, by Kenji Yoshino
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The Jack Twist who showed up near Aguirre's trailer and draped himself over his pickup was a much better looker than the Jack Twist created by Annie Proulx.
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"Later, that dozy embrace solidified in his memory as the single moment of artless, charmed happiness in their separate and difficult lives. Nothing marred it, even the knowledge that Ennis would not then embrace him face to face because he did not want to see or feel that it was Jack he held. And maybe, he thought, they’d never got much farther than that. Let be, let be." [story]
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Ennis nuzzles Jack with his nose after the reunion kiss.
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Annie Proulx traces the origin of Ennis Del Mar to a "country gay" man that she saw at the Mint Bar.
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"'I looked in the case when I got a chance, and there was my note still tied there, and that line hadn't touched water in its life.' As though the word 'water' had called out its domestic cousin, she twisted the faucet, sluiced the plates." [story]
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While on the mountain, Jack and Ennis usually shared both breakfast and supper quotidianly.
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The actor chosen to play Jack's father (Peter McRobbie) certainly looks like (Grant) Wood's living cadavers -- grim, wheezing skinhead, lacking only that pitchfork -- and the house itself has the quality of skeleton to it: bare with unfinished wood, rotting in the sun.
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"They stayed in the little apartment which he (Ennis) favored because it could be left at any time." [story]
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Ennis' life turned topsy-turvy after spending the night with Jack in Tent Scene I.
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Alma guides Ennis' hand to feel unborn Junior stirring, while watching "Surf Party". Surf's up and Junior's hanging ten.
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After he found out that the summer was over for them, Ennis sat vacantly on the side of the hill, until Jack got him moving.
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Ennis and Jack were wrapped up in each other in Tent Scene II and then for the rest of their lives.
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Ennis killed the elk with xpeditiousness.
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There was a great deal of yellowness in Lureen's hair and teeth.
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A search for "Annie Proulx" at Zata.com will lead to a link for Amazon.com, where the book "Brokeback Mountain" and several of Proulx's other words are available.
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Jack and Ennis cared for each other above and beyond their sexual relationship.
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Jack's dysfunctional family is bullied by his braggart of a father-in-law.
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=milestone= Sandy
There, there!!
You can have lots of turkey when Jack takes the knife.
I should have noticed that that was post 1000 for you.
Congrats Sandy.
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The boys were lovely canoodlers in TS2.
=aside= Toast
You still got it, too.
=congrats= Sandy
On one thousand posts!! Go, girl.
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Jack was very disappointed when Ennis gave him the brush-off after his divorce.
=aside=
I just reached 1001 posts.
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"The mountain boiled with demonic energy, glazed with flickering broken-cloud light; the wind combed the grass and drew from the damaged krummholz and slit rock a bestial drone." [story]
=milestone= Sandy
Congratz on your 1,000+ posts. Keep 'em coming.
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Cassie was a flirty flinger of hair, but she didn't fall in love with fun.
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And what's the image of the real America through (Ennis' trailer) window? Why it's flat. It's a dreary rural wheatscape, if you will, with no features to interest the eye, no textures to assuage the soul. There's nothing interesting to it. It expresses someone's idea of repressed America, where gay men are forced to bury their personalities and violent conformism is the rule of the day.
To paraphrase Gertrude Stein, there's no there there.
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"There were only the two of them on the mountain, flying in the euphoric, bitter air, looking down on the hawk's back and the crawling lights of vehicles on the plain below, suspended above ordinary affairs and distant from tame ranch dogs barking in the dark hours." [story]
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Jack was completely emotionally invested in Ennis.
=aside= Toast, Paul, & Fran
Thanks for your good wishes on my 1000 posts. We're all batting a thousand right now.
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Ennis and Jack went journeying all over Wyoming, looking for something they had never lost.
=aside= Fran
This post makes me think of our journeying from the ABCs.
And what always brought us all back.
It was/is someone we really appreciate (most of the time).
And a person we better not take for granted.
What keeps this game rolling is you Fran and your love for the game and for us.
Sometimes we resent that there are rules, but we could not reach 272 without a code of rules and a knowledgable "girl" to keep us on the straight and narrow.
Thank You Fran from my Toasty little heart.
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Pre-Oscar buzz:
"Brokeback won the Producer's Guild award Sunday night. Another kudo is a season of acclaim for Ang Lee's latest. But might we, and the Academy, be ready to 'quit' on the gay cowboy romance? Is Brokeback becoming a foregone conclusion, too early for its own good?" -- Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel [link] (http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog/2006/01/quitting_brokeb.html/url)
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Jack and Ennis tussled with a tangle of limbs.
=aside=
Hi everybody! Congratz, Sandy!!
=reply= Lee
Thanks and congratz to you on becoming a mod. You look great in blue.
Sandy
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Gyllenhaal and Ledger are both magnificent. Their scenes of passion have a masculine brute force, pent-up repression unleashed, passion unrestrained. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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=milestone= Memento
Sandy, Sandy, Sandy.
Your first 1000 is a magnificent thing.
I still have a cuban cigar. Oops you're a lady though.
We eagerly await more of your double entendres.
This is my hand, my wine and a Labrador toast to you, my friend.
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Jack stopped to see Aguirre (the summer after he met Ennis) looking for work, and was promptly notified Aguirre had nothing for him.
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"To reduce the latest picture from director Ang Lee to a taxonomic designation — 'gay cowboy movie,' for instance — would grossly oversimplify a bittersweet tale that delights with its already simple presentation and vast emotional depth."
-- Nicholas Tam, The Gateway
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The English version of "Quizas" is "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" and was the theme song of the British version of "Coupling". Perhaps if Ennis had said "yes", Jack would never have gone to Mexico.
Here are the lyrics (made famous by Doris Day, God help us):
You won't admit you love me.
And so how am I ever to know?
You always tell me
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.
A million times I have asked you,
And then I ask you over again.
You only answer
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.
If you can't make your mind up,
We'll never get started.
And I don't wanna wind up
Being parted, broken-hearted.
So if you really love me,
Say yes.
But if you don't, dear, confess.
And please don't tell me
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps .
If you can't make your mind up,
We'll never get started.
And I don't wanna wind up
Being parted, broken-hearted.
So if you really love me,
Say yes.
But if you don't, dear, confess.
And please don't tell me
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps,
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps,
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps,
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.
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Quebec's rating for Brokeback Mountain was 13+; meaning that younger people could more easily see the film in Quebec than in the rest of Canada (14A), or in the United States(R).
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"Years on years they worked their way through the high meadows and mountain drainages, horse-packing into the Big Horns, Medicine Bows, south end of the Gallatins, Absarokas, Granites, Owl Creeks, the Bridger-Teton Range, the Freezeouts and the Shirleys, Ferrises and the Rattlesnakes, Salt River Range, into the Wind Rivers over and again, the Sierra Madres, Gros Ventres, the Washakies, Laramies, but never returning to Brokeback." [story]
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Ennis was much more straight-laced in his outlook on life than Jack.
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In the movie, Ennis mounted the postcard to the closet door with one thumbtack.
In the screenplay he used more than one thumbtack to attach the postcard to the wall of the trailer room, beside the shirts.
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"Here is a movie that takes the extramarital affairs of two men, which in this case happen to be the same affair, and portrays it as a necessary escape from an unfulfilling life that is itself inescapable."
-- Nicholas Tam, The Gateway
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Somehow, Jack manages to make the phrase, "Pretty good with a can opener" sound like a vaunt.
1. [n] - extravagant self-praise
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We can never know which it was that ended the life of Jack Twist: the tire rim or the tire iron.
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"When the Hi-Top folded, they moved to a small apartment in Riverton up over a laundry. Ennis got on the highway crew, tolerating it but working weekends at the Rafter B in xchange for keeping his horses out there." [story]
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In their early years as friends and lovers, Jack was a consistent yea-sayer about their relationship.
yea-say·er [ ysr ]
n.
One who is confidently affirmative in attitude.
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MSN Movies has a podcast: "Jake Gyllenhaal on 'Jarhead,' 'Brokeback,' and 'Zodiac'." Listen to Jake. (http://entertainment.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=141369&stab=5)
=aside= Toast
Thank you for that magnificent toast. That picture is worth a thousand posts. I actually took a puff of a Cuban cigar when I was in Cuba 6 years ago. I'll stick to just Mojitos.
Sandy
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Jack was often attuned to Ennis' feelings.
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Jack tries to convince Ennis to start a life with him, to build a cabin and to run a cow and calf operation together.
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Ennis to Mrs. Twist: “Thank you, Ma’am, I’ll take a cup a coffee but I can’t eat no cake just now.” [story]
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"In December Ennis married Alma Beers and had her pregnant by mid-January." [story]
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Ennis found Jack's company to be engaging.
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One flash from the gun and Ennis had meat to supplement the boys' diet.
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"'You goin' a do this next summer?' said Jack to Ennis in the street, one leg already up in his green pickup. The wind was gusting hard and cold." [story]
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When Cassie confronts Ennis in the bus station, he is working on a half-eaten piece of (humble) pie.
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Jack wanted soup instead of more beans, and Ennis took the message down the mountain.
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Kenton Jakub is listed as "ADR Editor" in the film's end credits.
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Jack engaged in kookiness when he performed his mock-rodeo mating dance.
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After loading the week's supplies on the mules, Ennis started off up the mountain - without the spuds and powdered milk.
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Mary McBride is one of the singers whose work is featured in Brokeback Mountain. Mary's rendition of "No One's Gonna Love You Like Me" is heard when Jack is dancing with Lureen.
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The harassment or threat that Ennis expected if the truth became known was a nonevent for him, but may have befallen Jack instead.
=comment= Mrs. Twist
Greetings! So happy to see you here, Mary!
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Alma Del Mar kept her opinion of Jack Nasty to herself.
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Jack gave a look where he was clearly pining away for Ennis.
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Wishing you happiness on your birthday.
May you find yourself surrounded by friends!
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"I read one of her (Annie Proulx's) previous books, The Shipping News, and couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t stop reading a book about such weird people. Brokeback Mountain has some the same character quirkiness. It also haunts you for days after reading it."
-- "Get a Read on the Movies" [link] (http://www.nwoutdoorgrrl.com/index.php/blue_stripes/category/C8/url)
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Those of us who are left (watching Brokeback Mountain) get the full emotional weight of the scene as the repressed man finally allows himself the redemptive pleasure of a little expression.
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Ennis felt that he had to straighten things out with Jack after what happened the previous night in Tent Scene I.
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Ennis jerked his hand away like he'd touched fire, reared up, and for a long, tension-filled moment, Jack and Ennis just stared at each other.
=congratz= Mayor Emeritus Will
Happy birthday to our Mayor and Founder, Will-ABC!
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Ledger keeps his character's volume low. Barely opening his mouth when speaking, his voice is frequently an indecipherable mumble, his face, a stoic, blank slate. He's in hiding. And yet there are isolated moments when we see Ennis's pain, guilt, anger and utter hopelessness at being unable to solve a situation that is completely untenable. The impact hits us with the force of a stampede. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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"The rest of its 136-minute running time, Brokeback follows the lives of Ennis and Jack as they settle down with wives and children and contend with relationships that are increasingly loveless. It proceeds with the same methodical patience but drips with ambient dramatic conflict that hooks the viewer with concern for all the players."
-- Nicholas Tam, The Gateway
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When Ennis told Alma that Jack Twist was a fishing buddy instead of telling her that they had herded sheep together, he was trying to pull the wool over her eyes.
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"W" is Will, too. ;D
8) Happy Birthday, Will! 8)
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A great deal of xcretion was going on on Brokeback Mountain. I could list the by-product by animal if required.
=aside= Toast
Thanks for your generous offer, but I think it would be a wasted effort.
Sandy
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There was canned beans and boxed soup, but drip-drying elk meat was the yuckiest.
=congrats= Will
Happy birthday to hizzoner!
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The success of "Brokeback Mountain" is expected to pave the way for more gay-themed films, including producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan's biopic of slain San Francisco Mayor Harvey Milk, "The Mayor of Castro Street." [article]
(http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002117015/url)
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Round 274
We always want more.
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Click on the image to visit Lightning Flat in Northern Wyoming
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The two shirts on the closet door are actually very old, but Ennis loves them very much.
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Alma dared to broach the subject of Jack Nasty.
=aside= Toast
That tour of Lightning Flat is gorgeous. Thanks.
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The tent was chockablock after Ennis entered it, but he and Jack didn't mind.
def: in a crowded manner or condition
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"Jack and Ennis "shook hands, hit each other on the shoulder; then there was forty feet of distance between them and nothing to do but drive away in opposite directions." [story]
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Ennis was a great eater of beans. It would be a joy to serve him beans and listen to him eat them.
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When Ennis got gut cramps in the alley, he slammed his fist into the wall, in a confusion of rage and sorrow.
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HAPPY BBM BIRTHDAY WILL-ABC!!!!!
I dont know anyone who deserves a happier and gayer birthday more than your ABCz mayor and my spezial Will! Ive seen his endless work creating the ABCz game and its rules and extra touches on this board like answers in red and names in blue making it more colorful fun. I saw the ABCz when he had the game red hot at the IMDB's BBM. It was the talk of the town there and it still is here at BM. I sometimes yelled at Will (some of you heard me while you were on the phone with him) to get off the damn board when he was on too much. I think his stats show he clocked 33 days of total time 99% on this ABCz board. Thats one reason you dint see me. ::)
What made me come now? Actually I cant believe its my idea! Its cause its Will's birthday and Im making him extra happy today (and tonight). For the wannabe conspirators (I know this board well), no Im not "Will". Ha-ha! But watch out. We do have some expressions the same which makes sense. He got em from me. Ha-ha! Anyway loving DeeDee and bright John Gallagher and nice Meryl (who I see here today with birthday wishes for Will) have all drunk drinks and broke bread with me in person at restaurants. Ask em! Others here like Fran-E, Ann-E and Mand-E have spoken with the Dre on the phone and seen my pix. I mightve answered the phone when some others called too. Id put a link to my pix but Mod Fran said "No!". Private! You bet, Will 2nd that! ;)
Anyway now you officially met the real bad boi,
"D" is for Dre! O0
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"G" is for gayer -- this one is for "U" Will-U!!!!!
In BBM movie audiences some people asked, and still do, who is gayer: Ennis or Jack? (For me that is a no-brainer. Remember Mexico?)
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Ennis rolled Alma over and "did quickly what she hated." [story]
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Jack helped initiate Ennis to the ways of love. :-*
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Jack warshed the clothes in the flowing stream, naked as a jaybird (xcept for his boots).
=aside= Dre!
Welcome Dre! Give Will a birthday kiss for me!
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It isn't knowable whether Jack died accidentally or as the victim of a hate crime.
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"Most of the communication in this movie, and the best of it, is nonverbal; Ledger says about as many lines as Bambi, but he speaks volumes."
-- Nicholas Tam, The Gateway
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Cassie manhandled Ennis onto the dance floor.
Man, Ennis can't dance (except in the sequel:)
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Poster courtesy of Quiplash
=aside= Paul
"Would ya just watch the hair. Ya know, I spend a long time on my hair and he hit it; he hit my hair."
Sandy
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov did not compose his "Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34" specifically for Brokeback Mountain, so it is classed as non-original music in the credits.
=aside= Paul
It looks like Ennis needed the right dancin' ranchin' partner.
That hair could make anyone dance ....
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"Finally, after four years they (Jack and Ennis) are reunited and immediately pick up where they left off, returning to the fabled Brokeback Mountain, which becomes a physical and symbolic locus of solitude where they can be together in a way they can't be otherwise."
-- James Kendrick, QNetwork.com
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After working all day on the mountain, Jack and Ennis enjoyed a quick pick-me-up of whiskey and each other.
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Jack Twist's voice quavers when he tries to make small talk to Mrs. Del Mar.
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"Years on years they worked their way through the high meadows and mountain drainages, horse-packing into the Big Horns, Medicine Bows, south end of the Gallatins, Absarokas, Granites, Owl Creeks, the Bridger-Teton Range, the Freezeouts and the Shirleys, Ferrises and the Rattlesnakes, Salt River Range, into the Wind Rivers over and again, the Sierra Madres, Gros Ventres, the Washakies, Laramies, but never returning to Brokeback." [story]
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Jack and Ennis agreed to never spill the beans about the nature of their relationship.
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Alma had to remind her eager fisher husband to take his tackle.
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There was quite an uproar when Jack had the winning time at the rodeo.
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Alma preferred to have sex with Ennis vis-a-vis rather than the way she hated.
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The Brokeback Mountain short story and the prologue
were written by Annie Proulx (center);
and the Brokeback Mountain screenplays
were written by Larry McMurtry (right), and Diana Ossana (left).
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Ennis had a tendency to xpectorate to express disdain.
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Happy Birthday today and a Blessed New Year, Mayor Will!
Oh, my, our ABCzville Mayor's birthday! It's usually so wonderful to celebrate the day of our birth. It's much better than the alternative, Dears.
Mayor Will, may I ask.... Want a cup of fresh hot coffee, don't you? Piece of cherry birthday cake? Prayfully, you are having some at this very moment, Dear.
Peace and blessings,
Mrs. Mary S. Twist
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Well, I must say that from what was described in the Brokeback Mountain story and what we saw in the movie, my beloved and hot boys Jack and Ennis displayed sexual yauldness. Oh, my, what an unusual word for two unusual boys!!
def. = vigor, liveliness, lustihood
Bless,
Mrs. MST
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Ennis laughed at the zaniness of Jack's rodeo mating dance.
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I am as pleased as punch to also be here to announce the remarkable 275th round of the ABCz of Brokeback Mountain!
To quote myself: You come back and see us again!
May your next visit also be "B" for "blessed".
Mrs. Mary S. Twist
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The mountain scenery is often awe-inspiring.
=aside= Mrs. Twist
You inspire awe, yourself, ma'am.
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"They found a bar and drank beer through the afternoon, Jack telling Ennis about a lightning storm on the mountain the year before that killed forty-two sheep, the peculiar stink of them and the way they bloated, the need for plenty of whiskey up there." [story]
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It's when the movie moves upstairs at Jack's parents' house that "Brokeback Mountain" achieves its true power and universality. The subject then becomes not homosexuality but closets, which Lee presents, again literally -- that's a real closet there -- and metaphorically.
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Birthday Surprise! :o It's always nice to have a surprise on your birthday! I had a few good ones today -- including Mr. Bad Boi Dre! alas posting at BetterMost Forum -- so now I'm giving this surprise 2 U all!
Thanx to the ABCz Playerz who kindly acknowledged ABCz-ville Mayor Will's Birthday!
I believe that virtually all of the ABCz Playerz are the best, the smartest and the wittiest folkz. I felt that from when I first started the endless ABCz game over at IMDB's "Brokeback Mountain" board. And, sometimes, understandably, we are the most emotional. Hey, let's face it, this ain't no feed store! :laugh:
=aside= Fran
U R A-1 (OK, A-2) at being a Mod. :) U ride it and guide it. In fact, I haven't had to talk U out of quitting since... yesterday! ;D Special thanx 4 kicking off my colorful and lively birthday tribute here at the still #1 "ABCz of BBM"! :-*
=aside= Sandy
Though I said it 2 U as an 'aside' about a third-year ago, U remembered about the Gay rainbow and my birthday greeting! Tanx! Plus, U R the "Duchess of Double-EntenDres"! :)
=aside= Will-ABC
While I'm here visiting, I may as well play an ABCz game letter! What letter is up next? "D" for Dre!
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When Ennis & Jack were at their BBM campfire and telling each other about their growing up, etc., Ennis related that: "Daddy said that all rodeo cowboys were fuck-ups"! Unfortunately for Ennis, Daddy Del Mar was a ver' bad daddy! :(
Note: This is Daddy in the proper name sense; thus cap "D"! How's Beckala? In Round 12, she played the lower-cased "daddy"! ;D
=greetings= Dre!
Although U have actually been an ABCz player here and at BBM longer than anyone butt me, this is your official welcome from the ABCz-ville Mayor for formally joining us on board! ;D All of your friends here such as Fran and Meryl must be so glad 2 C U! ??? Special thanx for my birthday greetings -- and your very special b-day gifts 2 me. :-*
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"The film stars Heath Ledger as Ennis del Mar, a laconic young buckaroo armed with a wedding engagement and more than his fair share of inner demons even before he meets Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), with whom he spends the summer of ’63 herding sheep in the Wyoming Rockies, which are themselves very obviously the west-of-Calgary Rockies."
-- Nicholas Tam, The Gateway
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EXT: DOWNTOWN RIVERTON: BLACK AND BLUE EAGLE BAR: NIGHT:
Ennis parks across the street from the BLACK AND BLUE EAGLE BAR. Gets out and without looking or bothering about the thin traffic, walks across the street toward the bar. A pickup with roughnecks in it has to brake sharply to keep from hitting him, so sharply that their dog, an ugly, tough-looking mongrel is thrown out of the back, nearly run over by traffic coming the other way.
First Roughneck: (driving, size of a bear) "Hey, fuckhead, watch where the fuck you're goin', you nearly got my dawg kilt."
Without hesitation, Ennis runs around the pickup, yanks open the driver door, drags the huge man out in the slushy street, pummeling him and kicking him.
Knees him in the nuts. [2003 screenplay]
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Jack was a grabber of attention, and, um, other things.
=aside= Toast
That's a hard act to follow.
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Jack took a hands-on approach to initiate sex in Tent Scene I with Ennis.
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"The rest of its 136-minute running time, Brokeback follows the lives of Ennis and Jack as they settle down with wives and children and contend with relationships that are increasingly loveless."
-- Nicholas Tam, The Gateway
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Jack journeys all the way from Texas, so that they can have journeys through the mountains.
=aside= Friends
This is Thanksgiving Weekend in Canada!!!
I'm off with pumpkin to make pie,
and there'd better be turkey sometime this weekend.
See you all later, after my journeys.
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Jack and Ennis were a couple of knockouts, even when they weren't fighting.
=aside= Toast
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving.
Have a knockout time.
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"'Ennis, please, no more damn lonesome ranches for us,' she (Alma) said, sitting on his lap, wrapping her thin, freckled arms around him." [story]
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Ennis couldn't cut the mustard as far as knowing what condiments were.
=aside= Toast
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving. Hope you have some tasty condiments.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILL!!
Hope your day was the best and your year even better.
Sorry I'm late, but better late than never, right? :-*
Love,
amh AKA Marla
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L.D. Newsome was an insufferable bore and a nincompoop.
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"...Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhall give the kind of performances that take a story from a conceit to something that truly gets into your heart. Gyllenhall is the more boyish of the two, full of optimism and therefore more overtly wounded when he runs up against the walls that hold him in."
-- James Kendrick, QNetwork Film Desk (http://www.qnetwork.com/?page=review&id=1561)
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Ennis' relationship with Cassie eventually petered out.
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Jack quells Ennis' anxieties by saying, "Me, neither".
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Joe Aguirre "didn't ask if Ennis had a watch but took a cheap round ticker on a braided cord from a box on a high shelf, wound and set it, tossed it to him as if he weren't worth the reach." [story]
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When they were standing in front of Aguirre's trailor, Jack and Ennis sized each other up.
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Jack was tuned in to Ennis' feelings but not to harmonica playing.
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[Ang] Lee lets the tale unfold in its own time, its own way, and yet the story never flags, never engages us less than fully, building to a heart-shredding conclusion. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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"Despite the fact that 'Brokeback' had swept the most meaningful best picture races from December through February, the buzz was that 'Crash' was gaining momentum while 'Brokeback' was losing steam. Nonetheless, most Hollywood handicappers (including yours truly, sorry to say) just weren't willing to believe the Oscar outcome would differ from all those earlier votes by members of the Producers Guild of America, the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., the Broadcast Film Critics Assn. and the British Academy."
-- Martin A. Grove, The Hollywood Reporter [link] (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/columns/grove_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002117648/url)
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Ennis shows his sense of humor by making wisecracks about Jack's harmonica playing and his rodeoing.
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The xecrableness of Earl's death had a lifelong impact on Ennis Del Mar.
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The movie "Brokeback Mountain" is specifically referred to in Kenji Yoshino's book, Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights:
"'Brokeback Mountain,' which spans two decades beginning in 1963, depicts cowboys trapped in the first two generations of gay history. The emotionally frozen Ennis can never fully embrace his love for Jack because he has been subjected to a particularly terrifying form of conversion therapy. When he was nine, his father took him to see a man who had been beaten to death for having 'ranched up' with another man. The heterosexual imperative reflected in that murder drives both Ennis and Jack to marry women. But Jack believes a different life is possible — he tries to persuade Ennis that they can inhabit a closet built for two. The tragedy of the film is that Jack is too far ahead of his time — it is the less courageous Ennis who survives."
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"At the Venice International Film Festival awards ceremony last Saturday, Ang Lee walked away with the Golden Lion for his film Brokeback Mountain. And Zhong A-cheng, the only Chinese jury member at the festival, thinks of himself as the behind-the-scenes helper that propelled the director onto the world stage." [Tapei Times] Link to article (http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2005/09/16/2003271930)
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And what's the image of the real America through (Ennis' trailer) window? Why it's flat. It's a dreary rural wheatscape, if you will, with no features to interest the eye, no textures to assuage the soul. There's nothing interesting to it. It expresses someone's idea of repressed America, where gay men are forced to bury their personalities and violent conformism is the rule of the day.
To paraphrase Gertrude Stein, there's no there there.
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=aside= Sandy
There's always some there here.
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From their aerie, Jack and Ennis could barely hear tame ranch dogs barking.
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"At first glance Jack seemed fair enough with his curly hair and quick laugh, but for a small man he carried some weight in the haunch, and his smile disclosed buckteeth, not pronounced enough to let him eat popcorn out of the neck of a jug, but noticeable." [story]
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Jack and Ennis aren’t really cowboys so much as displaced farm boys looking for any way to make a living. They meet when they’re both hired as sheepherders.
PWW.org (http://www.pww.org/article/view/8389/1/303/)
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Ennis' stoicism was balanced by Jack's ebullience.
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"All the little gold men have been handed out, but will any victory have lasting effect? Certainly it will in Alberta - the real location of Brokeback Mountain which went into the Oscars as the front-runner but, in the only twist of the evening, was bumped by Crash for best picture."
-- Debra Cummings, Travel Alberta [article] (http://www1.travelalberta.com/Stories/index.cfm?action=display&storyID=180/url)
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Conservatives will see the liberal tyranny of an entertainment culture forcing elitist "progressive values" on the reluctant red-state millions and, in the process, staining the purity of the most American of good ol' American genres, the western, home of Duke Wayne, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers.
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After spending the night in the motel, Ennis and Jack decided to head for the hills.
=aside= Toast
If we're neither here nor there, where are we?
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"Four BAFTAs, Four Golden Globes and universal recognition from critics and movie industry bodies alike have put Brokeback Mountain firmly in the saddle for this year’s Academy Awards race. Quality speaks for itself, and Brokeback has it in spades."
-- Sky.com (http://oscars.sky.com/Features/pgeFeature.aspx?id=85)
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Ennis joyfully bounded down the steps and into the arms of Jack Twist.
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Ennis had a hard time dealing with the knottiness of his relationship with Jack.
Def: puzzling complexity
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"Brokeback Mountain exudes atmosphere; it could well be considered to be the third lead in the film. That atmosphere is captured by two extraordinary designers: cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (Frida, 21 Grams), whose Ansel Adams-influenced backgrounds are the best travel brochure Wyoming ever had, and composer Gustavo Santaolalla (The Motorcycle Diaries), whose plaintive guitar settings are the musical equivalent of hearing a heart break."
-- Gabriel Shanks, Mixed Reviews [review] (http://www.mixedreviews.net/maindishes/2005/brokeback/brokeback_gabriel.shtml/url)
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What starts as a sexual release quickly turns into something far more meaningful, although Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger), the quieter and more withdrawn of the two, doesn't quite recognize the transformation he's been through until after he and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) go their separate ways at summer's end. Hunched over himself in an alley, Ennis falls prey to a violent fit of nausea, as if his stomach were being ripped out. It's his body telling him that he's just been separated from his soulmate. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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Ennis was needling Jack about his less-than-virtuoso harmonica playing.
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"There's nothing fussy or attention-getting about Lee's direction or Rodrigo Prieto's photography, but the selection of shots and the rhythm of their cutting seem unerringly right. And while many of today's movies don't really end — you see a splice, and the end credits roll — the capper here is a kick in the gut. It's an old-style virtue for a film that's old-style in the best way: unassuming but people-oriented and aiming to endure."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today [review] (http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2005-12-08-brokeback_x.htm/url)
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Jack, and especially Ennis, don't always express themselves eloquently, but they manage to get their points across. There's a simple poetry to their words. ''I wish I knew how to quit you,'' a frustrated Jack says to Ennis, and his sentiments ring with pain and desperation. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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Alma felt that there was a questionableness about Ennis' "fishing trips".
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Jack: "Had a busted leg. Busted in three places. Come off the bull and it was a big bull with a lot of drop, he got rid of me in about three flat, and he come after me and he sure was faster...." [story]
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I stole away and cried ....
Bob Dylan [Brokeback Mountain soundtrack as sung by Willie Nelson]
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Ennis was initially taken aback when Jack took his hand and placed it on his crotch.
=aside= Toast
That's a beautiful picture.
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"Ang Lee uses detail to make the story authentic, to help us know things without knowing we know them: he alerts us to the inevitable ending from the beginning. His film is fulfilling as a work of art; it unfolds organically, ends where it's meant to end. We come away saddened but satisfied."
-- Andrew Hudson, White Crane Journal [link] (http://www.whitecranejournal.com/68/art6806.asp)
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Again the visuals (of Brokeback Mountain) are overwhelming in their attitude: family life, home life, breeder life as a gestalt of impoverishment and stark, comfortless angularity.
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Brokeback was the winner of three Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Score.
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"Annie Proulx, the 70-year-old author of the story 'Brokeback Mountain,' confessed to being blown away by Ang Lee's film. But the film made Ennis and Jack, the two ranch hands who fall in love, return to the forefront of her consciousness, a fact that doesn’t necessarily make her happy.
"'Put yourself in my place,' she says, 'an elderly, white, straight female, trying to write about two 19-year-old gay kids in 1963. What kind of imaginative leap do you think was necessary? Profound, extreme, large. To get into those guys' heads and actions took a lot of 16-hour days, and never thinking about anything else and living a zombie life. That's what I had to do. I really needed an xorcist to get rid of those characters. And they roared back when I saw the film.'"
-- Softpedia News [Annie Proulx tells the story of "Brokeback Mountain"] (http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-author-of-the-story-Brokeback-Mountain-talks-about-the-film-15748.shtml)
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Ennis was taught to be respectful to his elders, saying "yes'm" and "no sir."
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In his day-to-day conversations, Ennis made zoographical judgments such as the size of a coyote's balls and the startle point of a horse to describe the animals he dealt with.
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Round 277 !!!!!!!
Wavin' to the girls in the stands!
He's kickin' me to high heaven!
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Ennis "could hear Jack's mother downstairs running water, filling the kettle and setting it back on the stove, asking the old man a muffled question." [story]
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Ennis and Jack experience a four-year breach after their initial summer on Brokeback.
Def: a temporary gap in continuity : HIATUS
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Liberals will see the film as a beacon of tolerance, a study of the cruel pathologies of intolerance, a plea for acceptance for the humane principle that love between consenting adults, no matter their gender or orientation, should be celebrated.
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"At first glance Jack seemed fair enough with his curly hair and quick laugh, but for a small man he carried some weight in the haunch and his smile disclosed buckteeth, not pronounced enough to let him eat popcorn out of the neck of a jug, but noticeable." [story]
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Jack has an easy-going charm about him.
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As the film progressed, Lureen took on an increasingly fulsome appearance.
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With a swift kick, Ennis reduced the bikers to groveling.
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"...in a blowy hailstorm the sheep took off west and got among a herd in another allotment." [story]
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Most people misread Ennis, since he's a man who is reserved; however, underneath he has intangible qualities such as his love for Jack.
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Ennis made the jocoserious comment:
"You may be a sinner, but I ain't yet had the opportunity".
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In Kyoto, Japan, the movie "Brokeback Mountain" was featured at the Kyoto Cinema. [theater listings] (http://www.kansaiscene.com/2006_04/html/cinemalistings.shtml/url)
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"As for his two main boys, Lee noted that before the nine-week shoot in Wyoming he actually sent Ledger and Gyllenhaal to 'cowboy boot camp.' Ledger, who grew up on a ranch in Australia, breezed through it while Gyllenhaal, a 'city boy,' needed a bit more time to learn the ropes, as it were." Greg Archer for Out Now Magazine
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Alma's dining furniture is mismatched. The leaf in her chrome table isn't even the right colour.
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"Ennis marries his longtime sweetheart, Alma (Michelle Williams), while Jack wanders through the rodeo circuit, eventually falling into the arms of a sexually forthright cowgirl named Lureen (Anne Hathaway), whose family-owned business will provide Jack with a comfortable lifestyle and potential respectability. Yet, neither of them can quite forget the other, and their time together nags in the back of their minds."
-- James Kendrick, QNetwork Film Desk (http://www.qnetwork.com/?page=review&id=1561)
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When Ennis went back to the sheep, he thought about what an out-of-sight good time he had.
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The happiest image in the film, and the most poignant, is Ennis and Jack, off by their lonesome, pulling off their clothes and leaping off a cliff into the placid, welcoming waters below.
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"Screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana have worked extensively in the Western genre (McMurtry is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove, among many other Western novels, and Ossana has worked exclusively writing Western teleplays with McMurtry, several of which were based on his novels); thus, they understand well the conventions of the form, notably the homosocial bonding that by its very nature requires the exclusion of women. Some will likely decry Brokeback Mountain for “queering” an ostensibly masculine and unquestionable cornerstone of American mythology, but all one need do is watch the gun comparison sequence in Red River (1948) to see just how easily the latent homosexual connotations of the Western can come to the surface."
-- James Kendrick, QNetwork Film Desk (http://www.qnetwork.com/?page=review&id=1561)
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Jack was prepared to ruffle a few feathers at Thanksgiving when he stood up to L.D.
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Ledger keeps his character's volume low. Barely opening his mouth when speaking, his voice is frequently an indecipherable mumble, his face, a stoic, blank slate. He's in hiding. And yet there are isolated moments when we see Ennis's pain, guilt, anger and utter hopelessness at being unable to solve a situation that is completely untenable. The impact hits us with the force of a stampede. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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Joe Aguirre: "You got your dogs, your 30/30, sleep there. Last summer I had goddamn near twenty-five percent loss. I don't want that again." [screenplay]
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The underlying sexual tension between Ennis and Jack escalated into a rough-and-tumble encounter in Tent Scene I.
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Jack was surprised by how vivaciously Ennis grabbed his little darlin Jack fuckin' Twist.
The ABCz Clowns have
vivaciously
made it to
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"The story’s great success is its refusal to pass judgment on the affair for wrecking the marriages, or the marriages for wrecking the affair. It examines both models of causality, and does not stoop to assign blame."
-- Nicholas Tam, The Gateway [review] (http://www.gateway.ualberta.ca/view.php?aid=5397)
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The animals on Brokeback Mountain deposited large amounts of xcretable material all over the landscape.
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Lureen had yellowy hair when she was older.
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A zeal-driven Jack red-lined it all the way to Riverton for the reunion with Ennis.
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Dedicated ABCs Players:
You truly are first-rate!
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When Alma referred to Jack as "Jack Nasty", it just added fuel to the fire.
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Brokeback Mountain is the story of Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, and the hard bargains they make to love each other.
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Jack: "You goin' a do this next summer?"
Ennis: "Maybe not. Like I said, Alma and me's gettin' married in December. Try to get somethin' on a ranch. You?
Jack: "If nothin' better comes along. Thought some about going back up to my daddy's place, give him a hand over the winter, then maybe head out for Texas in the spring. If the draft don't get me."
Ennis: "Well, see you around, I guess."
Jack: "Right." [story dialogue]
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Aguirre was a dyed-in-the-wool cynical sheep rancher.
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... If you looked at the story (of Brokeback Mountain) from another vantage -- the children's -- it would be a different tale altogether: about greedy, selfish, undisciplined homosexuals who took out a contract in the heterosexual world, and abandoned it. They weren't true men; they failed at the man's one sacred duty on Earth, which is to provide.
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=aside= Sandy
Your turns of phrase are too much!
If Brokeback had action figures, I'd like the Woolly Joe.
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"Ennis ran full-throttle on all roads whether fence mending or money spending, and he wanted none of it when Jack seized his left hand and brought it to his erect cock." [story]
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Jack travelled a lot of geographical distance to get to his fishing expeditions.
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(John C. Twist) cares less about his son's life than his death; his one issue is that the boy's ashes not be scattered on Brokeback Mountain, as Jack had wished, but that he be buried in the family plot, that he be hypocritically reclaimed for something called the name of decency.
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Ennis' remarks about Jack's harmonica playing were probably instrumental in Jack's forgetting to bring it for their four-year reunion.
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Jack and Ennis jury-rigged an elk meat drip-dryer.
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We can see the knowingness in Alma as she listens to and watches Ennis leaving for his fishing trips, but he isn't looking at her reaction.
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"They were no longer young men with all of it before them. Jack had filled out through the shoulders and hams; Ennis stayed as lean as a clothespole, stepped around in worn boots, jeans and shirts summer and winter, added a canvas coat in cold weather." [story]
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Jack's manhandling of Ennis showed he knew how to handle his man.
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Jack knew how to noodle around with Ennis.
def. - noodle around, Informal. to play, experiment, or improvise.
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"The Larry McMurtry-Diana Ossana screenplay, an Oscar-nomination lock, has the authentic feel of McMurtry's Lonesome Dove and The Last Picture Show as well as the cumulative power of his Terms of Endearment. For a movie the actors rightfully dominate, there are artfully developed female characters potently acted by Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway and Linda Cardellini as wives and lovers either heartbroken over what's happening or cluelessly mystified."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2005-12-08-brokeback_x.htm)
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Ennis put Alma in an awkward position when "he did quickly what she hated."
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The quilt on Jack's boyhood bed lasted for years - thanks to the quilter's workmanship.
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"That spring, hungry for any job, each had signed up with Farm and Ranch Employment -- they came together on paper as herder and camp tender for the same sheep operation north of Signal." [story]
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The Mint Bar, which inspired Annie P. when she spied a lonesome older cowboy, is located in Sheridan, WY.
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In the screenplay, Randall Malone tells Jack that Roy Taylor's "got a little cabin down on Lake Kemp.
Got a crappie house...little boat.
Said I can use it whenever I want.
(pause)
Think you'd like to go down there some weekend?
Drink a little whiskey, fish some.
Get away, you know?"
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"From the ever unpeggable Ang Lee and adapted from an Annie Proulx short story, [Brokeback] Mountain is a gay Western with a shot to become much more than a niche movie. Of course, when your directorial résumé includes Sense and Sensibility and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, you obviously know how to work the angles. And for renewed fire in his belly after his Hulk debacle, Lee now turns to more than campfire pork and beans."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2005-12-08-brokeback_x.htm)
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Ennis was sending out positive vibes when he banged the coffee pot with a twig as Jack was singing Water Walking Jesus.
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Ennis whacked the coffee pot with a twig, later whacked Jack with his fist, and whacked some other things even later. Like the bikers, I mean.
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In the published screenplay for "Brokeback Mountain," the word "exterior" is abbreviated as "xt" (sans the period) when used to describe a scene location.
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The New Yorker Magazine
(which published the original short story 9 years ago today)
joined the jokers yucking about Brokeback Mountain
and featured a parody cover with President Bush and his sidekick Cheney - whose gun had just gone off.
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The Lumière Reader, New Zealand's only online journal dedicated to film criticism and review, has a review of Brokeback. Review (http://www.lumiere.net.nz/reader/item/643)
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We still haven't reached the finish line.
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"Joe Aguirre, wavy hair the color of cigarette ash and parted down the middle, gave them his point of view." [story]
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Jack, understandably, was blubberin' when his dad treated him cruelly for being too late to the toilet.
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After Jack and Ennis descended the mountain, Joe Aguirre was counting sheep and said “Some a these never went up there with you.”
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Ennis "had wanted to be a sophomore, felt the word carried a kind of distinction, but the truck broke down short of it, pitching him directly into ranch work." [story]
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Jack had no mention of an eagle's feather in his hat in the 1997 New Yorker printing of the story.
In later printings, this text was added to their first morning together at the bar:
"He had shot an eagle, he said, turned his head to show the tail feather in his hatband."
This text was also added later to their last trip together, on that boneless blue day:
"... the same eagle feather in his old hat,"
The eagle's feather did not make it into the movie.
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There was a damn miserable time for five days…the task almost impossible as the paint brands were worn and faint at this late season. --the story
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There is a gleam in Ennis' eye when he says to Jack: "You may be a sinner, but I haven't had the opportunity."
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Annie Proulx
Discusses Origins of 'Brokeback' (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/01/23/entertainment/e103217S10.DTL)
But The New Yorker published [her short story Brokeback Mountain] in 1997,
and it went on to win an O. Henry prize
and a National Magazine Award.
Now the movie version is a leading Oscar contender,
with starring performances from
Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist.
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"Given that this is pre-Stonewall and the fact that Jack and Ennis both envision themselves as descendents of prototypical masculine American archetypes working the land, they are largely unaware of any physical and, importantly, emotional desire for each other. Yet, when they first meet, they are clearly cruising each other with stolen glances and awkward posturing, even if they don't know it."
-- James Kendrick, QNetwork Film Desk (http://www.qnetwork.com/?page=review&id=1561)
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Travel Alberta gives the locations of many of the places where the film was shot. In the section on Fort Macleod they say: "Bunking down at the Red Coat Inn the cast shot several scenes in this southern town that until now has been most famous for its Empress Theatre and proximity to the UNESCO site of Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump." Link (http://www1.travelalberta.com/Stories/index.cfm?action=display&storyID=180)
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At Amazon.com here are the plot keywords for Brokeback Mountain - the film:
Fistfight | Tent | Rodeo | Sheep | Boyfriend Boyfriend Relationship | 1970s | Blood On Shirt | Gay Couple | Closeted Homosexual | Bar Scene | Wedding | Husband Wife Relationship | Friendship Between Men | Gay Slur | Bear | 1980s | Family Life | Self Discovery | Gay Sex Scene | Based On Novel | Tragedy | Female Nudity | In Laws | Gay Relationship | Homosexuality | Loss Of Lover | Thanksgiving Dinner | Beans | Father Daughter Relationship | Forbidden Love | Broken Heart | Gay Cowboy | Cowgirl | Gay Kiss | Unhappy Marriage | Ranch Hand | First Gay Sexual Experience | Naked Man | Title Spoken By Character | Family Dinner | Emotional Distress | Campfire | Based On Short Story | Wyoming | Same Sex Situation | Gay Love | Coyote | Loss Of Loved One | Gay Bashing | Homosexual | Secret Love | Whiskey | Horseback Riding | Male Nudity | Gay Interest | 1960s | Cowboy | Homophobia | Rural | Tragic Love
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"There were only the two of them on the mountain flying in the euphoric, bitter air, looking down on the hawk's back and the crawling lights of vehicles on the plain below, suspended above ordinary affairs and distant from tame ranch dogs barking in the dark hours." [story]
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Jack and Ennis made up for lost time by heading directly to the motel after not seeing each other for four years.
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Annie Proulx has varied her nom de plume over the years.
- E. A. Proulx - while writing articles for a men's magazine (at the suggestion of her editor).
- E. Annie Proulx - the name under which she won a Pulitzer Prize for The Shipping News in 1993.
- Annie Proulx - which is how she published Brokeback Mountain in the New Yorker 1997, and how she is credited for the paperback edition of The Shipping News and her later books.
She was born as Edna Annie Proulx.
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"During the promotion of the film of Brokeback Mountain, [Annie] Proulx spoke about the origins and development of her story. In a FAQ posted on her website, www.annieproulx.com, she wrote that 'Brokeback began as an examination of country homophobia in the land of the Great Pure Noble Cowboy. Years of accumulated observation went into the story.'"
-- Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain_%28short_story%29)
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Cassie wasn't pussyfooting around when she put her feet in Ennis' lap and asked for a foot rub.
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Some will likely decry Brokeback Mountain for “queering” an ostensibly masculine and unquestionable cornerstone of American mythology, but all one need do is watch the gun comparison sequence in Red River (1948) to see just how easily the latent homosexual connotations of the Western can come to the surface."
QNetwork James Kendrick Film Desk (http://www.qnetwork.com/?page=review&id=1561)
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"Ennis rode easy, sleeping with his eyes open, but the hours he was away from the sheep stretched out and out." [story]
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"The shirt seemed heavy until he saw there was another shirt inside it, the sleeves carefully worked down inside Jack’s sleeves. It was his own plaid shirt, lost, he’d thought, long ago in some damn laundry, his dirty shirt, the pocket ripped, buttons missing, stolen by Jack and hidden here inside Jack’s own shirt, the pair like two skins, one inside the other, two in one. He pressed his face into the fabric and breathed in slowly through his mouth and nose, hoping for the faintest smoke and mountain sage and salty sweet stink of Jack, but there was no real scent, only the memory of it, the imagined power of Brokeback Mountain of which nothing was left but what he held in his hands." [story]
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In 1963 Jack Twist's "smile disclosed buckteeth, not pronounced enough to let him eat popcorn out of the neck of a jug, but noticeable."
In later years, according to the New Yorker story: "He’d had his front teeth filed down, set with steel plugs, and capped, said he’d felt no pain, ...."
In subsequent versions of the story: "He'd had his front teeth filed down and capped, said he'd felt no pain, ...."
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"The movie says this directly, without words; shows them strikingly unalike, right off. Ennis has hitched a ride through the night in a big truck; he hops off; walks into Signal; shrinks, hands in his coat pockets; hides under his hat from the daylight, from other eyes, as he waits by Aguirre's office trailer steps. A train passes -- through gaps between cars we glimpse him smoke a cigarette. The train recedes into the distance -- Jack barrels along the road towards us in his beaten up pickup. It turns, skids to a halt with a couple of jolts, coughs, splutters, spurts of smoke. Jack gets out, leans against it, hands on hips, open: the opposite of Ennis." -- -- Andrew Hudson, White Crane Journal (http://www.whitecranejournal.com/68/art6806.asp)
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Michelle Williams, a Best Supporting Actress nominee for her role in "Brokeback Mountain," wore a Vera Wang tulle gown to the Academy Awards.
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Jack and Ennis were oblivious, but the horse knew that Aguirre was there watching during the "happy tussle" and gave a whinny.
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Happy belated Birthday to Will-U Will-X Will-ABC!
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"A young cowboy (Jake Gyllenhaal) and sheepherder (Heath Ledger) fall in love out West, only to face the complications that their passion will inevitably bring in the face of the 1960s. With Jen from 'Dawson's Creek' (Michelle Williams) and Princess Anne Hathaway as their xpectedly frustrated wives, and directed by the celebrated Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)...."
-- Shawna Kelly, The Dog Street Journal (http://www.dogstreetjournal.com/storage/print/2005-04.pdf)
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Ennis almost yucks his guts out and thinks the problem came from the food in Dubois.
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Zazzle has a Jack Nasty t-shirt and many other Brokeback-related t-shirts. Link (http://www.zazzle.com/product/235484598884994578?idx=10&dt=brokeback&request=productSearch&term=brokeback&page=1&numRecsPerpage=20&sortBy=date_created&sortOrder=desc&sortPeriod=0&zidCategoryId=0&maturity=1&zidContributorId=0&zcdProductType=0)
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Aside from Jack, Ennis was pretty much asexual.
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Ennis nervously drank a lot of bottles of beer waitin' for his secret lover Jack.
=asides= Fran, Laura Gigs, David, Lee & AnnMarie
Thanks for all your nice pmails to Me. They made Me play here now.
=aside= Clara
What You did for Will is bootiful with birthday cake showing on the computer screen. O0
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Jack and Ennis canoodled in the tent, in the hot sun, on stairways, in motels, etc.
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"What Jack remembered and craved in a way he could neither help nor understand was the time that distant summer on Brokeback when Ennis had come up behind him and pulled him close, the silent embrace satisfying some shared and sexless hunger." [story]
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Aguirre, Twist and Del Mar seemed to have an appointment at the Farm and Ranch Employment office. Ennis Del Mar arrived earliest.
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When it was time to leave Brokeback, Jack and Ennis had fallen head over heals in love with each other.
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"Like vast clouds of steam from thermal springs in winter, the years of things unsaid and now unsayable -- admissions, declarations, shames, guilts, fears -- rose around them. Ennis stood as if heart-shot, face grey and deep-lined, grimacing, eyes screwed shut, fists clenched, legs caving, hit the ground on his knees." [story]
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Lee lets the tale unfold in its own time, its own way, and yet the story never flags, never engages us less than fully, building to a heart-shredding conclusion. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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Lotsa times Mr. Newsome acted imbecilic to Jack. :(
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"A young cowboy (Jake Gyllenhaal) and sheepherder (Heath Ledger) fall in love out West, only to face the complications that their passion will inevitably bring in the face of the 1960s. With Jen from 'Dawson's Creek' (Michelle Williams) and Princess Anne Hathaway as their expectedly frustrated wives, and directed by the celebrated Ang Lee...."
-- Shawna Kelly, The Dog Street Journal (http://www.dogstreetjournal.com/storage/print/2005-04.pdf)
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Ennis had to help Jack when they came down off the mountain because Jack's truck had gone kerflooey.
=aside= Dot-Matrix
Welcome to the ABCz game!
"K" is also kudos for a great "K" word!
Fran
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Alma was trying to get the lowdown on Ennis' "fishing trips" with Jack Nasty.
=aside= Dot-Matrix
Welcome to the game and great choice of word.
Sandy
=aside= Dre
You're getting to be a seasoned player.
=aside= Paul
You certainly have been getting a lot of mileage out of "canoodle" in its various forms and tenses. I have to agree it's a great word.
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One could argue that Ennis and Jack's happiness is laid to waste by society's mores. But where lies tragedy, also lies the tender, undiluted potency of genuine love. Brokeback Mountain is a testament to that love, in all its forms. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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"Later, that dozy embrace solidified in his memory as the single moment of artless, charmed happiness in their separate and difficult lives. Nothing marred it, even the knowledge that Ennis would not then embrace him face too face because he did not want to see nor feel that it was Jack he held." [story]
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Jack was very endearing in his oddball antics' mimicking rodeo in order to make Ennis smile.
=aside=
Thanks Fran and Sandy!
most folks call me Dottie :D
(hope I did this right)
=reply=
Then Dottie it is.
Hi, Dottie!
Fran
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Proulx's prose is particularly and powerfully poetic.
=aside= Sandy
Canoodle is my favorite pasta. ;)
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The quilt covering Jack's boyhood bed was sewn by someone with quiltmaking skills.
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[The shirt]'s all that remains of Jack; and [Ennis], who can ride and rope and fight (we've seen that) and kill (coyote and elk) finally has a tender moment as he brings the garments to his face and rubs them against his cheek.
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Ennis' older brother K.E. Del Mar (11 years old) in that awful roadside scene was played real good without a word by Steffen Cole Moser.
=comment=
ABCDz got DeeDee and Dre and Dottie!!! :)
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Ennis (to Alma): "We might not get back tonight when we get to drinkin' and talkin' and all." [DVD]
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Mr. John Twist was unwilling to let his son's ashes go to Brokeback Mountain.
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Jack was given to venting about things he disagreed with, while Ennis was a "stander."
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Ennis didn't know whether he was coming or going after Jack placed his hand on his crotch.
=aside= Paul
I'm kind of partial to twisted pasta.
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There is nothing xcusable about the death of Earl, and the manner in which Mr. Del Mar displayed that dead body to his male children.
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On their way over to Alma in the condiments aisle, Ennis and the girls walked past a display of yellow-peeled bananas.
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The instrument that most closely matches the sound of Gustavo Santaolalla's guitars from Ang Lee's native China/Taiwan is the zither. It has a metallic and faintly melancholic sound made by strumming or picking strings just like a guitar, and is often used in folk music, the Chinese equivalent of US country-western music. The zither can be heard in Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
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But the question remains: Does "Brokeback Mountain" have an agenda? After all, it's certainly not preachy. It's as stoic as the men it follows and the mountain it loves. It's a story of a love that dare not speak its name because nobody in it knows the word for its name.
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Ennis and Jack "torqued things almost to where they had been, for what they'd said was no news. Nothing ended, nothing begun, nothing resolved." [story]
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Jack's offer to buy Jimbo a drink was a come-on.
=aside= Fran
Great job with the yellow-peeled post and the eggs graphic. Were you grocery shopping today?
=reply= Sandy
How did you ever guess? :)
Fran
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It was Jack's dream to live with Ennis. There's nothing like a love Dream! ;)
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The new Ang Lee film, “Brokeback Mountain,” is a love story that starts in 1963 and never ends.
New Yorker Review by Anthony Lane (http://www.newyorker.com/critics/content/articles/051212crci_cinema)
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"Later, that dozy embrace solidified in his memory as the single moment of artless, charmed happiness in their separate and difficult lives. Nothing marred it, even the knowledge that Ennis would not then embrace him face to face because he did not want to see nor feel that it was Jack he held. And maybe, he thought, they'd never got much farther than that. Let be, let be." [story]
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Jack liked to gambol about the camp site playing the buffoon to make Ennis smile.
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Jack and Ennis herded sheep on Brokeback Mountain in 1963.
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Ennis was an inveterate loner.
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Stuart Friesen and Rick Janzen are listed as "Sign Painters" in the film's end credits.
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LaShawn kibbitzed throughout the entire charity dinner scene.
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Over the next few years, Ennis and Jack both find their way through mundane, hollow lives, the former working as a ranch hand in Wyoming, the latter as a would-be rodeo star in Texas who later ends up selling high-end farm equipment. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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"Ennis didn't know about the accident for months until his postcard to Jack saying that November still looked like the first chance came back stamped 'DECEASED.'" [story]
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Ennis was nesting when he was obsessing about the "don't look right" tent.
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Jack made Jimbo an offer he did refuse, when Jack wanted to buy him a drink.
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"What Jack remembered and craved in a way he could neither help nor understand was the time that distant summer on Brokeback when Ennis had come up behind him and pulled him close, the silent embrace satisfying some shared and sexless hunger." [story]
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Jack's voice was quavery when he spoke to Ennis and Alma about his prettiest little gal and his smiley little boy back in Childress.
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Poor little Jenny was relegated to second swing, uh, string daughter status.
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Ennis had the stuffing kicked out of him after Thanksgiving dinner when he got into a fight in front of the Black and Blue Eagle Bar.
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Ennis was much toastier inside the tent, and the hammering stopped after a while.
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"There's nothing fussy or attention-getting about Lee's direction or Rodrigo Prieto's photography, but the selection of shots and the rhythm of their cutting seem unerringly right."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2005-12-08-brokeback_x.htm)
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Lashawn's conversation was characterized by its vacuousness.
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Ang Lee, Gustavo Santaolalla, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana are all Brokeback Mountain Academy Award winners.
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Brokeback Mountain crossed from an art house film to a mainstream hit, thanks in part to critics xtolling its virtues and xcellent acting.
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Early in their marriage, Ennis and Alma engaged in some youthsome fun while tobogganing.
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Ennis asked "You been a Mexico, Jack?"
Jack put aside any zelophobia and told the truth immediately,
"Hell yes, I been. Where's the fuckin problem?"
def. - fear of jealousy
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More -
Much More
To Do!!
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Brokeback was the one place where both Jack and Ennis felt the most alive.
=aside= Toast
Zazzy "Z".
Sandy
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When Alma saw Jack and Ennis kissing, it betrayed their secret love for each other.
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What Jack remembered and craved in a way he could neither help nor understand was the time that distant summer on Brokeback when Ennis had come up behind him and pulled him close, the silent embrace satisfying some shared and sexless hunger." [story]
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In fact, generally, (Brokeback Mountain) is cruel to family. It seems to think family is a bourgeois delusion; Ennis's poor daughter ends up in a gaudy Trans Am owned by her fiance, a harbinger of roughneck disaster to come. Jack's boy is simply forgotten about; his ultimate pain -- and it will be considerable -- is not commented upon.
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Ennis and Jack engaged in horseplay in camp unaware of Aguirre's eagle-eye surveyance of them through his binoculars.
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"Around that time Jack began to appear in his dreams, Jack as he had first seen him, curly-headed and smiling and bucktoothed, talking about getting up off his pockets and into the control zone, but the can of beans with the spoon handle jutting out and balanced on the log was there as well, in a cartoon shape and lurid colors that gave the dreams a flavor of comic obscenity." [story]
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(Brokeback Mountain) then jumps over the years, four or five at a stretch, as each fights against what turns out to be his true nature, and forces himself to genuflect before the stations of the cross of heterosexual culture: marriage, family, responsibility.
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TS1 was a heaping of heated hormonal hijinks.
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Ennis was under the influence when he decided to sleep at the camp instead of going back to the sheep.
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Ennis could not contain his joyfulness at the sight of Jack fuckin' Twist.
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Ennis had a keen kinesthetic sense that he used along with his quick reflexes, which were good for the horse and for fighting.
def: pertaining to the sense that detects bodily position, weight, or movement of the muscles, tendons, and joints.
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Jack was lending a helping hand to Ennis for his first sexual encounter in Tent Scene I.
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The awkward introduction:
Ennis: "Alma, this is Jack Twist. Jack, my wife, Alma." [screenplay]
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Jack may have been nasty, cold beans are nastier, but drip-drying elk meat is the nastiest of all.
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Jack Twist: "And I'm not you, I can't make it on a couple of high-altitude fucks once or twice a year."
From the New Yorker Magazine
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What if I don't want to be Jack or Ennis.
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"Jack said his father had been a pretty well known bullrider years back but kept his secrets to himself, never gave Jack a word of advice, never came once to see Jack ride, though he had put him on the woolies when he was a little kid." [story]
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The quenchableness of whiskey, Jack's and Ennis' beverage of choice while up on Brokeback Mountain, is unquestionable.
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So Ennis and Jack ... rendezvous two, three times a year, going on ''fishing trips'' to Brokeback Mountain (???) where they can be at peace with one another, quelling their longing and loneliness. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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"What Jack remembered and craved in a way he could neither help nor understand was the time that distant summer on Brokeback when Ennis had come up behind him and pulled him close, the silent embrace satisfying some shared and sexless hunger." [story]
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In the film, Ennis hangs the postcard of Brokeback Mountain with a single tack; in the story, he uses four brass-headed tacks.
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Ennis was unambitious when it came to collecting consumer goods.
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Pre-Oscar buzz:
"It's a long long time from January to March. Preferences and prejudices can change over the next few weeks. Academy members could conceivably be anesthetized by the roll call of Brokeback victories. But our guess is that Brokeback will proceed, at a pace as measured as the movie itself, toward the happy ending the film denied its main characters." -- Richard Corliss Time (http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1154754,00.html)
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When Ennis was wringing it out, he was thinking of Jack.
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Earl's death was xecrably replayed for the "benefit" of children.
def. - adv. utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent.
=aside= Paul
What's this about drip-drying and wringing?
Laundry or meat??
Ooops!!
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Cinema Clock in Yarmouth gave Brokeback an 8.3/10 rating. You can also cast your vote here. (http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.cinemaclock.com/aw/crva.aw/p.clock/r.sco/m.Yarmouth/j.f/i.8543/f.Brokeback_Mountain__2005_.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dyarmouth%2Bbrokeback%26start%3D20%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN) (Click on English)
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Staff Writer Kirsten Zimmermann wrote an article for Thomas M. Cooley Law School's The Pillar (June 28, 2006, edition) describing how the movie Brokeback Mountain was shown at an ABA-sponsored diversity event which focused on gay marriage.
http://www.cooley.edu/pillar/2006/062806.pdf
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American Rousseauism, with its worship of open plains and its dread of civic constraint, is nothing new. The erotic strain of it that unfurls in “Brokeback Mountain” may seem unprecedented, although, considering that womanless men, bedecked in denim, rivets, and distressed leather, have been pitching camp in the wilderness since movies began, it doesn’t take much of a nudge for the subtext to rise to the surface. There is little in Lee’s film that would have rattled the spurs of Montgomery Clift in “Red River.”
Anthony Lane (http://www.newyorker.com/images/headers/he_logo.gif) (http://www.newyorker.com/critics/content/articles/051212crci_cinema)
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"Based on a 1997 Annie Proulx short story - whose bare bones have been fleshed out by screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana - Brokeback is both a biblical cautionary tale and a frontier saga."
-- Men in love, and in anguish by Carrie Rickey
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Joe Aguirre: "Forest Service got designated campsites on the allotments. Them camps can be three, four miles from where we pasture the woollies. Bad predator loss if there's nobody lookin' after 'em at night. (pause) Now what I want (looks at Ennis) is a camp tender in the main camp where the Forest Service says, but the herder... (points at Jack) ...pitch a pup tent on the Q.T. with the sheep, and he's going to sleep there. Eat your supper, breakfast in camp, but you sleep with the sheep, hundred percent, no fire, don't leave no sign. You roll up that tent every mornin' case Forest Service snoops around." [screenplay]
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(John C. Twist) cares less about his son's life than his death; his one issue is that the boy's ashes not be scattered on Brokeback Mountain, as Jack had wished, but that he be buried in the family plot, that he be hypocritically reclaimed for something called the name of decency.
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Ennis meant everything to Jack.
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"Ennis's breath came slow and quiet, he hummed, rocked a little in the sparklight and Jack learned against the steady heartbeat, the vibrations of the humming like faint electricity and, standing, he fell into sleep that was not sleep but something else drowsy and tranced until Ennis, dredging up a rusty but still useable phrase from the childhood time before his mother died, said, 'Time to hit the hay, cowboy. I got a go. Come on, you're sleepin' on your feet like a horse,' and gave Jack a shake, a push, and went off in the darkness." [story]
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Annie Proulx wrote that in May of 1983 on a boneless blue day Ennis and Jack come on a black bear. They safely watch as the bear gallops away.
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During the summer they spent on Brokeback, Ennis and Jack were able to relax and let it all hang out.
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Ennis insinuated he was a virgin when he said he hadn't yet had the opportunity to sin.
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The Twist Thanksgiving Dinner was even more vicious in the 2003 screenplay than in the movie.
After turning off the tv twice, in vain, Jack gets up from the table, grabs his hat and coat from the coat rack by the front door and leaves.
Lureen gets up from the table, lights a cigarette, pops down in front of the television herself, to watch Howard Cossel.
L. D Newsome justified his actions by telling Lureen, "You want your son to grow up to be a man, don't you?"
Lureen ignores him, smokes.
Bobby probably finished his pale soup course later that day.
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"Brokeback Mountain arrives carrying more than the usual share of baggage thanks to extensive media discussion about its gay love story and how Middle America will respond to it. But the buzz that could hamper the film even more than its alleged controversy is the critical acclaim it already has garnered."
-- Betsy Pickle, Knoxville News Sentinel (http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/movies/article/0,1406,KNS_324_4365505,00.html)
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After working all day on the mountain, Ennis and Jack were able to enjoy their laid-back evenings.
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Finally, the inevitable tragedy and the realization by one man of what a misspent life he's had. How he should have to his own self been true; how happiness has evaded him forever. It's hard to argue that the movie constitutes any kind of threat, or pro-gay propaganda. For one thing, there's too much authentic pain in it, it's too bloody sad. The final image of the aloneness of the survivor is heartbreaking. He was never a crier, of course, but you know inside he's sobbing.
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We are led to believe that Ennis was a newbie when it came to sex.
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"The titular location is stupendously photographed, and its majestic panorama fits in well with director Ang Lee’s delicate tact in creating a gentle coupling of lonely spirits instead of a raunchy flaying of clothes and assembly of limbs. A singular guitar chord manages to invoke the sharp pang of hurt and empathy for the unrequited lovers each time another obstacle is thrown their way."
-- Justin Deimen, Urban Wire (http://www.theurbanwire.com/stories/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=589&Itemid=69)
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(Ennis') interactions with Alma, who confronts her husband's predilections in one of Brokeback's most riveting scenes, as well as other women who try to seduce him, speak volumes about his heart's allegiances. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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Over the course of the film, the boys downed vast quantities of beer and whiskey. Oh, and Cassie's cheap wine. Cheers!
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In the hope of further contact with Ennis when it was time to leave Brokeback, Jack rolls with the punches.
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Now that Ennis is divorced, Twist suggests they shack up near his parents. But that notion only dredges up the childhood memory of the horrific murder of a man who dared live with his partner for all to see. Quiet mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
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Ennis had many talents, including shooting, horseriding, and wringing.
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"It was definitely an affair to remember, complete with the obligatory first full-fledged, if brief, sex scene, accompanied by several moments of ardent, soulful stares and a final self-sacrificing moment in which Jack drives away from the love of his life. Those well-wrought scenes built the foundation of the remaining film by arresting our attention to the untouchable desire Ennis and Jack feel during the long droughts in their romance."
-- Justin Deimen, Urban Wire (http://www.theurbanwire.com/stories/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=589&Itemid=69)
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Up the mountains and down the valleys, all over Wyoming, went Jack and Ennis - looking for something they had already found.
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Ennis and Jack were pressured to keep their sexuality under wraps.
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In the story, Jack said "gun's goin' off " to xclaim his pleasure at the newly deepened intimacy with Ennis.
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Our boys, Jack and Ennis, sat around many fires and yarned about their lives.
def. - To tell an entertaining tale or series of tales.
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A zest-driven Jack red-lined it all the way from Texas to Wyoming for the four-year reunion with Ennis.
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Ennis was careful not to arouse suspicion; but didn't hesitate to arouse Jack.
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But in the course of an early 1960s summer herding sheep on an isolated Wyoming mountain, they find themselves growing closer and closer and … yes, on Brokeback Mountain they make the beast with two broken backs. Lasso Me Tender (http://www.slate.com/id/2131264/)
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"Joe Aguirre paid them, said little. He had looked at the milling sheep with a sour expression, said, 'Some a these never went up there with you.' The count was not what he'd hoped for either. Ranch stiffs never did much of a job." [story]
=compliment= Toast
Cool autumn leaves!
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After TS1 and TS2, we see little of the boys' deepening intimacy.
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Alma, charmed, and Ennis, uncomfortable, are at a school, Christmas play. Alma Jr. is an angel in tin foil wings, singing and dancing on stage. Alma looks at Ennis, elbows him in the ribs. Ennis jumps, then sits up straight. [screenplay]
=aside= Fran
Thanks
And we can always count on you to do the Z or Q or K ...
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Cassie put her best foot forward when she asked Ennis to dance and for a foot rub.
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After Alma Jr. was born, Ennis and Alma's "bedroom was full of the smell of old blood and milk and baby shit, and the sounds were of squalling and sucking and Alma's sleepy groans, all reassuring of fecundity and life's continuance to one who worked with livestock." [story]
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Ennis approached Jack after watching him move about inside the tent for a time; upon reaching the open tent flap, he knelt down and humblingly placed his hat in his hands.
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Mrs. Twist ignores the negativity of her husband as she talks to Ennis.
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"Thanks to his performance in Brokeback Mountain, Heath Ledger is no longer just 'that dude who jousted to Queen remixes' but a bankable and respected leading man."
-- Defamer article (http://www.defamer.com/hollywood/brokeback-mountain/heath-ledger-to-brokeback-banners-dont-be-afraid-of-love-147760.php)
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"3 Oscars For 'Brokeback Mountain'" by Brent Ko, 365Gay.com is a piece on Brokeback's Oscars. Link (http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/03/030606oscar.htm)
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Jack looped his lassoo and approached his buddy Ennis, saying "Time to get goin', cowboy."
After Ennis himself was looped, he said "This ain't no rodeo, cowboy."
This was the only time that they called each other "cowboy" in the same conversation.
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Joe Aguirre: "Now what I want is a camp tender to stay in the main camp where the Forest Service says. But the herder, he's gonna pitch a pup tent on the Q.T. with the sheep, and he's goin' to sleep there." [DVD]
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Ennis' emotions took a nosedive when it was time to leave Brokeback.
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Jack knew that if Ennis owed him money, they would keep in touch.
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Ennis "had wanted to be a sophomore, felt the word carried a kind of distinction, but the truck broke down short of it, pitching him directly into ranch work." [story]
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Jack was griping about the quotidianness of his four-hour daily commute.
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In the screenplay, Ennis has a full set of stick-on numbers - uses the one and seven - and throws the remaining numbers into his dirty metal garbage can.
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"That summer, hungry for any job, each had signed up with Farm and Ranch Employment -- they came together on paper as herder and camp tender for the same sheep operation north of Signal." [story]
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In TS1, the bedroll was big enough, and toasty enough.
=aside= Toast
Hope you don't mind my borrowing your moniker.
It suits you to a "T". Cheers!
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Tom Benz and Scott Ferguson are listed in the Brokeback Mountain credits as unit production managers.
=aside= Paul
Aw shucks !!!
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An excerpt from "Thumbs Down: Roger Ebert Takes on the Brokeback Mountain Controversy" by Michael Jensen, March 16, 2006 [link] (http://www.afterelton.com/movies/2006/3/ebert.html)
AfterElton.com: "Let's cut to the chase. Do you think homophobia played a part in Brokeback Mountain's upset loss to Crash?"
Roger Ebert: "Okay, here's my position. First of all, I believe Crash was the best picture of the year. And I believe that Brokeback is a great picture. And so was Munich. All three were in my top five. Did some people vote against Brokeback Mountain because of homophobia? Yes. Was the Academy homophobic and that was why they didn't make it best picture? I don't think so. I don't think that was the deciding factor. I think that it was probably third among the motives."
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When Ennis came on a bear, Jack was stuck with warmed-over beans.
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"You have no idea how bad it gets." This is the line we remember from the movie.
"You got no fuckin' idea how bad it gets." That is how Annie Proulx wrote the line complete with an xecration. The xecration is in the 2003 screenplay also.
def. - A curse.
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After Jack puts Ennis' hand on his crotch, Ennis yerks to an upright position.
Def: To move a quick, jerking motion.
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Ennis's expression says "zounds" when he encounters both a bear and Jack's right hand.
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"Monroe, the assistant manager, comes around the corner just as Jenny pulls a big jar of peanuts off a display. The entire display comes down, breaks, glass and peanuts everywhere."
[screenplay]
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And all this time I thought Monroe owned the grocery store.
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Monroe's bread and butter came from his job as assistant manager at the grocery store.
=reply= Fran
I also thought he was the owner.
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Ennis clomped around the dance floor with Cassie.
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=aside= Sandy
Who's the better dancer?
=reply= Paul
I think it's a toss-up.
Sandy
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"Years on years they worked their way through the high meadows and mountain drainages, horse-packing into the Big Horns, Medicine Bows, south end of the Gallatins, Absarokas, Granites, Owl Creeks, the Bridger-Teton Range, the Freezeouts and the Shirleys, Ferrises and the Rattlesnakes, Salt River Range, into the Wind Rivers over and again, the Sierra Madres, Gros Ventres, the Washakies, Laramies, but never returning to Brokeback." [story]
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While talking to Ennis, Lureen said that "we" erected a stone for Jack.
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Ennis was slightly floored when Cassie asked him to dance.
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Cassie went gaga over Ennis.
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Two hymns are mentioned in the 2003 screenplay for Brokeback Mountain:
- The Pentecostal hymn "Water Walkin' Jesus", on the night Ennis and Jack share the blankets.
- "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", on the night Ennis tries to share a blanket with his family.
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"Terrell Falk, vice president of marketing and communication for the huge theater chain Cinemark, notes that the film (Brokeback Mountain) has done well in red-state strongholds like Pearl, Mississippi; Lubbock, Texas; Ames, Iowa; and Ogden, Utah."
-- C.W. Nevius, SFGate.com (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/28/BAGMFGUAEP1.DTL)
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The so-called Jolly Minister jollily married Alma and Ennis.
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One main keyword for Brokeback Mountain is love.
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"They had stood that way for a long time in front of the fire, its burning tossing ruddy chunks of light, the shadow of their bodies a single column against the rock. The minutes ticked by from the round watch in Ennis's pocket, from the sticks in the fire settling into coals. Stars bit through the wavy heat layers above the fire." [story]
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Jack and Ennis had a meeting of the minds the day after Tent Scene I.
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Aguirre noodled up his own rules for mountain pastures. He skirted Forest Service regulations when they weren't to his favour.
def. = to make or devise freely as an exercise or experiment (sometimes fol. by up)
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"Brokeback -- an odds-on favorite to clean up in Academy Award nominations, including best picture, on Tuesday -- is not just an art-house favorite or a cultural statement or a milestone in filmmaking. It is a bona fide hit making money in places, and with audiences, that make an East Bay movie house look like the Cannes Film Festival."
-- C.W. Nevius, SFGate.com (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/28/BAGMFGUAEP1.DTL)
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Jack and Ennis gave each other penetrating looks in TS1.
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Jack was definitely not content to meet with Ennis quadrennially -- in fact even multiple meetings per year were not enough for Jack Twist.
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Jack and Ennis were most relaxed while in each other's company.
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"Like vast clouds of steam from the thermal springs in winter, the years of things unsaid and now unsayable -- admissions, declarations, shames, guilts, fears -- rose around them." [story]
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After twisting Alma's arm, Ennis departed the kitchen and house, hoping he still had a secret.
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Ennis untwisted the cap on a bottle of wine so that he and Alma Jr. could toast her upcoming wedding.
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Regarding Brokeback Mountain's losing the Best Picture Oscar to Crash:
"The shock is perhaps most notably expressed by the LA Times film critic Kenneth Turan who berated Academy voters in a major article in Monday's paper. 'In the privacy of the voting booth, as many political candidates who've led in polls only to lose elections have found out, people are free to act out the unspoken fears and unconscious prejudices that they would never breathe to another soul, or, likely, acknowledge to themselves,' he wrote. 'And at least this year, that acting out doomed Brokeback Mountain.'
"Others report widespread distaste for Brokeback among the Academy's older members, a distaste expressed by Tony Curtis, who told Fox News that he would not even see the film before voting against it. The New York Times on Monday quoted an attendee at an Oscar party who noted, without irony, that older Academy voters opposed Brokeback Mountain because it 'diminished' cowboys as iconic figures in movies. (Remarks like that suggest that the branding of Brokeback Mountain as a 'gay cowboy' film, and the attendant jokes from late-night comics, defined the movie as something other than a serious cry from the heart.)" -- Gregory King, Independent Gay Forum (http://www.indegayforum.org/news/show/27354.html)
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Brokeback Mountain won three Academy Awards.
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In the apple-pie-bus-station scene, Ennis was xcising himself from the Cassie situation.
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"Yessiree, this is the kinda movie that has 'Oscar' branded into it -- a western epic with dramatic backdrop… and a twist. There ain't many Hollywood romances where both lovers constantly need a shave, but the scenery sure looks good."
-- Elliott Noble, Sky Movies (http://rfts.worldarcstudio.com/_mainsite03/movies/reviews/whatothers.php?film=Brokeback%20Mountain)
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Joe Reed of the Film Experience talks about the best movies of 2005. "In the end, I chose the boozy human comedy of The Upside of Anger, the expertly paced and idea-packed A History of Violence, the personal-as-political Munich, the political-as-personal Constant Gardener, and finally the zeitgeist-inspiring Brokeback Mountain.
The Best: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN" Link (http://www.thefilmexperience.net/news/march06.html)
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With a Wink and a Smile We Get Another Fix
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In the short story, Ennis was already in the tent when Jack said "Jesus Christ, quit hammerin and get over here. Bedroll's big enough,"
Annie Proulx added: "It was big enough, warm enough, and in a little while they deepened their intimacy considerably."
=aside= Sandy
You did it again:
Brighten our day with your round announcement.
Cool !!!
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"The minutes ticked by from the round watch in Ennis's pocket, from the sticks in the fire settling into coals. Stars bit through the wavy heat layers above the fire. Ennis's breath came slow and quiet...." [story]
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Aguirre tosses Ennis a cheap watch on a braided leather cord.
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Ennis realized that one of the downsides of leaving Brokeback was that he probably would never see Jack again.
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After his marriage to Lureen, Jack earned a living as a salesman for Newsome Farm Equipment.
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Aguirre made it clear to Jack Twist that he could find better fodder for his sheepherding business in 1964.
def. - people considered as readily available and of little value
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Jack was more of a gourmand than Ennis: Jack perferred wild game to canned beans. Mmm.
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"Lureen had the money and called the shots." [story]
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According to Annie Proulx, Ennis and Jack met on the landing and were instantly "squeezing the breath out of each other, saying, son of a bitch, son of a bitch, then, and easily as the right key turns the lock tumblers, their mouths came together, and hard, Jack's big teeth bringing blood, his hat falling to the floor, stubble rasping, wet saliva welling, and the door opening and Alma looking out for a few seconds at Ennis's straining shoulders and shutting the door again and still they clinched, pressing chest and groin and thigh and leg together, treading on each other's toes until they pulled apart to breathe and Ennis, not big on endearments, said what he said to his horses and daughters, little darlin."
=aside= Toast
Is there a doctor in the house?
Sandy
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When Ennis is given the opportunity to spend some time in the mountains and lakes with Jack during their reunion, he jumps in with both feet.
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"Dylan Tichenor, editor of Academy Award-nominated Brokeback Mountain, and Hughes Winborne, Academy Award-nominated editor of Crash, will be featured speakers at the NAB Post|Production World Conference.
"Tichenor will share his experience cutting Brokeback Mountain, show clips from that film and others to illustrate key points and challenges, and discuss his approach to the craft of editing during the Post|Production World Conference keynote session Saturday, April 22." [link] (http://www.nab.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Press_Releases1&CONTENTID=5079&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm)
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After coming on the bear, Ennis landed hard and rolled on the rocky ground.
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Jack was malcontented over the fact that he had to spend the night with the sheep rather than with Ennis.
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Jack was more expressive of his neediness than Ennis.
=aside= Sandy
You call for a doctor?
Someone getting the breath squeezed out of 'em?
Need some mouth-to-mouth?
Happy to oblige...
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Re Brokeback Mountain's loss of the Best Picture Oscar to Crash:
"A positive spin is often appropriate, but not after a setback such as this. Surely the Academy members who told the press they would not even see Brokeback Mountain, yet alone vote for it, deserved some criticism from GLAAD. Instead, the organization put the Oscar-produced gay cowboy montage from Sunday's broadcast on their website. Given the end results of the evening, there was little humor to be found in a second viewing of the clips."
-- Gregory King, Independent Gay Forum (http://www.indegayforum.org/news/show/27354.html)
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Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist ... are of the rural proletariat, ranch-bred, horse-proud, sinewy, resourceful, brave, tough, industrious, poorly educated.
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=aside= Paul
Thanks Doctor.
I knew you could save our ranch stiffs.
Good call, Nurse Sandy.
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When Jack and Ennis left the mountain, the inadvertent quarrelers' playfulness turned bloody.
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"To reduce the latest picture from director Ang Lee to a taxonomic designation — 'gay cowboy movie,' for instance — would grossly oversimplify a bittersweet tale that delights with its already simple presentation and vast emotional depth."
-- Nicholas Tam, The Gateway (http://www.gateway.ualberta.ca/view.php?aid=5397)
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Hunched over himself in an alley, Ennis falls prey to a violent fit of nausea, as if his stomach were being ripped out. It's his body telling him that he's just been separated from his soulmate. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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In the campfire scene, after Ennis relates the story of Earl and Rich, Jack shows tacit understanding of Ennis' pain with a simple stroke of his cheek.
=aside= Lynne
Welcome back to the ABCz.
Fran
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"Atop a plaintive score by Gustavo Santoalalla that primarily consists of strumming a solo guitar, and modest cinematography by Rodrigo Prieto that refuses to be fancy, the tone of the production hearkens back to Clint Eastwood-directed dramas such as Unforgiven."
-- Nicholas Tam, The Gateway [review] (http://www.gateway.ualberta.ca/view.php?aid=5397)
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There seem to be three different versions of the short story Brokeback Mountain. Name changes, a feather, Texas suits, a tall white hat, a mustache and an added prologue make an interesting basis for screenplays and a movie.
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When Cassie asked Ennis to dance, he decided to give it a whirl.
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60,000 views
Looking better all the time.
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ABCz was and is #1 at BetterMost Forums!!!!!!!!!! ;D
60,000 viewz of the "ABCz of Brokeback Mountain"
The biggest number at the BM Stats Center: 60,000! ;D
Thanx to the BM House, the dozens of diverse Playerz, the quartet total of Modz, the A-1 crucial Answer Gyrlz and, of horse, all of the ver' interested Viewerz and the loyal Guestz! ;D
And, most of all, to the game subject matter:
"Brokeback Mountain"! :) ;)
Gamely,
ABCzville Mayor Will 8)
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Ennis's stoicism was balanced by Jack's xuberance.
=congratz= Playerz and Modz
60K and counting!
Ain't no stopping us now!
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60,000+ Views
of the
ABCs of BBM!!!!!!
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Thank you, Players & Viewers!
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Alma asked Ennis a simple yes-or-no question: "Hey, Ennis, you know somebody, name a Jack?" Ennis replied guardedly, "Maybe. Why?"
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When Jack was rebuffed by the rodeo clown after a humiliating-enough throw from the bull, he was dang sure wishin' he was in Zaire.
=greetings= LauraGigs
A warm-hearted welcome to the ABCs game.
Fran
=aside= Laura
I second that warm-hearted welcome.
Sandy
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8) 8) CONGRATS ON 60,000 VIEWZ! 8) 8)
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Congratulationz, Guys!! Some high-class entertainment for sure!!!
And thanks for all your welcomes!! (no punz intended)
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ABCz of BBM =milestone= 60,000 viewz!!!!!!
Con-
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=aside= Laura
Much thanks for your personal messages.
Can see you received yours from Will-ABC!
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Round 287!!!!!!!
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Jack was willing and able to keep abreast of the direction that Lureen was going, no ifs, ands or buts.
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Lureen had a breast or two to point Jack in the right direction.
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"Both Jack and Ennis claimed to be saving money for a small spread; in Ennis's case that meant a tobacco can with two five-dollar bills inside." [story]
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Happy Birthday, Ang Lee!
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Thank you for your passionate adaptation of Annie Proulx's short story and for sharing your version of Ennis and Jack with the world. May your success with "Brokeback Mountain" be followed by even greater career accomplishments.
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Ennis was dilly-dallying when it was time to come down from Brokeback.
=happy birthday= Ang Lee
Thank you for your beautiful gift of Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennis had a romantic entanglement with Cassie.
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"Both Jack and Ennis claimed to be saving money for a small spread; in Ennis's case that meant a tobacco can with two five-dollar bills inside." [story]
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Jack had a go-the-extra-mile attitude when it was time to be with Ennis.
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When it was hailing on the mountain, Ennis picked up one hailstone to check out its size.
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"Modest in scale but with an epic feel, this 2-1/4-hour portrayal of star-crossed sheep tenders casts Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as two ill-educated drifters you sense at once will not be ending their days collecting corporate pensions."
-- Mike Clark USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2005-12-08-brokeback_x.htm)
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The Jolly Minister got his jollies by saying “You may kiss the bride -- and if you don't, I will."
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We see Earl's body from Ennis's and K.E.'s point of view.
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"Alma looks out the window...sees Jack outside his pickup, he leans against the driver door." [screenplay]
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Jack was so devoted to Ennis that he would have moved mountains for him.
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Ennis' daughter Jenny is K.E. del Mar's youngest niece.
=comment=
Jenny would be K.E.'s youngest niece only if Ennis and K.E.'s married sister in Casper didn't have any daughters younger than Jenny. Forgive my nit-picking....
Fran ;)
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"It was definitely an affair to remember, complete with the obligatory first full-fledged, if brief, sex scene, accompanied by several moments of ardent, soulful stares and a final self-sacrificing moment in which Jack drives away from the love of his life."
-- Justin Deimen, Urban Wire (http://www.theurbanwire.com/stories/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=589&Itemid=69)
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L.D. Newsome dimissed Jack perfunctorily most of the time.
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Ennis's making excuses was quashing Jack's hope for a sweet life.
=aside= Paul
Keep those "Q's" coming.
Sandy
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Even though it was "nothing he’d done before" and "no instruction manual needed", Ennis had risen to the occasion in Tent Scene I.
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"Later, that dozy embrace solidified in his memory as the single moment of artless, charmed happiness in their separate and difficult lives." [story]
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Jack and Ennis may have done a lot of "fishin'", but they never brought home a single trout.
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Jack wanted to utilize the time he had to spend with Ennis to the fullest extent, but he never got "enough time -- never enough."
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"Originally featured in the collection Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx, this brief and emotive piece is as beautifully rendered as any of the Pulitzer winner's best work. At first read, this heartbreaking tale of the forbidden love between two male ranchers seems both too brief and too sparse to be adapted to film properly (as its mere 30 pages spans two decades). But with a screenplay constructed by Pulitzer Prize-winner Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove) and the directorial genius of Oscar-winner Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Brokeback Mountain is as much an accomplishment on the silver screen as it was on the page."
-- Julian Chen, Void Magazine Two-Cent Review (http://www.voidmagazine.com/twocentreviewtext.html)
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Ennis had wanted to be a sophomore because he felt the word carried a kind of distinction.
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Congratulationz on 60,000 Viewz!
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Jack xtolled the virtues of the tractor thingie: "Listen to her purr, gentlemen...."
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Heath Ledger on playing Ennis del Mar: “It was really tough. I wasn’t open to it in a ‘yoo-hoo, let’s go for it’ kind of way. I don’t think Jake was either, but we were really open to telling this story.”
-- The Sydney Morning Herald (http://www.smh.com.au/news/film/ledgers-gay-turn-stuns-critics/2005/09/03/1125302782134.html)
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Taiwanese director Ang Lee has made Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people who are shaping the world. The acclaimed film-maker, who recently won a Best Director Academy Award for Brokeback Mountain, was included on the list because his phenomenally successful work has crossed cultural lines. Actress Zhang Ziyi, who starred in Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon says, "He creates characters that draw in an audience no matter what language they speak. His insight into the human heart crosses all boundaries. I know he is also making a huge influence in the lives of younger filmmakers and actors."
Ang Lee in Time's Top 100 List on IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0955471/news)
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Ennis had aptitude for horse-riding and elk-shooting and Jack-loving, in his own way.
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“They shook hands in the choky little trailer office in front of a table littered with scribbled papers, a Bakelite ashtray brimming with stubs.” [story]
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C is carne — meat, which Jack preferred to beans!! ;)
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Ennis had trouble expressing his desires.
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Jack and Ennis' summer on Brokeback was the be-all, end-all experience of their lives.
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In their hearts Ennis and Jack were together forever. :-*
=reply= Fran
Its not so much your nitpicking (your word) as Your imagining that Ennis's sister might have had any kids much less daughters and then ones younger than Ennis's Jenny. Too many ifs! Neither the book nor the movie mentioned the sister having any kids so dont assume she did. Being married doesnt mean You must have kids. This is a response to your posted board comment and long PM on this to me.
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In many of the scenes depicting Wyoming, the wind was gusty.
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When it was time to leave Brokeback, Ennis realized that he wasn't as hard-nosed as he thought he was.
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Ennis and Jack found it easy to imbibe each time they met. :D
=congratulations=
To all on 60,000 plus views! To Will for beginning this splendid game! To all the playerz who have shared their wit and creativity all these months! Cheers!
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Though neither Alma nor Ennis looked jolly at their wedding, the minister was notable for his jolliness.
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From an article in the Khaleej Times Online on the 78th Academy Awards:
"The best picture nominees that emerged could almost be read as a civics lesson on issues with which America is struggling: homophobia in the case of Ang Lee’s 'Brokeback Mountain,' racial tensions in Paul Haggis’ 'Crash,' the responsibilities of the media in both Bennett Miller’s 'Capote' and George Clooney’s 'Good Night, and Good Luck' and the response to terrorism in Steven Spielberg’s 'Munich.'" [link] (http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/todaysfeatures/2006/March/todaysfeatures_March3.xml§ion=todaysfeatures)
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After he leaves Brokeback, Ennis learns the hard way how much he misses Jack.
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The boys and their love have made us all melt!!!
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Willie Nelson, who performed the song "He Was a Friend of Mine" played during the end credits, appears courtesy of DreamWorks Records Nashville.
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Jack and Ennis' relationship survived twenty years against all odds.
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Aguirre was a one-man posse, using the excuse of Uncle Harold's illness to spy on Ennis and Jack, not once but twice.
=CONGRATULATIONZ=Playerz
And thanks to our tireless moderatorz for seeing us to the 8K posts milestone!!!!!!!!!!
=aside=lauragigs
Welcome to my FRiend and fellow Coloradoan lauragigs! We Coloradoans are a wordy bunch!
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A short story the length of Brokeback Mountain fits perfectly bound in quarto.
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Jack was revving his engine with Ennis's help.
=congratz= All
8,000 posts!!
Bettermost overall about to hit 100,000 posts!!
WooWee for us!!
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The sparks continue to fly between Jack and Ennis long after the campfire has gone out.
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"When it came time to design the poster for the film, [co-producer James] Schamus didn't research posters of famous Westerns for ideas. He looked at the posters of the 50 most romantic movies ever made. 'If you look at our poster,' he says, 'you can see traces of our inspiration, Titanic.'"
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=milestone= 8,000 posts!
Yay! We'll reach 10,000 before we know it!
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There was an undercurrent of sexuality in Jack and Ennis's early scenes.
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Jack was full of piss and vinegar when he said "No more beans."
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"[Ang] Lee remembers shooting the scene in which Ennis and Jack (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) explored their first taste of sexuality in a tent under the twilight. 'It was well-lit, not like the way you saw in the film,' he says. 'I was right there, very close, next to the camera....'"
-- I-Ching Ng, East West Magazine (http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/content/view/21/40/)
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By the end of the film, Ennis was xisting on memories and dreams.
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Ennis wore a yellow-colored rain slicker in one of the scenes with the sheep.
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To read a review of Brokeback Mountain in German that was posted on the Web site Zelluloid.de, click here (http://zelluloid.de/filme/index.php3?id=5101).
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Junior and Jenny had great admiration for their Daddy. This is especially evident in the Thanksgiving scene.
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Working as a grocer enabled Monroe to bring home the bacon.
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Joe Aguirre: "Forest Service got designated campsites on the allotments. Them camps can be three, four miles from where we pasture the woollies. Bad predator loss if there's nobody lookin' after 'em at night." [screenplay]
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The elk meat was drip-drying by the fire.
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Blocking aside, the love scenes in Brokeback were done somewhat extemporaneously by Heath and Jake.
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"[Ennis] gets up, scratching the grey wedge of belly and pubic hair, shuffles to the gas burner, pours leftover coffee in a chipped enamel pan; the flame swathes it in blue." [story]
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When Ennis "wrang it out a hundred times" thinking about Jack, he had come to grips with how much he missed him.
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Lureen had only a half-hearted interest in Bobby's schooling.
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"Unlike any film in recent memory, this tragic, romantic elegy is an ingenious feat: magisterial in its vision, bare-bones in its telling, contrasting a singular vision of gay life in America set against the complexity of falling in love."
-- Gabriel Shanks, Mixed Reviews (http://www.mixedreviews.net/maindishes/2005/brokeback/brokeback_gabriel.shtml)
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Jack sang "Water Walkin' Jesus" accompanied by Ennis' coffeepot drumming — an impromptu mountain jamboree.
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LaShawn constantly kibbitzes throughout the entire charity dinner.
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"Unfortunately people are very quick in life to label something that they're uncomfortable with. [Brokeback Mountain] transcends a label. It's a story of two human beings that are in love; get over the fact that it's two men. That's the point.... If you can't understand it, just don't go see the movie."
-- Heath Ledger as quoted by The Associated Press (http://www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2006/02/16/LifeArts/brokeback.Mountain.Nominations.Exceed.Ledgers.Expectations-1616495.shtml?norewrite200608251840&sourcedomain=www.dailytexanonline.com)
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Lureen seduced Jack with (among other things) her pert mammaries.
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In the story, Jack was a bundle of nerves when meeting Alma.
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"From its first moments, it becomes clear that what is spoken aloud in Brokeback Mountain is far less important than what goes unsaid. It is a meditative film, unhurried in its storytelling, confident enough in its own abilities to indulge in gorgeous scenery and the occasional joke."
-- Gabriel Shanks, Mixed Review (http://www.mixedreviews.net/maindishes/2005/brokeback/brokeback_gabriel.shtml)
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When Ennis realized that he couldn't have a relationship with anyone other than Jack, Cassie was out of the picture.
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An article at Moviefone's Independent Film Guide: [link] (http://movies.aol.com/franchise/indiefilmguide/spotlight/brokeback_mountain_movie)
Go Tell It on the 'Mountain': A Q&A With Director Ang Lee
by Sandie Angulo Chen
=compliment= Clara
Kudos to U for a long-awaited "Q"!
Fran
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Ennis ransacked the closet looking for a presentable shirt to wear on his "fishin' trip" with Jack.
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"Later, that dozy embrace solidified in his memory as the single moment of artless, charmed happiness in their separate and difficult lives." [story]
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After waiting all day for Jack, the sight of him pulling up in his truck was a real turn-on for Ennis.
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Those two bikers represented some of the West's more unsavory characters.
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"In watching Brokeback Mountain, I saw the work of two visionary writers devoted to revealing the complex humanity of the Western cowboy. The result for me was a screen drama that was both beautiful and tragic."
-- Frank Beaver, Michigan Today News-e (http://www.umich.edu/news/MT/NewsE/02_06/movies.html)
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Jack's visit to Wyoming after Ennis' divorce was a complete washout.
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When they were at the drive-in, Alma was xpectant.
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"'Brokeback Mountain' & 'Good Night, and Good Luck' are currently playing at Cumberland Cinemas in Yorkville."
-- Shawn Mitchell, Salterrae (http://www.salterrae.ca/archive/2005/10/archive23.php) (Trinity College, Toronto)
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My surprise Halloween treat to the ABCz Playerz is a desperately needed "Z"! ;D
People living in Zanzibar were not only deprived of any premiere of the Gay-oriented BBM film but it was not allowed to be shown in any movie theater. :( Anyone interested in viewing BBM can only do so via video in the strict privacy of their own homes.
=aside= Frani
"B", U R A pain in the "Z"!
=reply= Will-XYZ
It's all in a day's "work." Who appointed me anyway?
Anyone U know? In any event, thankz for the much-
needed "Z".
Fran
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Round 290
Pretty P'inty
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By 1983 Jack Twist had a
30 aught six rifle
(According to Annie Proulx).
Congratulations on
8,000 + Posts.
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The theatrical aspect ratio of Brokeback Mountain is 1.85:1.
We love every aspect of the movie and
I am so sorry to have missed the birthday
of our film guru:
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Ang Lee.
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Aguirre tosses Ennis a watch on a braided cord.
=aside= Toast
Welcome back!
You're always a hard act to follow.
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"What Jack remembered and craved in a way he could neither help nor understand was the time that distant summer on Brokeback when Ennis had come up behind him and pulled him close, the silent embrace satisfying some shared and sexless hunger." [story]
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(Jack Twist)'s family is equally dysfunctional, fronted by a bully and braggart of a father-in-law who sells farm equipment in Texas.
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=aside= Paul
Feels good to be back.
Follow me at your own risk, dude.
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After the episode with the bikers on the Fourth of July, Alma knew that Ennis's temper was something to be feared.
=Congratz= Playerz
on 8,000+ posts!
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Jack: "Last year one storm the lightnin' kilt forty-two sheep. Thought I'd asphyxiate from the smell." [screenplay]
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Ennis was so great with the horses, he never had to say giddyup . . .
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According to Annie Proulx,
Ennis Del Mar was farsighted enough to dislike reading anything except
the saddle catalog from Hamley and Co.
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Jack and Ennis's attraction to each other is an incontrovertible truth.
=aside= Toast
It's sure enough risky, but I keep doin' it.
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Comments by Jack Foley, president of distribution for Focus Features which is distributing Brokeback:
"The thing about the senior crowd is that they go to a lot of movies, and they like good movies. By the third weekend, we were in Scottsdale (Ariz.), West Palm Beach (Fla.) and La Jolla (San Diego County) -- urban, well-to-do and a tremendous senior crowd.'' -- SFGate.com (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/28/BAGMFGUAEP1.DTL)
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Ennis followed the Basque's instructions, putting two packs and a riding load on each animal, knotting them with half hitches.
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Although Ennis was deficient in book learning, he had learning aplenty in the ways of the ranch hand.
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Jack to Alma: "Pleased to meet you, ma'am." [screenplay]
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When Ennis' and Alma's divorce was granted on the 6th day of November, 1975, Alma and Ennis were named as plaintiff and defendant, respectively.
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Occasionally in Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx used onomatopoeic words like "yips" and "burr."
=compliment= Meryl
Good observation. Good "O".
Fran
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Joe Aguirre: "Now, what I want is a camp tender to stay in the main camp where the Forest Service says. But the herder, he's gonna pitch a pup tent on the Q.T. with the sheep, and he's goin' to sleep there." [DVD]
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Ennis quashes Jack's post-divorce plans, since the Del Mar girls are with their Daddy for the weekend.
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When Ennis hears Alma say "lonesome", and when Jack hears the singer sing "lonely", both are lost in reverie, thinking about the other.
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"That spring, hungry for any job, each had signed up with Farm and Ranch Employment -- they came together on paper as herder and camp tender for the same sheep operation north of Signal." [story]
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Alma Jr. was totally bubbly that her Dad toasted her upcoming wedding to Kurt.
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Aguirre used his big-ass binoculars to watch the boys underhandedly.
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"Much of the power in the film emanates from the standout performances from Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams, who plays his wife Alma, as they collapse under internalized anxiety. Both of them are, in their own way, victims."
-- Nicholas Tam, The Gateway (http://www.gateway.ualberta.ca/view.php?aid=5397)
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According to the New Yorker version of Brokeback Mountain,
Jack became more Texan and "wore Texas suits and a tall white hat."
This phrase was later replaced with "and to finish the job grew a heavy mustache."
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The aforementioned "Texas suits and a tall white hat" were xcised from the story to make room for Jack's heavy mustache.
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"Brokeback Mountain, which spans two decades beginning in 1963, depicts cowboys trapped in the first two generations of gay history. The emotionally frozen Ennis can never fully embrace his love for Jack because he has been subjected to a particularly terrifying form of conversion therapy. When he was nine, his father took him to see a man who had been beaten to death for having 'ranched up' with another man. The heterosexual imperative reflected in that murder drives both Ennis and Jack to marry women. But Jack believes a different life is possible — he tries to persuade Ennis that they can inhabit a closet built for two. The tragedy of the film is that Jack is too far ahead of his time — it is the less courageous Ennis who survives."
-- an excerpt from the book Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights,
by Kenji Yoshino
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Joe Aguirre flipped his 'zine's pages and said "ain't got no work for you" when Jack Twist revisited his trailer in 1964.
def - slang for magazine
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Ennis aphoristically said, "Ain't got nothin', don't need nothin'."
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Jack and Ennis avoid civilization because it is too dangerous.
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Ennis tried to downplay his feelings about Tent Scene I, by saying to Jack "It's a one-shot thing."
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"These first 30 minutes gave us the incredibly subtle courtship rituals between the two sheepherders as their attraction starts to simmer with the furtive glances while their macho swagger turns into amorous endearment. Even while we knew what was about to transpire, it is all the more important for us to realise why both men needed each other."
-- Justin Deimen, UrbanWire (http://www.theurbanwire.com/stories/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=589&Itemid=69)
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In TS1, Jack was grasping at straws.
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Society against them and their inner selves in turmoil, Jack and Ennis nevertheless maintained an honorable and mostly respectful attitude toward one another.
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"Proulx's story caused a sensation when it appeared in The New Yorker eight years ago. Its raw masculinity, spare dialogue and lonely imagery subverted the myth of the American cowboy and obliterated gay stereotypes. It also felt like a sledgehammer to the chest."
-- Sean Smith, Newsweek (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10017716/site/newsweek/)
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In the screenplay, Jack Twist listens to Johnny Cash on the pickup's radio while shaving. The song playing is Johnny's number one hit "I Walk the Line".
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Mrs. Twist kindheartedly touched Ennis's shoulder.
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After not seeing each other since Brokeback, Ennis and Jack were off to the motel in two shakes of a lamb's tail.
=aside= Toast
Welcome back.
Sandy
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Ennis: "I'm savin' for a place myself. Me and Alma, we'll be gettin' married when I come down off this mountain." (drinks) "You goin' up with the sheep?" [screenplay]
=aside= Sandy
And a wave of a lamb's tail from myself to you!
Toast
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"Some of us thought that this was the year that a gay-themed film could break through in the top category. And, clearly, it almost did. Ang Lee became the first nonwhite director to be honored as best director. (I'm sure he earned the respect of every director in Hollywood when he pointedly forgot to individually thank his cast.) Oscar voters may have thought that by giving Lee his Oscar, and rewarding Phillip Seymour Hoffman with the best actor award for his lisping, negative portrayal of Truman Capote, they had insulated themselves from charges of homophobia. They were wrong."
-- Gregory King, Independent Gay Forum (http://www.indegayforum.org/news/show/27354.html)
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Jack, Lureen, and their friends liked to dress ostentatiously for events like the Childress Fundraising Dinner.
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Story Ennis like doing it with women, but Jesus H., he preferred doing it with Jack.
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Ang Lee's qualifiedness for his Oscar as Best Director for Brokeback Mountain could only be obvious to those who actually watched the film.
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"Four years later Jack reappears in Ennis’ life and they pick up where they left off, much to the dismay of Alma. In the years that follow, the men struggle with their feelings for each other and how to deny them when apart, revive them when together."
-- Amy Lamare, Hollywood Stock Exchange (http://movies.hsx.com/news/reviews/051208.htm)
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Ennis is inexplicably drawn to the siren call of Cassie.
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The first snow came early, on August thirteenth, piling up a foot, but was followed by a quick melt.
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"Brokeback may have a strong sexual undertone and gripping emotional power, but as the director reveals, he used a minimalist approach for the sex scenes and even rolled the camera unrehearsed."
-- I-Ching Ng, East West Magazine (http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/content/view/21/40/)
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Ennis's parents veered off the only curve in forty-two miles.
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Annie Proulx on her website:
"I think I did fall in love with both Jack and Ennis, or some other strong feeling of connection which has persisted for the eight years since the story was written."
annieproulx.com (http://www.annieproulx.com/brokebackfaq.html)
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From a review by film critic Edward X. Young:
"In case you have been living under a rock, Brokeback Mountain is a highly unconventional love story, spanning two decades (1963–1983), detailing the turbulent relationship of two cowboys enthralled by passion so forbidden and dangerous in their unenlightened times that they are tragically driven to live in fear and shame. The furtive lovers must keep their desires and true natures a secret –- at times forcing them into tortured self-denial." [link] (http://www.hollywoodgoldcontest.com/2006/thewinneris06.asp)
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Ennis had a yerking reaction when Jack placed his hand on his crotch.
Def: A sudden or quick thrust or motion; a jerk
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When Jack and Ennis cut up the elk, they were adept zootomists.
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"...they torqued things almost to where they had been, for what they'd said was no news. Nothing ended, nothing begun, nothing resolved." [story]
=aside= Paul and Sandy
I see you've carved the pumpkins from Round 291's announcement and put 'em to work in Round 292. Good work!
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Leaving Brokeback brought Ennis back down to earth.
=reply= Fran
Paul is the carving expert - he hangs around with zootomists.
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Ennis and Jack never did get together on November 7 at Pine Creek.
Ennis' postcard arranging the time was returned to him.
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"...they shook hands, hit each other on the shoulder, then there was forty feet of distance between them and nothing to do but drive away in opposite directions." [story]
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The earth moved for both Jack and Ennis in Tent Scene I.
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One farmer called Jack a pissant who used to ride the bulls.
Another farmer even minimized Jack's ability to do that.
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Ennis said he shot a coyote with gonads the size of apples. :)
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Alma: "I looked in the case when I got a chance and there was my note still tied there and that line hadn't touched water in its life." [story]
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Mr. Del Mar's "therapy" worked, since Ennis was inhibited for the rest of his life.
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Placing Cassie next to the tattooed lady was an interesting juxtapositional move on the part of the filmmakers.
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"Men finding each other in a vast wilderness should be no big deal, but conservatives would have you believe it shakes the earth off its axis. Lee makes their relationship epic in its reality and minuteness."
-- Karina Montgomery, Cinerina (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/click/movie-1152313/reviews.php?critic=columns&sortby=default&page=15&rid=1467166)
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Jack Twist about Old Man Twist: "Christ, he licked the stuffin out a me, knocked me down on the bathroom floor, whipped me with his belt. I thought he was killin me. Then he says, 'You want a know what it's like with piss all over the place? I'll learn you,' and he pulls it out and lets go all over me, soaked me, then he throws a towel at me and makes me mop up the floor, take my clothes off and warsh them in the bathtub, warsh out the towel, I'm bawlin and blubberin. But while he was hosin me down I seen he had some extra material that I was missin. I seen they'd cut me different like you'd crop a ear or scorch a brand. No way to get it right with him after that." [short story]
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Having lost Jack at the end of the film, Ennis was marooned to his lonely trailer.
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Cassie to Ennis: "I left word for you with Steve at the ranch. And you must of got those notes I left at your place." [screenplay]
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Ennis doesn't need to owe anything to Jack Twist, since he isn't in the poorhouse.
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Ennis played down the sex in Tent Scene I, saying it was a one-shot thing.
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"A slow-moving, button-lipped Western romance, Ang Lee's widescreen version of Annie Proulx's quick-moving, stub-tongued story worms its way into the viewer's consciousness, to remain there, a shifting, analog reality, for days or even weeks."
-- Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman (http://www.wacotrib.com/movies/content/shared/movies/reviews/B/brokebackmountain/aas.html)
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There are at least two rifles of different calibres in Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain.
The boys get a 30-30 in 1963 and Jack has a 30-06 in 1983.
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Things get steamy when Ennis comes into the tent from the cold.
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"Ennis, reared by his older brother and sister after their parents drove off the only curve on Dead Horse Road leaving them twenty-four dollars in cash and a two-mortgage ranch, applied at age fourteen for a hardship license that let him make the hour-long trip from the ranch to the high school." [story]
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One could argue that Ennis and Jack's happiness is laid to waste by society's mores. But where lies tragedy, also lies the tender, undiluted potency of genuine love. Brokeback Mountain is a testament to that love, in all its forms. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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Ennis vented his spleen after Thanksgiving dinner when Alma brought up the subject of his fishing trips with Jack Nasty.
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"Ennis woke in red dawn with his pants around his knees, a top-grade headache, and Jack butted against him; without saying anything about it, both knew how it would go for the rest of the summer, sheep be damned." [story]
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ScreenIt has a complete list of the xecrating in Brokeback Mountain, under the heading Profanity:
At least 22 "f" words (1 used sexually), 13 "s" words, 2 slang terms using female genitals ("p*ssy"), 1 using male ones ("d*ck"), 16 hells, 11 damns, 6 asses (1 used with "hole"), 4 S.O.B.s, 1 crap, 13 uses of "G-damn" and 1 use each of "Christ," "Jesus" and "Jesus Christ."
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The sweetness of yesterdays' longings filled Ennis's dreams.
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To read a review of Brokeback Mountain (Le secret de Brokeback) at the French website ZoomAvant.com, click here (http://www.zoom-cinema.com/fiches/film_333.html).
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He ducks in as if prostrating himself before an altar, drops to his knees and, hidden way in the back, finds Jack's shirt, smeared with blood from a fight they'd had; and within Jack's shirt is his own shirt, with his blood from the fight.
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=aside= Sandy
These pumpkins look good enough to eat, especially the Mint letters and numbers.
Happy Halowe'en Friends
Toast
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Alma had a bone to pick with Ennis at Thanksgiving when she brought up the subject of Ennis' "fishing trips".
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"A slow corrosion worked between Ennis and Alma, no real trouble, just widening water. She was working at a grocery store clerk job, saw she'd always have to work to keep ahead of the bills on what Ennis made." [story]
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Ext: Wyoming: Highway: Spring: Day: 1964:
Ennis, in a dozer cap, shovels asphalt behind an asphalt dumper. Sweat blooms from his T-shirt collar. Sagebrush tall along the highway, swaying in the hot wind. [2005 screenplay]
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Jack and Ennis had "separate and difficult lives", but they were enriched for having known each other.
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Just before Ennis asked Jack if he had an extra blanket:
"The meadow stones glowed white-green and a flinty wind worked over the meadow, scraped the fire low, then ruffled it into yellow silk sashes." [story]
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Ennis came on like gangbusters to the bikers at the Fourth of July picnic.
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Ledger keeps his character's volume low. Barely opening his mouth when speaking, his voice is frequently an indecipherable mumble, his face, a stoic, blank slate. He's in hiding. And yet there are isolated moments when we see Ennis's pain, guilt, anger and utter hopelessness at being unable to solve a situation that is completely untenable. The impact hits us with the force of a stampede. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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"[Heath] Ledger, on the other hand, gives a bona fide knock-your-socks-off performance. His deep reticence, eyes like chips of coal in a putty face, arouses little interest during the movie's opening scenes. But Ledger's gut responses to the couple's departures and reunions are like punches to the solar plexus. His final scenes will leave few eyes unwatered."
-- Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman (http://www.wacotrib.com/movies/content/shared/movies/reviews/B/brokebackmountain/aas.html)
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Ennis felt bad about jilting Cassie and said "I'm sorry" when he saw her in the bus terminal coffee shop.
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Ennis was a kneeler.
He knelt by the fire, looking out to Jack.
He knelt during tent scene 1.
He knelt entering the tent for tent scene 2.
He knelt in the Signal alley.
He knelt by the stream with the blue enamelware.
He knelt near the lake on their last time together.
He knelt in the Twist closet.
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"Jake Gyllenhaal, as Jack, lures the viewer into the love story. His smooth features are all eyes, almond-shaped, infinitely blue, surrounded by eyelashes so thick they could be registered as weapons."
-- Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman (http://www.wacotrib.com/movies/content/shared/movies/reviews/B/brokebackmountain/aas.html)
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Jack selected a horse that was mettlesome (full of mettle, high-spirited).
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According to the 2005 screenplay, Lureen returns to get her hat, noticing the cowboy's "thick, dark hair, his appealing face, his sturdy body".
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Jack and Ennis each had to be obsequious to some dang annoying folks (such as Aguirre and John Twist)!
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"Within a mile Ennis felt like someone was pulling his guts out hand over hand a yard at a time." [story]
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The first summer on the mountain became quellable when Aguirre the Queller quelled it.
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Aguirre considered Jack to be a rascal and refused to rehire him.
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Lureen returned and silently took her hat from the cowboy with the thick, dark hair, appealing face, and sturdy body.
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In the infamous Thanksgiving kitchen scene Ennis warns Alma not to trespass on his relationship with Jack.
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Crash pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Academy Awards history when it won Best Picture over the front-runner Brokeback Mountain.
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Gore Vidal on ‘Capote,’ ‘Brokeback Mountain’ --and Why ‘Match Point’ Is the Best Picture of 2005
So I was eager to see the movie about the two sheepherders, actually is what they are, they’re not cowboys. You can see there’s not a cow in the movie, just a lot of sheep. You can see how the two sheepherders might get tired of the sheep and begin to look to each other, as a kind of variation on a theme. I liked it, I thought it was quite moving, obviously thematically it’s important to do a picture like that about two ordinary men, seized at a time in which all this is forbidden and so on.
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When Jack picked up Lureen's red hat, he was wearing his grey, well-broken-in shirt.
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Thank you, Focus Features, for donating these items to the HRC auction. Great cause.
This is one happy cowboy. :)
=reply= Paul
Congratz for winning the shirt off Jake's back.
Sandy
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When Jack first noticed Lureen, he thought she had an xtra-special something about her.
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from Brokeback Mountain to Wallace & Gromit ....
Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2007 includes every review by Ebert written in the 30 months from January 2004 through June 2006-about 650 in all. Also included are interviews with newsmakers such as Ang Lee, and Heath Ledger ...
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An excerpt from a review of BBM at zBoneman.com (http://zboneman.com/movies/Brokeback-Mountain-1264.html):
"Overall though, Brokeback Mountain is a beautiful film. It's simply stunning to look at (Rodrigo Prieto's cinematography is masterful), and I was extremely moved by the entire experience. As for the subject matter, I wasn't at all bothered by it. You don't have to accept or understand homosexuality to understand what this film is trying to say. As for myself, I have a simple philosophy about the lifestyle; I've never entirely understood it, but I've always accepted it, and perhaps that's how it should be, because it really isn't my lifestyle to understand. The bottom line is, who are we to tell someone else who they can or cannot love. In any event, Brokeback Mountain is simply a movie, and a darned good one at that."
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Round 294!
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Because more is more.
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Lureen sat very upright and alert while wearing her red hat. Never know when a cute cowboy might come around.
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Lureen is mounted (on the horse) sitting upright and firmly on her buttocks. ;)
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Lureen wore a lurid crimson cowboy hat with a matching band (according to Paul, and he should know!!)
=aside= Taost
Thanks for joining us yesterday!
Note: I spelled it that way on purpose!
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While sitting on her horse, and wearing her hat, and scoping out Jack, Lureen exhibited an air of determinedness.
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Ennis staved off ennui on the mountain by whittling a wooden horse.
def='ennui' is French for 'boredom'; it has been appropriated into the English language as a word to express that concept.
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Alma captured Jack and Ennis in flagrant delicto.
def = in the very act of commiting a misdeed, red handed. Literally, while the crime is blazing.
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"Brokeback Mountain should be appreciated first and foremost as a heartbreaking romantic epic, a genuinely moving story about repressed desire that transcends any boundaries the various cultural warriors will want to impose on it."
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Most of the characters of Brokeback Mountain could uncharitably be referred to as the hoi polloi.
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Jack would get itchy feet if he went too long a period without seeing Ennis.
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From a customer review of Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay at Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Brokeback-Mountain-Screenplay-Annie-Proulx/dp/customer-reviews/0743294165of):
"It is equally marvellous to see how McMurtry and Ossana took this lump of gold and forged it into a jewel of a screenplay (one that laid around in Hollywood desk drawers quite a while as the best unfilmable script around)."
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Jack's kissability factor goes way up when he stands up, retrieves the red hat and slightly stumbles as another horse gallops by.
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=aside= FrontRanger
I am considering becoming even more Taoistic.
But I might have to give up my computer.
As Jack would say, "Shit, that's hard."
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Ennis would always get a big lift from seeing Jack on one of their "fishing trips."
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"The next week Joe Aguirre sent word to bring them down -- another, bigger storm was moving in from the Pacific -- and they packed in the game and moved off the mountain with the sheep, stones rolling at their heels, purple cloud crowding in from the west and the metal smell of coming snow pressing them on." [story]
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A day at the rodeo in 1966, netted Jack Twist a girl in a red hat, a dance and an attempt to get the car home by midnight.
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Ennis began his relationship with Jack thinking they were both just sowing wild oats.
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When Lureen first laid eyes on Jack, he was a perfect stranger.
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Jack picked up the red hat, avoided a galloping barrel horse, quaveringly saying "ma'am" before he handed the hat to the lady in red.
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"Nothing ended, nothing begun, nothing resolved." [story]
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After Jack retrieves the red hat, he stumbles slightly as another barrel racer races by.
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With thanks to Taost.
You know how to work a theme!
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Jack took one look at Ennis and was tantalized by him at once.
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When Lureen unbosomed herself, Jack liked the direction in which she was going.
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=aside= Paul
I think I milked this one pretty well.
Time to put it in the back seat, I think.
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Lureen's vermillioned hat brought her and Jack together.
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=aside= Toast
Our theme has been an em-bra-rassment of riches.
Time for that shirt to come off, Jack's I mean.
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"Wowing them at festivals, Ang Lee's rugged love story stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger and is based on Annie Proulx's spectacular short story."
-- Austin360.com (http://www.austin360.com/xl/content/movies/xl/2005/11/inmovies_11-24-05.html)
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Joe Aguirre xecrated the telephone caller:
"No. No. Not on your fuckin' life."
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From the youngsters' point of view, Ennis was a good Dad to Junior and Jenny.
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At college Randall Malone had majored in animal husbandry or zootechny.
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Round 295!!!
And that ain't no jive!!!
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We are back to the present as Jack, much older now, watches the pickup truck, and his other half, fade away into the distance, that dozy embrace solidified in his memory as the single moment of artless, charmed happiness in their separate and difficult lives. [2005 screenplay]
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Aguirre gave Jack a bum steer when he said the doctors didn't expect Uncle Harold would make it.
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"Her resentment opened out a little every year: the embrace she had glimpsed, Ennis's fishing trips once or twice a year with Jack Twist and never a vacation with her and the girls, his disinclination to step out and have any fun, his yearning for low-paid, long-houred ranch work, his propensity to roll to the wall and sleep as soon as he hit the bed, his failure to look for a decent permanent job with the county or the power company, put her in a long, slow dive, and when Alma Jr. was nine and Francine seven she said, what am I doin' hangin' around with him, divorced Ennis and married the Riverton grocer." [story]
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Ennis bounded downstairs and straight for his little darling "Jack Fucking Twist".
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Among the myriad of emotions she experiences Alma finds herself envious of Jack.
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Cassie did some fancy footwork when she dragged Ennis onto the dance floor.
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Ennis was not looking for girlfriends when Cassie tested out his footwork.
He was actually looking for the men's room.
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Crash pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Academy Awards history when it won Best Picture over the front-runner Brokeback Mountain.
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By the end of the summer on Brokeback, Ennis had plenty of in-depth experience about the ways of lovemaking.
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Ennis did his passive best in order to jettison Cassie.
=aside= Toast
Don't you hate it when you're just trying to go to the men's room and you end up dancing to the "Devil's Right Hand"?
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"[Ang] Lee's brother, Lee Kang, and mother, Yang Si-chuang, 81, watched the [Oscar] ceremony from Lee Kang's small TV production and film distribution office in Taipei, together with dozens of local and international media. When the director's award was announced, Lee Kang sprang up and pumped his fist into the air and Yang applauded enthusiastically."
-- Min Lee, Associated Press [link] (http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2006/03/06/3)
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Steve Earle's song played loudly as Ennis tried to forget that he had four beers to get rid of. Maybe he could move to the beat of "The Devil's Right Hand" if he made it to the men's room first.
=aside= Paul
Depends on who the dance partner is - Cassie or Ennis.
I love that scene.
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Jack didn't mince words at Thanksgiving dinner when he gave it to L.D.
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"On the edge of the meadow where the sheep are grazing, a dog sits by a dead sheep, killed by coyotes while Ennis slept in the tent, had sex with Jack. The script calls this sheep 'shredded' -- but Lee shows it lying on its back, its belly ripped apart, its innards exposed, a grim foreshadowing of the human image we'll see later of the murdered old Gay rancher whose corpse Ennis's father forced him to look at, aged nine. This nightmare memory scares Ennis about being perceived as Gay, produces a violent image of Jack's death in his mind: Jack jumped on, surprised, beaten back onto the ground, his face slashed open by blows from his tire iron."
-- Andrew Hudson, White Crane (http://www.whitecranejournal.com/68/art6806.asp)
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Cassie needed a foot rub owing to the demands of beer drinkers like Ennis ... Del Mar.
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Cassie spared Ennis any more dancing because she was pooped from the demands of beer-drinking cowboys.
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The del Mar quaternion eased its way through the 4th of July crowd, trying to find a place to sit.
def. = a set of four persons or things
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Ennis was heading toward the restrooms when Cassie managed to turn him around and got him on the dance floor.
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Cassie undid the straps of her shoe-like thingies (the auction called them "espadrilles") and put her dogs in Ennis's unsuspecting lap.
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=aside= Fran
"Quaternion": way cool.
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Cassie C. was very toothy in her manhunt of Ennis.
def = toothsome, showing lots of teeth (see pic)
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Cassie thrust her unshod feet into Ennis' lap, looking for relief.
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Cassie, while jonesing for a foot rub, quaffed her ever-present glass of vino.
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Cassie was footloose and fancy-free at the time she met Ennis.
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Cassie was wearing cutoffs, espadrilles and an xanthous tube top.
def. - adj : similar to the color of an egg yolk (this is a real x word)
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"On Friday 01/27/06, the Equality California Yuba-Sutter Chapter organized a Brokeback Mountain Premiere and Western Revue at Sutter Theatre in Yuba City. Special performers included The Sacramento Kings of Drag, Natalie Scott, and Just Us. A huge thanks goes out to the many volunteers who worked hard to make the event a success. The event made the front page of The Appeal-Democrat on the following day."
-- Gay Yuba-Sutter (http://www.gayyubasutter.com/YSP%20Photo%20Gallery.htm), the website of Yuba-Sutter Pride
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"This time, however, "Brokeback Mountain" seen as the upcoming movie, failed to receive the expected recognition. Only the film's director, Ang Lee found consolation receiving the Best Director award. Taiwanese born Lee was nominated for eight Oscars for his movie that depicts a cowboy teaching how to be a cowboy, tells the story of a gay cowboy and was adored by the Academy. Winning three awards, he also received a BAFTA award, which is regarded as the precursor for the Oscars." --Zaman Online (http://www.zaman.com/pics/logo.gif) (http://www.zaman.com/?bl=columnists&alt=&trh=20061026&hn=30628)
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In the 2005 screenplay Jack awakens just before dawn, decides it is time for action and "takes one of Ennis's big hands from outside the bedroll and guides it inside, down toward his own groin."
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Ennis: "I come up under my brother K.E., three years older'n me, slugged me silly ever day. Dad got tired a me come bawlin' in the house and when I was about six he set me down and say, Ennis, you got a problem and you got a fix it or it's gonna be with you until you're ninety and K.E.'s ninety-three. Well, I says, he's bigger'n me.
Dad says, you got a take him unawares...." [story]
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Alma wanted Ennis to come clean about his "fishing trips" with Jack Nasty.
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In the 2005 screenplay, Bobby Twist is eating a drumstick during the football skirmish, even before the turkey is carved.
In the movie he is eating pale soup from the soup tureen that Lureen carried into the kitchen as Jack garnished the turkey with gravy.
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"Ang Lee uses detail to make the story authentic, to help us know things without knowing we know them: he alerts us to the inevitable ending from the beginning. His film is fulfilling as a work of art; it unfolds organically, ends where it's meant to end. We come away saddened but satisfied."
-- Andrew Hudson, White Crane (http://www.whitecranejournal.com/68/art6806.asp)
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It was four-years' time before the boys saw each other again.
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Conservatives will see the liberal tyranny of an entertainment culture forcing elitist "progressive values" on the reluctant red-state millions and, in the process, staining the purity of the most American of good ol' American genres, the western, home of Duke Wayne, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers.
A Picture of Two Americas In 'Brokeback Mountain (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/01/AR2006020102477_pf.html)
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"...Brokeback follows the lives of Ennis and Jack as they settle down with wives and children and contend with relationships that are increasingly loveless. It proceeds with the same methodical patience but drips with ambient dramatic conflict that hooks the viewer with concern for all the players."
-- Nicholas Tam, The Gateway (http://www.gateway.ualberta.ca/view.php?aid=5397)
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Ennis instinctively had his way with Jack; he didn't need no instruction manual.
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Ennis jocoseriously told Jack "Speak for yourself. You may be a sinner, but I ain't yet had the opportunity."
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"[Ang] Lee's brother, Lee Kang, and mother, Yang Si-chuang, 81, watched the [Oscar] ceremony from Lee Kang's small TV production and film distribution office in Taipei, together with dozens of local and international media. When the director's award was announced, Lee Kang sprang up and pumped his fist into the air and Yang applauded enthusiastically."
-- Min Lee, Associated Press [link] (http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2006/03/06/3)
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The whiskey helped to lower Ennis' inhibitions during Tent Scene I.
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After getting their instructions for the summer Ennis and Jack decided to mosey on down to the local watering hole for a beer and a smoke even though it is still early morning.
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Annie Proulx described the noisiness of the Del Mar bedroom in late 1964:
"the sounds were of squalling and sucking and Alma's sleepy groans, all reassuring of fecundity and life's continuance to one who worked with livestock."
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Although neither Jack nor Ennis was twenty, Jack's truck was certainly over-the-hill.
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Ennis' distress about leaving Brokeback puts his nose out of joint.
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The following item was found on Queerty (http://www.queerty.com/queer/brokeback-mountain/index.php?page=3):
A longtime gay activist has purchased the shirts that Ennis and Jack wore in Brokeback Mountian for $101,100.51. The money will go directly to Variety – The Children’s Charity of Southern California. More importantly, Tom Gregory, our new favorite person, also just gave us the quote of the year:
"They really are the ruby slippers of our time," said Gregory, 45.
A longtime gay activist, Gregory plans to keep the shirts "as they were, on the hanger, entwined."
"I would never wear them, put them on, or separate them," he said.
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The bikers were adept at rabble-rousing, and they sure roused the rabble in Ennis, turning him into a rabble-rouser , too!
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Buddy Holly's song "It's So Easy To Fall In Love" performed by Linda Ronstadt, was playing on the jukebox when Ennis finally got to sit down after dancing with Cassie.
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When Ennis did what Alma hated, she took it lying down.
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"To simply call Brokeback Mountain a gay western is to deny the core of the movie’s message. Sure Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) are men. But the struggle they face is not one exclusive to homosexual relationships. Rather, their struggle is a human condition. It is a struggle of strength and faith in who you are and your ability, your courage, to live up to your potential. Though the fact that this ranch hand and rodeo cowboy also happen to love each other deeply is as central to the story as their affair is, it is not anywhere near the whole story. It underscores their pain and the loss they’ve had throughout their entire lives."
-- Amy Lamare, Hollywood Stock Exchange (http://movies.hsx.com/news/reviews/051208.htm)
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You can see there’s not a cow in the movie, just a lot of sheep. You can see how the two sheepherders might get tired of the sheep and begin to look to each other, as a kind of variation on a theme.
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Alma starts to wake up and smell the coffee about Ennis' relationship with Jack when she says "Texans don't drink coffee?".
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Jenny Shank writes in New West (http://www.newwest.net/index.php/main/article/4425/):
"Brokeback Mountain excels in virtually every way it’s possible for a film to xcel."
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Jack was destined to become yuppier after he married the Newsome family.
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Robert Allen Zimmerman's name is listed on the Soundtrack of Brokeback Mountain as Bob Dylan [né Robert Allen Zimmerman]. Link (http://gofish.about.com/detail.html?gfid=10-419934)
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Jack and Ennis were two able-bodied young sheep herders when they first met.
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When Jack met Alma shortly after Ennis greeted him, he had to hunch over to hide an obvious boner.
=aside=
Wish I had a pic of that.
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Lee,
It's a little dark in the hallway, but here's the scene:
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and here are the pants (from the auction):
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"Ennis lay spread-eagled, spent and wet, breathing deep, still half tumescent, Jack blowing forceful cigarette clouds like whale spouts...." [story]
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Knowing what Ennis and him had just been doin, when Jack met Alma he didnt come into the living room. He stayed in the doorway.
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The plaintive E minor melody — played when Ennis sees the dead sheep, receives the postcard and finds the shirts — is a spare and moving elegy.
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Jack Twist: Is there anything interesting up there in heaven?
Ennis Del Mar (looking up at night sky): I was just sending up a prayer of thanks.
Jack Twist: For what?
Ennis Del Mar: For you forgettin' to bring that harmonica. I'm enjoying the peace and quiet.
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When Ennis told Junior she was 19, she could do what she wanted, he was saying that she was all grown-up.
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It was Uncle Harold's illness that caused Aguirre to breach the privacy of Brokeback Mountain.
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Jack ignites the spark between Ennis and himself which continues long after the campfire has gone out.
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"Ennis is quiet, full of meaningful stares and inspired grunts. Jack is a bit of a clown, jabbering away when not playing his harmonica."
-- Amy Lamare, Hollywood Stock Exchange (http://movies.hsx.com/news/reviews/051208.htm)
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Jack Twist's kissableness brought Ennis Del Mar down the stairs two at a time.
def - inviting kissing through being lovable or physically attractive.
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Jack's lovableness brought Ennis to his knees.
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Just the sight of Jack put Ennis in the mood.
=aside=
Upon request in his will, "In The Mood" was played at the funeral of Peter Sellers in 1980. It was a ghoulish joke on Sellers' part; the comedian hated the song. Presumably the version played was the classic version, and not the Ray Stevens comedic version, by a "group" called The Henhouse Five, the "vocals" consisting entirely of imitation chicken-clucks.
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"The film, written by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, is a near-perfect adaptation of Proulx's work. It has already earned the top prize at the Venice Film Festival and is almost certain to be an Oscar contender. More than that, though, Brokeback feels like a landmark film. No American film before has portrayed love between two men as something this pure and sacred."
-- Sean Smith, Newsweek (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10017716/site/newsweek/)
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When Jack did his mock-rodeo-mating-dance, he was a one-man show.
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Green Giant pork and beans are on the top shelf near the condiment aisle at the Riverton supermarket.
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At the end of Brokeback Mountain, moviegoers are left to decide for themselves whether Jack was given his quietus by tire iron or tire rim.
def. = a euphemism for death
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Even though Ennis never had the opportunity, he quickly learned the ropes in Tent Scene I.
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Every time Jack brought up his dreams for a life together Ennis stymied the notion.
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Jack sits on the tailgate of his old pickup, taping his right hand for his upcoming bull-ride. Hears applause. Looks around, sees the quarter horse and [Lureen] come flying out of the arena, everybody standing way back, giving her room.
Just as she passes Jack, her hat flies off, lands at his feet. [2003 screenplay]
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"Nearly a decade ago, Annie Proulx wrote a story featuring intensely filmable people (modern cowboys) getting up to something pretty unfilmable...."
-- David Lipsky, Rolling Stone (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/8957226/heath_ledger/)
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Cassie did her vampish best to rope Ennis.
=comment=
Now I understand why Ennis can't dance in the "Devil's Right Hand" hair-flinging scene: he has to pee.
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Cassie was no wallflower when she dragged Ennis onto the dance floor.
=comment=
Ennis probably would have preferred to have been a wallflower in the men's room.
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Jack was the xecrator in this scene from Annie Proulx:
"You're too much for me, Ennis, you son of a whoreson bitch. I wish I knew how to quit you."
=aside= Paul
Ping !
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In the Toronto area, Brokeback Mountain was screened at Yorkville’s Alliance Atlantis Cumberland Cinemas.
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Ennis enjoyed the zanyism of Jack's antics when he was doing the rodeo cowboy impersonation.
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Don't be Late
for our 300th Round
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Ennis' childhood trauma was the albatross around his neck — preventing him from finding joy with Jack.
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Old Mr. Twist says that their part of Jack's ashes will be buried in the family plot and not on the Brokeback Mountain.
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Joe Aguirre: "What I want, camp tender in the main camp where the Forest Service says, but the herder" -- pointing at Jack with a chop of his hand -- "pitch a pup tent on the q.t. with the sheep, out a sight, and he's goin' a sleep there." [screenplay]
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Randall is a daddybear — a physical type popular with men!
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in 1967, Jack was electrified to be under the same roof with Ennis again.
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"Ennis lay spread-eagled, spent and wet, breathing deep, still half tumescent, Jack blowing forceful cigarette clouds like whale spouts...." [story]
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Ennis didn't have fancy glassware with which to toast his daughter's engagement, but she didn't mind.
=aside= Fran, that was a sexy one!
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According to the 2003 Screenplay, the stout roughneck that Ennis attacked outside the Black and Blue Eagle Bar was called Hershel.
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"Proulx was disturbed by Ang Lee's alterations -- then sensed how films have their own particular timing. For her, the crucial moment of her story had been the reunion of Jack and Ennis in the motel room after four years apart. There, in their long dialogue, she felt the two men's paths 'were irrevocably laid out.' The screenwriters cut this conversation short, moved some of it to a subsequent scene of the two men camping."
-- Andrew Hudson, White Crane (http://www.whitecranejournal.com/68/art6806.asp)
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A lot of Ennis's speech is his own jargon.
=congratulations= D-A Fran
DA >> Dictionary Administrator!!
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Both killings in Brokeback Mountain are seen, respectively, through the memory and imagination of Ennis Del Mar.
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Jack: "I got it figured, got this plan, Ennis, how we can do it, you and me. Lureen's old man, you bet he'd give me a bunch if I'd get lost. Already more or less said it --" [story]
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Jack and Ennis decided to change horses in midstream when they switched their roles as camp tender and herder.
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Pickup driver Herschel narrowly missed hitting Ennis Del Mar outside the Black and Blue Eagle Bar.
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In addition to the Oscar for best director awarded to Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain won two others: adapted screenplay for Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana and musical score for Gustavo Santaolalla.
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The minister who married Ennis and Alma considered it his pastoral duty to encourage Ennis to kiss his bride or he would do it for him.
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Jack's pickup behaved quirkily but the side-mirror was excellent.
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Jack went from rags to riches when he married into the Newsome family.
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"Within a mile Ennis felt like someone was pulling his guts out hand over hand a yard at a time. He stopped at the side of the road and, in the whirling new snow, tried to puke but nothing came up." [story]
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In his trailer by the side of the road, Ennis toasts his daughter's upcoming wedding: "To Alma and Kurt."
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Jack left no stone unturned in his quest to relive his Brokeback days by having a life with Ennis.
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"In Voorhees (Pennsylvania), Brokeback continues to do well, playing on three screens with 12 showings a day. Even on a weeknight, the theater was three-quarters full, with retirees, students, young and middle-aged professionals, and gay couples."
-- Gay News Blog (http://gay_blog.blogspot.com/2005/12/brokeback-signaling-new-attitude-on.html)
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Linda Ronstadt's version of Buddy Holly's "It's So Easy To Fall In Love" appears in Brokeback Mountain by arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing.
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John Twist's feelings, if there were any, were hidden under a tough emotional xoskeleton.
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Lureen's yellow-tinged teeth were an attempt by the movie's makeup artists to show age progression.
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Jack was zelophobic when he told Ennis that he had this thing goin' with the ranch foreman's wife.
He honestly should have said it was with the ranch foreman himself.
def. - adv. fearful of jealousy
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Round 299!
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Cassie advances toward Ennis while he is on his way to the men's room and starts making advances toward him.
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The truck driver outside the bar was much more burly than Ennis was counting on.
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Ennis enjoyed Cassie's attention until he realized that she wanted more than friendship and footrubs.
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Ennis "picked up a few short-lived ranch jobs, then settled in as a wrangler on the old Elwood Hi-Top place north of Lost Cabin in Washakie County. He was still working there in September when Alma Jr., as he called his daughter, was born...." [story]
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Jack and Ennis' relationship was based on a lot of trial and error.
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Ennis spent his life fearing that he was a homosexual and fearing that he would be exposed.
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"The second girl was born, and Alma wanted to stay in town near the clinic because the child had an asthmatic wheeze." [story]
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Ennis had gotten pretty hammered prior to Jack's telling him to "quit your hammerin' and get in here."
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Ennis reacted instantaneously to Jack's kind offer inside the bedroll.
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"I'm sure it could be argued that everyone needs love -- heck, over in Theater 3 a giant ape is dying for it -- but in the long history of cinematic romance, few characters have shown such a bone-deep hunger for it as Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain."
-- M. I. Kim, The Jujube Review (http://archive.thejujube.com/B/brokebackmtn.html)
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Jack kindles the spark that ignites the passion in Tent Scene I.
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Jack took an instant liking to Ennis.
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"Jack heard his spurs tremble as he mounted, the words 'see you tomorrow,' and the horse’s shuddering snort, grind of hoof on stone." [story]
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For Ennis & Jack's first lovemaking nighttime was the right time!!
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Jimbo thought Jack oughtn't buy him a beer.
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"Jack slid his cold hand between Ennis’s legs, said he was worried about his boy who was, no doubt about it, dyslexic or something, couldn’t get anything right, fifteen years old and couldn’t hardly read, he could see it though goddamn Lureen wouldn’t admit to it and pretended the kid was O.K., refused to get any bitchin’ kind a help about it." [story]
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Ennis quirked his mouth as he started to say more words than he said in a whole year.
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Randall Malone was trying to set himself up as a rival for Jack's affection.
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Ennis was flying by the seat of his pants when he lowered his pants in Tent Scene I.
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There are a number of toastable events in the movie:
Birth of Bobby Twist,
Kurt and Jr.'s marriage,
Carving a turkey all by yourself,
The Del Mar divorce - oops.
=aside= Toast
You certainly are getting a lot of mileage out of your moniker - noun, verb, adjective. You still can do an adverb.
Sandy
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"Brokeback may have a strong sexual undertone and gripping emotional power, but as the director reveals, he used a minimalist approach for the sex scenes and even rolled the camera unrehearsed."
-- I-Ching Ng, East West Magazine (http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/content/view/21/40/)
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"Another vowel that really identifies Wyoming is the ‘i’ in pineapple. It’s very slight, say, compared to Texas where they’d say “pineapple upsy-ide down cake’ with a longer stress on that ‘i.’”
-- “How do you make an Aussie and a California boy sound so convincingly cowboy that their accents aren’t even noticed?” by Penelope Whitney Link (http://smithmag.net/2006/03/01/brokeback-mountains-secret-weapon/)
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And what's the image of the real America through (Ennis' trailer) window? Why it's flat. It's a dreary rural wheatscape, if you will, with no features to interest the eye, no textures to assuage the soul. There's nothing interesting to it. It expresses someone's idea of repressed America, where gay men are forced to bury their personalities and violent conformism is the rule of the day.
To paraphrase Gertrude Stein, there's no there there.
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"Brokeback Mountain xcels in virtually every way it’s possible for a film to excel. With superb acting, penetrating, spare dialogue, a gorgeous setting, a gripping plot, and heart-wrenching, mythic themes, Brokeback Mountain could soon take its place as a classic American Western."
-- Jenny Shank, New West (http://www.newwest.net/index.php/main/article/4425/)
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Lureen's yellow-dyed hair got yellower and yellower as she aged.
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As the story continues, Proulx describes Ennis' "propensity to roll to the wall and sleep as soon as he hit the bed," which implies that Ennis and Alma zeallessly put up with being married.
=Thanks= Fran
Copied from your post 79902 (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=462.msg79902#msg79902)
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Wow !!! 300 rounds of 26 letters.
7800 Different Words!!!
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Let's thank:
- Annie, Diana, Larry, Ang, Heath and Jake ... for creating Brokeback and giving us Ennis and Jack.
- All our Mods, especially Fran and Sandy, for keeping our board clean and neat.
- All our Posterz.
- Google, and all the online/printed dictionaries, reviews and articles that we could find.
I am proud of what we have all done here at the ABCs. It has been a trial by alphabet. And we came through with flying phrases.
Toast
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Brokeback Mountain is the apotheosis of the literature of love, loss and longing.
=milestone= Toast, Modz and Playerz
300 rounds is the apotheosis of our collective heart and genius. Thank you for all your creativity, humor, warmth and camaraderie.
I am enriched for knowing you.
Paul
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Round 300
of the "ABCz of BBM"!!!
What a thrill to see our "not-so-little obsession"
grow and grow and grow!
In the words of Jack:
"This ain't no little thing that's happenin' here."
Players, you continue to impress me with your dedication to the ABCs. I'm more than convinced that a few of you love this game as much as I do. Thanks for your first-rate answerz, your good gamesmanship, and your seemingly endless supply of "Q", "Y", and "Z" wordz.
Thank you, Sandy, for sharing the load here. I couldn't ask for a better mod.
Thank you, Phillip, for giving the ABCs game the room it needs to grow here at BetterMost.
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Toast, Paul and Fran,
You certainly are hard acts to follow.
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It's been my pleasure sharing the load with you, Fran, and playing the game with you creative, witty, and inspirational playerz of the ABCz. You had me at "A".
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It's a wonder Jack and Ennis didn't go crazy from the boredom in the those early days of one staying in camp and one staying with the sheep.
Wow Congratulations to all the ABC Players! No BOREDOM here :D Thanks for letting me play along. 300 rounds! That's a lot of words and a lot of fun!.
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Annie Proulx described Ennis's constructive abandonment in his marriage with Alma Beers:
"his propensity to roll to the wall and sleep as soon as he hit the bed".
def. Constructive Abandonment - the refusal of one spouse to engage in sexual relations with the other spouse. In some states and provinces this is considered grounds for divorce if lasting for a certain length of time.
=aside= Paul, Fran, Sandy, Dot, et al
Let's continue to be constructive.
Happy (http://www.webweaver.nu/clipart/img/nature/ocean/trout.gif) 300th.
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When Jack and Ennis were together, they were dreading the time of their parting.
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Focus Features, which presented Brokeback Mountain, is the specialty films division of Universal Pictures, a division of NBC Universal, the U.S.-based film, television and recreation subsidiary of General Electric.
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As plaintiff, Alma was the one who filed for divorce from Ennis.
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The scene in the little court room was grim (in fact it was described that way in the screenplay).
=aside= Toast
U know how FRont Ranger and the girls love fish!!
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In the courtroom scene, Ennis is standing next to his attorney and Alma is standing next to hers.
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Missing his old bud and lover, Jacked inked a few lines to him and sent them off to Riverton, General Delivery.
=Congratz=Playerz
On 300 rounds of ABCz! 8)
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Brokeback Mountain is said to incorporate a number of Jungian archetypes.
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Ennis was as high as a kite when he decided to sleep at the camp before Tent Scene I.
=aside=
We're high as a kite to be celebrating our 300th round.
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Ennis and Alma became legally divorced 31 years ago today on November 6, 1975.
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=comment=
November 6, 1975 was on a Thursday.
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Alma Jr. and Jenny were minors at the time of their parents' divorce.
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November's losses: Ennis and Alma divorce in November 1975; Jack and Ennis never meet as planned in November 1983.
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At the time of the divorce, Ennis became obligor to his daughters for child support until they turned 18 years of age.
def. - the person who owes money or property as the result of a judgment
Happy (http://www.webweaver.nu/clipart/img/nature/ocean/trout.gif) 300th.
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It can be said that our film represents a cross-section of America's hoi polloi.
=aside=
I was advised that I could use 'polloi' in another post.
=reply= Scott
And a good "P" word it is!
Fran
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A quick-speaking judge granted the del Mar divorce on November 6, 1975.
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After the divorce, Ennis and Alma had to decide what to do about the rented residence. Seems like both moved on.
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Ennis and Alma were both standing when the divorce decree was announced.
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From the post-divorce Thanksgiving scene:
Alma: "You know, I used to wonder how come you never brought any trouts home. Always said you caught plenty. So one time I got your creel case open the night before you went on one a your little trips -- price tag still on it after five years -- and I tied a note on the end of the line. It said, hello Ennis, bring some fish home, love, Alma. And then you come back and said you'd caught a bunch a browns and ate them up. Remember? I looked in the case when I got a chance, and there was my note still tied there and that line hadn't touched water in its life." [story]
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The Del Mar divorce seems to have been uncontested.
Probably a simple ruling of constructive abandonment.
Happy (http://www.webweaver.nu/clipart/img/nature/ocean/trout.gif) 300th.
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The judge gave the verdict: the del Mar divorce was granted the sixth of November, 1975.
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Ennis may be able to convince himself that he's not queer, but he cannot deny that he was a willing participant.
Still tapping my toes(http://www.heathersanimations.com/dance1/boots.gif)in celebration of the ABC's 300th Round.... Yee Haw!
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Alma did xcellently as a result of the divorce:
A new husband with a steady job.
Another child.
Happy (http://www.webweaver.nu/clipart/img/nature/ocean/trout.gif) 300th.
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The curtains in the divorce courtroom were yellow-hued.
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=congratz= Playerz
Hats off to you all for 300 gorgeous rounds!
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To read an interview with Heath Ledger in the German newspaper Berliner Zeitung, click here (http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2006/0313/vermischtes/0016/index.html).
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Round 301!(http://www.i-medi.org/index_images/horse_silhouette.gif)
"There ain't no reins on this one!"
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The Army turned Jack down because of his injuries; however, he passed Ennis' anatomical examination: "Sure as hell seem in one piece to me."
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Alma was baiting Ennis when she asked him about his "fishing trips" with Jack Twist.
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The Judge: "Custody of the two minor children, Alma Jr. and Jennifer del Mar, is awarded to plaintiff."
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Ennis and Alma were not happy during the dissolution of their marriage.
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Ennis's extramarital extracurriculars certainly contributed to his divorce.
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The court reporter is using her fingers to record the divorce proceeding.
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The court accepted the plaintiff's grounds, and granted a divorce to Alma Del Mar from her husband.
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His Honor the Judge handed down the divorce decree.
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The divorce was an irrevocable decision.
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It was the judge's decision that the plaintiff, Mrs. Del Mar (née Beers), would be granted her divorce.
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The divorce terms included $125 per-child, per-month child support, which was a kicked-in-the-head blow to poor Ennis.
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In the courtroom, Ennis stood next to his lawyer and Alma stood next to hers.
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After sweaty sex on Brokeback Mountain — with no shower facilities — Ennis and Jack were probably quite moschiferous.
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After taking a spill from his horse and chasing the pack mules, Ennis asked Jack for the popular nostrum of whiskey.
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Alma Del Mar became dissatisfied with the ins and outs of her relationship with Ennis.
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After the divorce, Alma had to learn how to paddle her own canoe.
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In the divorce courtroom, the quorum's mood was decidedly morose.
def: a select group.
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Ennis has no reason to seek reconciliation with Alma - they can't hardly be decent together long enough to wash dishes.
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After the post-divorce Thanksgiving dinner, Ennis tried to keep Alma from spilling the beans about his relationship with Jack.
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From the post-divorce Thanksgiving scene:
Alma: "You know, I used to wonder how come you never brought any trouts home. Always said you caught plenty. So one time I got your creel case open the night before you went on one a your little trips -- price tag still on it after five years -- and I tied a note on the end of the line. It said, hello Ennis, bring some fish home, love, Alma." [story]
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From the post-divorce Thanksgiving scene:
Ennis listened uneasily as Alma talked about Ennis' fishing trips with Jack Nasty.
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There are many varieties of trout: brown is one of them, the kind Ennis claimed to have eaten up.
The brown trout (Salmo trutta). According to the Dept of Natural Resources, this fish is perfect for Ennis: "Lake-dwelling brown trout are a wary lot. They hide in shallow water weed beds and rocky, boulder-strewn areas, and prefer a water temperature of 65-75 degrees F."
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Alma wondered why Ennis never brought any trouts home even though he said he caught plenty.
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Monroe xercised his skill with an electric carving knife at Thanksgiving dinner.
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In the post-divorce Thanksgiving scene, Ennis reacted yellowly to the truth in Alma's statements about being perky after fishing with Jack Nasty.
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In Poland, moviegoers paid for their tickets to Brokeback Mountain with zlotys.
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Round 302!!!
Let's get nasty perky!!!
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In the post-divorce Thanksgiving extravaganza, Alma's reaction to Ennis's "once burned" comment was measured, methodical and mean. Ennis wasn't looking too perky.
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How is this for perky?
- buckles in tent scene one.
- buckles at the Siesta Motel.
- buckles in Alma's hair - oops.
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After Thanksgiving dinner, Alma was busting Ennis' chops when she brought up his "fishing trips".
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"As though the word 'water' had called out its domestic cousin, she twisted the faucet, sluiced the plates." [story]
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Ennis was more perky when engaging in extramarital extracurriculars with Jack than he ever was with Alma.
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Standing there at her sink, Alma totally destroyed the fabric of her relationship with the father of her daughters.
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"Ennis has gallantly brought a dinner plate or two into the kitchen, sets them on the counter." [screenplay]
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Alma thought Ennis was going to give her a helping hand with the dishes until he said "Once burned."
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According to Annie Proulx, "After the pie Alma got him off in the kitchen" invoking remarriage, seemingly as a test to see if he were over Jack Twist yet.
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Alma was jockeying into position in the kitchen; she outed a very unperky Ennis: win, show and place.
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There was a knock-on effect to Ennis and Alma's Thanksgiving fight:
Ennis "didn't try to see his girls for a long time, figuring they would look him up when they got the sense and years to move out from Alma." [story]
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Ennis resented Alma's low-blow insinuations about his "fishing trips" with Jack Twist.
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After the brown trout discussion, there was nothing marital left between Alma and Ennis.
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Jack Nasty's nickname was coined by Dishwarshin' Alma.
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Alma oversteps Ennis's line when she refers to Jack as "Jack Nasty."
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Alma: "And then you come back, lookin' all perky and said you caught a bunch a browns and ate them up. Do you remember?" [2005 screenplay]
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The pace of Alma and Ennis' angry remarks quickens until Ennis storms out of the house.
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Alma brought up Ennis's fishing trips in retaliation for his low blow in saying "once burned."
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While Ennis and Alma were getting perky and nasty, the girls were watching figure skating, and Monroe was smoking a (get along little) stogie.
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Proulx wrote:
"You know," she said, and from her tone he knew something was coming, "I used to wonder how come you never brought any trouts home. Always said you caught plenty. So one time I got your creel case open the night before you went on one a your little trips...."
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Now Alma really knows how umbrageous Ennis can be. And Hershel will get the force of his anger.
def - Easily offended; irritable
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After dinner Ennis vents his spleen at Alma after she had brought up the subject of Jack Nasty.
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Alma: "I looked in the case when I got a chance, and there was my note still tied there and that line hadn't touched water in its life." [story]
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In the post-divorce Thanksgiving scene, Alma took advantage of the privacy of the kitchen to xcoriate Ennis about his fishing trips.
def - to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally
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During the post-divorce Thanksgiving scene, it is clear that Alma is in the young-begetting, or family way. Little Monroe Junior may be the only perky thing in that house that day.
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Alma's remarks to Ennis about his "fishing trips" kept on getting zingier.
Def: sharply piquant
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FAIT ACCOMPLI!!!
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Ennis abandoned the fight with a girl and went looking for someone more his match.
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Ennis left Alma with a "burning bracelet" before he stormed out of the house that Thanksgiving.
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The boys' camping trip, planned for Pine Creek, would have taken place today, November 7, in 1983.
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If Ennis never darkens the Monroe door again, it will be too soon for him.
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With her "You still go fishin' with that Jack Twist?" question, Alma tried to elicit information from Ennis regarding his relationship with Jack.
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Ennis wouldn't get all fancy for the church social but he did get fancy for Thanksgiving dinner with his girls.
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All his life Ennis grieves for things lost:
- His parents.
- His childhood innocence.
- His sexual freedom.
- His lost partner in 1963.
- His unborn son.
- His marriage.
- His lost potential.
- His fishing buddy.
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After Alma used the term Jack "Nasty", Ennis went off half-cocked by wrenching Alma's wrist, slamming out the door and getting the stuffing beaten out of him.
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Alma made some nasty insinuations toward Ennis after the electric slicing was done.
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In the short story, Ennis went to the Black and Blue Eagle bar after storming out of Alma and Bill's house, got juiced, had a short dirty fight and left.
def. = (adj.) [Slang] drunk; intoxicated
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The truck driver thought that Ennis was kickable after Ennis goes up and repeatedly hits the man through his open window. Def: Capable or deserving of being kicked.
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Review: Brokeback Mountain midnight show - Dec '05
As with the story, there’s no wasted pathos here; things suddenly just change. I cried. I didn’t cry as much as I thought I would and possibly not as much as I did at the story, but I still totally cried. ..... The three ladies sitting to our left took out a full-sized Kleenex box and started passing it back and forth.
Incas of Emergency (http://incas.cementhorizon.com/archives/2005/12/review_brokebac.html)
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Peter McRobbie played John Twist, Jack's stubborn, skeleton-like father.
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Today, November 7, in 1983, was the never-realized camping trip to Pine Creek that Jack and Ennis had planned in May of that year.
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Jack Twist
1944 - 1983
The obituary for Jack Twist, like for the rest of us, lists the years and relatives; but there is so much more to a person and a life than that.
Jack quoted Ennis to Lureen, "whisky'll flow in the stream, Jack, that's real smart."
and Lureen quoted Jack back to Ennis: "and there's a whisky spring."
And bluebirds will sing.
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L.D.'s remarks to Jack about being the "stud duck" were certainly platitudinous.
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The returned postcard prompted question-ridden Ennis to make a phone call to the Twist home in Childress.
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Ennis's phone call to Lureen brought with it the realization that Jack was not going to join him in November at Pine Creek.
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May 1983
Around three they swung through a narrow pass to a southeast slope where the strong spring sun had had a chance to work, dropped down to the trail again which lay snowless below them. They could hear the river muttering and making a distant train sound a long way off. [Proulx]
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Lureen said on the phone to Ennis: "Jack kept most a his friends’ addresses in his head. It was a terrible thing. He was only thirty-nine years old.”
=aside= Players
Tomorrow I'm off to the Left Coast for a few days, but I will try to go online for a quick fix.
Sandy
=reply= Sandy
Wishing U safe travels. Have fun.
Fran
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"From its first moments, it becomes clear that what is spoken aloud in Brokeback Mountain is far less important than what goes unsaid. It is a meditative film, unhurried in its storytelling, confident enough in its own abilities to indulge in gorgeous scenery and the joke."
-- Gabriel Shanks, Mixed Reviews (http://www.mixedreviews.net/maindishes/2005/brokeback/brokeback_gabriel.shtml)
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After a few days of beans Jack let Ennis know he was unhappy with a steady diet of such vegetarian fare.
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Tammy Wynette's song "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" was teasingly playing on the jukebox when Junior met Cassie.
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Jack, May 1983 - Ennis was the xecratee:
"You're too much for me, Ennis, you son of a whoreson bitch. I wish I knew how to quit you." [Proulx]
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Jack: "Why is it that we're always in the friggin' cold? We oughta go south where it's warm, y'know; we oughta go to Mexico!"
-- Colin's Movie Monologue Page (http://www.whysanity.net/monos/brokeback.html)
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Dear fellow and sister ABC PLayerz, Moderatorz, Founder/Mayor Will, and fans,
My heartfelt thanks and awe go to all of you as we enter 300 rounds of our beloved ABCs game. There is no better proof that:
As Long As We Can Ride 'Em, There Ain't No Reins on This One
Sending up a prayer of thanks, the ABCs game is one that won't be flattened for a long time to come!
And congratz also to Will and Dre on wrapping up several successful New York campaigns for Brokie-friendly candidates!! Yee-haw!!
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Lureen's flashy red outfit, complete with bright red hat, was the zazziest of the film.
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Round 304 ! ! ! !
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Jenny and Alma Jr. listen adoringly to Ennis's story about rodeo riding as he tries not to be a sad daddy.
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Jack "was infatuated with the rodeo life and fastened his belt with a minor bull-riding buckle, but his boots were worn to the quick, holed beyond repair and he was crazy to be somewhere, anywhere else than Lightning Flat." [story]
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Alma made a colossal mistake in bringing up Jack to Ennis while he was her guest for Thanksgiving.
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Ennis was devastated by the nasty insinuations coming from his former wife Alma.
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Ennis was exhorting Alma to cease being nasty when he told her, "You don't know nothin' about it."
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According to the screenplay, the commotion in the kitchen left Jenny and Alma Jr. confused and a little frantic.
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Alma's nasty words turned from glancing to piercing when she said, "That line hadn't touched water in its life."
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When Alma outed Ennis in her nasty way, she was showing her homophobia. "I know what it means!" "You didn't go up there to fish."
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"Ennis takes the living room in about two strides, ignoring the startled Monroe, who is smoking a cheap after-dinner cigar." [screenplay]
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Alma's jaundice shows in her nasty confrontation with Ennis Del Mar.
def - . A state or feeling of negativity or bitterness arising especially from envy or world-weariness.
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However nasty, Alma's words of confrontation with Ennis contained a few kernels of truth.
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While Monroe and the girls watched TV in the living room, Alma dealt with the dishes and the leftovers.
=comment=
No wonder she was so crabby.
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Jack guessed that sinners like himself and Ennis would go marching off to hell when the world ends.
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Alma spoke nastily of Ennis's non-fishing relationship with Jack.
=aside= Fran
You're right: Ennis was the only one who offered to help pregnant Alma with the dishes.
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Trying to start a conversation with Ennis while she dealt with the mess in the kitchen, Alma's opening line was: "You ought to get married again, Ennis."
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Ennis told his rodeo riding story as perkily as he could, considering that Alma was sitting there, not enjoying anything about the dinner.
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def - adv. Having a buoyant or self-confident air; briskly cheerful.
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As Alma revealed her knowlege of Ennis' relationship with Jack, Ennis began to visibly quake.
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Alma repeatedly ordered Ennis to get out of her house: "Get out, get out, get out! Get out of my house, Ennis del Mar! You hear me? You get out!"
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After listening to Ennis's self-deprecating cowboy riding story, Alma got him in the kitchen and deprecated him some more about cowboy riding.
=aside= LauraGigs
Congratulations on your "Q".
Ennis really did quake.
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As Ennis hurried out, plates and other tableware could be heard crashing in the kitchen.
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The uneaten remnants of the turkey are sitting on top of the stove, waiting to be put away by Alma.
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On Thanksgiving Night 1976, both Jack Twist and Alma Monroe vexatiously said the same two words: "my house".
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At the Riverton Thanksgiving, they were watching figure skating. At the Childress Thanksgiving, they were/were not/were/were not watching football.
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Alma's comments about Jack Nasty xasperate Ennis to the point of physical violence.
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It seems to me that the mood in the Monroe Thanksgiving scene is yearningness:
- The girls yearning for a rodeo daddy.
- Ennis yearning for a rodeo cowboy.
- Alma yearning for the cowboy times she had had with Ennis.
- Monroe yearning for a chainsaw. Ooops.
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Ennis's Thanksgiving outfit was zazzier than any other he wore in the film. But that's not saying much.
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Round 305! ! ! ! !
Sakes Alive! ! ! ! !
Still Perky! ! ! ! !
Still Nasty! ! ! ! !
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After putting up with years of betrayal and heartbreak from Ennis, Alma's animosity was understandable.
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On the first night of the reunion, Ennis was stretched out basking in the firelight and in Jack's love.
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Alma and Monroe will not need to pull up a chair for Ennis next Thanksgiving.
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Proulx wrote:
"Don't lie, don't try to fool me, Ennis. I know what it means. Jack Twist? Jack Nasty. You and him --"
She'd overstepped his line. He seized her wrist; tears sprang and rolled, a dish clattered.
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When Ennis became violent in response to her claims of perkiness and nastiness, Alma exclaimed, "Get out!"
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Ennis washed his hands under the faucet after bringing a couple of plates, and a casserole dish, into the Monroe kitchen. Then he studied the snow coming down outside the kitchen window, before chatting with Alma.
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Ennis guesses that Alma is about four or five months pregnant at Thanksgiving.
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It was clear that Alma hadn't gotten over her heartache for Ennis at the Thanksgiving dinner.
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Jack's weeping after learning Ennis' divorce did not change their relationship is indicative of the love--however bitter--he felt concerning his partner.
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Ennis is in such a hurry to get to the Black and Blue Eagle that he jaywalks into the path of an oncoming truck.
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Alma was being a knocker as she made it clear that being married was better for Ennis than fishing with virginal fishing equipment.
def - one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
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As Alma warms to the subject of Ennis's fishing trip with Jack, the anxiety in Ennis's mind is legible on his face.
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At Thanksgiving Alma is visibly pregnant and wearing a maternity dress.
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Alma notches
up down her argument to a personal level when she calls Jack "nasty".
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Ennis feared (among other things) ostracism if his true relationship with Jack were to become public knowledge.
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From the screenplay:
Alma: (crying) "Get out, get out, get out! (between sobs) Get out of my house, Ennis del Mar! You hear me? You get out!"
Alma is crying hard now, years of pain and anger welling up and spilling over.
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Alma's Thanksgiving conversation with Ennis was more like a questionnaire:
- Do you want to marry again?
- You still go fishin' with Jack Twist?
- How come you never brought us any fish?
- Do you know how much you paid for that creel case?
- Do you know I signed my note "love, Alma"?
- How come you looked all perky?
- Why did you lie about eating the browns?
- Do you know I could scrape the pattern right off these plates?
- D'you remember?
- How come my note was never read?
- How come that line was never wet?
- Do you think you fooled me, Ennis?
- Jack Twist?
- Why did you go up there?
Alma is crying hard now, years of pain and anger welling up and spilling over.
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During all the goings-on in the kitchen, Monroe was relaxing with his cheap cigar and figure skating.
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"Ennis takes the living room in about two strides, ignoring the startled Monroe, who is smoking a cheap after-dinner cigar." [screenplay]
=compliment= Toast
Nice "Q".
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Often overlooked in each of the Thanksgiving scenes in Brokeback Mountain is the turkey's pivotal role. In spite of their importance to the scenes, their acting is minimal, understated and maybe even delicious.
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After the yelling and the beating he experienced on Thanksgiving, Ennis probably craved Jack's velveteen voice and caress more than ever.
=aside=
"Do you know I could scrape the pattern right off these plates?"
"...their acting is minimal, understated and maybe even delicious."
LMAO, Toast!
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Sorry D-A Fran but You went outta turn! Your "U" for underplay is not in play! See ABCz rule #05. All playerz even the rule enforcer must skip two turns!! We need a new "U"!
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Alma Monroe made it very unpleasant for Ennis to stay in her house. She wanted him to know that this was her territory.
This is a replacement "U", for "underplay", played out of turn by Fran
Next letter up is "W"
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William's foodstore and his position gave Alma a job and a husband!! Of course Im speaking of William Monroe! :P
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According to the 2004 screenplay (revised by James Schamus), Lureen misunderstands Jack when he xecrates:
Jack breathlessly enters the room.
On seeing Lureen and the baby, he stops short.
Jack: "Lureen. Well, well, Jesus Christ almighty (sic)."
Lureen: "I thought we agreed to call him Bobby. But if you want to call him Jesus Christ almighty (sic), I suppose I'd consider it."
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Brokeback Mountain on DVD is one of the feature films available at the Yorba Linda Public Library in California.
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Kelly Brock, Billy Zane's wife, made this comment when asked about Brokeback Mountain: "Get Ang Lee to do Brokeback Mountain with two lesbians and I'll be there."
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In 1967, Ennis addressed the postcard to Jack Twist in Childress, Texas and simply wrote "You bet" on the reverse side.
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Alma: "You ought to get married again, Ennis. Me and the girls worry 'bout you bein' alone so much." [screenplay]
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Joe Aguirre proved himself a creep and a voyeur with his surreptitious spying on Ennis and Jack.
=aside= Dottie
Look! You're at 200 posts already!
Fran
=aside=Fran
(http://www.heathersanimations.com/smilies/75.gif)Oh WOW I didn't even notice! Thanks
Dottie
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Ennis deflects the defeat he took at Alma's tongue by attacking Hershel in front the Black and Blue Eagle Bar.
=aside= Dottie
Congratulations on 200 posts.
Toast
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From a BBM review:
"Although it doesn't have the trappings of a holiday delight, the film, while sobering and thought-provoking, is not hopelessly depressing. It emerges as a tribute to human endurance and even resilience." -- Philip Wuntch, The Dallas Morning News (http://www.guidelive.com/portal/page?_pageid=33,97283&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&item_id=38959)
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Although Ennis and Alma's marriage was in trouble after the reunion, it had begun foundering even before then.
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Aguirre made it clear when Jack showed up for the third year that he carried a grudge against him.
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Alma seems to know that she hurts Ennis with her words, but she keeps on drilling deeper and deeper.
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Alma's combative use of "Jack Nasty" instigated a violent reaction from Ennis.
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Ennis may have expected Alma to have the patience of Job, but finally she had had enough.
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"As Ennis' troubled wife, Michelle Williams keenly articulates the impact of an affair on the family."
-- John Hayes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06013/637145.stm)
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Alma shows us the sadness you have when the laughing's over, and you aren't.
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Jack hears the trembling of Ennis's spurs as he mounts his horse. Ennis rides easy on Cigar Butt, a good night horse, as he mounts the mountain to tend the sheep. Ennis's mounts are many in the movie.
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After custody of Alma Jr. and Jenny was awarded to Alma, Ennis became the noncustodial parent.
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Until Alma jr. and Jenny reach the age of 18 years, Alma is an obligee of Ennis - for child support.
def - the person to whom money or property is owed by a judgment.
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Alma didn't pull any punches when she brought up Ennis' "fishing trips" at Thanksgiving and after the truck driver threw a few punches at him, Ennis felt like a punching bag. It certainly was a day full of punches.
=aside= Playerz
I see you are still packing a punch with your clever and witty posts. It's good to be back.
Sandy
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A quick-spoken "what’re you doin’?" by Ennis is the single line of dialogue during Ang Lee’s version of Tent Scene 1. Jack’s "gun’s goin’ off" was not included.
=aside= Sandy
Hi. We missed you.
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Ennis and Alma both have a hard time dealing with the rage of their failed marriage.
=aside= Sandy
Welcome back, I hope you aren't too punchy, today.
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Ennis had a sinking feeling standing next to the kitchen sink when Alma brought up the subject of his "fishing trips" with Jack Twist.
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Alma was trying to start a conversation with Ennis when she said: "You ought to get married again, Ennis. Me and the girls worry 'bout you bein' alone so much."
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Ennis came to realize how unforgotten the past can be. Every little fish, every little kiss can come back and haunt you.
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The violet-hued sky drained down during a blissful evening on Brokeback Mountain.
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At Thanksgiving Ennis "tries to be cheerful for his girls, not wanting to be a sad daddy." [screenplay]
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After Alma xcoriates him and his choice of a nasty fishing buddy, Ennis puts on his hardest exterior and heads for a bar.
def. - To censure strongly; denounce
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Ennis' year-after-year "fishing trips" were the cause of much nastiness after Thanksgiving dinner.
=aside= Toast and Fran
Thanks for the welcome back.
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"'Brokeback' is not just about gays and roaming cowboys; it is an epic about the futile quest of love and the film speaks a universal language. I hope it will be regarded as one of the greatest American romances one day –- in the same league as 'Doctor Zhivago' and 'Casablanca.'"
-- Ang Lee as quoted in East West Magazine (http://[url=http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/content/view/21/40/)
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We'll continue with this theme ad nauseam.
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Ennis tells his daughters that they are angels on Thanksgiving night as he tries not to be a sad Daddy to them. Probably his last supper with them ever as kids.
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After eating Thanksgiving dinner, Ennis got a bellyful of Alma's insinuations about his "fishing trips" with Jack.
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Ennis tried to be cheerful during Thanksgiving dinner for the sake of his daughters.
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Alma had been harbouring a grudge about Ennis's supposedly dastardly behaviour with Jack Nasty all these years.
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Alma was erecting a wall between herself and Ennis.
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The faces of Alma Jr. and Jenny are rapt when Ennis tells his short story about riding broncs in the rodeo.
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The fear instilled by his father hung over Ennis like a guillotine.
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Ennis was humiliated by Alma's words, largely because he still respected her; and he thought she respected him as well.
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Ennis had been invited to Alma and Monroe's Thanksgiving dinner -- most likely by Alma Jr. and/or Jenny.
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Alma thought that Ennis had been jerking her around in regard to his "fishing trips" and wanted a straight answer.
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Ennis and Alma had been surrounded by flammable situations so long that it was difficult not to be a kindler.
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There werent any lesbians in BBM that we know of but BBM original film editor Geraldine Peroni was an open lesbian.
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Alma was masochistic to put up with Ennis' betrayal for as long as she did.
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After notching up her arguments about fishing with virginal equipment, Alma made it clear she meant what she said: "Don't try and fool me no more, Ennis."
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Alma took advantage of the opportuneness of having Ennis in the kitchen and let him have it with nasty insinuations.
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"Ennis has gallantly brought a dinner plate or two into the kitchen, sets them on the counter." [screenplay]
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Those glasses of milk on the Monroe table weren't very manly thirst quenchers.
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The turkeys weren't the only ones getting roasted that Thanksgiving. Alma held Ennis's feet to the fire.
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Alma: "I looked in the case first chance I got and there was my note still tied there." [screenplay]
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When Alma made her insinuations, Ennis had to take the heat but didn't stay out of the kitchen.
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Now that Alma has landed - has a new child on the way, a man with the best turkey slicing equipment available, and a lovely home; she unbosoms herself about her past with Ennis and his predilections.
def - relieves (oneself) of troublesome thoughts or feelings.
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Ennis was vindicative when Alma said "I'll have 'em if you'll support 'em" and withdrew in more ways than one. But the vindicative Alma had the last word: she made him pay child support.
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While Alma sluiced the plates and made accusations about Jack Nasty, Ennis washed his hands of the problem by slamming out the door and heading for the Black and Blue Bar.
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Alma proceeded like a zombie, xcoriating Ennis with accusation after accusation. Did she know this was her last chance? Or was she making sure it was their last conversation?
def. - denouncing or berating severely; flaying verbally
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Monroe's electric knife was one of this yuppie's toys evident in their middle class house.
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Annie Proulx's approach in Brokeback Mountain is Zolaistic, dwelling on the naturalistic details especially on the rougher side of life, in the manner established by Emil Zola.
=aside=
This was clue 1.1 across in the Crossword Puzzle Championship as covered in the movie "Wordplay." YOu've got to see it!!
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Alma told Ennis that she and the girls worried about him being alone so much.
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In the post-Black-and-Blue-Eagle-Bar scene:
Ennis's pickup truck: Night: 1976:
Ennis, thoroughly battered and bloodied, is driving home across the lonely, empty, snowy plain.
Rolls the window down, spits a mouthful of blood into the night. [2003 screenplay]
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Ennis clearly had not counted on the truck driver being so tough!
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Even though Alma was kind of rough on him at Thanksgiving, Ennis, in storming out without saying goodbye to his girls and getting himself beat up was clearly a doofus.
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Ennis was lucky to have escaped from severe harm after taking on Hershel after his dressing down by Alma.
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When in distress, like after storming out of Thanksgiving dinner, Ennis used his fists rather than words.
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The reason for Ennis' distress was that he had let Alma get his goat when she brought up the subject of Jack Nasty.
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Amazingly (and unfortunately for Ennis), the driver of the truck was even more of a hothead than he was!
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In TS1, both Ennis and Jack were clearly ithyphallic.
=aside= Playerz
Sorry I just had to go back to TS1 for a minute.
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Years of joylessness for Alma boiled over as she dressed Ennis down. I wonder if the dressing is actually still in that turkey.
=aside= Front-Ranger
Lee, this is a poor time to remind Alma of what she missed.
Lol.
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Regarding the Black and Blue Bar fight: the kerfuffle's fierceness was remarkable.
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Sometimes Ennis's lavatory (urinal) was his kitchen sink!
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The milky beverage on Alma's Thanksgiving table was not served to Ennis with human kindness from Alma.
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Alma's table was nicely set for the holiday meal with a lace tablecoth, cloth napkins, and a ceramic turkey decoration.
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In failing to sniff out the truth about his wife's ex, Monroe must have been olfactorily challenged.
=aside= Toast
Why, Toast? Clearly, Monroe was ithyphallic too!
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The only perkiness evident at Thanksgiving was Ennis's saddle bronc story.
=aside= Lee
Monroe was olfactorily challenged? You mean he couldn't smell a rat?
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Alma had ceased being a quester for a husband. But was she content with the perkiness of Monroe?
=aside= Paul
We are confusing Monroes senses with his sense-abilitiies.
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Alma certainly rocked the boat when she brought up the subject of Ennis' "fishing trips."
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Strapping as Ennis was, he was no match for the karma that came his way on Thanksgiving.
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Let's have a moment of silence for the turkeys' sacrifice for the betterment of the film.
=aside= Toast
I hear what you're say-ang to Lee and me.
Monroe was a hulk-ing figure in his plaid sportcoat, even if he can't smell nothing while smoking.
I'll bet he had a hidden flagon and a crouching cigar in that sportcoat.
=aside= LauraGigs
kar-ma that came Ennis's way: I just got it.
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Alma and Ennis were busy upsetting the apple cart in the kitchen while Monroe was smoking and watching TV in apple-pie order.
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Ennis's rodeo story amuses Alma Jr. and Jenny but vexes Alma.
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While Alma was doing the washing-up after dinner, she was dressing down Ennis.
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Alma, the xcoriator, had fewer dishes after Thanksgiving. I hope she didn't contaminate the turkey meat with shards of pottery or glass.
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Ennis was humiliatingly outed after his yeomanly assistance with the dishes after T-giving dinner.
=aside= Playerz
Never sling about sensory references with a doctor!!
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Annie Proulx's approach in Brokeback Mountain is Zolaesque, dwelling on the naturalistic details especially on the rougher side of life, in the manner established by Emile Zola.
=aside= Lee
With both thanks and apologies.
=aside= Playerz
Hey, what a fun round!
=reply= Paul
You are in rare form today.
Sandy
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Round 309! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
We're xcoriatin' just fine! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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"Monroe is cheerful, and a bit smug: despite his unromantic appearance, he has Alma." [screenplay]
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(Gyllenhaal and Ledger) are both magnificent. Their scenes of passion have a masculine brute force, pent-up repression unleashed, passion unrestrained. The love scenes -- particularly the first encounter -- are shocking, uncompromising, brilliant. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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Ennis tried to be charming at dinner, but Alma was a little seething pregnant ball of rage. All she needed was a n-ice storm to cool things down.
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Alma was dishing it out to Ennis while she was washing the dishes.
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The addition of Monroe to the turkey's scene electrifies the dining room table.
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As Ennis leaves in a rage, Alma Jr. and Jenny follow him out to the front porch to say goodbye.
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The girls' goodbyes go unanswered.
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Ennis let his girls know that he thought they were two heavenly angels.
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It's very unlikely that Alma and Monroe will be inviting Ennis for Thanksgiving the following year.
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Ennis thought Alma knew jack about his fishing outings.
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Ennis and Hershel had a knuckly old time on the street outside the Black and Blue Eagle.
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Ennis was the only one who lent Alma a helping hand with the dishes and he ends up getting dissed.
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Alma initially acted maternally toward Ennis, all concerned for his loneliness, and then she pounced .
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Alma neglects to mention the kissing in 1967. I guess even ex-wives have a statute of limitations.
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Alma and Monroe's turkey was cooked in an ovenproof roasting pan.
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Alma initially acted maternally toward Ennis, all concerned for his loneliness, and then she pounced.
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The quaveriness in Alma's voice increased when she said, "Don't try and fool me no more, Ennis."
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Alma Jr. and Jenny are watching as Ennis's truck rumbles away.
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Ennis stepped up to the plate when he offered to help Alma with the dishes.
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In the post-Black-and-Blue-Eagle-Bar scene:
Ennis's pickup truck: Night: 1976:
Ennis, thoroughly battered and bloodied, is driving home across the lonely, empty, snowy plain.
Rolls the window down, spits a mouthful of blood into the night. [2003 screenplay]
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Ennis was untroubled about joining Alma in the kitchen for a chat until she brought up his fishing trips with Jack Twist.
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Jack's "indiscretions" in Mexico no doubt troubled him; however, he got some sense of vindication from the fact that he and Ennis spent so little time together.
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Ennis: "Short story, honey. Only 'bout three seconds I was on that bronc, an' the next thing I knew, I was flyin' through the air. Only I wasn't no angel like you and Jenny and didn't have no wings." [screenplay]
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The xcoriation of Ennis Del Mar continued until Ennis exited Alma's kitchen.
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Alma was filled with anger from the year-in, year-out neglect from Ennis and let him know how she felt about it in the kitchen on Thanksgiving.
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If you are fluent in Portuguese, you can read Reginaldo Zaglia’s review of Brokeback Mountain here (http://www.100video.com.br/portal100/criticas_filmes.asp?critica=133).
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It's time for
Round 310!
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From his delay in coming to his wife's aid, we can gather that Monroe is either clueless or auditorily challenged.
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When Ennis replied "Once burned" to Alma, he was biting the hand that fed him.
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Alma lost her gallant cleaning assistant when Ennis stormed out of the house.
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It was a wise decision by Ennis, as enraged as he was, to heed Alma's advice and get out of her house.
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After Alma finished with her excoriation, Ennis put his hat on backwards and vamoosed.
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Ennis felt as if he were neither fish nor fowl on Thanksgiving when Alma asked him about getting married again and then about his "fishing trips" with Jack Twist.
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L.D. and Fayette were guests of Jack and Lureen for Thanksgiving dinner.
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Alma built up her homophobic excoriation of Ennis to a nasty crescendo.
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Fatty Arbuckle Newsome acted like an idiot back and forth with the t.v. at that Thanksgiving dinner.
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Both Alma Jr. and Jenny were jazzed about having a rodeo star for a daddy, a bubble that was burst by his self-denigrating descriptions of his short career as a bronco-buster.
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There were lots of knickknacks in Alma and Monroe's living room.
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Alma's turkey roaster, waiting to be scrubbed clean by hand (most likely Alma's) since there doesn't appear to be a dishwasher, has a lid.
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In the murky light outside the window where Alma and Ennis are arguing, there can be seen a few desultory snowflakes.
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Alma made a glancing reference to Ennis and Jack making nooky.
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Alma's stove has an oven for baking and roasting.
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Alma had a bone to pick with Ennis on Thanksgiving.
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Alma and Ennis were quodlibetically debating the fine points of nastiness in her kitchen.
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Ennis had been remiss as a husband, in Alma's opinion.
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Standing by the sink, Ennis' anger was rising as Alma's words about his "fishing trips" started to sink in.
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During Thanksgiving dinner Ennis tried to be cheerful for the sake of Alma Jr. and Jenny.
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As it happened, unbeknownst to Ennis, Alma was about to confront him over the dirty dishes with the dirty secret of his relationship with Jack.
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While all hell was breaking loose in the kitchen, Monroe was vegging out in the living room, smoking a cigar and watching ice skating.
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In honor of the occasion, Alma whipped up serving after serving of Thanksgiving goodies in her kitchen.
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THe reunion kiss was so rough that, "It felt like we were xfoliating," said Jake to British Empire.
=aside= Playerz
Apologies, fellow playerz, but sometimes I just have to take a break from this scene!!
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Alma's rage at Thanksgiving was partly due to Ennis's year-in year-out pining for Mr. Nasty.
=aside= Lee
We really are beatin' the stuffin' out of this scene!
Are we gonna keep it up until Thanksgiving??
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"After a quick lunch, we went to see Brokeback Mountain. It's only showing in three theaters here. Every single show is sold out hours before and the lines to buy tickets or to be seated often went outside and down the street. One of the most beautifully told movies about two people in love that I've seen in a long time. It's not about gay love. Not about gay cowboys. Just about the love between to individuals. Don't miss this one."
-- posted by "Mark" on the blog Zeitgeuge (http://www.zeitzeuge.org/archives/2005_12.html#000698)
=milestone=
My 2,000th post! The stats show that an extremely high percentage of my posts have been ABCs-related. Now who would have thought that?
:)
=aside= Lee
Look out! I'm only 938 posts behind you!
=congrats= Fran
Congrats on 2,000 Frantastic, letter-perfect posts.
Sandy
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Round 311!
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Remember, it was sheep that brought Jack and Ennis together!
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8) 8) CONGRATS FRAN ON 2000 POSTS!! 8) 8)
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Congrats to My Friend Fran
from Toast
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Fran + 2,000 posts = xtreme happiness for ABC Clownz everywhere!!
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Way to go, Fran! !
2,000 Perky Posts! !
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Y O U
...for acknowledging my personal milestone, but PLEASE let's get back to the game. Hurry up with an "A" and a "B", so I can post my "C" or "D".
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Ennis was slightly addled in the brain to actually drag some guy out of a pickup truck to beat him up.
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At the Thanksgiving table, Alma looked about ready to boil over with rage.
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Cranberry sauce was a side dish at Alma and Monroe's Thanksgiving dinner.
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Thanksgiving at Monroe's was going just dandy until Alma and Ennis met up for a chat in the kitchen.
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In the Riverton supermarket.
Ennis: "Hey, Monroe."
Monroe: "Hey, En."
Ennis: "Is Alma here?"
Monroe: "Oh yes, she's in the condiments aisle."
Ennis: "The what?"
Monroe: "Ketchup." [movie]
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"Ennis, high-arched nose and narrow face, was scruffy and a little cave-chested, balanced a small torso on long, caliper legs, possessed a muscular and supple body made for the horse and for fighting." [story]
=aside= Toast
Duh! I wondered where U were going with that "En"....
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When Alma asked Ennis if he still went fishing with Jack Twist, she was guessing that he did. Then she let him have it.
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The Monroe family was more highfalutin than the Del Mar family, but the Twist family of Texas was the most highfalutin of all at Thanksgiving.
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It will be a cold day in Riverton before the Monroe family invites En back for a meal.
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The color of the Twists' dining room chairs was jazzier than anything in Monroe's house.
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Traveling to Calgary?
"Stay where the 'Brokeback' crew stayed, Calgary's Fairmont Palliser (C$319-$519) or the boutique Kensington Riverside Inn (1126 Memorial Drive N.W.; 403/228-4442; www.kensingtonriversideinn.com (http://www.kensingtonriversideinn.com); C$184-$319)." -- Aefa Mulholland and Ed Salvato [PlanetOut] (http://www.planetout.com/travel/article.html?sernum=9620&navpath=/entertainment/brokeback/)
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Ennis found that Thanksgiving dinner at the Monroes' was leaving a very bad taste in his mouth, not knowing he would have a worse taste in his mouth later that night.
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Ennis managed to get Alma all riled up when he responded "once burned" to her comment about getting remarried.
=comment=
We've managed to get a lot of mileage out of this scene!
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In their post-Thanksgiving chat, Alma notifies Ennis that he cannot fool her any more.
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A light fixture overhangs Alma and Monroe's dining room table.
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Alma pulls no punches in her questioning of Ennis about his "fishing trips", and neither does the truck driver after he meets up with Ennis.
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Alma's query to Ennis, "Do you still go fishin' with Jack Twist," was a quasi-innocent question. She knew where it would lead.
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"Ennis sits next to Jenny. Monroe sits at the head of the table; Alma across from Monroe. Alma Jr. sits across from her daddy. The girls are about 13 and 11, respectively." [screenplay]
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Alma sourly watched her daughters and former husband as they tried to have a nice meal together.
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L.D. Newsome was tainted with avarice.
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Alma was unencumbered by loyalty when she outed Ennis.
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Alma had scalloped shades, heavy drapes and a pleated valance covering her dining room windows.
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When Alma was done with him, Ennis felt like he was worse than the washrag she was using to warsh the dishes.
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Alma was xclaiming her protest at Ennis's threats.
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Alma seemed very quiet in the dining room, but when she got Ennis in the kitchen, she was suddenly very yacky.
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Blogger Antonia Zerbisias (http://thestar.blogs.com/azerb/2006/03/oscar_and_the_g.html) on the Oscar for best supporting actress:
"Gotta say: I was cheering for Michelle Williams of Brokeback Mountain, if only because she looks like a cute little pumpkin in her gown."
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=aside= Sandy
I miss your animated Round Announcements.
=aside= Fran
Beautiful Z.
How do you manage to get so many Z's?
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Alma was alarmed by Ennis's anger after the angst of accusing him of not angling.
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Ennis got banged around because he couldn't control his anger after the angst of being accused of not angling.
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Alma had a chip on her shoulder when she started to chip away at Ennis' "fishing trips" .
=aside= Toast, Fran and Paul
Creative and beautiful graphics.
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Ennis fought dirtily to cope with his anger and angst at having been accused of not angling.
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After they had eaten, Ennis and Alma had an angst filled discussion about angling for a mate for Ennis.
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"Alma is scraping harder and faster, as if she means to take the pattern off the plates." [screenplay]
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Alma gives it to Ennis straight when she tells him she knows the real nature of his "fishing trips" with Jack Nasty.
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Ennis was sporting a greased-up hairdo on Thanksgiving.
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Alma issued an imperative to Ennis: "Get out, get out, get out! Get out of my house, Ennis del Mar! You hear me? You get out!"
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Monroe was the only one who was jacketed at the Thanksgiving dinner.
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Ennis took kindlier to Alma's turkey than to her foulness.
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In the Thanksgiving scene, Jenny holds her fork in her left hand while she eats, so it appears she is left-handed -- or at least she eats as if she is.
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Alma made mincemeat out of Ennis on Thanksgiving.
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Alma's comment that Ennis should get married again was a nonstarter.
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Ennis tried to obviate the coming accusations from Alma by saying "not often" when she asked if he still fished with Jack Twist.
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Ennis parks his pickup across the street from the Black & Blue Eagle bar.
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Ennis quibbled with Alma when she brought up the subject of his "fishing trips" by saying: "It don't mean nothing."
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After his roasting in Alma's kitchen' Ennis was ready for a drink at the Black and Blue Eagle Bar.
def. - drying, browning, or parching by exposing to heat.
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“They were raised on small, poor ranches in opposite corners of the state. . .”
From the short story
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After Thanksgiving dinner, Alma tackled the subject of the fishing tackle, much to Ennis's dismay.
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As the conversation continues in Alma's kitchen, Ennis' uneasiness is quite...
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...visible, even before he reacts physically.
=aside= Toast
Thanks.
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Alma started making waves when she brought up the subject of Ennis' "fishing trips."
=aside= Toast and Fran
Nice continuity.
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Ennis did not give direct answers to his xcoriator's questions. He decided that it was none of her business.
=aside= Fran
Mmmm, finishing each other's sentences, now that's friendship.
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A search for "Brokeback Mountain" at Yehey will reveal 257 hits.
=reply= Toast
:)
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The zipper fly on Ennis' pants had a zip-fastener.
Def: a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
(http://img.tfd.com/dict/CD/63413-zip-fastener.jpg)
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Time for More Caffeine
(except for Texans)
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Monroe mechanically attacked the turkey.
Alma verbally attacked Ennis.
Ennis stupidly attacked Hershel.
=aside= Sandy
Another cool round announcement,
and all is well at the ABCs.
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Alma: "...and I tied a note on the end of the liine. It said, 'Hello, Ennis, bring some fish home, love, Alma'...." [screenplay]
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Monroe carved the carcass with a cacophonic commotion, causing a carnal collection for the collective congregation.
=comment=
Caffeine causes considerable consternation.
=aside= Paul
You're such a cut-up. Now you're really talking turkey.
Sandy
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During Thanksgiving. Ennis enjoys his daughters' attention, but the rest of the room was as cold as the milk in all the glasses. Coffee or cola could have been on the menu. Or beer, even.
=aside= Paul
I guess Monroe had a point.
And there was enough consternation without caffeine (or alcohol).
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Between the carving knife at the table and the fighting in the kitchen, it was a very electrically charged Thanksgiving at the Monroes'.
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Ennis fought a fistfight out of feeling fear that he was found out for not fishing.
=comment=
Sorry, guys, feeling frisky this fine fall morning.
BTW, I like my turkey with Zinfandel.
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On Thanksgiving Day, Ennis' gallantness showed in his choice of clothes, in his helpfulness to Alma, and in his desire to avenge his fishing buddy.
definitions- showy, colorful, or stylish, as in dress; magnificent.
- exceptionally polite and attentive to women; courtly.
- valorous, courageous, heroic, bold, daring, intrepid.
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The roughneck had to brake sharply to avoid hitting Ennis with his pickup truck.
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Ennis indicated indignance at Alma's indelicate insinuations of his ichthyoid indiscretions.
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Alma's memory of her life with Ennis jaundices her feelings for him at Thanksgiving.
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Alma cared enough about Ennis to kvetch about his carefree caffeine-free compadre, Jack.
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Alma was launching her level-best libelous low-blows relating to Ennis's longtime love life.
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Ennis' good manners got him into the Monroe kitchen, but his manners were poor by the time he made an exit.
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Alma's sudden question about Jack Twist would have sounded like a non sequitur to anyone who didn't know where it was leading.
= and I guess this post is a non sequitur for the lack of 'lliteration... oh well. =
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Ennis opted out of carrying out his threat to lay out Alma on the floor after he was outed. She yelled out, "Get out!" He got out. Feeling down-and-out, he got it out of his system by having an out-and-out all-out fight. There is much fallout when you have to come out. All he wanted to do was to make out, or at least wring it out, thinking about his far-out out-of-sight cowboy.
=comment=
Whew, I'm out of breath.
Please don't throw me out.
We'll sort it out.
I gotta get out of the house more.
I'm talked out.
Gonna sign out.
=aside= Paul
I think you outdid yourself.
Sandy
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Alma persisted in her out-and-out outing of Ennis until he was so out that he got out as directed.
=aside= Paul
Did you mention if Ennis were in or out?
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"I read Annie Proulx’s affecting short story, written in a rough cowboy English, two days before I saw the film. On Brokeback Mountain, two country boys meet and fall in love. In Proulx’s description the mountain is cold, windy and isolated. But Ang Lee, director of films such as Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, turns a wild, unforgiving landscape into somewhere where bluebirds sing over a whisky spring."
-- Li Qing, 65 Degrees North (http://www.65degreesnorth.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=143&Itemid=85)
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After the run-in between Ennis and Alma in the kitchen, Ennis ran out of the door.
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In the post-Black-and-Blue-Eagle-Bar scene:
Ennis's pickup truck: Night: 1976:
Ennis, thoroughly battered and bloodied, is driving home across the lonely, empty, snowy plain.
Rolls the window down, spits a mouthful of blood into the night. [2003 screenplay]
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The two Thanksgivings trot out tumultuous times: Jack's talking turkey with TV-turning LD; and Ennis's tension-twisted traumatic treatise with Alma.
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Alma and Ennis's fight in the kitchen was unseen by Alma Jr. and Jenny.
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They did not seem to know what was going on in the kitchen, but the Del Mar daughters certainly knew that Daddy left the house very vexedly.
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After Alma and Ennis were all wound up in the kitchen, things wound down when Ennis left, but wound up getting worse as he encountered another wound.
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Ennis xtracted himself from Alma's extraordinarily exasperating expression of exposing her ex-husband's extramarital extracurriculars.
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Thanksgiving was a special time for Ennis to be with his daughters. For Alma it was a year-around thing to have the girls.
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L.A. Youth has a website designed by Zeek Interactive with a page devoted to comments about Brokeback. (http://www.layouth.com/themes/LAYouth/images/banner.jpg) (http://www.layouth.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Issue&action=IssueArticle&aid=1712&nid=62)
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Round 314
Dudes a courtin'
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Courtin1.gif?t=1163909534)
=aside= ???
Note the touching of the longnecks.
=aside= Toast
Nice touch.
Sandy
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Alma: "You know, I used to wonder how come you never brought any trouts home." [screenplay]
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Outside the Black and Blue Eagle Bar:
Traffic is stopped, including the big-tired pickup that almost hit the dog.
Second roughneck (confused) "What the hell's the matter with that cowboy?"
Ennis and the roughneck roll right under the big-tired pickup that has stopped, temporarily lost from view. A crowd has gathered; some get down to peer under the truck. [2003 screenplay]
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Monroe was being very avant-garde with his cutting-edge electric carving knife.
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Alma: "Don't try to fool me no more, Ennis. I know what it means. Jack Twist?"
Ennis: "Alma...."
Alma: "Jack Nasty. You didn't go up there to fish. You and him...."
Ennis grabs her wrist and twists it.
Ennis: "Now you listen to me, you don't know nothin' about it."
Tears spring to her eyes, she drops a dish. [screenplay]
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Alma went on endlessly with questions about a wife, a price tag, uneaten fish, a love note, a fishing buddy, and more stuff that was none of her business.
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After eating dinner, Alma got fed up about being fed a line about Ennis' "fishing trips."
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Three generations of the Newsome family celebrated Thanksgiving together in Childress.
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Ennis was thoroughly hurt by the kitchen confrontation with Alma.
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In a display of admirable intrepidity, Jack Twist stood up to his boorish father-in-law on Thanksgiving.
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"I would say that the critical sound component of the movie for Ang was wind. It was the most interesting, dramatic, and affecting sound that we worked with throughout the film. The juxtapositions in this film -- from the intimacy of two people to the vastness of the natural landscape -- were emphasized by the wind. We wanted to tell this story through the power of the wind -- through nature's forces."
-- Eugene Gearty, supervising sound editor of BBM, as quoted here (http://www.avid.com/profiles/051219_brokeback_filmcomposer.asp?featureID=945&marketID)
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Monroe electrically knifed his way into the turkey breast.
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The liquidity in the Thanksgiving scene was domestic, and when Alma turned the spigot handle, it seemed to call out to its wild cousin.
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L.D. was acting high and mighty about watching football on TV until Jack said: "Now sit the hell down before I knock your ignorant ass into next week."
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The discussion in the kitchen got noisier and noisier until everyone in the house could hear Alma yelling at Ennis to get out of her house.
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The unused ottoman in front of Monroe's armchair is upholstered in floral fabric.
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Ennis went to the Black and Blue Bar to get pie-eyed after refusing to eat humble pie at the Monroes'.
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When Alma started to discuss Ennis' getting remarried, she qualifyingly stated that "Me and the girls worry about you bein' alone so much."
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When Alma inquired if he still went fishing with Jack Twist, Ennis's response was: "Not often."
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After bringing up the subject of Ennis' "fishing trips", Alma rubbed salt in the wound by calling Jack: "Jack Nasty."
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Ennis was totally unprepared for the torrent of questions, accusations and insinuations emanating from Alma, as she scraped at her plates.
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With his "That don't mean nothin', Alma," Ennis attempted to underplay the fact that Alma's note was still tied to his fishing line at the end of his trip.
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Alma vengefully villies Ennis's violation of verifiable vicissitudes.
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According to Annie Proulx, Ennis wrenched Alma's arm a second time and left "her with a burning bracelet, shoved his hat on backwards and slammed out."
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When Jack first spots Lureen she is an xceptionally attractive woman.
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After many years' worth of silent suffering, Alma let out her frustrations about Ennis' "fishing trips" in a not very silent manner.
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"I'm not of a mind to post my review right now.... I'm just thinking of the line Jake Gyllenhaal's character speaks to Heath Ledger's character when they're at loggerheads over their star-crossed love, a heartbreaking line that anyone who's ever been in a hard love has thought, or felt, or uttered: 'I wish I knew how to quit you.'"
-- posted by Zan at the blogspot Zantales (http://zantales.blogspot.com/2006/01/between-men-and-women-there-is-no_28.html)
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Round 315!
(http://neo.elearning.dol.gov/rawmedia_repository/8f290c98_2ae8_468e_b8be_d5edaa734c9e)
''You know, I used to wonder how come
you never brought any trouts home."
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An angry Ennis eagerly exited Alma's abode.
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Alma was ready to burst with bubbling bellicosity because her beau didn't bring any browns; but he was bumping booties with his blue-eyed boy.
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Alma had "overstepped his line. He seized her wrist; tears sprang and rolled, a dish clattered." [story]
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The Monroe Thanksgiving dinner was a disaster, especially in the kitchen after the turkey course.
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Ennis got an earful from Alma in the kitchen but left before he could hear her out.
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After Thanksgiving Ennis "didn't try to see his girls for a long time, figuring they would look him up when they got the sense and years to move out from Alma." [story]
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After gobbling up the turkey, Alma sure had a mouthful for Ennis.
=comment=
Alliteration be damned.
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The "love" in Alma's handwritten note on that fishing line went unread and unreciprocated all these years.
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The principal ingredients in the Monroes' Thanksgiving dinner were a recipe for disaster.
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Alma had noticed Ennis's jauntiness after his "fishing" trips with Jack.
jaunty = showing an easy confidence; sprightly or perky
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While Monroe was electrically knifing the bird, Alma had a bird, as she was realizing that Ennis and Mr. Nasty were birds of a feather.
(http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:fHzwSHh9p_FQuM:http://www.sallymaxwellsart.com/birds%2520of%2520a%2520feather.JPG)
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There is a sliced loaf of bread to Alma's right as she cleans up the kitchen.
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A macramé plant hanger is suspended over the sofa at Alma and Monroe's house.
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The Newsomes, were particularly rude guests at Thanksgiving: Fayette was silent and pinched, and L.D. was a boor.
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On Thanksgiving, Alma Monroe finally expressed her strong opposition to Ennis and his nasty unproductive fishing trips all over Wyoming.
=Congrats= Paul
Post 900 for the good Doctor
Only 100 more to be in the 1,000+ Club
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The macramé plant hanger in Alma and Monroe's living room holds a spider plant.
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Ennis was quibbling with Alma when she brought up the subject of his "fishing trips" and he said: "It don't mean nothing."
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Both of Alma's roasts seemed to be rejected on Thanksgiving. One turkey was sent back, barely knifed, to the kitchen, and the other ended up rolling around the street.
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Ennis was strutting around the kitchen like a peacock with his "once burned" comment, but he turned out to be the turkey when Alma called him out.
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Jack takes the bull by the horns when he says to L.D.: "You sit down you old son of a bitch before I knock your ignorant ass into next week."
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Alma called Jack an uncomplimentary name: "Jack Nasty."
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Alma's valence with Ennis hit zero as she uttered the word "Nasty".
def. - the capacity of one person or thing to react with or affect another in some special way, as by attraction or the facilitation of a function or activity.
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Ennis willingly, but perhaps unwittingly, spars with Alma after replying, "Once burned" to her suggestion he get remarried.
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Old Man Twist xampled a nasty ignorant man.
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Ennis and the turkey were both browned off in that kitchen, but it was Alma who turned out to be the yeller: "Get out, get out, get out (between sobs) You hear me, Ennis Del Mar? Get out!" [2003 screenplay]
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"[Slovene] philosopher Slavoj Zizek throws himself into the fray over the relatively few Oscars awarded to Brokeback Mountain." [link] (http://www.signandsight.com/intodaysfeuilletons/652.html)
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Round Three One Six
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Jake4brokeback_70.jpg)
Some things you stand.
Some things you fix.
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Though they weren't tough old birds yet, on that Thanksgiving Ennis and Jack had flown a long way from their aerie on Brokeback Mountain.
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Alma nearly boiled over with anger that Thanksgiving.
=aside= Toast
Beautiful round announcement.
That's my favorite picture of Jack.
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Ennis' goose was cooked when Alma cooked up a storm about his cooked up "fishing trips."
=aside=(http://graphics.gaiaonline.com/images/thumbnails/1191e83e1cc3.png)
That picture of jack doesn't need any fixing.
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The Black & Blue Eagle bar was located in downtown Riverton.
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There was an edginess between Jack and LD, but LD was one blade shy of a sharp edge.
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In addition to the turkey's, Ennis' feathers were ruffled on Thanksgiving when Alma brought up the subject of his "fishing trips."
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Alma made her case against Ennis in gradual steps: first the non-wife, then the fishing trips, then the price tags, then the note, then the water sluicing, then the plate scraping; and finally it became nasty.
=reply= Paul and Sandy
That pic of J. Twisty is from my fav point in the film.
Look! A little blue toaster. Thanks!
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"Without hesitation, Ennis runs around the pickup, punches right inside the open driver window four or five times. Then [he] yanks open the driver door, drags the huge man out in the slushy street, pummelling him and kicking him." [screenplay]
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Ennis indicated indignance at Alma's indelicate insinuations of his ichthyoid indiscretions.
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Alma's negative reaction to Ennis' relationship with Jack seemed to indicate some jealousness that Ennis could be perked up while on a fishing trip, and then return home to their constructive abandonment.
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Alma and Monroe's living and dining rooms are home to an assortment of knickknackery.
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THe loveliness of Jenny's smile when Ennis pulled her ear and called her an angel echoes the little smile of Lureen's when Jack stands up to her father.
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The Monroe menage managed a mighty meal, that was marred by ex-marital e-masculation.
{def: household}
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Alma was the noisiest person in the Monroe house that Thanksgiving night. Between the scraping, sluicing, and slicing and dicing of Ennis, and smashing of crockery, she made a fair bit of noise. More than Monroe made with his vibrating knife.
=aside= Paul
I hope you don't talk to your patients like that.
Mmmm!
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A few miniature plantlets or offshoots are visible on the spider plant in Alma and Monroe's living room.
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Ennis perked up when Alma pronounced him perky, when pursuing his pulchritudinous piscatory partner.
=aside= Toast
If I talked to my patients like this, they'd put me in the nuthouse.
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Ennis forgot to mind his p's and q's when: "He gave another wrench that left her with a burning bracelet, shoved his hat on backward and slammed out."
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Ennis probably knew Alma considered him to be a turkey, but he didn't expect her to roast him.
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Alma was scraping the pattern off the plates. Later, Ennis practically had to be scraped off the street.
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Ennis: "Go on and fuckin' yell. I'll make him eat the fuckin' floor and you, too." [screenplay]
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While Alma was unbosoming herself to Ennis, she barely looked in his direction - in fact there was no eye contact until he wheeled her around and threatened to put her down.
def - relieving (oneself) of troublesome thoughts or feelings.
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Jack always had sincere votive feelings for Ennis.
def = offered in gratitude or devotion
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Ennis mindlessly walked in front of Hershel's truck; he then mindlessly walked into Hershel's fist.
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Ennis xalts his daughters to the rank of angels as he tells his rodeo flying story.
def - To glorify, praise, or honor.
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In Alma and Monroe's kitchen, there's a small yellow-capped container on the ledge formed by the top part of the stove.
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Monroe, the turkey slayer, was an electric zootomist.
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Round 317!!!!!!!
The Perky, The Nasty and the In-Between
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Jack's avatar is the eagle, while Ennis's avatar is the horse. One could surmise that the pair's avatar is Pegasus, the flying horse.
(pic to come)
=comment=
And several members here at BetterMost have used, at one time or another, movie stills from Brokeback Mountain as their personal avatar.
Fran
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Ennis and turkey junior both became browned off in Alma's kitchen.
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Alma: "You know, I used to wonder how come you never brought any trouts home. Always said you caught plenty, and you know how me and the girls like fish."
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Alma dismissed Jack as a nasty non-angler.
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Alma's arguments with Ennis were more than embarrassing to him. He probably could imagine the neighbours "drugging" him out of the neighbourhood.
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Ennis and a bear-sized roughneck engaged in fisticuffs outside of the Black & Blue Eagle bar.
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While Ennis was getting unglued in the kitchen, Monroe remained glued to the TV in the living room.
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All heads were turned as Ennis marched out through the livingroom.
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While Ennis digested his pumpkin pie, he also ingested Alma's insinuations about his fishing trips with Jack.
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When Alma's remarks turned to the subject of "Jack Nasty", Ennis jackrabbited out of the door.
def=To move or begin to move rapidly or suddenly
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Both L.D. and Jack demonstrated adequate knife-wielding skills as they carved the turkey in Childress.
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Alma had lots to say to Ennis, but not enough time, never enough time.
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After Ennis got a mouthful from Alma, he mouthed off at her, grabbed her wrist and slammed out of the door.
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Alma demonstrated the nascency of her awareness of Ennis's nastiness.
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When it turned physical, it was apparent that Alma had overdone her argument, as far as Ennis was concerned.
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Ennis's petrification at Alma's questioning of his relationship with Jack soon erupted into violence.
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Ennis became quaky when he realized that Alma had knowledge of the nature of his relationship with Jack.
Def: Shaky, or tremulous; quaking.
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"Jack is at the head of the table and has just reached for the carving tools when L.D., older but no kinder, takes them right out of his hands." [screenplay]
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In 1967 Alma remained silent after she watched her husband kissing his fishing buddy;
but ten years later she just had to spill the beans.
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Alma treated Ennis with sarcasm that crescendoed into nastiness.
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When Alma was ranting about Ennis' "fishing trips", she threw out the unkindest cut of them all by calling Jack, "Jack Nasty."
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Any valency left between Ennis and Alma was destroyed on that 1977 Thanksgiving night.
def. - the capacity of one person or thing to react with or affect another in some special way, as by attraction or the facilitation of a function or activity.
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Alma: "So one night I got your creel case open the night before you went on one a your little trips -- price tag still on it after five years -- and I tied a note on the end of the line. It said, 'Hello, Ennis, bring some fish home, love, Alma'...." [screenplay]
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Ennis exploded when Alma made her xtra-nasty remark about "Jack Nasty."
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Feb. 15, 2006 - Yukon Sully (of Reno Nevada) laments the ubiquitousness of Brokeback parodies:
I Wish We Knew How To Quit Them (http://yukonsully.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-wish-we-knew-how-to-quit-them.html)
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"I'm not of a mind to post my review right now.... I'm just thinking of the line Jake Gyllenhaal's character speaks to Heath Ledger's character when they're at loggerheads over their star-crossed love, a heartbreaking line that anyone who's ever been in a hard love has thought, or felt, or uttered: 'I wish I knew how to quit you.'"
-- posted by Zan at the blogspot Zantales (http://zantales.blogspot.com/2006/01/between-men-and-women-there-is-no_28.html)
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Round 3*1*8!!!!!!!!
(http://boe.mono.k12.wv.us/westwood/clipart/thxturkey.gif)
Hurry before it's too late....
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Ennis started to act up when Alma brought up the subject of his "fishing trips", not realizing he had been caught in the act.
=aside= Fran
Great round announcement.
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Alma serves Ennis turkey, and then busts his chops about the fishing line she had been fed.
=comment= Fran
Really Cool Round Announcement.
That is obviously not the pardoned turkey.
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After dinner Monroe sat himself down in his armchair and relaxed with a cheap cigar.
=reply= Sandy and Toast
Thanks!
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The turkey may have had dressing, but Ennis sure got a dressing down from Alma.
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They were both good eggs but keeping Ennis & Jack's relationship secret was like walking on eggshells.
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Seeing their dad was a feast for the eyes for Jenny and Alma Jr. at the Thanksgiving feast.
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Ennis gobbled up Alma's turkey, and later she tried to make him eat crow.
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After joining Alma in the kitchen, Ennis soon realized the hazards of finding yourself alone with your ex on a family occasion.
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By the time Alma invoked Jack Twist's name, Ennis knew she was talking turkey; but when she added the word "nasty", the fat was in the fire.
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After getting juiced and punched, Ennis was left to stew in his own juices.
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After taking a few punches from Ennis, the driver of the pickup was able to overpower Ennis and throw him kerplunk to the ground.
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Ennis did not seem to realize how loaded his response "Not often," could be to Alma, as she offered to help marry him off.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Thanksgiving2006.jpg)
=milestone=
ToastPost 1500
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Alma was not mincing her words when she made psychological mincemeat out of Ennis.
=congratz= Toast
A Thou-and-a-half Toast Posts!
I see all those hats, but are the cowboys all under the table?
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When Alma initially asked Ennis if he knew "somebody a name a Jack," Ennis gave a noncommittal answer: "I might. Why?"
=aside= Toast
Congratulations on reaching 1,500!
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Ennis was overdoing it when he raised his hand to Alma.
=aside= Paul
Six hats, one table . mmm ..
Thanks Fran, Paul and Sandy (love the glow)
I think I am 15th in the 1000+ Club.
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After years of silence, Alma finally plucks up the courage to ruffle Ennis' feathers by talking turkey about his "fishing trips."
=congratz= Toast
(http://barbelith.co.uk/gallery/1500-posts.gif)
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When Ennis threatens Alma with eating the floor, Alma quakily responds, "I'm gonna yell for Monroe."
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As Ennis exits the Monroe house, we see snow on the railing around the front of the house.
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Between sobs, Alma exclaims, "Get out, get out, get out! Get out of my house, Ennis del Mar! You hear me? You get out!"
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Jack toppled over the camping equipment when he was performing his faux bull riding exhibition for Ennis. ;D
=comment=
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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Feb. 15, 2006 - Yukon Sully (of Reno Nevada) laments the ubiquitousness of Brokeback parodies:
I Wish We Knew How To Quit Them (http://yukonsully.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-wish-we-knew-how-to-quit-them.html)
def - seeming to be everywhere at once (Like Thanksgiving in America today, especially in Riverton and Childress)
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Alma verbalized her pent-up anger and frustration towards Ennis on Thanksgiving.
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Ennis tried to worm his way out of answering Alma's baited questions about his "fishing trips."
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Ennis' encounter at the Black and Blue Eagle Bar was more xecrative than the scene in Alma's kitchen.
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In Alma and Monroe's kitchen, there's a small yellow-topped container on the ledge formed by the top part of the stove.
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Zillion, an online shopping place for New Zealanders, had a Brokeback DVD on auction.
(http://www.zillion.co.nz/images/logo.gif) (http://www.zillion.co.nz/auctions/1951377/)
=comment=
Sorry to go off-topic but it's tough coming up with a "Z."
=reply= Sandy
But the DVD features the Thanksgivings scenes, so U're still on topic. :)
Fran
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We've Got a Well-oiled Machine
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Alma asks "You still go fishin' with Jack Twist?"
=compliment= Sandy
Cool Round announcement.
I think that oil is rich in omega-3.
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Alma was near to bursting with anger at the dinner table. I hope we all behave better than her.
=aside= Playerz
Happy Thanksgiving to all
=aside= Sandy
The worm post totally cracked me up!
Thanks for posting your first-prize-award-winning cherry cake!
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Alma tried to start a conversation with Ennis by saying, "You ought to get married again, Ennis."
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After Alma decks him with her heartfelt words, Ennis was ready to deck someone right back.
Unfortunately Hershel decks Ennis.
A double decker on Ennis.
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Alma made an exclamation to Ennis to get out, after he was outed.
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L.D.: “Boys should watch football.”
Jack: “Not until he finishes the meal his mama spent three hours fixin’.”
[screenplay]
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Alma was more than hinting at Ennis's and Jack's gayness, and he was having none of that nastiness.
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Hershel's lines amounted to a stream of profanity: "Watch where you're goin', asshole" and "You stupid fuck".
=aside=
It's in quotes, it's kosher.
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While things were heating up in the kitchen, Monroe was watching the ice-skaters on TV in the living room.
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What is jaundicing Alma's actions/reactions is more than homophobia: Her last nine years with Ennis (some under constructive abandonment) had made her bitter about his perkiness with that nasty Jack.
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Knife-handling Monroe was clueless as to what was going on in the electrified kitchen.
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Ennis and Alma were at loggerheads in the kitchen while Monroe reacted as if he were sleeping like a log.
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The living room knickknackery, the floral ottoman, the macramé plant hanger, a turkey centerpiece, and the electric knife, etc. all show that Alma and Monroe are much more materialistic than Ennis ever will be.
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Alma was noticeably pregnant at Thanksgiving.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Remember to save some room for dessert.
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Monroe was like a one-trick pony at Thanksgiving when he demonstrated his expertise with an electric carving knive, but not much else.
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Alma seems to have noticed that just the mention of Jack Twist perks up Ennis Del Mar.
def - To cause to stick up quickly (for?)
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Happy
Turkey Day
ps. 1977 was the 200th anniversary of the first official Thanksgiving.
(NOT the 200th Thanksgiving, though.)
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Qing’s comments on Brokeback Mountain (http://www.stanford.edu/~jqfang/brokeback.html):
"I guess Annie Proulx touched something in the geography of my soul with this story. It pains the heart, but in a surprisingly reassuring way. And even in the sadness that swirls around my eyes, I am grateful to her for that. And amazed that she could write so tellingly of the human hearts. To me, the strength of the story lies in its outright honesty. The story decimates the heart with passion and clarity.
"It is simply the most affecting love story I've ever come to know. It left me with not just tears, but more importantly, thoughts. Brokeback Mountain is about the open space between what you feel and what you try to believe. It's about the road not taken, the passion not embraced, and the aching thoughts of what it could have been."
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Jack treated Ennis to a rousing rendition of "Water Walking Jesus."
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Ang Lee:
We all have secrets. But we are societal animals, and we need to live with other people and have to fit in. You could easily say that Ennis and Jack live in a lie, but they had to. I don't think they knew any other ways to survive as human beings. It's not like they had other choices. [Production Notes]
=compliment= Fran
Cool Q.
Someone else has found the "nuance and emotion between the lines"
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According to the screenplay's timeline:
On the fourth Thursday in November of 1977, Jack finally stood up to his stud duck of a father-in-law, and Alma finally found the words -- albeit not the nicest ones -- to express her true feelings to Ennis about his "fishing" trips with Jack.
=reply= Toast
Thanks.
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Alma was unused to standing up to Ennis, but she tackled it by saying that his fishing equipment was still unused.
=aside= Fran
Very clever "T."
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On the fourth Thursday in November of 1977, Alma and Ennis were at variance about what she knew and what it meant.
at variance: def - in a state of difference or disagreement.
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The wallcovering in Alma and Monroe's dining room has a floral pattern.
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Alma's x-husband's appearance 29 years ago today in 1977 on Thanksgiving made it one to never forget.
=greetings=
;D Happy
Thanksgiving O0
=aside= Juliette
Nice to see You again!
Thank You for pmail.
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Alma let Ennis know on November 24th, 1977 that she has figured out that it wasn't fish or fishing that he yenned for in the mountains of Wyoming.
def. - Had a strong desire or inclination; yearned.
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A comment about Brokeback Mountain at the blogspot Zone of Totality (http://zonetotal.blogspot.com/2006/01/true-love-in-brokeback-mountain.html):
"More than all of this, the film is such a fine work of art that it touches us in ways we shall continue to discover. It is ineffable, beyond mere description. Like the blinding of Oedipus, it lets us see into recesses of the psyche we could not see otherwise. It will provoke thought and feelings for many years to come." -- Jack Jameson
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Talking Turkey?
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Round 320!
We've Done Plenty!
Spam Free - until today.
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In the aftermath of that 1977 Thanksgiving, both Jack and Ennis were changed: Jack more assertive after speaking up to old LD; and Ennis perhaps more fearful, now that Alma knew his secret.
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After Monroe finished using the electric carving knife, Ennis blew a fuse in the kitchen when Alma mentioned his "fishing trips."
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Beginning of the Thanksgiving scene in Childress:
We hear Howard Cosell's voice in the background coming from the TV, commenting on the game plan of the Dallas Cowboys. [2003 screenplay]
=aside=
I wonder how Howard would have announced the end of the Thanksgiving scenes.
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"Without hesitation, Ennis runs around the pickup, punches right inside the open driver window four or five times. Then [he] yanks open the driver door, drags the huge man out in the slushy street, pummelling him and kicking him." [screenplay]
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Bobby Twist could look back at Thanksgiving of 1977 as an edifying experience, having observed the consequences of flouting parental authority.
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Ennis told Alma that he and Jack still fished together, "not often" though.
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While Ennis could gobble up the Thanksgiving meal, he found Alma's accusations hard to swallow.
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When it came time to carve the turkey, L.D handed over the reins to Jack after Jack got the upper hand.
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Alma appears to be particularly ill-humored while Ennis is telling the story of his saddle-bronc career.
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After he jockeyed with L.D. for the position of stud duck at the dinner table, Jack emerged the victor.
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To Ennis, Alma's knifelike words felt as sharp as Monroe's carving knife.
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BBM's first film editor Gerry Peroni's lesbianism was known on the set. The film was dedicated to the New Yorker from the East Village.
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"Down in Texas, Jack's father-in-law died, and Lureen, who inherited the farm equipment business, showed a skill for management and hard deals." [story]
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Alma had nursed a grudge against Ennis for years, and was opening old wounds when she brought up his "fishing trips."
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Mrs. Twist,
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...and many more!
With best wishes,
The ABCs Players and Mods
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Ennis was extremely offended when Alma used the word "nasty"; now it was obvious that she knew that Jack was "somebody you cowboyed with, or what?"
=aside= Fran
I see that you did two lovely birthday announcements today.
=aside= Mrs. Twist
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My supermarket had free samples of .. cherry cake today.
Coincidence? I think not.
I had two pieces of cake, and if I had known I would have asked for black coffee.
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Happy Birthday, Mrs. Twist.
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Happy & Healthy
Birthday Greetings
to
Mrs. Mary Twist
Like the song "Age Aint Nothin But A Number"!
You are blessed!! We give You our blessings too!!
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Ennis parked his pickup truck across the street from the Black & Blue Eagle bar.
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Ennis quibbles by saying: "It don't mean nothing", when Alma raises the subject of his "fishing trips."
Def: To evade the truth or importance of an issue by raising trivial distinctions and objections.
=aside= Mrs. Twist
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When Alma raises the subject of his "nasty" fishin' buddy, Ennis raises his hand to her and everything between them is now over.
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After Alma married Monroe, Monroe became Alma Jr. and Jenny's stepfather.
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Jack was always taking a back seat to L.D. until he said: "Now sit the hell down before I knock your ignorant ass into next week."
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Happy Birthday, Mrs. Mary Twist!
Your portrayal in BBM and here at ABCz is A-1! ;)
Not everyone gets chance to hit "82" no skidoo! ;D
"B" well,
Will-X
Mayor
ABCzville
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Ennis unwillingly listened to Alma as she talked about the price tag, the note, the lack of browns, and even his perkiness, but he refused to let her continue talking about his fishing buddy - by any name.
=comment=
Annie Proulx did not use the word perky.
It was added by Larry and Diana. Excellent word.
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Jack emerged victoriously from the duck fight with L.D.
=aside= Playerz
Are we ever gonna emerge from this scene?
=aside= Mrs. Twist
Happy Belated Birthday!
No cherry cake for me.
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Cassie waited on Ennis hand and foot before showing some fancy footwork in getting him to give her a foot rub.
=aside= Paul
Trying to emerge from the Thanksgiving scenes.
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At Thanksgiving Ennis was deeply angered by his x-wife's words regarding his relationship with Jack.
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Alma wants to talk about all the years that Ennis was yenning more for Jack than for her. That is too nasty for Ennis to even discuss.
def. - having a strong desire or inclination; yearning.
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"The naturalness with which this film treats Zachariah and Matthew's relationship is still remarkable. In some ways, it seems like it's decades beyond – if only in that one regard – even a masterpiece like Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain, which revolves around the two cowboys' failure to even try to make a good life for themselves. One wonders what Ennis and Jack would have thought if they'd gone to see Zachariah, while on one of their fishing trips.'"
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Playerz - Very Well Done
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We all appreciate the beauty of Brokeback Mountain. Tomorrow, when HBO airs it, perhaps a whole new audience will appreciate it as well.
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Jack can barely breathe after Ennis tells him, "I got the girls this weekend. I'm sure as hell sorry. You know I am."
=compliment= Sandy
Cool fish! You know how we like fish....
=reply= Fran
Thanks, I was fishing for a compliment.
Sandy
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Ennis: "Doubt I'll feel nothin." But he staggered under canvas, pulled his boots off, snored on the ground cloth for a while, woke Jack with the clacking of his jaw. [Proulx]
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After Ennis came down from Brokeback, his life starting going downhill.
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During her shift at the bar, Cassie eyeballed Ennis and decided she liked what she saw.
=aside=Mrs. Twist
Happy Belated Birthday! :)
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Annie Proulx describes the frigidity of Lureen Newsome Twist on the telephone with Ennis Del Mar in 1982:
"No doubt about it, she was polite but the little voice was cold as snow."
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"Years on years they worked their way through the high meadows and mountain drainages, horse-packing into the Big Horns, Medicine Bows, south end of the Gallatins, Absarokas, Granites, Owl Creeks, the Bridger-Teton Range, the Freezeouts and the Shirleys, Ferrises and the Rattlesnakes, Salt River Range, into the Wind Rivers over and again, the Sierra Madres, Gros Ventres, the Washakies, Laramies, but never returning to Brokeback." [story]
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BBM will be premiering Sunday, November 26 on Home Box Office.
Schedule of Times (http://www.hbo.com/apps/schedule/ScheduleServlet?ACTION_DETAIL=DETAIL&FOCUS_ID=615711)
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Jack is constantly trying to fill the role of Western hero, trying to impress; when we first see him, waiting with Ennis outside Joe Aguirre’s trailer-office, he leans against his truck in an exaggeratedly casual posture, with a “hey, cowboy” leer. The pose seems tentative here, but when he strikes it again later, after he knows he’s won Ennis, it’s triumphant. Unlike Ennis, Jack knows what he wants and is willing to go after it, though he may be only a little better at understanding it. That Brokeback Got Me Good (http://www.pajiba.com/brokeback-mountain.htm)
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Any photo of Brokeback Mountain shows the highest peaks jut into the blue sky.
=comment= BBM
Havent seen BBM movie in 9 months and lookin to Sunday Nov 26th at 7:30 pm on HBO tv!!
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From an announcement for an event on March 8, 2006:
Virgin Megastore Sunset will host Academy Award-winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla for a signing, Q&A session, and personal meet-and-greet with his fans. The Oscar winner will first sit down with KCRW's Gary Calamar to discuss the making of the film and then will sign copies of the Brokeback Mountain soundtrack. The event is open to the public. Fans will just need to bring or buy their copy of the Brokeback Mountain soundtrack to secure a place in line for the signing. -- Virgin Entertainment Group (http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/PRNewswire/2006/03/07/1266337?ba=a&bi=1&bp=7)
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In 1964, Jack lit out for Texas, after neither getting another year at Brokeback, nor any news on the whereabouts of Ennis Del Mar.
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Because Ennis quit his jobs in order to be with Jack, he found it hard making ends meet.
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"Michelle Williams of Dawson's Creek fame plays Alma Del Mar, Ennis' wife, and also nullifies her teen queen status with her quiet, repressed angst."
-- Amanda G. Johnson, Entertainment Editor, The Baylor Lariat (http://www.baylor.edu/Lariat/news.php?action=story&story=38439)
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When Jack visits Aguirre's trailer in 1964, he has two objectives in mind: to work again on Brokeback and/or find out the whereabouts of Ennis Del Mar.
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Jack packs a powerful punch when he says to L.D., "Now sit the hell down before I knock your ignorant ass into next week."
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"The upcoming volume for Film Quarterly promises to be an exciting one with both new features and special issues, including one devoted to examining Brokeback Mountain from a variety of critical perspectives in March 2007."
-- University of California Press Blog (http://ucpress.typepad.com/ucpresslog/2006/09/new_film_quarte.html)
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We watch as Ennis reads two postcards. While reading the first one he moves his lips in what seems like disbelief. The second postcard reading on the street is much more numbing to Ennis.
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Ennis was on shaky ground in Tent Scene I after Jack reached for his hand.
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"Jack is at the head of the table and has just reached for the carving tools when L.D., older but no kinder, takes them right out of his hands." [screenplay]
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As always, Lee's work with actors is unparalleled, as he elicits graceful, nuanced performances from Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway as the wives affected overtly and subliminally by their husbands' affair, and Gyllenhaal brings surprising dimensions to a character that could have easily just been a puppy dog of a boy. It's Ledger, however, who's the breakthrough in the film, and his portrait of an emotionally repressed man both undone and liberated by his feelings is mesmerizing and devastating.
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My goodness, what a lovely surprise from a few of the A-B-C Playerz. Thank you to you wonderful well wishers like A-B-Czville Mayor Will for thinking of me on my birthday. I appreciate all of the messages and pictures, particularly the cakes. I can see that Mr. Memento obtained a cherry cake. Oooh, that reminds me of..........!
=appreciation= A-B-C Playerz
Special blessings to the special posters Will-ABC, Mod Fran, Dr. SouthEnd, Mr. Memento, Ranger Lee and Master Dre.
=reminder= Brokeback Mountain movie
Please thoroughly enjoy seeing me portrayed in BBM this evening on the Home Box Office channel tonight. You come back and see me soon.
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Jack was full of vim and vigor that summer of 1963 on Brokeback.
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“Years on years they worked their way through the high meadows and mountain drainages, horse-packing into the Big Horns, Medicine Bows, south end of the Gallatins, Absarokas, Granites, Owl Creeks, the Bridger-Teton Range, the Freezeouts and the Shirleys, Ferrises and the Rattlesnakes, Salt River Range, into the Wind Rivers over and again, the Sierra Madres, Gros Ventres, the Washakies, Laramies, but never returning to Brokeback.”
[story]
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Joe Aguirre was the first to xecrate in Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain:
"Last summer had goddamn near twenty-five percent loss. I don't want that again."
But he wasn't the last to do some execrating in that story.
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When Ennis was standing with Jack and Aguirre, he was the only yellow-jacketed person among them.
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Brokeback Mountain is available at Denmark's Zulu Filmklub. [link] (http://filmklub.tv2.dk/Film/Brokeback_Mountain_5870)
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We're cookin'!
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Brokeback Mountain on tv tonight reminded many BBM had an Academy Award nomination for best picture.
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Ennis didn't want to be burnt again by the fire and brimstone crowd - oops by another marriage.
=comment= Fran
If he doesn't want to get burnt, he'd better stay away from these campfires, too.
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When Ennis told Alma that he had caught a bunch of browns and ate them up on one of his "fishing trips", it was a cock-and-bull story.
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"Ennis stayed as lean as a clothespole, stepped around in worn boots, jeans and shirts summer and winter, added a canvas coat in cold weather. A benigh growth appeared on his eyelid and gave it a drooping appearance; a broken nose healed crooked." [story]
=reply= Toast
I did miss the campfires. I think they're my favorite.
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The summer that Jack and Ennis spent on Brokeback Mountain had a lifelong effect on each of them.
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Since Ennis hadn't "yet had the oportunity", he had to fly by the seat of his pants after Jack placed his hand on his crotch in Tent Scene I.
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Gino Savoia is one of the three paramedics listed in the film's closing credits.
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Two hawks show up in the writings for Brokeback Mountain:
One is mentioned by Annie Proulx as she says that in 1963:
"There were only the two of them on the mountain flying in the euphoric, bitter air, looking down on the hawk's back and the crawling lights of vehicles on the plain below, suspended above ordinary affairs and distant from tame ranch dogs barking in the dark hours."
In the screenplay a hawk is seen in 1982:
"We pull back and see the great sweep of the bald, desolate countryside. Ennis passes several abandoned ranch houses sitting blank-eyed, surrounded with weeds. The corral fences have fallen down. A lone hawk circles. Ennis slows down."
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Ennis made an instinctive move away from Jack when he woke to find his hand on Jack's crotch.
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Jimbo's advice to Jack when they were sitting at the bar was to not buy him a gay drink and save his money for future rodeo fees.
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L.D. Newsome treated Jack as his knave.
def. - a man of humble position, a male servant.
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Jack loosed a lithe lasso around Ennis's loins (so to speak).
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Ennis was on his way to the men's room when Cassie asked him to dance.
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Lureen's nudge at the Childress Dance Hall caused Jack to brush annoyedly at his jacket.
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Home Box Office's airing of BBM last night may attract viewers who would not otherwise have seen it.
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Brokeback Mountain has an MPAA Classification of R because of: sexual situations, profanity, and nudity.
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"The bulk of the movie covers the next 20 years as Ennis and Jack do what's expected of them: get married, raise kids, and work when and where they can. Throughout it all, they continue their affair by means of quarterly 'fishing trips'...."
-- M. I. Kim, The Jujube Review (http://archive.thejujube.com/B/brokebackmtn.html)
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The rsvp Ennis sent to Jack's postcard read, "You bet."
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Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist are two ranch-hands herding sheep on a lonely mountain in 1963 Wyoming. What begins as a simple friendship explodes into a physical and emotional affair that they agree must be suppressed once the summer ends.
[Home Box Office]
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"Ennis sits next to Jenny. Monroe sits at the head of the table. Alma across from Monroe. Alma Jr. sits across from her daddy. The girls are about 13 and 11, respectively. Ennis [is] dressed in a clean Levi's jacket and a bolo tie, his shirt collar threadbare." [screenplay]
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Ennis had to untwist the screw cap on his bottle of wine before he could make a toast to Alma Jr.'s upcoming marriage.
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Many new viewers can see Brokeback Mountain now that it is being delivered discreetly and effortlessly into their homes by Home Box Office.
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From the blog Josh and Josh Are Rich and Famous (http://joshandjosh.typepad.com/about.html):
"My grandparents in Madison, Wisconsin, saw Brokeback Mountain last weekend. They had to go several hours early to buy tickets because the showings sold out like hot cakes. They loved it. Have I mentioned that I totally love them?"
--Josh H.
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Ang Lee demonstrated his directing xpertise in Brokeback Mountain by receiving an Oscar for Best Director.
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The strains of "Water Walking Jesus" that Jack belted out prompted a chorus of yips and yodels from surrounding packs of coyotes.
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Zero's the number of fish Ennis brought home.
=aside= Toast
With thanks.
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Round 323! ! !
How can that be?!
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After winning Best Picture at the Venice Film Festival in 2005, Brokeback Mountain's accolades began to pour in, winning honors at at the Critics Choice Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, LA Film Critics Association, Satellite Awards, and many more.
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After giving Jack an enthusiastic greeting on the staircase, Ennis came down with a slight case of beard burn.
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Even though Ennis had no experience with sex, he discovered that he could do it with his eyes closed.
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Jack and Lureen and Randall and Lashawn were all dolled up for the benefit dance.
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Just after getting a summer job on Brokeback, Ennis and Jack start drinking together before ten a.m. After his initial embarrassment at having only a buck and some change, Ennis helps Jack chug some beers when Jack promises to cover the tab.
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Ennis was unaware that he had Jack absolutely flummoxed when he first met him. After the crow-hopping scene, however, it started to sink in.
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Ennis was stuffed to the gills after Thanksgiving, though there was no fish on the menu. Alma saved that for later.
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Heath's nomination for an Oscar for best actor was well deserved. We were reminded of that last night seeing BBM on HBO-tv.
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Randall Malone seems to have noticed the incessant chatter of his wife Lashawn:
" ... couldn't get a word in with Lashawn long enough to ask. Woman talks a blue streak."
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"Despite losing the Best Picture Oscar to Crash, the ensemble picture that delves into America’s chronic racial tension, the director (Ang Lee) was in his usual, good-natured spirit after the ceremony. 'We’re crashed!' he jokingly exclaimed as he embraced Annie Proulx, the writer of the short story on which Brokeback Mountain was based."
-- I-Ching Ng, East West Magazine (http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/content/view/21/40/)
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The scene of Ennis pouting on the knolly hill signaled the death knell of that first summer on the mountain.
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Throughout the film, we see scenes of fabric being laundered. The first time we encounter it is a jarring scene, the day after the tent scene, when Jack is doing the laundry in the stream, wearing nothing but his boots. He beats Ennis’ shirt with a stick to clean it. Later, we see Alma hanging up the laundry on a clothesline. Ennis comes in to the house while she is scrubbing the laundry on an old fashioned washboard. Later, they move to an apartment that is over a Laundromat, and they argue amidst the steam that boils forth from the vents. In the last scene, Ennis discovers Alma, jr.’s sweater that she has left behind, and he carefully folds it and places it in his closet.
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The MPAA Classification for Brokeback Mountain is R (Sexual situations, profanity, nudity).
def - Motion Picture Association of America.
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There were several narrow-minded coots in the film; two of them were narrow only in mind.
=aside= Seepian
Reminds me of the classic post: "K" is keisters. In the office of Aguirre there are three keisters, and two are scrawny.
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"Proulx's story caused a sensation when it appeared in The New Yorker eight years ago. Its raw masculinity, spare dialogue and lonely imagery subverted the myth of the American cowboy and obliterated gay stereotypes."
-- Sean Smith, Newsweek (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10017716/site/newsweek/)
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Ext: Brokeback Mountain, Wyoming: Camp: Late evening: 1963:
The wind is picking up.
Ennis and Jack are gathering dishes, blankets, trying to grab their gear before it blows away.
The sides of the tent begin to buck and pitch.
Then hailstones begin to pepper down. [screenplay]
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Ennis quaked with fear and anger when getting beat up in front of the Black and Blue Eagle Bar.
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Ennis and Jack had an instant rapport which gradually turned into close friendship and love.
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[Jack Twist] had shot an eagle, he said, turned his head to show the tail feather in his hatband. At first glance Jack seemed fair enough with his curly hair and quick laugh ... [Proulx]
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After Aguirre made his remark about "stemming the rose", it was a thorny situation for Jack.
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While drinking whiskey around the campfire, Jack frequently partook of a urinative interlude. When combined with a flick of the belt buckle, it was a sight for sore eyes.
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"A slow-moving, button-lipped Western romance, Ang Lee's widescreen version of Annie Proulx's quick-moving, stub-tongued story worms its way into the viewer's consciousness to remain there, a shifting, analog reality, for days or even weeks."
-- Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman (http://www.wacotrib.com/movies/content/shared/movies/reviews/B/brokebackmountain/aas.html)
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Alma started to see the writing on the wall about Jack and Ennis' relationship when she saw the reunion embrace and Jack's postcards about "fishing trips."
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Jack xclaims "Jesus Ennis ?" after Ennis "stands as if heart shot, face gray and deep-lined. Fights a silent battle, grimaces, his eyes screwing shut, fists clenching, legs caving, he hits the ground on his knees.
Jack is frightened, thinks maybe it's a heart attack or else the overflow of an incendiary rage." [screenplay]
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As posted by Yellville in a LiveJournal (http://yellville.livejournal.com/2006/01/22/) blog:
"I cry during movies. If I know from the get-go that I am getting set up for heartbreak during the feature film, I weep during particularly moving previews. Take Brokeback Mountain. What an absolutely tragic and moving picture -- it wrung my heart out. My chin was wobbling the entire time, and I bawled like a little unloved baby during more than one scene."
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Jack was acting in a zanyish manner when he performed his mock-rodeo mating dance.
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Round 324! ! ! !
We keep comin' back for more! ! ! !
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Jack's mother ... said, "He used a come home every year, even after he was married and down in Texas, and help his daddy on the ranch for a week fix the gates and mow and all. I kept his room like it was when he was a boy and I think he appreciated that. You are welcome to go up in his room if you want." [Proulx]
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"Three puppies belonging to one of the blue heelers went in a pack basket, the runt inside Jack's coat, for he loved a little dog." [story]
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Jack and Ennis sat around many campfires over the course of nearly twenty years.
(http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:ECHlfDMwh1RCOM:http://www.phoric.org/images/20060506221223_campfire.jpg)
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Lureen: "Jack was pumping up a flat on the truck out on a back road when the tire blew up. ... By the time someone came along he had drowned in his own blood." [Proulx]
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Out of frustration at not being able to be with Ennis, Jack had some easy-come, easy-go encounters with prostitutes in Mexico.
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"You know someone name o' Jack?" said Alma. "We was fishin' buddies," Ennis replied fishily.
(http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:QG47-jRuflMyqM:http://www.nassio.com/empty/archives/a/fishy.jpg])
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Alma Jr. was afraid she had made a gaffe when she spoke so bluntly to Cassie about her qualifications as a wife for Ennis.
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Ennis and Alma sat in their two chairs with their feet on their two hassocks and watched Kojak with their two children. Alma wanted to smarten up and head to the church social, but Ennis was opposed to that idea.
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Ennis' made it clear to Alma that an evening with the fire and brimstone crowd was not his idea of an ideal night out.
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Jack was quite the kvetcher: always complaining about the food, the weather, the lack of nookie.
(http://www.londonstimes.us/toons/cartoons/Simeon_KvetchSketch.jpg)
=comment=
I'll bet Jack likes his knobs Twisted. ;D
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Ennis was laying it on the line when he said to Jack, "It's a one-shot thing."
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The L.A. screening of Brokeback Mountain took place on November 29, 2005, at Mann's National Theatre in Westwood.
=comment= Players
Page 600! Wow!
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Jack told Ennis about his 1964 visit to Aguirre's trailer, neglecting to quote Aguirre: "Twist, you guys wasn't gettin paid to leave the dogs baby-sit the sheep while you stemmed the rose".
=comment= Players
Yes, we are on page 600
Post 9000 is coming up at the end of this page.
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There are several posts posted at The Twist homestead.
=congratulations= Playerz
Wowww! Over 69,000 viewz of the ABCz!!
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Fran, sorry but you didn't skip two turns.
We need a new "O" word.
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Jack took a one-handed approach to initiating sex with Ennis.
=comment= Playerz
At 600 pages we're almost half the size of War and Peace and 10 times larger than the hardcover edition of Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennis and Jack travelled questingly all over Wyoming, pursuing safe companionship.
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Cassie removed her shoe-like things and put her dogs on Ennis's unsuspecting lap.
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"Both Jack and Ennis claimed to be saving money for a small spread; in Ennis's case that meant a tobacco can with two five-dollar bills inside." [story]
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On the day that Ennis receives his first postcard from Jack, there is a teapot (and a thermos) atop the fridge in the apartment above the laundromat. Alma has no idea of the tempest that the postcard can cause.
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Jack's mother kept all vestiges of her only son intact in his room.
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Ennis and Jack had beans up the wahoozey.
Def: a lot, more than needed.
=comment=
Whether Ennis and Jack had sex up the wahoozey, only they would know.
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It always xasperates Jack that he can't mention living together to Ennis without triggering his low startle point.
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The song "No One's Gonna Love You Like Me" was performed by Mary McBride. This was the song played during Jack and Lureen's slow dance.
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To Ennis's crack about putting the blocks to Cassie, Jack zelophobically responded that he was involved with a ranch foreman's wife, perhaps knowing Ennis would be jealous of another man.
{def: fear of jealousy}
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Round 325! ! ! ! !
We're stayin' alive! ! ! ! !
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No one could dispute Ennis's acumen at horsemanship and sheepwrangling, but at love he was all thumbs.
=CONGRATULATIONS= Playerz and mods
No one can dispute our acumen!! 600 pages, 9,000 posts, 69,000 views!! Ya-hooooo!!!
With a tip of the ol' cowboy hat to Sandy, Fran, and our Founder Will-U!
Thank U, Phillip, for the congrats, too.
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In seeing BBM again the other night on television I noticed at The Twist house there were two benches shown. The big bench is on the front porch. When Ennis went to Jacks room where did he sit? On the liittle bench and he looked out the window.
=congratulations= ABCz Playerz
9,000 postz is why the ABCz is still #1! :laugh:
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Each campsite the boys settled in was near a body of water.
=congratz= Lovely fellow playerz
On 9000 posts, clever witty and otherwise.
=thankz= Fran and Sandy
Our steadfast Modz
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Congratz playerz and a very special tribute to Fran
who is the true unsung hero behind this game.
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XXX - Hey we all except maybe Kelpersmed know that the ABCz of BBM is about BBM book or BBM screenplay and BBM movie but not fan fiction or other imaginary stuff. Thats another reason ABCz is still here! Ellery? Wtf?? ???
=comment= Klemper
Your 2nd post & your 2nd XXX!! Yesterday XXX'd your J for repeating jumble which then disappeared?? ??? Suggestions to at least browse the ABCz rules and maybe look at the ABCz answers list!! ???
ABCz needs a new U!
=reply= Dre
Thank U much.
Fran
=aside= Kelpersmek
Lureen does not have a beer belly nor is she a drunk nor does she stagger; thus, your badly revised "undulation" post is history!
Fran
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Kelpersmek, the word "jumble" was played back in Round 174 by Snowflakes. Words cannot repeat.
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On February 2, 2005, Brokeback Mountain opened at the 20th Century Twin Theatre in Juneau, Alaska.
This is the replacement "J" word.
We still need a replacement "U".
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69,000 views!
9,000 posts!
600 pages!
My compliments to all the Players!
Well played!
=aside= Sandy
Thanks for your nice words, but you are just as important to this game. Thanks once again for sharing the load here. There's no way I could do this without your help and support.
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Ennis's uxorious behavior while tobogganing with Alma may have been due to her condition of early pregnancy.
SOWWY didnt see the words list in the other thread!
=aside= louisev
Welcome to the ABCz.
Fran and Sandy
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Jack dropped Ennis a line saying: "...fish should be jumping" in preparation for one of their "fishing trips."
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Thanksgiving at Jack and Lureen's house:
"The table is set for a full Thanksgiving dinner, huge turkey and all the trimmings. As everyone shuffles into their places at the table, we hear the TV in the background. Football game." [screenplay]
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Jack begins a scene by the river, talking about taxes and inflation and Lureen punching all the figures into her addin' machine, especially the zeros.
Ennis figures people in town are suspicious about him.
Jack figures they could live together in Texas.
Ennis figures L.D. Newsome could rain money and whiskey on them.
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=aside= Players
The facts and figures are in.
The ABCs are amazing.
Our team led by Fran and Sandy is unstoppable.
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Lureen and LaShawn got all gussied up for the charity dinner.
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Jack considered Brokeback Mountain hallowed ground, telling his wife that he wanted to have his ashes scattered there one day.
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"The day Jake Gyllenhaal was cast in Brokeback, the chatter around the industry was not about what a wise choice he'd made. 'It's the most stupid move he could make,' said one top producer over lunch that afternoon. 'It'll alienate his teen-girl fan base and could kill his career. What a waste.'"
-- Sean Smith, Newsweek (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10017716/site/newsweek/)
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Jack was a journeyman bullrider.
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=congrat=U=lationz= ABCz of Brokeback Mountain
69,000+ viewz of BBM
9,000+ postz by Playerz
600+ pagez of BBM 411
Everyone knows that the unchartable excitement at the unsinkable and amazing "ABCz of BBM" continues..........
Gamely,
Will-ABC
ABCzville Mayor
=aside= Dre
Lucky U! Thanx to our Fran,
U ended up with post #9000!
Don'tcha just luv her zeal ?!!!!
=compliment= Meryl
Congratz on your newest BetterMost Modship!
We'll have 2 rendezvous 4 green apple martinis.
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The products of Aguirre's sheep include knittable wool, edible meat, and wearable hides.
=aside= Toast
Many of your posts leave me in stitches.
Sandy
=aside= Sandy
We are all stitched up real good.
Toast
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Jack remained very low-keyed when L.D. dealt him a low blow by throwing him the car keys and saying: "Let Rodeo get it."
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"Jack, in his dark camp, saw Ennis as night fire, a red spark on the huge black mass of mountain." [story]
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John C. Twist sarcastically tells Ennis about Jack and his other fella coming to Lighting Flat to build a place together, noting that " ... like most a Jack's ideas it never come to pass."
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Jack and Ennis had a one-on-one encounter about their previous night's activities being a "one-shot thing."
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Ennis asked for whiskey from Jack for its palliative effects after his run-in with a bear.
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Annie Proulx wrote that Lureen said Brokeback Mountain "might be some pretend place where the bluebirds sing and there's a whiskey spring." Lureen qualifiedly added that "He drank a lot."
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Ennis knew the salty words to "Strawberry Roan."
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Ennis's and Jack's stays on Brokeback Mountain were symbolically sanctified by each of them being thrown from a horse. Or, if you prefer, the minister sanctified Ennis's and Alma's marriage by solemnly instructing Ennis to kiss the bride (or I will).
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Before the postcard and reunion, Monroe visits Alma to make a delivery (just after Ennis' vehicle left). He comes in wearing a cap but tips his hat as he leaves. Lol.
The town grocer, Monroe, a chubby little man in a grocer's apron and cap, steps out of the truck and carries three bags of groceries to the front door.
......
Monroe tips his hat to Alma, walks to the door and exits. [2003 screenplay]
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While on the mountain that first summer, both Jack and Ennis were still unwed.
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Jack could have used some vocational counseling, but Ennis seemed to be in the right vocational field to suit his temperament.
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Annie Proulx on her website's brokebackfaq:
"I think I did fall in love with both Jack and Ennis, or some other strong feeling of connection which has persisted for the eight years since the story was written."
annieproulx.com (http://www.annieproulx.com/brokebackfaq.html)
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An excerpt from an item in the January 17, 2006 Xeter News-Letter:
"The cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain led the Golden Globes on Monday with four prizes, including best dramatic film and the directing honor for Ang Lee."
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Lureen's yellow-bleached hair looked like a straw yellow after years of bleaching it.
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Ennis’ horse and the mules appear to have a specific zoophobia when it comes to bears.
=comment=
I would have been happy to provide my services as animal shrink on the set.
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Round 326!
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"They were raised on small, poor ranches
in opposite corners of the state...."
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"They had a high-time supper by the fire, a can of beans each, fried potatoes and a quart of whiskey on shares, sat with their backs against a log, boot soles and copper jeans rivets hot, swapping the bottle while the lavender sky emptied of color and the chill air drained down, drinking, smoking cigarettes, getting up every now and then to piss, firelight throwing a sparkle in the arched stream...." [story]
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Alma craved the bourgeois life where she could stay home, raise her kids, and be supported by Ennis.
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Jack had many cravings: Ennis, lamb meat, Ennis, elk meat, Ennis, whiskey, Ennis, cigarettes, Ennis...
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"During the day Ennis looked across a great gulf and sometimes saw Jack, a small dot moving across a high meadow as an insect moves across a tablecloth...." [story]
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Jack sure was a good egg to Ennis especially with all those one-sided long thousand-plus mile drives each way to see him.
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Lureen was one of those feral women on the prowl in rural Texas in the 1960s.
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Jack went from sheep herder to rodeo rider to one of the gentry of Childress, TX.
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"Jack said he'd had a thing going with the wife of a rancher down the road in Childress and for the last few m onths he'd slank around expecting to get shot by Lureen or the husband, one." [story]
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Jack Twist: "Hell yes, I've been in Mexico. Is that a fuckin' problem?"
=compliment= Fran
Nice map and text on the Round Announcement.
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In response to Jack's thought that he might get shot by Lureen or Randall for having a "thing" with Lashawn, Ennis joshingly replied that he probably deserved it.
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A search for “Brokeback Mountain" at KeepMedia will bring up 150 results.
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After all than kissing and jouncing, a "starving" Jack leaned against his pickup, waiting for Ennis to pack up and go fishing.
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Brokeback Mountain is a masterpiece of the short story genre, and the movie is a masterpiece of cinema.
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OMT's (Old Man Twist's) narrow-mindedness knew no limits.
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We can objectively say that Brokeback captured the popular imagination more than Crash did. Parodies abounded. The word 'brokeback' became immediate slang on the lips of every radio d.j. It was a cultural touchstone. But that doesn't automatically make it Best Picture. In 2000, Fight Club wasn't even nominated.
Essay: Why did Crash win?
(http://www.makingthemovie.info/2006/03/essay-why-did-crash-win.html)
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Jack loved all parts of Ennis especially his private ones.
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There was a quakiness to Ennis's voice when he was on the phone with Lureen.
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"A day or two later in the trailhead parking lot, horses loaded into the trailer, Ennis was ready to head back to Signal, Jack up to Lightning Flat to see the old man." [story]
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Riveting is the scene where Del Mar heaves up his loss and his plight, spurning the assistance of a startled passerby. Quiet mastery .. JWR. (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
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Tammy's song "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" is playing on the juke box in one of Cassie's scenes. That's Miss Wynette, of course.
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Jack and Ennis met rather unspectacularly while seeking work with Farm and Ranch Employment.
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The vegetable of choice on Brokeback Mountain seems to have been the potato. Carefully peeled and fried spuds was one recipe.
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Rufus Wainwright's moving song "The Maker Makes" closes the final minutes of the credits of the film.
(http://www.photographyblog.com/images/photo_of_the_week/11170705/Rufus%20Wainwright.jpg)
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One more post I make,
To hit the one thousand mark,
One more thanks to the Modz I make,
For keeping the ABCz spark.
Get along, little stogies...
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Congrats Paul
King of the Road
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/glastonbury2005/lineupandartists/rufuswainwright/g/1.jpg)
Third boxcar, midnight train
Destination...bangor, maine.
Old worn out suit and shoes,
I don’t pay no union dues,
I smoke old stogies I have found
Short, but not too big around
I’m a man of means by no means
King of the road.
[Only from Stockbridge to Boston]
Welcome to the 1000+ Club, King Paul.
Watching ABC coverage of your Canadian Tree Lighting right now.
Toast
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While waiting outside Aguirre's office, Jack xamined Ennis in his side-view mirror.
=aside=
If he didn't like what he saw, he would have needed to have his head xamined, and I know the perfect person, who just hit 1000 posts, for the job.
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=congratz= Paul
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Ennis was born in the south-west corner of Wyoming.
Jack was born in the north-east corner of the same state.
They met up, near the center of the state; but many of their travels take place around Yellowstone National Park - in the north-west corner - both inside and outside Yellowstone's boundaries.
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"When Crash upset Brokeback Mountain at the Academy Awards, the media and entertainment blog Gawker added fuel to the anti-Crash fire by claiming, 'Google Can't Hide Its Oscar Disappointment.' They point out that searching with Google for 'i'm really glad crash won' prompts the question 'Did you mean: "i'm really glad trash won"?' At first this might seem like a case of Googlebombing, where a group of people (say, in this case, bitter Brokeback fans) try to skew Google's search returns by linking to pages with particular keywords. But Googlebombing only affects the ranking of pages, not the search engine's 'Did you mean...' suggestions."
-- posted by Benjamin Zimmer on March 7, 2006, in the blog The Language Log (http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002905.html)
=congratulations= Paul
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Hats off to U on 1,000 posts!
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Round 327!
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Ennis: "I'll stick with beans."
Jack: "Well, I won't."
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The actors who portray Ennis and Jack in the movie Brokeback Mountain are generally considered to be more attractive than the cowboys described by Annie Proulx in her original story.
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Heath had back-to-back roles in Brokeback and Cassanova.
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Brokeback Mountain, with adult content and adult language warnings is available on HBO demand from November 27th to December 24th, 2006.
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Ennis (when he realizes where his hand is): "What're you doin'?" [screenplay]
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The tent had just enough elbow room to turn around.
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Ennis and Jack spent many hours together at their camp where it was permitted to have firelight to brighten the evenings.
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Just before Ennis asked Jack if he had an extra blanket:
“The meadow stones glowed white-green and a flinty wind worked over the meadow, scraped the fire low, then ruffled it into yellow silk sashes.” [story]
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Ennis and Jack had a heart-to-heart talk about what was on their minds regarding the previous night in Tent Scene I.
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Ennis's irritation at the remarks of the two bikers escalated rapidly into violence.
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From the Jakarta Post (http://www.regrettheerror.com/2006/03/index.html):
"In the Brokeback Mountain review which appeared on this page in the March 5 issue, the lead actors' roles were switched. Heath Ledger plays Ennis Del Mar and Jake Gyllenhaal plays Jack Twist." -- Editor
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The "viewometer" is reflecting70,000 views!
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Hope you're enjoying the ride as much as I am.
This is definitely high-class entertainment!
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Jack didn't appreciate the knavishness that L.D. Newsome expected from him.
def. - like or befitting a knave (a male servant)
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When I started the "ABCz of Brokeback Mountain" game back at the BBM Board, no one ever imagined that the "ABCz of BBM" would ever hit way over 70,000 viewz and counting! And, let's face it, it's wayyyy over 70,000 viewz with an approximate 10,000 viewz from the original game and its divisions at the IMDB. Then, to be real, accurate and complete, U'd have to also include the huge "ABCz Answer List", the three "Themed ABCz", the "ABCz Playerz-at-a-Glance", "Our Fascination with the ABCz of BBM" and, of course, the "ABCz Congratulationz" file here at the BetterMost Forum!
70,000+ viewz of BBM
CONGRATULATIONZ
to all of the many needed
ABCz Playerz
and to all of the few needed
ABCz Moderatorz!!
Gamely,
Will-ABC
ABCzville Mayor ;D
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L.D.'s arrogance and boorishness inevitably compel Jack to give him what for.
=thanks= Toast, Sandy, Fran
Mille grazie for the 1000 post wishes.
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"During the day Ennis looked across a great gulf and sometimes saw Jack, a small dot moving across a high meadow as an insect moves across a tablecloth; Jack, in his dark camp, saw Ennis as night fire, a red spark on the huge black mass of mountain." [story]
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Out of frustration, Jack resorted to name-calling, referring to Ennis as a "son of a whoreson bitch" the last time they were together.
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Jack was hoping for a one-way ticket to paradise when he went to see Ennis after his divorce.
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"Jack tried a Carl Perkins song, bawling 'what I say-ay-ay,' but he favored a sad hymn, 'Water-Walking Jesus,' learned from his mother who believed in the Pentecost, that he sang at dirge slowness, setting off distant coyote yips." [story]
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Up on Brokeback, Ennis and Jack had a few times to test the quenchability of their thirsts, but they didn't seem to realize the strength of the hunger they had for each other.
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Jack tried to reel Ennis in on their fishing trips.
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Old Man Twist and his wife were compelled by poverty to live very simply.
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In the 2003 screenplay Monroe visits Alma - (this scene is before Bobby is born and certainly before the reunion scene in 1967):
Monroe: (looks adoringly at Alma) "I got a few bags going over to Mrs. Fry's. She busted her hip. You're right on the way." (smiles)
Alma likes Monroe's good nature. Sets Francine down and gets her purse from the counter. Francine immediately toddles out of the room.
Alma: "Sure do appreciate it. what do I owe you?"
Monroe pulls the receipt out of his pocket and looks at it.
Monroe: "Eight dollars and seventeen cents."
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The following was posted at queerTX.org (http://www.queertx.org/archives/awarenessweek06.html):
Thursday, April 6
Brokeback Mountain screening, 9 p.m., Texas Union Theater – UT ID required
The Student Events Center Film Committee will be showing Brokeback Mountain in the Texas Union Theater at 6 p.m. then again at 9 p.m. UT ID required for entry. Each ID permits entry of holder plus one guest.
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Ennis's father may have been one of the self-appointed vigilantes who had a hand in the murder of rancher Earl.
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What starts as a sexual release quickly turns into something far more meaningful, although Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger), the quieter and more withdrawn of the two, doesn't quite recognize the transformation he's been through until after he and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) go their separate ways at summer's end. Hunched over himself in an alley, Ennis falls prey to a violent fit of nausea, as if his stomach were being ripped out. It's his body telling him that he's just been separated from his soulmate. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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Ennis added an xpletively descriptive word between Jack's first and last names for emphasis:
"I'm gonna tell you this one time, Jack fuckin' Twist, and I ain't foolin'. What I don't know, all them things that I don't know ... could get you killed if I come to know them. I ain't jokin'." [DVD]
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Jack would occasionally yock it up with Ennis.
{def: to laugh or joke boisterously}
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Lureen's eyes got smaller and smaller as she checked all her zeros' entry and placement on her adding machine. (Well according to Jack, her eyes were getting smaller and smaller.)
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Things started to add up for Lureen about Jack and Ennis' relationship when Ennis told her over the phone that they herded sheep on Brokeback one summer.
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Of the two leads in Brokeback Mountain, Jake's Jack Twist is more buffed up than Heath's Ennis Del Mar.
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There is a profound ache at the core of Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain -- it's the ache of a powerful love, of a love unable to requite itself, mostly due to circumstances, but largely because of the two people caught up in it. They're men -- cowboys, actually. And their lifelong pine for one another begins one cold night on Wyoming's Brokeback Mountain, where they're employed herding sheep during the summer of 1963. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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Ennis: "This happen a other people? What the hell do they do?"
Jack: "It don't happen in Wyomin' and, if it does, I don't know what they do, maybe go to Denver, and I don't give a flyin' fuck. Son of a bitch, Ennis, take a couple days off. Right now. Get us out a here. Throw your stuff in the back a my truck and let's get up in the mountains. Coupla a days. Call Alma up and tell her you're goin'. Come on, Ennis, you just shot my airplane out a the sky -- give me somethin' a go on. This ain't no little thing that's happenin' here." [story]
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Ennis thought that being in a loveless marriage versus living with another man
was the lesser of two evils.
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The dozy embrace was one of few flashbacks in the movie that made it to the finish.
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The logo of Greyhound Lines, a picture of a running greyhound, is seen in the background in the scene where Cassie confronts Ennis while he's eating his pie.
(https://www.veteransadvantage.com/include/greyhound/logo.jpg)
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When Ennis pulled up to park across from the Black and Blue Eagle Bar, his passenger side headlight wasn't working.
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Ennis was revealing his inner feelings to Jack when he said: "There’s no reins on this one. It scares the piss out a me.”
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On February 2, 2006, Brokeback Mountain opened at Juneau's Century Twin Theatre.
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Her (Annie Proulx's) narration, with its echoes of Western genre fiction, is knobby and elliptical, driven by an engine as unpredictable as the one that runs Jack Twist's troublesome truck, with the result that it often backs into scenes that a more conventional writer would place front and center. Men in Love - Is Brokeback Mountain a Gay Film? by David Leavitt (http://www.slate.com/id/2131865/)
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Jack went to great lengths in order to be with Ennis for their fishing trips - 14 hours of driving to be exact.
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Cartman on South Park famously dismissed independent movies as "gay cowboys eating pudding." I have no idea where the pudding image came from, but I'm bound to say that Brokeback Mountain could use a little more of it—by which I mean more sweat and other bodily fluids. Ang Lee's formalism is so extreme that it's often laughable, and the sex is depicted as a holy union: Gay love has never been so sacred. Lasso Me Tender (http://www.slate.com/id/2131264/)
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From an interview of Ang Lee by Stella Papamichael, BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/12/20/ang_lee_brokeback_mountain_2005_interview.shtml):
Q: "Is the western setting vital to the nature of this love story, or could you have set it somewhere else?"
A: "You could but it wouldn't be as poignant and poetic and elegiac in the way it was inherent in the literature provided by Annie Proulx. I just don't see any other way.... I think that particular time she set it in really helped the privacy of their feelings and the uniqueness and therefore [it was] a pure way of telling a love story. It's almost like the oldest love story, but you have the newest texture -- a newfound texture, so to speak -- and so I treasured that."
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Jack's on-the-fly approach to initiate sex with Ennis resulted in unbuckling belts and unzipping flies.
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After Jack's on-the-fly approach, they become physical; and later Ennis and Jack both agree it's a one shot thing:
Ennis: (flat) "I'm not no queer."
Jack: (jumps in too quickly) "Me neither."
Ennis smokes. Looks up at the stars. [2003 screenplay]
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The quick-reacting driver of the pickup truck braked sharply to keep from hitting Ennis.
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While they were on Brokeback, life was a bed of roses for Jack and Ennis, but after they came down, they started to notice the thorns.
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Ennis: (flat) "I'm not no queer."
Jack: (jumps in too quickly) "Me neither."
Ennis smokes. Looks up at the stars. [2003 screenplay]
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"When the Hi-Top folded, they moved to a small apartment in Riverton up over a laundry. Ennis got on the highway crew, tolerating it but working weekends at the Rafter B in Exchange for keeping his horses out there." [story]
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Joe Aguirre made it clear to Jack Twist that he thought the boys' careless behavior up on Brokeback was unconscionable.
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In spite of Old Man Twist's virulence; Ennis maintained his composure and his last words to Mr. Twist were "Yes, sir."
def. - extreme hostility
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"We see Ennis and Jack setting up camp: sawing wood, building a fire, putting up the tent. Jack carries buckets of water from a stream." [screenplay]
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Alma couldn't help xtrapolating the real reason for Ennis's fishing trips from the condition of his tackle box.
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Anna Faris ... has had small but memorable turns in prestige films, too, including ... "Brokeback Mountain" (the chatterbox Texas socialite (LaShawn Malone) whose quiet husband connects with Jake Gyllenhaal's Jack Twist).
Faris made a frozen-yogurt commercial when she attended Edmonds-Woodway High School. Her big line in the commercial was "Not anymore!" when asked if she was eating yogurt, while shoveling it into her mouth.
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ps. If you can find the frozen-yogurt brand name, please let me know.
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Anna Faris's character as humorously chatty LaShawn at the dance and Jack's mock rodeo dance at the campfire made them the two zanies of BBM. They had fun dancing together too!!
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ABCz of BBM
Round # 239
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let's pour the wine!
=comment= 39
Anyone who played the ABCz at the original board
at IMDB knows the ABCz of BBM completed 39 roundz!!
Now all the playerz of the BBM's ABCz here have hit 239 roundz!! :o
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"Like vast clouds of steam from thermal springs in winter, the years of things unsaid and now unsayable -- admissions, declarations, shames, guilts, fears -- rose around them." [story]
=compliment= Dre
Good "Z"!
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Jack's application for a third summer of work on Brokeback proved bootless, since Joe Aguirre had made up his mind never to hire him again.
=aside= Meryl
Clever "B".
Sandy
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There is a profound ache at the core of Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain -- it's the ache of a powerful love, of a love unable to requite itself, mostly due to circumstances, but largely because of the two people caught up in it. They're men -- cowboys, actually. And their lifelong pine for one another begins one cold night on Wyoming's Brokeback Mountain, where they're employed herding sheep during the summer of 1963. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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Ennis was down in the dumps when he learned that they had to come down from the mountain.
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With the help of the Spanish-speaking Chilean sheepherders, English-speaking Jack and Ennis tried to separate the entangled sheep.
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At the end of the fight outside the Black and Blue Eagle, we have a scene fadeout as Hershel attacks Ennis - who is lying on the street, near the flatbed pickup.
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Alma got the goods on Ennis and Jack when she accidentally saw them embrace during their four-year reunion.
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According to Joe Aguirre, Uncle Harold was hospitalized with pneumonia and not expected to make it.
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Ennis was one of the people receiving invitations to Alma Jr. and Kurt's wedding on June 05, 1984 at the Methodist Church.
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Jack and Ennis went on several "fishing" jaunts a year where they filled with much jauntiness.
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The two farmers commenting on Jack's bull-riding prowess (or lack thereof) are kibitzers.
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Alma got an eyeful when she opened the apartment door and discovered Ennis and Jack lip-locking in the stairwell.
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[Ang] Lee and his cinematographer, Rodrigo Prieto, mirror the forces in play with vast mountain backdrops full of mysterious planes, huge cumulous clouds, slashes of lightning in the far distance, and hailstones the size of apples. Lasso Me Tender (http://www.slate.com/id/2131264/)
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"Don't look now, but Brokeback Mountain is selling in the heartland. The gay cowboy romance, which has been cleaning up in early awards races, was considered a difficult box-office sell nationwide because of its subject matter. But Brokeback Mountain is averaging $10,000-plus per screen in such markets as San Antonio, Nashville and Columbus, Ohio, according to Nielsen EDI."
-- Scott Bowles, USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2006-01-09-brokeback-sidebar_x.htm)
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XXX -- Uh "O" wheres the "O"??!!
"O" is FRiend Lee skipped "O"!! "O" no!! ???
Playerz -- ABCz needs an "O" then a "P".
=aside= R. Lee
Maybe because of all the snow in CO??!! ;)
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Brokeback Mountain is a place of otherworldliness where anything can happen.
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There is a profound ache at the core of Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain -- it's the ache of a powerful love, of a love unable to requite itself, mostly due to circumstances, but largely because of the two people caught up in it. They're men -- cowboys, actually. And their lifelong pine for one another begins one cold night on Wyoming's Brokeback Mountain, where they're employed herding sheep during the summer of 1963. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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A quick-thinking Ennis gave Alma a line when he said that Jack was a fishing buddy.
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Though they dint know it Ennis and Randall were rivals for Jack!!
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From the trailer for Brokeback Mountain:
"It was a friendship that became a secret."
=aside= Toast
Do you remember what the "S" was in the Trailer Round?
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There is a profound ache at the core of Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain -- it's the ache of a powerful love, of a love unable to requite itself, mostly due to circumstances, but largely because of the two people caught up in it. They're men -- cowboys, actually. And their lifelong pine for one another begins one cold night on Wyoming's Brokeback Mountain, where they're employed herding sheep during the summer of 1963. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
=reply= Fran
Actually Fran, "S" is such an easy letter that I had a lot of choices for the trailer round.
However I remember that "B" was for became, using your line
"It was a friendship that became a secret."
You should have reused the picture in your "S" post.
Mmmmm? "S" was for ....
Oh, my favourite picture from the set !!!
"S" is for start (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=462.msg76477#msg76477)
That trailer round seems to get more lovely each time I see it.
I know I should be modest, but ...
=reply= Toast
Thanks for the suggestion (and the link for "start," which saved me a lot of time). I've added the picture to my "S" post above.
Fran
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Jack become upwardly mobile when he married Lureen.
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In Vacaville, California, Brokeback Mountain was screened at the Brenden Vacaville 16.
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Jack and Ennis travelled far and wide through Wyoming's mountains and valleys, searching for some safe time together. Well actually, very far and very wide by Ennis' standards.
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Anyone attempting an xpurgation of the text of Brokeback Mountain would have their work cut out for them, especially when it came to the final argument between Jack and Ennis.
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Fashion statements by BBM cast members at the 78th Academy Awards:
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Jake Gyllenhaal:
In his classic tux, the Brokeback Mountain best-supporting-actor nominee "looked perfectly groomed, perfectly fit and elegant," says [Glamour magazine's Suze] Yalof Schwartz. "He looked like a male model walking the runway as opposed to an actor walking the red carpet."
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Michelle Williams:
The supporting-actress nominee (Brokeback Mountain) said picking her mustard-colored Vera Wang frock was easy: "It was the only dress. They made it for me." Yalof Schwartz applauded her "daring" choice. "Glamour was oozing out of her fingertips. In a sea of classic gowns, she stood out."
Heath Ledger:
The Brokeback Mountain best-actor nominee wore a traditional bow-tied Dunhill tuxedo. He also sported a mysterious cross pin: "It's part of a cult I'm with," he joked.
-- Donna Freydkin, William Keck and Alison Maxwell, USA Today (http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/USATODAY/2006/03/06/1265739?ba=a&bi=18&bp=7)
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On the zappiest of nights. our Brokeback Mountain stars showed their fashion flair on the red carpet.
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Round Three Thirty
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Very Flirty
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Ennis was taken aback after Jack placed his hand on his crotch in Tent Scene I.
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Brokeback Mountain was a bastion of happiness for Jack and Ennis.
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Jack: "I'm commutin' four hours a day. Come in for breakfast, go back to the sheep, evenin' get 'em bedded down, come in for supper, go back to the sheep, spend half the night checkin' for damn coyotes. (gets a second beer, opens it) Aguirre got no right to make me do this." [screenplay]
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The major downside in Tent Scene I was Ennis' reaction in the morning, leaving Jack to fear that the downside was greater than the upside.
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There is a profound ache at the core of Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain -- it's the ache of a powerful love, of a love unable to requite itself, mostly due to circumstances, but largely because of the two people caught up in it. They're men -- cowboys, actually. And their lifelong pine for one another begins one cold night on Wyoming's Brokeback Mountain, where they're employed herding sheep during the summer of 1963. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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"Brokeback is not just about gays and roaming cowboys; it is an epic about the futile quest of love and the film speaks a universal language. I hope it will be regarded as one of the greatest American romances one day -- in the same league as Doctor Zhivago and Casablanca."
-- Ang Lee, as quoted in East West Magazine (http://[url=http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/content/view/21/40/)
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After the first night in the tent, Ennis woke up with a gigantic headache.
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Jack holds up his end of the bargain by saying: "It's nobody's business but ours."
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At the 78th Academy Awards, Gustavo Santaolalla’s original score for Brokeback Mountain was performed by violinist Itzhak Perlman.
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According to Annie Proulx, Alma took stock of their economic situation and justifiedly "asked Ennis to use rubbers because she dreaded another pregnancy."
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Jack Twist had to do a certain amount of kowtowing to his father-in-law to keep on good terms with him.
=compliment=Fran
Lovely "Y" 8)
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"Jack drives through town in his truck, which rattles and sputters louder than ever. Eyes the sidewalks and dilapidated storefronts as if looking for someone: Ennis." [screenplay]
=reply= Meryl
Thank U.
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Ennis barely makes ends meet by working odd jobs and quitting them to meet up with Jack.
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Alma and Ennis were newlyweds when they are sledding down the slippery slope of an ill-advised marriage, oh, and down the hill too.
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Ennis overstated the size of the coyote he shot: "...big son of a bitch, balls on him size a apples. Looked like he could eat a camel."
=greetings= Carla
Welcome to the ABCz of BBM. We're glad that you've decided to play our not-so-little game.
Fran and Sandy :) :D
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Blogger Antonia Zerbisias (http://thestar.blogs.com/azerb/2006/03/oscar_and_the_g.html) on the Oscar for best supporting actress:
"Gotta say: I was cheering for Michelle Williams of Brokeback Mountain, if only because she looks like a cute little pumpkin in her gown."
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The so gay Jolly Minister acted very queenly.
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Jack wasn't much of a fisherman, but his head was reeling with thoughts of Ennis.
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Jack came lagging in late one afternoon, drank his two bottles of beer cooled in a wet sack on the shady side of the tent, ate two bowls of stew, four of Ennis's stone biscuits, a can of peaches, rolled a smoke, watched the sun drop." [story]
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Alma got the impression from Ennis that coffee wasn't Jack's cup of tea when she said "Texans don't drink coffee?"
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Ennis was untwisting the cap on the bottle of wine before toasting to Alma Jr. and Kurt.
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Ennis was only walking a few steps down the middle of the road after leaving Jack before he was vertically challenged.
=compliments= FR Lee
Good "V".
Fran
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Ennis: "You want a switch? I wouldn't mind herdin'. I wouldn't mind sleepin' out there."
Jack: "That ain't the point. Point is, we both should be in this camp. And that goddamn pup tent smells like cat piss or worse."
Ennis: "Wouldn't mind bein' out there."
Jack: "Tell you what, you got a get up a dozen times in the night out there over them coyotes. Happy to switch but give you warnin', I can't cook worth a shit. Pretty good with a can opener."
Ennis: "Can't be no worse than me, then. Sure, I wouldn't mind a do it." [story]
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By divorcing Ennis, Alma was xtricating herself from an ill-advised marriage.
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Brokeback is the story of two youths' summer romance which evolved into a life-long love affair.
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A letter to the editor of The Orange County Register (http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/opinion/atoz/article_946135.php) regarding "Brokeback Mountain":
Not entranced by romance
I was thoroughly entertained by the various arguments presented on why straight men won't "go to the mountain" ["Bringing men to the 'mountain'," Life etc., Jan. 9]. This is not rocket science. This column does not have room for all the romantic movies that the men in my life do not want to see.
The term "chick flick" exists for a reason. "Pride and Prejudice" is an excellent movie that I just watched with several girlfriends. We loved it, and laughed that we enjoyed it more since we were not sitting by our husbands because they would have been bored to death. I did get my husband to "Bridges of Madison County," and his only comment was he liked Clint Eastwood better in "Dirty Harry." The reason most men don't "go to the mountain" is simple: It is a romance and they are not interested.
Cathy Zehner
Yorba Linda
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Round 331!
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"...and then we could all live together, herding sheep,
and it'll just rain money from L.D. Newsome...."
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Ennis found Jack's harmonica playing annoying.
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When we first meet Cassie, she is wearing a tube top to cover her bust.
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"Cassie and Ennis are the only people on the dance floor. It is immediately clear that Ennis cannot dance. But Cassie doesn't mind...." [screenplay]
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Having to come down from Brokeback early was a real downer for Ennis.
=aside= Fran
Your round announcement is right on the money.
=reply= Sandy
:)
Fran
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Ennis wanted to extricate himself from the dance floor with Cassie.
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Jack looked elegant in his Western finery at the fundraising dinner in Childress.
=reply= Fran
Thanks for the comment on the "V"!
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Mrs. Twist's goodness shone in her face as she responded compassionately to Ennis's pain, offering him the chance to go up to Jack's room.
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The story version of the general delivery letter from Jack:
"Friend this letter is a long time over due. Hope you get it. Heard you was in Riverton. Im coming thru on the 24th, thought Id stop and buy you a beer. Drop me a line if you can, say if your there."
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By telling Jack that he hadn't yet had the opportunity to sin, Ennis indicated that he was a virgin.
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In BBM movie jukeboxes were heard (Jack and Jimbo) or seen (Ennis and Cassie) in a few scenes.
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Francisco Kjolseth is credited with this photo of a sign informing patrons that Brokeback Mountain would not be opening at the Jordan Commons Multiplex, a theater owned by Utah Jazz owner Larry Miller. The photo appeared in USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2006-01-09-brokeback-sidebar_x.htm).
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Lashawn listed a litany of little nullities.
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Ang Lee and Ossana/McMurtry translated the story onto film with a minimum amount of added mushiness.
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Even though there were a few frills on Alma's dress, Ennis and Alma had a no-frills wedding.
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Ennis was orphaned at a young age when his parents drove off the only curve on Dead Horse Road.
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Curtailing excessive predation by coyotes was Aguirre's reason for having the herder sleep with the sheep.
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Lureen was questionless about Jack's fishing trips until she spoke to Ennis on the telephone after Jack died.
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"Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) is as classic a westerner as Pete Perkins. Tall, rangy, stiff-mouthed, painfully reserved, the redeeming aspects of his life are his one true love, Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), and, much later, his daughter Alma Jr. (Kate Mara)."
-- Marilyn Ferdinand, Ferdy on Films, etc. (http://ferdyonfilms.blogspot.com/2006_07_01_ferdyonfilms_archive.html)
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Ennis was never lucky in finding good work; he had to scrounge his whole life for any available job.
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The tables were turned at Thanksgiving dinner when Jack finally stood up to L.D.
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"Brokeback Mountain functions as the debut of several former teen stars blossoming into sophisticated actors. Ledger takes his role and runs with it, soaring beyond the simplistic realms of his past teen pop projects Ten Things I Hate About You and A Knight's Tale. Ledger's is undoubtedly the breakthrough role of the film."
-- Amanda G. Johnson, Entertainment Editor, The Baylor Lariat (http://www.baylor.edu/Lariat/news.php?action=story&story=38439)
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By the time of his reunion with Ennis, Jack Twist was a veteran bullrider on the rodeo circuit, and he had the injuries to prove it.
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The town of Riverton is located in an area known as Wind River Country.
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Wind River Country, Wyoming is located across the continental divide from Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks with more than 2000 miles of alpine streams for fishing and 53 mountain peaks topping 13,000 feet including the Wind River Range, perfect for hiking and rock climbing. For more information, visit wind-river.org (http://www.wind-river.org/) or write to the address below:
Wind River Visitors Council
P.O. Box 1449 Riverton , WY USA 82501
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Jack and Ennis were xulting in their reunion in '67.
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Tian Yi, a Chinese blogger, writes via Global Voices (http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/02/07/to-show-or-not-to-show-in-china/) about the big Hollywood productions Memoir of A Geisha and Brokeback Mountain, movies that are currently having tough times getting into China’s movie theaters:
"Memoir of A Geisha is not the only film slammed by Chinese censors. Brokeback Mountain, the gay cowboy love story that is enjoying unending accolades in the American film award season, is reported to also have been banned. That was after the director Ang Lee just praised Asia for having a more open mind about sexuality."
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"I think we had a great year in entertainment as far as we go, and I thought for once we were going to be taken seriously, with Brokeback Mountain being nominated, and TransAmerica, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. It was, like, the Year of the Gay in the Oscars. But then we still didn’t get it, which kind of makes me wonder. The picture of the year was still not given to us. I don’t know what that means. Who knows? Maybe people liked Crash better than Brokeback Mountain. You still have to think: was there a conspiracy?" Zenger's Newsmagazine (http://zengersmag.blogspot.com/2006/07/al-walz-powerful-gay-art-now-on.html)
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We've got words up the wazoo!!
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Jack and Ennis were addling their brains with whiskey.
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Proulx wrote:
"You been a Mexico, Jack?" Mexico was the place. He'd heard. He was cutting fence now, trespassing in the shoot-em zone.
"Hell yes, I been. Where's the fuckin' problem?" Braced for it all these years, and here it came, late and unexpected.
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"Think we should put the brakes on?" Lureen asked coquettishly .
=aside=
I wonder if that was her way of not only determining Jack's interest level but also if he was by chance gay or pentacostal, or sumpthun.
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When Ennis came down from Brokeback, he was in a down-and-out state of mind and body.
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"As one of the most talked-about movies of the year, Brokeback Mountain has not only established a new benchmark in filmmaking, but it has also permeated the public consciousness to an unprecedented level."
-- Craig Kornblau, President, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, as quoted here (http://dvd.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1148661.php/Brokeback_Mountain_comes_to_DVD_April_in_U.S._and_U.K.)
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"The mountain boiled with demonic energy, glazed with flickering broken-cloud light; the wind combed the grass and drew from the damaged krummholz and slit rock a bestial drone." (Story)
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In Ennis's case, the old saying about "The closer to the bone, the more's the gristle" was right--he didn't make much money, and his expenses, particularly child support, were high.
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Lureen's hairdos became more and more artificial as the film progressed.
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"Continuing its strong connections with film and entertainment, Icelandic Glacial was once again mixing with the stars at the premiere after party for Brokeback Mountain, the Oscar favorite, that features Heath Ledger in the lead role. Stars of the cast, including Jake Gyllenhaal, were present at the after show party hosted by production company Focus Features at the Napa Valley Bar and Grille in Westwood, California.
"...Icelandic Glacial [was] proud to be the water of choice for the event as VIP guests, including actors, producers, and directors, enjoyed the award-winning spring water, alongside perhaps something stronger, as the guests partied the night away." [link] (http://www.icelandicglacial.com/news.asp?View=Article&ID=636)
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Ennis and Alma had a loud argument outside while their young girls were swinging. When their upset daddy asked them if they needed a push or sumthin Alma Jr and Jenny's answer was a quick no! :laugh:
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Jack initially kowtows to L.D. at Thanksgiving, but then lets him have it.
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"Alma was saying something about taking his friend to the Knife & Fork for supper instead of cooking it was so hot, if they could get a baby-sitter, but Ennis said more likely he'd just go out with Jack and get drunk. Jack was not a restaurant type, he said, thinking of the dirty spoons sticking out of the cans of cold beans balanced on the log." [story]
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When Ennis asked whether he'd done it with other guys, Jack kept mum about "rolling his own."
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Jack and Ennis utter sweet nothings to each other, but there's much disagreement as to what exactly they are.
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Jack had more pieces of outerwear to wear against the cold than Ennis did. Nevertheless, he complained about it more.
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Although Ennis was out of practice because he hadn't seen Jack in four years, he had plenty of practice when he "wrang it out a hunderd times" thinking about him.
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Jack was querying Ennis about his plans when he said, "You gonna do this again next year?"
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"In the end the stud duck refused to let Jack's ashes go." [story]
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Jack was shaking in his boots when he was being introduced to Alma.
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2003 screenplay: we see this scene from 1966
Shot of a little line cabin on a vast, high plains ranch. The little house is so alone it looks as if it sits at the edge of the world, windy, bitter cold. Alma, a toddler girl on her hip, waits at the screen door. Sees Ennis's pickup, pulling a horse trailer, approach - it is a dot on a long, long road.
Alma looks lonely, pretty, though dowdily dressed.
=aside= Players
I missed you all, but you did great without me.
I was out of town for an election and a funeral.
My cousin is now a municipal politician with 70% of the popular vote.
Even with a funeral, we had a good week.
=reply= Toast
It's always good to have a relative in a high place. Welcome back.
Sandy
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"Ledger, on the other hand, gives a bona fide knock-your-socks-off performance. His deep reticence -- eyes like chips of coal in a putty face -- arouses little interest during the movie's opening scenes. But Ledger's gut responses to the couple's departures and reunions are like punches to the solar plexus. His final scenes will leave few eyes unwatered.
-- Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman (http://www.wacotrib.com/movies/content/shared/movies/reviews/B/brokebackmountain/aas.html)
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After Ennis ventured into the tent to warm up, he gained a hot-and-steamy experience.
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Here is a very wordy sentence from the novella Brokeback Mountain as written by Annie Proulx:
They had a high-time supper by the fire, a can of beans each, fried potatoes and a quart of whiskey on shares, sat with their backs against a log, boot soles and copper jeans rivets hot, swapping the bottle while the lavender sky emptied of color and the chill air drained down, drinking, smoking cigarettes, getting up every now and then to piss, firelight throwing a sparkle in the arched stream, tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, talking horses and rodeo, roughstock events, wrecks and injuries sustained, the submarine Thresher lost two months earlier with all hands and how it must have been in the last doomed minutes, dogs each had owned and known, the draft, Jack's home ranch where his father and mother held on, Ennis's family place folded years ago after his folks died, the older brother in Signal and a married sister in Casper.
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Jack and Ennis xuberantly greeted each other in the reunion scene.
=aside= Toast
We xuberantly welcome back our morning Toast.
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Chinese blogger Tian Yi's comments (http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/02/07/to-show-or-not-to-show-in-china/) about two Hollywood movies that are currently having tough times getting into China’s movie theaters:
"Memoir of A Geisha is not the only film slammed by Chinese censors. Brokeback Mountain, the gay cowboy love story that is enjoying unending accolades in the American film award season, is reported to also have been banned. That was after the director Ang Lee just praised Asia for having a more open mind about sexuality."
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Jack and Ennis used their zootomical experience to determine what parts of the elk to discard and hide from Forest Service wardens as well as which parts to cook immediately and how to drip-dry the parts that would be useful later.
=reply= Paul
Thanks Paul.
I am offering you some drip-dried meat to go with your toast today.
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Round
Three Three Three
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Tree Tree Tree
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Ennis laid aside his fears and inhibitions when he laid down next to Jack in Tent Scene I.
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Jack (morose): "I'm commutin' four hours a day. Come in for breakfast, go back to the sheep, evenin' get 'em bedded down, come in for supper, go back to the sheep, spend half the night checkin' for damn coyotes. (gets a second beer, opens it) Aguirre got no right to make me do this." [screenplay]
=compliment= Toast
Great 333 announcement!
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Jack caressed Ennis's face before kissing him in the second tent scene.
=greetings= Natali
Ooooeee! A new ABCz player!
Welcome to the game.
Fran and Sandy
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Jack and Ennis drip-dried bits of elk meat for later consumption.
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From Taipan, Taiwan:
"Residents of this leaf-shaped island of 23 million people exulted Monday -- Sunday night in Hollywood -- as native son Ang Lee won the Oscar in the best-director category for his gay romance Brokeback Mountain. Expectations had been high in the run-up to the ceremony a half a world away, with office workers taking time off to watch live television broadcasts, and newspapers emblazoning Lee's photograph across their front pages."-- Min Lee, Assciated Press (http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2006/03/06/3)
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"Get beaver fever doin' that", said Ennis, then, "Good enough place," looking at the level bench above the river, two, or three fire rings from old hunting camps. [story]
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According to Annie Proulx, Ennis was a wrangler on the old Elwood Hi-Top place in September 1964 when Alma Jr. was born and their bedroom was full of sounds as the baby squalled and sucked and Alma sleepily groaned.
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Ennis thought Jack's idea of a life together was a hare-brained scheme.
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From a review of Brokeback Mountain:
"The affair begins almost by accident and grows into a powerful love that spans decades, influencing their lives and altering the lives of those around them." -- John Hayes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06013/637145.stm)
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Ennis seemed to be very jealous after hearing Jack admit that he had been to Mexico; and he replied with this threat:
"I got a say this to you one time, Jack, and I ain't foolin. What I don't know, all them things I don't know could get you killed if I should come to know them." [Proulx]
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The wedding of Ennis and Alma was filmed in a little kirk in the small town of Dinton, Alberta.
kirk = church
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Lureen and Lashawn were powdering their respective noses in the ladies' room.
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The cold air sweetened, banded pebbles and crumbs of soil cast sudden pencil-long shadows, and the rearing lodgepole pines below them massed in slabs of somber malachite. [story]
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Ennis and Jack spent much of twenty years exploring the notchy mountains of Wyoming.
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Ennis and dogies are both orphans: Ennis's parents drove off the road; and dogies are motherless calves.
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Ennis said he'd been putting the blocks to a woman who worked part-time at the Wolf Ears bar in Signal where he was working now for Car Scrope's cow and calf outfit... [story]
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Jack: "Nice to know you, Ennis Del Mar.
Since we're gonna be working together,
I reckon it's time we start drinking together."
[2003 screenplay and trailer]
And so our two boys proceed quenchlessly through the movie.
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Jack reeled in more Ennis and less trouts on their fishing trips.
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Jack came lagging in late one afternoon, drank his two bottles of beer cooled in a wet sack on the shady side of the tent...[story]
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According to Bobby Twist (who finally sat up straight on Thanksgiving Day), and who hasn't finished his cereal yet, Thursday's food will last him for the next two weeks.
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"In Proulx's story, Jack Twist is described as short, bucktoothed, a bit portly, and curly-haired. In Lee's version, we get the tall, lean, glossy-haired Gyllenhaal swaggering around, even posing at points, and flashing his collinear pearly whites. Yes, he is a sight to behold and yes, he's a fantastic actor, but couldn't they have uglied him up a bit for the integrity of Proulx's vision? Can you imagine if they hired someone like Paul Giamatti for the role instead?"
-- Jennifer Majowsky, Pop Matters (http://www.popmatters.com/columns/makowsky/060117.shtml)
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Jack became vinegary after eating all those beans, but sweetened up after having some elk.
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Ennis gets wrought up upon learning that Aguirre wanted them to take down the sheep sooner than expected.
=aside= Natali
Great choice of word.
Sandy
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Jack & Ennis were xchanging glances at each other from the moment they first laid eyes on each other!!
=aside= Opinionista
A few of us were trying to remember if You played ABCz at IMDB?l Over there I was part of the duo Will & Dre!!
=aside= Dre
Very nice and romantic.
Sandy
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"Memoir of A Geisha is not the only film slammed by Chinese censors. Brokeback Mountain, the gay cowboy love story that is enjoying unending accolades in the American film award season, is reported to also have been banned. That was after the director, Ang Lee, just praised Asia for having a more open mind about sexuality. In fact, A Date With Lu Yu (Lu Yu You), one of the most popular talk shows in China, praised Brokeback Mountain for its love-conquers-all theme in a rare gay special in November 2005."
-- Tian Yi, Global Voices (http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/02/07/to-show-or-not-to-show-in-china/)
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"The next morning I was pretty hung over. After a quick lunch, we went to see Brokeback Mountain. It's only showing in 3 theaters here. Every single show is sold out hours before and the lines to buy tickets or to be seated often went outside and down the street. One of the most beautifully told movies about two people in love that I've seen in a long time. It's not about gay love. Not about gay cowboys. Just about the love between to individuals. Don't miss this one." Zeitzeuge
(http://www.zeitzeuge.org/archives/images/zeitzeuge_header.jpg) (http://www.zeitzeuge.org/archives/2005_12.html#000698)
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Round 334
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We Still Have More Words In Store
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Ennis said the kind of riding that interested him lasted longer than eight seconds and had some point to it. Money's a good point said Jack, and Ennis had to agree [story]
=aside= Fran, Sandy, Dre
Thanks for the welcoming. :D I'm trying hard not to make mistakes, but like I said I'm not an native English speaker. Dre: No, I hadn't played this before, but I did follow it for a while. I do remember you from IMDb.
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Jack tried to sweet talk Jimbo into a date, but he came up with bupkis.
def. - slang for nothing
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Heath Ledger committed to play Ennis Del Mar for Ang Lee without having met or spoken with the director. [Production Notes]
=Welcome= Opinionista
It's a pleasure to have you and your smart posts here.
We all make mistakes, but our ABC Moderators are very helpful.
I've been posting here for 7 months and I still need corrections.
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When Aguirre went up the mountain to tell Jack about uncle Harold's illness he didn't bother to dismount.
=aside= Toast
Thanks! I'm glad to be here too!
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"Alma ... is a small town girl whose life’s ambition was to be a wife and mother. She has no frame of reference for what she saw pass between Ennis and Jack. She cannot process it, and from that point forward, we see Williams’ Alma evolve like a butterfly from its chrysalis. She’s been protected her entire life from the realities of the changing world. And with one embrace, one kiss, a renewed sense of energy and joy in her husband, all that changed."
-- Amy Lamare, Hollywood Stock Exchange (http://movies.hsx.com/news/reviews/051208.htm)
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Just your average Marlboro men -- who fall in love Ledger, Gyllenhaal: two cowboys who can't admit they're in love (A review)
It's possible that if these fellows had never met, one or both would have gone through life straight. That's one way of looking at the movie, though only one. In any case, because their attraction is not defined as some inevitable consequence of sexual orientation but as something that just happens to them, we see them as irreplaceable to each other -- like Romeo and Juliet. There's no notion that either could go out tomorrow or 10 years from now and find someone else. (http://www.sfgate.com/templates/brands/chronicle/images/chronicle_logo.gif) (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/reviews/movies/BROKEBACKMOUNTAIN.DTL&type=movies)
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The God-fearing citizens of Riverton were known as "that fire and brimstone crowd" in the Del Mar household.
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"They fended off the night for an hour with the yellow kerosene lamp, and around ten Ennis rode Cigar Butt, a good night horse, through the glimmering frost back to the sheep, carrying leftover biscuits, a jar of jam and a jar of coffee with him for the next day, saying he’d save a trip, stay out until supper.” [story]
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Jack seems to have put up with L.D. for years, until his interferences were no longer ignorable.
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The car keys jingled when L.D. threw them to Jack and said: "Rodeo can get it."
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About the Z28:
Ennis: "Is it yours?"
Alma Jr.: "It’s Kurt’s." [screenplay]
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Ennis is standing under a sign advertising liquors when he yells for Alma to stay home and serve supper to him and his daughters.
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Ennis flexed his muscles at the Fourth of July picnic.
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What Heath Ledger wore to the 78th Academy Awards ceremony:
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"The Brokeback Mountain best-actor nominee wore a traditional bow-tied Dunhill tuxedo. He also sported a mysterious cross pin: 'It's part of a cult I'm with,' he joked." -- Donna Freydkin, William Keck and Alison Maxwell, USA Today (http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/USATODAY/2006/03/06/1265739?ba=a&bi=18&bp=7)
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The obnoxiousness of L.D.'s behavior at Thanksgiving was finally the last straw for Jack.
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The first snow came early, on August 13th, piling up a foot, but was followed by a quick melt. [story]
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Lureen remembered Jack's quenchlessness when she talked to Ennis Del Mar: "Well, he said it was his place. I thought he meant to get drunk. Drink whiskey up there. He drank a lot."
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When Ennis quickly did what Alma hated, it rubbed her the wrong way.
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Ennis and Jack fell in love in the solitude of the mountain.
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Riverton: Evening: 1967:
Ennis comes in, dusty, dirty.
Two little girls, one running, one toddling: Alma Jr. , and little Francine, eager to see their daddy.
Alma is at the stove, has made chicken fried steak. Makes gravy.
Alma (stirring): "Ennis, you know somebody name a Jack? From Texas?"
Ennis, about to pick up Francine, stops.
Ennis: "I might. Why?"
Alma (gestures toward the kitchen table): "You got a postcard. It come General Delivery." [2003 screenplay]
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Brokeback Mountain is a Focus Features film. Focus Features is the specialty films division of Universal Pictures, a division of NBC Universal, the U.S.-based film, television, and recreation subsidiary of General Electric.
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Lureen's vainness was apparent in her ever-changing hairstyles.
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L.D. Newsome lost his willfulness and his desire to be the stud carver when Jack told him: "Like Hell. He's gonna finish eatin' a meal that his mama took three hours fixin'. You sit down, you old son-of-a-bitch! This is my house, this is my child and you are my guest. Now you sit down before I knock your ignorant ass into next week." [movie]
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Ennis felt that he was out on a limb because his actions in TSI resulted in an xtremity of confusion and fear.
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By whistling, Ennis could get the blue heelers to follow directions without a lot of yoo-hooing.
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Ennis' day became even zappier when he saw Jack Twist pull up in his pickup.
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Round 335
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Time For A Dive
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"Jake Gyllenhaal, as Jack, lures the viewer into the love story. His smooth features are all eyes, almond-shaped, infinitely blue, surrounded by eyelashes so thick they could be registered as weapons."
-- Cheryl Eddy, San Francisco Bay Guardian (http://www.sfbg.com/40/10/art_mountain.html)
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Ennis was near to busting with anticipation before Jack arrived in the red and white pickup.
=aside= Toast
Gorgeous round announcement. Love those pixelated paintings.
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Ext: RODEO ARENA: CHILDRESS, TEXAS: NIGHT
In the arena WE SEE a YOUNG WOMAN dressed in the flashiest, most costly rodeo finery, the most stylish barrel-racing clothes, on a fine, expensive quarter horse, running the barrels. [2003 Screenplay]
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The huge sadness of the northern plains rolls down on Ennis as he thinks of Jack drowning in his own blood on the highway. And nobody to turn him over.
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The Early Show's resident fashion guru, David Evangelista (http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/06/style/main1373126.shtml), raves about Michelle Williams' appearance at the Academy Awards:
"Thank you, fashion gods. You sent someone who took a risk last night. She looked beautiful in the marigold Vera Wang. The jewelry was spot on, the vintage Harry Winston. The hair was to complete perfection. The lipstick was perfect. It was a confection of perfection."
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Jack sits at the bar, lonely, in a foreign land. Sips tequila out of a shot glass. [2003 Screenplay]
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December 9th weekend 2005:
"Brokeback Mountain" Lassoes a Mammoth Limited Opening
Ang Lee's multi-Golden Globe nominated feature "Brokeback Mountain," starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal ponied up a heap of cash over the weekend, spectacularly bursting the six-figure average threshold. The critically lauded film grossed $547,425 from just five screens in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, averaging a whopping $109,485, the biggest screen average included in the history of this column.
(http://www.indiewire.com/cgi-bin/siteStats/adduser_img.cgi) (http://www.indiewire.com/biz/2005/12/brokeback_mount.html)
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What Alma thought would be a harmless get-together between old fishing buddies turned into a serious threat to her happiness.
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"Taking its cue from the Annie Proulx short story on which it's based, Brokeback (with credit due to screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana) is imbued with an important understanding: The West is both burdened and buoyed by its mythology. Ennis and Jack not only long for one another; they yearn for their time on Brokeback Mountain, where they had the space to be free.
"Let's face it: Ennis and Jack wouldn't totally fit into the society that was developing around them even if they were straight. Their attitudes and modes of expression — and even their physical postures — suit Western landscapes. They certainly don't suffer from any macho deficits. It may not seem like it at first, but on reflection, Ennis and Jack fit into the romanticized outcast mode that's also a part of Western lore." -- Robert Denerstein, Rutland Herald (http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060111/NEWS/601110306/1024/NEWS04)
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Ennis jealously threatens Jack, after Jack admits to going to Mexico, looking for what Ennis cannot or will not deliver.
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Jack acts the kowtower when he submits to the stud duck's stud-duckery (ok, I made that up).
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Jack lends Ennis a helping hand in his sexual initiation in TSI.
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Ennis never thought he was anything but heterosexual until Jack Twist came along and muddied his thinking considerably.
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Ennis needlessly carried his fishing equipment around, according to Alma.
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"They seized each other by the shoulders, hugged mightily, squeezing the breath out of each other, saying, son of a bitch, son of a bitch; then, and as easily as the right key turns the lock tumblers, their mouths came together, and hard, Jack's big teeth bringing blood, his hat falling to the floor, stubble rasping, wet saliva welling, and the door opening and Alma looking out for a few seconds at Ennis's straining shoulders and shutting the door again and still they clinched, pressing chest and groin and thigh and leg together, treading on each other's toes until they pulled apart to breathe and Ennis, not big on endearments, said what he said to his horses and daughters, 'Little darlin'.'" [story]
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When Ennis finds out about Alma Jr.'s upcoming marriage, he proposes a toast of celebration.
=aside= Toast
Somehow, you snuck into my post.
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Jack voiced the questionability of his getting assistance for Bobby from his teacher:
Jack (to Lureen): "I complain too much. The teacher don't like me. Now it's your turn."
=aside= Sandy
For a good toast, the friends are more important than the wine.
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"The terse postcards exchanged to arrange the men's first encounter since their Brokeback summer -- "We was fishing buddies," Ennis inexplicably fibs when explaining Jack to Alma -- offer so little buildup that when they actually meet again, the rush of emotion packed into the moment is startling and incredibly stirring. It's Brokeback's turning point. If this were, say, Titanic -- don't laugh, more than one media outlet has pointed out the similarity between the films' posters -- it'd be the "you jump, I jump" scene."
-- Cheryl Eddy, San Francisco Bay Guardian (http://www.sfbg.com/40/10/art_mountain.html)
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Cassie was sassy, and she showed it by waylaying comely young men on their way to the bathroom, whipping her hair around, and plopping her bare feet in their laps. But, she was also modest and ladylike: she smiled shyly while dancing, waited for the man to propose, and didn't fall in love with fun.
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After the divorce trial, Ennis and Alma had moved past constructive abandonment.
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"Jake Gyllenhaal offers a powerful performance as a man struggling to free himself from an all-consuming yet tragically unsatisfying love."
-- John Hayes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06013/637145.stm)
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Ennis rarely bestowed verbal endearments on those he loved, though he did occasionally call his daughters and horses "Little darlin'." [story]
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Alma wanted Ennis to earn a regular wage, like at the power company.
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In the middle of talking in his kitchen to Ennis, nasty OMT xpectorates into his mug.
def = spits
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In November of 2005, Brokeback Mountain was praised for its love-conquers-all theme in a rare gay special on Lu Yu You's popular Chinese talk show, A Date With Lu Yu. [link] (http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/02/07/to-show-or-not-to-show-in-china/)
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In contrast to his jeans, Ennis's pajama bottoms were zipperless.
=compliment= Meryl
A clever "Z" and a clever round announcement (below) to boot!
Well done!
Fran
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ROUND 336
JUST FOR KICKS!!
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Jack was amazed when Ennis finally opened up and started to talk to him.
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After Alma confronts him on Thanksgiving about his relationship with Jack, Ennis goes berserk and picks up a fight with a man on his way into a bar.
=compliment= Natali
You've taken to the ABCz game like a fish to water!
Fran
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"They had a high-time supper by the fire, a can of beans each, fried potatoes and a quart of whiskey on shares, sat with their backs against a log, boot soles and copper jeans rivets hot, swapping the bottle while the lavender sky emptied of color and the chill air drained down, drinking, smoking, getting up every now and then to piss...." [story]
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Ennis was dragging his feet (and his heels) when it was time to leave Brokeback.
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Louis Morin is listed in the credits for Brokeback Mountain as the visual effects supervisor.
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"Years on years they worked their way through the high meadows and mountain drainages, horse-packing into the Big Horns, Medicine Bows, south end of the Gallatins, Absarokas, Granites, Owl Creeks, the Bridger-Teton Range, the Freezeouts and the Shirleys, Ferrises and the Rattlesnakes, Salt River Range, into the Wind Rivers over and again, the Sierra Madres, Gros Ventres, the Washakies, Laramies, but never returning to Brokeback."
[story]
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When Ennis spoke to Jack the following day after TSI, he was giving it to him straight when he said: "I ain't no queer."
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Our two boys hastily exited Aguirre's trailer when they realized that Joe had no time left for them.
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"This is an incredibly exciting time for queer film, and the amazing slate of LGBT-related films at this year's Sundance make it clear that Brokeback Mountain is just the tip of the iceberg."
-- Ellen Huang, Queer Lounge founder and executive director, as quoted here (http://www.cyndigreening.com/festivals/)
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Cassie was wiggling and jiggling various body parts when she was dancing with Ennis.
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Jack dislikes Aguirre's knavish "sleep-with-the-sheep-and-no-fire order" - partly because it keeps him away from Ennis.
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This time, impatient, she gets up and comes straight to him.
LUREEN
What are you waiting for, cowboy ... a mating call?
JACK flushes.
She leads him onto the dance floor. [2003 Screenplay]
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Jack: "Lureen? There's some serious money there. Her old man's got it. Got this farm- machinery business. Course he don't let her have none a the money, and he hates my fuckin' guts, so it's a hard go now but one a these days -- " [story]
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Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Michelle Williams were Academy Award nominees for their acting roles in Brokeback Mountain, which went into limited release one year ago today.
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Jack was trying to be openhanded when he offered to loan Ennis money, but Ennis was closed minded about the idea.
Def: generous
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Ennis turns down Jack's proposal to set up a ranch together out of fear.
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In detailing his strict, non-legal instructions to the boys, Aguirre made the qualificatory point that: "Last summer had goddamn near twenty-five percent loss. I don't want that again. " [Proulx]
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"You're late," Jack said to Ennis, a smile radiating on his face.
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"Alma was saying something about taking his friend to the Knife & Fork for supper instead of cooking it was so hot, if they could get a baby-sitter, but Ennis said more likely he'd just go out with Jack and get drunk. Jack was not a restaurant type, he said...." [story]
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Jack's haunch and Lureen's makeup became thicker as they approached forty.
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Ennis and Jack's love for each other remained unbroken despite their four-year-long separation.
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Whenever Jack brought up the idea of living together, Ennis always voted against it.
=aside=Fran
Thanks for the compliment. :)
=reply= Meryl
You're welcome.
Fran
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Ennis was wiggling his way out of facing up to Cassie when he said that he probably wasn't much fun anyway.
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Junior and Jenny enjoyed the fact that their Daddy was xalting them as he minimized his rodeo career. Alma didn't seem to be moved by any of it.
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Although Alma had moved on with Monroe by Thanksgiving, it was clear that Ennis was still the young'uns' daddy.
=aside= Playerz
Happy Brokie Anniversary, everyone.
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* ABCz of BBM * Round 337 *
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"Anything interesting up there in Heaven?" -- J.T.
=aside= Dottie
Ur "A" for amazed pix are amazingly dee-liteful!
=aside= Opinionista
"O" is for Opinionista! Buena suerte!
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Jack felt ashamed when Jimbo politely declined his invitation for a beer at a bar in Texas.
=aside= Fran
Thanks for the compliment! :D
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There is a profound ache at the core of Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain -- it's the ache of a powerful love, of a love unable to requite itself, mostly due to circumstances, but largely because of the two people caught up in it. They're men -- cowboys, actually. And their lifelong pine for one another begins one cold night on Wyoming's Brokeback Mountain, where they're employed herding sheep during the summer of 1963. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
=milestone= Brokies Everywhere
It is now the one year anniversary of when Brokeback Mountain begins.
We will never be the same.
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When Ennis brings out the wine and tells Junior that "they'll just have to find another cowboy" for the roundup, it warms the cockles of your heart to see her face light up in a big smile.
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"As portrayed with profound eloquence and few words by Heath Ledger, Ennis is the kind of Western man with whom no one would ever consider discussing emotions. He's taciturn, detached, and practical, having learned as a child how to brace himself for the cold snap and the long haul. Yet from silent hour to silent hour, bitter year after bitter year, every impulse that defines Ennis' nature cries out to be fulfilled. Brokeback Mountain describes his yearning so beautifully that he comes to appear as both an individual and a representation of an emptiness that haunts the human core."
-- M. I. Kim, The Jujube Review (http://archive.thejujube.com/B/brokebackmtn.html)
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Again the ranch is on the market and they've shipped out the last of the horses, paid everybody off the day before, the owner saying, "Give em to the real estate shark, I'm out a here," dropping the keys in Ennis's hand. [Proulx]
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Jack was tired of playing second fiddle to L.D. and sounded off to him on Thanksgiving.
=comment= playerz
Happy Anniversary Brokeback!!!!
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There is no "Ken Zolten" listed in the credits for Brokeback Mountain.
We need a replacement "Z" word.
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Cathy Zehner's letter to the editor of The Orange County Register (http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/opinion/atoz/article_946135.php) on why straight men aren't interested in seeing "Brokeback Mountain":
Not entranced by romance
I was thoroughly entertained by the various arguments presented on why straight men won't "go to the mountain" ["Bringing men to the 'mountain'," Life etc., Jan. 9]. This is not rocket science. This column does not have room for all the romantic movies that the men in my life do not want to see.
The term "chick flick" exists for a reason. "Pride and Prejudice" is an excellent movie that I just watched with several girlfriends. We loved it, and laughed that we enjoyed it more since we were not sitting by our husbands because they would have been bored to death. I did get my husband to "Bridges of Madison County," and his only comment was he liked Clint Eastwood better in "Dirty Harry." The reason most men don't "go to the mountain" is simple: It is a romance and they are not interested.
Cathy Zehner
Yorba Linda
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Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain garnered the best director, screenplay, and music awards at the 78th Academy Awards.
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According to Annie Proulx, Ennis told Jack about Earl and Rich at the Motel Siesta, before they headed up to the mountains.
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The following day, Ennis gave Jack his input about Tent Scene I when he said: "It's a one-shot thing."
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"...However, Brokeback goes beyond transitory opinion-making. Its relaxed storytelling, naturalistic language, and just-out-of-reach characters draw the viewer into an inescapable romance."
-- Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman (http://www.wacotrib.com/movies/content/shared/movies/reviews/B/brokebackmountain/aas.html)
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Joe Aguirre knavishly instructed the boys to flout the Forest Service regulations while on Brokeback Mountain.
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After Cassie ropes Ennis into dancing, she certainly lets her hair down.
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"Both slept in camp that first night, Jack already bitching about Joe Aguirre's sleep-with-the-sheep-and-no-fire order, though he saddled the bay mare in the dark morning without saying much." [story]
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John C. Twist passed on a negligible amount of his bullriding skills to Jack; although he did encourage Jack to ride the woolies as a kid.
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After Cassie finished her dance with Ennis, she offhandedly asked him for a foot rub.
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"He might have to stay with his married daughter until he picks up another job, yet he is suffused with a sense of pleasure because Jack Twist was in his dream." [story]
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Ennis reminds Jack of one of their quests:
" ... Come on Jack, lighten up on me. We can hunt in November. Kill us a nice elk.
I'll try if I can get Don Wroe's cabin again. We had a good time that year, didn't we?"
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"...Friend a mine got his oil checked with a horn dip-stick and that was all she wrote. Bunch a other things, fuckin busted ribs, sprains and pains, torn ligaments. See, it ain't like my daddy's time..." [story (Jack telling Ennis about his rodeo life in the Model Siesta)]
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Jack considered Ennis to be his main squeeze.
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The boys endured a torrential hailstorm on the mountain.
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"Brokeback Mountain is a love story. The themes of love, loss, fidelity, and trust run rampant through the script. Marketing will be tough in the current socially conservative climate in the U.S. Do yourself a favor: don’t pre-judge this film. Go see it, feel it, relate it to your own experience in life as best you can. To deny yourself the beauty of this story because it involves two men in love is to do yourself a huge disservice. Love and courage are universal -- they are not dependent on sexual orientation.
-- Amy Lamare, Hollywood Stock Exchange (http://movies.hsx.com/news/reviews/051208.htm)
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Old Man Twist virulently told Ennis Del Mar: "Tell you what... We got a family plot. He's goin' in it."
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Up on Brokeback, Jack watched the sheep at first while Ennis tended camp; then they switched roles.
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There was much xultation outside the laundromat during the reunion scene.
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The Brokeback Mountain DVD (German/English version) is available for purchase online at Yatego (http://www.yatego.com/q,brokeback,mountain,dvd) for "17,89 EUR."
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Here is some of the zoography that Annie Proulx included in her story Brokeback Mountain:
a goddamn pup tent that smells like cat piss or worse
a mouse-coloured grullo
two tough old birds (not the Thanksgiving turkeys, either)
trembling like a run-out horse
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Round 338
Ennis and Jack,
the dogs,
horses and mules,
a thousand ewes and their lambs
flowed up the trail
like dirty water
through the timber
and out above the tree line
into the
great flowery meadows
and the coursing, endless wind.
[Proulx]
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"The author's first stories, twenty years ago, were all about hunting and fishing -"hook-and-bullet material" written for a men's-magazine editor who thought he couldn't publish a contributor called Annie. He suggested "something like Joe or Zack, retrievers' names," the author recalls. The compromise was initials: E.A. Proulx The E. somehow stuck. (The author won the Pulitzer Prize as E. Annie Proulx.) The author is now sixty-three, and "Brokeback Mountain" is the first story published by just Annie." [The New Yorker, 1997, p. 75]
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Ennis tried to beat around the bush when Alma started questioning his "fishing trips" with Jack.
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[Brokeback Mountain] tells the story of two young men - a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy - who meet in the summer of 1963, and unexpectedly forge a life-long connection, one whose complications, joys, and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love. [Production Notes]
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From the story:
Again the ranch is on the market and they've shipped out the last of the horses, paid everybody off the day before, the owner saying, "Give 'em to the real estate shark, I'm out a here, dropping the keys in Ennis's hand.
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The outburst of rage that L.D.'s behavior with the television set engendered in Jack was a shock to everyone at the table.
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Jack did not enjoy flouting Forest Service regulations; partly for creature comfort reasons. and partly for human companionship as well.
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Jack was always grousing about something: the weather, Aguirre's rules, the food, and later, the lack of nookie.
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Jack was holding up his end of the bargain when he said: "It's nobody's business but ours."
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Mrs. Twist did invite Ennis to " .. come back and see us again."
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Ennis was the josher when he teased Jack about the harmonica: "you'll run them sheep off again if you don't quiet down".
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While Ennis may not be sure whether his father was one of the killers of Earl, he does know for sure that the killers' motive was hatred.
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Joe Aguirre gave the boys a quick explanation of the legalities of sleeping with the sheep: "No fire, don't leave no sign. Roll up that tent every mornin' case Forest Service snoops around."
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Lashawn was a motor mouth.
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(http://www.vh1.com/sitewide/flipbooks/img/movies/production_stills/b/brokeback_mountain/003-21.jpg)
While watching Surf Party at the drive-in, Ennis noshed on popcorn.
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[Jack Twist in Brokeback Mountain] is definitely Gyllenhaal's finest performance to date. If he is outdone at all in this film, it is by Michelle Williams. The look on her face when she has to absorb, in one incredible moment, who her husband really is, is worth, as they say, a thousand words. (She was also, deservedly, nominated.)
Reviewed by Valerie Davison (http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1240)
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Ennis perked up when Alma pronounced him perky, when pursuing his pulchritudinous piscatory partner.
{def: pertaining to fishing}
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Jack quiveringly commented to Alma: “I got a boy” after Ennis introduced them.
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There is a profound ache at the core of Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain -- it's the ache of a powerful love, of a love unable to requite itself, mostly due to circumstances, but largely because of the two people caught up in it. They're men -- cowboys, actually. And their lifelong pine for one another begins one cold night on Wyoming's Brokeback Mountain, where they're employed herding sheep during the summer of 1963. Love Story by R Shulman (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1892)
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"Ennis Del Mar wakes before five, wind rocking the trailer, hissing in around the aluminum door and window frames. The shirts hanging on a nail shudder slightly in the draft." [story]
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Though he did, and Aguirre came up again to say so, fixing Jack with his bold stare, not bothering to dismount. [story]
=aside= Playerz
Look who's coming up on 1,000 posts!
Fran
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Ennis' unease was apparent as Alma continued to bring new questions and accusations to the fore on their nasty night.
Congratulations Opinionista.
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Thanks for all your smart ABCs Posts.
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"In the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Verena Lueken is absolutely smitten with Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain. 'It's rare that knowing so much about a film has had so little impact on seeing it oneself,' she writes."
-- signandsight.com (http://www.signandsight.com/intodaysfeuilletons/642.html)
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Congratulations, Natali, on 1,000 posts!
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Bobby was moping and whining about having to eat his cereal on Thanksgiving.
=congratz= Natali
On 1000 Posts
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Ennis was able to xalt his daughters and put himself down at the same time.
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Jack and Ennis shared a few yocks around the campfire.
{def: a loud laugh or joke}
=aside= Natali
Welcome to the 1,000+ club!
Happy vacation in Puerto Rico
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After a night of heavy drinking and sharing yocks around the campfire, Ennis zonks out on the ground instead of going back to the sheep.
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We're Still Dropping A Line
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"They found a bar and drank beer through the afternoon, Jack telling Ennis about a lightning storm on the mountain the year before that killed forty-two sheep, the peculiar stink of them and the way they bloated, the need for plenty of whiskey up there. He had shot an eagle, he said, turned his head to show the tail feather in his hatband." [story]
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Jack and Ennis had a boisterous time around the campfire, what with sharing yocks and all.
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Monroe was watching figure-skating and smoking a cheap cigar after Thanksgiving dinner. Compared to Ennis' rodeo stories and the raucus yelling in the kitchen, the entertainment from watching figure-skating was close but no cigar.
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Ennis thinks of Jack and how he drowns while looking up:
The huge sadness of the northern plains rolled down on him. He didn't know which way it was, the tire iron or a real accident, blood choking down Jack's throat and nobody to turn him over.
...
He wanted to curse her for letting Jack die on the dirt road. [Proulx]
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"It would be Jack Twist's second summer on the mountain, Ennis's first." [story]
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For such a grounded person, Ennis was famously flighty when it came to love.
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Ennis can only grieve for Jack now, and for the times they could have had together.
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Jack and Ennis have a passionate, heavy-handed encounter that first night in Tent Scene I.
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Heath Ledger at the Berlin International Film Festival as quoted here (http://www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2006/02/16/LifeArts/brokeback.Mountain.Nominations.Exceed.Ledgers.Expectations-1616495.shtml?norewrite200608251840&sourcedomain=www.dailytexanonline.com):
"The movie's already exceeded any expectations I had. I think pleasing Annie Proulx, the writer, and getting her nod of approval was the biggest success for me, for us."
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Ennis joshes Jack when he says he thought his dad was right about rodeo cowboys being, um, ne'er-do-wells.
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Jack's mom is easily the kindliest character in Brokeback Mountain, even though she has reason to be bitter and unforgiving.
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"After a languorous opening third, the movie soars for the duration as it dramatizes the fallout and periodic reunions from the pair's first and only idyllic summer laboring together. And alone."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2005-12-08-brokeback_x.htm)
def. = lacking spirit or liveliness
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No instruction manual was needed for Jack to get things started manually in tent scene one.
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Here is some of the negativity in Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain.
- no prospects
- no heater
- no money
- NO FIRE
- NO SIGN
- no right
- no worse
- no drawers
- no socks
- no instruction manual needed
- no lack of noises
- no queer (The actual quote is "I'm not no queer" - so this might be a positivity)
- no English
- no more damn lonesome ranches
- no use out a me
- no thoughts a doin it with another guy
- no reins on this one
- no broke-dick rider
- no little thing that's happenin here
- no real trouble, just widening water
- no serious hard feelings
- no pain
- no fuckin idea how bad it gets
- no news
- no cake
- no help out here
- No way to get it right with him after that
- no real scent
- No, north a here
"No more beans" is from the screenplays and movie.
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The sad ossification of Ennis at the end of the movie is shown by his shuffling of his feet when approaching the closet. In the book, it's shown in the prologue by his warming up of cold coffee and peeing in the sink.
def: a tendency toward or state of being molded into a rigid, conventional, sterile, or unimaginative condition
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According to Jack, his injuries from rodeoing were rather painful.
=aside= Playerz
Thank you for all the congrats over my reaching 1,000 posts!
I'm going on vacations tomorrow and I won't be playing much for
about a month. I'll be back full time after January 14th.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND GREAT NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
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Cigar Butt was one quick-footed horse.
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Ennis: "To Alma and Kurt."
Alma Jr. smiles, and clinks her glass with her daddy's.
Ennis smiles back at his luminous daughter. But his smile can't hide his regret and longing, for the one thing that he can't have. That he will never have. [2005 screenplay]
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/EnnisRegret.jpg)
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They shook hands in the choky little trailer office in front of a table littered with scribbled papers, a Bakelite ashtray brimming with stubs. [story]
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"The pickup was old, no heater, one windshield wiper and bad tires; when the transmission went there was no money to fix it." [story]
=aside= Natali
Have a great vacation and enjoyable holidays.
=aside= Toast
I like your "negativity." :)
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Tom Cox, Murray Ord, and Jordy Randall are listed as uncredited executive producers for Brokeback Mountain.
=reply= Fran
Thanks.
Annie wrote some good words.
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Tent Scene I marked Ennis' maiden voyage into the sea of love.
=aside= Natali
Bon voyage.
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"They were raised on small, poor ranches in opposite corners of the state, Jack Twist in Lightning Flat up on the Montana border, Ennis del Mar from around Sage, near the Utah line, both high school dropout country boys with no prospects, brought up to hard work and privation, both rough-mannered, rough-spoken, inured to the stoic life." [story]
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Ennis and Jack's lack of trust in open society led to Jack and Ennis xiling themselves to the backwoods, streams and mountains near Ennis' "coffeepot".
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Brokeback is a story of a youth's first experience with love and how he struggles with his feelings throughout his lifetime.
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"...in an interview with Peter Zander, Ang Lee doesn't seem too disappointed about having won 'only' three of the eight Oscars for which Brokeback Mountain was nominated."
-- signandsight.com (http://www.signandsight.com/intodaysfeuilletons/642.html)
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Round 340!
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"Tent don't look right."
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Jack's mother menioned Jack appreciating that she " .. kept his room like it was when he was a boy .. "
=up front= Sandy and Fran
So nice to be reminded that Ennis was a youth when we met him.
Gorgeous Round Announcement.
Much to be appreciating here.
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After coming down from Brokeback, Jack and Ennis fought an uphill battle to keep their relationship going for twenty years.
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"That spring, hungry for any job, each had signed up with Farm and Ranch Employment -- they came together on paper as herder and camp tender for the same sheep operation north of Signal." [story]
=reply= Toast
Thanks.
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Wyoming ranch corral: day:
Ennis, still a ranch hand, is dehorning steers on a squally, snow-spitting day. Bloody, grim. [2003 screenplay]
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Emmylou's vocals on "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" are heart-breakingly beautiful.
=aside= Playerz
I found this over at IMDb: "The Brokebacklycrumb Tinies" which is a take-off from Edward Gorey's "Gashlycrumb Tinies". It's very ABCz-related, with some rhyming.
Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388795/board/flat/61082233 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388795/board/flat/61082233)
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Jack would fret because he and Ennis had so little time to spend together.
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Jack generously offered to loan Ennis some money to make up for the lost pay, but Ennis declined the offer, saying, "I don't need your money. I ain't in the poorhouse."
=aside= Paul
Thanks for the link.
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LaShawn Malone is the only person who says the word hats in Brokeback Mountain:
"We come out here thinking ranchin' was still big hats and Marlboros."
=aside= Paul
Interesting link.
They seemed to be running out of letter words.
Mmmm.
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"It's So Easy" sung by Linda Ronstadt is on the Brokeback soundtrack.
=aside= Paul
Another thank you for the link.
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"When the summer ends, it seems the romance must too. Not only does the Jack-Ennis hook-up break nearly every relationship taboo under Wyoming's big, conservative sky, Ennis is set to marry his hometown sweetie, Alma (Ledger's real-life baby mama, Michelle Williams). So Jack returns to the rodeo circuit, and Ennis becomes more or less domesticated. Years pass."
-- Cheryl Eddy, San Francisco Bay Guardian (http://www.sfbg.com/40/10/art_mountain.html)
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Jack's truck was real klunker.
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Interior: Childress, Texas: Jack & Lureen's house: Thanksgiving: Day: 1977:
Jack and Lureen's home. Wall-to-wall carpeting, fairly luxurious, particularly in comparison to Ennis's life. Many photos of Lureen winning barrel-racing trophies. One of Jack, the one taken in the arena the day they met.
Jack, Lureen, Bobby, age ten, Lureen's long-suffering mother and L. D. Newsome, Jack's prick of a father-in-law. The table is set for a full Thanksgiving dinner, huge turkey and all the trimmings. As everyone shuffles into their places at the table, We hear the TV in the background. Football game. [2003 screenplay]
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"About that wallop -- it comes, first and foremost, from the story of Brokeback Mountain, adapted from Anne Proulx's award-winning short and guaranteed to turn your heart into mush."
-- Chi Tung, Asia Pacific Arts (http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=35042)
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Alma thought that "doing what she hated" was a necessary evil in her marriage.
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Ennis feared that any openness
between himself and Jack
"...in the wrong place...
...in the wrong time...
...we're dead."
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"They were raised on small, poor ranches in opposite corners of the state, Jack Twist in Lightning Flat up on the Montana border, Ennis del Mar from around Sage, near the Utah line, both high school dropout country boys with no prospects, brought up to hard work and privation, both rough-mannered, rough-spoken, inured to the stoic life." [story]
def. = lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life
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After Jack said: "But I figure, the world ends, and fellas like you and me march off to hell", Ennis quick-wittedly responded: "Speak for yourself," "You may be a sinner, but I ain't yet had the opportunity."
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Jack's klunker pickup was registered in Texas in both 1963 and 1966.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Registration.jpg)
His plate numbers were WS*3547 in 1963
and SHR*746 in 1966.
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Ennis was a ranch hand, 19 years old, spat a lot.
=aside= Toast
Hey, how come Jack's 1963 truck is registered in Texas, hunh? Ain't right.
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After coming down from the mountain, Jack and Ennis realize that they are very tangled up in each other.
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i39/Arethusa_2006/BROKEBACK_MOUNTAIN-7794.jpg)
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Actor Randy Quaid filed the suit in Los Angeles Superior Court in March, claiming he was underpaid for his supporting role in Brokeback Mountain as rancher Joe Aguirre. Quaid alleged that Focus Features duped him into deferring his normal payment for the film by touting the production as an independent art-house film that couldn't afford to pay actors their normal rate. He later withdrew the suit.
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Jack took many voyages from Texas to Wyoming, regardless of his license plate.
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Jack wheeled around in his klunky pickup during the years 1963 to 1966.
=reply= Paul
Yes I was surprised at the Texas registration on his 1950 GMC.
That's why I got pics to prove it.
Might have bought it down there, from his earnings on Brokeback in 1962.
=compliment= Sandy
I love "tangled."
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"Some gay friends have complained about the lack of hot sex in Brokeback Mountain, as if they expected a Titan Media xtravaganza. Since when do closet cases make for ideal sex partners?"
-- Don Shewey, donshewey.com (http://www.donshewey.com/arts_articles/brokeback.html)
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Jack and Ennis were yocking it up around the campfire.
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Jack and Ennis performed at least two elk zootomies; one up on Brokeback and one at Don Wroe's cabin.
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Round 341
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Round341_2.jpg)
You're the One
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If Jack was trying to open a can of beans while oogling Ennis, he was going about it assbackwards.
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"Third boxcar, midnight train,
Destination: Bangor, Maine,
Old worn out suit and shoes,
I don't pay no union dues..."
from "King of the Road".
=aside= Toast
Love the round announcement. One of the best yet.
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Ennis got canned and Jack had to make sure no one froze their ass off when the fire died down.
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"They were raised on small, poor ranches in opposite corners of the state, Jack Twist in Lightning Flat up on the Montana border, Ennis del Mar from around Sage, near the Utah line, both high school dropout country boys with no prospects, brought up to hard work and privation, both rough-mannered, rough-spoken, inured to the stoic life." [story]
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Alma had a shocking eye-opener when she discovered her husband in the arms of a man.
=aside= Toast
I agree that it's a onederful round announcement.
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Jack chose a frisky mare for his mount, and he and Ennis always returned from their fishing trips lookin all frisky.
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Lureen had a nice seductive thing goin' on with her red getup.
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The setting of Brokeback Mountain is located in the Western Hemisphere.
=aside= Tim
Good "H".
Fran
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Ennis pulls off his boots - no socks.
Pulls off his jeans - no underwear.
Slops the washcloth under his arms, between his legs.
Jack fixes dinner, glances over at Ennis now and then through the smoke of a cigarette dangling from his mouth.
Impassive. [2003 screenplay]
Ennis pulls off his boots, then his socks.
Pul1s off his jeans--no underwear.
Slops the washcloth under his arms, between his legs.
Jack fixes dinner, glances over at Ennis now and then through the smoke of a cigarette dangling from his mouth.
Impassive. [2004 shooting screenplay]
Ennis pulls off his boots, then his socks.
Pulls off his jeans--no underwear.
Slops the washcloth under his arms, between his legs.
Jack fixes dinner, a cigarette dangling from his mouth.
Impassive. [2005 screenplay]
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After the dozy embrace, Jack hears Ennis's spurs jangle as he departs.
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With things getting uncomfortable for Ennis in the kitchen, Mrs. Twist exhibits a keenness of perception when she tells him that he's welcome to go up to Jack's bedroom.
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Some high class entertainment at the Riverton Drive-In:
Ennis and Cassie sit in Ennis's truck, trying to watch The Empire Strikes Back.
Cassie is rapt, eats popcorn, swigs cheap white wine from a bottle between her knees, despite a violent wind storm that has come up, blowing trash and dust into the windshield. The sound from old window-mounted speaker is barely audible over the windstorm. The wind is blowing dust so high into the air that the screen is partially obscured.
Ennis: "We ought get our money back."
Cassie: (hits him on the shoulder) "Hush up, Ennis, this is important. He's learnin' how to be a Jedi knight."
Ennis tries to step the blowing dust from entering his truck cab, tucks an old flannel shirt in the crack created by the drive-in movie speaker.
Ennis: "My truck's fillin' with dust."
Cassie: (rapt) "Shhhh! Turn up the volume."
Ennis: (fiddling with the speaker) "Up as high as it'll go."
A strong gust of wind carries a big panel of the screen away, leaving a rectangular hole in Luke Skywalker's face. Suddenly, Ennis rolls down his window just enough to unhook the speaker and throw it out into the dirt. He drives off. [2003 screenplay]
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Jack got a lot of mileage out of his klunker of a pickup truck.
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As part of its online coverage of the Academy Awards, CBS News (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/05/entertainment/main1369416.shtml) featured an article entitled "Up from Obscurity" about Oscar-nominated director Ang Lee's patient rise to notoriety.
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The osprey is one of the many birds of prey that Ennis and Jack would have spotted on Brokeback during the summer of 1963.
(http://content.ornith.cornell.edu/UEWebApp/images/brd_WLN_030904_100085_L.jpg)
(http://content.ornith.cornell.edu/UEWebApp/images/brd_WLN_030904_100087_L.jpg)
=comment=
def. = a large fish-eating hawk
"There were only the two of them on the mountain flying in the euphoric, bitter air, looking down on the hawk's back and the crawling lights of vehicles on the plain below, suspended above ordinary affairs and distant from tame ranch dogs barking in the dark hours." [story]
Fran
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Signal, Wyoming, early summer day 1964:
Jack drives through town in his truck, which rattles and sputters louder than ever. Drums his fingers on the steering wheel in time no "Faded Love" by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, which blares from his fuzzy radio. Eyes the sidewalks and dilapidated storefronts, as if looking for someone: Ennis.
Nothing, just a skinny kid on a bike being blown around by the wind, and two old women pulling their grocery carts. Jack parks in the dirt lot of the Farm and Ranch Employment trailer, dust and fine gravel pelting his truck's windows like hail. [2003 screenplay]
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The kitchen fight between Ennis and Alma started quibblingly and ended up violently.
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Ennis wanted to set the record straight when he said to Jack: "I ain't no queer."
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"Ennis, reared by his older brother and sister after their parents drove off the only curve on Dead Horse Road leaving them twenty-four dollars in cash and a two-mortgage ranch, applied at age fourteen for a hardship license that let him make the hour-long trip from the ranch to the high school." [story]
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Lureen tried to titillate Jack in the back of her daddy's car.
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Jack and Lureen's tryst in the backseat sounded very mechanical: it had speed, brakes, direction and a time frame. Jack heard the mating call when Lureen proceeded to unbosom herself.
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Time and again the visibility was obscured on the mountain due to precipitation.
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Not wanting to put the brakes on, Jack wandered into the direction of Lureen's breasts.
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After she removed her bra, Lureen didn't have to give Jack any more xplanations.
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Lureen's breasts were shaped like yurts that Jack could camp inside. But he preferred a tent.
=compliment= FR Lee
Excellent use of a simile.
Fran
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The zodiac's stars were in alignment for the tryst in the back seat. Lureen's yurt-like breasts remind me more of Gemini the twins than Virgo the virgin.
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Speaking of stars...
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"Ennis in a new jacket and bolo tie, nervously adjusts his collar. Alma in a J.C. Penney's wedding dress, happy. The minister wears a plaid sport jacket." [screenplay]
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In the screenplay the congregation recites:
"...and forgive our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, forever."
Then it's the bride's response:
"Amen."
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Ennis's objection to shacking up with another man was no cavil, considering his childhood trauma.
=comment=
def.=a trivial or frivolous objection
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In the back seat of LD's car, Lureen doffed her brassiere. Mostly likely, Jack didn't don a condom, and voila: Bobby.
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While Ennis barely made it out of elementary school, his understanding of cowpoking was anything but elementary.
=reply= Fran
Thank yurt!
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"Ennis del Mar wakes before five, wind rocking the trailer, hissing in around the aluminum door and window frames." [story]
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When faced with Lureen's upper frontals, Jack's face says, "golly".
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Jack should have taken warning of the humps in any relationship with Lureen when she talked about Daddy demanding her and the car be home by midnight.
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At the Childress bar, Lureen waited impatiently for Jack to come over to talk to her.
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Lureen was jauntier in the car than she was in the bar.
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When Jack said, "I just like the direction you're going," Lureen recognized that he was the real deal, not a kiss-ass like the guy she rejected in the bar.
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Jack seemed happy when things got livelier in the back seat of Lureen's car.
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When Lureen de-brassiered, there was no longer any question in Jack's mind that she was mammalian.
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"I was informed that a movie theater in Rockville, Maryland, dropped the captioned film of Brokeback Mountain, but it was picked up by a neighboring town named Silver Spring [sic] at The Majestic 20."
-- from the blog RidorLIVE (http://www.ridorlive.com/?m=20060216)
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Lureen and Jack had a similar objective: to enjoy the benefits of L.D. Newsome's lifestyle.
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While Ennis was in Riverton pinching pennies and tightening his belt, Jack was in the backseat with Lureen loosening his belt and pinching other things besides pennies.
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It was clear from Jack's gripes that he had quantitated the average number of HAFs he had experienced with Ennis since the beginning of their relationship.
=aside= Lee
You're hot today!!!
Sandy
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Lureen: "You don't think I'm too fast, do you? Maybe we should put the brakes on."
Jack smiles at her.
Jack: It's your call. Fast or slow, I just like the direction you're going in."
She thinks about this for a second. Then she sits up suddenly, unbuttons her blouse. Takes it off. Reaches back to unfasten her bra. [screenplay]
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The swing set that Ennis’ kids play on in the film includes a slide.
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It was obvious from Jack's boob grab that Lureen titillated him.
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Jack was quick on the uptake when he said to Lureen: "Fast or slow, I like the direction you're going."
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Lureen vamps Jack, and he accepts her titular offerings.
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"They were raised on small, poor ranches in opposite corners of the state, Jack Twist in Lightning Flat up on the Montana border, Ennis del Mar from around Sage, near the Utah line...." [story]
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After xhibiting some restraint in offering to put the brakes on, Lureen then began xhibiting her wares.
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Both Lureen and Jack made it clear that they were yearners, yearning for something that the other might be able to offer.
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In blogger Antonia Zerbisias' (http://thestar.blogs.com/azerb/yelling_at_the_tv/index.html) commentary on the Academy Awards telecast, she mentions Michelle Williams, a Best Supporting Actress nominee:
"Gotta say: I was cheering for Michelle Williams of Brokeback Mountain, if only because she looks like a cute little pumpkin in her gown."
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Round 343!
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Just You and Me!
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Jack had his hands full after Lureen whipped off her bra to reveal her apple-shaped breasts.
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The busty Childress scene begins on a fadeout of the lyrics "I know you felt so sad and blue" and ends up in the backseat.
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"We see Lureen's large, shiny 1966 or 1967 convertible. Lureen pulls up and parks. We hear bullfrogs croaking. Radio playing. Lureen and Jack are making out in the backseat, Lureen on top of Jack." [screenplay]
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Jack tended to render his love objects somewhat disheveled, though Lureen put herself back together by midnight when she returned the car.
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Lureen sized up Jack when he retrieved her hat, and when he energetically won the rodeo ride.
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Jack had a firm grasp of the situation in the backseat of Lureen's car.
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Lureen unleashes her lacy lingerie while Jack grasps the situation with googly-eyed gaga.
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Jack had caught Lureen's attention by hanging on to a tough, spinning bull and making a fine ride.
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Jack and Lureen were in the backseat - no instructions required.
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After Lureen decides not to put the brakes on, she bounces and jounces into action.
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Lureen's knockers' appearance added to Jack's anxiety and the film's R rating.
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Lureen and Jack engaged in lovemaking in the backseat.
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Lureen milked her assets for all they were worth that night, before midnight.
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Jack and Lureen were two young and not-so-innocent neckers in the back of LD's car.
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Lureen had parked the car in an out-of-the-way place for privacy.
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On their first "date" in Lureen's dad's T-bird was one of the few times when Lureen was not parsimonious to Jack in her affections.
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Once Lureen decided against the brakes, she disrobed with quicksilvery speed.
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Jack admitted that he saw Lureen and her family business as a resolution to his financial problems.
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The deck was stacked in Jack's favor in the backseat of Lureen's car if he knew how to play his cards right.
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Jack noticed that Lureen was in a bit of a hurry.
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Happy Hanukkah!
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Lureen unbridles for Jack's pleasure.
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Lureen's father was a VIP in Childress.
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Lureen decided that she and Jack would be more comfortable in the backseat.
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Lureen and Jack shared the xultancy of the evening, but quickly.
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HAPPY
CHANNUKAH
to our Jewish Playerz & Friendz
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Lureen was immediately attracted to Jack's perfect image of a tall, dark, young-blooded cowboy.
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Round 344
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Looks Like He's Going to (Z-)Score
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L.D. Newsome exhibited his pronounced asinine temperament each time he was around Jack.
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Signal Wyoming, early summer day 1964:
Jack drives through town in his truck, which rattles and sputters louder than ever. Drums his fingers on the steering wheel in time to "Faded Love" by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, which blares from his fuzzy radio.
Eyes the sidewalks and dilapidated storefronts, as if looking for someone: Ennis.
Nothing, just a skinny kid on a bike being blown around by the wind, and two old women pulling their grocery carts. Jack parks in the dirt lot of the Farm and Ranch Employment trailer, dust and fine gravel pelting his truck's windows like hail. [2003 screenplay]
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Lureen didn't waste any time when she removed her bra and cut to the chase.
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"Ennis, reared by his older brother and sister after their parents drove off the only curve on Dead Horse Road leaving them twenty-four dollars in cash and a two-mortgage ranch, applied at age fourteen for a hardship license that let him make the hour-long trip from the ranch to the high school." [story]
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Denny's Restaurant: Riverton: Night:
Ennis sits in a booth, eating a slice of apple pie and drinking coffee. An elderly man sits at the counter. A heavy-set waitress carries a tray of food past Ennis, and serves a middle-aged couple in a booth. [2003 screenplay]
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Jack knew the way from Childress to Riverton backwards and forwards.
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L.D. takes grandfatherly pride in the fact that baby Bobby is "the spittin' image of his grandpa."
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Nine-year-old Ennis and eleven-year-old K.E. look down at Earl's corpse
We see the young Ennis looking down at the body--as his eyes widen,
we see the horror wash over his nine-year-old face... [2003 screenplay]
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Jack demonstrated that his intentions were honorable by marrying Lureen.
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Lureen walked over to Jack in the bar and jauntily asked, "What are you waiting for, cowboy ... a matin' call?"
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When thinking about replacements for the food scattered on the trail, Jack considers the sheep to be killable, edible, and better than beans.
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Between killing a sheep and having to eat more means, Jack considered killing a sheep the lesser of two evils, while Ennis considered eating beans the lesser of two evils.
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Proulx wrote:
Alma asked Ennis to use rubbers because she dreaded another pregnancy. He said no to that, said he would be happy to leave her alone if she didn't want any more of his kids. Under her breath she said, "I'd have 'em if you'd support 'em." And under that, thought, anyway, what you like to do don't make too many babies.
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Jack and Lureen were nestling in the backseat for purposes of necking and nookie.
=aside= Tim
Nice round announcement!
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After Lureen let go of the brakes, Jack proceeded to move onward and upward.
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"The cold air sweetened, banded pebbles and crumbs of soil cast sudden pencil-long shadows, and the rearing lodgepole pines below them massed in slabs of somber malachite." [story]
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Jack's chances of scoring were quantitatively better with Lureen than with Jimbo.
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After Jack decides on which direction he's going, he has no problem reaching first base.
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Alma was scrubbing clothes on a washboard when Ennis walked into the kitchen after work.
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Lureen tore off Jack's hat, dragged him into the backseat, and then tore off her clothes with amazing speed. I guess she was in a hurry.
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After Lureen suddenly unrobed, Jack blurted out, "Whoa, you are in a hurry."
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Posted on 2/14/06 at UPSU Film Society (http://www.upsufilmsociety.co.uk/):
Greetings, film buffs!
This Thursday [16th of Feb] we at the UPSU Film Society invite you to watch "Brokeback Mountain" with us at Vue Cinema. It’s all about gay cowboys. And um … it stars Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. I’m afraid I can’t elaborate much more, though by all critical accounts the film should prove much more interesting than my sketchy knowledge of it can attest to.
The programme begins at 8:20pm and should finish at approximately 10:35. If you plan on joining us, you can meet at the Student Union at 7:50, or Vue Cinema itself at 8:10!
See you there hopefully!
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Lureen wastes no time in getting down to business, since she has to be home by midnight.
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Jack and Lureen spent little time xpounding on the backseat situation, and quickly got down to business.
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Yatego's selling price for the Brokeback Mountain DVD (http://www.yatego.com/q,brokeback,mountain,dvd) -- which includes Jack and Lureen's backseat action -- is 17,89 EUR.
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Jack and Ennis had enough zootomic knowledge to know how to butcher elk, and to separate the edible from the undesirable portions.
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(http://webdeveloper.com/animations/holiday/christmas/gifs/snowman2.gif)Round 345! (http://webdeveloper.com/animations/holiday/christmas/gifs/snowman2.gif)
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Jack said that money was a good reason to rodeo, and Ennis replied absent-mindedly, "if you don't get stomped winning it." But Jack was willing to take the risk of being stomped because he was not doin it for the money.
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Joe Aguirre: "Fridays twelve noon be down at the bridge with your next-week list and mules. Somebody with supplies'll be there in a pickup." [story]
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And what's the image of the real America through (Ennis' trailer) window? Why it's flat. It's a dreary rural wheatscape, if you will, with no features to interest the eye, no textures to assuage the soul. There's nothing interesting to it. It expresses someone's idea of repressed America, where gay men are forced to bury their personalities and violent conformism is the rule of the day.
(http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/ssi/globalnav/wpdotcom_190x30.gif) (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/01/AR2006020102477_pf.html)
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Alma is a husband-adoring and housewife-boring drudge!!
def = one whose life or work is menial, routine and dull
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Alma endeavors to create a happy home life for Ennis and her daughters, a difficult undertaking, to say the least, largely due to the pain of knowing that she isn't the love of Ennis's life and that her dream of living happily ever after with him just isn't meant to be.
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After the judge grants her a divorce, Alma gets on with her life by marrying Monroe and adding to her family.
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Jack and Ennis were lifelong hombres.
=aside= Playerz
How many ways can U say FRiend? I'm gonna try to figure out the answer!
=aside= Playerz and Will/Dre
Speaking of "H"-- Happy Hanukah!
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"Jack marries a rich girl after a spirited but brief rodeo career, but Ennis does little of consequence with his life. In fact, the film makes a point of emphasizing how boring Ennis is using this as a way of showing how empty his life has become without his soul mate constantly around. In other words, the movie is almost intentionally boring in between vacation escapes the two men attend."
-- Jonathan W. Hickman, Entertainment Insiders (http://einsiders.com/reviews/archives/show_theatrical.php?review_theatricle=453)
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Ennis jocundly told his daughter he would try to be back from fishing next weekend for the church picnic: "All right, as long as I don't have to sing."
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Jack's klunker of a truck klunked its way into Aguirre's trailer parking lot.
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The two lovebirds, Jack and Lureen, made their nest in the back seat of the Newsome family T-bird.
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"Ennis said the kind of riding that interested him lasted longer than eight seconds and had some point to it. Money's a good point, said Jack, and Ennis had to agree." [story]
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Jack and Ennis's forays were necessarily brief and in the middle/back of nowhere.
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After ogling Jack and realizing he was ogling her, Lureen sashayed up to him with her first line in the movie: "What you waitin' for cowboy? A mating call?" That was the same day that both Jack and Lureen both lost their ........ mmm ....... hats.
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Proulx wrote:
"Shot a coyote just first light," he told Jack the next evening, sloshing his face with hot water, lathering up soap and hoping his razor had some cut left in it, while Jack peeled potatoes. "Big son of a bitch. Balls on him size a apples. I bet he'd took a few lambs. Looked like he could a eat a camel. You want some a this hot water? There's plenty."
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Regarding Jack's wanting a life with Ennis, the quester's quest proved quite quixotic.
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Signal Wyoming, early summer day 1964:
Jack drives through town in his truck, which rattles and sputters louder than ever. Drums his fingers on the steering wheel in time to "Faded Love" by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, which blares from his fuzzy radio. Eyes the sidewalks and dilapidated storefronts, as if looking for someone: Ennis.
Nothing, just a skinny kid on a bike being blown around by the wind, and two old women pulling their grocery carts. Jack parks in the dirt lot of the Farm and Ranch Employment trailer, dust and fine gravel pelting his truck's windows like hail. [2003 screenplay]
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"...they came together on paper as herder and camp tender for the same sheep operation north of Signal." [story]
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Jack didn't know Lureen could be such a titillater until she dragged him into the backseat and showed him what she was made of.
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Jack was surprised to have an unbosomer in the back seat with him.
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"In this final vignette of Ennis's life after visiting Jack's folks, his daughter Alma Junior drives up, in a surprise, as Jack once did. At first Ennis claims, as in his last talk with Jack, that his job allows him no time. He then reverses himself: 'They can find themselves another cowboy' -- he'll go to her wedding with Kurt."
-- Andrew Hudson, White Crane (http://www.whitecranejournal.com/68/art6806.asp)
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Lureen's mammillary exposure served to whet Jack's appetite.
=comment=
It seems some of us are milking this scene for all it's worth.
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Lureen thought it xpedient to proceed full speed ahead and turned on her high-beams for Jack.
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As Ennis told his story about riding and flying, he leaned toward Jenny and rubbed the youngster's cheek.
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Jack zealfully zigged and zagged his way across the zephyrous Wyoming landscape.
{def: windy}
=aside= FRiend Lee
Nice high-beams!
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Round 346
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"Jack came lagging in late one afternoon, drank his two bottles of beer cooled in a wet sack on the shady side of the tent, ate two bowls of stew, four of Ennis's stone biscuits, a can of peaches, rolled a smoke, watched the sun drop." [story]
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Lureen took advantage of her brassiere's ease of removal.
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The clasp on Lureen's brassiere was as easy as its owner.
=aside= Toast
Nice Wyo plate!
Oh, I'm a little slow: Tree-forty-six.
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"During the day Ennis looked across a great gulf and sometimes saw Jack, a small dot moving across a high meadow as an insect moves across a tablecloth; Jack, in his dark camp, saw Ennis as night fire, a red spark on the huge black mass of mountain." [story]
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Lureen efficiently made her clothing match her back seat mood by removing her brassiere.
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After Lureen lets go of the brakes, Jack feels as if he is headed in the right direction.
=aside= Fran
After that whole Signal/signal controversy, I am amazed that Signal wasn't used before.
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In Brokeback Mountain, the role of Killer Mechanic was played by Gary Lauder.
=reply= Sandy
Paul mentioned "Signal" to me a week or two ago. I was surprised as well.
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After Ennis cast aspersions on rodeo cowboys, Jack up and demonstrated how exciting it was to be a bull rider; however, when he fell and knocked over all the camping gear, hilarity ensued.
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In the back seat, Jack and Lureen instinctually got the motor running.
=aside= Jake
Happy birthday, bud.
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From notstarring.com (http://www.notstarring.com/actors/fiennes-joseph):
Roles turned down by Joseph Fiennes:
"Brokeback Mountain"
Loved the project so much that he met with three different directors attached at various times to discuss starring in the film.
Actor who got the part: Heath Ledger
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The "F" word from Round 345:
Jack fails in his attempt to pick up Jimbo.
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Things became even kickier in the backseat when Lureen kicked it up a notch by removing her bra.
Def: providing a kick or thrill : Exciting
=aside= Jake
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In the back seat, Lureen loosened her clothes and their libidos.
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Happy Birthday Jake, or is that Jack?
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"They had a high-time supper by the fire, a can of beans each, fried potatoes and a quart of whiskey on shares, sat with their backs against a log, boot soles and copper jeans rivets hot, swapping the bottle while the lavender sky emptied of color and the chill air drained down, drinking, smoking cigarettes, getting up every now and then to piss, firelight throwing a sparkle in the arched stream, tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, talking horses and rodeo, roughstock events, wrecks and injuries sustained, the submarine Thresher lost two months earlier with all hands and how it must have been in the last doomed minutes, dogs each had owned and known, the draft, Jack's home ranch where his father and mother held on, Ennis's family place folded years ago after his folks died, the older brother in Signal and a married sister in Casper." [story]
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Jack had engaged in some "nastiness" with Ennis, but he settled for some naughtiness with Lureen.
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For Jack and Lureen, the backseat was overflowing with possibilities that night in Childress. Never enough time, never enough.
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Proulx wrote:
"Too late to go out to them damn sheep," said Ennis, dizzy drunk on all fours one cold hour when the moon had notched past two.
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The quiescency of the evening was broken by the sounds of love-making in the backseat.
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When Lureen made a clean breast of it, Jack knew he had some reciprocating to do.
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Once Jack finds out Lureen has let go of the brakes, he steps on the gas.
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Lureen: "You don't think I'm too fast, do you? Maybe we should put the brakes on."
Jack smiles at her.
Jack: "It's your call. Fast or slow, I just like the direction you're goin in."
She thinks about this for a second. Then she sits up suddenly, unbuttons her blouse. Takes it off. Reaches back to unfasten her bra.
Jack: "I guess you are in a hurry!"
Lureen: "My daddy's the hurry. Expects me home with the car by midnight."
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Lureen the unbosomer unbuttons her blouse, unfastens her bra and unleashes some unbridled passion.
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Jack was aware of the vehemency of Miss Newsome in the backseat of that automobile.
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Lureen and Jack worked their way from the front seat to the backseat.
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Lureen made an xhibitionistic display of her upper frontals in the
lower backseat.
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Jack enjoyed the yumminess that Lureen vehemently offered to him.
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From the blog Sama Zama (http://samazama.animeblogger.net/2006/05/11/boys-love-yo-go-or-no-go/):
"Apropos of nothing, I’ve seen Brokeback Mountain. Twice. Damn near cried the second time." -- Alex
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Round 347!
Happy Birthday, Jake
You're a little bit of heaven!
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With thanks to Santa Toast
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Ever the aphorist, Jack told Lureen, "Fast or slow, I just like the direction you're going in."
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Signal Wyoming, early summer day 1964:
Jack drives through town in his truck, which rattles and sputters louder than ever. Drums his fingers on the steering wheel in time to "Faded Love" by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, which blares from his fuzzy radio. Eyes the sidewalks and dilapidated storefronts, as if looking for someone: Ennis.
Nothing, just a skinny kid on a bike being blown around by the wind, and two old women pulling their grocery carts. Jack parks in the dirt lot of the Farm and Ranch Employment trailer, dust and fine gravel pelting his truck's windows like hail. [2003 screenplay]
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Lureen parked the convertible alongside a chainlink fence.
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Ennis and Jack were two desperados in love.
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Jack and Ennis were outlaws, escaping matrimonial law for a while.
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"Jack dreams of buying a ranch together. Ennis thinks they'll be killed if anyone suspects their relationship. And so they marry women and have children, and for 20 years live apart, seeing each other only on rare camping trips, trying to hold on to the innocence and beauty of that first summer on the mountain. Inevitably, the longing and frustration, the years of repression, lead to a devastating conclusion."
-- Sean Smith, Newsweek (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10017716/site/newsweek/)
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Jack grabbled his way through that evening in the backseat.
{def: to feel or search with the hands; grope}
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We witness the celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday in two households. ;)
=aside=
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all! :D
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Lureen's brassiere removal was purely intentional.
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Jack's rodeo-mimicking antics proved a delightful jape for both men's amusement.
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Jack gave Lureen some kissy face, among other things, in the backseat.
=aside= Juliette M
Happy Jake's bday and Happy holidays to you, too.
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Jack and Lureen were longingly eyeing each other - the rodeo king and queen.
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"On Saturday, Gus Van Sant -- one of the industry's first openly gay directors, whose credits include Good Will Hunting and To Die For -- spoke at the Queer Lounge about his efforts to get Brokeback Mountain made five years ago.
"'That's the one that got away,' he acknowledged. 'I dropped the ball. I didn't get the cast I wanted. I wanted big-name actors so I could make a political statement.' Van Sant generously called Ang Lee's film 'everything I wanted mine to be. I'm not sure it would have happened like that five years ago. It's all come true, and I'm really happy it worked out.'"-- Ruthe Stein, SFGate.com (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/24/DDG5PGQTL51.DTL)
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Jack and Ennis could have proceeded with their relationship--if it hadn't been for the node of Ennis's engagement to Alma.
def-entanglement, predicament
=aside= JulietteMontague
So glad to see U!
=aside= Paul
Thanks!
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Lureen was a smooth operator when she let go of the brakes and determined the direction they were going.
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"They got the big tent up on the Forest Service's platform, the kitchen and grub boxes secured. Both slept in camp that first night, Jack already bitching about Joe Aguirre's sleep-with-the-sheep-and-no-fire order...." [story]
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Jack discovered that Lureen was a quick-change artist.
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Jack was rubbing elbows with Childress' upper class when he got in the backseat of the car with Lureen.
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A lot of people have a deep spiritual connection with Brokeback Mountain.
=aside=
Only 400 posts (give or take) to reach 10,000 !!!!!
=aside= Daniel
Thanks for contributing.
Yeah, 10,000 will be here before we know it.
Fran and Sandy
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"The sheep trucks and horse trailers unloaded at the trailhead and a bandy-legged Basque showed Ennis how to pack the mules, two packs and a riding load on each animal ring-lashed with double diamonds and secured with half hitches...." [story]
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Jack Twist was aware of the usefulness of becoming part of the Newsome family.
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Jack's view of the situation in the backseat of the car became vaster once Lureen removed her bra.
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The episode in the backseat showed Jack wheeling toward marriage to Lureen.
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Annie Proulx felt as though she would need an xorcism to get the characters of Jack and Ennis out of her head. [link] (http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-author-of-the-story-Brokeback-Mountain-talks-about-the-film-15748.shtml)
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As posted on 14 January 2006 in The Yoko Factor, a livejournal (http://the-yokofactor.livejournal.com/):
"PS, go see Brokeback Mountain if you can."
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Zumber Directory has listed the top ten results of a search for Brokeback Mountain.
(http://directory.zumber.com/_images/logo_small.gif) (http://directory.zumber.com/pages/b/brokeback.html)
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Round 348
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_430.jpg)
We have to hurry. I can't be late.
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Once Lureen decided not to put the brakes on, she began to accelerate.
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"The sooty bulk of the mountain paled slowly until it was the same color as the smoke from Ennis's breakfast fire." [story]
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Meanwhile, while Jack was dallying with Lureen, Ennis was dealing with two caterwauling infants.
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Jack and Lureen started at the top and worked their way downward in the backseat of the car.
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Although Lureen and her daddy were in a hurry, Jack tried to remain even-tempered in the backseat.
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"The NFL refused the makers of Brokeback Mountain use of game footage for a scene in the movie, but not because of the film's gay theme, contrary to the impression left by one of the producers in comments to a group of colleagues and to Outsports. Instead, the NFL had a problem with the specific scene because of coarse language and that it painted football as a necessary step to manhood."
-- Jim Buzinski, Outsports.com (http://outsports.com/nfl/2006/0302nflbrokeback.htm)
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After that night in the backseat of the car, Jack gained a lot of ground in his relationship with Lureen, although he would never gain the upper hand.
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Jack and Lureen were making out in the backseat of a car: a hoary situation indeed.
{def: old-time, venerated, trite}
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"The tragedy in this particular love story is less the inability of Ennis to understand or articulate his feelings than it is his inability to believe there might be a place for us... somewhere."
-- Stephen O. Murray, Epinions.com (http://www.epinions.com/content_215512223364)
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Cassie jiggled and joggled her way into Ennis' life.
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In speaking of the kingly profits in L.D. Newsome's company, Jack Twist said " .. Course he don't let her have none a the money, and he hates my fuckin guts, so it's a hard go now but one a these days -- " [Proulx]
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Lureen exposed then removed her lovely lacy lingerie in the backseat of LD's car.
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Ennis measures up to Jack's expectations, prompting him to say: "Gun’s goin off."
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"At 51, director Ang Lee’s film career has come full circle. After winning the Academy Award for best foreign language film for 2001’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, his Brokeback Mountain garnered the best director, screenplay and music awards at this year’s Oscars. Lee has successfully crossed the threshold from foreign to domestic cinema and is sitting comfortably, seemingly at home, in America’s cinema hall of fame." -- I-Ching Ng, East West Magazine (http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/content/view/21/40/)
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Jack's obsessive poverty made Lureen a very lucrative target for him.
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Lureen was a practitioner of promptitude, as she promised to produce the car to its proper place punctually, to please her pompous pappy.
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(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_158.jpg)
This Brokeback Mountain movie still shows Heath Ledger quirking his mouth as he portrays Ennis del Mar in one of the film's earlier scenes.
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Ennis and Alma lived in a rented apartment above the laundromat in 1967.
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Things were a little rough between Ennis and Jack the first time in Tent Scene I, but after that it was smooth sailing.
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Lureen was no milquetoast; in fact, she was treating Jack to a glimpse of her upper frontals.
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"...if you eliminate the aspect of the film's lovers being two men, what remains is a tale perfectly pitched to the universal frequencies of unplanned and inconvenient affection, loyalty, betrayal, courage and cowardice. The trials that attend these men are human in nature, not hetero or homo, male or female."
-- Valerie Davison, Intervention Magazine (http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1240)
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When Jack got the booby prize, he knew that the time for vacillation was over.
=up front= (oops) ABCs Players
Merry Christmas to All.
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Jack and Lureen were necking in the backseat; soon, Lureen was waylaying Jack by exposing more than just her neck.
=aside= Toast
Hmmm, Jack got the booby prize all right, but he was vacillation-indeferent.
=holidaze= Playerz
Happy Holidays!
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Lureen moved xpeditiously, since she had to have her Daddy's T-bird home by midnight.
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Yarmouth's Cinema Clock gave Brokeback an 8.3/10 rating. Link (http://www.cinemaclock.com/dvd/dvd.aw/p.clock/r.sco/m.Yarmouth/j.e/i.8543/n.1/Souvenirs_de_Brokeback_Mountain.html)
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Merry
A*B*C
"C" is Childress
"H" is Higgins Gift Shop
"R" is Riverton
"I" is Independence Day
"S" is Signal
"T" is Twist
"M" is Mountain
"A" is Academy Awards
"S" is Stonewall
Gamely,
Mayor Will-Xmas ;D
ABCzville, The World
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The zip-fasteners on the flies of the jeans that Ennis and Jack were wearing were quickly being pulled down in Tent Scene I.
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Round 349
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Hope Your Holidays Are Divine!!!
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Continuing where Will-ABC left off when he started the ABCz of BBM game nearly 350 roundz ago with "A" is Academy :D here's the other half: Awards!! ::) BBM was nominated for 8 Academy Awards!!!!!!!! :)
=comment= Playerz
You cudnt believe Awards wasnt played?? :o
I cud!! :laugh:
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Jack won the booby prize, and later came the bouncing baby boy.
=aside= Sandy
Nice Round Announcement
Wishing you a divine Christmas too. (Well maybe just delicious!)
=reply= Toast
Thank you. I hope it's deliciously divine or divinely delicious - either will do.
Sandy
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Having to leave the mountain earlier than expected was a real comedown for Ennis.
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Ennis and Jack were quite a red ~~hot~~ duo!! :P ;D
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Ennis made a hasty egress from the tent--and away from Jack--the morning after he and Jack had sex for the first time.
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Jack and L.D. had a face-off at Thanksgiving dinner that wiped the smirk of L.D.'s face.
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We understand the glisten in Ennis' eyes at the end of the film.
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Ennis: "You got a extra blanket, I'll roll up out here and grab forty winks, ride out at first light." [screenplay]
=aside=
My younger daughter performed in The Nutcracker Friday evening. She was an awesome angel and a spectacular candy cane and made her mother extremely proud.
=reply= Fran
Congratz to Fran Jr. The Second for her awesome performance.
Sandy
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Jack and Ennis were inching toward intimacy until they went the extra mile in Tent Scene I.
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Mrs. Twist's justness and acceptance made Ennis' trip to Lightning Flat more palatable and significant to him.
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Congrats Fran
and Fran Juniorette
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From the Daily Kos (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/12/11/17560/280):
"According to weekend estimates so far, Brokeback Mountain is in the all-time top ten in per-theater sales and is #1 for a non-animated film. It has grossed an estimated $545k so far, $109k per theater. According to this chart, the average 2005 ticket price is $6.40 (including matinees). But given that Brokeback is only showing in NY, LA and SF, let's say it's $8.00? That would mean about 68,000 people, or 13,500 people per theater has [sic] seen this film. 13,000 people standing in line at each theater waiting to get tickets ... seems like a perfect opportunity to hand out literature." -- Michael D on December 11, 2005
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Jack went out on a limb when he took Ennis' hand and placed it on his crotch.
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That night, Ennis had no problem measuring up to Jack's hand-held offer.
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Emmylou Harris sings "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" as Jack, desolate but determined, drives to Mexico.
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Ennis was much more concerned with outward appearances than Jack.
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Signal Wyoming, early summer day 1964:
Jack parks in the dirt lot of the Farm and Ranch Employment trailer, dust and fine gravel pelting his truck's windows like hail. [2003 screenplay]
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During the Fourth of July celebration, Ennis' reveals his quick-temperedness by his violent reaction to the bikers' slop-bucket mouths.
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Happy Holidays!
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Like all red-blooded American men, Jack and Ennis loved camping out, hunting and drinking whiskey.
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Ennis & Jack are quite the hot twosome!! We saw it in the BBM movie and we see it above and we see it below!!!
=aside= Dottie
Thank You for the realistic and graphic pic!!
The sexuality is key to the BBM twosome!!
=aside= Laura Gigs
Thanks for the eye-catching and creative arts photograph!!
The hot twosome pic keeps the ABCz connected and interesting!!
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following Will and Fran's excellent examples :D
Happy Holidays to all the ABC'z Playerz!
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I probably won't be back on now until the new year! All the best everyone! hope Santa brings you lots of goodiez
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Its Xmas Eve!! Spent partly with Dottie Mat-Xmas & pmails too!! :D Some real board fun & Xmas music & latest hour Ive been up this year!!
Merry
Christmas
to the nice
ABCz Playerz
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Ennis' unwillingness to live with him was very frustrating to Jack.
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Merry Christmas
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L.D. equated watching foot ball with virility saying: "You want your son to grow up to be a man, don’t you? Boys should watch football."
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Joe Aguirre "didn't ask if Ennis had a watch but took a cheap round ticker on a braided cord from a box on a high shelf, wound and set it, tossed it to him as if he weren't worth the reach." [story]
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Annie Proulx was very happy with the xcellence of Brokeback Mountain as a presentation of her characters and themes.
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Brokeback starts out with two youthful-looking boys who fall in love and grow into middle-aged men.
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Skinny-dipping played in round 349 is a hyphenated word and has already been played. We need a new "S."
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"The wind strikes the trailer like a load of dirt coming off a dump truck, eases, dies, leaves a temporary silence." [story]
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Staff Writer Kirsten Zimmermann's article for Thomas M. Cooley Law School's The Pillar (http://www.cooley.edu/pillar/2006/062806.pdf) (June 28, 2006, edition) describes how the movie Brokeback Mountain was shown at an ABA-sponsored diversity event focusing on gay marriage.
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Round 350
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Very Gifty
Cowboy Soap.
Great smell.
Great ingredients.
Great gift. (http://horsetrailerworld.com/home/contribute/homepage/Soap/Soapstory.asp)
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Dear Fran And Sandy
Thanks for coming up with a new S for me Fran. I did not realize that skinny-dipping was a hyphenated word and since I am not at home I did not get your message until much too late to take action myself.
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Regarding the appropriateness of some photographs and images, I have a few thoughts to share with you both. First off my intention in posting the image I did was not to offend anyone, test any rules or push any envelopes. The image is a screen capture directly from the film which brought us all here. I did take the added precaution of further blurring the image for the sensibilities of others and in consideration of Bettermosts no frontal nudity policy. However, if seeing the image in the film failed to offend, I cannot image how it could be construed in bad taste or offensive to post it in support of a play in a game themed for the film.
I guess great minds will have to agree to disagree on this topic. Happy Holidays everyone.
Dottie
???
=reply= Dottie
To quote an ABCz player: "The photo of Heath, and Jake's double, running toward the camera is not from the movie. It was taken by some on-location photographer and circulated by that source."
Sandy
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Ennis' little Jenny had such an angelic look!!
=aside= Dottie
"A" is also agree with eveything You said.
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When Alma tells Ennis about his first postcard, it is sitting on an opened five-ring binder on the countertop. The binder is obviously a cookbook, and is later seen atop the canisters while Alma is talking to the two kissers.
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[Full Screen DVD Capture]
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Goodness gracious, it's Christmastime again! Ennis will be playing Santa Claus tomorrow on Christmas Day at Cheyenne's Gay Community Center for the special sweet children of proud gay parents. Gee whiz, I am so proud of my son-in-law Mr. del Mar! So would Jack be proud! :(
This is the baby A-B-C-z of BBM's first Christmas. On the holiday music radio station, we accordingly heard "Baby's First Christmas" by one of the wonderful voices of Christmas, Miss Connie Francis. Oh, my! ;)
Have yourselves a merry little Christmas with special cherry blessings. :D
Mrs. Mary S. Twist
Christmas Eve 2006
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While it was Thanksgiving at Jack & Lureen's house in the 1977 BBM scene, it was also rather Christmasy with the special holiday, the family, the child, the inlaws, the finery, the big turkey dinner and the other festivities !
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"The count was not what he'd hoped for either. Ranch stiffs never did much of a job." [story]
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Jack was unable to provide an explanation to Ennis's query regarding the nature of the Pentecost.
=aside=
Happy Christmas Fran :-*
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Ennis’ temper flared often, and frequently got him into trouble.
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Aguirre added, gratuitously, "Not unless you can cure pneumonia" when telling Jack that even though Uncle Harold was sick, he'd best not leave the mountain.
=Merry Xmas= To all
In gratitude for the many hourz of pleasure playing with all of you, and a special thankx to our founder and birthday boy-to-be, Will & Dre. Thankx to moderators Fran & Sandy for putting up with me this year. And, awesome work, Dottie! Thank U Playerz, you're great. Everybody have a great day!!
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Whenever they could work out a time, Jack and Ennis got together heading for the hills.
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Jack and Ennis' private lives eventually started to interfere with their public lives.
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Ennis is at his happiest when he joins Jack up in the mountains.
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Ennis wears a vest with an additional length in back, a design feature called kidney protection.
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This scene takes place before Alma and Ennis moved to town with better laundry facilities.
Note: Ennis is wearing his gloves in his left rear pocket, possibly the only time that he wears them on that side in the whole movie.
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Lureen displays her lacy lingerie in the backseat of LD's car.
=aside= Playerz
I hope everyone had a lovely holiday.
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Jack and Ennis had a meeting of the minds after Tent Scene I when Jack said: "It's nobody's business but ours."
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"What is most notable about the soundtrack to Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain is the original score by Argentinian music wizard Gustavo Santaolalla...."
-- msn.com (http://shopping.msn.com/prices/shp/?itemId=149146794)
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Ennis and Jack tried to obfuscate the real purpose of their time together by calling them fishing trips.
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Ennis Del Mar was at his perkiest when he stood on that landing and said "Jack Fucking Twist! You son-of-a-bitch."
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Here are the Spanish lyrics to "Quizás, Quizás, Quizás," the song heard during Jack's visit to Juarez:
Siempre que te pregunto
Que cuándo, cómo y dónde
Tú siempre me respondes
Quizás, quizás, quizás
Y así pasan los días
Y yo, desesperando
Y tú, tú contestando
Quizás, quizás, quizás
Estás perdiendo el tiempo
Pensando, pensando
Por lo que más tú quieras
¿Hasta cuándo? ¿Hasta cuándo?
Y así pasan los días
Y yo, desesperando
Y tú, tú contestando
Quizás, quizás, quizás....
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Rufus' voice on "The Maker Makes" is affectingly melancholy.
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Ennnis had to sink or swim after Jack initiated sex in Tent Scene I. Judging by Jack's reaction, Ennis performed swimmingly.
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On that full moon in June, Ennis spent time stemming the rose, not tending the sheep.
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Ennis believed that a safe cohabitation for himself and Jack was unavailable to them.
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"Many, of all persuasions, will flock to this movie seeking titillation. They will be disappointed. The sex scenes are discreet, and the love scenes (there's a difference) are tender and restrained. This has to be a gratifying moment for the gay community -- to be represented with sensitivity, verity and dignity...."
-- Valerie Davison, Intervention Magazine (http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1240)
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Jack's overture in Tent Scene 1 whetted Ennis' appetite.
=aside= Commonwealth playerz
Happy Boxing Day!
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The Twist home in Childress was much more xpensively furnished than that of the Del Mar family in Riverton.
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At Yoko’s Multiply Site (http://yokosept.multiply.com/reviews/item/5), there is a review of Brokeback Mountain written in Japanese. The movie was given four stars.
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Zoologically, on BBM there were horses, sheep, dogs and coyotes, among other kinds of animals.
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Round 351! We've only just begun!
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Jack took one look at Ennis, and was instantly agog with romantic feelings.
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"The next week Joe Aguirre sent word to bring them down -- another, bigger storm was moving in from the Pacific -- and they packed in the game and moved off the mountain with the sheep, stones rolling at their heels, purple cloud crowding in from the west and the metal smell of coming snow pressing them on." [story]
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Dean G. Baker and Larry Pollon are both listed as head carpenters in the credits for Brokeback Mountain.
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Lureen was in the driver's seat when she decided to let go of the brakes and get into the backseat of the car.
=aside= Paul
Very nice round announcement.
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When Alma Jr. told Cassie that maybe Ennis wasn't the "marryin' kind", that was a euphemistic way of sayin' Cassie wasn't right for him. Perhaps Jr. knew Ennis's proclivities.
=aside= Toast
Head carpenters: good one.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks for the compliment. I'm on top of the world, but I know it's gonna take some time this time to say goodbye to love, so Merry Christmas, Darling.
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Through thick and thin, Ennis's fidelity to Jack did not waver in 20 years.
=aside= Playerz
Holiday greetings and wishes for peace and quiet. ::)
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Ennis is so grateful to Mrs. Twist for her kindness.
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Proulx wrote:
"Shot a coyote just first light," he told Jack the next evening, sloshing his face with hot water, lathering up soap and hoping his razor had some cut left in it, while Jack peeled potatoes.
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In Tent Scene 1, Ennis was intent on hammering home his message: he'd only just begun.
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Jacqueline Simpson was one of the drivers during production of the film Brokeback Mountain.
Source: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808403312/cast
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Jack's 1967 visit to Riverton kick-started his relationship with Ennis.
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In 1963, up on Brokeback, Ennis and Jack lived on top of the world, looking down on creation.
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There are some sounds in TS1 that some people hear as a moan, and others hear as Jack saying, 'F* me, F* me." I hear the words.
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"Heath Ledger is extremely impressive as Ennis, who tries to bear his burden of denial with stoic fortitude but can’t help lashing out at those around him. Ledger is transformed in the role, capturing not only Ennis’ broad accent and surly demeanour, but also the seething torment underneath. Jake Gyllenhaal’s performance as Jack isn’t as showy, but it’s also note-perfect. The bond between the two is convincing, and the highs and lows of the relationship are absorbing."
-- Stephen Rowley, Cinephobia (http://www.cinephobia.com/brokebck.htm)
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John Twist is an obstinant, opposing, ornery and oppugnant old man.
This word has been brought to you by the letter (http://www.heathersanimations.com/alphabets/abc87_files/bz03159.gif)
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Interior: Twist Cadillac: highway: Childress, Texas: night:
Cold night. Panhandle wind blows. Jack and Lureen in their Cadillac, hurrying to a big country dance. Lureen is very North Dallas now, fur coat, too much jewelry, too much makeup, too stiff a hairdo. Jack wears a white Stetson. Both are smoking. [2003 screenplay]
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There was a kind of hush when Jack asked queryingly of Ennis if there were anything interesting up there in heaven. Ennis could have responded:
Why do stars fall down from the sky
Every time you walk by?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.
(http://www.vex.net/~paulmac/carpenter/lyrics/close_to_you_sm.jpg)
(http://www.vex.net/~paulmac/carpenter/lyrics/close_to_you_sm4.jpg)
But instead he missed that ticket to ride and made a lame joke about the harmonica.
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Jack was attracted to the razzle-dazzle of rodeo life.
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=aside= Paul
You're really hammering home those Carpenters' lyrics. You certainly have them nailed down.
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Cassie: (still looking away from Ennis) "You hardly ever take me any place nice."
(A beat.)
Ennis: (shrugs) "Take you everywhere."
Cassie: "Everywhere in Riverton. Why can't you take me to Casper? Could’ve seen [The Empire Strikes Back] indoors in Casper."
Ennis: (somewhat incredulous) "Three hours a drivin' to see spaceships and robots?"
Cassie: "So? You drive all over just to go huntin' and fishin' with your friends."
Ennis doesn't know what to say. Keeps driving. [2003 screenplay]
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A truism of Jack's: "sometimes I miss you so much, I can hardly stand it."
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=aside= Toast
I can't believe you fit that one in!
Take me to your leader!
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Ennis became unhinged the morning after Tent Scene I until he was able to nail down an agreement with Jack that it would be just between the two of them.
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Mrs. Twist seemed unimpressed and unaffected by the virulency of her husband: She treated Ennis with empathy and respect.
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Ennis' horses whinny when pushed, and the girls whine "No" when asked if they need a push.
(http://www.vex.net/~paulmac/carpenter/lyrics/bless_the_beasts_and_children_sm.jpg)
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Jack finally snapped when he heard L.D. xhort Lureen to let Bobby watch football so he could grow up to be a man.
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Lureen was much more of a young-spirited person in her attitudes, thinking and appearance than Alma was.
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The 411 on Kurt:
He's a Z28-driving roughneck who works out in the oil fields. He loves Alma Jr. and is going to marry her on June 5th at the Methodist Church.
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Round 352!
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"Last year one storm, the lightnin' kilt 42 sheep."
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On their first morning drinking together, Jack told Ennis how awfully bad 42 dead sheep could smell. And that they needed plenty of whiskey up on Brokeback.
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Out of frustration from not being able to be with Ennis after his divorce, Jack went to Mexico where he got a bang for his buck.
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"There were only the two of them on the mountain, flying in the euphoric, bitter air, looking down on the hawk's back and the crawling lights of vehicles on the plain below, suspended above ordinary affairs and distant from tame ranch dogs barking in the dark hours." [story]
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Jack and Lureen Twist were dressed to the nines when they met the Malones on the way to the Childress Children's Benefit Dance.
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Them poor forty-two sheep were killed by electrocution. Ennis was not electrocuted, however, 'cuz he didn't take that job at the power company.
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Alma was so busy fixing dinner that she didn't notice Ennis's reaction to the initial postcard from Jack.
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Jack told Ennis about 42 of the gamiest sheep - zapped by lightning and rotting up on Brokeback in 1962.
def - Ill-smelling; rank
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Jack's story about the lightning-struck sheep was horrifying to Ennis; Ennis makes a face that says as much.
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"Hired to watch sheep in their summer range on Brokeback Mountain, slowly but inevitably Ennis and Jack find one thing leads to another."
-- Diane Carson, KDHX Film Review (http://www.kdhx.org/reviews/brokeback_mountain.html)
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Death by lightning is one of the jeopardies that Jack tells Ennis about.
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Forty-two sheep had been killed by lightning the previous summer. Jack readily told Ennis about the killings' effect on him: he thought he'd asphyxiate from the smell.
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"You wasn't paid to let the dogs babysit the sheep while you stemmed the rose," Aguirre said lasciviously.
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"Proulx's story caused a sensation when it appeared in The New Yorker eight years ago. Its raw masculinity, spare dialogue and lonely imagery subverted the myth of the American cowboy and obliterated gay stereotypes."
-- Sean Smith, Newsweek (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10017716/site/newsweek/)
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After Jack tells of the poor unfortunate sheep, Ennis pulls out his nub of a cigarette and asks for the Zippo.
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In the movie, Jack made this observation about the hapless zapped sheep:
"Last year, one storm, the lightning killed 42 sheep.
I thought I'd asphyxiate from the smell.
Aguirre got all over my ass, like I was supposed to control the weather."
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Jack thought he'd asphyxiate from the putrid odor of the electrocuted sheep.
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Jack quantifies that there were exactly forty-two haplessly zapped sheep.
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In 1962 the sheepherders on Brokeback had to decide what was to be done about the rotting remnants of the haplessly zapped sheep. Then they had to continue herding those that were in mint condition.
(http://www.edsmith.com/en/products/pure/images/Pure-mint-en-lg.jpg)
=aside= Sandy
We had some very cool putrid posts today,
but my fav was about Jack getting a bang for his buck.
You are so witty.
=reply= Toast
Thanks toast. My post was kind of a stinker.
Sandy
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"They found a bar and drank beer through the afternoon, Jack telling Ennis about a lightning storm on the mountain the year before that killed forty-two sheep, the peculiar stink of them, and the way they bloated, the need for plenty of whiskey up there." [story]
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Jack told Ennis about a tempestuous lightning storm that zapped forty-two sheep the year before.
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With such an unlooked-for abundance of roast mutton at hand after the lightning storm of '62, Jack could have used some of that mint jelly mentioned by Toast.
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After the sheep were zapped, Jack worried about being asphyxiated by the putrid vapors.
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Just a whiff of the putrid vapors was enough to get Jack worried about being asphyxiated.
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With all those putrid zapped-sheep vapors around, Jack found it easier to xhale than to inhale.
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In spite of the yuckiness of the 42 haplessly zapped sheep in 1962, Jack was still willing to chow down on mutton or lamb in 1963.
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Jack thought he would zonk out from the putrid zapped-sheep vapors.
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Round 353
(http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumb_66/11505503799dJBb9.jpg) (http://www.biscuiteriedelapointeduraz.com/images/image%20fiche%20tres%20vieille%20eau%20de%20vie%20de%20cidre.JPG)
Jack Could Have Used Some Eau De Vie
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Jack thought he would succumb to asphyxia because of the putrid zapped sheep.
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Jack was seriously bummed to find that 42 sheep had been zapped, but not as bummed as Joe Aguirre, who in fact got "all over" Jack's bum about it.
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Jack and Aguirre had every right to be bummed about forty-two hapless ovine carcasses rotting on Brokeback Mountain.
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Jack was willing to spend a second summer up on Brokeback Mountain working for Joe Aguirre despite his experience with the 42 putrid sheep the year before.
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That was an awesome lightning storm in 1963 to electrocute forty-two unsuspecting hapless sheep.
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Joe Aguirre felt fleeced by the fatalities in his flock after the summer of 1962. So he instigated his fry-with-the-flock - oops sleep-with-the-sheep rule.
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The group of electrocuted sheep was part of the "goddamn near twenty-five percent loss" sustained by Joe Aguirre the previous summer.
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Those poor hapless forty-two sheep were victims of Mother Nature's electrical discharge.
(http://www.blueridgemuse.com/images/lightning.jpg)
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When a lightning storm incinerated 42 sheep in 1962, the sheep may have been hapless, but the coyotes must have been rather happy.
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Excessive lightning losses, predator losses, and maybe even human consumption jeopardized the continued grazing on Brokeback Mountain.
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"Due to the large box-office success in its limited run, the movie Brokeback Mountain will open in Indianapolis on Wednesday, December 28th at the Keystone Arts Cinema, rather than the originally scheduled mid-January release date."
-- IndyScribe (http://www.indyscribe.com/film_tv/)
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The lightning's power zapped the hapless sheep, causing odoriferous hapless sheep vapor.
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The odorific problem on Brokeback came in stages, with the putrefying flesh being a later stage. Some of the earliest odors were that burnt damp-wool smell, and freshly steamed manure, and ...
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Aguirre wanted Jack and Ennis to keep their noses clean so that he wouldn't have "goddamn near twenty-five percent loss" from electified sheep like last year.
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Jack told an odiferous tale about his first summer on Brokeback Mountain, but it didn't offend Ennis none.
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Forty-two sheep in Jack's care had perished in a lightning storm the previous summer.
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Jack Twist seemed to think that whiskey would help combat the queerish smell if lightning struck on Brokeback again.
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Nothing could rid Jack of the memory of that rancid odor.
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Jack thought that the ungodly odor from the zapped sheep stunk to high heaven.
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In 1962 forty-two sheep had the toastiest times of their lives up on Brokeback.
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Thankfully, in 1963, the flock of sheep in the care of Jack and Ennis remained unzapped by any stray lightning bolts.
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The lightning storm that killed the forty-two sheep caused a mightily asphyxiation-producing vaporous cloud of putrefying proportions.
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According to Jack, Joe Aguirre wrongly held him accountable for the 42 dead sheep, but how was he supposed to control the weather?
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Jack and Ennis seemed to accept the sheep-zapping story as an example of the xtremeness they could expect on the mountain.
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Mother Nature's lightning storm was the zapper that zapped those poor hapless forty-two sheep.
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Round 354!
I come on a boar bear!
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On Brokeback in the summer of '62, an assemblage of amazed sheep were assailed by an alarming atmospheric act which filled the air all around with an acutely acrid aroma.
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Bonkers is the name of the bear featured in Brokeback Mountain. Bonkers can be visited at Doug's Exotic Zoo Farm in Innisfail, Alberta.
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The sheep-zapping incident may have been a calamity for Jack (and the sheep), but falling off a spooked Cigar Butt because of little Bonkers was a calamity for Ennis.
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Ennis coming on the bear in the stream was a disastrous dietary event for Jack and Ennis.
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While returning to camp with a week's supply of food, Ennis, his horse, and the mules encountered a bear as they came around a bend.
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The bear succeeded in frightening the living daylights out of Cigar Butt so by the time they got back to camp, it was dark.
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The immediate gastronomic prospects of Jack and Ennis looked bleak following the bear incident.
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After being thrown off his horse, Ennis got up, stiff and angry, and hurried down the trail after his horse and the mules.
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After the horse was spooked by the bear and food spilled everywhere, Ennis had the intestinal fortitude to hurry down the trail after his horse and mules.
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Ennis lost control of his horse and both juments when the bear startled them.
def - beasts of burden
=aside= Toast
You never cease to amaze me.
Sandy
=reply= Sandy et al
Where else can we learn about a jument with a kyack that got lightened in a major way?
We are all pretty wordiferous.
Toast
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As the mules fled from the bear, they lost their kyacks, scattering food everywhere.
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Lee, while Jack undoubtedly sent Ennis numerous postcards, only two of them were shown in the movie. Neither one pictured Yosemite; thus, "Yosemite" is history.
:(
We need a replacement "Y" word.
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Aside from procreation, Ennis made it clear that he did not need to "worship at the yoni" of Alma.
def - female genitilia
=clarification= Fran
This is the replacement "Y" word, while I search for the Yosemite reference.
=comment= Lee
I think you mean female "genitalia."
Fran
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After the food was scattered everywhere, Ennis' load was considerably lightened but his burden was heavier.
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Ennis could continue eating beans, but Jack considered their dietary restrictions a major problem.
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Ennis was willing to step up to the
plate gun and do something about Jack's nullification of his menu plans.
=aside= Sandy
Toast doesn't have time to read The Virginian becuz he's too bizzy reading the dictionary!!
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Prior to his encounter with the bear, Ennis had asked the Basque about the omission of powdered milk and spuds from the food supplies.
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As soon as possible, Jack and Ennis were preparing the elk meat, some for immediate consumption - and a great deal was drip-dried near the smoky fire.
=reply= Lee
Touché.
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After the big elk kill, Jack and Ennis cut strips of meat to dry for jerky, then quick-cooked some juicy steaks for a high time supper by the fire.
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Ennis's horse balks, spooks, and rears up after it spots the bear.
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First the dumbass mules scattered the food, and then Jack did some dumbass missing with the rifle. But Ennis finally straightened out the food supply.
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After the bear incident left a bad taste in his mouth, Ennis killed and tasted an Elk, which he found very tasty, showing there's no accounting for taste.
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Jack's response to the thought of beans again was "ugh."
=aside=
Methinks Sandy's response to the idea of elk is "ugh" as well (altho I had some delicious elk with Ennis at the Buckhorn Exchange yesterday).
=reply= Lee
I actually have never tasted elk, but I went to a restaurant the other night which had elk, kangaroo, ostrich, rattlesnake and tripe - I had eggplant.
Sandy
=reply= Sandy
I've had em all, and I think you made the right choice!
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He thought the beans were ok, but Ennis was a vacillator when the meat was ready to eat.
def - To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
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After Ennis had to eat his words when he shot the elk, he wordlessly ate the meat with delight.
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Ennis xhibits his marksmanship when he kills the elk with one shot.
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The yucky-looking elk jerky drip dries by the fire as Jack and Ennis chew on what looks like elk ribs.
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Ennis chose beer, bare feet and a tv show over the fire and brimstone zealots.
def - One zealously devoted to a religion
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Round
3 5 5
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Here are the complete words for Water Walking Jesus
as they appear in the shooting script/screenplay of 2004.
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While Jack sang, Ennis accompanied him on makeshift drums.
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Many years later, Jack would raise his voice again, when he called L. D. an SOB, which means son of a bitch, or bastard.
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Jack cradled Ennis' face in his hands in Tent Scene #2.
=aside=
Happy Holidays my fellow ABC playerz!
I can't believe that Sunday, New Year's Eve, will mark ONE YEAR since I first saw BBM. How time flies. Thanks for being a part of it and may we have another happy year of obsession!
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Ennis drummed on the coffeepot while Jack sang "Water Walking Jesus".
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Jack sang "Water-Walking Jesus" enrapturedly to Ennis.
=aside= AnnMarie
Happy New Year to you, former miss Mod.
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Ennis's rat a tat adds a flourish to the finale of Jack's song.
=aside= Ann Marie
Not only do you and I share a birthday, we saw BBM for the first time on the same day too!!
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Singing the gospel tune "Water Walking Jesus" gives Jack the opportunity to realize that he actually doesn't know what his religion is all about.
=aside= AnnMarie and Ellemeno
Congrats on your anniversaries and your ..
Oops I won't mention your birthdays.
Nice to have you back, AnnMarie.
Happy New Year Everyone.
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Jack and Ennis were in harmony with their music and each other. The same can't be said of Jack's harmonica playing.
=aside= Ann Marie
Good to see you. Hope you have a happy, healthy and harmonious new year.
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Jack's growing attraction to Ennis was inexpressible in words, so he poured his heart out in hymns like "Water Walkin' Jesus" and played soulfully on his harmonica.
=aside=Toast
Thanks for the lovely round announcement and the new words.
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After Ennis asks about the Pentecost, Jack wonders if Jesus's promise of salvation applies to himself.
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=reply= Meryl
Thanks.
And I bet the new words are already on a number of lists;
and they will be used very smartly real soon.
As they should be.
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Jack and Ennis were smoking king-sized cigarettes, drinking whiskey and singing hymns in an attempt to get closer to each other.
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Lashawn was the epitome of liveliness throughout the party scene.
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Ennis was reared by Methodists and didn't know much about the Pentecost - or about sinning, either.
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Jack's hymn singing and Ennis' drumming made it a night of considerable noteworthiness.
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As part of his job duties, Jack operated farm equipment--I mean big farm equipment.
=comment= AnnMarie
Very nice to see U! Happy New Year!!
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Before singing about Jesus, Jack had been practicing on his horse-damaged harmonica.
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The boys were jamming it up when Ennis played his makeshift drums while Jack sang the quasi-gospel "Water Walking Jesus."
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"...the wicked recoil
from the Almighty's power."
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The quasi-gospel song "Water Walking Jesus" was written by James McMurtry (son of Larry), Stephen Bruton and Annie Proulx; and part of it made it into the film - sung by Jake Gyllenhaal.
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There was treble ahead when Jack sang a treble rendition of "Water Walking Jesus."
Def: a high-pitched or shrill voice, tone, or sound
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Jack was the unsung hero of this scene.
=aside= Paul
You hit the high note with that one.
Sandy
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Jack regaled Ennis with a vivace rendition of "Water Walkin' Jesus," sung in a boisterous tenor.
def: musical term for "lively"
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Jack was testing the waters when he sung "Water Walking Jesus" in his attempt to get closer to Ennis.
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Jack's xultance in his singing seemed to be more from his success with Ennis than his redemption from Jesus.
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In the story, Jack sang "Water-Walking Jesus" in a slow dirge tone, and the coyotes yappingly responded in the distance.
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Soon after the singing of "Water Walking Jesus" would be the sound of zippered-up jeans unzippering in Tent Scene I.
=aside= playerz
Have a Happy and Healthy New Year.
Someone please do the round announcement.
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Round
3 5 6
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Good-bye
2 0 0 6
A salute to our favourite musical instrument of 2006:
Jack's harmonica.
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Ennis seems to have exaggerated the awfulness of Jack's harmonica playing. Oops! Maybe not!
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Jack belted out a few tunes on his harmonica. At least one is reminiscent of "He Was a Friend of Mine".
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Goodness gracious, while I was away on a blessed Christmas holiday I was not accessible to a computer or other electronic gagetry. We stayed at the Siesta! Oh, not. Upon my rare return here at the A-B-C-z game, I just looked and looked and looked and simply could not find the listing for our beloved Dre's Birthday. Oh, well. Perhaps the nasty spirit of my very late Mr. OMT made the wishes invisible as he likewise did Jack wrong for so many years. Oh, no. >:(
(http://www.cherryvillecheesecake.com/images/cclogo.gif)
A birthday greeting to the wonderful lad Dre on your berry special birthday. :)
Birthday blessings,
Mrs. Mary S. Twist
P.S. Sad to learn of your dee-lightful Godmother's passing. :(
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Ennis teased Jack about his ability/inability to carry a tune on the harmonica.
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So, Jack's notes and chords are discordant. He is still a player to us.
def - disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
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(http://www.totalsuper.com.au/Happy%20NY%202007.jpg)
May the New Year
exceed your expectations!
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Happy 2007 To All
May each dawn bring new possibilities
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Ennis was being evasive when he mentioned Jack's forgetting to bring his harmonica in response to Jack's query about why Ennis was sending up a prayer of thanks.
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After much teasing, Jack eventually faced the music that his harmonica playing was not music to Ennis' ears.
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When Ennis asked Jack about the Pentecost, Jack seemed to grimly admit that a he would not 'walk on the water' with Jesus.
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Ennis humorously told Jack, "You'll run them damn sheep off again if you don't hush up." In fact, being able to sing and play music was so important to keeping the animals calm, that sheepherders who didn't sing or play music often wouldn't be hired. What Ennis really meant was, "You'll run me off if you keep makin love to me like that." Jack wisely paid him no heed.
=reply= Toast
I still have not found a reference to Yosemite in the movie, but since I replaced it with another "Y" word as soon as Fran XXX'd the Yosemite, there is no rush. BTW, my name is Front-Ranger.
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Ennis was incredulous when Jack suggested that they could make a life together.
=aside= Merrebot
Welcome to the ABCs. Hope you come back and play again.
Sandy and Fran
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Ennis blamed the dumbass jument for his wound, his lateness and the damage to their diets.
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Ennis felt that Jack finally listened to reason when he forgot to bring the harmonica.
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Because of the mare's luck in throwing Jack, the harmonica got flat, but it wasn't broken in two.
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The definition of katabatic played in round 346 is : relating to or being a wind produced by the flow of cold dense air down a slope (as of a mountain or glacier) in an area subject to radiational cooling. This has nothing to do with Ennis' and Jack's activities.
We need a replacement "K".
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Joe Aguirre commited a number of knaveries in his operation up on Brokeback.
This is a replacement word for katabatic played in this round by FrontRanger.
Next letter up is "N"
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Annie Proulx ends Brokeback Mountain describing the nightmarish elements of Ennis' dreams which featured young Jack Twist - but with the bean can and spoon giving the dreams a flavour of comic obscenity.
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Jack's open-air rendition of "Water Walkin' Jesus" was accompanied by a coyote chorus.
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The now well-known "ABCz of Brokeback Mountain" enduring game ended the year the way it began and ended at IMDB's "BBM" and the way I began it at BM: #1! It took a lot of work and rules and time and.... ::)
Congratz
for being.......
Number One in Viewz
again....... to the
ABCz of BBM!!!!!
Don't think that this regained championship title of #1 started at the new year -- though it is nice to have it under our cowboy belt! After a brief lull at #2, the ABCz of BBM is back as #1 in viewz! This significant milestone was achieved four days ago on December 28th, 2006, ironically on Dre's birthday! We were waitin' 2 C if anyone noticed? In fact, the #1 ABCz is already more than 500 viewz ahead of the weary "Ellery & Ennis". We've had so many challengers. Remember "The One Below Me"? We don't get the right congratz butt we got "the viewz"! #1 ABCz! :laugh:
Gamely,
Will-ABC
ABCz-ville Mayor
BM Moderator Emeritus
=aside= Playerz
It's a new year! It wud be good 2 see some proof here!
As of yet, none! Ignoring a huge milestone of your own
game is not the answer. Change the rude attitude here
lately (4 months) and the game may get the return, not
the continued loss, of our worthwhile ABCz Playerz! :o
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Jack plays it by ear when he decides to sing "Water Walking Jesus", not knowing how Ennis will react.
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Jack often slept cozily in his little bed, thanks to his quilt's protection from the cold.
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Jack's harmonica playing always seemed to rile Ennis up.
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Jack was singing up a storm when he sang "Water Walking Jesus."
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In 1983 -
The tea-colored river ran fast with snowmelt, a scarf of bubbles at every high rock, pools and setbacks streaming. The ochre-branched willows swayed stiffly, pollened catkins like yellow thumbprints. The horses drank and Jack dismounted, scooped icy water up in his hand, crystalline drops falling from his fingers, his mouth and chin glistening with wet. [Proulx]
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Ennis found Jack's harmonica playing to be unmelodic.
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As he faced Jack's father over the table at the Twist ranch, Ennis found himself veiling his emotions as best he could.
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Jack was impressed with the increased wordiness of his new friend Ennis Del Mar.
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Jack was xercising his musical ability on the harmonica.
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In the flashback scene involving Earl, K.E. is wearing a youth-sized plaid jacket over a plaid shirt.
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Ennis and Jack were zootomically educated to know what to do with a carcass to produce safe edible meat portions that weren't contaminated by offal.
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Round
3 4 7
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Initially, Jack found Lureen to be an interesting mix of aplomb, aggressiveness and audacity.
This post was brought to you by the letter (http://www.heathersanimations.com/alphabets/abc43_files/bz01477.gif)
think I spent too much time watching Sesame Street with my niece :-\
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Annie Proulx could be termed a bluestocking by some, but she is certainly no prude, as her stories illustrate.
def: a woman with intellectual interests
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Alma's "resentment opened out a little every year: the embrace she had glimpsed, Ennis's fishing trips once or twice a year with Jack Twist and never a vacation with her and the girls, his disinclination to step out and have any fun, his yearning for low paid, long-houred ranch work, his propensity to roll to the wall and sleep as soon as he hit the bed, his failure to look for a decent permanent job with the county or the power company, put her in a long, slow dive and when Alma Jr. was nine and Francine seven she said, what am I doin' hangin' around with him, divorced Ennis and married the Riverton grocer." [story]
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Alma had a tendency to look rather dowdy.
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Here is an interesting scene from the 2003 screenplay after Monroe employs Alma: (in 1974 or earlier)
Interior: grocery store: Wyoming: early evening:
Alma, a little older and a little less skinny, though still just as cute, is clerking at the grocery store. As she rings up groceries, we see Monroe, now a manager, wearing a cheap tie, flirting, smiling at her. Alma smiles back. The customer leaves. Alma and Monroe are alone. Monroe opens a box of Junior Mints and eats one.
Alma: "What are you smilin' 'bout?"
Monroe: (chewing, smiles even wider) "Nothin'."
Alma: "Gotta be somethin'."
Monroe: "Just happy, I guess."
Monroe throws a Junior Mint at Alma.
Alma: (laughing) "Stop that!"
Just then, Ennis walks into the store. Monroe and Alma immediately stop their flirting.
Ennis walks up to Alma's counter. Monroe hurries back to the office, afraid of Ennis.
Ennis: (pointing to the cigarettes behind the counter) "Two packs."
Alma: (not getting the cigarettes) "Who's watchin' the girls?"
Ennis" "They're outside in the truck."
Alma: (darkens) "I coulda brought home your smokes. 'Sides, it's way past their bedtime."
Ennis: (grim) "The quicker you give me the damn smokes, the quicker they'll be home in bed."
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Alma was fired up about going to the church social which Ennis described as the fire and brimstone crowd.
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Alma Jr. and Jenny are clearly entertained by Ennis's story at Thanksgiving, but Alma only glowers.
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Alma haplessly hung on to her husband; then she happened onto happy hubby Monroe.
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After years of putting up with Ennis's indifference to her emotional needs, Alma finally gave up and divorced him.
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After putting up with years of indifference because of Ennis' relationship with Jack, Alma decided to marry an average joe named Monroe.
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After their trip has ended and their knapsacks, horses, and camping equipment are in the trucks, Ennis finally has to tell Jack that their future plans have changed. Jack calls it "a goddamn bitch of a unsatisfactory situation".
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Alma was unhappy with the ranch's remote location; she wanted to move to town.
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Alma was tired of the monotony and solitude of those lonsome old ranches.
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Ennis became neglectful of his family life in favour of spending time fishing.
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Alma was shocked when she discovered the affectionate outwardness that Ennis displayed toward Jack.
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Hopeful of a social possibility, Alma threw out the idea of getting a baby-sitter for the girls and taking Jack to the Knife & Fork.
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Jack quakes as he stands next to Ennis, having to act as though he cares about the other people in Ennis' family.
def - To shiver, as with cold or from strong emotion.
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Because Ennis only worked odd jobs, he and Alma could only afford to live in a rinky-dink apartment with rinky-dink furniture.
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Alma's work uniform is a long-sleeved smock, which she wears over her street clothes.
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Signal, Wyoming, early summer day 1964:
Jack drives through town in his truck, which rattles and sputters louder than ever. Drums his fingers on the steering wheel in time to "Faded Love" by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, which blares from his fuzzy radio. Eyes the sidewalks and dilapidated storefronts, as if looking for someone: Ennis.
Nothing, just a skinny kid on a bike being blown around by the wind, and two old women pulling their grocery carts. Jack parks in the dirt lot of the Farm and Ranch Employment trailer, dust and fine gravel pelting his truck's windows like hail. [2003 screenplay]
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Alma is unimpressed with Ennis's work choices, wishing he'd find a job that would pay better and help him get ahead in the world.
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Just in case U missed it the first time..............
Congratz
for being.......
Number One in Viewz
again....... to the
ABCz of BBM!!!
=update=
The ABCz of BBM is now ahead of its fading runner-up by about 1,000 viewz! Do U know how exciting this is 4 me, the game's sole creator? :o I'm verklempting already! :P This is especially so on the 9-month anny (Jan. 3) of my bringing it ALL here lock, stock and rulez, guidelinez and suggestionz, etc.! :D Soon it'll be a year! 8) "Can U feel it?" ;)
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Jack and Ennis are victimized by society, and Lureen and Alma are victimized by the plight they find themselves in by virtue of their marriages. Everyone suffers.
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Mr. Newsome willfully went against his daughter's wishes and encouraged the grandson to watch a manly football game during a family meal. He further (e)xacerbated the problem by actually switching the TV back on again. Jack Twist, the son-in-law, was correct in saying: "This is my house! This is my child! And you're my guest! So sit the hell down, or I'll knock your ignorant ass into next week...."
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From the look on her face at Thanksgiving, Alma never xculpated Ennis for his failures as a father and husband.
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Too drunk to even stand, Ennis yawed about on all fours before asking Jack for an extra blanket so he could sleep by the fire.
def = to move unsteadily; weave
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Annie Proulx writes zoographically in her short story "Brokeback Mountain". Here are some of her terms:
big son of a bitch coyote
cow and calf operation
Dead Horse Road
goddam pup tent.
good night horse
milling sheep
mouse-coloured grullo
run-out horse
skittish bay mare
tame ranch dogs
adj. Of or pertaining to the description of animals.
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Round 358 of the ABCz
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Oh, U missed the BBM train? Boo! Hoo! Try catchin' it at Grand Central Station! ;D The huge Grand Hyatt Hotel is rather conveniently located above! :o Ooopz! :P U know which ABC-erz we saw there?? ???
=congratz= Playerz & Viewerz
Many of U deserve 'credit' for making the ABCz #1 again -- now with a lead of over 1,000 viewz! Yee-haw!! Somebody "Please, Please, Please" (a song tribute to James Brown) inform the Writer from Maine that despite her publicly posted ordering her readers to "reload" and "refresh" to beat those "ABCz People", messieurs Ennie & Ellerie have drastically dropped down! :D (A writer who doesn't play the ABCz word challenge?! Hunh?)
WILL-fully,
Will-XYZ & Dre-X
ABCzville Mayor & Security Chief
5th January of the New Year 2007
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Alma’s skin is so pale in some of the scenes she looks as though she’s carved out of alabaster.
=aside=Playaz
Happy New Year! :laugh:
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L.D. bad-mouthed Jack up until Jack stood up to him at Thanksgiving dinner.
=aside=
Can we leave all the bad-mouthing aside and get on with the game? This is a game - not a hatefest.
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Outside of the occasional punch, Jack and Ennis treated each other with civility.
=aside=
I second that! No punching.
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Aguirre looked up, disgusted and annoyed when Jack Twist entered his trailer in 1964.
Aguirre's last words to Jack were: "Get the hell out of my trailer." [2003 screenplay]
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Jack's expression as he watched Ennis drive away after their final meeting was elegiacal--the lament over the scarcity of time they'd spent together and lack of reciprocation on Ennis' part showed painfully in his eyes.
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A question most viewers of Brokeback Mountain ask about the flashback to Jack's death is whether it really happened or whether it was a figment of Ennis's imagination.
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Thanks to the graciousness of Mrs. Twist, Ennis had a meaningful, productive trip to Lightning Flat.
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Jack took the bull by the horns when he stood up to L.D. at Thanksgiving dinner.
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Jack was not about to put up with L.D.'s infantile posturing in front of his son and wife at Thanksgiving.
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Ennis thinks that he jeopardizes his very existence by being true to himself and Jack.
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Ennis became engraged at Alma's knife-stabbing words about his "fishing trips."
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To Ennis, Alma's outing of him was libelous.
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Independence Day:
After biker #1 said "Fuck you!" to Ennis, he mumbled to his friend:
"Asshole probably stopped puttin' it to the wife after the kids come, you know how that is." [2003 screenplay]
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Bobby made a nuisance of himself when he refused to eat his cereal at Thanksgiving dinner.
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Ennis continually optioned out of Jack's repeated invitations to live and work together.
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Jack drove 1200 miles because he thought Ennis was prepared to accept him as a partner after the divorce from Alma. No such luck.
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When Jack was on the landing outside Alma's apartment, he was not only a mover and a shaker, but also a quaker.
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Jack read L.D. the riot act during his game of one-upmanship when he was forced to back down.
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Interior: Riverton, Wyoming: Del Mar apartment: late afternoon: 1967
Several beer cans on the table.
Ashtray full.
Ennis no longer paces, sits on the couch as Alma Jr. and Jenny scratch away at a pair of coloring books. [2003 screenplay]
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Lureen was drawn to Jack even before his triumph in the bull-riding competition.
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After Jack and Ennis first met outside of Aguirre's trailor, their relationship moved onward and upward.
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Ennis, Alma, and the girls vacated the lonesome ranch house and moved to Riverton.
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Sleepy the Bull kicked and bucked wickedly, but Jack hung on to win the bull-riding competition.
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Jack xaggerates his mock-rodeo-mating-dance in response to Ennis' father's claims that rodeo cowboys were all f***-ups.
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At certain times, Brokeback sounded like a hoedown from the yodeling and yips of the coyotees, Jack's harmonica playing and singing, and Ennis' drumming.
=comment=
The most famous hoedown in classical music is the section entitled Hoedown from the Rodeo ballet by Aaron Copland (1942). The most frequently heard version is from the Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo, which Copland extracted from the ballet shortly after its premiere; the dance episodes were first performed in 1943 by the Boston Pops conducted by Arthur Fiedler. Copland's Hoedown became even more famous through television advertisements by America's Beef Producers with the slogan "Beef, It's What's for Dinner". Hoedown has been covered by Emerson, Lake and Palmer on their album Trilogy and by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones on their album Outbound.
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Jack and Ennis had to take time out from their activities in the mountains to be zazzers.
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def - Like sleep. Named for the 'zzz' often seen over cartoon characters' and sims' heads.
Also a verb in the form of 'to zazz' [Urban Dictionary]
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This round is for us all to design.
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"In August Ennis spent the whole night with Jack in the main camp, and in a blowy hailstorm the sheep took off west and got among a herd in another allotment."
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"We was fishin' buddies," Ennis blurted out in response to Alma's query as to who this Jack fella was.
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Jack had a change of tune when he didn't bring the harmonica for the four-year reunion.
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"I didn't want none a either kind," said Jack. "But fuck-all has worked the way I wanted. Nothin never come to my hand the right way." Without getting up he threw deadwood on the fire, the sparks flying up with their truths and lies, a few hot points of fire landing on their hands and faces, not for the first time, and they rolled down into the dirt. One thing never changed: the brilliant charge of their infrequent couplings was darkened by the sense of time flying, never enough time, never enough. [Proulx]
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Proulx wrote:
Joe Aguirre paid them, said little. He had looked at the milling sheep with a sour expression, said, "Some a these never went up there with you."
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Cassie was footloose and fancy-free when she took a fancy to Ennis, dragged him on the dance floor and said: "You're off the hook; my feet hurt" and asked him for a foot rub.
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There seemed to be a glut of sheep and beans that first summer on Brokeback Mountain.
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"Ennis del Mar wakes before five, wind rocking the trailer, hissing in around the aluminum door and window frames." [story]
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Jack mustered all his impassiveness and continued peeling the potato while Ennis took his pre-dinner ablutions in the nude.
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Jack was justifiably impassive while peeling potatoes in the presence of a nude cowboy.
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Jack concentrated on his knife-peeling ability while trying not to concentrate on the nearby cowboy who had peeled off his clothes.
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Jack could not afford to lose his impassivity and concentration as he peeled the ... spuds.
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Jack manages to keep his eyes focused on the potatoes he's peeling even though he's dying to sneak a peek at Ennis.
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Jack does a nifty job of acting like he's much more interested in potatoes than nuts.
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To be or not to be an ogler, to quietly peel potatoes while Ennis has nothing left to peel. That is the question facing impassive Jack Twist and his bare bodkin.
def - To stare at impertinently, flirtatiously, or amorously.
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Jack proceeded to peel potatoes impassively rather than peruse his pulchritudinous partner performing perfunctory purifications.
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Jack used his quick-sightedness to peel potatoes and to avoid keeping his eyes peeled on the cowboy who had peeled off his clothes.
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Jack refrained from looking at Ennis as he washed up.
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Jack did not allow himself be distracted from his spuds, in spite of the soapy sounds off to his left.
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Jack concentrated on peeling the taters while dropping the thought of peeking at Ennis like a hot potato.
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Ennis undresses in the background while Jack concentrates on peeling the potatoes.
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Jack's eyes could not be veracious, or the fat would be in the fire.
def - Honest; truthful.
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Jack refrains from looking as Ennis washes up. Otherwise, Jack would be all washed up.
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Here is an xcerption from the published screenplay detailing the potato-peeling scene:
Jack peels potatoes for dinner. Ennis has only his jeans and boots on, no shirt, before a large basin of hot water, shaves.
Ennis: "Shot a coyote, big son of a bitch, balls on him size a apples. Looked like he could eat a camel. (sloshes his face) You want some of this hot water?"
Jack (grins, shakes his head): "It's all yours."
Ennis pulls off his boots, then his socks. Pulls off his jeans -- no underwear. Slops the washcloth under his arms, between his legs. Jack fixes dinner, a cigarette dangling from his mouth. Impassive.
def. = a passage selected from a larger work
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Jack refrained from glancing over at the handsome, young-bodied cowboy who was washing up.
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While warshing up in the presence of potato-peeling Jack, Ennis left his zippered-down jeans off to the side.
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Round 360!
We've come full-circle!
Quite a ride!
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Ennis appears to be oblivious of the effect he is having on Jack and the preparation of the soon-to-be-fried potatoes.
=milestone= Round 360
Congratulations to us all.
Onward and Upward Guys and Dolls.
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Ennis offered to share the basin of hot water with Jack, but Jack said, "It's all yours."
=compliment= Paul
Very nice round announcement!
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Jack kept his cool while Ennis bathed in the hot water.
=milestone= Round 360
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After Ennis was all washed up and dried off, Annie Proulx wrote:
They had a high-time supper by the fire, a can of beans each, fried potatoes and a quart of whiskey on shares, sat with their backs against a log, boot soles and copper jeans rivets hot, swapping the bottle while the lavender sky emptied of color and the chill air drained down, drinking, smoking cigarettes, getting up every now and then to piss, ..... ..... ......
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"They were respectful of each other's opinions, each glad to have a companion where none had been expected." [story]
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Jack feigned indifference to the nude cowboy on his left, and forced his attention on
stud spud peeling.
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As Jack is gazing at the partially peeled potato, we know he's thinking about the totally peeled Ennis.
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Hot-blooded Jack managed to keep his cool while Ennis was bathing in hot water.
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As Jack and Ennis shared their quart of whiskey by the fire, they became intoxicated in more ways than one.
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Replying to Jack's postcard, Ennis jotted down a two-word message: "You bet."
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After marrying Lureen, Jack's trucks were spiffy; Ennis's trucks were usually klunkers.
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There is a pinkish lamp on Lureen's side of the bed, with pinkish bedcoverings, in a pinkish bedroom. The princess telephone is pink too. (And the pink telephone is on Lureen's side of the bed - out of sight, here.)
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Lureen_s.jpg)
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Lureen didn't realize that there was more to Jack than meets the eye. Jack also found out in the backseat of the car that there was more to Lureen than meets the eye.
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The Newsomes arrive to celebrate Bobby's birth; the newborn's parents look very proud in the pink room.
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After L.D. and Fayette have declared Bobby the spittin' image of his grandpa:
"Lureen gives Jack a what-can-we-do expression... Jack maintains a polite, glazed smile. Feeling the outsider, he turns, goes to get the formula out of the car." [screenplay]
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Jack was feeling the pinch of rodeo life before he met Lureen.
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The story says Ennis was possessed of quick-reflexedness. Jack seems to lack this, as he dropped the keys LD threw at him to retrieve the newborn's formula.
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Beside the pink Princess phone on the nesting night tables is a reminder of the day that Jack and Lureen met, won at the rodeo, and got the car home by midnight.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/princessPhone.jpg)
=aside=
I would love to see that portrait in more detail.
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Jack felt the pinch and just barely scraped by living the rodeo life.
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Ennis was a man of few words, including his famous two-word postcard: "you bet".
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Ennis finds Jack's idea of a little cow-and-calf operation unacceptable: "Told you, it ain't goin' to be that way."
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While Jack was able to put into words how much he missed Ennis, Ennis found himself unable to vocalize his feelings.
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Ennis seems to have poorly worded his divorce postcard to Jack, and Jack thought it was time for them to make a start on a new life together.
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Jack seemed to xhaust the possibilities of convincing Ennis about a life together.
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The animal yowls precipitated by Jack's singing were echoed later by certain animal noises inside the tent.
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In addition to the animal noises inside the tent, there was also the sound of the zipperings and unzipperings of flies going up and down.
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Round 361!
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"Mexico was the place. He'd heard."
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From Jack's visit to Juarez, we see that stop signs in Mexico say "alto".
=milestone= 10,000 posts!
360 complete rounds followed by a 10,000th post is more than impressive; it's awesome!
Well done, everybody!
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Cantina: Mexican border town: night
Jack sits at the bar, lonely, in a foreign land. Sips tequila out of a shot glass. The Mexican bartender walks over to Jack.
Mexican bartender: "¿Uno más?" [2003 screenplay]
=milestone= Fran and Friends
We have reached Reply 10 000.
Congratulations all around.
Hey, bartender!
Tequila for everyone!!!
Thanks for the Tequila delivery, Sandy.
Cancel that order, bartender!
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In the 2003 version of the screenplay, Jack sips tequila in a cantina.
=milestone= To All
10,000 replies and counting.
A round of tequila for everyone. On the house. LD's buying.
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After Jack's spirits were dampened by Ennis' kiss-off after the divorce, Jack indulged in some spirits and kisses in Mexico.
=milestone=
10,000 Posts.
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Jack went to Mexico looking for an evening's entertainment.
Eat your heart out, Ennis.
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Jack sadly and furtively ventured into the alley in Juarez.
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Desperately disappointed in his hopes for a life with Ennis, Jack makes his way to Juarez and a dark alley not listed in the guidebooks, hoping to find some kind of solace.
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=milestone=10,000 Posts
Congratulations to all for 10,000 posts and counting! 8)
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Radio plays Merle Haggard's "My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers".
Begins to cry, hard...but something has turned inside him...he looks desolate but determined: knows where he is headed. [2003 and 2004 screenplays]
Note that Emmylou Harris's song "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" is used here in the movie.
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Jack uses his instincts to find the alley in question.
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Both tourists and local Juarezans alike barely notice Jack as he makes his way to the darkened alley where young men meet in the shadows.
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Jack makes his way to the alley where the young men have kinkier tastes in entertainment than the regular locals or tourists.
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As Jack enters the alley, we can see a licoreria, or liquor store, sign in the background.
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Cantina: Mexican border town: night
Jack sits at the bar, lonely, in a foreign land. Sips tequila out of a shot glass. The Mexican bartender walks over to Jack.
Mexican bartender: "¿Uno más?"
Jack shakes his head, throws a few pesos to the bartender. Stands and walks to the door.
Mexican bartender: "Buenas noches, Señor."
Jack waves without looking back. [2003 screenplay]
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Jack has a nightcap at the cantina before going out for some nightlife.
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In Juarez, Jack's need for sex outweighed any reason he had for staying faithful to Ennis.
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Juarez 1975, according to the 2003 and 2004 screenplays:
A Mexican guitarist sits on the steps of a small shop, soulfully plucking the guitar.
Jack stops next to the Mexican guitarist, drops some pesos into the man's cup. The guitarist smiles at Jack. A swarm of little beggar children hit up Jack for change. He gives them each a few coins and moves on.
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The tall young man in the alley who catches Jack's eye throws him a question-laden glance and murmurs: "Señor?"
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=compliment= Meryl
Great Q.
Sandy
Thank you, Sandy! :-*
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After Jack's spirits were dampened when Ennis gave him the brush-off, he lowered the bar and had a few libations in the Mexican cantina to raise his spirits.
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Radio plays Merle Haggard's "My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers".
Begins to cry, hard...but something has turned inside him...he looks desolate but determined: knows where he is headed. [2003 and 2004 screenplays]
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"Jack turns down an alley. Men line walls on each side. Direct looks." [screenplay]
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108 INT: CANTINA: MEXICAN BORDER TOWN: NIGHT:
JACK sits at the bar, lonely, in a foreign land. Sips tequila out of a shot glass. The MEXICAN BARTENDER walks over to JACK.
MEXICAN BARTENDER: Uno mas?
JACK shakes his head, throws a few pesos to the BARTENDER. Stands and walks to the door.
MEXICAN BARTENDER: Buenos noches, Senor.
JACK waves without looking back.
[2003 Screenplay]
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Locals and vacationers met on the streets and sidewalks of Juarez that evening, as Jack Twist lowered the bar and raised his spirits.
=thanks= Sandy
I vu your deja vu.
Your post was so good I had to 'borrow' from it.
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Sitting and drinking in the cantina, Jack was warming up for a hot night.
=aside= Toast
I think I'm having deja vu all over again reading your post.
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After being turned away by Ennis, Jack xcogitated a way to get over his desolation: a trip to Mexico.
def. = to come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
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Jack yens for time with Ennis Del Mar, who is all tied up with family duties; so Jack heads south.
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def - A strong desire or inclination; a yearning or craving.
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Ennis's post-divorce rejection of Jack was a real zinger; that zinger's effect was to send Jack reluctantly Mexico-bound.
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Round 362!
We're laying off a few
(letters, that is)
Here's your pink slip
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K, Q, Y, Z
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=announcement=
As of Round 362, the following alphabet letters are no longer in play:
"K" "Q" "Y" "Z"
These four letters have served the ABCs of BBM game well
by adding a certain degree of difficulty,
but their services are no longer required.
For purposes of the ABCs of BBM game,
the alphabet now has 22 letters:
A B C D E F G H I J L
M N O P R S T U V W X
A complete round consists of 22 letters now, instead of 26;
thus, a round announcement follows the playing of an "X" word.
All other rules remain the same.
Gamely,
Fran and Sandy
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Jack waved back to the bartender on leaving the cantina - his way of saying adiós.
=aside= K, Q, Y, Z
Adiós.
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We see Jack blazing along in his pickup trip towards a new destination: Juarez.
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After Ennis's post-divorce rejection, Jack sought to be comforted in Mexico.
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JACK makes his way through the crowded streets, entering the seedier part of the town. Soon, every building is a strip club or a bordello, painted silhouettes of nude women adorn the brightly lit signs. HOOKERS stand in doorways enticing passersby. The sidewalks are crowded with MILITARY MEN, VENDORS- Sirens, people yelling, Mexican polka music. [2003 screenplay]
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=compliment= Toast
Love the barbecued letters.
Sandy
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After Ennis's stunning rejection, the emptiness in Jack's heart prompts him to flee to Mexico, where he seeks out strangers for sex.
=aside=KQYZ
Hail and farewell, faithful friends!
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While making his way through the seedier part of town, Jack gets a feel for what lies ahead.
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Whoever painted the "wines and licquors" sign in Juarez made a goof. The word "licquors" is misspelled.
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Besides responding to "senor?" with a nod, Jack hooked up with the prostitute with hardly a how-do-you-do.
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Tourists and locals intermingled on the streets and sidewalks in Juarez, including the family posing for a picture with a donkey wearing a sombrero.
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A Juarez-bound Jack hoped to lose his feeling of desolation south of the border, down Mexico way.
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A lovesick Jack headed down to Juarez looking for love in all the wrong places.
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Radio plays Merle Haggard's "My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers".
Begins to cry, hard...but something has turned inside him...he looks desolate but determined: knows where he is headed. [2003 and 2004 screenplays]
*Nods to Toast*
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Signs advertising nonalcoholic beverages such as Pepsi and Coca-Cola are visible in the Juarez scene.
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116 EXT: JUAREZ, TEXAS/MEXICAN BORDER: LATE AFTERNOON: 1975: 116
WE SEE the big overpass in EI Paso Texas: INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE. CUIDAD JUAREZ
WE SEE JACK in his pickup truck crossing the border into Mexico. [2004 screenplay/shooting script]
=milestone= Sandy
This is where I should have said:
Congratulations Sandy on Post 1500.
And just as witty as ever.
=reply= Toast
Thank you. You're no slouch yourself.
Sandy
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Jack made an attempt at picking up the pieces by picking up a stranger for a piece of action.
Next letter up is R.
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This scene shows us Rodrigo's cameo as the Mexican prostitute.
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117 INT: JUAREZ MEXICAN BORDER TOWN: CANTINA: NIGHT: 1975: 117
JACK sits at the bar, lonely, in a foreign land.
Sips tequila out of a shot glass.
The MEXICAN BARTENDER walks over to JACK.
MEXICAN BARTENDER "Uno mas?"
JACK shakes his head, throws a few pesos to the BARTENDER. Stands and walks to the door.
MEXICAN BARTENDER "Buenos noches, Senor."
JACK waves without looking back. [2004 screenplay/shooting script]
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The streets of Juarez are busy with foot traffic as tourists and locals intermingle.
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Acknowledging the young man's question with a nod, Jack turns resignedly and walks with unseeing eyes toward the dark at the end of the alley.
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Jack took his venturesome act of picking up a prostitue at face value.
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In the screenplays [2003, 2004, 2005] Jack Twist strolls down the street before entering the alley, and in each screenplay he sees a donkey which wears a sombrero and poses with a family.
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After being turned away by Ennis, Jack traveled to Juarez xpressly for sex.
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Round 363!!!
Love For A Fee. He'll Make Your Problems Flee!!!
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Jack apprehensively approached the peso-driven prostitute played by Prieto.
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Jack approached the peso-driven prostitute who gave him a bang for his buck.
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Jack made his way through the crowded streets, determined to find a peso-driven prostitute.
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Jack and his peso-driven prostitute disappeared into the darkening alley.
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The streets of Juarez provided equal-opportunity employment for the peso-driven prostitutes.
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Jack figured out where to look - beyond the vacationing families , the locals, the soulful guitarist and the beggar children - to find a peso-driven prostitute.
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Searching for a peso-driven prostitute, Jack gravitates towards an alley where men line walls on each side.
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While the sun was going down, the action was heating up for the peso-driven prostitutes.
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Interestingly enough, the "handsome young" peso-driven prostitute whom Jack Twist picked up was played by an actor fifteen years Jake Gyllenhaal's senior.
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Several peso-driven prostitutes line the walls on each side of the alley, waiting for johns.
=comment=
Next up is "L". (Or Elle....)
:)
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The Latin peso-driven prostitutes lined the walls for boys like Jack.
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When Jack went off with his peso-driven prostitute, the remaining peso-driven prostitutes were left minding the store.
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Outside of the "senor?" greeting, Jack communicated nonverbally with his peso-driven prostitute.
=aside= Fran
Were they looking for johns or jacks?
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Jack offers, non-verbally, to do business with his chosen peso-driven prostitute.
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In Juarez Jack finds what he is looking for: an alley where peso-driven prostitutes stand in doorways, enticing passersby.
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The peso-driven prostitute made Jack an offer that he couldn't refuse.
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Jack Twist secretly and silently selected a peso-driven prostitute as a stand-in for Ennis Del Mar.
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Years later, Jack will be taken to task by Ennis for needing what the peso-driven prostitutes in Mexico have to offer, something he "don't never hardly get."
def. take to task = to scold
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Jack went to the underside of town to look for peso-driven prostitutes to engage in the underside of sex.
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Grief-ridden Jack was venturing into the realm of peso-driven prostitutes to satisfy his own drives.
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Grief-stricken Jack wanders the streets of Juarez looking for a peso-driven prostitute to help ease his desolation.
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Jack spared no xpense in seeking out a peso-driven prostitute.
=aside= playerz
You all spared no xpense in that peso-driven round.
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Round 364
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"And furthermore ... "
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Lashawn met Randall Malone at an Aggies game and he has been listening to her chatter like a squirrel ever since.
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Many of the well-heeled citizens of Childress ate, drank and danced the night away at the 1978 benefit dinner.
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=comment=
I can't believe this hasn't been used before.
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Jack was acting somewhat cocky when he looked away from Lureen, looked over at Randall and then asked LaShawn to dance.
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Jack and Lashawn joined the other dancers and Jack enjoyed his short squirrelly time with her. Poor Randall.
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Although Lureen was available, Jack elected to dance with Lashawn instead.
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LaShawn had on a flashy cocktail dress, a lot of makeup and jewelry.
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Jack may not want to dance with his wife, but he displays gallantry by asking squirrelly Lashawn to dance.
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Jack Twist and his "North Dallas" Lureen come upon the Malones on the way to the dance hall to attend the Children's Benefit Dance.
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=comment=
The exteriors for the dance hall were shot in front of this CIBC bank
in Rockyford, Alberta, Canada
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Lashawn met Randall at an intercollegiate football game.
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Lureen, picking up on Lashawn's comment, begins jiving Jack about never dancing with his wife.
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Lashawn's role in Brokeback Mountain is a very minor role. But she probably had as many words as Ennis Del Mar said in nearly twenty years:
then I pledged Tri-Delt at SMU.
And I sure never thought I'd end up in
a pokey little place like Childress.
Then I met old Randall here at an Aggie game
and he was an animal husbandry major.
So we been here for a month, and he got the
foreman job over at Roy Taylor's ranch.
Like it or not, here I am.
Well, even though we ain't quite sorority sisters,
we might have to dance with ourselves, Lureen!
Our husbands ain't the least bit
interested in dancin'!
-They ain't got a smidgen of rhythm between 'em.
- Yes! Thank you.
That's very nice. Thank you for asking me
to dance with you. I appreciate that.
Randall never does.
It's a good thing you and Lureen happened along
when you did, otherwise we'd still be stuck on the
side of the road in that there pick-up.
I told Randall we oughta take the car,
of course he'd never listen to me!
He wouldn't listen to me if
he was goin' deaf tomorrow!
I told him it'd take more than chewin' gum
and bailin' wire to fix that there pick-up.
Well, he's never been very mechanical, though.
When I was right out of SMU I coulda had
my pick of pretty much any job in North Dallas.
So my pick was Neiman Marcus,
which was a disaster, 'cause honey,
where clothes is concerned, I got no resistence.
I was spendin' more than I made,
more than Randall ever will make!
We come out here thinking ranchin' was still
big hats and Marlboros.
Boy was we behind the times!
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Lashawn tells us that Randall was never mechanically inclined. Is that code for "not the marrying kind"?
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The Twists gave the Malones a ride to the benefit dance after Randall's "dern" pickup became nonoperational.
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Lashawn overflows with her life story, which seems lacking in drama and depth.
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While waiting for Lureen and Lashawn after the dance, Jack's ears pricked up at Randall's suggestion of a fishing trip.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Benefitdance.jpg)
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Randall has Roy's permission to use Roy's cabin on Lake Kemp whenever he wants, and he shares this information with Jack.
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Jack pricked up his ears when Randall gave him the skinny on a fishing trip at Roy's cabin.
def - Inside information
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Tiny, talkative Lashawn was the polar opposite of tall, terse Ennis.
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Randall upends the notion that he is sexually satisfied with LaShawn when he randily suggests a fishing trip at Roy's cabin.
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Jack meets Randall and his wife because of their vehicle's condition.
Jack just took them away saying: "If you can't fix it then, by God, drive off from it - that's my motto".
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Randall can use Roy Taylor's little cabin down on Lake Kemp whenever he wants.
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Randall xtends an invitation to Jack for a fishing trip at Roy's cabin - with possible randiness in mind.
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Round 365!!!
Husbands don't never seem to want to dance with their wives. (http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/Lureen02.jpg)
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Although Jack don't never seem to want to dance with Lureen, he states that he'd never given the why of it any thought.
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Lureen blows smoke.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/SmokeyLureen.jpg)
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Lashawn chatters like a squirrel.
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Pretty, run-at-the-mouth Lashawn is the poster child for ditzy blondes.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Malones.jpg)
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Lashawn chatters to excess, and Randall doesn't even try to stop her blue streak anymore.
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On the evening of the benefit dinner, Jack forgoes his customary denim jeans for polyester pants.
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Figuring that Jack is a fish worth catching, Randall takes a gamble and throws him out a line.
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Randall hits it off with Jack and then hits on him by inviting him to Roy's cabin.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/RandallJack2.jpg)
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Jack seems to be a willing invitee for Lake Kemp; and he already has fishing equipment and considerable fishing experience.
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/RedRiver.jpg)
Two matching jardinieres adorn the entranceway of the Red River Social Club, the venue for the benefit dinner attended by the Twists and the Malones.
def. jardiniere = an ornamental pot or stand for flowers or plants
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LaShawn and Lureen's husbands ain't the least bit interested in dancin'.
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Jack understood the meaning of Randall's use of the term "fishing" from his prior "fishing" experience and knows that he means business.
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The Twists seem to join Randall in ignoring Lashawn's nattering soon after she opens her mouth at the Benefit Dinner.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/Lashawn2.gif)
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/OffWhiteJacket.jpg)
Lashawn wore an off-white fake-fur jacket over her cocktail dress.
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Lureen held the purse strings in the Jack Twist family.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/Lureen05.jpg)
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Randall is resigned to hearing Lashawn's nattering at home, but he can always hope for some recreational randiness at Lake Kemp.
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Lashawn pledged Tri Delta at SMU, Southern Methodist University.
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Randall touches on the subject of fishing at Roy's cabin while Lureen touches up her makeup.
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Lashawn pledged at Southern Methodist University's Tri Delta, which is located in this building in Dallas.
(http://people.smu.edu/greeks//Chapters/images/Delta%20Delta%20Delta.jpg)
If you want to follow in Lashawn's footsteps,
contact: Kittie Cotton
3100 University
Dallas, TX 75205
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The Red River Social Club was the venue for the benefit dinner attended by the Twists and the Malones.
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Randall invited Jack to fish and to encounter some wildlife at Roy's cabin.
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Jack Twist seems to be seriously considering trying some fishing xperiences with Randall. Will it lead to just some recreational randiness, or a cabin in Lightning Flats?
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Round 366!
Do you like to fish? (http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/RandallJack2.jpg)
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Randall had majored in animal husbandry.
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Lureen grins and bears it when Jack asks LaShawn to dance.
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The Red River Social Club was the venue for the benefit dinner attended by the Twists and the Malones.
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Lashawn pledged Delta Delta Delta at SMU.
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Lashawn gives her gums considerable exercise.
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Randall was fiddling under the hood of his pickup, and at the Benefit Dance the band was fiddling the tune "An Angel Went Up in Flames".
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The entrance to the dance hall in Childress has a flight of steps featuring a red carpet and two white guardrails.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/LaShawnLureen.jpg)
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When it comes to facial hair, Randall is hairier than Jack or Ennis.
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Once the details have been ironed out, Randall wants Jack to come to Lake Kemp.
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Lureen makes a jibe at Jack's expense when she remarks that husbands never seem to want to dance with their wives.
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/ChildressBenefit.jpg)
Some of the letters on the welcome banner are printed in lowercase, but the majority are in uppercase.
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After she marries Randall, an animal husbandry major whom she met at an Aggie game, Lashawn was surprised to end up in a pokey little place like Childress living as the wife of the ranch foreman at Roy Taylor's ranch for a month now.
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Lashawn talked nonstop.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/Lashawn2.gif)
=comment=
This deserves to be repeated. Again and again.
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In the small talk department, Lashawn easily outstripped everyone in the room.
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Jack: "Ever notice how a woman'll powder her nose before a party starts, and then powder it again when the party's over? (pause) Why powder your nose just to go home to bed?" [screenplay]
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While Randall suggests a fishin' weekend, he reels Jack in.
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LaShawn seems awfully sure that it is she whom Jack is selecting as a dance partner.
(http://www.divshare.com/uploads/thumbs/2007/01/14/46427/46427-be9.jpg) (http://www.divshare.com/download/46427-be9)
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Jack: "Ever notice how a woman'll powder her nose before a party starts, and then powder it again when the party's over?" (pause) "Why powder your nose just to go home to bed?"
Randalll: (as if the vanity of women is a tiresome subject) "Don't know." (smokes) "Even if I wanted to know, couldn't get a word in with Lashawn long enough to ask. Woman talks a blue streak."
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The Malones broke bread with the upper-crust Twists at the benefit dinner.
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When Lureen was boasting about being Kappa Phi (and not Tri Delt), her vainglory was showing.
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Randall Malone seems to have given up on changing his wife's natteriness.
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Randall xcogitates a way to spend some quality time alone with Jack: a fishing trip down at Roy Taylor's cabin on Lake Kemp where they'll "drink a little whiskey, fish some, get away, you know."
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Round 367
Fishin' Heaven
Lake Kemp
Randall
Jack
drink a little whiskey
fish some
get away
you know
...
| (http://www.aerial-photography-america.com/73103-3207/61944.JPG) Lake Kemp, Texas |
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Lureen doesn't suspect that Randall is plotting to abscond with her husband.
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Randall's bottom-line point in his invitation to Jack was to get to the bottom of whether Jack was interested in him.
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Randall can use Roy Taylor's little cabin down on Lake Kemp whenever he wants... and his little boat, too.
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/ChildressBeneft.jpg)
123 INT: DANCE HALL: CHILDRESS, TEXAS: NIGHT: 123
Big banner over the stage: "BENEFIT FOR THE CHILDRESS COUNTY CHILDREN'S HOME" - underneath, "Charlie Daniels' Band". Charlie Daniels' Band fiddles away, lots of couples on the dance floor.
The Twists and the Malones are at a table near the dance floor. Lureen is smoking, bored. Lashawn has on a flashy cocktail dress, a lot of makeup and jewelry, but much prettier than Lureen, skinnier, perky, restless, about thirty. Restless, impatient. [2003 screenplay]
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Randall was endeavoring to make Jack his new fishing buddy.
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Randall fishes for an opportunity to hook up with Jack.
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Lashawn seems to doubt the genuineness of Jack's invitation to dance with him. Jack, however, silently accepts the genuineness of Randall's invitation to him.
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Although dinner was over, Randall served up a heaping helping of flirtation.
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In response to Lashawn's comment, Jack impetuously asks her dance. Later, acting on a hunch, Randall impetuously invites Jack to go fishing.
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Lashawn was jawing away all through the meal, her dance with Jack, and while exiting the Red River Social Club.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/Lashawn2.gif)
Next up is the letter "L"
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Jack and Randall loitered outside the social club, waiting for their wives to finish powdering their noses.
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While the ladies are still inside, the menfolk have already come out.
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Lashawn nattered away to the five people sharing a table with her at the Children's Benefit.
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Randall gave Jack an open-ended invitation to go fishing at Roy's cabin.
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Randall invited Jack to partake in boating, fishing, whiskey-drinking, and away-getting.
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Lashawn made it clear that Randall didn't know the first thing about repairing pickups, but while the ladies were repairing their makeup, he was busy making one.
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The Twists and Malones are sharing their circular table at the Red River Social Club with a third couple.
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Jack realizes it takes two to tango when he turns away from Lureen and asks LaShawn to dance.
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/ChildressBeneft.jpg)
At the benefit dinner the Twists and the Malones are sharing their table with an unidentified couple.
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Randall invited Jack to be a fellow vacationer at Lake Kemp - you know.
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By the time the womenfolk come out from powdering their noses, the men have come out too.
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Lashawn was xperienced with shopping.
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Round 368!
(http://www.bandtc.co.uk/images/library/logo.gif)
Will Jack take Randall's bait?
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Lashawn (chatters like a squirrel): "Pledged Tri Delt at SMU and I sure never thought I'd end up in a pokey little place like Childress, but then I met Randall at an Aggie game, and he was an animal husbandry major, and we been here a month, he got the foreman job over at Roy Taylor's ranch. Like it or not, here I am!"
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Randall invited Jack to go boating, drinking - you know.
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Despite Randall's overture, Jack remained coy.
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While Lureen adjusts her bangles and Lashawn her spangles, Randall, pondering angles, some time alone on the bench wangles, and at last dangles a little idea before Jack with which he tangles.
=compliment= Meryl
You could write lyrics for Mr. Bojangles.
Sandy
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Randall offers a number of quiet enticements to JackTwist:
- a little cabin down on Lake Kemp
- a crappie house
- a little boat
- a little whiskey
- fish some
- get away ... you know
=compliment= Meryl
You covered all the angles.
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Randall assuredly flirted with Jack, expecting he'd take the bait.
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LaShawn, Lureen and Randall all attended college, but Jack graduated from the school of hard knocks.
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122 INT: TWIST CADILLAC: HIGHWAY: CHILDRESS, TEXAS: NIGHT: 122
Cold night. Panhandle wind blows. Jack and Lureen in their Cadillac, hurrying to a big country dance. Lureen is very North Dallas now, fur coat, too much jewelry, too much makeup, too stiff a hairdo. Jack wears a white Stetson. Both are smoking. [2003 screenplay]
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Randall was trying to see if Jack was inclined to go fishing with him.
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Use of Roy Taylor's cabin whenever he wants is a job-related perk for Randall.
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Everybody hears Lashawn Malone, but nobody listens.
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Lashawn mentioned that she worked for Neiman Marcus and had no resistance when it came to clothes.
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Lashawn's cocktail dress has a V-shaped neckline.
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Since his employer is the owner of a cabin on Lake Kemp, Randall can take a buddy up there for a fishing trip.
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Randall pushed the idea of the trip down to Lake Kemp with a casual air, lest Jack think he was too eager.
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Randall randily gave Jack an invitation to fish, drink and get away.
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The Twists and Malones are sharing their circular table at the Red River Social Club with a third couple.
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Lashawn: "We come out here thinkin' that ranchin' was still big hats and Marlboros. Boy, were we behind the times." [DVD]
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Jack understood the the ups and downs of fishing trips, having had prior experience.
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Lashawn vacuously expressed herself on a continuous basis.
def - Devoid of substance or meaning;
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Jack: "Ever notice how a woman'll powder her nose before a party starts, and then powder it again when the party's over? (pause) Why powder your nose just to go home to bed?" [screenplay]
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Out on the bench, the animal husbandry major xperimentally fed his subject some ideas, observing carefully to see what the results would be.
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ROUND 369
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokeArseMountain/whiskeypour.jpg)
BEER, WHISKEY and WINE!
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With a number of scenes in Brokeback Mountain featuring people consuming liquor, alcoholism is a viable sub-theme.
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Whiskey was the beverage of choice while Jack and Ennis were working up on Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennis was clearly in his cups when he curled up outside the tent and asked if Jack had him an extra blanket.
In one's cups - drunk
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Wholly disguised with drink, Ennis chose to stay in camp rather than go up to the sheep on the fateful night of TS1.
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Emptying beer bottles was easy for Ennis Del Mar, as he waited for Jack Twist to show up after four years.
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On Brokeback, Jack and Ennis' cups were always filled to the brim with whiskey but never runneth over.
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Even before Ennis had a chance to get ginned up, he had a bar fight at the Black n' Blue.
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Ennis took a half-filled bottle of cheap white wine out of his refrigerator so that he could propose a toast to Alma and Kurt.
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Jack and Ennis were no strangers to imbibing whiskey.
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Ennis was so wobbly and jelly-kneed after an evening of drinking by the fire that he opted to sleep it off before going up to the sheep.
The next letter is "L"
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Ennis was all liquored up and couldnn't go up to the sheep, so he borrowed a spare blanket and curled up by the fire.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/EnnisLiquored.jpg)
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In the story, Jack tells Ennis about the bloated sheep and the need for plenty of whiskey up on Brokeback. For Jack, whiskey is a must-have.
def. = something essential or very desirable
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Whiskey was a nicety that made life much more bearable for Jack and Ennis up on Brokeback.
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Drinking whiskey provided some oral gratification for Jack and Ennis on the mountain.
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Jack removes the bandanna from around his neck, wads it up, takes the whiskey from Ennis, and pours some into the bandanna. Raises the bandanna to Ennis's forehead.
A beat.
Jack hesitates...awkward...hands the bandanna to Ennis.
Ennis takes the bandanna and slowly dabs it at the cut on his own temple. Winces.
Jack winces, too. [2004 screenplay/shooting script]
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Ennis was the recipient of Jack's whiskey-dampened bandanna, and he proceeded to slowly dab it at the cut on his temple.
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Ennis was sloshed from a night of heavy drinking and decided to sleep it off in the camp.
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Ennis has just enough wine in his fridge for two toasters.
"To Alma and Kurt."
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JurniorEnnisToasters60.jpg)
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Jack, a bit unsteady from frequent slugs of whiskey, ended his impromptu rodeo dance with a spectacular crash into the camping gear.
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In a motel room stinking of semen, smoke, sweat, whiskey, etc., Jack told Ennis about injuries he had sustained in the previous four years, injuries which included crushed vertebrae.
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Ennis and Jack would wet their whistle before, during and after whetting their appetites.
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Jack and Ennis enjoyed Old Rose whiskey, and were known to try xtralegal substances as well.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/EnnisTokeOldRose50.jpg)
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Round 370
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/FillerUp.jpg)
Fill 'er up.
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Prior to their arrival at the Motel Siesta, story Jack and Ennis had stopped somewhere to buy a bottle of whiskey.
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On the night of TS1, Jack and Ennis opened a quart of whiskey and proceeded to get bombed.
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After leaving Aguirre's trailer office Jack and Ennis head out to start drinking at 8:30 at a local club:
The barroom is large and cavernous. All the chairs are stacked upside-down on the tables. It's empty except for a bartender and waitress.
Ennis and Jack sit at the bar, each nurses a longneck.
Ennis peels the label from his bottle.
A few empties sit in front of Jack. [screenplay]
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Ennis decanted white wine into two glasses before making the following toast: "To Alma and Kurt."
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When Jack generously offered to buy Jimbo a beer, Jimbo, equally altruistic, urged Jack to economize.
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In the 2003 screenplay, Ennis Del Mar fretted over his first beer with Jack Twist. The waitress wanted to know if he was going to grow flowers in the bottle, and there was Ennis with but a dollar in his pocket. Jack agreed to take care of the tab.
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Jack and Ennis stopped and bought a bottle of whiskey so they could get gassed in the Siesta Motel. Next day, they gassed up the pickup and headed into the mountains.
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After a brief introduction consisting of an exchange of names and a handclasp, Jack and Ennis set out for the local bar. As Jack said in the trailer, "Well, since we're gonna be workin' together, I reckon it's time we start drinkin' together."
def. = handshake
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Ennis seemed to consume intoxicating beverages often, and in large quantities.
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Rather than use a shot glass, Jack and Ennis preferred to imbibe their jiggers of whiskey straight from the bottle.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Jackdrinking.jpg)
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With the amount of whiskey they drank, you might call Jack and Ennis a couple of lushes.
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Instead of using a mixer, Jack and Ennis liked their whiskey straight up.
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The screenplay describes the two no-good bikers Ennis encountered on the Fourth of July like this:
"Biker #1 has a few teeth missing. Biker #2 limps, dragging a clubfoot. Each carries a half-empty bottle of liquor. Loud, profane, already drunk. Sit themselves down on the grass behind Ennis and his family."
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Both Jack and Ennis drank obsessionally; even Lureen figured out that Jack's favourite place might have a whiskey spring.
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After being outed by Alma, Ennis was dazed, or punch-drunk; so he went to the Black and Blue Eagle Bar where he got punched and drunk.
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When Jack yelled at him, Ennis, still three sheets to the wind, stumbled rubber-legged into the tent, scattering cooking gear as he went.
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In order to raise their spirits, Jack and Ennis would indulge in spirits and would then be in the spirit of things.
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Ennis took two tumblers from his cupboard after getting white wine from his fridge.
def - A flat-bottomed glass having no handle, foot, or stem.
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Eschewing tumblers, Jack and Ennis uncouthly drank their whiskey right from the bottle.
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When Ennis was at home he mostly drank beer, but on his vacations with Jack he indulged in the velvety taste of Old Rose.
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While wetting his whistle with whiskey, Jack came within a whisker of telling Ennis the truth about Randall.
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Whiskey helps reduce Ennis's inhibitions, making him less introspective and more receptive to Jack's xtroversion.
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Round 371
Ennis' Independence Day
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/IndDayEnnis.gif)
July 4th Fireworks
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Ennis alarms Alma and some of the on-lookers at the fireworks show.
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Ennis was hell on wheels as he tried to beat the daylights out of the biker.
=compliment= Toast
Very flashy round announcement.
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[A MARCHING BAND strikes up a tinny, slightly off-key rendition of "THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC."
ALMA JR. crawls onto her daddy's lap.]
From the BBM 2003 screenplay.
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Ennis takes offense at the drunken bikers' debasement of women in the presence of his two little girls.
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Ennis: (not confrontational) "You boys wanna keep it down? I got two little girls here."
Biker#1: "Fuck you!"
Indignant, they glare at Ennis, as the first of the fireworks sheets into the sky, exploding in air in sync with the verse, "...bombs bursting in air...", beginning the show. [2003 screenplay]
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WE SEE other Riverton citizens setting up, a few assorted rowdies drinking beer, families, couples relaxing near the DEL MAR FAMILY. Other children with their parents play nearby.
ENNIS
We should move closer.
ALMA
Let's don't, Francine'll get scared. [2004 Screenplay]
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Ennis (not confrontational): "Hey, you boys wanna keep it down, I got two little girls here."
Biker #1: "Fuck you! (mumbles to his friend) Asshole probably stopped puttin' it to the wife after the kids come, you know how that is."
Indignant, they glare at Ennis, as the first of the fireworks shoots into the sky, exploding in air in sync with the verse "...bombs bursting in air".... [screenplay]
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Alma and the girls move away from Ennis and this scene in horror, the fireworks and music in the background.
Alma Jr. begins to cry, hides behind her mother.
Several of the surrounding families are quickly packing up to get away from the brawl. [2004 screenplay]
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The two bikers weren't at all interested in ingratiating themselves with Ennis but soon discovered that Ennis was hardly the ingratiating type himself.
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/IndDayEnnis8.jpg)
After Ennis asks if they should move closer to the fireworks, Alma replies: "No. Come on, let's don't. Jenny'll get scared." [DVD]
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Two bikers approach an area just behind the Del Mar family.
Around the same age as Ennis.
Biker #1 has a few teeth missing.
Boker #2 limps, dragging a club-foot.
Each carries a half-empty bottle of liquor.
Loud, profane, already drunk - Sit themselves down on the grass behind Ennis and his family. [screenplay]
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Ennis is enraged at the misogynistic remarks the two bikers are making in front of his little girls.
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Ennis tried to control his mounting anger towards the drunken, loud-mouthed nuisances but failed.
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ENNIS
I don't want no trouble. You need to shut your slop bucket mouths!
BIKER #2
(stands, too, faces ENNIS) You oughta listen to your ol' lady, then. Move somewheres else.
ALMA stands now, FRANCINE on her hip, ALMA JR. clutching her mother's skirt. Quickly gathers up the blanket.
ALMA
(scared)
C'mon, Ennis. Please!
ENNIS looks back at ALMA, then kicks BIKER #1 right in the face, bloodying his nose and knocking him out cold.
{from the 2004 script}
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72 EXT: Riverton park: FOURTH OF JULY: NIGHT: 72
ENNIS, ALMA, ALMA JR. and FRANCINE. ALMA spreads a blanket on the ground, preparing to settle her family in to watch the fireworks.
WE SEE other Riverton citizens setting up, a few assorted rowdies drinking beer, families, couples relaxing near the DEL MAR FAMILY. Other children with their parents play nearby.
ENNIS
We should move closer.
ALMA
Let's don't, Francine'll get scared.
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The bikers were raising Cain and when Ennis responded by raising a hand, it raised a few eyebrows.
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Biker #1: "Asshole probably stopped puttin' it to the wife after the kids come, you know how that is." [screenplay]
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Band2.jpg)
A MARCHING BAND strikes up a tinny, slightly off-key rendition Of "THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC." , ALMA JR. crawls onto her daddy's lap.
ENNIS (settling her down)
Here we go, darlin'.
[screenplays]
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Ennis proved himself an upstanding citizen of Riverton when he stood up to deal with the two trash-talking bikers.
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Ennis vigorously defended the honor of the womenfolk by blasting the trash-talking bikers.
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The bikers thought that Ennis had a wet-blanket attitude because he was trying to spoil their fun.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/IndDayEnnis2.jpg)
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Ennis was intent on convincing the trash-talking bikers to xpurgate their conversation.
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R O U N D 3 7 2
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/IndDayEnnis.jpg)
PATRIOTIC REVUE
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ALMA (grabs ENNIS'S arm)
Let's move, Ennis.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/EnnisAnger.jpg)
ENNIS, trying to control his mounting anger, gently sets ALMA JR. onto the blanket and stands up, facing the DRUNKS.
ENNIS
I don't want no trouble. You need to shut your slop-bucket mouths!
[screenplays]
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/MarchBand.jpg)
A marching band was playing a tinny, slightly off-key rendition of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" at the Fourth of July celebration.
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As the bikers were lighting Ennis's fuse, the pyrotechnicians were lighting the igniter cords on the fireworks as well.
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/F__KYou.jpg)
Biker#l: "Fuck you!" (mumbles to his friend) "Dickhead probably stopped putting it to the wife after the kids come. You know how that is."
Indignant, they glare at Ennis, as the first of the fireworks shoots into the sky, exploding in air in sync with the verse, "...bombs bursting in air...", beginning the show.
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Fireworks weren't the only thing that exploded that night; Ennis's fuse was lit too.
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When words didn't work, Ennis used violence in dealing with the foulmouthed bikers.
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Ennis wanted to make it clear to the two bikers that their language (and choice of topic) belonged in the gutter, and away from his little darlin' girls.
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BIKER #2 (stands, faces ENNIS) You ought a listen to your old lady, then. Move somewhere else.
ALMA stands now, FRANCINE on her hip, ALMA JR. clutching her mother's skirt. Quickly gathers up the blanket.
ALMA C'mon, Ennis
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/IndDayEnnis3.jpg)
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The marching band includes the following musical instruments: a drum, a trombone, a saxophone, and a trumpet.
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The tinny music
preceding Ennis's attack on the bikers
was the song
"Battle Hymn of the Republic",
written in 1862
by
Julia Ward Howe
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Ennis confronted the loudmouths while showing concern for his scared little girls for crying out loud.
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The bikers had no intention of cleaning up their act until Ennis muscled in on it.
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Ennis attempted to neutralize the loudmouth bikers who had muscled in on the family celebration.
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Ennis's initial words to the obscenely disgusting bikers were nonconfrontational: "Hey, you might want to keep it down. I got two little girls here." [DVD]
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The obscenely foulmouthed, loudmouthed bikers were the pyrotechnicians who lit Ennis's fuse.
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The bikers were obscene, loudmouthed rabble-rousers who roused Ennis' anger.
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Ennis looks back at Alma, then kicks Biker #1 right in the face, bloodying his nose and knocking him out cold.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/EnnisExplodes.jpg)
Alma and the girls move away in horror, the fireworks and music in the background. Several of the surrounding families are quickly packing up to get away from the brawl. [2003 screenplay]
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Additional Assistant Director Pierre Tremblay's memory of the fireworks scene is that it was a "challenging little sequence" to film.
[Pierre Tremblay interview, March 2006]
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,220.0/all.html
=apology=
Computer trouble is exactly what happened. First I mistakenly posted a previously-used word. When informed of that, I went to find a new one, and couldn't stay logged on long enough to find, check, then post it. That's how come me end up here, 5 1/2 hours later. Sorry.
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Ennis objected to the bikers' unmannerly behavior, especially since it was in the presence of his two little girls.
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The marching band at the Riverton July 4th Fireworks show
played at least one of the verses of
The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
One of the verses of Battle Hymn of the Republic, as written by Julia Ward Howe in 1861:
I have seen him in the watchfires of an hundred circling camps
They have builded him an altar in the evening dews and damps,
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps,
His day is marching on.
This isn't the verse we usually hear, but it might be good for anyone
stuck in a damp camp on a mountain with only lamps for light.
Complete Song (http://womenshistory.about.com/library/etext/bl_howe_battle_hymn2.htm)
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From the moment Ennis turned and spoke to the foulmouthed bikers, Alma was wary of trouble brewing.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/IndDayEnnis2.jpg)
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After the bikers failed to follow Ennis's advice about shutting their slop-bucket mouths, Ennis reacted xplosively.
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Continuing the Fourth of July theme....
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Two bikers approach an area just behind the Del Mar family. Around the same age as Ennis. Biker #1 has a few teeth missing. Biker #2 limps, dragging a club-foot. Each carries a half-empty bottle of liquor. Loud, profane, already drunk. Sit themselves down on the grass behind Ennis and his family. [screenplays]
=compliment= Fran
Cool Patriotic Round Announcement!!
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Recognizing at once that Ennis's expression did not bode well, Biker #2 gave his friend a warning tap and stood up to face the music.
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Biker #1 asks a rather empty-headed question: "Where do you think the most pussy's at -- Las Vegas or California?"
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Ennis takes a deep breath...turns, looks over his shoulder at the two drunks.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/EnnisAsking.jpg)
Ennis: (not confrontational) "You boys wanna keep it down? I got two little girls here." [screenplays]
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The Fourth of July evening turned out more explosive than anyone had imagined.
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The bikers kept on adding fuel to the fire with their foolish misogynistic remarks.
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After the bikers sit behind his little darlin' family, Ennis' first gestures were defensive and protective. He moves closer to Alma, puts his right arm around her, and pulls her - and the girls - closer to him.
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Disturbed by the crude comments of the bikers, Alma's suggestion was to move away, out of hearing range.
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Ennis became inflamed as the bikers kept adding fuel to the fire.
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Ennis listened to the bikers and judged that their language and attitude needed some straightening out. So he straightened out one biker to prove his point.
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Those lascivious loudmouths let out some lewd language.
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The screenplay describes Biker #1 as missing a few teeth.
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Ennis didn't want a couple of no-goods to spoil the July festivities, so he spoiled them himself.
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The bikers had a one-track mind which focused on bodies rather than minds.
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Those bikers were a couple of philistines.
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/PicnicCrowd.jpg)
We see other Riverton citizens setting up, a few assorted rowdies drinking beer, families, couples relaxing near the Del Mar family. Other children with their parents play nearby.
[screenplays]
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The marching band performing at the fireworks demonstration includes a drummer, a trombonist, a saxophonist, and a trumpeter.
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Ennis asked one of the bikers if he wanted to become partially toothless when they continued their rable-rousing. The other biker already had a few teeth missing, so they would have had a matched set.
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Ennis bashed the unabashed bikers.
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The Fourth of July incident with the bikers is one of the more violent vignettes in the film Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennis was on the warpath after the bikers continued thier unruly behavior.
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The Riverton spectators came to see some controlled xplosives, but some of them say uncontrolled xplosives as well.
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Round 374!
Hear the crowd roar!
Fireworks galore!
We want more!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/IndDayEnnis6.jpg)
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Some found the bikers' words appalling; others found Ennis's behavior appalling.
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/bikers.jpg)
The bikers -- namely, Biker #1 and Biker #2 -- sat themselves down on the grass behind Ennis, Alma, and the girls.
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"Got you a extra blanket I'll roll up out here and grab forty winks, ride out at first light." "Freeze your ass off when that fires dies down. Better off sleeping in the tent." "Doubt I'll feel nothin." But he staggered under canvas, pulled his boots off, snored on the ground cloth for a while, woke Jack with the clacking of his jaw. [Story]
=aside= Playerz
Hello everyone! I'm back from my month-long vacation! Happy new year everyone!
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71 EXT: RIVERTON, WYOMING: PARK: FOURTH OF JULY: NIGHT: 1966: 71
We see a huge billboard advertising July 4, 1966 fireworks' display.
Ennis, Alma, Alma Jr. and Francine. Alma spreads a blanket on the ground, preparing to settle her family in to watch the fireworks. [2004 screenplay]
=reply= opinionista
Welcome back from your holidays.
Happy New Year.
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By her reaction, Alma thought Ennis's reaction to the idiot bikers was excessive.
=aside= Natali
Welcome back! Feliz Ano Nuevo!
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Biker #2: "All swelled up with patriotic feeling and ready to be humped like a frog."
=aside= Natali
What Paul said. :)
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Ennis's rough treatment of the bikers is in stark contrast to the gentleness he shows Jenny just moments before.
Gentleness:
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/IndDayEnnis7.jpg)
:Roughness
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/IndDayEnnis5.jpg)
=aside=
The examining Ennis appears to be giving the top of Jenny's head is recognizable as a typical parent's cradle cap scrutiny.
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Alma and the girls were upset by the hurly-burly of Ennis' confrontation with the bikers.
=aside= Natali
One more welcome back and Happy New Year wish.
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The bikers' lack of sensitivity served to incense Ennis.
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Biker #2 shows judiciousness when he backs away and says, "Not tonight, bud...I'd sure rather not," to Ennis's query, "You want to lose about half your fuckin' teeth?"
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The long-haired biker judiciously decided that he'd rather keep his teeth than mess with Ennis.
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After biker #1 was mouthing off obscenities and Ennis knocked him unconscious, biker #2 decided he'd rather keep his teeth than mouth off at Ennis.
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It didn't take Ennis much more than a nanosecond from the time he stood up and confronted the mouthing-off bikers to the time he had kicked the first one in the face.
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Biker #2 rejected Ennis's offering to add teeth to his diet.
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(http://www.alarmingnews.com/archives/american%20flag%20picture.jpg)
The Fourth of July fireworks display was a patriotic celebration in honor of America's birthday.
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The brouhaha between the slop-bucket-mouthed bikers and the short-fused Ennis ratcheted up quickly, despite the patriotic celebration going on around them.
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Alma seemed surprised at Ennis's sudden and violent reaction to the bikers' comment.
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Biker #2 trembles and tells Ennis he'd rather not eat any of his teeth tonight.
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Gaping at Ennis's unprecedented violence, Alma's response is in the "uh-oh" range.
def.: interjection used to express alarm, foreboding, or dismay.
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From her reaction to Ennis's confrontation with the bikers, Alma appears to be a violence-shunning type of person who is very protective of her children.
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BIKER #2
(polite)
Not tonight, bud...I'd sure rather not.
Backs away, dragging his unconscious friend along with him.
Alma and the girls stare at Ennis, stunned and wide-eyed: they have witnessed a kind of fury in him that they have never seen before. [screenplay]
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The bikers xasperatingly ignored Ennis's warning about their slop-bucket mouths.
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Round 375 !!!!!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kids/BobbyTwoWeeks.gif)
Why, Mama?
That's more food than I can eat in two weeks.
A round or two dedicated to the kids of Brokeback.
Actually Bobby said: "Why, Mama? I'm gonna be eatin' this food for the next two weeks."
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While her daddy is preoccupied with thoughts of Jack, Alma Jr. and her mama amuse themselves on the sofa -- Alma Jr. with a coloring book and Alma Sr. with a magazine.
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The food Bobby was referring to was in a bowl.
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Bobby is sitting on one of six matching chairs as he makes it clear that he would prefer to watch football than to eat.
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Jack was convinced that 15-year-old Bobby had dyslexia or something, no doubt about it, because he "couldn't hardly read."
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L.D. is pleased to see how much the football game is able to engage Bobby.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kids/kids_BobbyTv.jpg)
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Both Ennis and Jack became fathers, with two children and one child respectively.
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Bobby goes against the grain at Thanksgiving dinner by having cereal.
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There were many actresses portraying Alma Jr.: Sarah Hyslop played her at ages 9-12.
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Alma Jr., at 19, impresses her father enough that he will modify his cowboying schedule for a while to attend her wedding at the Methodist Church.
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After Ennis introduced Jack to Alma Jr. and Jenny, the girls jointly said, "Hi."
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When Ennis asked Junior and Jenny if they needed a push, the response was a listless "no" in unison.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kids/kids_swinging.jpg)
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Alma had a very motherly attitude towards her children. She didn't want more children than they could financially afford, and she was willing to work hard for the ones she had.
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Alma Jr. summed up her feelings about Cassie in a nutshell when she said: "You're good enough. Maybe Daddy's not the marrying kind."
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Alma Jr. and Jenny are Ennis and Alma's offspring; Bobby is Jack and Lureen's.
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Lureen held and protected her newborn baby, as her father claimed a striking resemblance, and her mother delivered formula by the case.
Next is the letter "R"
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L.D. claimed that Bobby bore a striking resemblance to himself.
=aside= Toast
Thanks for letting me plagarize.
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Alma Jr. and Jenny's front yard consisted of a swing set and a bucket.
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Upstairs, above the laundromat, there are little girls' toys everywhere. And Alma Jr. even has a place to cook with her Mom.
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Newborn Bobby has his ulna balanced over his mom's ulna.
Def. - The bone extending from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb in humans.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kids/kids_NewBovvy.jpg)
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Alma Jr.'s eyes vary in color as time passes in the movie. Blue eyes become brown eyes.
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Although Alma had her issues with Ennis and eventually divorced him for a better provider, the affection that Junior and Jenny had for him never wavered.
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Ennis's gentleness with his children is xhibitive of his tender nature.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kids/kids_crib.jpg)
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MORE CHILD'S PLAY!
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While Alma Jr. and Jenny play on the swings, they hear the sounds of an argument coming from their second-floor apartment.
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The whole family gathered to admire the new baby in the pink Twist bedroom, and Rodeo was soon sent off for formula.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Lureen_s.jpg)
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Little Alma, Jr., took a child's view of Ennis's going off with Jack: "Bring me a fish, Daddy! A big fish!"
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kids/kids_Daddy.jpg)
Alma Jr. and Jenny are clearly distressed when Ennis storms out of the house on Thanksgiving without saying goodbye.
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While the kids swing, Alma stomps off to earn more money.
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There was no way that Ennis was going to sit there and let his little darlin' girls listen to the filthy language of two slop-bucket mouthed bikers.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/EnnisAnger.jpg)
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L.D. equates growing up to be a man with watching football as Bobby sits glued to the set.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kids/kids_BobbyTv.jpg)
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Alma Jr. apologizes to Cassie for her incivility with these words: "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be rude."
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On the ride home from the outing with Cassie, Ennis didn't take long to shoot down Junior's hopes of coming to live with him.
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Bobby had to take his lumps when he was told to eat his dinner (cereal) or the television would be turned off.
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kids/kids_crib.jpg)
Ennis sits the crying babies down on the mattress of Alma Jr.'s modified crib so that he can wipe Alma Jr.'s nose.
=comment=
I hope the peeling paint isn't lead-based. :(
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Alma gives Ennis a number of reasons why they should move into town, one of which is that Jenny's asthma is needful of nearby medical attention.
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When Ennis asked Junior and Jenny if they needed a push, their one-word response was a listless "no."
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Having just witnessed some of their parents' argument, Alma Jr. and Jenny refuse Ennis's offer of a push and pump their swings themselves.
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Junior relishes Kurt's car.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kids/kids_car.jpg)
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Alma Jr. and Jenny were swinging on their swings while Ennis, after arguing with Alma, looked as if he might take a swing at someone.
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On the swing set used by Alma Jr. and Jenny, two-thirds of the swings are suspended by chains.
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While Ennis and Alma were at the drive-in watching "Surf Party," Alma, Jr., still in utero, was making some waves of her own.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/kids_movie.jpg)
=compliment= Meryl
Very clever!
Fran
=aside=Fran
Thanks!
Meryl
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After the violation of Earl,
Mr. Del Mar made certain that his sons saw the crime scene,
and understood why it happened.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kids/kids_kitsEarl.jpg)
"Dad laughed about it." [Proulx]
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Once Alma Jr. had her dad to herself, she warily broached the subject of maybe coming to stay with him:
"Daddy, I was thinking, what with the new baby and all ... Ma and Monroe, they've been awful strict on me. More on me than on Jenny even. (pause) I was thinking, maybe I could ... maybe I could come stay with you, Daddy ... I'd be a big help to you, I know I would." [screenplay]
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Alma Jr. thought it was odd that her dad was asking questions about her x-boyfriend's interests, since she had stopped seeing him two years earlier.
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Round 377!!!
Monroe's Grocery Has More Condiments Than a Seven-Eleven
(http://www.tabasco.com/images/content/tabasco_condiments_main2.gif)
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We see Ennis at the supermarket, abandoning his two girls in favor of the heifers who need him right now. He'd better go home and put on his cowboy boots, too.
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Monroe told Ennis to look for the aisle featuring ketchup, a cousin to barbecue sauce.
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Monroe lets Ennis know that ketchup is a condiment.
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In the movie, Alma Jr. knocked over the nuts that were displayed at the end of an aisle.
In the 2004 screenplay, it was a different product that was splatted onto the floor.
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Not far from the vanilla extract, Ennis attempts to extract a promise from Alma to take care of the girls.
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Ennis needed Monroe's help in finding the condiments aisle.
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Ennis gathered his two girls in his arms and entered the supermarket, determined to leave them with their mother.
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Ennis told Alma that he had to be at the ranch, as each and every heifer decided to calve at the same time. Hey, doesn't round steak come from heifers?
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Alma has just finished telling Ennis that she doesn't get off work for another three hours when Alma Jr. interrupts with a special request: "Mama, I need crayons."
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Between Alma and Ennis is the Junket display. When this scene was shot, Ennis was supposed to be hurrying off on a quick junket with Jack.
Def: 1 : a dessert of sweetened flavored milk set with rennet
2 a : a festive social affair b : TRIP, JOURNEY: as (1) : a trip made by an official at public expense (2) : a promotional trip made at another's expense <a film's press junket>
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/monroe/HereWeAre.jpg)
=compliment= Elle
Great observation.
Sandy
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Alma was left in the lurch when Ennis dropped off the girls while she still had three hours left of work.
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While only steps away from the mustard, Alma mustered up the courage to challenge Ennis briefly with "What about my job?"
=compliment= Meryl
You certainly passed muster with that post.
Sandy
=aside= Sandy
:-*
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While standing in front of shelves of nonperishable food, Ennis tells Alma that he's dropping the girls off with her because his boss called and he's needed at the ranch.
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Ennis seemed to accept that this was one of the occasions where his allegiance to the cattle was more important than to his family.
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Monroe offered to pick up the pieces from the broken peanut jars.
=aside=
Ennis may have had to settle for peanut butter sandwiches instead of round steak.
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Ennis didn't want to ruin the chances of keeping his job; he doesn't seem to care what happens to Alma's job.
=aside= Sandy
PB&J with glass shards? Mmm.
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Monroe said, "Really, Alma, it's okay. I'll get it," meaning that he would see to it that the peanuts and the shards of glass were cleaned up.
=aside= Paul & Sandy
I think that would be a bit too crunchy.
Thanks for the word.
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The turnover of nuts was particularly high that day.
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Junior's actions served to undermine the integrity of the stack of peanut jars.
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Despite the validness of her having to do a million things in the next three hours, Alma accepts responsibility for the two girls as well.
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Alma had to ask her sister to watch the girls after Ennis wangled out of his baby-sitting commitment.
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Monroe xerted his influence when he told Alma not to worry about the mess from the spilled nuts.
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Round 378
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/monroe/Store.jpg)
Them heifers still can't wait!
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It only took a moment for Jack to assume the position when he realized Ennnis was willing. :D
=aside=
You know what they about assume... :laugh:
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Alma protested to Ennis, but when he gave her that look, she knew she was beaten.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/monroe/EnnusUpset.jpg)
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Ennis stopped in front of one of the checkout counters to ask Monroe where Alma was.
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At a decent distance from the dill slices, Alma dealt with Ennis's desire to decamp after depositing his daughters.
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Alma had no energies left to fight with Ennis, so she accepted defeat and threw herself on the mercies of her sister and Monroe.
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The grocery store is illuminated by overhead fluorescent lights.
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The Jolly Green Giant's image looms over the proceedings at the grocery store.
(http://www.stripedwall.com/cpg/albums/movies/brokeback/part3/thumb_brokebackmtn_1875.jpg)
=comment=
Do you think Monroe turns into the Hulk?
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Ennis doesn't seem to mind putting the heifers' needs before those of his own family.
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The grocery store is illuminated by overhead fluorescent lights.
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When Ennis dropped off the girls, Alma had to perform a juggling act between her work and her family.
Next Letter is "L."
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Heinz vinegar is on the lowest shelf at the Riverton supermarket.
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Alma: "What about my job? (gives up) Oh, all right then ... I'll call my sister, maybe she can keep 'em till I get off."
Ennis: "I may be half the night. Bring home some round steak if you think of it." [screenplay]
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Ennis's need to help calve the heifers necessitates his dropping the girls off with Alma.
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A basket of oranges are to the left, on the way to the condiment aisle in the Riverton supermarket.
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/monroe/AlmaJenny.jpg)
There is contrasting piping on the collar of Alma's work smock.
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When Ennis said "it'll be my job...", Alma's retort was: "What about my job?"
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There was a sale sign above the nuts, so the price had dropped before the nuts had.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/monroe/HereWeAre.jpg)
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You can purchase eggs by the dozen or by the tray at the Riverton supermarket.
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When Ennis said, "the wha'?" he was commenting on the unintelligibility of the word "condiment".
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/monroe/entrance.jpg)
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Superman and Betty and Veronica comic books are available for purchase at the grocery store. They can be found in the rack just above the newspapers.
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Ennis is wearing his zipped windbreaker, laced boots and narrow bottom jeans to the supermarket.
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Junior xacerbates the situation by pulling a jar of peanuts from the bottom of the pile.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/monroe/Nutsfalling.jpg)
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Round 379!
C'mon in, the shopping's fine!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/monroe/Condiments.jpg)
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The peanuts were rolling in the aisles of the supermarket.
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You can buy a banana at the Riverton supermarket; they are to the left on the way to the condiment aisle.
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Monroe was chatting with the cashier when Ennis and the girls first entered the store.
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Junior asks for crayons so she can draw. She had already drawn the conclusion that adult arguments are really boring.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/monroe/EnnisShoes.jpg)
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As Ennis exits the scene, the nuts come crashing down. Enter Monroe.
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Fry's cocoa can be found two shelves above the five-pound bags of sugar. It is also shelved across the aisle, two shelves below the Junket varieties. (Look for a yellow cylinder with a picture of a plate of brownies.)
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After Ennis dropped off the girls, he was out of there like greased lightning.
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Dealing with Ennis was humiliating enough; but the crashing nuts must have been the last straw for Alma.
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Fluorescent lights illuminate the grocery store.
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Not far from the jellies, Monroe offered to do a janitorial job to help Alma out of a jam.
The next letter is "L"
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One innocent move from Alma Jr. litters the floor with nuts and shards of glass.
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When Ennis dropped off the girls and was arguing with Alma, Monroe minded his own business.
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Monroe offered to clean up the mess created by Alma's namesake.
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Ennis seems to think his obligation to his boss and his heifers is greater than his obligation to his family. Typical employee.
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Ennis passed the buck to Alma when he dropped off the girls so that he could help calve the heifers.
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Monroe relished the opportunity to help out Alma with the mishap in the condiments aisle.
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(http://www.fetpak.com/images/PGBline.jpg)
Brown paper bags in an assortment of sizes are conveniently stacked under the checkout counters at the grocery store.
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Ever tactful, Monroe don't say much, but he gets his point across, "Ketchup."
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Monroe undertook the job of cleaning up the mess of peanuts and glass. "Watch your feet."
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/monroe/Monroe.jpg)
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Once inside the grocery store, Ennis carried his daughters past a coin-operated vending machine for candy.
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The spilled peanuts gummed up the works in the condiment aisle.
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Ennis thought he could drop off the kids at Alma's workplace with a few xplanatory words, and be free to look out to the heifers. He was right.
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Round 380
Oooooeee Matey.
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r104/sfericsf/JackLowStartle.jpg)
The horses of Brokeback.
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Having grown up in western Australia, Heath knew how to ride horses and was comfortable with the role. He was taught the difference between Western- and English-style riding.
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Proulx wrote:
Ennis picked out a big chestnut called Cigar Butt to ride, Jack a bay mare who turned out to have a low startle point.
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Although Jack was a rodeo 'cowboy', Ennis rode his horse more comfortably than Jack.
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Heath had training in dressage prior to the film. Jake, he rode bikes, mostly.
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Time spent in Ang Lee's boot camp -- riding horses and working with the dogs and the sheep -- enhanced Jake Gyllenhaal's ability to play a believable Jack Twist.
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Having access to horses freed Ennis and Jack to explore all over Wyoming, and to find private places to be themselves.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/horses10.jpg)
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Riding horses is good for Ennis's gluteals. Hence Jack's line in the story about "all that time o' yours ahorseback that makes it so goddamn good".
The gluteals in question:
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/horses4.jpg)
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Alerted by the barking blue heeler, Ennis hastened his horse so he could see for himself what the ruckus was about.
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Aguirre incredulously watched the horsing around as Jack and Ennis were pulling off their clothes, laughing, cutting up.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/horses13.jpg)
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One of the pastoral scenes shows that the horses were jumpers; they jump over a mountain stream.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/horses7.jpg)
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From childhood on, both Ennis and Jack were intimately acquainted with the leathery smell of boots, saddle and bridle.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/horsegearLake.jpg)
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/horses8.jpg)
In the above photo, the distinctive white marking on Ennis's horse is called a star.
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Sometimes the silence of the mountain was broken only by the neighs of the horses.
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Riverton was a one-horse town.
Def: a small town where very little happens
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Ennis uses his pickups to transport his horses; either in a trailer or in a stall built in the pan of his pickup.
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Jack's horse up on Brokeback was a rascally mare who always put up a bit of a protest when he got in the saddle.
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While holding the bay mare's reins in his left hand, Jack placed his right hand on the back of the saddle, put his left foot in the left stirrup, and jumped up, swinging his right leg over the horse's back. He then turned to Ennis and said, "No more beans."
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Jack's horse had a low startle point. Horses like that have hair triggers, and are skittish. Though very good at rearing on cue, Roy Rogers' horse, Trigger, had an easy-going reputation.
"Trigger, Smartest Horse in the Movies"
(http://www.equinenet.org/heroes/trig.jpg)
http://www.equinenet.org/heroes/trigger.html
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Ennis was tying knots and securing the leather thingies around the underbelly of the horses.
=comment=
Can you tell I'm a city boy?
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Joe Aguirre came riding up to the campsite on horseback, fixed Jack with a bold stare, and told him that his uncle Harold was a valetudinarian.
def. = a person in poor health
=reply= Paul
This city girl thinks you're talking about the cinch and the cinch strap.
How to Tie a Western Cinch (http://horses.about.com/od/choosingandusingtack/ss/tiecinch.htm)
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Sometimes the silence of the mountain was broken only by the whinnies of the horses.
=aside= Paul
Thanks for the phrasing.
=aside= Fran
Was that a direct quote?
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Jack was xpelled from his horse, thereby making it more difficult to expel air from his broken harmonica.
=aside= Fran
Thanks for the lesson: looks like a cinch!
=aside= Sandy
Share and share alike.
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Round 381!
Put your best shirt on,
Because he's the one.
The clothes of Brokeback Mountain
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_459.jpg)
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An apron-clad Alma Jr. was helping her mom in the kitchen the day Ennis came home to find a postcard from Jack.
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Love them britches.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h257/Ellemeno_2006/RRoping.jpg)
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At the reunion stairs, Ennis really collared Jack before he planted one on him.
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Ennis's appearance for Thanksgiving dinner at Monroe's, namely a clean shirt, bolo tie and slicked-back hair, is about as dandified as he ever gets in the entire film.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/ThanksgivingEnnis2.jpg)
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There was lots of elastic on the clothes that you couldn't see.
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Lashawn looked rather frou-frou in her fringed faux fur.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/LaShawnLureen.jpg)
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In a dark alley in Juarez, Jack nods to a particularly clean-cut young gigolo wearing a simple V-neck shirt.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/JuarezAlley2.jpg)
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Ennis wore a hooded slicker but didn't wear the hood or slick down his hair.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_099.jpg)
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Many of Ennis's outfits were ill-fitting; he was always tucking in his shirt.
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Dressed in his best shirt, Ennis jump-starts his relationship with Jack with a passionate kiss at the foot of the stairs.
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Alma laced into Ennis about his "fishing trips" with Jack at Thanksgiving dinner.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_700.jpg)
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Lureen sported a mane of fur (could it be lynx?); she was queen of the
jungle Benefit, after all.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/LureenJank.jpg)
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Ennis's attorney wore a navy blue suit to court.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Divorced.jpg)
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Alma's outfits were out of style and Ennis' outfits didn't fit his very fit body.
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When Jack is looking for his blue parka, his shirt is purplish.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kids/kids_BobbyEducation.jpg)
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The neckline of Lashawn's cocktail dress is enhanced by ruffles.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/FlowersMalones.jpg)
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While Ennis kept his feelings locked inside, Jack wore his heart on his sleeve.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_729.jpg)
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In the opening scenes, Ennis's identification with the color brown is set up by his tan jacket with the tanned leather collar and his light brown cowboy hat.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisOpening.jpg)
=compliment=Sandy
Nicely put
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In the back seat of LD's car, Lureen sported some black lacy unmentionables. Although she didn't wear them for long, now that you mention it.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LacyLureen.jpg)
{with thanks to Toast for the boobage}
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Joe Aguirre, Jack, Ennis, and one of the bikers all wore vests at some point in the movie.
=aside= Toast
Thanks. I missed the obvious "V".
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Ennis wore his clean, but worn-out, clothes to the Monroe Thanksgiving dinner:
ENNIS dressed in a clean Levi's jacket and a bolo tie, his shirt collar threadbare. [screenplay]
=aside= Toast
Look who started page 700!
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Lureen the rodeo queen flaunted the xpensiveness of her vibrant red rodeo outfit.
(http://www.thecinemasource.com/moviesdb/images/Brokeback%20Mountain%20-%208%20-%20300%20-%20Anne%20Hathaway.jpg)
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Round 382
What size are you?
Clothes round take two
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kids/kids_car.jpg)
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When Ennis visited Jack's room at the Twist house, he was hardly expecting to find their old shirts hidden in the closet, both still showing the aftereffects of that last struggle on the mountain.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisShirts.jpg)
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Dressed in an old plaid shirt and bib overalls, Mr. Twist had nothing nice to say about his son, Jack, during Ennis's visit to Lightning Flat.
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In Lureen's case, clothes made the woman - being the clothes-minded person she was.
=aside= Meryl
A belated thank you.
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The 2003 screenplay describes how Jack Twist washes and dries their laundry:
Clear day. Though it's summer, there is a biting little wind. Jack, wearing only his boots, is doing laundry. Shivers. Squats by the stream, carefully wrings out Ennis's only other shirt, a denim button-up western-style shirt, and hangs it on a long branch next to their combined wardrobes: three pairs of Levi's, 2 shirts, two bandannas - no undergarments (neither wears socks or underwear).
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Already four or five months pregnant at Thanksgiving, Alma is wearing a dress that has what is known as an empire waist.
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Story Jack's hat was feathered; Jack accessorized it with the tail feather of an eagle he shot.
(http://www.springfieldleather.com/catalog/images/craft_supplies/FEATHER1.jpg)
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When Ennis and Alma went on their honeymoon toboggan ride, Ennis wore a woolly toque, a warm vest under his jean jacket, and his hands were warmly gloved.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Ennisgloved.jpg)
=aside= Paul
I love the feather in the story.
And that's a cool picture.
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Good, hardy clothing was needed to make it through a summer of working on the mountain; Jack's and Ennis's jeans did the job.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/tussle2.jpg)
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After years of believing that he had inadvertently left his shirt up on Brokeback Mountain, Ennis learned the truth during his visit to Lightning Flat.
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Cassie jiggles her way into Ennis' life with her tube top and her cutoffs.
(http://film.onet.pl/_i/film/b/brokeback_mountain/g/g71.jpg)
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Lashawn wore a low-cut frilly flowery dress to the Benefit Dance. I don't think it came from Neiman Marcus.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/FlowersMalones.jpg)
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While she sets about seducing Ennis, Cassie sports a mustard-colored tube top that sets off her blonde locks.
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Cassie, LaShawn and Lureen all wore necklaces - only Cassie and LaShawn had plunging necklines.
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Before Cassie put her dogs on Ennis's lap, she first unlaced her strange open-toed shoe-like thingies. Espadrilles? Roman wedgies?
(http://images.andale.com/f2/117/117/15293637/2006/10/12/1158559019293_PC_BBM_110.jpg)
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The Mexican prostitute chosen by Jack in the dark alley in Juarez is simply dressed in a striped knit shirt and black pants.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/JuarezAlley4.jpg)
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Ennis constantly carries his rust-colored gloves in his right rear jean pocket. He has them in his left pocket in one movie scene.
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Many of the western-style shirts had contrasting stitching for added interest.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kids/kids_BobbyEducation.jpg)
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Because Ennis had a tendency to quit jobs, he had to tighten his belt - also so that his shirt wouldn't become untucked.
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The uniform for female workers at the grocery store consists of a teal smock worn over street clothes.
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Clothes figured prominently in the film's valedictory scene: Junior's forgotten sweater, lovingly folded; and of course the heart-breaking shrine of shirts.
{def: closing or farewell}
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It was so windy and cold on Alma's washday at the lonesome ranch house that Alma had to wear a fleece-lined parka to gather in the clothes.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/AlmaWashday.jpg)
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Dressed in the flashiest, most costly rodeo finery, Lureen's xudation is one of style and wealth.
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Round 383!
Another shopping spree!
Clothes of BBM: Take Three!
(http://www.roomrate.com/attraction/images/NeimanMarcus.gif)
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Alma appeared to dress much the same with Monroe as she did when she was married to Ennis.
=milestone= Fran
Congratulations on Post 2500!
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Ennis favors clothing of the beige variety, but Jack looks great in blue (and black).
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LaShawn and Cassie showed some cleavage in public; Lureen waited until she got into the backseat of her daddy's car.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LacyLureen.jpg)
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In dusty denim, Jack draped himself vampishly over the bed of the black pickup.
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When Cassie met Ennis, she was wearing a tube top, cutoffs, and espadrilles.
def. espadrille = a casual shoe with a canvas upper and a sole of twisted rope
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When it came to fabrics, fashions, and jewelry, Lureen beat out the competition - hands down.
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Lureen carried a gold clutch purse that was probably worth its weight in gold.
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There were a few different haberdashers who supplied the men's clothes: Rockmount, Levi, Wrangler.
(http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:ztYIS9b7elZpMM:http://www.rockmount.com/images/Homepage3.gif)
(http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:US9Audt7MqL7TM:http://www.levi.com.br/images/lancadora.gif)
(http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:9dmGawGo7qufsM:http://www.rodeomart.com/merchant2/graphics/gfx/featured/sign_wrangler.gif)
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Lureen counts on impressing people with her clothes, her jewelry, and her hairstyle.
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The rain slicker worn by Ennis while working up on Brokeback Mountain is the color of jonquils.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_099.jpg) (http://www.aromatherapy-oil.co.uk/images/jonquil.jpg)
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In the flashback to the dozy embrace, Ennis lovingly touches the fleecy lapels of Jack's coat before leaving him to go up to the flock.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/embrace2.jpg)
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The clothing of BBM is made from miscellaneous fabrics.
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Dressed in a lace-trimmed negligee, Alma seductively wrapped her arms around Ennis and apparently succeeded in convincing him to move to town.
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Ennis was dressed in an open-collared shirt while waiting for Jack - probably because he was hot under the collar.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_459.jpg)
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Many articles of clothing--including the western-style shirts favored by Ennis and Jack's fleecy coat--were patterned in various kinds of plaids.
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While Ennis is on the phone with Lureen, we can see that the material at the end of his sleeves has started to ravel from wear.
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We see Ennis wearing two suits - one is his wedding suit and the other is his birthday suit.
=congratz= Fran
On achieving 2500 letter-perfect posts.
(http://www.blogpocket.com/dosmilquinientos.jpg)
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While Ennis is toasting to his daughter's marriage to a man who loves her; he is wearing a jacket like the one his father wore in that irrigation ditch about thirty years earlier.
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Cassie untied her espadrilles and put her feet in Ennis's lap for a foot rub.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks for noticing.
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The prostitute in Juarez is wearing a V-necked shirt.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/JuarezAlley4.jpg)
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Jack wrings out his and Ennis's clothes in the stream while wearing his boots and his birthday suit.
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The unidentified denim-skirted woman sharing the dance floor with Ennis and Cassie exemplifies xtremism in body art.
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Round 384!
Let’s turn the tables on Joe Aguirre....
(http://www.computerized-screening.com/userimages/Exec%20Binoculars%20High%20Res.jpg)
Here's lookin' at YOU, Joe!
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Aguirre thought that Ennis and Jack's actions spoke louder than their words - the reason for not hiring Jack the following summer.
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Joe Aguirre made it clear to Jack and Ennis that he thought they had bungled the job on Brokeback: "You ranch stiffs ain't never no good..."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Ranchstiffs.jpg)
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Joe's wavy hair is "the color of cigarette ash and parted down the middle." [story]
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Aguirre's spying on the private affairs of cowboys in his employ is an example of his dastardliness.
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Joe Aguirre by no means approved of the extracurricular activities observed through his binoculars.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/muddyknees.jpg)
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Joe Aguirre uses figurative language when he tells Jack: "Twist, you guys wasn't gettin' paid to leave the dogs baby-sit the sheep while you stemmed the rose." [screenplay]
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Aguirre grossly invaded the privacy of the two cowboys in his employ.
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Jack was dismayed to find out that Aguirre had hatched a new scheme since his first summer on Brokeback: Sleep with the sheep, hundred percent.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/JackAguirretrailer.jpg)
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Joe Aguirre rode up to the main camp ostensibly to relay information from Mrs. Twist to Jack.
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Joe's manners left a lot to be desired.
=comment=
On the Performance Thread, Aguirre is discovered to have had a Brokeback relationship with Uncle Harold many years earlier.
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,2739.msg102964/topicseen.html#msg102964
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Ennis and Jack were supposed to be on the lookout for coyotes - they should have been on the lookout for Aguirre.
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Mrs. Twist wanted Jack to know about Uncle Harold's pneumonia, so she asked Joe Aguirre to be her messenger.
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Joe Aguirre didn't feel obliged to observe the niceties when Jack Twist showed up in his trailer in '64: "Get the hell out of my trailer!"
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Aguirre.jpg)
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Aguirre off-puttingly scolded Jack for stemmin' the rose.
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Joe Aguirre was paging through a magazine when Jack asked him if he was needin' any help that summer.
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Aguirre ranted about 1962's bad predator loss in his neglected sheep. At the end of the '63 season, he ranted about the ranch stiffs' returning with mixed, but still too few, sheep. In 1964 he ranted about the ranch stiffs' stemming the roses back in 1963.
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Aguirre's quirky expression for cowboy sex was "stemming the rose".
Watch out for the thorns.
(http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/PHT/PHT297/PAA294000039.jpg)
=aside= Paul
I can't believe that wasn't used before.
Sandy
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Joe Aguirre didn't mince words: "Some of these never went up there with you."
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Mr. Aguirre, he was the mean man to his underlings. He say no good words to them at all.
=aside= Seepian
Welcome back. How are things in Denmark?
Sandy
Hi Miss Sandy and Mr. Paul
In Denmark, thinks are good.
Grandma's teapot is clean and makes nice tea.
The ashes and the fluffy hair they are buried in the green-apple orchard.
(http://3dakmedia.net4you.net/ppm_3dak_nak/eisheader___UPLOAD_0.jpg)
I come to invite Mr. Toast to skate in the Nederlands.
I find the skates - size ten.
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Aguirre criticized Jack and Ennis when they came down from the mountain, calling them ranch stiffs, but they received his vilification stoically.
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Joe witnesses Ennis and Jack's playfulness and comes up with the expression "stemming the rose."
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Joe Aguirre expected Jack to pitch a pup tent on the q.t. and sleep with the sheep a hundred percent, with no xceptions.
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Round 385
Joe Aguirre is still alive.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/AguirreEyes.jpg)
Every look you take
And every move you make
Every spud you pare, every kiss you share
I'll be watching you
Every single day
And every rose they stem
Every laundry day, every night he'll stay
I'll be watching them
Sorry Sting. [Actually Sting you can blame Dr. Paul too.]
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Not hiding his bitterness, Aguirre addressed Jack acrimoniously.
=aside= Toast
A toast to your 2000th!
(http://www.online-toast-writer.com/toasts.gif)
=aside= Seepian
Nice to see you again. How's grandma and her teapot?
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Joe tells Jack that Uncle Harrold is alive and breathing.
=congratz= Toast
On your 2000th post!!!
(http://c.icq.com/img/friendship/static/card_7364_rs.gif)
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Joe Aguirre walked into his trailer carrying a large container of coffee.
=congratulations= Toast
2,000 posts! You're gaining on me. :)
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Aguirre watches until each boy dresses. Then he rides into camp when Ennis has gone up to the sheep. He seems to find it too hard to get off the horse for a few minutes.
=aside= Friends
Thanks for being here, and not just now.
Fran, I could never catch you and your spelling and grammar.
Sandy, A lady who always has some bubbliness to share.
Paul, A pink gin toast - wow dude. You know how to get my attention.
A nice evening all around.
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The sight of Jack and Ennis tussling on the mountain was an eyepopper for Aguirre.
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Aguirre flouted the Forest Service rules by ordering Jack to pitch a pup tent on the QT.
=aside= Toast
Musta been, um, saddle sores.
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Joe Aguirre glares at Ennis and Jack as he heads for the trailer door.
A Message for Toast from Joe's Sheep:
(http://www.usda.gov/oc/photo/92c0494.jpg)
"2,000 posts? Not b-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-d!"
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Joe tells Jack, when he inquires about a job for next summer, that he had better hotfoot it out of there.
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Joe Aguirre's sheep watched Jack and Ennis inscrutably. Joe seemed to think they were scrutable.
=aside= Fran
The sheep seem to understand my situation, though.
Thanks
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There is a jackalope mounted on the wall of Aguirre's trailer.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JackalopeMaybe.jpg)
The jackalope legend in the U.S. is attributed by the New York Times to Douglas Herrick (1920–2003) of Douglas, Wyoming, in 1932.
{with thanks to Wrangler Toast}
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Joe Aguirre supplied the grub boxes which Jack and Ennis used as a larder to store their larder.
def. = a place, such as a pantry or cellar, where food is stored; a supply of food
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Joe Aguirre made it clear that the safety of his sheep mattered more than the comfort of his herder: who was expected to sleep with the sheep - one hunderd percent.
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Aguirre did not consider Jack and Ennis nonpareils of sheepherding.
def.= individuals of unequalled excellence
=Congratz=Toast
A nonpareil of wordplay, 2000 posts strong
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/wordplay.jpg)
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The duties that Aguirre required of the boys were onerous. Jack couldn't wait until he didn't have to put up with Aguirre's crap no more.
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Joe became a peeping Tom when he peered through his binoculars at Ennis and Jack.
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When Jack returned to see Aguirre in 1964, Joe needed no reminders to remember Jack from the previous year.
=reply= Meryl
Nonpareil can mean peerless, but it's my peers - including you - that inspire and keep me at this.
We make quite a team.
A nonpareil can also be a bird in the cardinal family, an apple variety, an almond, or a caper; but the chocolatey cookie is best - I think.
Thanks Friend.
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Jack and Ennis had stemmed the rose in broad daylight before Aguirre put his binoculars down.
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Aguirre's touchy temper made Jack and Ennis decide to exit his trailer posthaste.
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Joe Aguirre brought Jack news about his uncle "hospitalized with pneumonia and expected not to make it. Though he did."
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Joe Aguirre talked to the boys in a vapidly businesslike manner. All he wanted was his sheep protected and his profits maximized.
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Jack didn't have to spend much time worrying about Uncle Harold since he was alive and kicking.
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With his "I ain't got no work for you" comment, Joe Aguirre xtirpates any hope Jack has of spending another summer working up on Brokeback Mountain with Ennis.
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Round 386!
(http://eduscapes.com/sessions/virtual/virtualnav1.gif)
We've heard how Joe gets his kicks....
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Joe leaves off briefing Ennis and Jack about the particulars of herding sheep to have an altercation with some unfortunate soul on the phone.
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Joe Aguirre arranges that someone buys the supplies on last Friday's list and delivers them at the bridge on Friday at twelve noon.
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Aguirre may be fond of binoculars, but he's a bit cockeyed himself.
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Aguirre gave Jack a dressing-down when he brought up the thorny subject of "stemming the rose."
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Joe Aguirre equips Jack and Ennis with horses, mules, dogs, tents, camping gear, rifles, ammunition, food provisions, and whatever else they will need while working up on Brokeback Mountain.
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=Congratulationz= Toast
On 2K fabulous posts!! Am I too late to the party??
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Joe Aguirre was less than pleased when he picked up his binoculars and caught Ennis and Jack in flagrante delicto.
def.= Latin: "while the crime is blazing"; "caught red-handed" or "caught in the act" are English equivalents.
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At the end of the interview, Jack Aguirre gestured to both of the boys with his left hand.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/AguirreGesturingatJack.jpg)
=reply= Front Ranger
Thanks Lee, You can breathe new life into any party.
Have a cookie and a pink gin, my dear.
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Aguirre told Jack that Uncle Harold's health was ailing, but he pulled through and was alive and kicking.
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Aguirre invectively tells Jack that he wasn't gettin' paid to let the dogs baby-sit the sheep while he stemmed the rose.
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On the q.t., Aguirre juggled the Forest Service rules in order to keep his herders with the sheep at night.
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Aguirre lays down his laws that his herders will follow. When Aguirre throws the watch to Ennis, and talks about his duties, Jack seems to realize that, although he is a returning employee, he remains in the rank of a sleep-with-the-sheep herder.
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Aguirre returned to tell Jack that Uncle Harold was on the mend and wasn't going to die after all.
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When Joe Aguirre uses the expression "stemmed the rose," he is using nonliteral or figurative language.
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Joe Aguirre oriented his two new hires to the rules and conditions of employment before sending them up Brokeback.
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Joe Aguirre used profane language on the telephone.
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Joe Aguirre refuses to offer Jack any kind of job in 1964, telling him, "I ain't got no work for you."
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Aguirre was spying on Ennis and Jack while they were "stemming the rose."
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Joe Aguirre got a lesson on the effects of youthful testosterone levels on male behavior when he checked out Jack and Ennis through the binoculars.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/AguirreBinocs.jpg)
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Jack thinks that Agurre held him responsible for the unmarketable, hapless, lightning-zapped, rotting sheep.
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Aguirre's binoculars made the sight of Jack and Ennis "stemming the rose", of which he took a dim view, more viewable in that he could view all sides of the situation.
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Joe Aguirre's watchband is metallic, and he wears it on his right wrist.
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Seeing Ennis and Jack cavorting after breakfast causes Joe Aguirre to xtrapolate that the sheep are minus one babysitter.
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ROUND 387!!
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Music
has charms to soothe the savage breast
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak
William Congreve (1670 - 1729)
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In contrast to the majestic visuals of Brokeback Mountain, the audible portion of the film is minimal but masterly.
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The BBM song "Water Walking Jesus" was written by James McMurtry, Stephen Bruton, and Annie Proulx.
(http://www.puremusic.com/assets22/50stephen-bruton.jpg)
Stephen Bruton
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The opening music of Brokeback Mountain starts with a plaintive cry on the guitar that is repeated, developed, then resolved with a firm, resonating chord.
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Signal Wyoming, early summer day 1964:
Jack drives through town in his truck, which rattles and sputters louder than ever. Drums his fingers on the steering wheel in time to "Faded Love" by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, which blares from his fuzzy radio. Eyes the sidewalks and dilapidated storefronts, as if looking for someone: Ennis. [2003 screenplay]
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The BBM song "Trust in Lies" was written by Rick Garcia and Craig Eastman as was the song "All Night Blues."
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Jack delivered a full-throated rendition of "Water-Walkin' Jesus" that was answered by distant coyotes.
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Ennis used the coffee pot and a stick to replicate the clang of a gong.
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Proulx wrote:
Ennis's breath came slow and quiet, he hummed, rocked a llittle in the sparklight, and Jack leaned against the steady heartbeat, the vibrations of the humming like faint electricity....
(http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/na/archive/00226/Brokeback_Mountain_226874x.jpg)
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In Gustavo Santaolalla's score for Brokeback Mountain, the guitar instrumentally determines the mood and tone of the movie.
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"I Will Never Let You Go" was composed by Gustavo Santaolalla and Jeremy Spillman.
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The traditional song "Battle Hymn of the Republic," heard during the firewords scene, was performed by Casey Smith, Darrell Croft, Lloyd Pollock, Peter Orr, and Ken Hart.
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The connection between Ennis and Jack is portrayed musically right from the beginning of Brokeback Mountain when one guitar's yearning call is echoed and filled out by another's.
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In 2005 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates Gustavo Santaolalla for Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Score for Brokeback Mountain).
(http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/06/images/bmmusic.jpg)
And he wins, beating out Alberto Iglesias, John Williams, and Dario Marianelli.
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Jack sings "Water Walking Jesus" in a high octave.
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Trailer for sale or rent,
Rooms to let... fifty cents,
No phone, no pool, no pets,
I ain't got no cigarettes.... -- "King of the Road" lyrics |
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Roger Miller wrote "King of the Road," performed it in the film, but not on the soundtrack of Brokeback Mountain.
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Lashawn flashes a scintillating smile at Jack as he asks her to dance and a scintillating rendition of "An Angel Went Up in Flames" comes to a lively end.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/LashawnJack.jpg)
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A trombonist is part of the little marching band performing at the Fourth of July celebration.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/MarchBand.jpg)
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Ennis ragged Jack about his unmusical use of the harmonica.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/RunEmOff6.jpg)
"You'll run them sheep off, if you don't quiet down."
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Jack is the character who does the lustiest vocalizing in Brokeback Mountain, singing "Water-Walking Jesus" and "King of the Road"; Ennis provides mostly inaudible attempts at "Streets of Laredo" and an unnamed lullaby.
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Gustavo Santaolalla's hauntingly beautiful "The Wings" cues the finale of Brokeback Mountain.
(http://www.gayoutdoors.org/images/brokeback-mountain-wallpaper-3-800.jpg)
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Jack sang "Water Walking Jesus" with great gusto and xpressiveness.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Waterwalkin.jpg)
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Round 388
The Music of Brokeback Mountain - Part II
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Gustavo Santaolalla accepted his Academy Award in a ceremony held in Los Angeles in 2006.
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While Cassie is getting her foot rub from Ennis, the song "It's So Easy," written by Buddy Holly and performed by Linda Ronstadt, is playing on the jukebox.
(http://images.starpulse.com/AMGPhotos/pic200/drp000/p003/p00334gh428.jpg)
Buddy Holly
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Jack was singing "Water Walking Jesus" a cappella until Ennis accompanied him on the coffee pot.
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Story Jack sang "Water-Walkin' Jesus" with dirgelike slowness that set off distant coyote yips.
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According to the 2003 screenplay, The Charlie Daniels's Band entertained at the Childress Children's Benefit. which was attended by Jack, Randall, Lureen and Lashawn.
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'Bout the time my daddy left to fight the big war,
Saw my first pistol in the general store,
In the general store, I was thirteen,
Thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen....
-- "The Devil's Right Hand" lyrics
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Gustavo's gorgeous score was written before the movie was filmed.
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Ennis didn't think Jack's harmonica playing was very harmonically pleasing.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/harmonicaHorse.jpg)
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"Santaolalla pre-recorded his score and songs for the Ang Lee film before shooting commenced, imbuing his score with the stark loneliness of E. Annie Proulx's original short story."
-- Michael McLennan, Film Music on the Web (http://www.musicweb-international.com/film/2006/feb06/brokebackmt.html)
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Jeff Wilson is listed in the Brokeback Mountain credits for writing and performing Jeff's song "Mason Dixon Line".
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The soundtrack for Brokeback Mountain thrust several classic songs back into the limelight, e.g., Willie Nelson's "He Was a Friend of Mine" and Linda Ronstadt's "It's So Easy."
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Jack did his best in belting out the melody to "Water-Walkin' Jesus".
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Willie Nelson's version of Bob Dylan's song "He Was A Friend of Mine" plays as the credits begin to roll for Brokeback Mountain.
He died on the road
He died on the road
He just kept on moving
Never reaped what he could sow
And he was a friend of mine
- Bob Dylan
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The score for Brokeback Mountain features Gustavo Santaolalla on guitar, pump organ, bass, and percussion.
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The tempo marking on a fast song like "An Angel Went Up in Flames" is presto.
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The theatrical trailer for Brokeback Mountain used the music of Gustavo Santaolalla, but the pulsing music of Thomas Newman from Shawshank Redemption made the trailer more heartbreaking.
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The score for Brokeback Mountain features Bob Bernstein on pedal steel guitar. Bob Bernstein also played pedal steel guitar on the songs "A Love That Will Never Grow Old," "No One's Gonna Love You Like Me," "I Don't Want to Say Goodbye," "I Will Never Let You Go," and "An Angel Went Up in Flames."
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Ennis tapped enthusiastically on the coffeepot with a stick to help bring Jack's "Water Walking Jesus" to a rousing finale.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Waterwalkin.jpg)
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The music of Gustavo Santaolalla contributes greatly to the ubiety of the scenes in Brokeback Mountain.
def - whereness
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The vocally stunning Emmylou Harris earned a Golden Globe for her rendition of "A Love That Will Never Grow Old".
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There was a saxophone, which is a woodwind instrument, in the Fourth of July marching band.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/MarchBand.jpg)
Antoine-Joseph (Adolphe) Sax (1814 - Feb. 4, 1894) was Belgian musical instrument manufacturer and musician (he played the clarinet) who invented the saxophone. Sax first exhibited his newly-invented woodwind instrument at the 1841 Brussels Exhibition, and patented it in 1846. Sax also invented the saxhorn (a family of bugles with 3 or 4 valves), which he first exhibited in 1844.
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Ennis receives an xcitant visit from his daughter Junior, in which he learns he can attend her wedding to a man who loves her; and he can see and hear his other daughter Jenny as she sings at the Methodist Church ceremony. I think that would be the best music of Brokeback Mountain.
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Round 389
Clowns are fine!
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But Jimbo is finer
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INT: TEXAS: BAR: SUMMER NIGHT (LATER): 1966:
The RODEO CLOWN, a young man with something of the college athlete about him, has wiped off most of his clown makeup. Has just ordered a beer. [screenplay]
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Jimbo and the other rodeo clowns bore the brunt of the bulls' bellicosity.
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While the cowboy is doing his tricks, he has the ring; however as soon as he has been judged, it's time to send in the clowns.
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Jimbo has doubts about Jack's offer of a beer; his policy is not to accept liquor from handsome cowboys.
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The bartender, an eyewitness to Jack's failed pickup attempt, has a suggestion: "Ever try calf-roping?"
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In bull riding Jack has to stay on the bull for a fixed time of eight seconds, keeping one hand off the bull, and the other hand on the rope circling the bull. He is scored by the amount the bull bucks, and how well he rides the bucking animal. Jack probably chose this event since you don't have to own a horse or fancy equipment. Just a cowboy on a supplied bull, hoping not to get fixed in the process.
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In response to Jack's proposition, Jimbo glared suspiciously back at him.
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Despite his best efforts, Jack has no luck with Jimbo.
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It seems that Jack intended to make a friendship with Jimbo; however Jimbo rejected the advance.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/JimboHi2.jpg)
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Jimbo joltingly rejected Jack's advance.
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Jack didn't think Jimbo the clown was a barrel of laughs when he turned down Jack's offer to buy him a drink.
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Jimbo knows that his most important job is to protect the cowboys when they dismount from a bucking animal. Sitting around drinking beer after beer with buddies will not enhance his usefulness to the cowboys.
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Jack nakedly flirts with Jimbo, however unsuccessfully. A case of flirtus interruptus.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/JimboSmiled2.jpg)
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Jimbo refused Jack's offer of an off-duty drink thinking it was beyond the call of duty.
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Jimbo gave Jack a probing look and decided not to risk any further probing questions that evening.
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To Jimbo, Jack Twist was just one more of the bull riders needing his help in the ring.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JackTwisty.gif)
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Jimbo gave Jack the cold shoulder after having given him a helping hand.
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After asking the bartender, "Do I look like I could afford a fuckin' ropin' horse?" Jack left some money on the bar and hurried toward the exit.
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Jimbo wondered if Jack's compliment and offer of a beer was on the up-and-up, or if he had an ulterior motive.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Jimbo2.jpg)
=compliment=Toast
Cool gif
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Jack Twist was well versed in bull riding, even if his father never offered any assistance or support. However he still needed the protection offered by rodeo clowns like Jimbo.
=thanks= Meryl
One of Jack's best moments.
I think he'd appreciate that.
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As he is being thrown from the bull, Jack is a wriggling mass of arms and legs.
def. = twisting and turning; squirming
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Jack felt rejected and angry after xtending an offer for a drink to Jimbo, which he turned down.
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Round 390!!!
He's So Fine(ly)
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Jimbo didn't seem very appreciative of a drink from a tall dark stranger.
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Jack (to bartender): "Like to buy Jimbo a beer. Best rodeo clown I ever worked with." [screenplay]
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/JimboHi.jpg)
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Jack was a tough customer when he said to the bartender: "Do I look like I could afford a fuckin' ropin' horse? Hell no, I ain't never tried calf-ropin'."
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/JimboRopinHorse2.jpg)
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Jack considered it too bad that two rodeo dudes couldn't sit down and share a couple of drafts of beer.
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Jack's handsome face, remarkable blue eyes and enchanting smile were a bit unsettling to Jimbo, who opted to retreat to the safety of the pool table.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/JimboAway2.jpg)
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Fortunately for Jack, Jimbo was able to distract the angry, slobbering bull and lead it away.
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After Jimbo's rejection, Jack sits glumly for a moment, thinking what to do next.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/JimboAway.jpg)
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After Jack didn't make any headway with Jim, he headed to the exit and found his way out.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JimboJackExiting.jpg)
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Jimbo gets a frisson or vibe -- something from Jack -- and infers that Jack is offering him more than beer.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/JimboSmiled.jpg)
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Jimbo detects a frisson or vibe, jolting him into rejecting this 'drink' from a tall dark stranger.
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Jack came limping into the bar and had to leave with his tail between his legs.
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Dan McDougall, who played Bartender #1, the bartender in the Jimbo scene, is a Calgary teacher and musician in real life. He sacrificed his hair for a part in the movie. Calgary Sun (http://www.calgarysun.com/cgi-bin/publish.cgi?p=117806&x=articles&s=showbiz)
(http://www.calgarysun.com/photos/117806.jpg)
Dan McDougall and Ang Lee
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Jack recognized Jimbo even though he had shed his tear-away clown clothing, cleaned off his makeup, and neatened up considerably.
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Jimbo detected a frisson or vibe when the handsome cowboy ogled him.
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Bartender #1 serves beer by the glass, bottle or pitcher.
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Jack received the brushoff, even though he would not have been increasing Jimbo's alcoholic intake by paying for a beer that was already ordered.
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After getting the brushoff from Jimbo, Jack suspiciously looks over his shoulder to see if the pool players are talking about him.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/JimboGone.jpg)
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Jimbo, played by Tom Carey, is the "best" rodeo clown Jack has ever worked with.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/JimboClowning.jpg)
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Jack was unamused by Jimbo's rejection of a free drink and a compliment.
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A something, a frisson, a je ne sais quoi vibrates between Jack and Jimbo.
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Jack shows his wariness in the bar when he glances over his shoulder at Jimbo and the guys playing pool.
Perhaps he's thinking: What's Jimbo telling them, and why are they looking at me? Maybe it's time to leave.
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Jimbo's strong and direct reaction xhorted Jack to get out of that bar.
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Round 391
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JimboRound.jpg)
I can't mix
Work and Fun!
= More Jimbo =
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Jack rather audaciously flirts with the clown who can't even remove his own makeup.
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As far as Jimbo is concerned, Jack is just another buckaroo needing his help in the ring.
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As far as Jimbo is concerned, Jack Twist was just one more of the bull riders needing his help in the ring.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JackTwisty.gif)
You can see Jimbo lurking in this sequence, waiting to help Jack.
=thanks= Fran
::)
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Buckaroo Jack looked dejected after he was rejected.
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Jack flashes Jimbo a friendly smile, revealing his upper incisors, his upper canines or eyeteeth, and his upper bicuspids.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/JimboSmiled.jpg)
=reply= Toast
No, thank you. I've edited.
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Jack didn't have the faintest chance of a friendship with Jimbo, the rodeo clown.
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Jack grinned, but Jimbo couldn't bear it.
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The fall from the bull hobbled Jack. In the bar he limped over to where Jimbo was sitting.
def. hobble = to cause to limp
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Jack's impulsiveness in approaching Jimbo turned out to be counter-productive.
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Jimbo the clown wasn't jesting when he turned down Jack's offer of a drink.
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Somewhat worse for wear having been thrown from the bull, Jack limped over to where Jimbo was sitting at the bar and offered to pay for his beer.
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Jack was miffed when the bartender asked him if he'd ever tried calf roping: "Do I look like I could afford a fuckin' ropin' horse?"
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/JimboRopinHorse2.jpg)
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Jack reacted negatively to the negative response got from Jimbo.
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Announcer: "Let 'em rip and snort, boys! This one'll be quick. Jack Twist, hangin' on for dear life!" [screenplay]
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Jack was attentive to the pool players. Were they looking at him?
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The rambunctious antics of the bulls in competition were the bread and butter of Jimbo and his fellow clowns.
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Jack wanted to spend his money on a drink for Jimbo, hoping he'd be able to spend a little time with him.
(http://f5c.yahoofs.com/shopping/3068448/simg_t_mg11890bwo3njpg175?rm_____DfprMI0bp)
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EXT: TEXAS: SMALL TOWN ARENA: SUMMER NIGHT: 1966:
ANNOUNCER: "Let 'em rip and snort, boys! This one'll be quick. Jack Twist, hangin' on for dear life!"
JACK rides out of the chute. Comes flyin off a Brahma bull.
ANNOUNCER (cont'd): "Oh, and down he goes!"
Hits hard. The bull, angry, slobbering, is right on top of him.
ANNOUNCER (cont'd): "Whoa, watch out there, fella! He's comin' for ya! Send in the clowns! A fine ride for Mr. Twist. Four seconds for him."
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That night in a happy friendly bar, Jack had another lesson in how unkind the whole world can seem to be.
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The frisson that was vibrating between Jack and Jimbo vanished just as quickly as it appeared.
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After Jimbo helped to prevent Jack from being badly wounded, he rubbed salt in his remaining wounds by refusing Jack's offer of a drink, leaving Jack to lick his wounds.
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Luckily for the bull riders, the rodeo clowns are xperts when it comes to distracting bulls.
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Round 392!
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"I wish I knew how to quit you."
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The Lake Scene is characterized mostly by the sense of anguish.
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Ennis felt that Jack was betraying him by having gone to Mexico.
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Ennis feels his whole world come crashing down as he breaks the news to Jack that their time together has to take a back seat again.
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Ennis's distress was palpable during this scene.
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Jack had a flashback of when Ennis lovingly came up from behind and embraced him, i.e. the dozy embrace.
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Ennis: "There's somethin' I been meanin' to tell you, bud. It's likely November before I can come out here, after we ship stock and before winter feedin' starts again." [DVD subtitles]
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Jack has been forced to realize that "This is a Goddam bitch of an unsatisfactory situation," and that he can no longer grovel to Ennis' schedule.
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Jack was fed up with Ennis's holier-than-thou attitude about money: "You forget how it is, bein' broke all the time. Ever hear of child support?"
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/LakeEnnis.jpg)
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In Jack's opinion, Ennis picked an inopportune time to break the news to him about August. Looking at things from Ennis's perspective, no time would have been good, so it's easy to understand why he waited until the last minute.
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Ennis complained about his jejune life: "I'm nothin', I'm nowhere."
{def: without interest or significance; dull; insipid}
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Ennis was asking Jack a leading question when he asked: "You been a Mexico, Jack Twist?"
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Ennis holds Jack and remembers his mother's words and song:
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ENNIS:
"Come on now, you're sleepin' on your feet like a horse."
(pause)
"My mama used to say that to me when I was little...."
They stand like that for another moment.
ENNIS
" ...and sing to me...."
ENNIS sings low, a childhood song, from some long-ago memory.
ENNIS
"I got to go."
[screenplay]
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Jack and Ennis nestle together, "the shadow of their bodies a single column against the rock."
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The powerful emotions of the moment overcame Ennis. Me too.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Quit/heartStruck.jpg)
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When Jack confirmed Ennis's fears that he had gone to Mexico to meet prostitutes, Ennis threatened him: "What I don't know, all them things I don't know...could get you killed if I should come to know them."
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As Ennis drives away, Jack remembers "the time that distant summer when Ennis had come up behind him and pulled him close, the silent embrace satisfying some shared and sexless hunger." [Proulx]
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ENNIS hums quietly.
Nothing mars this moment for JACK, even though he knows that ENNI5 does not embrace him face to face because he does not want to see or feel that it is JACK he holds - because for now, they are wrapped in a closeness that satisfies some shared and sexless hunger, that is not really sleep but something else drowsy and trenched - until ENNIS, dredging up a rusty phrase from the childhood time before his mother died, says:
ENNIS
"Time to hit the hay, cowboy, I got to go." [2003 screenplay]
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Quit/DozyDozy.jpg)
=aside=
The phrase "Time to hit the hay, cowboy, I got to go" contains the only occurrence of the word 'cowboy' in Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain.
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After Ennis left, Jack stood there remembering how Ennis came up behind him and embraced him that distant summer when they were on Brokeback. And how "they had stood that way for a long time in front of the fire, its burning tossing ruddy chunks of light, the shadow of their bodies a single column against the rock." [Proulx, short story]
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The knowledge that Ennis would not then embrace him face to face did not affect Jack's fond memory of the dozy embrace; it remained unmarred.
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Jack Twists loses his cool as Ennis vacillates once more over the timing for their next rendezvous.
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ENNIS: "Lighten up, Jack. We can hunt in November, kill a nice elk. Try if I can get Don Wroe's cabin again. We had a good time that year." (story)
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An excerpt from Stella Papamichael's interview (http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/12/20/ang_lee_brokeback_mountain_2005_interview.shtml) of Ang Lee for the BBC:
Q: "The script was knocking about Hollywood for a long time...."
A: "It was almost four years ago I read the short story and then the script. I think this is one of those great scripts that had never been done and was just floating around. James [Schamus, producer] mentioned it was something quite special and asked me to take a look, and when I read the short story, I got quite choked up. When one of the characters says, 'All we got is Brokeback Mountain... everything is built on that,' it strikes me as some kind of xistentialism. Towards the end... I got tears in my eyes."
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Round 3 - 9 - 3
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/GetFuckOffMe.jpg)
"Get The Fuck Off Me"
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Ennis appeals to Jack to leave him alone, so that he might be someone, going somewhere with something.
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"Jack, I got a work. Them earlier days I used a quit the jobs. You got a wife with money, a good job. You forget how it is bein broke all the time. You ever hear a child support? I been payin out for years and got more to go. Let me tell you, I can't quit this one. And I can't get the time off. It was tough gettin this time -some a them heifer is still calvin. You don't leave then. You don't. Stoutamire is a hell-raiser and he raised hell about me takin the week. I don't blame him." [Story]
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"They had stood that way for a long time in front of the fire, its burning tossing ruddy chunks of light, the shadow of their bodies a single column against the rock." [story]
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"Like vast clouds of steam from thermal springs in winter the years of things unsaid and now unsayable -- admissions, declarations, shames, guilts, fears -- rose around them."
=comment=
One of my favorite lines.
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After Ennis tells him that their August rendezvous cannot happen, Jack explodes verbally - which causes Ennis to express his own despair.
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Ennis felt like he was a failure, saying to Jack: "Why don't you let me be? It's because of you, Jack, that I'm like this. I'm nothin'. I'm nowhere."
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Quit/EnnisCries.jpg)
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Screenplay: ENNIS stands as if heartshot, face gray and deep-lined. Fights a silent battle, grimaces.
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"Ennis's breath came slow and quiet, he hummed, rocked a little in the sparklight and Jack leaned against the steady heartbeat, the vibrations of the humming like faint electricity and, standing, he fell into sleep that was not sleep but something else drowsy and tranced...." [story]
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Ennis was fighting an inward battle even more than the outward battle with Jack.
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Ennis jumpily broached the topic of August, hoping that maybe Jack had an even warmer jacket.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Quit/TellYouBud.jpg)
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When the gate is shut on the horses, JACK pops his glove against his leg a time or two... looks at ENNIS, who is lighting a cigarette.
JACK: "Guess I'll head on up to Lightnin' Flat. See the folks for a day or two."
ENNIS: "Somethin' I been meanin' to tell you...." [screenplay]
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"Nothing mars this moment for JACK, even though he knows that ENNI5 does not embrace him face to face because he does not want to see or feel that it is JACK he holds - because for now, they are wrapped in a closeness that satisfies some shared and sexless hunger, that is not really sleep but something else drowsy and tranced..." [screenplay]
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Ennis has spent all week avoiding the topic of rescheduling the August fishing trip to another month, namely November - for elk, maybe.
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Jack objects to the change in plans: "November? Well, what in the hell ever happened to August? Christ, Ennis. (pause) You know, you had a fuckin' week to say some little word about this." [DVD subtitles]
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Ennis pays the price for telling Jack that he can't meet in August because he has to work to pay child support.
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The horses drank and Jack dismounted, scooped icy water up in his hand, crystalline drops falling from his fingers, his mouth and chin glistening with wet.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Quit/CampSite.jpg)
“Get beaver fever doin that,” said Ennis, then, “Good enough place,” looking at the level bench above the river, two or three fire rings from old hunting camps. A sloping meadow rose behind the bench, protected by a stand of lodgepole. There was plenty of dry wood. They set up camp without saying much, picketed the horses in the meadow. [Proulx]
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"What Jack remembered and craved in a way he could neither help nor understand was the time that distant summer on Brokeback when Ennis had come up behind him and pulled him close, the silent embrace satisfying some shared and sexless hunger." [story]
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Quit/DozEmb1.jpg)
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"They had stood that way for a long time in front of the fire, its burning tossing ruddy chunks of light, the shadow of their bodies a single column against the rock. The minutes ticked by from the round watch in Ennis's pocket, from the sticks in the fire settling into coals." [story]
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Embers.jpg)
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Somehow Jack untwists Ennis's emotional and physical rage, and gets him into his pickup to drive home.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/horses0.jpg)
"Nothing ended, nothing begun, nothing resolved."
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Having spent a pleasurable week exploring the vastitude of the Wyoming mountains, Jack and Ennis load the horses and gear into their trucks and prepare to say goodbye.
def. = immensity; vastness
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Quit/Packing.jpg)
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JACK
It's gonna snow tonight for sure.
(look) All this time, and you ain't found nobody else to marry?
JACK lights the joint, takes a drag.
ENNIS
(noncommittal)
Been puttin' the blocks to a good-lookin' little gal over in Riverton. Waitresses part-time, wants to go to nursing school. [screenplay]
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisJoint.jpg)
=compliment=Toast
Nice use of "twist"
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Jack took a swallow of whiskey and, with a forceful xhalation, said, "That's one a the two things I need right now," capped and tossed it to Ennis.
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Round 394
You're sleepin' on your feet like a horse
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Quit/DozyEmb.jpg)
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Jack loses his patience when Ennis tells him that the next time he's available won't be until November. Even then Mexico is out of the question.
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"The tea-colored river ran fast with snowmelt, a scarf of bubbles at every high rock, pools and setbacks streaming." [story]
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"Ennis stood as if heart-shot, face gray and deep-lined, grimacing, eyes screwed shut, fists clenched, legs caving, hit the ground on his knees." [story]
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Ennis's breath came slow and quiet, he hummed, rocked a little in the sparklight and Jack leaned against the steady heartbeat, the vibrations of the humming like faint electricity and, standing, he fell into sleep that was not sleep but something else drowsy and tranced until Ennis, dredging up a rusty but still useable phrase from the childhood time before his mother died, said, "Time to hit the hay, cowboy..." [Story]
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CUT TO FLASHBACK: EXT: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, WYOMING: CAMPFIRE: NIGHT: CONTINUOUS: 1963:
JACK and ENNIS, much younger.
JACK and ENNIS have finished the last meal of the day. JACK stands by the campfire, warming himself. He stands that way for a few moments, alone.
Then WE SEE two arms encircle him from behind: it is ENNIS. [screenplay]
(http://www.trifles.nl/images/brokeback.jpg)
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There are strong tones of frustration and finality expressed by Jack and Ennis in the lake scene. They both drive off in their pickups, never to see - or communicate with - each other again.
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Jack told Ennis that a "couple a high-altitude fucks once or twice a year" was not enough to gratify him.
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After many years of holding back his frustration and longing, Jack loses his hesitancy and tells Ennis how hard it is to live by his rules: "You know, friend, this is a goddamn bitch of a unsatisfactory situation."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/JackLake.jpg)
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In writing the dozy embrace sequence, Annie states she was trying to describe the inchoateness of Jack and Ennis's feelings.
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Ennis shows his jumpiness about breaking the news to Jack about August by the way he rubs the door handle of Jack's pickup truck.
def. = nervousness
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When you watch Ennis reacting to Jack, sometimes you think Jack is his lover, and sometimes you think Jack is his brother.
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"The most difficult scene was the paragraph where, on the mountain, Ennis holds Jack and rocks back and forth, humming, the moment mixed with childhood loss and his refusal to admit he was holding a man. This paragraph took forever to get right, and I played Charlie Haden's and Pat Metheny's Spiritual, from their album Beyond the Missouri Sky (short stories) uncountable times, trying to get the words. I was trying to write the inchoate feelings of Jack and Ennis, the sad impossibility of their liaison, which for me was expressed in that music. To this day, I cannot hear that track without Jack and Ennis appearing before me." Annie Proulx.
{This is the dozy embrace in slow motion set to the above piece of music.}
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It took Ennis their entire time together to get up the nerve to tell Jack that he couldn't meet in August.
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Jack expresses the onerousness of the situation he finds himself in when he tells Ennis: "I'm not you. I can't make it on a couple of high-altitude fucks once or twice a year. (pause) You're too much for me, Ennis, you son of a whoreson bitch. (pause) I wish I knew how to quit you."
But things haven't been any easier for Ennis, and he lets Jack know it when he replies: "Then why don't you? Why don't you let me be? It's because of you, Jack, that I'm like this. I'm nothin'. I'm nowhere."
def. = oppressiveness
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Jack compares Ennis's schedule to the Pope's. Picking a time to be together has become "a goddamn bitch of a unsatisfactory situation."
=compliment= Paul
Annie/Ang really captured the music.
The ticking watch and embers are there too.
Beautiful.
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After all was said and done, Jack and Ennis weren't able to resolve anything. In the words of Proux: "... they torqued things almost to where they had been, for what they’d said was no news. Nothing ended, nothing begun, nothing resolved."
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At the end of the dozy embrace, Jack watches Ennis leaving with such tenderness. There is a juxtaposition as the next scene shows older Jack and his steely gaze, now watching Ennis drive away.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Quit/JackLast.jpg)
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Jack throws his rifle scabbard and saddlebags onto the rear seat of his pickup. Jack already looks sad and tired as he says he'll head up to Lightning Flats and see the folks for a day or two. Then Ennis makes the farewell more difficult by finally admitting that their August date is off.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Folks.jpg)
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Ennis tells Jack that, most likely, it will be November before they can get together again, and Jack is stunned by the unexpectedness of the news.
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It was vitally important to Jack that he make Ennis understand how much he was suffering in their relationship: "You got no idea how bad it gets."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/JackLakeArgue.jpg)
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Story Jack had just weathered four or five "cold days at a series of little icebound, no-name high lakes" in May, and now Ennis was talking about taking their next trip in November.
Jack: "November. What in hell happened a August? Tell you what, we said August, nine, ten days. Christ, Ennis! Whyn't you tell me this before? You had a fuckin week to say some little word about it. And why's it we're always in the friggin cold weather? We ought a do somethin. We ought a go south. We ought a go to Mexico one day."
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Ennis stands as if heart-shot and Jack attempts to comfort him, only to hear Ennis issue an xclamatory command: "Get the fuck off me!"
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Quit/EnnisPushesJack.jpg)
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Round 395!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/FranBlue.jpg)
"...the boneless blue was so deep, said Jack,
that he might drown looking up."
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Jack is telling Ennis how much he aches for him when he says: "You got no fuckin idea how bad it gets."
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Quit/JackLake.jpg)
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Jack tells Ennis that Brokeback's all they have now. Everything built on that.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Brokebacks.jpg)
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INT. WYOMING MOUNTAINS: TENT: EARLY MORNING: 1981:
The two men, asleep in the tent, ENNIS curled around JACK. [screenplay]
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/curled.gif)
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"Later, that dozy embrace solidified in his memory as the single moment of artless, charmed happiness in their separate and difficult lives." [story]
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Quit/DozyEmb.jpg)
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Jack told Ennis he was expecting that he might get shot by Lureen or his "girlfriend's" spouse, if he were caught slipping around.
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"The horses nickered in the darkness beyond the fire's circle of light. Ennis put his arm around Jack, pulled him close...." [story]
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Ennis was so guilt-ridden about having to tell Jack that they wouldn't be able to meet in August that he postponed telling him until the last minute.
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Jack tells Ennis that he fears that a jealous husband's gonna shoot him, if he gets caught in his slipping around.
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By this scene, Jack's idealism seems to have died.
ENNIS: "You got a better idea?"
JACK: "I did, once."
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Quit/Jack.jpg)
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Because Ennis used to job-hop in the earlier days, he would quit jobs, but he couldn't afford to do that now, saying: "Jack, I got a work. Them earlier days I used a quit the jobs. You got a wife with money, a good job. You forget how it is bein broke all the time."
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In the screenplay we learn that this night scene takes place at a lake camp in the Wyoming Mountains in 1981:
ENNIS and JACK are sitting around the campfire, close. JACK rolls a joint.
JACK is restless. Pokes at the fire with a stick. Looks up at the night sky, clouds churning past the moon.
JACK
It's gonna snow tonight for sure.
(look)
All this time, and you ain't found nobody else to marry?
JACK lights the joint, takes a drag.
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"In May of 1983 they spent a few cold days at a series of little icebound, no-name high lakes, then worked across into the Hail Strew River drainage." [story]
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Ennis felt like he had sunk into nothingness, saying to Jack: "It's because of you, Jack, that I'm like this. I'm nothin'. I'm nowhere."
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The emotional intensity of their words overwhelms Ennis.
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"Without getting up [Jack] threw deadwood on the fire, the sparks flying up with their truths and lies, a few hot points of fire landing on their hands and faces, not for the first time, and they rolled down into the dirt." [story]
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The argument between Jack and Ennis resolves nothing between them. But it might have spurred Jack to use his motto: "If you can't fix it then, by God, drive off from it."
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That last night together, they shared a joint, and downed a swig or two of whiskey.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Quit/EnnisDrinks.jpg)
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Jack initially got a tepid response from Ennis when he said he wanted to go some place warm, like Mexico. Later his response became much more heated.
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Ennis shows his uncomfortableness in the early confrontation with Jack by chewing his nails, grunting, strutting, shrugging his shoulders, and shifting his weight from foot to foot until he becomes really confrontational to Jack and stares, threatens, and hits him. But it all turns to tears when he realizes that they are both hurting - he just as much as Jack.
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Jack voiced his bitter disappointment over the fact that Ennis would not be able to get away again until November when he said: "Never enough time, never enough. You know, friend, this is a goddamn bitch of an unsatisfactory situation. You used to come away easy. Not it's like seein' the Pope."
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At their last night by the campfire, Jack finally gives up trying to describe to Ennis what it's like for him in Childress, saying simply and wistfully: "Tell you what..truth is, sometimes I miss you so bad I can hardly stand it..."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/HowBadItGets.jpg)
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[Proulx]
"Years on years they worked their way through the high meadows and mountain drainages, horse-packing into the Big Horns, Medicine Bows, south end of the Gallatins, Absarokas, Granites, Owl Creeks, the Bridger-Teton Range, the Freezeouts and the Shirleys, Ferrises and the Rattlesnakes, Salt River Range, into the Wind Rivers over and again, the Sierra Madres, Gros Ventres, the Washakies, Laramies, but never returning to Brokeback."
The frustration which has built up over these years and journeys xplodes in May of 1983 as Jack and Ennis should be having a quiet loving good-bye with promises of "See you in August."
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Round 396
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/football/FootballFix.jpg)
"Ain't Nothing Football Cain't Fix"
A Superbowl Tribute to LD and Mrs. Newsome.
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L.D.'s ill-considered second attempt to turn on the football game after Jack had turned it off forced Jack to respond with asperity.
def. = harshness of temper
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/SitDown.jpg)
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After Jack threatened to knock L.D.'s ignorant ass into next week, Lureen did her best to keep a blank demeanor, but she was secretly pleased.
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L.D. wanted to take control of the Thanksgiving activities - carving the Turkey and watching football.
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Jack finally demanded that L.D. Newsome respect Jack's home and Jack's family.
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L.D. is an egocentric individual; he's used to being the stud duck in the pond (even if it's not his pond).
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Bobby fumbled with his food while watching TV, complaining that he'd be eating it for the next two weeks.
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Lureen grumbled with Bobby and threatened to turn off the TV unless he ate his dinner. In the 2003 screenplay this scene takes place in the Phillips (later Newsome) house; and Jack has fewer options.
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When L.D. muscled in on carving the turkey, Jack humbled himself to allow his guest to take precedence; but when Jack laid down the law about the football game, it was L.D.'s turn to be humbled.
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Jack intercepted L.D. and his bullying with a threat: "Sit down, you old son of a bitch! This is my house! This is my child! And you're my guest! So sit the hell down, or I'll knock your ignorant ass into next week...."
=comment=
If there were such a word as iumbled, I would have used it.
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Bobby and L.D. can tell which football players belong on which team by the color of their jerseys.
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Jack completely loses control of the Thanksgiving situation (which takes place at the Phillips[Newsome] home) in the 2003 screenplay:
JACK
(stands up - barely maintains his composure)
Not until he finishes the meal his mama spent three hours fixin'.
Walks to the TV, turns it off. Returns to his seat.
LUREEN, BOBBY and LUREEN'S MOTHER are all startled: JACK has never stood up to L.D. like this before. They watch, silent. Now L.D. PHILLIPS stands again, goes to the TV again, turns it back on. Returns to the dinner table.
L.D. PHILLIPS
(stares hard at Jack, again)
Hell, it's the fourth quarter, game'll be over 'fore we're through dinner.
Now JACK flashes a look at LUREEN, who does nothing. He gets up from the table, grabs his hat and coat from the coat rack by the front door. JACK Leaves.
L.D. PHILLIPS
(looks after Jack)
Where the hell's he goin'?
(looks back at his family)
A fine pass, family can't even get through Thanksgiving dinner....
LUREEN
(annoyed with her husband and her father)
Oh, Daddy
She gets up from the table, lights a cigarette,
pops down in front of the television herself.
L.D. PHILLIPS
(to his wife)
Boys should watch football — right, Mother?
(to Lureen)
You want your son to grow up to be a man, don't you?
LUREEN
ignores him, smokes.
L.D. PHILLIPS
(cont'd, won't leave it alone)
Don't you?
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L.D tried to maneuver control of the TV with his strategy of saying: "You want your son to grow up to be a man, don't you?" and "Boys should watch football."
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On his way to the television, L.D. passes by a nut bowl on the coffee table; the nut bowl set includes a nutcracker.
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Jack let L.D. know that he was offside when he went to turn on the football game again; the penalty was "sit down, or I'll knock your ignorant ass into next week."
def: = Illegally beyond the line of scrimmage when the ball is snapped
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L.D. pontificates about the maniiness of football:
"Nothin' wrong with the boy watchin' America's team. (direct look at Jack) Boys should watch football." [2003 screenplay]
def - To express opinions or judgments in a dogmatic way.
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Jack was tired of being on the receiving end of L.D.'s verbal abuse and took the offensive by saying: "Sit down, or I'll knock your ignorant ass into next week."
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Now L.D. NEWSOME stands again,, goes to the TV again, but before he can turn it back on, WE HEAR:
JACK (con't): "Sit down, you old son of a bitch!"
L.D. NEWSOME stops dead in his tracks, his hand poised above the TV dial. Doesn't move. [screenplay]
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Jack let L.D. know that he won't tolerate this kind of interference in his house any more.
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The incident between Jack and L.D. on Thanksgiving underscored their dislike for each other.
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Lureen is secretly pleased to witness the vincibility of L.D., but she tries not to show it.
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No rookie in skirmishing with L.D., Fayette is watchful during the Thanksgiving conversation.
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Jack went on the offensive when he became xpressive of his desire that LD sit his ignorant ass down.
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Round 397!
We're in football heaven!
(You never know what might happen...)
(http://www.staticusers.net/janet-jackson-superbowl-breast/images/janet-holding-breast-superbowl.jpg)
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L.D. was always taking advantage of Jack, but this time he was ready to tackle him.
=compliment= Paul
Great round announcement.
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Jack decided to expose the boob L.D. for what he was - a stud duck without a pond.
def - A stupid or foolish person; a dolt.
=compliment= Paul
:o
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After yelling at L.D., Jack was so agitated at having exposed so much of himself, he quickly clutched his tools and went to carving.
=Great one, Toastie=
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After giving L.D. a dressing down for his impudent behavior, Jack proceeded to denude the turkey of its breast meat.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/TwistThanksgiving3.jpg)
=aside=Toast, Paul
;D
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L.D.'s ego trip ended when Jack finally spoke up and took control of the
carving tools situation.
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Lureen flashes a little smile at Jack for revealing L.D. for what he was.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_689.jpg)
=aside= Toast, Paul
You created a new twist on our theme of football and the boob tube.
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Fayette was glaring at Jack as he made it clear to L.D. that Jack's home and family would be respected by the stud-duck.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/football/FootballFix.jpg)
=reply= Clarissa, Meryl, Sandy
:o
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Lureen seemed quite satisfied with Jack's handling of the touchy situation with L.D.
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At Thanksgiving Jack had finally had enough of his father-in-law's interference, and he let L.D. know that he wouldn't be the stud duck at Jack's house.
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L.D. knows that the jig's up; so he sits meekly and lets Jack be the man of his own house.
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Jack's finally standing up to his father-in-law put him in a different league in Lureen's eyes.
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After L.D.'s remark about wanting "your son to grow up to be a man", Jack had a man-to-man confrontation with him.
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Jack despairs that the whole family treats Bobby neglectfully, when it comes to his behaviour and his dyslexia. Lureen is ok as long as he eats his cereal. L.D. is ok as long as he does manly things - with his eyes anyway. Fayette probably still has some formula to go in that cereal.
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Jack mobilized his offense when he told LD to sit his
scrawny ignorant ass down.
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After L.D. sat his ignorant ass down, Jack regained possession of the carving tools and went to work on the turkey.
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After losing possession of the carving tools the first time, Jack was able to make a recovery after L.D.'s fumble.
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Jack and LD engaged in a scrimmage over the carving tools and the TV. (Just imagine if there had been a remote.)
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Much to L.D.'s dismay, Jack turned off the television, forcing Bobby to take a mandatory timeout from watching the football game.
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L.D. tried to upend Jack's position as turkey carver, but Jack regained the title.
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L.D.'s stud act petered out after a brief barrage of verbality.
def - mere words.
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At the end of the day, Jack wins the contest of wills fought over the television with L.D. Boys should watch football, but not during Thanksgiving dinner.
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"Now you sit down, you old son of a bitch!" commanded Jack, while xpressively pointing at L.D.
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Round 398 'n'
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LatinMatin.jpg)
Let's get matin'
It's gettin' late 'n'
Daddy's waitin'
More L.D. Newsome.
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When the Thanksgiving turkey arrived, L.D. was ready to do the carving, since he was the stud duck.
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Lureen wanted to get the ball rolling in the backseat of her Daddy's car, so Jack obliged by taking the ball and running with it.
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LUREEN: "My daddy's the hurry; wants me home with the car by midnight."
=comment=
Yes, I checked twice; it's never been used!
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Mr. Newsome continued in his dogged attempt to prove himself as the person having the most authority (stud duck).
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As the self-appointed stud duck, L.D. thought he was entitled to the honor of carving the turkey.
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L.D.'s famous last words were: "You want your son to grow up to be a man, don't you?"
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Jack implored LD to be seated lest he propel his poorly educated gluteus maximus into the subsequent seven days. Indeed!
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L.D. took the carving tools right out of Jack's hands. Jack, having been through this kind of scene many times before, tried to be gracious.
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Jack impressively won the skirmish with L.D., and everyone in the room knew it - including L.D.
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Lureen was jonesing for some more quality time with Jack, but she had to get the car back to her daddy by midnight.
=aside=Paul
:laugh: :laugh:
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LD said about Bobby: "Ain't he just the spittin' image of his grandpa?" He thought Bobby was his look-alike. I can't see much of Bobby in either Jack or Lureen, for that matter.
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Lureen's mom kept mum at Thanksgiving dinner, while Bobby's mom didn't say much either.
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Although Jack had threatened to knock L.D.'s ignorant ass into next week, the Thanksgiving altercation remained nonviolent.
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L.D. Newsome seemed to be obsessively attempting to control and manipulate the people around him.
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When imploring one's father-in-law to be seated and to refrain from calling forth the electronic receiver of football images, it is customary to threaten to propel his poorly educated posterior into the subsequent seven-day period of time.
=comment=
I miss the "Cowboy Etiquette" thread.
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Lureen was in a hurry because her daddy expected her home with the ragtop by midnight.
=reply= Paul
I enjoyed that one, too.
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Jack seized the opportunity to settle the score between L.D. and himself during the football game, scoring some points with Lureen in the process.
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Fayette's pursed lips were tighter than her hairdo.
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Speaking of Fayette, her hairstyle is called an upsweep.
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Fayette was so tight-lipped that she was voiceless.
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Fayette winces when Jack calls LD "you old sonofabitch". Maybe she wishes she had said it.
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Jack xhorts Mr. Newsome to sit down before he knocks his "ignorant ass into next week."
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Round 399!!!!!!!!!!!
Very Cold with Some Sunshine
The Weather of Brokeback Mountain
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Story Joe Aguirre sent word advising Jack and Ennis to bring the sheep down because another, bigger storm was moving in from the Pacific. Movie Joe broke the news himself.
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Jack and Ennis had to come down from Brokeback early beause of expected blizzardy weather.
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Windy, gritty, cloudy weather. ENNIS, JACK, the blue heelers and the TWO CHILEANS work in a confusion of sheep and dust, trying to separate the two herds that have mixed. [2003 screenplay]
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During one downpour Ennis amused himself by whittling a horse out of wood.
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Jack and Ennis visited places with high elevations and cool climates on their "fishing trips" resulting in Jack finally losing his cool about the cold.
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On Tuesday, August 13, Ennis awoke in the pup tent to find a freezing cold storm had moved in from the Pacific.
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EXT: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, WYOMING: CAMP: LATE EVENING: 1963:
The wind is picking up.
ENNIS and JACK are gathering dishes, blankets, trying to grab their gear before it blows away.
The sides of the tent begin to buck and pitch.
Then hailstones begin to pepper down. [screenplay]
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/weather/Weather_4515.jpg)
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Snow fell outside the frosty kitchen window as Alma started to wash the Thanksgiving dishes, unaware that her calm demeanor would shortly become hysterical, thanks to an argument with Ennis.
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The hailstorm may have been bad for the sheep, but the icing on the cake was a (presumed) night in the tent together for Jack and Ennis.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/weather/Weather_4515.jpg)
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One snowy Thanksgiving evening, a roughneck driving a pickup truck had to brake sharply to avoid hitting a jaywalker heading for the Black & Blue Eagle bar.
def. = a person who walks across a street without regarding traffic rules and signals
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When Ennis was enjoying his last night on the mountain and awoke to snow on the ground, it was the lull before the storm.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/weather/Weather_4544.jpg)
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When Ennis awoke, there was a mantle of snow covering all he could see.
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Ennis's spirits nosedived with the news that their summer was over - just because the temperature nosedived for one night.
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EXT: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, WYOMING: CAMP: DAY: 1966:
Later in day, overcast. Though it's summer, there is a biting little wind.
JACK, wearing only his boots, is doing laundry. Shivers.
Squats by the stream, carefully wrings out ENNIS'S only other shirt, a denim button-up western-style shirt.
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During the pouring rain, Ennis whittled away at the horse and at his thoughts of Jack Twist. Maybe he was thinking of pouring whiskey.
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Ennis wears his yellow slicker whenever it's raining.
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Ennis wakes up in the pup tent one morning to find that it's almost blocked by a snowdrift.
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The hail storm was accompanied by thunderous claps.
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Uncooperative weather -- another storm moving in from the Pacific -- puts an end to Jack and Ennis's time together up on Brokeback and cuts them out of a whole month's pay.
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Due to the volatileness of the mountain weather, Jack and Ennis were instructed to "bring 'em down" early.
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Ennis was weathering the storm when he spent the whole night with Jack in the main camp because of the hailstorm.
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Foul weather was xacerbating a proper farewell for our boys; August snow is a bitch.
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Round 400! ! ! !
So, what have we learned?
A Cowboy Etiquette Round...
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(An homage to John Gallagher)
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When one finds oneself looking up at a cowboy from a prone position while he is argumentatively inquiring whether you would care to be relieved of fifty percent of your fornicating dental appendages, the proper response is a polite "Not tonight, bud...I'd certainly rather not."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisFuckinTeeth3.jpg)
=Congratz=Playerz
On 400 Properly Appointed Rounds
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Congratulations, Players, on
400 Wild and Wooly Rounds
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The sheep branding for Brokeback Mountain was done with paint.
- Cowboy Code #12: Don’t brand another man’s cattle. Today, at a branding, the owner of the cattle brands the stock, or he designates a trustworthy person to do the work. This rule also applies to castrating, ear marking and vaccinating. This rule was started back when dishonest hands used their irons on calves that didn't belong to them. Don’t pick up a branding iron and try to help unless you’re asked. Several different irons might be in the fire and you might not know which iron goes on what animal. Cowboy Etiquette (http://www.w7ranch.com/terminology_etiquette.asp)
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400 Rounds
Practise Makes Perfect!
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Jack's slight smile and his invitation to come into the tent to sleep was a bit cunning on his part, and who could blame him?
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After having the pleasure of a dalliance with one's liaisonnaire in an establishment of hospitality named for a Mexican nap, it is customary to enumerate to one's cowboy lover how many times one has "wrung it out" whilst thinking of said cowboy, and to round it down to the nearest "hunderd".
=congrats= Players
400 rounds and counting! Aren't we just getting better?
=aside=Toast
Thanks for the real cowboy etiquette link.
=aside= Tim
Welcome back to the madness.
=aside= Sandy
The "DreamSheep" are priceless!
=aside= Meryl
"Fifty percent of your fornicating dental appendages": brilliant!
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Congratulations
on reaching 400!
We sure red-lined it through the last 100 rounds!
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On the rare occasions when one is strolling down a street and happens upon a cowboy kneeling in an alley, striking the wall repeatedly and making incoherent utterances, it is by no means proper etiquette to arrest one's steps and look pointedly in his direction.
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A cowboy will not frighten the animals in his care, either with his harmonica, his horse, or his dogs.
- Wake a man by speech, not touch. A man startled in his sleep might come up with his gun in his hand. Cowboy Etiquette (http://www.w7ranch.com/terminology_etiquette.asp)
=aside= Paul
Ditto, AwShucks, ditto especially to Tim, ditto, ditto.
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Whilst comparing one's spouse's upper mammaries to gelatin, it is considered proper to flip one's spouse over to a prone position in order to better simulate fornication with one's cowboy liaisonnaire. Said spouse then may well utter one's name, not necessarily in delight.
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On occasion, it may be necessary to drop a hint about one's lack of opportunites as a sinner.
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It's in bad form to stay on your horse while informing an unmounted cowboy of important news.
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- A cowboy never talks down to anyone. If one man dismounts, the other does too. Cowboy Etiquette (http://www.w7ranch.com/terminology_etiquette.asp)
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If you are a cowboy about to attempt to demonstrate the act of bull-riding by simulating the behavior of certain simian denizens of the jungle, it is best first to
1) ascertain whether the alcoholic beverage you are presently consuming allows you to maintain sufficient equilibrium for the operation, and
2) briefly peruse the immediate area to pinpoint the location of any oversized obstacles, e.g. stacked camping gear, that might impede the progress of same.
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When trying to make an impression on someone you picked up by the side of the road, make sure not to look him in the face, your knees are close to his but not touching, and you are not wearing leatherlike clothing but the real thing.
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Ennis wore his hat while eating a light meal at the bus station.
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Some standard, base-line points of etiquette:
- Any time you enter a building, the hat should come off.
- If it is an informal occasion you may put it back on but for a formal occasion it should stay off.
- When sitting down at a table for a meal, the hat should come off unless there is nowhere to safely lay the hat.
- When sitting down at a counter for a meal, the hat can stay on.
- Out on the range however, keep your hat on while you eat. If you take your hat off, another wrangler might step on it or spill food into the rim.
Hat Guide (http://www.canadiancowboy.com/hats.html)
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When a situation arises where one is forced to deal with an unpleasantry on the order of, say, 42 noisome, zapped-by-lightning sheep, a quart of whiskey, preferably on shares, is the only way to cope.
def. = foul-smelling
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When it comes to vying for employment, the successful cowboy would be wise to avoid ostentatiousness in all things. Often, success is achieved in direct proportion to the decrepitude and dustiness of one's chosen vehicle.
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When greeting a cowboy friend after an extended absence, it is considered proper to refer to said cowboy as the offspring of a dog of the female persuasion prior to knocking his hat off and slamming him into the nearest wall for purposes of face-sucking. Etiquette requires that said cowboy reciprocate the same wall-slamming-face-sucking procedure.
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If you are the wife of a cowboy and also a college graduate, it is required that you speak using double and triple negatives. If you are the lover of a cowboy, it is required that you don't speak at all.
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A cowboy intent upon becoming spiflicated in order to assuage the heightened emotions brought on by an impromptu conversation with his former spouse is advised to be especially heedful of the existence or non-existence of rapidly moving vehicles which may or may not be traversing the avenue immediately before the chosen establishment in which said spiflication is to be achieved, hence assuring his avoidance of any untoward consequences brought about by the near-fatal concussion of himself and one such object, followed by disagreeable language and even more disagreeable physical distress delivered by the occupant of the aforementioned object.
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When your cowboy ex-husband assists with the clearing of the Thanksgiving dinner plates, it is highly impolite to then accuse him of buggery, even if you truly believe it. It is even more impolite to then defame his liaisionnaire by referring to him as Mr. Nasty.
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Ennis handles his horses well, and has no trouble unloading them from the trailer which he uses to transport them.
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- Cowboy Code #1: Never touch another person’s horse or tack. Cowboys don’t touch or handle another man’s mount. Some ranch horses are hard to handle and the riders don’t want their animals disturbed by someone else. This policy also holds true when saddling and unsaddling a horse and loading or unloading a horse from the trailer.
Saddles and tack are highly valued personal items that should be handled only by their owners. Sometimes the tack has repairs or riggings that must be handled in a special way. A cowboy makes his living in his saddle and an equipment failure can cause injury to him or his animal. Cowboy Etiquette (http://www.w7ranch.com/terminology_etiquette.asp)
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It being a common courtesy, when sharing primitive living conditions, to allow one's fellow campmate a modicum of privacy as he performs necessary ablutions, a cowboy may choose to prepare victuals while said ablutions are being performed; however, strict concentration is required when wielding sharp utensils, lest injury result.
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While waltzing with the spouse of a potential "fishin' buddy," it is perfectly acceptable for a cowboy to look over the dance partner's shoulder to get a better look at the potential "fishin' buddy" just so long as conversation is maintained with the dance partner. If the dance partner chatters like a squirrel, a polite nod every now and then will suffice.
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When confronted with an x-girlfriend's lachrymose protestations as to his recent whereabouts, a cowboy should respond sarcastically and continue to consume the fruited dessert of his choice.
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Round Four - Oh - One
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Ennis,
girls don't fall in love with fun.
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Cassie accosts the tall handsome guy sitting and smoking alone as he heads for the mens room.
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Ennis's ignoring of her messages bewilders Cassie and she lets him know it: "I don't get you, Ennis del Mar."
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Cassie threw Ennis a few curves when she tried to turn him around.
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Waiting for her opportunity, Cassie dawdled at the jukebox, then intercepted her cowboy before he could reach the men's room.
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An enterprising Cassie succeeds in getting a dance and a foot rub from Ennis that day.
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Footloose and fancy-free Cassie removed her fancy footwear in order to get a foot rub.
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Even though Ennis was gesturing at the men's room, Cassie dragged him off to the dance floor.
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Being asked to dance with Cassie was a hairy proposition for Ennis.
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Once Ennis figured out what Cassie's feet were doing in his lap, he began massaging the instep and the sole of her left foot.
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Cassie's appearance while dancing was more jiggly than not, her tubetop not requiring an underlying brassiere.
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A weight was lifted off of Cassie's shoulders, when she finished her shift and started letting her hair down.
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The waitress, CASSIE, mid-twenties, livelier than Alma, very appealing, curvy in jeans and T-shirt, struts past ENNIS'S booth to the jukebox, a glass of white wine in her hand. [screenplay]
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Cassie had a preference for cheap, screw-capped nonvintage white wine.
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Cassie overlooked the fact that Ennis was looking over his shoulder at his cigarette rather than looking at her.
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"Was on my way to the..." Ennis told Cassie, pointing in the direction of the men's room.
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CASSIE pops a quarter in the jukebox. ENNIS gets up from his booth and starts towards the men's room. Redbone's "COME AND GET YOUR LOVE" begins to play on the jukebox. {2003 screenplay}
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Cassie and Ennis were the movers and shakers of the dance floor that night.
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Cassie and Ennis tossed and turned on the dance floor.
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Ennis had been sitting unaccompanied at a small table and had just gotten up to go to the men's room when Cassie asked him to dance.
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Cassie said vulnerably: "Ennis, girls don't fall in love with fun."
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/cassie/Cassie_2.jpg)
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Ennis's relationship with Cassie ended with barely a whimper from him.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/cassie/EnnisWhimper.jpg)
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Anger and anguish are two of the emotions Cassie is xperiencing during her conversation with Ennis at the bus station's coffee shop.
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Round 402!
How do you remove a tattoo?
Cassie and Ennis Part II(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/cassie/Cassie_4.jpg)
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Cassie felt as if Ennis were absent without leave when he didn't call her or answer her notes.
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Cassie's bottled up anguish burst out while she was talking to a very cold Ennis Del Mar.
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Cassie is a bit crestfallen when Junior is so unenthusiastic about the prospect of having her for a stepmom.
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Cassie:
Alma Jr.: | "What do you think? Your daddy ever gonna see fit to settle down again?"
"Don't know. (pause) Maybe Daddy's not the marrying kind." [screenplay]
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After Cassie dragged Ennis onto the dance floor, she tried entangling him into her life, but eventually he wanted her out of his hair.
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CASSIE and ENNIS are the only people on the dance floor. It is immediately clear that ENNIS cannot dance. But CASSIE doesn't mind, makes the most of the moment, enjoys herself, shaking the funk out of her ass, letting her hair fly. During the chorus, CASSIE and ENNIS'S eyes meet. It is obvious ENNIS appeals to her. {2003 screenplay}
=comment=
This line always cracks me up. Did this come from Larry or Diana?
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INT: RIVERTON, WYOMING: DENNY'S RESTAURANT: NIGHT: 1981:
ENNIS sits in a booth, eating a slice of apple pie and drinking coffee.
Enter CASSIE accompanied by a good-looking, decent guy. They're smiling at some shared joke. CASSIE catches ENNIS out of the corner of her eye. She says something to the man, comes over to ENNIS, slips into the booth across the table from him. [screenplay]
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/cassie/Cassie_3.jpg)
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Ennis was in for a bumpy ride, after meeting Cassie in her hot-to-trot outfit.
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Ennis .. Del Mar intoxicates Cassie Cartwright without even trying. I can't criticize her taste in wine because she has good taste in men.
=reply= Paul
I can't see Larry writing that funk and hair portion.
I think Diana had fun adding that.
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Cassie is at her jauntiest when she's dancing in her tube top and cutoffs, trying to attract Ennis.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/cassie/Cassie_13.jpg)
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Cassie funkily shakes her groove thing and lithely tosses her tresses.
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Ennis's movement on the dance floor, loosely described as dancing, seemed appealing to Cassie.
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Cassie wore a tasteful necklace and earrings for her seduction of Mr. Del Mar.
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"No more dancin' for me," said Ennis. Then he optimistically added, "I hope."
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Cassie dances, prances and makes advances, with the hope that Ennis romances her.
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Once she gets Ennis on the dance floor, Cassie ratchets up the sexual energy with some flirty hair-tossing moves.
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Ennis proceeded to sashay around the dance floor with Cassie.
definition - some of these describe Ennis's dance moves.
- To walk or proceed, especially in an easy or casual manner.
- To strut or flounce in a showy manner
- To perform the chassé in dancing.
- To move in a sideways manner.
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The screenplay describes Cassie as "mid-twenties, livelier than Alma, very appealing, curvy in jeans and T-shirt."
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Ennis is undeniably bad at dancing.
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Ennis's valiance saw him through yet another predicament: dancing with Cassie at the Wolf Ears Bar.
def - The quality of mind enabling one to face danger or hardship resolutely
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Cassie waylays Ennis as he's on his way to the men's room and succeeds in getting herself a dance partner and a foot rub.
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Ennis is very cold and distant in the bus station as he xtricates himself from his involvement with Cassie.
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Round 403!!!
Footloose and Fancy-Free
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Cassie accosted poor unsuspecting Ennis...delMar who was on his way to the gents'. Maybe that's why his dancing was so bad: he had to pee.
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INT: RIVERTON, WYOMING: DENNY'S RESTAURANT: NIGHT: 1981:
ENNIS sits in a booth, eating a slice of apple pie and drinking coffee. [screenplay]
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Even though Ennis talked about "putting the blocks to a woman who worked part-time at the Wolf Ears bar in Signal," Ennis and Cassie seemed more like companions than a couple.
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Cassie practically dragged Ennis unto the dance floor since he was dragging his feet about it.
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Ennis was attempting to make his bladder emptier, but instead was dragged to the dance floor.
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Cassie asked Alma Jr., age fifteen, if she thought her daddy would ever see fit to settle down again.
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Cassie's grimace expressed her disappointment at Ennis for dumping her, even though she had moved on with another man.
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Ennis was hotfooting his way to the men's room, but after Cassie put her foot down, she got a foot rub for her hot feet.
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Cassie finally realized that her incommunicative boyfriend had broken up with her when her notes and messages went unanswered.
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Cassie was heartbroken to know for sure that Ennis was junking her.
def - To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective
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Cassie already knew she was a loser in love before sitting down with Ennis in his booth at the bus station, but she needed the closure nonetheless.
=aside=Paul
Cassie accosted poor unsuspecting Ennis...delMar who was on his way to the gents'. Maybe that's why his dancing was so bad: he had to pee.
I had never given this enough credence. Excellent insight. ;D
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The tattooed female dancing next to Ennis and Cassie was a marked woman.
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Ennis had to pee. He let himself be dragged to the dance floor nonetheless. Then he didn't really move much. His thoughts went netherward, but stopped at his bladder and didn't make it to his feet.
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At some point Ennis decided to opt out of his relationship with Cassie; however, rather than telling her, he just ignored her, leaving her to figure it out for herself.
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Ennis was reluctant but not pissed about being dragged to the dance floor when he was headed for the men's room.
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Ennis appeared to be doubly relieved when he finally got to sit down after 'dancing' with Cassie.
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The juke box was playing "Devil's Right Hand" when Cassie took Ennis by the hand to dance. He was really looking for the comfort station, and didn't need a hand.
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Ennis gave Cassie a foot rub on her tightened muscles. He had also tightened his muscles so he would get off on the right foot.
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Ennis was interrupted on his way to the Wolf Ears' urinal when Cassie decided to make her move.
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While Ennis was dancing, he would rather be voiding.
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In the scene wrap-up Cassue explains her view of the relationship: "Oh, Ennis... girls don't fall in love with fun!"
def. = a concluding, summarizing statement, report, etc.
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Ennis consumed his beer, and proceeded to make his usual xcretory stop; but was sidetracked by Cassie's dancing desires.
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Round 404
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Bring 'em down.
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Jack and Ennis altercate after being told to bring 'em down.
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Jack had to be the bearer of bad news when Ennis came down to camp and asked him why he was dismantling the tent.
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"The next week Joe Aguirre sent word to bring them down -- another, bigger storm was moving in from the Pacific -- and they packed in the game and moved off the mountain with the sheep, stones rolling at their heels, purple cloud crowding in from the west and the metal smell of coming snow pressing them on." [story]
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Aguirre demeaned the job Ennis and Jack had done: "You ranch stiffs, you ain't never no good."
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When Ennis gets a nosebleed, he has epistaxis. When Jack attempts to stem the flow, he is hoping for epistasis.
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Ennis frowns before telling Jack, "I don't need your money, I ain't in the poorhouse."
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Ennis grumbles about Aguirre like he was supposed to control the weather: "That son-of-a-bitch, he's cuttin' us out of a whole month's pay. It ain't right."
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Ennis was stricken by the news that the summer on Brokeback was to be cut short, but he hardened himself to accept the inevitable.
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Joe Aguirre had ridden up and informed Jack about Uncle Harold's recovery as well as the storm moving in from the Pacific.
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Jack jams his knee against Ennis's nose and the blood flows.
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Even though they were heading down the mountain and back to society, Jack and Ennis seemed to know they were heading for lonelier times.
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Bringing the sheep brought down in mid-August cuts Ennis and Jack out of a whole month's pay.
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As he rode down the mountain, Ennis numbed himself to the emotional pain he was feeling at the sudden end to his idyllic summer with Jack.
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The blood oozed from Ennis's nose as the Brokeback summer oozed away from the boys.
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Both Jack and Ennis were pained to have to leave Brokeback on such short notice. There was no time to even discuss their options.
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Both Ennis and Jack felt robbed by Aguirre's decision to bring the sheep down, not only of their salary, but of their happiness.
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The snowy weather had a chilling effect on the boys' summer.
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Jack took his lariat and headed up the hill towards Ennis.
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Jack and Ennis left the mountain with unaired ideas about how they could still be friends after the summer was over.
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Jack and Ennis were vacating the mountain early, but it weren't no vacation.
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Joe Aguirre wanted the sheep brought down early because he was concerned about their welfare with that big storm moving in.
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When Ennis gets the news that Aguirre said "Bring em down," he wants something more xplanatory. So Jack adds: "Says there's another storm comin', movin' in from the Pacific. Worse than this one."
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Round 404 completed in three hours and 10 minutes.
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Round 405!
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...a slow-motion, but headlong, irreversible fall dive.
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Some time during that last day on the mountain, Jack appropriated Ennis's bloody shirt.
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Ennis: "I can't believe I left my damn shirt up there...." [subtitles]
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Ennis noticed the loss/theft of his shirt when he checked his cotton bag just before Jack drove off. The cotton bag had previously contained Crystal granulated sugar.
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After coming down from Brokeback, Ennis tried to recover from his downfall.
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A study of the milling sheep evokes a negative reaction from Joe Aguirre: "Some of these never went up there with you. The count ain't what I'd hoped for, neither. You ranch stiffs, you ain't never no good...." [subtitles]
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ENNIS
Hey now, this ain't no rodeo.
JACK retrieves his lariat, but throws another loop--this time, he gets ENNIS by the foot, pulls ENNIS'S foot out from under him. He falls.
JACK laughs.
ENNIS grabs the rope and yanks hard -- JACK is pulled towards ENNIS and falls, and they start to wrestle. ENNIS is only half-playing--tense. [screenplay]
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Ennis realized the gravity of his coming down from Brokeback after his downfall.
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Ennis hesitantly adds, "Guess I'll see you around, hunh."
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"Well, I guess I'll see you around, huh?" are Ennis's parting words to Jack because he still cannot verbalize his inexplicable feelings for Jack.
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Jack used his lariat in a jussive manner to get Ennis moving, so that Jack could move the 'cowboy' down the mountain.
def - A word, mood, or form used to express command.
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Jack lassoed the sulking Ennis, but he didn't have the situation all tied up.
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Ennis: "Like I said, Alma and me's gettin' married in December. Try to get somethin' on a ranch. You?" [story]
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Jack nictates
when Ennis says
"Well, I guess I'll
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Jack tried to be openhandedly generous to Ennis when he offered him a loan but Ennis didn't want him to gain the upper hand.
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"The next week Joe Aguirre sent word to bring them down -- another, bigger storm was moving in from the Pacific -- and they packed in the game and moved off the mountain with the sheep, stones rolling at their heels, purple cloud crowding in from the west and the metal smell of coming snow pressing them on." [story]
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Both Jack and Ennis were repressing their dreams and desires as they ended their summer together.
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After Ennis had taken a swipe at him, Jack swiped his shirt.
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"Well, see you around, I guess." The wind tumbled an empty feed bag down the street until it fetched up under his truck.
"Right," said Jack, and they shook hands, hit each other on the shoulder, then there was forty feet of distance between them and nothing to do but drive away in opposite directions. [story]
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Ennis seemed to be totally unaccommodating of any possibility other than "Like I said, me and Alma's gettin' married in November."
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After coming down the mountain, Jack spoke of coming back the following summer, but in the end he resumed his vagrant lifestyle of going from rodeo to rodeo to ride the bulls.
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Jack checks his sideview mirror and sees Ennis walking out of his life.
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When Ennis made the xaugural statement "Well, I guess I'll see you around, uh?" Jack's head sagged forward.
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Round 406!
The USS Thresher's in a fix....
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"They had a high-time supper by the fire... talking horses and rodeo...
the submarine Thresher lost two months earlier with all hands
and how it must have been in the last doomed minutes...."
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After a high-time supper by the fire, Jack and Ennis talked about the submarine Thresher, which had sunk in the Atlantic Ocean.
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After a high-time supper by the fire, Jack and Ennis talked about the submarine Thresher, lost two months earlier and located on the floor of the Atlantic by the bathyscaphe Trieste and the oceanographic ship Mizar.
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After a high-time supper by the fire, .. tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed being captain or crew when 129 people died on the submarine Thresher. The sub was captained by John Harvey.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the submarine Thresher which had imploded during deep-dive trials southeast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the submarine Thresher lost two months earlier. Thresher’s remains were located on the sea floor, some 8,400 feet (2560 m) below the surface, in six major sections. The major sections are the sail (the raised tower atop a submarine's main deck), sonar dome, bow section, engineering spaces section, operations spaces section, and the tail section.
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After a high-time supper by the fire.. tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the floating debris (including yellow gloves) found by the Navy submarine rescue vessel Skylark.
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After a high-time supper by the fire, Jack and Ennis talked about the submarine Thresher, whose final communications were garbled, except for a few words, including the famous final phrase "... minor difficulties, have positive up-angle, attempting to blow."
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the submarine Thresher, commanded by Lieutenant Commander John W. Harvey at the time of her sinking.
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Lieutenant Commander John W. Harvey
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After a high-time supper by the fire.. tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the cork insulation that floated to the surface after the submarine Thresher imploded.
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After a high-time supper by the fire.. tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the casualties of the submarine Thresher which included Richard W. Jones, EM2.
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After a high-time supper by the fire, Jack and Ennis talked about the submarine Thresher, presumed to have been sunk by a leak caused by a brazed pipe-joint in the engine room, although the crew had tested for leaks early in their run on the day they were lost.
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After a high-time supper by the fire.. tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the maneuvers that the Thresher went through on the day it disintegrated.
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Happy Anniversary
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the nuclear-powered attack submarine Thresher lost two months earlier.
=aside=
Thank you for indulging me with my "milestone."
:)
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After a high-time supper by the fire, Jack and Ennis talked about the submarine Thresher, lost two months earlier with all hands somewhere offshore of Cape Cod.
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After a high-time supper by the fire.. tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the use of a periscope on a submarine as it descended into the ocean.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the 129 officers, crewmen, and military and civilian technicians aboard for whom a rescue mission had been deemed impossible.
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After a high-time supper by the fire, Jack and Ennis talked about the submarine Thresher, which had been lost with all hands offshore of Cape Cod two months earlier, though accompanied by the submarine rescue ship USS Skylark.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the trials that the Thresher was being put through when it disintegrated in 1963.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis talked about the submarine Thresher, whose final communications were garbled, undecipherable message fragments.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis talked about the submarine Thresher, and spoke of the vulnerableness of life in a submarine.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis talked about the casualties of the submarine Thresher, one of whom was Charles L. Wiggins, FT1.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis talked about the Thresher disaster, sharing information gleaned from media xposure.
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Round 407!
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"USS Thresher on Eternal Patrol"
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis talked about the adventures of being a seaman on the submarine Thresher.
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After a high-time supper by the fire, Jack and Ennis talked about the submarine Thresher, which had been lost two months earlier with all hands, somewhere off the beaches of Cape Cod.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the submarine Thresher lost two months earlier somewhere southeast of Cape Cod.
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After a high-time supper by the fire, Jack and Ennis talked about the submarine Thresher, lost off Cape Cod, whose debris had been located on the sea floor some 8,400 feet below the surface, in six major sections.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the emergency and fear on the submarine Thresher lost two months earlier somewhere southeast of Cape Cod.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis talked about the submarine Thresher, whose final communications were garbled, undecipherable message fragments.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis talked about the submarine Thresher, and the graveness of the final minutes.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the frightening experience of being onboard the submarine Thresher when its hull imploded in April of that spring.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis talked about the implosion of the submarine Thresher two months earlier.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis talked about the implosion of the submarine Thresher two months earlier, which was due in part to the Joule-Thompson effect which impeded the effort to blow water out of the ballast tanks.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the uselessness of a lifesaver onboard the submarine Thresher when its hull imploded in April of that spring.
def - A life preserver shaped like a ring.
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After a high-time supper by the fire, Jack and Ennis talked about the submarine Thresher, lost off Cape Cod, whose Main Propulsion Assistant, Lt. Cdr. Raymond McCoole, was not at his station in the maneuvering room, or indeed on the ship, during the fatal dive. McCoole was at home caring for his wife who had been injured in a freak household accident -- he had been all but ordered ashore by a compassionate Commander Harvey.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis talked about the loss of Thresher, the worst peacetime catastrophe in the history of the U.S. Navy.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed travelling thousands of feet up a mountain as compared to being thousands of feet below the ocean surface when they talked about the Thresher's crew.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis talked about the loss of the submarine Thresher which was built at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis talked about the loss of the submarine Thresher, and the crew's final resting place on the sea floor off Cape Cod.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis talked about the implosion of Thresher, one of the Navy's nuclear-powered attack submarines.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis talked about the tragic loss of life in the implosion of the submarine Thresher.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis talked about the loss of the submarine Thresher, and the crew's undersea final resting place.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis talked about the the submarine Thresher lost two months earlier with all hands, visualizing how it must have been in the last doomed minutes.
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Jack and Ennis had a high-time supper by the fire... swapping the bottle while the lavender sky emptied of color and the chill air drained down, discussing the submarine Thresher lost two months earlier with all hands and how it must have been in the last doomed minutes, two 'cowboys' wondering why warfare was fought under the ocean.
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After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis talked about the loss of the submarine Thresher, and its last garbled, telling message: "...xceeding test depth."
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Round 408!
Time to carbon-date!
"Before/After BBM, Annie Proulx..."
You decide--it's up to you
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Annie wrote Accordion Crimes in 1996 which takes a panoramic sweep of the American immigrant experience, relating a multitude of stories all linked by a lovingly hand-crafted Sicilian accordion.
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Before Brokeback Mountain:
In 1993,
Proulx wrote The Shipping News.
A dark but comic tale set in Newfoundland,
it is the story of an unlucky newspaper reporter
named Quoyle.
It is packed with details,
all drawn in a vibrant (full of life) lively style.
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The book [The Shipping News] resulted in a steady stream of awards:
- first, the Heartland Prize from the Chicago Tribune,
- followed by the Irish Times International Award,
- and the National Book Award.
- These honors were all topped by the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Bio (http://www.notablebiographies.com/Pe-Pu/Proulx-E-Annie.html)
=comment= OMG
We haven't played book until now?
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Before BBM:
Annie Proulx attended Colby College in Waterville, Maine, in the 1950s.
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In 1997, Proulx was awarded the Dos Passos Prize. John Dos Passos Prize is one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the United States, awarded annually to writers in the middle of their career.
The Prize was founded at Longwood University in 1980 and is meant to honor John Dos Passos by recognizing other writers in his name. The prize is administered by a committee from the Department of English and Modern Languages; the chair of the committee also serves as the chair of the prize jury. Other members on the committee include the immediate past recipient and a distinguished critic, editor, or scholar.
Recipients of the prize receive $2,000 and a bronze medal engraved with their name.
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In 1994 [Before Brokeback Mountain] Annie Proulx had short stories published in Atlantic Monthly and Esquire, and she bought a second home - in Newfoundland. (Which she sold in 2006)
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Before BBM, Annie Proulx wrote Accordion Crimes : The novel follows an accordion from the hands of its maker in Sicily in 1890 until it is flattened by a truck in Florida in 1996.
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Before BBM:
In the early 1980s Annie Proulx produced a series of "how-to" books, including The Fine Art of Salad Gardening.
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Around the same time as BBM:
Annie wrote Close Range: Wyoming Stories, a collection of short stories published in 1999. The lead story in this collection, entitled "The Half-Skinned Steer," which was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in November 1997, was selected by author Garrison Keillor for inclusion in The Best American Short Stories 1998, (Proulx herself edited the 1997 edition of this series) and later by novelist John Updike for inclusion in The Best American Short Stories of the Century (1999).
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In 1993, before writing Brokeback Mountain, her book The Shipping News resulted in a steady stream of awards: first, the Heartland Prize from the Chicago Tribune, followed by the Irish Times International Award, and the National Book Award. These honors for The Shipping News were all topped by the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
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Before BBM,
Proulx lived for more than thirty years in Vermont, has married and divorced three times, and has three sons and a daughter (named Jon, Gillis, Morgan, and Sylvia).
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Before BBM:
Edna Annie Proulx was born on August 22, 1935, in Norwich, Connecticut, the first of George Napoleon Proulx and Lois Nelly Gill Proulx's five children.
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Before BBM:
Proulx attended Colby College in Maine briefly in the 1950s but left to work different jobs, including waiting tables and working at the post office. She received a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Vermont in 1969 and a master's degree from Sir George Williams University in Montreal, Canada, in 1973. Bio (http://www.notablebiographies.com/Pe-Pu/Proulx-E-Annie.html)
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Before BBM:
Annie received the National Book Award for fiction in 1994.
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Before BBM:
Annie Proulx published her first book, Heart Songs and Other Stories, in 1988.
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Before writing Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Shipping News.
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Before BBM:
Annie Proulx attended Colby College in Waterville, Maine, for a short period in the 1950s, leaving it to marry H. Ridgely Bullock in 1955.
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Before BBM:
In 1994 Annie Proulx won a Pulitzer Prize and The National Book Award for her novel The Shipping News.
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After BBM:
Annie Proulx was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Toronto in 2000.
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Before BBM:
Annie wrote Making, Using & Enjoying Sweet & Hard Cider in 1984.
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Before Brokeback Mountain:
Annie Proulx was born in Norwich, Connecticut and received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Vermont in 1969.
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Before BBM:
Annie Proulx attended Colby College in Waterville, Maine, in the 1950s.
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After BBM:
Annie Proulx wrote Ace in the Hole in 2002. From a review by Mary Whipple written in 2003: "Proulx is a real pro in controlling the pace of the novel. Whenever it starts to bog down or threaten to become dull, she gives us a new, outrageous name or an amusing digression (like the one about a lightbulb cemetery), or references to Bob's uncle's collection of "art plastic," or the visit of Bob's x-con friend who, with some friends, made a recording of flatulent "Rock Hits From Prison." All these save the novel from being prairie-flat, as Bob tries to save his job without hurting the people he meets. The book is entertaining, and its feel-good ending, which explains the title, will please many readers."
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Round Four Oh Nine !!!!!!!!!
Annie's Fine
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After BBM:
Annie wrote That Old Ace in the Hole.
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Before Brokeback Mountain (June 23, 1994)
The unlikely hero of "The Shipping News" is a bumbling Brooklyn-born newspaperman named Quoyle, with "a great damp loaf of a body" and "a head shaped like a Crenshaw." After losing his job, his parents, his best friend and his faithless wife ("In another time, another sex, she would have been a Genghis Khan," is how Ms. Proulx described her in the book), he strikes out for Newfoundland with his two daughters and his aunt. He lands a job covering car wrecks and the shipping news for The Gammy Bird, a third-rate paper run by a fisherman-editor named Jack Buggit. He learns about boats, cod fishing, knots, seal flipper pie and love without pain. He finds his way.
At Home With: E. Annie Proulx; At Midlife, a Novelist Is Born (http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/05/23/specials/proulx-home.html?_r=1&oref=slogin)
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A Lonely Coast and Brokeback Mountain are two of the stories included in Annie Proulx's Close Range: Wyoming Stories.
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After BBM:
Annie Proulx wrote Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 in 2004.
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After BBM:
Annie Proulx won the Evil Companions Literary Award in 2001, for Close Range .
The Evil Companions, a Denver-based group of writers and artists who assess and celebrate one another's work, and choose an annual Winner, who is honored with a broadside of his or her work. Annie Proulx herself now lives in Wyoming but is closely associated with the evil-doers.
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Before Brokeback Mountain:
Annie Proulx wrote Plan and Make Your Own Fences and Gates, Walkways, Walls and Drives, in 1983.
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Before BBM:
Starting as a journalist, Annie did not begin writing fiction until she was in her late forties, publishing her first stories in Gray's Sporting Journal in the late 1970s, eventually publishing her first collection in 1988 and her first novel in 1992.
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After BBM:
The Shipping News was adapted to film by director Lasse Hallström in 2001, starring Kevin Spacey as protagonist, Quoyle.
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After Brokeback Mountain:
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Ms. Proulx's expansion of the concept of postcards
is what transforms a rambling tale into a minimalist saga.
They appear in the novel [Postcards] as graphics,
complete with franking, address and message,
and serve to introduce narrative sections,
keeping the reader oriented over the sweep of half a century,
sketching in background, casting foreshadows.
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One postcard, addressed to F. Fuller, County Agent, Office, Cream Hill, recapitulates Mink's fury at Loyal's departure: "Don't come out my farm no more with your DAMN insemination RACKET. We got rid the Holstins. Guess we stick with god (sic) local Jersey stock Do it the old fashion way with a BULL."
A Family Running on Empty (http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/05/23/specials/proulx-postcards.html)
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After BBM:
In 2004 Annie Proulx wrote Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2, which includes the story Dump Junk.
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Before BBM: Annie marries her third husband, James Hamilton Lang.
"In the late 1960s in Vermont, where I had returned to continue my education at the University of Vermont, I married James Hamilton Lang, the father of my son Morgan Lang and the adopting father of Jon and Gillis. This marriage ended in amiable divorce twenty years later after a long separation, and we remain friends. It gradually dawned on me that I am not well-suited for marriage."
{from annieproulx.com}
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Brokeback Mountain:
Annie Proulx: "The production designer, Judy Becker, toured Texas (where some of the story is set) and Wyoming, making notes so that the selection of landscape shots in Alberta would match what is on the ground in Texas and Wyoming. Except for a scene in which horses are moving through a forest with deep ground moss, the landscapes very much fit Wyoming."
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At close range with Annie Proulx (http://site1.planetjh.com/testa_2005_12_07_proulx.html)
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Before BBM:
Annie Proulx wrote The Shipping News in 1993.
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Before BBM: Annie Proulx wrote The Accordion Crimes.
Beginning in the late 1800s and ending 100 years later, the novel follows a vividly realized cast of characters, whose names are as colorful as their stories: Ludwig Messermacher, Abelardo Relampago Salazar, Dolor Gagnon, Onesiphore Malefoot, Hieronim Przybysz.
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Before BBM:
In 1993 E. Annie Proulx became the first woman to win the prestigious PEN/Faulkner book award, for her debut novel Postcards.
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1993 PEN/ Faulkner Award for Fiction
Shutout Ends: It's Men 12, Women 1
"Being the first woman does give winning this a whole other dimension," Ms. Proulx (rhymes with shoe) said by telephone from her home in Vershire, Vt., a small town in the central part of the state. "It's impossible to know whether it was a whim or what, but I'm pretty happy. I was pretty sure Robert Olen Butler was going to get it."
By ESTHER B. FEIN (http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/05/23/specials/proulx-pen.html) NYTimes
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After BBM:
Close Range: Wyoming Stories was published by Scribner in 1999.
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After BBM:
Annie Proulx's Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2, published in 2004, is a collection of the following short stories:
- The Hellhole
- The Indian Wars Refought
- The Trickle Down Effect
- What Kind of Furniture Would Jesus Pick?
- The Old Badger Game
- Man Crawling Out of Trees
- The Contest
- The Wamsutter Wolf
- Summer of the Hot Tubs
- Dump Junk
- Florida Rental
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In the biography that can be found on her website, the author of Brokeback Mountain writes:
I should mention that some people in Wyoming object mightily to my stories which do not always project upright, noble, pure characters. I lean toward realism, not myth.
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Before BBM:
"Beyond that, the only employment in Vershire is in lumbering and a variety of cottage industries, including weaving, writing, and such like. Vershire received publicity in the mid-nineties when North Road resident Annie Proulx won the Pullitzer Prize for her novel, The Shipping News, which remained on the best-seller list for about a year. Flush with money, however, Proulx moved to Wyoming." A Brief History of Vershire
(http://www.sover.net/~bland/vershi~1.jpg) (http://www.sover.net/~bland/history.htm)
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After BBM:
Annie Proulx's Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2, published in 2004, is a collection of the following short stories:
- The Hellhole
- The Indian Wars Refought
- The Trickle Down Effect
- What Kind of Furniture Would Jesus Pick?
- The Old Badger Game
- Man Crawling Out of Trees
- The Contest
- The Wamsutter Wolf
- Summer of the Hot Tubs
- Dump Junk
- Florida Rental
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Before Brokeback Mountain:
Annie Proulx has had three x-husbands:
- She married H. Ridgely Bullock in 1955. From this marriage came a daughter Sylvia Marion Bullock who grew up with her father after the divorce in 1960. Bullock died in 1993.
- Of the second husband (in the sixties), she says "the less said the better. The best part of those turbulent years were my sons Jonathan Edward and Gillis Crowell."
- She married her third husband James Hamilton Lang in 1969, and divorced him in 1990 after a long separation. Lang was the father of her son Morgan Lang and the adopting father of Jonathan Edward and Gillis Crowell. It gradually dawned on her that she wasn't well-suited for marriage.
=comment= Fran
Thanks for the perfect X-word.
Compliment on your lists - Looking Good.
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Round 410
"Swear to God I didn’t know
we was goin a get into this again."
The Reunion
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After Ennis waits all day for Jack, he finally arrives in the late afternoon.
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EXT: DEL MAR APARTMENT: RIVERTON: LATE AFTERNOON: CONTINUOUS: 1967:
The ever-present wind blowing, dust swirls.
JACK gets out of his pickup, stiff, his beat-up Resistol tilted back on his head, holds it steady to keep it from blowing off. [screenplay]
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When Jack told Ennis he failed the military tests, Ennis gave the results of his own checkup of Jack Twist: "Sure as hell seem in one piece to me."
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The landing was dimly lit where Jack was standing, but Ennis did not turn away from Alma who had already taken a dim view of what she had seen.
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As Ennis introduced Jack to Alma, one thing was uppermost in his mind: the exigency of leaving as soon as possible.
def.= urgent need
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"They went off in Jack's truck, bought a bottle of whiskey and within twenty minutes were in the Motel Siesta jouncing a bed. A few handfuls of hail rattled against the window, followed by rain and slippery wind banging the unsecured door of the next room then and through the night." [story]
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In the motel, story Ennis told Jack about his gastrodynia, or gut cramps he experienced at their parting four years earlier.
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Everything about the balcony scene was hasty and heartfelt.
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After their intimate encounter in the motel, Jack said: "Swear to God I didn’t know we was goin a get into this again...yeah, I did."
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As Jack was being introduced to Alma inside the apartment, he could see that Ennis and Alma's furniture was junkier than anything at his house. But he probably wasn't thinking about the furniture.
(http://www.singleservecoffee.com/images/isp_CoffeeLove.jpg)
Happy Valentine's Day!
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Jack and Ennis were lounging postcoitally on the bed in the Motel Siesta.
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Alma thought Jack and Ennis had overstepped the mark when she saw them embracing, leaving its mark on her throughout her marriage.
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In the 2004 screenplay/shooting script, Jack and Ennis received a scary interruption from the neighbors at the Motel Siesta in 1967:
A beat.
JACK
Swear to God I didn't know we was going
to get into this again. (pause) Yeah, I
did. Red-lined all the way, couldn't get
here fast enough. What about you?
Ennis starts to get dressed.
ENNIS
Me? I don't know.
JACK
So, what you think now? You know,
about what we got to do.
ENNIS
What we got to do is get dressed and find
some food. I'm starvin'.
Just then, there's a loud knock on the door. A deep voice bellows from outside.
MAN
(v.o.)
You in there? Sally, you in there? C'mon
now.
The boys freeze. Terror.
Then, a woman's voice from outside, further away.
SALLY
(v.o.)
You blind? We're down here.
A beat ... JACK takes a deep breath, as they hear footsteps retreat.
ENNIS throws on his shirt, looks down at his shaking hands, then at Jack.
ENNIS
Son of a bitch. I should go.
He heads for the door.
JACK
Wait.
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Jack redlined it all the way to Riverton, hoping for the optimum result of his trip, and he was not disappointed.
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Pillow talk at the Motel Siesta:
Ennis: "Army didn't get you?"
Jack: "They can't get no use out a me. Got some crushed vertebrates. And a stress fracture, the arm bone here, you know how bullridin you're always leverin it off your thigh? -- she gives a little ever time you do it. Even if you tape it good you break it a little goddamn bit at a time. Tell you what, hurts like a bitch afterwards. Had a busted leg. Busted in three places. Come off the bull and it was a big bull with a lot a drop, he got rid a me in about three flat and he come after me and he was sure faster. Lucky enough. Friend a mine got his oil checked with a horn dipstick and that was all she wrote. Bunch a other things, fuckin busted ribs, sprains and pains, torn ligaments. See, it ain't like it was in my daddy's time. It's guys with money go to college, trained athaletes. You got a have some money to rodeo now. Lureen's old man wouldn't give me a dime if I dropped it, except one way. And I know enough about the game now so I see that I ain't never goin a be on the bubble. Other reasons. I'm gettin out while I still can walk." [story]
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Even though Jack and Ennis have not been "together" for four years, Ennis rises to the occasion, with Jack saying “Christ, it got to be all that time a yours a-horseback makes it so goddam good."
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Ennis ran down the stairs, hugged Jack, backed him up against a wall and kissed him smack-dab on the lips.
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Jack
and
Ennis
wanted
to look
like just
travellers
at the
Siesta Motel.
| (http://www.bygonebyways.com/BB-CO-Durango-Siesta_Motel_16.JPG) |
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Ennis's getting together with an old "fishin' buddy" would cause Alma unforeseen pain.
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Although they had a viewless room at the Motel Siesta, they gave each other room to view their feelings and thoughts.
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Story Ennis was very logical and honest about the warring emotions and situations that they would have to live with after the reunion:
"I doubt there's nothin now we can do," said Ennis. "What I'm sayin, Jack, I built a life up in them years. Love my little girls. Alma? It ain't her fault. You got your baby and wife, that place in Texas. You and me can't hardly be decent together if what happened back there" -- he jerked his head in the direction of the apartment -- "grabs on us like that. We do that in the wrong place we'll be dead. There's no reins on this one. It scares the piss out a me."
(http://nwpassage.wordpress.com/files/2006/08/book2.jpg)
Happy Valentine's Day
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Ennis and Jack xpose their desire for each other with their passionate kiss at the foot of the stairs.
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Round 411
More Reunion
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Postcard1b.jpg)
The 411 on Jack and Ennis
Jack Twist - RFD2 - Childress - Texas - 79201
Ennis Del Mar - 80 Pershing Street - Apartment #2 - Riverton - Wyoming - 82501
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Story Jack listed various parts of his anatomy that suffered injury as a result of rodeoin'. But to Ennis, he sure enough seemed in one piece. (I'll bet he checked.)
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There were no births in either Jack's or Ennis's families after the reunion in 1967.
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ENNIS has stepped out of his apartment onto a small landing at the top of the back stairs outside, closes the door behind him, as he sees JACK. ENNIS hurries down the stairs, taking them two at a time.
Seize each other by the shoulders, hug mightily, squeezing the breath out of each other, saying sonofabitch, sonofabitch. [screenplay]
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Alma was daunted to see her husband tongue-wrestling with a strange man.
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Some of the euphemisms in Brokeback Mountain are:
- Entered him
- Went at it
- Gun's goin off
- Then out
- Going fishing
- A fishing buddy
- Rolled his own
- Wrung one out
- Jouncing a bed
- Got his oil checked with a horn dipstick
- Stemmed the rose
- Roll to the wall
- Putting the blocks to
- The pillow sometimes wet
- Sometimes the sheets were wet
- Riding more than bulls..
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Jack and Ennis finished up in the motel what they had started on the landing.
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Then ENNIS looks around. Pulls JACK over to a small gangway. Shoves him up against the wall.
Then, as easily as the right key turns the lock tumblers, their mouths come together. [screenplay]
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Ennis heavy hinted to Alma that her husband would be hitting the hay with his handsome hombre, "may not get back tonight, we get to drinkin' and talkin' an' all."
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The itchiness that Ennis felt as he waited for Jack to show was finally relieved only after some mutual scratching at the Siesta Motel.
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Jack and Ennis reacted juvenescently to the choices offered to them at their reunion in 1967.
def - Growing or becoming young.
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Ennis hardly lifts a finger to help Alma while he was waiting for Jack all day, but he gave Jack a free hand once they got to the motel.
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Jack and Ennis juvenescently decide to manhandle each other. The result, however, was evanescent.
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Alma reacted naively to the juvenescent manhandling going on below her. She seemed unable to lift a finger about her husband fooling around with another ... man.
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At the Motel Siesta Jack told Ennis about driving up to Signal in the summer of 1964 to see about a job, omitting the "stem the rose" comment made by Joe Aguirre.
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Another reason besides "all that time a yours a-horseback" that made Ennis so good was that he had practiced when he "wrang it out a hunderd times" thinking about Jack.
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Alma decided to refrain from lifting a finger about the juvenescent manhandling on the landing.
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Alma had no way to know that the juvenescent manhandling going on in the gangway below her barely scratched the surface of what was to happen later.
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Ennis was twiddling his thumbs while waiting for Jack. After he arrived, Alma decided to refrain from lifting a finger about the thumbs-up reception that Ennis gave to Jack.
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The sight of the mutual manhandling unhinges Alma as she had no idea that Jack was more than a fishin' buddy to Jack.
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Alma watched with disbelief the juvenescent manhandling on the landing; but, verily, they sucked face.
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After Jack and Ennis came back from the motel, Alma had woken up to the fact that Ennis and Jack were sleeping together.
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Ennis unknowingly xposes his passion for Jack to Alma when she looks out the door and witnesses the mutual manhandling.
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Round 4-1-2!
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"Pleased to meet you...."
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When Jack was arriving, Ennis hopes were rising.
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After Jack and Ennis bared all in the motel, they bared their souls to each other.
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Ennis and Alma's baby cries, just when Ennis is introducing Jack to Alma.
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Ennis takes Jack upstairs into his humble dwelling in order to introduce him to Alma.
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Ennis envelopes Jack in a squeezing embrace.
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Jack was taken aback by the freshness of Ennis's approach to him. But Jack had no problem taking a front seat with Ennis in the gangway.
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Alma, busy in the kitchen cooking greasy hamburger, casually asks, "Ennis, you know somebody name a Jack? From Texas?"
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Jack and Ennis's kiss was the hottest of the year according to the MTV awards. Jake accepted, saying he couldn't have done it without Heath. How true.
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Story Jack insisted that Ennis "take a couple days off. Right now. Get us out a here. Throw your stuff in the back a my truck and let's get up in the mountains."
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After saying a quick how-do and bye-bye to Alma, the boys were soon making jig-jig at the motel.
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Later at the Motel Siesta:
JACK
Old Brokeback got us good, didn't it?
(drags on his cigarette)
So what're we gonna do now?
ENNIS
I doubt there's nothin' we can do. I'm
stuck with what I got here. Makin' a
livin's about all I got time for now.
[screenplay]
=comment=
:) | (http://static.flickr.com/53/168144801_450eadb8a1_m.jpg) |
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According to Annie Proulx the motel "room stank of semen and smoke and sweat and whiskey, of old carpet and sour hay, saddle leather, shit and cheap soap."
=comment= Fran
Must have been one of the free rooms.
Economy at it's best.
:)
Nice table, too!
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The motel did have the one required necessity - a bed.
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From the description of the motel room, we may discern it was quite odoriferous.
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Laying there in their economy motel room Story Ennis admitted to being profoundly affected by the summer of 1963:
"That summer," said Ennis. "When we split up after we got paid out I had gut cramps so bad I pulled over and tried to puke, thought I ate somethin bad at that place in Dubois. Took me about a year a figure out it was that I shouldn't a let you out a my sights. Too late then by a long, long while."
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Jack and Ennis were able to get a room at the Motel Siesta even though they did not have a reservation.
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The motel room could be described as sleazy at best.
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In 1964 Ennis figured out that his tummy pains on that August day in 1963 were a reaction to losing Jack Twist. I wonder if the Motel Siesta's aromas brought back his tummy pains and refreshed his memory.
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Alma was unnerved by the sight of the nervy kiss.
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The vile-smelling motel room didn't cramp their style.
=aside=
I wonder if they rented rooms by the hour.
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Story Ennis wonders what his reaction to their jouncing says about himself:
"You know, I was sittin up here all that time tryin to figure out if I was -- ? I know I ain't. I mean here we both got wives and kids, right? I like doin it with women, yeah, but Jesus H., ain't nothin like this."
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While talking to Jack at the Motel Siesta, story Ennis specifically xculpates Alma:
"I doubt there's nothin' now we can do. What I'm sayin', Jack, I built a life up in them years. Love my little girls. Alma? It ain't her fault."
def. xculpate = to free from alleged fault or guilt
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Round 413!!!
I have Texas-roasted coffee beans.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_565.jpg)
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Jack and Ennis were accomplishing what they came for in the motel - getting a bang for their buck.
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It was very kind of Alma to offer coffee to Jack, but Ennis and Jack wanted a more private buzz.
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As Jack stood in the doorway with Ennis, he heard baby Jenny's voice coming from the crib room and asked, "You got a kid?"
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Jack the dreamer told Ennis that he had shot his airplane out of the sky.
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Alma Beers Del Mar seemed to know she was watching the evanescence of her marriage to Ennis.
def - The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance
=comment= Paul
Thanks for throwing out the word evanescent.
Great word, still unplayed.
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Jack answered Ennis's question about the Army: "They can't get no use out a me. Got some crushed vertebrates. And a stress fracture, the arm bone here, you know how bullridin you're always leverin it off your thigh?--she gives a little ever time you do it. Even if you tape it good you break it a little goddamn bit at a time. Tell you what, it hurts like a bitch afterwards." [story]
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Jack was searching for a glimmer of hope from Ennis, but only found anti-aircraft fire.
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Story Alma's resolve hardens over the years:
"Her resentment opened out a little every year: the embrace she had glimpsed, Ennis's fishing trips once or twice a year with Jack Twist and never a vacation with her and the girls, his disinclination to step out and have any fun, his yearning for low paid, long-houred ranch work, his propensity to roll to the wall and sleep as soon as he hit the bed, his failure to look for a decent permanent job with the county or the power company, put her in a long, slow dive and when Alma Jr. was nine and Francine seven she said, what am I doin hangin around with him, divorced Ennis and married the Riverton grocer."
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Ennis and Jack make small talk with Alma while trying to control the inrush of emotions they're feeling.
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Starting at the Siesta and continuing up in the mountains, Ennis and Jack were glad to have time to jawbone about what had happened over the last four years.
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Ennis told Jack about his father laughingly showing off the dead body of Earl.
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The motel provided Ennis and Jack with the mere essentials - a bed and a bathroom.
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Ennis nixed Alma's suggestion about taking Jack to the Knife & Fork for a nourishing meal by saying, "Jack ain't the restaurant type. We'll more'n likely just go out and get drunk. If he shows."
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Jack soon realized that he was much more willing to be outgoing about their relationship than Ennis was.
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Jack wrote Ennis a postcard saying that we would be passing through Riverton on the 24th and wanted to know if he would be there.
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In time, the resentfulness Alma feels towards Ennis will become unbearable, and she will divorce him.
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Jack wants a life with Ennis and aims for the stars, but Ennis decides to shoot down his hopes.
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Story Ennis knows that he will be treated terribly if he comes out and tries to make a life with Jack:
"I don't want a be like them guys you see around sometimes. And I don't want a be dead."
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Jack and Ennis got themselves a room at the Motel Siesta. The exact room number was undisclosed by the filmmakers.
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Story Ennis spoke more volubly than movie Ennis, especially in the motel scene.
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Story Jack doesn't want to wait another quadrennium before seeing Ennis again:
"How much is once in a while?" said Jack. "Once in a while ever four fuckin years?"
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By sending the initial postcard to Ennis, Jack is xerting his plan for a resumption of the relationship.
def. = to put into action
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Round 414!
Juvenescent manhandling is really keen!
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Jack and Ennis were avid smokers, drinkers and lovers.
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The first order of business at the Motel Siesta was to check out your buddy's fishing equipment.
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INT: RIVERTON, WYOMING: DEL MAR APARTMENT: LATE AFTERNOON: 1967:
Several beer cans on the table. Ashtray full.
ENNIS no longer paces, sits on the couch as ALMA JR. and JENNY scratch away at a pair of coloring books. [screenplay]
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Ennis wasn't a fancy dresser, but he wore his best shirt especially for Jack.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_460.jpg)
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Annie Proulx described the day that Ennis eagerly awaited the arrival of Jack Twist:
The day was hot and clear in the morning, but by noon the clouds had pushed up out of the west rolling a little sultry air before them. Ennis, wearing his best shirt, white with wide black stripes, didn't know what time Jack would get there and so had taken the day off, paced back and forth, looking down into a street pale with dust.
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Proulx wrote:
"How much is once in a while?" said Jack. "Once in a while ever four fuckin' years?"
"No," said Ennis, forbearing to ask whose fault that was. "I goddamn hate it that you're goin' a drive away in the mornin' and I'm goin' back to work. But if you can't fix it, you got a stand it," he said. "Shit. I been lookin' at people on the street. This happen a other people? What the hell do they do?"
"It don't happen in Wyomin' and if it does, I don't know what they do, maybe go to Denver," said Jack, sitting up, turning away from him, "and I don't give a flyin' fuck. Son of a bitch, Ennis, take a couple days off. Right now. Get us out a here. Throw your stuff in the back a my truck and let's get up in the mountains. Couple a days. Call Alma up and tell her you're goin'. Come on, Ennis, you just shot my airplane out a the sky -- give me somethin' a go on. This ain't no little thing that's happenin' here."
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Jack griped about his rodeo war wounds and Ennis gripped something else.
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Jack finds his plan for living together with Ennis blocked by Ennis's hidebound ideas of what is acceptable.
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Jack's visit to Riverton in 1967 dredged up all the feelings created in that influential summer on Brokeback Mountain.
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After jouncing a bed, Jack enjoined Ennis for a junket in the mountains.
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At the Motel Siesta, story Ennis placed limitations on how the relationship would proceed when he told Jack, "All I can see is we get together once in a while way the hell out in the back a nowhere...."
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Story Ennis reminded Jack that they were both maritally connected, and that they had to take their wives and children seriously:
"I doubt there's nothin now we can do," said Ennis. "What I'm sayin, Jack, I built a life up in them years. Love my little girls. Alma? It ain't her fault. You got your baby and wife, that place in Texas.
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Instead of going to the Knife and Fork, Jack and Ennis nibbled on each other.
(http://www.nocoupon.com/wantagh_files/fork&knife160x90.gif) (http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_496.jpg)
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During the filming of Brokeback Mountain, the actors were said to have done as many as thirteen takes of the reunion kiss before the director was satisfied, so there must be twelve outtakes on the cutting room floor.
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ALMA
(hopeful of a social possibility)
Maybe we could get a baby-sitter, take
your friend to the Knife & Fork.
ENNIS
Jack ain't the restaurant type.
(pause)
We'll more'n likely just go out and get
drunk.
(pause)
If he shows.
[screenplay]
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Jack finds Ennis at the apartment over the laundromat that Ennis rents for his family.
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By the time Ennis and Jack got back from the motel, Alma had woken up and smelled the coffee about their relationship - "Texans don't drink coffee?"
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ALMA has seen what she has seen, having aged years in the space of a few moments: sees her husband's turmoil... and notices JACK'S trembling hands. [screenplay]
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In spite of what she has seen and fears, Alma unassumingly encourages Ennis to invite Jack in for coffee.
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Alma watched from the top of the stairs, as her marriage began to vanish before her eyes.
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Jack asks a pertinent question at the Motel Siesta: "So what're we gonna do now?" [screenplay]
=question=
After the "X" is played, what're we gonna do?
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Alma's xtenuation only delayed the eventual outcome of the juvenescent manhandling on both families.
def - To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious.
=reply= Fran
We're gonna keep going.
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Round 4-1-5
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Let's Take A Dive
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In Jack's case absence made the fond heart wander, but the reunion definitely made his heart grow fonder.
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Alma was busy cooking dinner and didn't notice the effect Jack's initial postcard had on her husband.
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Ennis reacted casually to the postcard, even though he was seething with emotion, just holding it in his hand.
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When Ennis sees the postcard, it dredges up old memories.
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EXT: DEL MAR APARTMENT: RIVERTON: LATE AFTERNOON: CONTINUOUS: 1967:
The ever-present wind blowing, dust swirls.
JACK gets out of his pickup, stiff, his beat-up Resistol tilted back on his head, holds it steady to keep it from blowing off. [screenplay]
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Ennis was thankful that Jack forgot to bring the harmonica.
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After the dive off the cliff, we hear a chorus of groaning; that water must be cold.
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In the 2005 screenplay, Alma is cooking greasy hamburger, when Ennis returns to find a postcard waiting for him.
However, in the 2003 and 2004 screenplays, Alma was cooking chicken fried steak. The meat was changed after Annie Proulx made it clear that chicken fried steak was not a common meal in Wyoming.
In the movie, we cannot tell what she's cooking, and Ennis doesn't really care anymore.
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Even though Jack said he was busted up from rodeoing, Ennis thought he sure seemed intact.
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The physical and emotional joys experienced by Ennis and Jack at the reunion have to be put on hold until the next time they can be together.
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Jack's and Ennis's clothing were littering the floor and furniture at the Motel Siesta:
"Friend," said Jack, "I was in Texas rodeoin. How I met Lureen. Look over on that chair."
On the back of the soiled orange chair he saw the shine of a buckle. "Bullridin?" [Proulx]
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Jack and Ennis were messing around in the messy, littered room at the Motel Siesta.
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The camera shot of Ennis and Jack at the Siesta Motel is so close and tight that every twitch of the nostrils or flick of an eyelash is easily discernible.
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Ennis admitted that he wrung it out occasionally, while thinking about Jack. Jack denied doing it with other men, but Annie Proulx indicated that he "had been riding more than bulls, not rolling his own."
def - 100 times in four years.
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At the post office Ennis pushed his reply postcard to Jack through the postal slot for out-of-town mail.
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As he lay next to the fire relishing being with Jack again after four years, Ennis's face was suffused with a beatific smile.
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The beatific smile suffusing Ennis's face came from his heartfelt joy at being with Jack once again after four years.
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Proulx wrote:
They seized each other by the shoulders, hugged mightily, squeezing the breath out of each other, saying, son of a bitch, son of a bitch, then, and easily as the right key turns the lock tumblers, their mouths came together, and hard, Jack's big teeth bringing blood, his hat falling to the floor, stubble rasping, wet saliva welling, and the door opening and Alma looking out for a few seconds at Ennis's straining shoulders and shutting the door again and still they clinched, pressing chest and groin and thigh and leg together, treading on each other's toes until they pulled apart to breathe and Ennis, not big on endearments, said what he said to his horses and daughters, little darlin'.
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"Last one in!" shouted Ennis, and the boys stripped off their clothes and jumped joyously into the unsullied waters of the mountain lake.
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Both Jack and Ennis ventilated their true feelings at the Motel Siesta. Fifteen years later they were still at the same point in their lives together.
def - air out; make known
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After not seeing Jack for four years, Ennis welcomed him with open arms.
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Jack gives Ennis an xpletive-laden account of his life:
"I made three fuckin' thousand dollars that year. Fuckin' starved. Had to borrow everthing but a toothrush from other guys. Drove grooves across Texas. Half the time under that cunt truck fixin' it. Anyway, I didn't never think about losin'. Lureen? There's some serious money there. Her old man's got it. Got this farm-machinery business. Course he don't let her have none a the money, and he hates my fuckin' guts, so it's a hard go now but one a these days...."
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Round 416!
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Alma's devastation fills the movie screen....
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Alma knows that this day adumbrates the rest of her relationship with Ennis.
def - To overshadow; shadow or obscure.
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As Ennis drives away with a man she knows is his lover, a weeping Alma finds herself buckling under the strain of trying to comprehend it all.
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INT: RIVERTON, WYOMING: DEL MAR APARTMENT: MORNING: LATER: 1967:
ALMA sits at the kitchen table, dishevelled, hasn't slept all night. Nervous, a cup of coffee in front of her.
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ENNIS comes through the door.
ALMA stands... confused yet relieved ENNIS came back home, struggles with complex feelings. Keeps big emotion inside. Tries to catch his eye. [screenplay]
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Alma had every reason to be waiting dourly to see what the new day would bring.
def - Silently ill-humored; gloomy:
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The sight of her husband in the arms of a man was a real eye-opening experience for Alma.
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As Alma watches Ennis hurriedly packing for a getaway with Jack, she musters a little feistiness with with "You know, your friend could come inside, have a cup of coffee...we ain't poison or nothin'."
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Ennis seemed to be totally oblivious of Alma's glumness as he prepared to head off for a fishing trip.
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ALMA JR.
Bring me a fish, Daddy, a big fish.
ENNIS (to Alma Jr.)
Come here.
Gives her a big kiss.
Turns to ALMA. Awkward.
Gives her a quick-one-armed hug, kisses her on the cheek.
ENNIS (CONT'D)
See you Sunday, latest.
[screenplay] |
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Alma was experiencing an intensity of complex emotions and struggled to keep her feelings inside while Ennis was still there.
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Even though the reunion daytime temperature was high enough for swimming, Jack and Ennis wore warm jackets after dark.
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Alma is forced to deal with the letdown of knowing that Ennis would rather be with Jack than with her.
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Alma kept silent about what she had seen in the stairwell, preferring martyrdom to a confrontation with her volatile husband.
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After Ennis said: "Jack and me is goin' out and get a drink. Might not get back tonight, we get to drinkin' and talkin'", Alma nobly responded: "Sure enough."
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Ennis gives Alma a one-armed hug as he grabs together the things he will need for a multi-day excursion with Jack Twist.
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=comment=
When Alma Junior (at 19) visits Ennis at his trailer, he gives her a similar one-armed hug.
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ALMA goes to the window.
Looks out... sees ENNIS throw his stuff in the back of JACK'S truck. Gets in the passenger side, JACK gets in the driver's side.
They pull away, as Riverton comes to life.
ALMA, pale, filled with disquiet, pain, fear, watches them go. Cries. [screenplay]
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As Ennis and Jack were about to leave, Alma was rummaging through her purse, looking for cigarettes or money for Ennis to buy her cigarettes.
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The speed with which Ennis gathered together his things made it clear to Alma that he didn't want to stay and face any of her questions.
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INT: RIVERTON, WYOMING: DEL MAR APARTMENT: MORNING: LATER: 1967:
ALMA sits at the kitchen table, dishevelled, hasn't slept all night. Nervous, a cup of coffee in front of her.
ENNIS comes through the door.
ALMA stands... confused yet relieved ENNIS came back home, struggles with complex feelings. Keeps big emotion inside. Tries to catch his eye. [screenplay]
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Ennis's relationship with Jack went unaccused and undenied as they jumped in Jack's pickup and went off looking for something to eat.
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When Ennis finally returned from his night with Jack, he was clearly preoccupied, replying vaguely to Alma's questions.
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After Jack and Ennis leave for the motel, Alma is confused and unable to sleep because she is wondering if her husband will even come home.
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Alma sees Ennis's xuberancy after the kissing scene in the gangway; and then he comes back all perky from the motel.
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Round 417!
She Didn't Want to Make a Scene!
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The night Alma spent worrying about Ennis while he and Jack were at the Siesta Motel was arguably the unhappiest of her marriage.
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Alma is filled with complex feelings after what she saw on the stairwell, but rather than confront Ennis, she bites her tongue.
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Alma is overcome with the complexness of the Jack Twist situation and her resulting feelings.
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Alma is unable to hide her desolation as Ennis departs for a day or two up in the mountains with Jack.
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Poor Alma is left alone with the children as Ennis drives off with Jack, the image of that kiss in the stairwell etched in her memory.
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Happy Birthday, Tim!
May this be your best one yet.
(http://foodmusings.typepad.com/food_musings/images/cake_1.jpg)
Thinking of you on your special day,
Fran
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The image of that kiss in the in the stairwell would shake the foundation of Alma and Ennis' marriage.
=aside= Meryl
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Happy Birthday Tim(http://bemine.com/categories/bday/hb36.gif)
Hope Your Day is Extra Special
Sandy
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With Jack suddenly in the picture, Alma grapples with newfound insecurities about the state of her marriage.
=aside= Meryl
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...and many more!!! |
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Happy Birthday
Tim
(http://www.goodtimestravel.com/images/Canadian%20Rockies~Sunrise.jpg)
Wishing you peace, contentment and pleasure.
From Toast in Canada.
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Tim said he might be able to join us for our Fabulous Four Februarians chat this afternoon, so please drop by if you can.
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Ennis doesn't seem to realize that every action of his during the reunion humiliates and devastates Alma.
=aside= FR Lee
Thanks for the word on Birthday Tim in chat today.
I'll keep checking.
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When Alma suggests Ennis invite Jack in for coffee, Ennis responds with the idiosyncratic reply, "He's from Texas."
=aside= Happy birthday, Tim
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=aside= Happy birthday, Meryl
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Alma anguished over Ennis's joy-filled reunion with Jack.
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Alma, too, is caught in a situation with no reins or limits.
=milestone= Meryl
(http://www.owensvalleyhistory.com/cowgirls16/happy_birthday_cowgirl01.jpg)
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The meaty manhandlers messed around in the messy motel room.
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After spending the night with Jack at the Motel Siesta, Ennis comes home to find Alma sitting at the kitchen table, dressed in her nightclothes.
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Suddenly Jack occupies all of Ennis's attention - and Alma knows why.
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Alma passes a restless night after Ennis passes her over for Jack, who passes himself off as Ennis' fishing buddy.
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Alma has to deal with the revelation that Ennis and Jack are more than fishing buddies.
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Yet if the love doesn't speak its name, it certainly sings its tune. (Jack and Ennis ) sneak away over the years for trysts, and eventually each spouse learns the bitter truth.
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Alma was tossing and turning all night after Ennis turned her world upside down.
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Alma indulgently watched Ennis fidgeting as he waited for Jack to show, little thinking that her life would take an unimagined turn for the worse because of that postcard.
=aside=Sandy, Fran, Paul and Toast
Thank you for the festive (and sexy!) birthday greetings :-* ;D
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Ennis veils the true nature of his relationship with Jack when he tells Alma that he and Jack were fishin' buddies.
=reply= Meryl
You're welcome. Hope you're having a great day.
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After witnessing the kiss, story Alma seems to reopen the door:
The door opened again a few inches and Alma stood in the narrow light.
What could he say? "Alma, this is Jack Twist, Jack, my wife Alma." His chest was heaving. He could smell Jack -- the intensely familiar odor of cigarettes, musky sweat and a faint sweetness like grass, and with it the rushing cold of the mountain. "Alma," he said, "Jack and me ain't seen each other in four years." As if it were a reason. He was glad the light was dim on the landing but did not turn away from her.
"Sure enough," said Alma in a low voice. She had seen what she had seen. Behind her in the room lightning lit the window like a white sheet waving and the baby cried.
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Alma tried unsuccessfully to xert her influence to make Ennis change his mind about going away with Jack by saying: "You sure that foreman won't fire you for taking off?"
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Round 4-1-8
The cooking's great!
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From our kitchens
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Alma Jr. was assisting her mother in the kitchen the day her father received a postcard from "somebody name a Jack from Texas."
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Alma Jr. is wearing an apron and 'working' beside her Mommy when Daddy comes home from his day at work.
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Jack's hopes of a life together with Ennis crumbled when he learned Ennis' divorce hadn't changed his attitude concerning their partnership.
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Alma dished out accusations about Ennis' "fishing trips" and Jack "Nasty" while she dished out the leftovers.
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While Ennis was preoccupied with thoughts of Jack, Alma told Alma Jr. that she could be excused from the table after she took one more bite.
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The spare, featureless kitchen in the Twist farmhouse was brightened by a spot of color - a cherry in the cherry cake.
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Ennis' goose was cooked when Alma cooked up a storm about his cooked up "fishing trips."
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Before things got ugly in the kitchen, Ennis had enjoyed a home-cooked Thanksgiving dinner with his daughters.
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Alma inveighs against Ennis and Jack Nasty while standing in front of her kitchen sink.
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On the windowsill in Alma's kitchen, there are several jarfuls of mashed baby food.
=aside= Toast
Thanks for your educated guess.
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Alma has a number of jars with resealable lids in her kitchen. Some are on the windowsill and probably contain baby food. To her right, as she scrubs her laundry in the tub, are some other preserving jars on the countertop. The presence of these jars on the countertop indicate the lack of a refrigerator in the house. So keeping the jars of baby food on the windowsill would have kept them cool and safe until they were used within a day or two. The Mason jars on the countertop would have been stored in a cellar or cool pantry until needed, and because they were "preserved" they could be kept for months or years.
=comment=
Two things about this kitchen stand out to me as being out of place.
That electric range is very slim, modern and not even second hand.
That plastic laundry basket was never available in the sixties.
It would have been wicker.
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The jars on Alma's windowsill contain mashed baby food. This is before her heart gets mashed.
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Tired of living in the middle of nowhere and even more tired of using a washboard to wash countless baby diapers, Alma del Mar, nee Beers, found an affordable apartment in Riverton which just happened to be located above a laundromat.
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In their quest for a safe haven, Ennis and Jack had to make do with outdoor facilities.
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While on the mountain, the boys cooked from pots and pans that were speckled enamel.
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Alma has a cookbook filled with recipes open on the counter.
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Hopefully, Alma is following a simple recipe because, from the looks of her spice rack, she has a limited number of spices available.
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Alma is using her cookbook and her spices to make Ennis's food tastier; but it's the postcard on the cookbook that has the tastier ingredients.
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The wine had been uncorked and poured into glasses before Jack uncorked his anger on L.D.
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As Ennis listens more and more angrily to Alma in Monroe's kitchen, he refuses to validate her assertion that he and Jack Twist were more interested in each other than in fishing.
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Alma was standing over the washtub, washing clothes on a washboard, and thinking about the carrots that still needed chopping when Ennis came home.
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Alma's xcogitation as she scrubbed the dirt out of the family clothes must have been like: "wipe the nose, chop the carrots, scrub the diapers, wipe the bum, feed the baby, is that dirt or part of the print on the shirt, cook for Ennis, I hope it doesn't rain, wipe the nose, ......"
def - The act or process of thinking
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Round 419!!
I don't have much,
but I have cheap wine and caffeine!
Kitchens Continued
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It wasn't long before Jack lost his appetite for beans but gained an appetite for the person cooking them.
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A peek into Ennis's trailer kitchen shows us that he's in possession of a cutting board and a collection of mismatched knives.
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The outdoor mountain kitchen made use of wood that settles into charcoal as a heat source.
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Ennis was helping Alma with the dirty dishes while she dished the dirt about Jack "Nasty."
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Ennis and Alma's apartment over the laundromat has an eat-in kitchen.
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=ABCs milestone=
100,000+ views! |
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Annie Proulx wrote:
They had a high-time supper by the fire, a can of beans each, fried potatoes and a quart of whiskey on shares, sat with their backs against a log, boot soles and copper jeans rivets hot, swapping the bottle while the lavender sky emptied of color and the chill air drained down, ....
=milestone= ABCs
100,000+ views of our tasteful, witty and reasonably correct stuff.
And we ain't fried yet.
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The speckled coffeepot and frying pan are sometimes called graniteware.
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=milestone= 100,000 Views!
The view is great!
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Ennis happily accepted Jack's offer of whiskey to wash down his BetterMost bean entree.
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=milestone=100,000 Views
Happily noted and accepted ;)
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Ennis toasted Alma Jr. with ice-cold, not chilled, wine since it probably had been in the refrigerator since his breakup with Cassie.
=milestone=
Rearview or sideview, we're always looking good.
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=congratz= Meryl
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Of all the BBM kitchens, the one in Ennis's trailer is the junkiest.
=milestone= Meryl
Happy 2000th post!
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Alma tries to organize the litter in her kitchen before starting to wash the Thanksgiving dishes.
=milestone= Meryl
2000 friendly posts.
Congratulations Meryl.
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In the kitchen area of Ennis's trailer, most of the counter space is taken up by the double-bowl, metal-rimmed sink.
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=milestone= Meryl
Congratulations on 2,000+ posts!
Well done! :)
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Meals up on Brokeback consisted of plenty of carbs, proteins and fats. The only nonfattening item served was coffee.
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=aside=Sandy, Paul, Toast and Fran
Thanks for the congratz! :-*
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Lureen's kitchen and dining room has much more opulence than the facilities that Aguirre provided for his shepherds. However eating at her home can be much more discordant than a meal on the mountain.
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The perking coffee perked up sleep-deprived Jack who was commuting four hours a day and had spent his nights checking for coyotes.
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Ennis opens the door of the refrigerator and removes a half-filled bottle of white wine, a legacy of Cassie.
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Annie Proulx wrote:
The stale coffee is boiling up but he catches it before it goes over the side, pours it into a stained cup and blows on the black liquid, lets a panel of the dream slide forward. If he does not force his attention on it, it might stoke the day, rewarm that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong.
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Ennis was a man of simple tastes - beans, apple pie, beer, round steak and coffee. His taste for Jack was the exception.
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From the kitchen window of the little ranch house, Alma has an unobstructed view of
her clothesline the vast, high plains.
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There is a ventilation fan - with its own power switch - near the range in Alma's Riverton 'above the laundromat' kitchen.
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Bobby whined while the others dined and Jack redfined the football watching at Thanksgiving dinner.
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As Jack prepared the corn for boiling, Ennis drove up with a surprise: beans just like the ones supplied by their x-boss, Joe Aguirre.
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=compliment= Fran
Xcellent "X."
Sandy
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Round 420!
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How about some elk?
We've got plenty.
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Alma Jr. is working alongside her Mom as supper is prepared.
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BetterMost is the brand of beans favored by fifty percent of cowboys (on BBM).
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On top of the cookbook in Alma's kitchen is the postcard from Jack which will be Ennis' recipe for romance.
=aside= Paul
What about the other 50%?
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The cooking utensils provided by Joe Aguirre for use up on Brokeback included a slotted spoon, which is also known as a draining spoon.
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Both Jack and Ennis were expressing their contentment to be together again while Jack cooked steaks and corn, while Ennis provided the beans favored by 50% of cowboys.
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Bettermost is the brand of beans favored by fifty percent of cowboys. The other fifty percent prefer drip-drying elk meat over beans.
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Lureen has a good-sized kitchen which, unlike Alma's, is equipped with a dishwasher.
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Cowboys who have been hungrier, longer, are more likely to settle for the available food. Jack's mom probably always gave him a choice of foods, including real homemade beans with pork.
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The fifty percent of cowboys on BBM who don't like beans prefer elk and game of that ilk.
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Jeans-clad Jack and Ennis had a high-time supper by the fire, devouring a can of beans each, fried potatoes, and a quart of whiskey on shares.
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With no delivery of powdered milk and spuds, then food scattered all over the trail, our boys' diet was lacking variety. There seemed to be beans and more beans though.
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Jack considered beans to be mawkish.
[def: sickening or insipid in taste}
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Sitting at his kitchen table, John Twist makes it clear that where Jack's ashes are going to end up is a nonnegotiable matter: "Tell you what, we got a family plot and he's goin' in it."
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After Jack objected to a diet that consisted mainly of beans, Ennis complied with his wishes by first ordering soup and then shooting an elk.
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The advantage of Bettermost beans is that if they are eaten directly from the can, then there are no pots or pans to clean up.
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Take one Cigar Butt, add two dumbass mules loaded down with groceries, one handsome humming cowboy, add one growling grizzly: a recipe for disaster.
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Even though the beans came in a round can, they made a square meal.
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Many - maybe too many - times Jack and Ennis tucked into a square meal of Bettermost beans.
def - Consumed (food) heartily.
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After tucking into too many square meals of BetterMost beans in the round cans, Jack was unconcerned with the potential consequences of shooting a sheep for dinner.
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By forgoing beans, Jack is eliminating a source of essential B vitamins and iron from his diet.
=comment=
I do love Google!
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As far as Jack Twist is concerned, the "bean or not to bean" argument is heavilly weighted toward "meat, glorious meat."
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By shooting the elk, Ennis xtinguishes Jack's appetite for sheep.
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Round 421!
Dinner's just begun!
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Ennis's meal plans went awry when the mules took off, scattering a week's worth of food everywhere.
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127 EXT: MOUNTAINS: DAY: MONTAGE: 1981: 127
WE SEE ENNIS and JACK, winding through some grand scenery, always high up:
A. ENNIS and JACK riding their horses up in the Bighorns. A bright, beautiful crisp autumn day.
B. ENNIS and JACK swim in a clear, mirror-like mountain pool.
C. ENNIS and JACK dismounted, standing atop Cloud peak, the highest point in the Bighorns.
Jack and Ennis also visited the Bighorns in 1969, and ate corn, steaks and maybe beans.
=comment=
Even Wikipedia doesn't seem to have a consistent spelling for the Bighorns - Big Horns.
Annie Proulx used Big Horns
The screenplays use both Bighorns and Big Horns.
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There is an odd cat-shaped towel- and utensil-holder in Alma's Thanksgiving kitchen. The cat fight was to follow.
=comment=
I've been waiting to use that one!
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Cooking was one of the duties of the camp tender up on Brokeback.
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Jack and Ennis always seemed to be able to find enough edible grub to satisfy them.
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Jack flipped over Ennis the first moment he saw him -- a condition that stayed with him the remainder of his life.
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Three guesses what grub is guilty of getting our guys gassy.
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The potentially gassy consequences aren't serious enough to hamper Ennis's love of beans.
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Besides the beans, another ingredient in a can of BetterMost is tomato sauce.
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In the 2004 screenplay, Jack joked about eating beans and sleeping in a zipped-up tent:
EXT. BIG HORN MOUNTAINS, WYOMING: CAMPSITE: NIGHT: 1973
ENNIS
Hey, look what I brought.
He offers a small brown paper bag.
Jack weighs it in his hands, opens it.
It's a couple of cans of beans.
JACK
Beans.
ENNIS
And I'm gonna fix 'em just the way you like 'em, spoon 'em cold straight
from the can.
JACK
I'll eat 'em from your hand, if you're willin' to breathe the consequences after
that tent gets zippered up tonight.
A beat.
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BetterMost beans in tomato sauce are laden with essential B vitamins and iron.
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Ennis and Jack were left high and dry after the bear incident, but the sight of the mouthwatering elk whetted their appetites.
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Elk meat is nutritionally desirable, since it can provide B vitamins and is a good source of iron as well.
=comment= Fran
I love Google, too.
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Ennis is willing to overlook the potentially gassy consequences of eating beans.
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The potentially gassy consequences of eating beans are outweighed by their being a great source of Vitamin B and iron.
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It seems that there were times when Jack regretted being in a zipped-up tent with a bean consumer.
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The potentially gassy consequences of eating beans are outweighed by their being a great source of vitamin B and iron.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks for the "S".
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Jack's regrets aside, the temperature in a zipped-up tent occupied by two bean consumers on a cold night is likely to be nice and toasty.
=aside=Fran
'Twas the least I could do, since you provided my "P" :)
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Jack Twist seems to dislike beans because of the unappetizingness of both the beans and the consumer of the beans.
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The potentially gassy consequences of eating beans are outweighed by their being a great source of vitamin B and iron.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks again.
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Since the idea of warmed-up beans every day leaves Jack cold, Ennis gradually warms up to the idea of killing an elk, hoping he doesn't get in hot water for doing it.
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One of the gases that enthusiastic consumers of beans may xpel is methane. It is advisable to stay away from an open flame.
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Round 422!
Beans or Elk?
It's up to you.
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Instead of killing one of Joe's sheep as Jack suggested, Ennis came up with an alternate solution to the food problem: killing an elk.
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Ennis had gone ahead and bitten the bullet when he shot the elk, biting off as much as he could chew.
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There was drip-drying elk on the rack, but charred elk on the grill. Yum.
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There are worse ways for an elk to go than by being dispatched by a hot cowboy while enjoying his dolce far niente.
def. = sweet leisure time
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The two hot cowboys were elated with the alternate solution of dispatching, charring and biting off as much as they could chew of the elk.
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The possibility that Joe Aguirre would somehow find out factored into Ennis's decision not to kill one of the sheep.
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As Ennis rightly pointed out, they were supposed to be guarding the sheep, not eating them. However, there was no clause in their contract about guarding no elk.
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The purpose of guarding the sheep was to keep them out of harm's way.
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Jack seemed to have a greater irritability to the consequences of BetterMost beans.
def - Abnormal or excessive sensitivity of a body organ or part to a stimulus.
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After weeks of beans, Jack jonesed for some meat. He was hungry too.
(http://www.entertainersdirectory.com/IMAGES_Stars/Jack%20Jones.jpg)
{Jack Jones}
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Ennis killed the lone elk with one shot.
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One lone elk provides many mouthfuls of charred meat, enough to rid Jack of a jonesing for elk.
=Awww= Paul
Jack Jones sings about Brokeback:
- Impossible Dream
- Wives and Lovers
- Race Is On
- Call Me Irresponsible
- This Could Be the Start of Something
- This Love of Mine
- I'm a Fool to Want You
- Angel Eyes
- Where Can I Go Without You?
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Both beans and elk are good sources of niacin, also known as vitamin B3.
=awww-side= Toast
What, no "Love Boat"?
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Ennis demonstrated his skill at the outdoorsy activity of hunting elk, impressing Jack in the process.
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Ennis and Jack partook of BetterMost beans during their 'getting to know you' phase.
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While Ennis was settling for the status quo of beans, beans and more beans; Jack was refusing: "Well, I won't."
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Ennis is being a straight shooter when he shoots down the idea of killing a sheep for food.
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The flavour of BetterMost beans was tarnished by its regularity.
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The freshly fileted elk was unappealingly drip-drying near the fire.
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Many years later Ennis would surprise Jack with a vitamin-packed blast from their past: BetterMost beans!
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Along with food, Ennis and Jack carried beverages and smokes with them while wandering all over Wyoming.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/EnnisTokeOldRose50.jpg)
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Ennis and Jack were xhilarated at the thought of not having to eat beans after Ennis shot the elk.
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Round 423!!
On the menu: lots of elk and lots of whiskey!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Elky.jpg)
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Jack realizes that something is amiss when he returns to the main camp for supper and Ennis is nowhere in sight.
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A cowboy with a full belly of vitamin-rich food like elk or BetterMost beans is a happy cowboy.
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Jack cooled off about having to eat rewarmed beans when he was eating the red-hot elk.
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Jack daringly considered shooting one of Joe Aguirre's sheep to improve the food situation.
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In creating their menu, Ennis and Jack had to consider the availability, criminality, and edibility of the various food groups.
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Ennis became fed up with Jack's "dumb-ass missin'" and shot an elk that could feed an army.
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Ennis put many a spoonful of beans down his gullet.
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In 1969, Jack and Ennis had steak char-broiled on a hibachi, along with corn on the cob, and maybe some beans straight from the can.
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Drinking lots of whiskey while discussing the pros and cons of eating beans was an icebreaker in the early days of the boys' relationship.
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After a certain hunting excursion, the menu on Brokeback changed from beans to jumbo servings of elk washed down with whiskey.
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According to Jack's logic, since there are a thousand sheep, it won't matter if he kills one to improve the food situation.
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After much complaining from Jack, the menu on Brokeback changed from beans and whiskey to elk and whiskey.
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Jack and Ennis were able to negotiate a more agreeable menu which included elk meat - providing lots of protein, niacin and a good source of iron.
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Remedying the food situation outweighs any potential consequences from Wyoming's Game and Fish Department, so Jack and Ennis risk killing the elk.
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The protein and vitamin content of the Brokebackian menu was upped considerably after the elk hunting expedition.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/elkeating.jpg)
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A couple of hundred pounds of venison is a good remedy for a bland repetitive diet of beans. Now Jack and Ennis could have roast venison, charred venison, venison jerky, venison stew, venison soup, venison steaks, venison tongue, venison heart, greasy venison marrow bones, venison meatballs, venison pot roast, vension chops, venison chili (with BetterMost beans), venison leftovers, ....
Venison Recipes (http://internationalhunters.homestead.com/VenisonRecipes.html)
Venison Nutrition (http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-C00001-01c22bC.html)
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EXT: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, WYOMING: MEADOW: DAY: 1963:
WE HEAR a rifle shot: ENNIS lowers the 30/30.
WE SEE a two-point buck, dead on the ground.
JACK, smiling, whooping, stands behind him looking in the direction ENNIS just fired.
JACK
Ooooeee! [screenplay]
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/OOOeee.jpg)
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After the idea of eating beans every day began to wear thin, the boys feasted on a nice thick elk steak.
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Jack became sick of the usualness of the BetterMost beans, and decided that he wanted a change. Jack's dumb-ass attempts to shoot an animal inspired Ennis to put meat on the table himself.
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By forgoing beans, Jack was eliminating a vitamin-rich food source from his diet.
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Ennis whiskied up his coffee cup until he got to know Jack better and then they drank straight out of the same bottle.
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In 1969, in the Bighorn Mountains, Ennis gifted Jack with a sample of their x-boss's menu staple - BetterMost beans.
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Round 424
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Chomp.jpg)
Let's Chomp Some More!
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Jack appealed to Ennis several times to make a life together with him, but this wish never materialized.
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Ennis ignored the Basque's advice and ordered soup because Jack was sick of beans.
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In the summer of '69, Jack adds the corn to the pot on the fire just as Ennis arrives with his fishing equipment and some BetterMost beans.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/AddingCorn.jpg)
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The elk added some variety to Jack and Ennis' mainly bean and whiskey diet.
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Jack and Ennis ate up the elk steaks with gusto, but the entrails were most likely left for the coyotes.
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Jack (and Ennis) decided to improve the meals to reflect the fare needed by two hard working sheepherders.
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After Ennis shot the elk dead with one shot, Jack grinningly exclaimed, "Ooooeee!"
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/OOOeee.jpg)
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After Ennis' helpful solution to the food situation, Jack and Ennis helped themselves to large helpings of the now helpless elk.
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Inspired by Jack's failed attempts to get some meat, Ennis took the situation by the horns and shot a two-point elk as a bean replacement.
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While showing Ennis how to pack the mules, the Basque offers some helpful advice:
"Don't let them stray. Joe'll have your ass, if you do. Only thing, don't never order soup. (spits) Them soup boxes are hard to pack."
[screenplay]
=aside= Toast
:)
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Breakfast, luncheon and dinner on Brokeback consisted of elk, elk and more elk.
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Ennis uses his left leather glove as an oven mitt while frying elk, etc. in the skillet over the open flames.
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As the prospect of having elk for dinner nears, Ennis becomes even more near and dear to Jack.
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At the sight of the bear, the horse spooked and the mules took off, overstrewing a week's worth of food.
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Ennis and Jack had to be practical; so when an elk came into their sights, they decided to make the most of it.
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With the killing of the elk, the friendship between Ennis and Jack became richer, right along with their daily fare.
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Joe Aguirre explains how the sheepherders' food will be replenished weekly:
"Fridays twelve noon be down at the bridge with your next-week list and mules. Somebody with supplies'll be there in a pickup."
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The thought of eating Aguirre's sheep brings out Ennis's timorous tendencies.
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An uncanny series of events including a spooked horse enabled Jack and Ennis to can the thought of eating canned beans and enjoy some uncanned elk.
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After shooting the elk, the boys were eating and the incriminating evidence was vanishing.
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Even though he was willing to stick to BetterMost beans, Ennis welcomes the addition of elk venison to their daily fare.
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Jack's sexual xploits in Mexico were an attempt to satisfy a different kind of hunger.
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Round 425!
On beans alone we can't survive!!
(http://www.theprofessionalgroup.com/fd.gif)
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After all those beans, Jack thought some meat would be appetizing.
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Before Alma asked Ennis if Jack wanted some coffee, she thought trouble was brewing.
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Annie Proulx writes about how Ennis, the camp tender, cooks for Jack:
Jack came lagging in late one afternoon, drank his two bottles of beer cooled in a wet sack on the shady side of the tent, ate two bowls of stew, four of Ennis's stone biscuits, a can of peaches, rolled a smoke, watched the sun drop.
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Venturing into the meadow proved deadly for the elk.
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Jack and Ennis enjoyed becoming meat eaters again so much that they could have eaten a horse.
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Jack fries the well-peeled potatoes to serve with beans and whiskey for a high-time supper by the fire.
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Ennis and Jack used a gridiron to cook the meat.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/XBossBeans.jpg)
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When Jack wants to shoot a sheep, Ennis humbly says, "I'll stick with beans."
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Changing from a diet of BetterMost beans to venison meant a very significant reduction in Jack's and Ennis's daily intake of dietary fibre.
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Just a hop, skip and a jump away from the Jello, Junior jiggled some jars and in a jiffy put herself in quite a jam.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/peanutdisaster.jpg)
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Beans are in the legume family.
(http://z.about.com/d/lowcarbdiets/1/0/x/-/-/-/beanhill.jpg)
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Junior left a messy, nutty floor near the condiment aisle at the Riverton supermarket.
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Once the jars of mixed nuts crashed to the floor, they became nonsalable.
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The nonsalable jars of mixed nuts that crashed to the floor increased the store's overhead.
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Just paces from the Peter Pan, the petite progeny of Ennis and Alma performed a puckish prank.
=comment=
Peter McRobie played the part of John Twist - a part worth mentioning.
Sandy
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On her way to call her sister to come and get the girls, Alma walked by refrigerated foods in the dairy department.
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The shelf life of the nuts that crashed to the floor was considerably shortened once they fell off the shelves.
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Alma was lucky that her boss tolerated her family and the problems they presented.
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The cutting instruments utilized by the designated carvers on Thanksgiving differed considerably between Childress and Riverton.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/carvingChildress.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/carvingRiverton.jpg)
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Ennis is eating his apple pie at a table with chipped veneer along its edges.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kitchens/Image11.jpg)
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79 INT: RIVERTON, WYOMING: A & P GROCERY STORE: DAY: 1967: 79
ENNIS, cowboy hat on, obviously in a hurry, comes in carrying FRANCINE and leading ALMA JR.
ALMA JR.
Daddy, I need Crayolas.
ENNIS
You'll have to talk to your mama about that, honey.
Peeks in this aisle and that, looking for ALMA.
Finally spots ALMA in her A & P smock, on her knees shelving jars of Miracle Whip.
ALMA
(surprised, but glad to see them)
Hi, honey. What're you all doing here?
ENNIS
In a big hurry. My boss called, got to
run up to the ranch...all the heifers
must of decided to calve at the same
time. Thought I could drop the girls
with you.
ALMA
Ennis, I got a million things to do here
before I can leave. I don't get off for
another three hours.
ENNIS
Then I guess we got us a quandary staring
us in the face.
ALMA
Don't we always?
ALMA JR.
Mama, I need Crayolas....
ALMA
Not right now, Alma. Ennis, you said you
could keep 'em tonight....
ENNIS
I can't afford to not be there when them
heifers calve. Be my job if I lose any of 'em.
ALMA, JR.(sic)
What about my job? .
(gives up)
Oh, all right then...I'11 call my sister,
maybe she can keep 'em till I get off.
ENNIS lifts a six-pack out of the cooler.
ENNIS
I may be half the night. Bring home some
round steak if you think of it.
Kisses the girls. Leaves.
MONROE the assistant manager comes around the corner just as FRANCINE pulls a big jar of Miracle Whip off the shelf. Breaks with a big splat.
She cries. ALMA scoops her up, takes ALMA JR. by the hand.
ALMA
(flustered)
Sorry, Monroe...I'11 clean it up soon as
I call my sister to come get the girls.
[2004 screenplay/shooting script]
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An xtra-nice Monroe offers to clean up the nonsalable nuts.
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Round 426!
Cleanup in Aisle Six!!!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/peanutdisaster.jpg)
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Junior really upset the applecart when she accidentally knocked the nuts off the shelves.
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Shopping carts and shopping baskets are...
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... conveniently available for shoppers at the grocery store.
=aside= Fran
:)
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Jack definitely loves Ennis.
=aside= Zander
Welcome to the ABCs game. If you have any
questions, you can PM us or any player.
We're glad you're here. :)
Fran and Sandy (Memento)
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Just before Alma Jr. knocked over the jars of mixed nuts, Alma tried to explain to Ennis that her job was just as important as his.
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Just before the nuts fall out of their jars and onto the floor, Alma and Ennis have a falling-out about whose job was more important.
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Monroe volunteered to gather up all the nut debris from the supermarket floor, while Alma gets her sister to mind the girls.
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Ennis was heavily hinting that helping the heifers was more important than collating the condiments.
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The incidental damage from the peanut incident happened near the condiments and other incidentals.
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Alma juggles a supermarket job and looking out to two little girls and their Daddy.
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Monroe lightens Alma's load when he volunteers to clean up the broken jars.
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Due to the climate of society and their personal situations, Jack and Ennis went through life wearing a mask concealing their true natures.
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After Ennis dropped off the children, things became even nuttier for Alma when the mixed nuts came crashing down.
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Roast turkey, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and dinner rolls were among the offerings on Monroe's Thanksgiving table.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/RivertonThanksgvg.jpg)
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Both Lureen and Alma chose the usual poultry for their Thanksgiving meals.
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The Thanksgiving dinner at Alma and Monroe's served the purpose of reuniting Ennis's family, but it quickly turned nasty.
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The Thanksgiving dinner at Alma and Monroe's got nasty when Alma spilled the beans about Ennis and Jack's "fishing trips."
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Jack was willing to travel for hours to visit with Ennis.
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It was at the spilling of the nuts that Monroe decided to unveil his attraction to Alma.
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The many variables of Thanksgiving dishes were displayed on the Riverton and Childress tables.
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There were jars of what looked like mashed baby food on the windowsill in Alma's kitchen.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kitchens/Image2.jpg)
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L.D. took the xacerbation of having a stressful Thanksgiving dinner to the breaking point.
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Round 427
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/347Entrances.jpg)
Makin' A Livin'
Silent scene at beginning of movie:
Jack and Ennis come to Signal.
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Whilst eyeing your soon-to-be cowboy workmate prior to a proper introduction, it is considered desirable to attitudinally cop a vampish pose against your dusty vehicle in order to convey to said cowboy's mind that you are indeed "sex-on-legs".
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JackTwist1_1.jpg)
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Ennis does little more than squint, but Jack certainly does blink an eye at him.
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Jack's coquettish behaviour seems to make Ennis even more distant from the situation.
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Jack makes his cinematic grand entrance in a dilapidated black pickup truck that bangs and sputters and kicks up dust.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/JacksPickup.jpg)
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Jack tried to catch the eye of the squinting eye-catching cowboy.
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Joe Aguirre flippantly walked past his future employees, entered his office, and slammed the door behind him.
def - Marked by disrespectful levity or casualness
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Mr. Twist glowered at Ennis across the kitchen table when he told him he'd take Jack's ashes to Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennis noticed the attractive hunk of a man standing next to the hunk of junk.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_017.jpg)
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Seeing the cowboy leaning against Joe Aguirre's trailer, Jack makes an impetuous move toward him to start up a conversation, but then thinks better of it.
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It's so revealing to watch Ang Lee visually juxtapose the character traits of Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist right from the first shot in the move.
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While Jack was leaning against the truck, he was languishing for the cowboy leaning on the ledge.
{def: to pine with desire or longing}
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While Jack was languishing for the cowboy leaning on the ledge, he didn't know it would be the makings of a beautiful friendship.
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Jack Twist made a noiseful entrance in his 1950 pickup.
def - Loud; clamorous
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The stolen looks between Jack and Ennis belied the obviousness of their attraction.
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Ennis snuck a peek at the cowboy who piqued his interest and whom he would later share a peak experience.
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Jack Twist rebukingly kicked the rear wheel panel of his 1950 hunk of junk after it jolted to a stop near Aguirre's office trailer.
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Perhaps some might have called it rude, but it was most likely shyness that made Ennis Del Mar duck his head and refuse to meet Jack Twist's eye on the morning they first met.
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Just one look at the total stranger was all it took for Jack to know how attracted he was toward him.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_014.jpg)
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Shy Ennis initially seemed unapproachable to Jack.
=aside= Sandy
peek, piqued, peak: perfect!
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Neither Jack nor Ennis seemed capable of voicing his true feelings on that early morning near Aguirre's office trailer.
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Jack and Ennis share some stolen glances, wondering what it will be like to be workmates.
=aside= Paul
Thank you. It takes practice.
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In the opening scene, Jack was surrounded by the xpanse of Wyoming openness, whereas Ennis was surrounded by walls.
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Round 428!
Don't be late!
The film has just started!
More opening scene
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JackTwist1.jpg)
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Jack drove into Signal in an antediluvian pickup that had seen many better days.
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Both Jack and Ennis are ready to follow any directions given to them since they know which side of their bread is buttered.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/BrokeTitle.jpg)
=comment= Paul
I hear this is a good movie, Lots of buttered popcorn,
a Heath bar, and some of them new Gyllenballs.
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ENNIS leans against a dingy trailer house, a crooked sign above the door says FARM AND RANCH EMPLOYMENT AGENCY. Smokes, waits. Sees an old pickup with a bad muffler approaching, and ENNIS becomes aware that the muffler is not the pickup's only problem. It coughs, sputters, rattles from several junctures as it pulls into the gravel parking lot of the AGENCY and dies. [screenplay]
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Before a single word is spoken, we hear many sounds, especially the constant droning of the wind.
=aside= Toast
I'll have to try me some of them Gyllenballs at Zodiac tonight. :P
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Ang Lee:
Dramatic Core
The dramatic core is finding Brokeback Mountain. It is elusive and romantic. It is something that you keep wanting to go back to -- but probably never will. For Ennis and Jack, it was their taste of love.
Ang Lee on Brokeback Mountain (http://www.emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=392)
=comment= Paul
Ah - Zodiac Premiere Tonight!
Too bad we can't all squeeze in the tenth row, center.
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EXT: WYOMING HIGHWAY: NIGHT (NEAR DAWN): 1963:
A cattle truck, running empty, tops a ridge on a lonely western highway.
To the east, the first faint flush of light.
Across the plain, perhaps yet some twenty miles away, a sprinkle of lights like fallen stars on the vast dark plain.
The truck roars on. [screenplay]
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In the opening seconds, dawn is glowing in the east. Soon, Jack and Ennis will be glowing at the sight of each other.
=aside= Toast
I was gonna say "G" is Gyllenballs, but thought I'd better not.
Center tenth row sounds good to me.
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Ennis walking down the street, carrying a handful of clothes is such a beautiful way to express his situation in life, and such a poignant way to open the film. And then to show his handful of valuable clothes at the end is such a heartbreaking way to end a film.
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Jack and Ennis came to Brokeback as two individuals looking for a direction in life, even though Aguirre referred to them as a "pair of deuces going nowhere."
=aside= Toast
I was going to use "handful" if we got back to Tent Scene I again, but I like the way you used it.
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After Jack drove in on his junky old truck, he started talking trash to it.
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Hungry for any job, Jack and Ennis had signed up with Farm and Ranch Employment for low-level jobs herding sheep up on high levels.
def. = being of low importance or rank
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Hoping to maximize his appeal to both the unknown hot cowboy and Joe Aguirre, Jack gave himself a quick shave.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/shave.jpg)
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Before Aguirre showed up, Jack was able to give himself a not-so-close shave in the nick of time.
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Jack found Ennis optically pleasing.
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In the nick of time, Jack gave himself a quick shave to maximize his chances of looking optically pleasing to Aguirre, I mean, Ennis.
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Jack gave himself a quick shave so he would be optically pleasing to the red-hot cowboy leaning on the ledge.
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As they waited to apply for a stint as sheep tenders up on Brokeback, Jack and Ennis did not stint on checking each other out on the sly.
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As Aguirre's sign says, those who have trespassed will be shot, and survivors will be shot again.
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After glaring at Jack and Ennis, Joe Aguirre unlocks the door of the trailer and goes inside.
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Jack gave himself a quick shave in order to make a good visual impression on Ennis and Aguirre - (not as if he wouldn't have without the shave.)
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As Jack and Ennis shot glances at each other outside Aguirre's trailer, each could plainly see that the other was well-favored.
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Outside of the trailer, there were xchanges of glances. Later, there would be xchanges of other things.
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Round 429!
Look at that line!
The movie's just starting...
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JackTwist1_1.jpg)
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Jack was intrigued by the hot cowboy who seemed like he was afraid of his own shadow.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_011.jpg)
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EXT: SIGNAL, WYOMING: TRAILER: DAY: 1963:
The sun is full up, though it is still early. A gentle breeze whistles.
ENNIS leans against a dingy trailer house, a crooked sign above the door says FARM AND RANCH EMPLOYMENT AGENCY. Smokes, waits. Sees an old pickup with a bad muffler approaching.... [screenplay]
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.... Ennis becomes aware that the muffler is not the only problem with Jack's pickup as it comes coughing, sputtering, and rattling into the gravel parking lot.
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These deuces' plight is a poker game where the stakes are high, but no one wins.
-
No one wins in the poker game because the deuces are still rough around the edges.
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At the end of the job on Brokeback, the deuces in the poker game resorted to a little four-flushing, hoping Aguirre wouldn't notice that some of the sheep were Chileans.
def.= bluffing
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Jack and Ennis waited awkwardly outside until Joe Aguirre stuck his head out the trailer door and gave them the go-ahead to come inside:
"If you pair of deuces are lookin' for work, I suggest you get your scrawny asses in here, pronto."
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It just happens that our two deuces meet up outside Aguirre's trailer office that spring morning. One wants to control his life and make choices, and the other seems content that life happens to him.
The deuces later agree that what happens on Brokeback stays on Brokeback.
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The deuces are taking a risk by playing the game without any insurance.
=aside= Toast
:D
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Joe Aguirre brought along a jugful of coffee, but the pair of deuces weren't offered any.
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Ennis, in spite of his fearful view of life, seemed to know the limit placed on life, limb and liberty for a pair of deuces.
=comment=
Cool side-theme, Paul.
Yeah real cheesy, Sandy.
Jack and Ennis were two four-flushers, Meryl.
Aguirre had real Texas coffee habits, Fran.
Good to be back.
I think I'll have to get a new signature after this round.
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Ennis kept mute about the hand that he was dealt while Jack was more of a wild card.
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Although Jack had hoped for a full house, this pair of deuces ended up with a near-miss hand, partly because Ennis wouldn't ante up.
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The pair of deuces were part of an offsuit hand when they met, but by the end of the summer they were both in the suit of hearts.
=aside=Toast
:-*
Paul
Very clever! 8)
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...ENNIS becomes aware that the muffler is not the pickup's only problem. It coughs, sputters, rattles from several junctures as it pulls into the gravel parking lot of the AGENCY and dies. [screenplay]
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The deck was already stacked against Jack and Ennis because deuces are ranked very low.
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Ennis has little to stake - two five-dollar bills in a tobacco tin - and he's saving that for a liitle spread for himself and Alma.
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This pair of deuces meet up in a dusty trailer; twenty years on, the twosome's hand is still in play.
=aside= Meryl
Here's your "Jack of Hearts":
(http://www.alanfore.com/Artwork/illustration_ad/Ill_ad_1d.jpg)
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Joe Aguirre treats the pair of deuces like underdogs from the very beginning.
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Jack and Ennis knew they were valueless deuces, looking out to sheep in cowboy country.
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Jack was willing to wager everything on the deuces' future together, but the stakes were too high for Ennis.
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As Joe Aguirre heads for his trailer, two unidentified, female extras are shown walking in the background. The xtras' names are not listed in the end credits because their characters have no speaking lines; nevertheless, they are important to the movie because their presence adds realism.
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Round 430!!
Gonna be startin' work and
feelin' thirsty.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_041.jpg)
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Our two deuces listen to whose regulations they have to follow up on Brokeback and afterwards Jack suggests that: "Since we're gonna be working together, I reckon it's time we start drinking together."
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Jack and Ennis decided to quaff a few brews while getting to know each other.
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Jack smiled, stuck out his right hand, and cordially introduced himself to Ennis.
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As Ennis dogs Jack's footsteps to the bar in Signal, a dog's insistent barking can be heard in the distance.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Signal.jpg)
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Jack's elbow edged the counter while they were taking the edge off and getting to know each other.
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After the pair of deuces secured their employment, the brewskis were flowing in the bar so early in the morning.
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Jack and Ennis make beer guzzling a shared event after Aguirre confirms that they have a summer job.
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Jack and Ennis begin getting into the habit of drinking together and smoking together.
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Jack ingratiated himself to Ennis in the bar by lending him his Zippo.
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In the 2003 screenplay, Jack jovially convinced the waitress that their drinking is important today:
JACK
(friendly)
Me and my partner here, we got us a
summer's worth a drinkin' to do today.
Reckon we're gonna need that extra hour.
BARTENDER
(repeats)
Told you...we open at ten.
The WAITRESS glares at the BARTENDER.
WAITRESS
Aw, lay off 'em, Royce. They're just buttons.
ROYCE shrugs.
WAITRESS
(cont'd—friendly, too)
You boys have a seat.
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According to the 2003 screenplay, Jack's pickup provided lodging for the night for both Jack and Ennis.
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Ennis' father forcing him to view the murdered gay man as a youngster and the scene where Jack's supposed beating takes place are both monstrous acts of cruelty.
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Before Jack has emptied very many beers, he starts nagging about pleasing his father.
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Jack and Ennis knew they had something in common from the outset of their friendship: smoking and drinking.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Deuces2.jpg)
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In order to smooth the way for their new jobs, Jack and Ennis polished off a few beers.
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In the brief bar scene, Jack is relaxed with his rolled-up sleeves and tilted-back hat, while Ennis is buttoned-up and constrained.
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Ennis, carrying his handful of clothes, follows Jack down the sidewalk towards the bar.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/DeucesWalk0.jpg)
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Jack offered to pick up the tab for the drinks since Ennis only had a buck and some change.
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Jack and Ennis were unapologetic in their wish to drink at nine in the morning.
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Jack begins to communicate verbally with Ennis at the bar, just after Aguirre gives the two deuces summer employment.
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Jack ordered a couple of whiskeys after the beers, trying to achieve his goal of a "summer's worth a drinkin' to do today."
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Upon hearing about the deaths of Ennis's parents and how he was raised by his brother and sister, Jack is an xpresser of empathy: "Shit. That's hard."
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Round 431!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Jack8.jpg)
The drinking's begun.
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8 INT: EARLY: MORNING: 8
The barroom is large and cavernous. All the chairs are stacked upside-down on the tables. It's empty except for a BARTENDER and WAITRESS, both middle-aged.
The husky BARTENDER stands behind the bar and stocks bottled beer into the cooler. The skinny, middle-aged WAITRESS cleans ashtrays in a sink.
ENNIS and JACK enter the dingy bar. Sunlight bursts into the dimly lit room, startling the BARTENDER and the WAITRESS.
ENNIS and JACK wait a moment for their eyes to adjust to the darkness. [2003 screenplay]
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Jack and Ennis bellied up to the bar where they had a bellyful of beer.
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Jack bellied up to the bar with his new co-worker.
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Jack and Ennis are drinkers talking about their lives and Brokeback Mountain much of the day at a Signal bar.
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Jack and Ennis enter the bar in the early morning when it's at its emptiest and proceed to empty several bottles of beer leaving the empties on the bar.
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While talking in the bar, Jack was fidgeting absent-mindedly with his Zippo.
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While at the Signal bar, Jack gripes about his old man, telling Ennis that he can't please him, no way.
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Jack tells of the haplessness of the 42 zapped sheep; and Ennis tells of the haplessness of his parents on the 43 miles of Dead Horse Road leading to the old ranch in Sage.
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Intoxication was the goal that morning in the bar, be it with beer, whiskey or each other.
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Ennis and Jack had their choice of seats at the bar since they were the joint's only customers.
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Before they started doing heavy lifting up on the mountain, Jack and Ennis' first workout was lifting beer bottles to their mouths.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Jack8.jpg)
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According to Annie Proulx, Jack bragged about his mastery of shooting in the bar that morning:
He had shot an eagle, he said, turned his head to show the tail feather in his hatband.
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Ennis's expectations about what would normally be a routine job up on Brokeback were shaken by Jack's description of the prior summer's lightning-zapped sheep.
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Jack told Ennis how we was oxygen deprived by being almost asphyxiated by the putrid vapors of the lightning-zapped sheep.
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Jack and Ennis talked about a number of things while popping back a few beers:
- Last year's zapped sheep.
- Whiskey.
- Money.
- Aguirre's expectations.
- John Twist's expectations.
- Rodeoing.
- Ranch people.
- Dead Del Mars.
- Living Del Mars.
- Whiskey.
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In response to Jack's question as to whether he had any rodeo experience, Ennis replied in a reserved manner:
"You know... I mean, once in a while, when I got the entry fee in my pocket."
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10 INT: PICKUP TRUCK: NIGHT: 10
JACK sleeps in his old pickup, slumped against the door. ENNIS, in the passenger seat, wide awake, smokes, gazes through the steamed windows into the darkness. [2003 screenplay]
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In Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain, Jack Twist showed off his trophy eagle tail feather in the bar in 1963; and he wore the same hat and feather on their 1983 boneless blue trip to the Hail Strew River drainage.
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One of the many topics for discussion at the bar was the smell of the zapped sheep that caused Jack to nearly become unoxygenated.
=aside= Sandy
Finally! :)
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Jack told Ennis about the vile stench from the lightning-zapped sheep that caused him to nearly become unoxygenated.
=aside= Paul
I've been holding my breath waiting to post it. ;)
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Jack seemed to be worried that the lightning might strike again; and he thought lots of whiskey was necessary in case they became oxygen deprived by the smoked sheep.
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Because of the putrid lightning-zapped sheep, Jack believed that his inhalations and xhalations might cease, causing him to become oxygen-deprived.
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Round 432!
Joe's talking to you!
Get your scrawny asses in here!
Pronto!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/AguirrePhone2a.jpg)
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The phone rang, and Joe Aguirre answered it with a "Yeah?"
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On the phone, as well as in person, Joseph Aguirre seems very businesslike - but rude.
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Judging by his phone conversation, it is clear that Joe calls all the shots.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Aguirre/AguirreOffice5.jpg)
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Aguirre is adept at dismissing phone-callers and would-be sheepherders.
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Joseph was very efficient at letting people know that he had no more time or need for them.
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Vertical filing cabinets help organize Joe Aguirre's paperwork.
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Joe greeted Ennis and Jack by saying: "If you pair of deuces are lookin for work, I suggest you get your asses in here, pronto."
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Joseph Aguirre detailed the herder's duties to Jack Twist:
- Pitch a pup tent on the Q.T.
- Sleep with the sheep, one hundred percent.
- Eat supper, breakfast in camp.
- Light no fire on the Q.T.
- Don't leave no sign of sleeping with the sheep.
- Roll up that tent every morning.
- Use the dogs with the sheep
- Use your 30/30 on the varmints.
- Sleep up there with the herd.
- Keep the goddam losses as low as possible.
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There's a wooden inbox on Joe Aguirre's desk.
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The jackalope's presence in Aguirre's office suggests there may be a sense of humor under that humorless exterior.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JackalopeMaybe.jpg)
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Aguirre has a number of clipboards hanging on his wall: legal-sized, letter-sized, and an invoice-sized clipboard as well.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Aguirre/AguirreOffice5.jpg)
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In detailing the herder's duties, it was clear that Aguirre didn't want Jack and Ennis to misstep or lie down on the job.
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There's a spiral notebook under some papers on Joe Aguirre's desk.
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Joe makes it clear to Jack and Ennis that observing Forest Service regulations on Brokeback Mountain is not one of his top priorities.
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Jack and Ennis had to put up with Aguirre's put-downs as he put across the sheep herder's duties.
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Joe Aguirre's ringing telephone interrupted the job interview.
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Joe has a black stapler near the desk lamp.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Aguirre/AguirreOffice4.jpg)
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JOE stubs his cigarette in the over-full ashtray, grabs a cheap round watch on a braided cord from a box on a high shelf, winds it, sets it, while JACK and ENNIS look on. Tosses it to ENNIS as if he's not worth the reach. (Later that summer, Ennis tosses his cookies, or tries to.)
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Aguirre/AguirreOffice7.jpg)
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Aguirre wasn't above a little underhandedness when he told Jack that the herder should pitch a pup tent on the Q.T.
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Joe Aguirre's trailer office was set up and photographed in the verdancy of Cowley Alberta with windmills in the background.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/CowleyVerdancy.jpg)
Photo from findingbrokeback.com.
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Joe made it clear that the watchword for the summer was "Sleep with the sheep, hundred percent."
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Aguirre was xpelling smoke straight from the horse's mouth.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Aguirre/AguirreOffice5.jpg)
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Round 433!
He's Gonna Pitch a Pup Tent on the Q.T.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Aguirre/AguirreOffice1.jpg)
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Joe Aguirre correctly assumed that Ennis did not have a watch.
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It didn't take long for story Jack Twist to complain about bedding down with the sheep every night:
"I'm commutin four hours a day," he said morosely. "Come in for breakfast, go back to the sheep, evenin get em bedded down, come in for supper, go back to the sheep, spend half the night jumpin up and checkin for coyotes. By rights I should be spendin the night here. Aguirre got no right a make me do this."
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Aguirre expected Jack and Ennis to guard the sheep around the clock.
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Aguirre dictated the terms of the boys' employment.
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Joseph Aguirre entreated his herder to put the survival of the sheep ahead of personal comfort.
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Jack and Ennis have to eat dirt during the interview with Aguirre because they don't want to bite the hand that feeds them.
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Joe Aguirre hired Jack and Ennis to be the guardians of his herd of sheep.
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In the story and screenplays, Aguirre provides Jack with blue heeler dogs to help herd the sheep.
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The boys' inhibitions prevented them from speaking while in Aguirre's trailer.
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There are two jalopies parked near Joe Aguirre's trailer: Jack's old truck and someone else's.
def. = an old, dilapidated motor vehicle, especially an automobile.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/AGuirreJalopies.jpg)
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Joe Aguirre made it clear that he didn't worry about the legality of some of his plans for his sheep herders on Brokeback Mountain.
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Aguirre makes it clear that he doesn't want Jack and Ennis to mix business with pleasure when he says that the camp tender stays in the main camp but the herder pitches a pup tent on the Q.T. with the sheep, and he's going to sleep there.
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Aguirre nixes the idea that the boys mix business with pleasure by sleeping in the same tent.
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Jack and Ennis were two out-of-towners who came to Signal to find work.
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Aguirre makes it clear that the herder pitches a pup tent on the Q.T. with the sheep, and he's going to sleep there.
=aside= Sandy
:)
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Aguirre chooses to flout the Forest Service regulations by suggesting a pup tent on the Q.T.
(http://www.bartcop.com/sign-flout.jpg)
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Story Joe Aguirre tells Ennis: "Fridays twelve noon be down at the bridge with your next-week list and mules. Somebody with supplies'll be there in a pickup."
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Joe Aguirre tells his new hires that they'll be trucked up to the jump-off the following morning.
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In his trailer, Aguirre unveils to the boys his instructions for their summer employment. Later, the boys unveil something for his summer enjoyment.
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Aguirre expressed his vexatiousness at the fact that: " ... Last summer had goddamn near 25% loss. Don't want that again. ... "
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According to Aguirre, every day on Brokeback is a workday for Jack and Ennis including weekends and holidays.
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Joe Aguirre will go to great xtents to make sure his sheep are protected from predators at night, even if it means asking his employees to defy the Forest Service.
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Round 434
Let It Pour.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Aguirre/Flowing.jpg)
Ennis and Jack, the dogs, horses and mules,
a thousand ewes and their lambs
flowed up the trail like dirty water through the timber
and out above the tree line
into the great flowery meadows
and the coursing, endless wind.
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Jack and Ennis have received their very detailed assignments, and head off up the mountain for "the journey of a lifetime." [JPWagoneer]
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Ennis carried up his few possessions in a paper bag, but he couldn't leave his emotional baggage behind.
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Jack and Ennis were glad to trade the curmudgeonly rumblings of Joe Aguirre for the gentle bleating of a thousand ewes.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/YinyangMtn.jpg)
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Jack and Ennis set up base camp as directed and spent the first night there, but - according to Annie Proulx - Jack was "already bitching about Joe Aguirre's sleep-with-the-sheep-and-no-fire order," even though he hadn't tried out the pissy pup-tent yet.
=comment=
Brokeback Mountain was directed by Ang Lee.
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While being lonely and leading lives of frustration the majority of the time, both Ennis and Jack were edified during their infrequent meetings.
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A good portion of Brokeback Mountain is forested land.
-
Aguirre used Forest Services grazeable allotments - complete with assigned campsites - on Brokeback Mountain.
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Jack and Ennis could be said to have had a real highland fling up on Brokeback.
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Joe Aguirre used paint brands to identify his sheep.
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Jack and Ennis seem to feel lucky to be jobholders in any job, and are unwilling to question Aguirre's demands:
ENNIS (frustrated, making a point) Fuck Aguirre? What if we need a work for him again? We got a stick this out. [2003 screenplay]
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Aguirre had a lawless attitude towards Forest Service rules.
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Jack and Ennis, the dogs, the horses, the mules, and a multitude of sheep made their way up the mountain.
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Aguirre spoke to Ennis and Jack namelessly during the interview, using "finger-pointing" and playing cards as his way of addressing them.
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Forest Service regulations were just another obstruction that Joe Aguirre felt he could flout - if it were to his financial benefit to do so.
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There was a panoply of sheep heading up the mountain.
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To keep the Forest Service rangers from discovering that Jack was sleeping with the sheep on the Q.T., Joe Aguirre instructed him to make no fire, roll up the pup tent every morning, and to leave no sign in the pasture.
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After saddling up on a rainy day, Jack turns to Ennis and says, "No more beans."
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JackSaddling.jpg)
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The mountainside was teeming with sheep. Jack and Ennis were teaming to tend to them.
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Jack and Ennis and the blue heelers urged their flock up from Signal and into the high pastures along paths untrodden by all but a few hardy mountain travelers.
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Aguirre was violating Forest Service regulations when he told Jack to sleep with the sheep and keep it on the Q.T.
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Joseph Aguirre willed that his herder would sleep with the sheep one hundred percent.
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Jack xpended only one bullet when killing the elk.
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Round 435!
(http://www.freeinfosociety.com/images/ae/reviews/brokebackmountain2.jpg)
How many of Joe's sheep will survive?
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At the jump-off, Jack and Ennis chose their horses, packed their mules, marshalled their dogs and headed for the upper altitudes with their wooly charges.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/sheeplongshot-2.jpg)
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Both Jack and Ennis know their reputation with Aguirre will be improved by bringing down as many sheep as possible at the end of the season.
-
Proulx wrote:
Ennis and Jack, the dogs, horses and mules, a thousand ewes and their lambs flowed up the trail like dirty water through the timber and out above the tree line into the great flowery meadows and the coursing, endless wind.
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Every morning Jack would make the commute from the sheep to the main tent, have his breakfast and coffee and begin the daily grind.
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Jack's bitching mainly consists of expressions of disappointment in other people: his father, Aguirre, Lureen, L.D., Bobby, and even Ennis.
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Jack was busy chopping firewood when he had a surprise visitor: Joe Aguirre.
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Jack was constantly grumbling about the food situation - so was his stomach.
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Jack: "Where the hell you been? I been up with the sheep all day, I'm hungry as hell and all I find is beans."
Jack's hungriness turned to concern when he saw the blood on the side of Ennis's head.
Jack: "What in the hell happened, Ennis?"
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Jack incorrectly guesses that the Pentecost is when the world ends and fellas like him and Ennis march off to hell. He has confused the Pentecost with Judgment Day.
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Jack incorrectly guesses that the Pentecost is when the world ends and fellas like him and Ennis march off to hell. He has confused the Pentecost with Judgment Day.
=aside= Fran
Thanks. :-X
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Jack may have chosen the low-startle-point mare for her lissome, dancing quality.
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According to the 2004 screenplay/shooting script, Ennis seems to think that he won't be with Jack when he marches off to hell - thanks to Alma:
ENNIS
Uh uh, speak for yourself. You may be a sinner,
but Alma ain't yet given me the opportunity.
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Once Ennis gets the opportunity to sin, he acquires a new addiction along with nicotine and alchohol, but this one is nontoxic.
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Jack and Ennis try their best to outfox both the Fish & Game Service and Joe Aguirre during the course of the summer.
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Ennis becomes a sinner that summer of 1963, without either Alma or her permission.
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Joe Aguirre will rehire Jack in 1963 but not in 1964.
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Ennis started the summer as a sex-starved innocent and soon became a satisfied sinner.
-
Ennis was toughing it out as a sin-free innocent until the right opportunity presented itself.
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Unemployed and hungry for any job, Jack and Ennis had signed up with Farm and Ranch Employment.
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Jack and Ennis put up with the vileness of Joseph Aguirre and his sheep operation since they don't seem to have many choices in employment.
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Even though Ennis was raised to worship in the Methodist church, he joined the ranks of sinners when the right opportunity came along.
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Xcluding sleeping with the sheep, the pissy pup tent, the no-fire rule, the lightning, the beans, commutin' four hours a day, the coyotes, and the weather, Jack seemed to be quite content to be up on Brokeback Mountain.
=aside= Toast
Muchas gracias, amigo.
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Round 436
Some Things You Really Can't Fix
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/weather/Weather_4532.jpg)
Like the weather up on Brokeback.
ps. They had good weather too.
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Atmospheric conditions were quite changeable on Brokeback, and its weather was quite different than on the plains below.
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Ennis' stormy behavior was a sharp contrast to Jack's breezy charm.
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Jack complains about the sleeping arrangements:
"I'm commutin' four hours a day. Come in for breakfast, go back to the sheep, evenin' get 'em bedded down, come in for supper, go back to the sheep, spend half the night checkin' for damn coyotes. Aguirre got no right a make me do this." [screenplay]
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Jack dislikes the demands Aguirre is putting on him; and Ennis does what he can to help out. That gets Jack into the base camp, but he's still alone.
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The closeness that develops between Jack and Ennis during their "high-time suppers by the fire" elevates the relationship to a higher level, showing that it helps to have friends in high places.
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Jack was the finicky one. When Ennis declared he'd stick with beans, Jack replied "Well I won't!"
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/WellIWont.jpg)
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Joe Aguirre held Jack and Ennis in low esteem from the get-go.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/AguirreScrawny1.jpg)
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Aguirre seemed to have little respect for his herders, but then few people were respectful of "cowboys" who worked with sheep.
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Commutin' four hours a day on horseback irritates Jack by rubbing him the wrong way.
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An excerpt from an article dated February 2006 by Tom O'Neil (http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2006/02/oscar_predictio_1.html) of The Envelope:
Right now I'm very busy rounding up early Oscar predictions from our panel of experts so The Envelope can issue racetrack odds. All I'm asking each expert to do is to rank nominees from 1 to 5 in 12 categories, but Gene Seymour of Newsday went to town giving us detailed analysis of each category in extensive text format. So, since he offered these to us so generously, here are his noodlings for your kudos enlightenment and enjoyment.
BEST PICTURE
X - "Brokeback Mountain"
"Capote"
"Crash"
"Good Night, and Good Luck"
"Munich"
The only thing that could brake this juggernaut's momentum — and it’s by no means unlikely — is some manner of "Brokeback" fatigue; e.g., people hearing for so long how "great" the movie is and how it can't possibly match the hype and/or heightened expectations after so many months, blah blah blah. Right now, this minute, none of the other nominees has “Brokeback’s” heart-as-big-as-all-outdoors. And, as we've seen repeatedly over the decades, "heart" trumps every other consideration, especially in this category.
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Jack's bitching lessened after he became the tender in the base camp.
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In contrast to Ennis who was pretty sedate in camp, Jack seemed maniacal, especially when performing his mock-rodeo-mating dance.
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Although the summer up on Brokeback had to come to an end, Jack and Ennis came to realize that what they found there was as neverending as the coursing Wyoming wind.
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As far as Jack is concerned, there's an overabundance of beans on the Brokeback supper menu.
-
Jack and Ennis tended to a whole passel of sheep.
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Jack avoided the roughness of the days and nights with the sheep, and encouraged Ennis to avoid it as well on ocassion.
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Jack gets fed up with their steady diet of beans.
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Jack and Ennis were rough-mannered and tough-talking sheepherders.
-
In the opinion of Joseph Aguirre, his 1963 sheep herders performed unsatisfactorily - in more ways than one.
-
Jack and Ennis had contrasting viewpoints as to how they approached life: Jack was a fixer; Ennis was a stander.
-
Ennis was content was the status quo while Jack was always wishing for more.
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Jack xiguously praised the people in his life.
def - Conspicuously deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent
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Round 437!
(http://thecia.com.au/reviews/b/images/brokeback-mountain-9.jpg)
On the lookout for coyotes
24/7....
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Joe Aguirre had assigned the role of camp tender to Ennis and the role of herder to Jack.
-
As Jack carried the lamb across the fast-flowing stream, its bleating could be heard over the noise of the rushing water.
-
Jack and Ennis were in charge of looking after the sheep.
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Joe Aguirre wants Jack to sleep in the pup tent with a 30/30 in case any coyotes come dangerously close to the sheep.
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Ennis's aim was excellent, and he took down the elk with one shot.
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According to Annie Proulx, Jack and Ennis claimed to be saving money for a small spread; in Ennis's case that meant a tobacco can with two fivers inside.
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Jack likes to grumble about Aguirre's rules.
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When the two herds of sheep got mixed up, Jack and Ennis hadn't heard the last of it.
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Joe Aguirre's inducement for having Jack sleep with the sheep is to prevent predator loss at night.
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To Joe Aguirre, the financial gain in the end justifies the meanness of his policies.
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Jack had learned the ropes about herding the previous summer on Brokeback, but Ennis turned out to be a fast learner.
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Jack had learned the mournful hymn "Water-Walking Jesus" from his mother.
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Aguirre's newer employee up on Brokeback - Ennis ... Del Mar - was given the camp tender duties.
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Aguirre outfitted the boys with most of what they would need on the mountain. However, Ennis came down with only one outfit.
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Proulx wrote:
The sooty bulk of the mountain paled slowly until it was the same color as the smoke from Ennis's breakfast fire.
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It seems that Ennis and Jack respected the sleep-with-the-sheep rule most of the time.
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Ennis and Jack respected the sleep-with-the-sheep rule except when they slept with each other.
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Jack complained about having to make a nightly trip up to the pasture to sleep with the sheep.
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Jack thought that Aguirre's sleep-with-the-sheep rule was unheard of and Ennis didn't hear the end of it until he changed places with him.
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Ennis found it in himself to occasionally violate the sleep-with-the-sheep rule.
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Joe Aguirre issued his sleep-with-the-sheep rule out of concern for the well-being of his sheep. He gave little, if any, thought to the well-being of his sheepherder.
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There were many hard-to-control variables while filming the xteriors for Brokeback Mountain.
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Round 438
That Moon Looks Great
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Moon.jpg)
Nighttime
'Up On Brokeback'
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Aguirre wanted around-the-clock monitoring of the sheep which is why he put the sleep-with-the sheep rule into effect.
(http://www.redcross-pdx.org/news/events/Around_The_Clock_Logo.gif)
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Proulx wrote:
Jack came lagging in late one afternoon, drank his two bottles of beer cooled in a wet sack on the shady side of the tent, ate two bowls of stew, four of Ennis's stone biscuits, a can of peaches, rolled a smoke, watched the sun drop.
"I'm commutin four hours a day," he said morosely. "Come in for breakfast, go back to the sheep, evenin get em bedded down, come in for supper, go back to the sheep, spend half the night jumpin up and checkin for coyotes. By rights I should be spendin the night here. Aguirre got no right a make me do this."
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In their later years together, Jack and Ennis would stare into the campfire, crepuscular light to their backs, symbolizing the end of their relationship was near.
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Jack and Ennis would talk and drink whiskey until it got dark, but they kept their deepest and darkest thoughts to themselves.
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At the start of the summer, Ennis slept in the main camp and Jack slept elsewhere.
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Any hurtful comments from others, such as L.D. Newsome, aimed at Jack only served to foment the storm of thoughts swirling in his mind over his sexual orientation.
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Aguirre was gambling that the Forest Service wouldn't discover his violation of the rule about the herder sleeping with the sheep, and Jack and Ennis were gambling that Aguirre wouldn't discover their occasional violation of his rule.
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Jack was more than willing to lend Ennis a helpful hand in violating the sleep-with-the-sheep rule.
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One moonlit night Jack acts on his impulses and is rewarded for his daring move.
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Joe Aguirre was sure he had hired a couple of jerk-offs when he happened to catch them cavorting on the mountain.
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After a night of loosey-goosey drinking and talking, Ennis decided that it was too late to go up to them sheep.
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Tent Scene One occured on a particularly auspicious moonlit night.
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Ennis had one too many nightcaps and decided it was too late to go up to them sheep.
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The ostensible reason for Ennis to come into the tent, and then into the sleeping roll was to get him all warmed up. He warmed up all right.
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JACK
(irritable, sleep-clogged)
Ennis!
ENNIS
What?
JACK
Quit your hammerin' and get over here.
ENNIS, too cold to protest, stands, staggers inside the tent. [screenplay]
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Ennis readied himself for the big event in Tent Scene I by using some spit and then was ready to roll.
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With some preparatory salivation, Ennis was ready to become a sinner.
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Ennis was tense before tent scene one.
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Getting down to business was uppermost in Ennis' mind in Tent Scene I.
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Jack's hand-holding vagary soon made complete sense to Ennis.
def - An erratic, extravagant or unpredictable manifestation, action or notion
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Jack may have been whistling in the dark, but he mustered the courage to take matters into his own hand.
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Jack initially had the upper hand when he decided to xtend a hand to Ennis, but soon Ennis took matters into his own hands.
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Round 439!
Time to Recline
More Brokeback Nighttime
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_184.jpg)
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Jack, half awake, called to Ennis to: "Just quit your yammerin' and get in here!"
=comment= yammerin'
In the screenplays the word is hammerin', and the word yammerin' is used there to describe what Timmy was mainly doing on the highway job.
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Proulx wrote:
"Jesus Christ, quit hammerin and get over here. Bedroll's big enough," said Jack in an irritable sleep-clogged voice. It was big enough, warm enough, and in a little while they deepened their intimacy considerably.
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Thanks to the bedroll's being big enough and warm enough, there was considerable intimacy between Jack and Ennis.
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Jack took Ennis's hand, disclosing his intentions to him, and Ennis soon took matters into his own hands.
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"Sharing a tent on a cold night leads to an act of physical intimacy. The men don’t discuss it or analyze it. Ennis initially tries to pass it off as a one-time deal, but it’s clear that a door has been opened. The relationship between Jack and Ennis has evolved."
-- Mike McGranaghan (http://www.geocities.com/gamut_mag/brokeback.htm), The Aisle Seat
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There was a frank understanding between Ennis and Jack about how the rest of the summer would go after TS 1.
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Jack was a perfect gentleman, inviting a cold cowboy into his tent.
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Jack was a perfect host, inviting a cold cowboy into his tent.
=aside= Paul
;)
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Jack was a thoughtful inviter, inviting a cold cowboy into his tent.
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A thoughtful jobholder named Jack invited a shivering, cold jobholder named Ennis into his tent.
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Jack was a loyal gentleman, inviting a cold cowboy into his tent and bedroll.
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Jack was a perfectly mannered gentleman, inviting a cold cowboy into his tent.
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Being the more experienced of the pair, sexually, Jack nurtured Ennis so he'd feel more comfortable and less guilty.
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Jack was a perfect gentleman, orally inviting a cold cowboy into his tent.
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Ennis gave up more than one cold night on coyote patrol in order to keep Jack warm.
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The cold cowboy staggered into the tent and reclined next to Jack.
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Ennis gave up more than one cold night on coyote patrol and squeezed in with Jack to keep them both warm.
=aside= Meryl
;)
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The cold and tired cowboy squeezed next to Jack and kept them both warm.
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Being the perfect gentleman, Jack uprightly invited the soon-to-be upright cold cowboy into the tent.
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After Ennis asked Jack, "What're you doin'?" they voicelessly and silently went at it, except for a few sharp intakes of breath.
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Being the perfect gentleman, Jack warmheartedly invited the cold cowboy, who had warmed up to the idea, into the tent.
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Annie Proulx, in her usual xplicitness, ended that bedroll scene with:
They went at it in silence except for a few sharp intakes of breath and Jack's choked "gun's goin off," then out, down, and asleep.
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Four Four Zero
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/broke/MeAndYou.jpg)
Wanna Be My Hero?
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After grabbing Ennis's attention, Jack looked amorously into his eyes.
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After Jack brings Ennis in from the cold and he gets hot and bothered, he gives Jack the cold shoulder and doesn't bother to say goodbye.
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Jack's invitation to warm up in the bedroll led to some full-throttle coupling in the tent.
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That first night in the tent, Ennis took care of business with dispatch.
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While Joe Aguirre's employees were busy in the tent, the dogs were baby-sitting the sheep.
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The boys feasted on a high-time supper and enjoyed a long talk by the fire the night Ennis felt he could paw the white out of the moon.
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Jack's warm and innocent invitation to a cold cowboy turned into more of a meet and greet.
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INT: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, WYOMING: CAMP: TENT: DARK, JUST BEFORE DAWN: 1963:
Both are warm inside JACK'S bedroll.
JACK is wide awake now. ENNIS, on his back, is half-asleep.
JACK, tentative, takes one of ENNIS'S big hands from outside the bedroll and guides it inside.... [screenplay]
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According to the 2004 screenplay/shooting script, Ennis didn't seem to intend becoming a sinner until Alma gave him the permission to do so.
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At Jack's handy invitation, Ennis first conveys "hold your horses", but soon jockeys into position.
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Ennis and Jack's "one-time thing" would eventually lead to a long-term (albeit secret) relationship.
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Jack and Ennis spend nights and days mooning for each other's affection - before and after TS1.
def - To yearn or pine as if infatuated.
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Ennis joined Jack for a nightcap prior to TS1, but he took his hat off once inside the tent.
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When writing and revising the BBM screenplay, McMurtry and Ossana omitted story Jack's "gun's goin' off" exclamation.
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According to Annie Proulx, Ennis performed perfectly: "with the help of the clear slick and a little spit, entered him, nothing he'd done before but no instruction manual needed."
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Jack readily succumbed to Ennis's perfect performance.
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After Ennis screwed up his courage, he performed perfectly.
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Tent Scene One is probably the most touching, perfectly performed scene in Brokeback Mountain.
=compliment= Sandy
Good Great one.
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Tent Scene Two is the most unflinchingly romantic, perfectly performed scene in Brokeback Mountain.
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In the story Jack vocalized his satisfaction with Ennis' perfect perfomance by saying: "Gun's goin' off."
=aside=Toast
Thanks.
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Ennis mustered all his willpower and gave a perfect performance.
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However inexperienced, Ennis xuded confidence in performing his perfect performance.
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Round 441!
The perfect performance!
Ennis gets the job done!
(http://z.about.com/d/mensfashion/1/5/Z/8/HeathLedger2.jpg)
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Ennis achieved a perfect score for his perfect performance.
=compliment= Paul
Perfect round announcement.
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Jack and Ennis no longer had buckled belts when Ennis gave his perfect performance.
=compliment= Paul
Yeah dude, perfect announcement.
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Ennis was hesitant at first, but soon he was performing at a perfectly good clip.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks.
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Ennis deciphered Jack's body language and went on to give a perfect performance.
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Ennis hauled Jack onto all fours and eased himself into a perfect performance position.
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Ennis didn't need no finishing school or instruction manual to carry off a perfect performance; while Ennis was finishing, Jack's gun was going off.
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Ennis's perfect performance was initiated by some major gutsiness on the part of Jack.
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As soon as he was in the perfect performance position, Ennis was ready to hammer his point home.
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After Jack took the initiative, Ennis gave such a perfect performance that it was a tough act to follow.
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While Jack removed his jacket and unbuckled his belt, a jacket-clad Ennis also prepared for a perfect performance.
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After loosening the appropriate clothing, Ennis and Jack were both ready for a perfect performance.
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While Ennis manhandles Jack in his perfect performance, there was no coffee pot in that tent. Just a couple of handles.
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After Ennis stopped his hammerin', he screwed up his courage and nailed a perfect performance.
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After Ennis stopped his hammerin', he screwed up his courage and nailed a perfect orgasmic performance.
=comment= Sandy
;)
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After Ennis stopped his hammerin', he screwed up his courage and nailed a perfect orgasmic performance.
=aside= Sandy, Toast
;) ;)
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Equipped with the tools of the trade, Jack smoothed the way for Ennis' somewhat rough-edged, but perfect performance.
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Some clear slick and a little spit assisted Ennis during his perfect performance.
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Although he started tentatively, Ennis quickly screwed up his courage and nailed a perfect performance.
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Although he started tentatively, Ennis quickly screwed up his courage and nailed an unarguably perfect performance.
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After Ennis ventures into the tent, he quickly screwed up his courage and nailed a perfect performance.
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Because Ennis was a warm-blooded full-throttle kind of guy, he screwed up his courage to nail a perfect performance.
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The film version of TS1 xcludes the story's "gun's goin' off" exclamation by Jack in response to Ennis's perfect performance.
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Round 442!
(http://thecia.com.au/reviews/b/images/brokeback-mountain-9.jpg)
"Now what do we do?"
(The time frame between TS1 and TS2)
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Jack agreed with Ennis, who was trying to straighten things out between them, when he said "I ain't no queer.”
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TS1 began a new phase in Jack and Ennis's relationship, and it also began a different, more serious, tone in the film.
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The next morning Ennis crawled out from under the bedroll with his pants around his knees.
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Ennis downplayed the events of the previous night when he said: "This is a one-shot thing we got goin' on here."
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Ennis and Jack were hampered by the elusiveness of the correct words to express what they were doing to, and feeling for, each other.
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EXT: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, WYOMING: CAMP: DAY: MORNING (LATER): 1963
ENNIS has just mounted his horse.
JACK, fastening buttons, comes out of the tent just in time.
JACK
See you for supper.
ENNIS nods.
Leaves. [screenplay]
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The morning after TS1, a troubled Ennis rode quickly up to the sheep, only to be greeted by the ghastly sight of a sheep's bloody carcass.
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The morning after TS1, a troubled and confused Ennis ran and tried to hide the feelings he had for Jack.
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Jake Gyllenhaal, as Jack, lures the viewer into the love story. His smooth features are all eyes, almond-shaped, infinitely blue, surrounded by eyelashes so thick they could be registered as weapons. He takes the initial measure of Heath Ledger's Ennis, sparks the physical contact and remains open to a true coupling. And yet Gyllenhaal is not afraid to wear the black hat, aging gracelessly, whining about their bleak situation, edging into an off-screen break.
Austin360.com (http://www.austin360.com/movies/content/shared/movies/reviews/B/brokebackmountain/aas.html)
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After TS1, Ennis's sense of himself wasn't jibing with the reality of what had just happened.
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When Ennis returned to the sheep, he found that one was lifeless, the apparent victim of a coyote pack.
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After Ennis saw the result of his leaving the flock vulnerable to coyotes, he shot one of the marauders and tacked its hide up on a pole as a warning.
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When Ennis said he wasn't queer, Jack responded with a similar negatory statement: "Me, neither."
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It doesn't occur to Jack and Ennis that they might be observed since 'they believed themselves invisible'.
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It seemed to Ennis that he had to pay a penalty for being intimate with Jack - and the penalty was the sheep's bloody carcass.
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EXT: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, WYOMING: LATE AFTERNOON: 1963:
JACK reclines on the ground. Looks off in the distance at the grazing sheep.
ENNIS walks up. Stands. Looks off, too.
ENNIS
It's a one-shot thing we got goin' here.
JACK
Nobody's business but ours.
ENNIS
You know I ain't queer.
JACK
Me neither.
BOTH look off in silence. [screenplay]
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Ennis consented to continue his intimacy with Jack with the stipulation "It's a one-shot thing we got goin' on here."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/panaramafacingaway.jpg)
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Ennis tries to set the record straight when he tells Jack: "It's a one-shot thing we got goin' here... You know I ain't queer."
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Jack and Ennis agree that what has happened in the tent unconditionally remains a secret.
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After TS1, Jack's chosen vocation is to get naked and do the laundry with a stick and a stream.
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Upon hearing the incessant barking of a wrought-up dog, Ennis rode over to see what the ruckus was about and found the shredded sheep.
def. = very disturbed or excited
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Ennis tried to xtenuate the events of the previous night by saying: "It's a one-shot thing we got goin' here..."
Def: lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of.
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Round 443!
There'll be no one in the place 'cept you and me.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_225.jpg) (http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_226.jpg)
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Jack lies shirtless while Ennis contemplated approaching the tent.
(http://destinationdaniel.smugmug.com/photos/56764745-L-1.jpg)
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Ennis was hesitant about joining Jack in the tent, but when Jack bussed him warmly, he surrendered himself willingly.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/TS2kiss1.jpg)
=aside=Paul
Adorable photo :)
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Ennis, conflicted, waits outside the tent:
EXT: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, WYOMING: CAMP: TENT: NIGHT: 1963:
The setting sun leaves the sky ablaze in orange and purple.
ENNIS sits by the fire, alone. distance. Hears coyotes in the distance.
JACK is inside the tent.
ENNIS, pensive, glances over towards the tent. Decides.
Gets up.
Goes to the tent. [screenplay]
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While sitting alone by the fire, Ennis decides what he wants to do.
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Ennis was conflicted, but was enticed tentward by thoughts of Jack.
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Ennis was fearful of giving in to his desire to be intimate with Jack.
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Ennis glanced over towards the tent where Jack was waiting patiently.
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Ennis initially hid his desire for Jack, but was propelled tentward.
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Ennis was fearful of giving in to his strong impulse to be intimate with Jack.
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Jack and Ennis kissed juicily before letting nature take its course.
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Jack lounged languidly whilst awaiting Ennis to propel himself tentward.
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Ennis sits by the fire and muses about letting nature take its course in the tent with Jack.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/musing2.jpg)
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Jack's comforting "S'alright" rendered Ennis's reservations about intimacy null and void.
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Ennis was unsure what was occurring, but he propelled himself tentward to let nature take its course.
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Ennis managed to pluck up his courage and propel himself tentward to let nature take its course.
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Having put his reservations to rest, Ennis propelled himself tentward to let nature take its course.
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Ennis and Jack lay back and explored the smoothness and roughness of each others' bodies as they let nature take its course.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/TS2LieDown1.jpg)
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Once Ennis propelled himself tentward, Jack greeted him with tenderness and then let nature take its course.
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Jack's and Ennis's feelings for each other are undisguised as they let nature take its course.
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In the end Ennis and Jack give in, and respond viscerally to each other.
def - Derived from or prompted by a natural tendency or impulse
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After Jack warmly welcomed Ennis with open arms, they let nature take its course.
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Jack is xuding love and tenderness as he gently reassures Ennis.
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Round 444!!!!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Sorry.jpg)
Sorry
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Because of Jack's approachability, and Ennis's viscerality, things took a natural course in the tent.
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Ennis didn't mind the breathtaking cowboy breathing down his neck and breathed a sigh of relief when the cowboy said "s'alright".
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INT. BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, WYOMING: TENT: NIGHT: CONTINUED
JACK sits atop the bedroll, naked, his shirt draped over his lap. He looks up as ENNIS enters.
ENNIS cautiously steps in. JACK raises his hand to him. ENNIS takes it. JACK pulls him in.
JACK, gentle, reassuring, takes ENNIS'S face in his hands.
JACK
It's all right... It's all right.
JACK kisses him.
They lie back. Embrace. Kiss. [screenplay]
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His deciding to enter the tent, again - with Jack - changed the course of Ennis's life forever.
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Jack awaited with eagerness for Ennis to make his entrance into the tent.
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Their relationship now no longer just a flirtation, Ennis and Jack lay back in the tent and let nature take its course.
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Ennis went from hesitant to gumptious, and let nature take its course.
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Succumbing to his heart's desire, Ennis cautiously entered the tent to be with Jack.
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Their relationship is now no longer just a flirtation as Ennis and Jack lay back intimately and let nature take its course.
=aside= Meryl
;)
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Ennis and Jack were jettisoning their fears, throwing caution to the wind, and letting nature take its course.
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Succumbing to his lustful desires, Ennis cautiously entered the tent to be with Jack.
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Jack and Ennis' flirtation evolved into a perfectly matched pair of lovers after letting nature take its course.
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Jack and Ennis's flirtation was nudged to a different level after letting nature take its course.
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Ennis's desire to be with Jack overrode his apprehension, and he entered the tent to let nature take its course.
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Since Ennis had perfected his performance in TS1, he didn't need any practice in letting nature take its course.
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Ennis's relentless desire to be with Jack overrode his apprehension, and he entered the tent to let nature take its course.
=aside= Fran
;)
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Ennis decided to succumb to his relentless desire to be with Jack, so he entered the tent and let nature take its course.
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The tender approach that Ang Lee uses with TS2 takes the scene beyond mere titillation and into the realm of serious drama.
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Both Jake and Heath approach Tent Scene Two unassertively; and they sucessfully show the drama of the event.
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Jack's having dirt under his fingernails in TS2 adds a certain verisimilitudinous air to the scene.
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TS2 is proof positive that Jack has succeeded in wangling his way into Ennis's heart.
=compliment= Paul
An impressive "V"! Love the gerund, too.
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Ang Lee was able to xtract perfect performances from Jake and Heath in Tent Scene Two, dirty fingernails and all.
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Round 445
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LieBack.jpg)
Come Alive!
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What Ennis lacked in verbosity, he gained in amorosity in TS2.
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Proulx wrote:
There were only the two of them on the mountain flying in the euphoric, bitter air, looking down on the hawk's back and the crawling lights of vehicles on the plain below, suspended above ordinary affairs and distant from tame ranch dogs barking in the dark hours. They believed themselves invisible....
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Ennis craves to be in the tent with Jack; and he succumbs to the amorosity.
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After TS2, Ennis spent more and more time dallying with Jack before returning to the sheep.
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Ennis craves Jack's enveloping embrace; he succumbs to the amorosity.
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Jack fulfilled Ennis' emotional as well as physical needs in TS2.
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Before he could succumb to Jack's amorosity, Ennis first had to grapple with his own conflicting emotions.
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Knowing Ennis's conflicting emotions, Jack handles the situation with gentle amorosity.
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The incessancy of Jack's gentle amorosity propelled Ennis toward Jack and the tent.
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The embraces grew longer and the kisses became juicier as Ennis succumbed to the amorosity.
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Jack's gentle amorosity was lustfully transformed into his desire for Ennis.
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Knowing Ennis's conflicting emotions, Jack methodically handles the situation with gentle amorosity.
=aside= Paul
;)
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"In essence, Brokeback Mountain is a study of despair, loneliness and the complications that life on the edge can push men into. The two male protagonists, Ennis del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), meet as 19-year-olds when they are hired by a rancher to watch over a large herd of sheep on Brokeback Mountain in the summer of 1963.
"Framed against the dwarfing grandeur of nature, the lack of companionship and warmth literally drives them towards each other and before they realise what is happening, the two cowboys have become gay lovers. It is here that director Lee is at his best: the naturalness of the stealthy stirring of forbidden passion is presented with candour and confidence, attributes that stand Brokeback Mountain in really good stead all the way through." -- Saibal Chatterjee, Chinh's News (http://chinhdangvu.blogspot.com/2006/03/borderless-world-of-ang-lee.html)
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Once they were together in the tent, the boys' hearts overflowed with gently lustful amorosity.
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Ennis quietly made his presence known at the entrance to Jack's tent.
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Jack radiates tenderness and amorosity for Ennis in TS2.
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Jack seethes with lustfully tender amorosity in TS2.
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Tent Scene Two gives us what must be the tenderest moment in Brokeback Mountain, full of amorosity.
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The love between Ennis and Jack increased, as inevitable and as unending as the turning of night into day and the rising and falling of the wind.
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TS2 is vaguer than TS1 with regard to who does what to whom.
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Ennis decides that whatever happens, he can be true to his feelings in this invisible place.
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Jack and Ennis were still in the xperimentation stage in TSI but moved on to tenderness and amorosity in TSII.
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Round 446!
If you wanna know if he loves you so,
It's In His Kiss!!!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/broke/brokeback_248a.jpg)
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In TS2 Jack tenderly attends to Ennis.
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In TS2 Jack tenderly removes another barrier between Ennis and himself.
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In TS2, Jack treats Ennis with tender loving care.
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In TS2, Ennis and Jack begin to take real delight in each other, not just as friends, but as lovers.
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Jack endears himself to Ennis by giving him tender, loving care in TS2.
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Jack tenderly overcomes the fragility of their amorosity in that invisible place.
def - The quality or state of being easily broken or destroyed.
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Ennis is at first apprehensive about Jack's lustful tender amorosity, but it gradually grows on him.
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TS1 may have been a perfect performance, but TS2 and its tender lustful amorosity was heartrendingly beautiful.
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Ennis had an ingrained fear that whatever happened to poor Earl could conceivably happen to him if anyone found out about his relationship with Jack.
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Ennis seemed to approach and enter the tent jejunely.
def - displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
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By TS2, it is apparent that Jack and Ennis are like-minded on the subject of nookie.
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Between TS1 and TS2, Ennis maintains that he is not gay, telling Jack, "You know I ain't queer."
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Jack used the newly formed trust he has with Ennis to further their intimacy.
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When it came to intimate nookie with Jack, Ennis was opting in.
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Jack, partly undressed, was waiting for Ennis inside the tent.
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When it came to intimate nookie with Jack, Ennis was reserving his right to become a sinner.
Coming Up
Page 800
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There was serious intimate nookie going on in TS2; sinning never looked so good.
=milestone=
800 ABCtastic pages!
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Jack tried a little tenderness on the tenderfoot, so they would get off on the right foot.
Def: an inexperienced person
=milestone=
800 Pages
(http://www.smartstart-toys.co.uk/images/abc_book_sm.JPG)
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Jack had to work ulteriorly as he led Ennis through the perfect performance, and gentle amorosity, all the way to intimate sinning.
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Small details like dirt under Jack's fingernails gave TS2 a verisimilar tone.
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Ennis could feel Jack's warmness as things heated up while they were on their way to becoming sinners.
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Jack xploited Ennis's true feelings as he led Ennis through the perfect performance, and gentle amorosity, all the way to intimate sinning.
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Round 447
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/broke/Tenerly447.jpg)
Unto Us A Love Is Given
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According to the short story, Jack and Ennis "never talked about the sex, let it happen, at first only in the tent at night, then in the full daylight with the hot sun striking down, and at evening in the fire glow, quick, rough, laughing and snorting, no lack of noises...."
=milestone= 800 pages
:)
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After they promised not to breathe a word about the previous night's events,
Ennis breathed a sigh of relief, especially when he thought about being with the handsome cowboy who took his breath away.
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"Nobody's business but ours," said one canoodler to the other.
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After the first night in the tent, Jack and Ennis both knew how it would go for the duration of the summer, sheep be damned.
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Ennis didn't want to raise any eyebrows about their relationship and Jack didn't bat an eyelash when he said: "Nobody's business but ours."
=aside= Paul
I think I'll make you a canoodle casserole.
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Ennis entered the tent fearfully, but quickly got down to some serious canoodling.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks, I'll make you a nookie cookie.
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Unbeknownst to Jack and Ennis, Joe Aguirre watched their goings-on for ten minutes one day.
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In later years, both Jack and Ennis hankered for a taste of those halcyon days spent up on Brokeback, but there was never enough time, never enough.
=milestone=
800 exceptionally erudite, entertaining pages
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Jack inspires Ennis to go beyond his non-gayness.
Post 12,000
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Jack's thinking jibed with Ennis's when he told Ennis, "Nobody's business but ours."
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Even after they laid their cards on the table, Ennis lied to himself about his reasons for lying down next to Jack.
=milestone=
12,000 Posts
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Ennis was concerned with maintainng his masculinity, yet manages to manhandle his munificent muscular man.
=milestone=
12,000 posts!
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Ennis's action in approaching and entering the tent negates his claim that "You know I ain't queer."
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The magnification, optical coatings, and lens diameter of his binoculars are just a few of the factors influencing how clearly Joe Aguirre can see Jack and Ennis's sexual performance.
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Things were heating up as Jack and Ennis were peeling off their clothes.
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Ennis downplays the true meaning of their recent canoodling.
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Proulx wrote:
Ennis woke in red dawn with his pants around his knees, a top-grade headache, and Jack butted against him; without saying anything about it both knew how it would go for the rest of the summer, sheep be damned.
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Jack knew it would be a tricky thing getting Ennis to feel at ease in a relationship, but his experience with low startle point mares stood him in good stead.
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Ennis uncomplainingly followed the amorous lead set by Jack.
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While Ennis and Jack may have "believed themselves invisible" and behaved accordingly, Joe Aguirre can attest to their visibleness.
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Ennis was winging it in TS1 and still didn't have both feet on the ground when he entered the tent in TS2.
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Ennis was able to put the vision of the xenterated sheep behind him in the face of the continued amorous offering from Jack Twist.
def - Disembowelled; eviscerated
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Round 448| (http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/DelMarWeddingslide_21.jpg) |
============
You're
Invited
To Our
Wedding
December 1963
============
|
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Alma's aged grandmother was one of the small group of guests at the Del Mar wedding.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/wedding2.jpg)
=compliment=Toast
Nice announcement
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Alma's wedding bouquet consists of some kind of pink flowers.
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Everybody wore their best clothing to the Del Mar-Beers wedding in 1963.
=reply= Meryl
Thanks.
And thanks for the idea too.
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Alma's dress has a modest decolletage decorated with ruffles and lace and a panel of tulle.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_343.jpg)
=compliment= Toast
Good choice and nice announcement.
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Alma wore an economical J.C. Penney's wedding dress decorated with ruffles and lace.
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Alma and Ennis attempted to make their wedding day the flashiest that they could on a sheep herder's wage.
=reply= Sandy
Thanks.
I think the pic came from findingbrokeback.com
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Ennis was a nicely groomed groom.
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Alma's wedding habiliments came from J.C. Penney.
def. = clothing; attire
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Alma's dress with the modest decolletage came from J.C. Penney's wedding inventory.
(http://zoom.jcpenney.com/is/image/0900631b8107620fM.tif?wid=150&hei=150&op_sharpen=1)
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Alma wore an economical J.C. Penney's wedding dress decorated with ruffles and lace.
=aside= Fran
;)
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Alma wore an economical J.C. Penney's wedding dress decorated with ruffles and lacework.
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After the wedding in the little church, Alma and Ennis were no longer the most marriageable girl and bachelor in Wyoming.
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The jolly minister declared Ennis and Alma the newest man and wife in his Riverton congregation.
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The snarky minister suggests he will kiss the bride if Ennis opts not to.
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The congregation participated in the recitation of The Lord's Prayer.
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The congregation participated in the recitation of The Lord's Prayer.
=aside= Fran
;)
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By the time of the wedding, both Jack and Ennis are "sinners"; we don't know about Alma.
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The snarky minister bestowed a treacly smile on the newly married pair and offered to kiss the bride if Ennis didn't hurry up.
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The movie is unclear as to who served as best man and maid of honor at the wedding. My guess would be Ennis's brother and Alma's sister.
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Alma wears her JC Penney dress, but goes veilless; instead, she has a flowery thingie in her hair.
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Ennis was a very well-groomed groom.
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By going ahead with his marriage to Alma, Ennis believes he is forever xtinguishing his desire for Jack, but, man, is he ever mistaken.
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Round 449!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Alma/EnnisAlmaClouds.jpg)
Ennis and Alma on Cloud 9
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The snarky minister announced that Ennis and Alma were man and wife. He also announced his intentions of being first in the receiving line, even before Ennis, if necessary.
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Now that he had a new bride, Ennis bridled any thoughts he may have had about Jack.
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Former singles Ennis and Alma were successfully coupled in November of 1963.
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The Del Mar-Beers wedding scene was photographed at Dinton's St. Thomas Anglican Church in Alberta.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Alma/StThomasDintonAB.jpg)
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The congregation erupted into titters after the jolly minister's "...and if you don't, I will" comment.
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Alma would get a wedding ring to wear on her finger. Was it from J.C. Penny's also?
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The Del Mar-Beers wedding portrait resembles the Grant Wood painting "American Gothic" in its severity. The gothic windows in the farmhouse match those in the wedding chapel.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/DelMarWeddingslide_21.jpg)
(http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PF/PF_970556~American-Gothic-Posters.jpg)
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Ennis hesitated before kissing his new wife; he seemed to be following the minister's instructions like a robot.
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It is unclear who all the invitees to the wedding are.
=aside= Paul
Interesting observation about "American Gothic."
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Inside the "little pine box of a church," the window jambs appear to match the paneling on the walls.
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By marrying Alma, Ennis is letting his old plans with Alma and her family override his true desires.
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Little did Ennis know, when he proposed to Alma Beers, that he would be mingling happiness with regret on their wedding day.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/DelMarWedding.jpg)
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It wasn't all nuptial bliss that winter day in 1963; is Ennis thinking about Jack?
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Alma bought an off-the-rack wedding dress at J.C. Penny. (Lureen probably wore Dior.)
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After a little prompting from the minister, Ennis kissed his new wife.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Alma/EnnisAlmaGlow.jpg)
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The aforementioned kiss was rather restrained. I wonder what the minister could have done.
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The wedding ceremony was sealed with a somewhat restrained kiss. Perhaps the reason was that the groom's lips were sealed about whom he had previously kissed.
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JOLLY MINISTER
...under the powers vested in me, I now
pronounce you man and wife... you may
kiss the bride...
(wink, smile)
...and if you don't, I will....
EVERYONE titters. ENNIS and ALMA, both nervous and shy,
smile, kiss one another. [screenplay]
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Ennis knows that an open long-term relationship between two men is unachievable in 1963 Wyoming. There would have been more than titters if he were standing there kissing Jack Twist.
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However ill-advised, Ennis was now in the vise grip of marriage.
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The story has Ennis and Alma in wedlock in December of 1963.
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The Jolly Minister xerts the powers vested in him to marry Ennis and Alma and to kiss the bride if the groom doesn't.
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Round 450
Be Thrifty
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Alma/EnnisAlmaGothic.jpg)
and Multiply.
=gratitude= Paul
I stole your gothic, and thrifty multiplication, ideas.
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Both Ennis and Alma had family members in attendance at the wedding in Riverton on that November/December day of 1963:
- ENNIS'S RAW-BONED SISTER,
- ENNIS'S RAW-BONED BROTHER,
- ALMA'S LITTLE PARENTS,
- ALMA'S LITTLE GRANDMOTHER,
- and A FEW COWBOYS.
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In Alma's no-frills wedding bouquet, pink carnations mingle with baby's breath.
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The Jolly Minister addressed the congregation and said: "...under the powers vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife... you may kiss the bride... (wink, smile) ...and if you don't, I will...."
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What fate befalls December's bride?
CHOOSING AN AUSPICIOUS WEDDING DATE
Married when the year is new,
He'll be loving, kind and true.
When February birds do mate
You wed nor dread your fate.
If you wed when March winds blow
Joy and sorrow both you'll know.
Marry in April when you can
Joy for maiden and the man.
Marry in the month of May
And you'll surely rue the day.
Marry when the June roses grow
Over land and sea you'll go.
Those who in July do wed
Must labour for their daily bread.
Whoever wed in August be,
Many a change is sure to see.
Marry in September's shine,
Your living will be rich and fine.
If in October you do marry
Love will come, but riches tarry.
If you wed in bleak November
Only joys will come, remember
When December's snows fall fast,
Marry and true love will last.
=comment=
Or, maybe not.
=aside= Toast
I'll Grant you that; Wood I have done the same?
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The jolly minister entertains the congregated audience with his offer to kiss the bride, if required.
=comment=
I think they got a May marriage, delivered in December.
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According to the story, Ennis and Alma got married in December of 1963, and their firstborn child, Alma Jr., arrived in September of 1964.
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There would be no golden wedding anniversary for Alma and Ennis. They likely fell just short of their silk anniversary (12th) when they divorced in early November of 1975.
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Ennis and Alma got hitched that December, but there was a hitch in the plans.
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Ennis ignorantly lets the "Alma and me, we'll be getting married when I come down off this mountain" plans rule the day.
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After the wedding Alma and Ennis went on their honeymoon - a joyride on a toboggan.
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The thrifty couple honeymooned on a toboggan, for they were leery of spending money.
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After the wedding and snowy honeymoon, Ennis proves faithful to his matrimonial duties and he has Alma pregnant by January.
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Alma has sex for the first time -- presumably with Ennis on her wedding night -- and is nevermore a virgin.
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After Alma and Ennis careened down the hill on their toboggan, all that was evident to observers was a tangle of arms and legs.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/toboggantumble.jpg)
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Ennis protects his queer secret from the people who expected him to live up to his promise to marry Alma Beers.
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One snowy hill and one wooden toboggan big enough for two add up to recreational fun for the newlyweds.
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It was tough sledding for the newlyweds because their thriftiness only allowed for a toboggan ride for their honeymoon.
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The original 'honeymoon' scene was more tuneful, with music supplied by Roger Miller:
EXT: RIVERTON, WYOMING: PARKING LOT: WINTER: DAY: 1964:
ENNIS and ALMA are in ENNIS'S truck, spinning donuts in a parking lot. The truck is sliding this way and that on the icy snow. ALMA squeals in delight; ENNIS whoops it up.
ENNIS'S truck skids into a snowbank. He and ALMA sit in the front seat laughing. The tinny radio plays Roger Miller's "DANG ME."
ENNIS
I'm gonna have to get out and push.
You scoot over and gas it when I say.
ALMA
How 'bout you stay right there, and
I scoot over on your lap.
ALMA slides over onto ENNIS'S lap, her legs across the seat.
They kiss.
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Both Ennis and Alma were unscathed by the toboggan spill.
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Because of their thriftiness, the newlyweds enjoyed a value-packed honeymoon on a toboggan.
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The newlyweds enjoyed a value-packed honeymoon on a toboggan, because it was easy on the wallet.
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To the xclusion of being true to themselves, both Jack and Ennis marry women because it is what they believe society expects of them.
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Round 451 !
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Alma/451Begun1.jpg)
I hope you're the one.
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When Alma agreed to spend her honeymoon aboard a toboggan, she wasn't just going along for the ride.
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Alma and Ennis become airborne as the toboggan bounces over the snow.
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To keep warm in the chilly weather, Alma wore a hooded jacket, a matching hat, gloves, and a scarf.
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The honeymooners slid downslope on the toboggan until they took a spill. Was this the beginning of a slippery slope downward?
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After the snowy spill, Ennis enquires of Alma, "You all right?"
Her response is "No."
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Alma and Ennis had a fun-filled time tobogganing down the snowy hill.
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Alma was smiling with glee during her fun-filled honeymoon.
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After hitching on to the rope, Alma went shriekingly down the hill on the toboggan with Ennis sitting behind her.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/weather/Weather_4568.jpg)
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The toboggan's downward speed increases steadily.
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The honeymooners are filled with exciement and joyfulness from joyriding down the hill on the toboggan.
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Ennis sat behind Alma on the toboggan, with one leg on each side of his new wife.
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Alma's pants have absorbed some of the melting snow.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/AlmaWet.jpg)
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Alma is enjoying life as a newlywed joyriding down the hill on the toboggan.
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In the excitement of the toboggan spill, Ennis overpowers Alma, and seems to have to force himself to realize that he is not wrestling with a stronger person.
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In accordance with the laws of physics, the toboggan's gravitational potential energy decreases on the way down the hill.
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The two honeymooners shot down the snowy slope recklessly, whooping in youthful high spirits.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/toboganning.jpg)
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Alma's slacks have absorbed some of the melting snow.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/AlmaWet.jpg)
=aside= Fran
;)
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Ennis and Alma tumble and frolic in the powdery white snow.
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Alma's unawareness that Ennis isn't excactly pure as the driven snow ensures that they will have a fun-filled honeymoon frolicking in the snow.
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Alma is thrilled to have such a valorous partner joyriding with her on a reckless ride over the powdery white snow.
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Ennis and Alma had fun tobogganing in Wyoming's wintry weather. (The scene was actually filmed in May in Alberta.)
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/weather/Weather_4566.jpg)
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Due to their no-frills wedding and honeymoon, Ennis and Alma were able to maintain their thriftiness by keeping their xpenditures very low.
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Round 452!
Who's that handsome buckaroo?
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_408.jpg)
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EXT: CHILDRESS: TEXAS: BEHIND RODEO AREA: NIGHT: CONTINUOUS: 1966:
JACK sits on the tailgate of his old pickup, taping his right hand for his upcoming bull ride. Hears applause.
Looks around, sees the quarter horse and the YOUNG WOMAN come flying out of the arena, everybody standing way back, giving her room.
Just as she passes JACK, her hat flies off, lands at his feet.
JACK reaches down, picks up the hat.
LUREEN trots back, patting the sweaty horse on the shoulder to calm him.
JACK hands her hat back to her. Sees a classically pretty face, lots of eye makeup.
JACK
Ma'am.
JACK looks up at her -- for a moment, she allows herself to look down at him -- notices his thick, dark hair, his appealing face, his sturdy body -- she takes her hat, then passes on.
JACK watches her ride back to the arena.
Walks back to his truck. [screenplay]
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When Lureen noticed Jack's manly assets, she batted her lovely, mascara-laden eyelashes at him right away.
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LUREEN trots back, patting the sweaty horse on the shoulder to calm him.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/PC_307146_CN0330_20.jpg)
JACK hands her hat back to her. Sees a classically pretty face, lots of eye makeup.
JACK
Ma'am. [screenplay]
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Lureen noticed the dark-haired young man with the magnetic blue eyes and sturdy body who had picked up her hat.
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The crowd erupts in applause after Lureen's winning barrel-racing time of sixteen and nine-tenths seconds is announced.
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Lureen's rodeo-riding outfit is flashier that all the others', especially with that fabulously flashy red hat. ;)
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Lureen Newsome had a groovy red hat.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/PC_BBM_169.jpg)
def - Particularly excellent: divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, marvelous, sensational, splendid, superb, terrific, wonderful.
Informal dandy, dreamy, great, ripping, super, swell, tremendous.
Slang cool, hot, keen, neat, nifty. Idioms: out of this world.
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Despite Jack's known appreciation for a certain cowboy, Lureen's hourglass figure did not escape his notice.
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Jack was ready to increase his chances of meeting the pretty cowgirl at the drop of a hat.
=aside= Toast
Are you sure you got all the definitions? ;)
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Lureen's groovy hat was as red as a jalapeño pepper.
(http://museum.utep.edu/archive/culture/jalapeno.jpg)
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In spite of her extreme efforts, Lureen never looked lovelier than on that day in the Childress rodeo.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/PC_307146_CN0362_02A.jpg)
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The lovely cowgirl rewarded Jack with a marvelous smile and an admiring glance when he retrieved her groovy, jalapeno-red hat.
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The Childress rodeo, where Jack and Lureen first laid eyes on each other, was held in an arena in a nonresidential part of town.
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Lureen was resplendent in red; her outfit's grooviness added to her appeal to Jack.
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Jack Twist had to dodge the next participant in the barrel race when he retrieved Lureen's groovy jalapeño hat. That next participant was Cheyenne Hunter from Cody, Wyoming.
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EXT: CHILDRESS, TEXAS: RODEO ARENA: NIGHT: 1966
In the arena WE SEE a YOUNG WOMAN dressed in the flashiest, most
costly rodeo finery, the most stylish barrel-racing clothes, on a fine,
expensive quarter horse, running the barrels.
Tips one... but it doesn't fall... she rounds the last barrel, whipping
the horse as if she's in the homestretch at the Kentucky Derby, races
out of the arena as the ANNOUNCER says:
ANNOUNCER
Here she comes, ladies and gentlemen,
look at her fly... Miss Lureen Newsome
from right here in Childress, Texas... Oh
boy... and her time is...
(beat)
...sixteen and nine-tenths seconds. Let's
give her a big hand!
The words are drowned out as the crowd gives LUREEN a big hand. [screenplay]
=comment=
I've really enjoyed these last few rounds.
:)
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EXT: CHILDRESS, TEXAS: RODEO ARENA: NIGHT: 1966
In the arena WE SEE a YOUNG WOMAN dressed in the flashiest, most
costly rodeo finery, the most stylish barrel-racing clothes, on a fine,
expensive quarter horse, running the barrels. [screenplay]
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/LureenRodeo.jpg)
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Lureen's long brunette tresses enhanced her groovy, jalapeno-red hat.
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While Lureen may have been the hometown favorite to win, Jack is more of an underdog at the rodeo; we've only seen him lose until now.
(http://web.utk.edu/~hunderw1/graphics/underdog.gif)
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Flattered by the attention of Lureen, Jack vanquished the competition with a fine ride on the bull.
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Both Lureen and Jack perform wonderfully at the Childress Rodeo in 1966:
76 EXT: RCDEO ARENA: CHILDRESS, TEXAS: NIGHT (LATER STILL):
JACK is proudly carrying his bull-riding buckle and his gear to his old pickup.
A PHOTOGRAPHER yells at him.
PHOTOGRAPHER
Jack...Jack...we need to get pictures of all you
winners before anybody leaves....
77 EXT: RODEO ARENA: CHILDRESS, TEXAS: NIGHT (EVEN LATER STILL):
LUREEN perfectly coiffed, the only female among a lot of ragged cowboys, happens to stand next to JACK.
Sideways look. Likes him.
PHOTOGRAPHER
Say cheese.
JACK and LUREEN smile. Flash goes off.
LUREEN
Mr. Twist, it was real nice of you to pick up my hat.
(smiles at him)
JACK
(genuinely abashed)
No big deal. it just fell off practically in my lap.
LUREEN, direct, smiles again.
[2003 screenplay]
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Jack and Lureen xultingly smiled for the camera.
-
Round 453!
"V" for victory!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Victory1.jpg)
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With his thick, dark hair and appealing face, Jack easily attracted the attention of the rodeo queen.
-
Jack, with his striking good looks, easily attracted the attention of the pretty brunette rodeo queen.
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The announcer hopes that the cowboy's not sleepy too.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Sleepy2.jpg)
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Lureen and Jack, the queen and king of the Childress Rodeo, dazzled photographers with their combined smiles (perhaps the same photo visible on the bedside table?).
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/LureenBaby.jpg)
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Jack the strikingly handsome underdog cowboy and Lureen the groovy-hatted brunette exalt in their successes that day.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/princessPhone.jpg)
{with thanks to Toast for the princess phone photo}
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Jack and Lureen, in her flashy outfit, flashed a smile as the flash of the camera went off.
-
In her groovy outfit and holding her shiny trophy, the Rodeo Queen was a glamorous sight, set off particularly well by the handsome cowboy at her side.
-
We get hints of things to come: Lureen, the take-charge glamour queen and Jack, the hapless trophy husband.
-
Jack and Lureen seemed ideally suited for a trophy photograph.
Too bad we often think that means husband and wife too.
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Lureen's rodeo ensemble included a jalapeño-colored hat.
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Jack and Lureen had their likeness photographed, trophies and all.
-
The Twist family has a number of mementos from that Childress County Fair and Rodeo held from Aug. 7 -14 1966; maybe even Bobby Twist.
=aside= Sandy
:o
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Jack and Lureen's relationship went from nonphysical to physical in a matter of hours.
-
Lureen strutted around opulently in her jalapeno-colored finery, while Jack wore an old grey shirt.
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Once Lureen perused Jack's pulchritude, she had him pegged as a prospective partner.
-
Lureen dresses resplendently in a flashy red-and-white outfit - like the colors of the farm machinery that her father sells.
-
Not only is Lureen's hat resplendently red, so are her spurs.
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And Lureen truculently paints her fingernails garish colors.
-
Judging by her scenes in the film, Lureen was not one to be seen in public underdressed. In fact, even her underclothes were dressy.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/LureenBra.jpg)
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Both Lureen and Jack vied for top rank in their events.
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Lureen wheedles Jack into her vermillion clutches.
=aside= Scott
Nice to see you around the ABCs. Good "T".
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Jack xpends energy hanging onto the tough, spinning bull.
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Round 454
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JackRedHat4.jpg)
A Lady In Red
is hard to ignore.
=aside= Fran
Thanks lady.
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The crowd applauds Lureen after she races out of the arena.
=aside= Toast
Thanks for the "mementos."
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Lureen finished barrelling around the course in 16.9 seconds.
def - To move at a high speed or rate of progress
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The two champions celebrated privately in the backseat of Lureen's convertible.
-
Jack delivered the goods in the backseat of Lureen's car - possibily resulting in the delivery of Bobby.
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Jack had an eyeful of the lady in red as she approached and retrieved her hat from him.
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By the time Lureen spotted Jack at the bar in Childress, she had had time to develop a full-blown crush on the handsome buckaroo.
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According to the screenplay, Lureen gave birth to Bobby, L.D. and Fayette's grandchild, in 1967.
-
Story Jack Twist explained to Ennis how he hungered his way across Texas until he found Lureen and her serious money:
"Yeah. I made three fuckin thousand dollars that year. Fuckin starved. Had to borrow everthing but a toothbrush from other guys. Drove grooves across Texas. Half the time under that cunt truck fixin it. Anyway, I didn't never think about losin. Lureen? There's some serious money there. ... "
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Lureen's desire to be asked to dance was implicit in her smiling question to Jack: "What are you waitin' for, cowboy, a matin' call?"
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/MatinCall.jpg)
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Lureen's attraction to the handsome cowboy with the jet-black hair and magnetic blue eyes was obvious when she posed the question: "What are you waitin' for, cowboy, a matin' call?"
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After the Jimbo fiasco, Jack was loath to make the first move; he let Lureen lure him in.
=comment=
It's hard to resist a lady in red.
(http://www.davemackey.com/animation/wb/titlecards/redridingrabbit.jpg)
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Retrieving the groovy hat for the lady in red brought out Jack's manliness; first on Sleepy the bull and then for the lady in red, herself.
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Once Lureen gets Jack in the backseat, it's a no-brainer for him to figure out what she wants.
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Lureen outstrips Jack's expectations in the backseat of the car when she strips off her bra and gets down to business.
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Lureen pares things down to the basics in the backseat of LD's car.
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L.D. has laid down at least one ground rule governing Lureen's behavior: she has to be home with the car by midnight.
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Lureen takes Daddy's rule seriously; mating call ends before midnight.
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Lureen tells her toy-boy when the tick-tock hits the twelfth hour, she's trundling home to the old tyrant.
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LD's midnight deadline undermines any relaxed backseat nookie.
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When Lureen removes her brassiere, Jack knows that the time for vacillatory action is over. This is serious matin' season.
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Jack has his hands full after Lureen whips off her bra.
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LD xacts obedience from his little red riding daughter.
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Round 455
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JohnCTwist3.jpg)
I know where Brokeback Mountain is.
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John C. Twist assiduously stated that his son would be buried in the family plot.
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Ennis: "I feel awful bad about Jack. Can't begin to say how bad I feel. I knew him a long time. I come by to tell you that if you want me to take his ashes up there on Brokeback like his wife says he wanted, I'd be proud to." [story]
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Old Man Twist commanded that Jack's ashes stay on the grieving plain, plastic flowers and all.
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Mrs. Twist offers no comment on the situation when her husband denies their son's last request to have some of his ashes taken to Brokeback Mountain.
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Despite Ennis's best efforts, OMT refuses to let him take Jack's ashes up to Brokeback Mountain.
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While Ennis was facing up to the brutal facts of Jack's life and death, OMT had trouble speaking to him face to face.
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John C. Twist is a tough, weather-beaten, testy, critical man.
Mrs. Twist is a gentler, silent, defeated woman.
Ennis can't see Jack in either of them.
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Ennis found his and Jack's old shirts from their Brokeback days in a little hiding place in Jack's bedroom closet.
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OMT was a boor, but Mrs. T had an intuitive understanding of and compassion for Ennis.
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Movie Old Man Twist jeered at Jack's never-baked plans:
Jack used a say, 'Ennis del Mar,' he used a say, 'I'm goin' a bring him up here one a these days and we'll lick this damn ranch into shape.' He had some half-baked notion the two a you was goin' a move up here, build a cabin, help run the place.
Then this spring he's got another fella's gonna come up here with him and build a place and help run the ranch, some ranch neighbor a his from down in
Texas. He's goin' a split up with his wife and come back here.
(sarcastic)
So he says. But like most a Jack's ideas it never come to pass.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LightningFlat/NDVD_1851.jpg)
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Ennis lapses into silence when OMT criticizes Jack.
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Ennis maintained his composure when OMT said: "Then this spring he's got another fella's gonna come up here with him and build a place and help run the ranch..."
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Despite her namelessness, Mrs. Twist maintains a quiet dignity.
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John Twist behaved offensively in spite of (or maybe because of) the civility of his visitor.
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Mrs. Twist displays care and politeness toward Ennis.
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Ennis resigns himself to the fact that it's no use arguing with OMT.
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John Twist seemed to be mainly disappointed that Jack never did bring someone up to Lightning Flat to "lick this damn ranch into shape."
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Ennis climbed the Twist stairs with a certain tentativeness.
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Mrs. Twist displays care and politeness toward Ennis; Mr. Twist displays unfriendliness.
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Mrs. Twist and OMT were a contrast of virtue and viciousness.
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Old Man Twist intimated that Jack was better at wool-gathering than at making his dreams a reality.
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While at the Twists' house, story Ennis recalls the time Jack xpounded the details of OMT's abusive reaction to a toilet-training accident.
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Round 456
Hit him like a ton of bricks
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LightningFlat/NDVD_1863.jpg)
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Ennis saw or felt something to attract him toward the closet.
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Going through Jack's belongings stirred up bittersweet memories for Ennis.
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Ennis had to climb a narrow set of stairs to get to Jack's room.
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Ennis was regarding the details of Jack's childhood.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LightningFlat/NDVD_1862.jpg)
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Ennis looked at the two shirts he had found nestled in the back of Jack's childhood closet and, overcome by emotion, enfolded them in a heartfelt embrace.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisShirts.jpg)
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A figurine of a bandy-legged cowboy attracts Ennis's attention.
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The picture of Ennis embracing the shirts was one of the most gripping in the movie.
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The visit to the Twist's house was a source of harrowment to Ennis.
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Despite Ennis's best efforts, OMT is inflexible when it comes to Jack's ashes and where they're going.
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Jack's bedroom contains many symbolic and emotionally packed items, especially the bed and wall lamp - both exuding juvenility and innocence.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LightningFlat/NDVD_1860.jpg)
WOW - Post 2500.
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When Ennis found the two shirts, he realized that Jack had kept them as a symbol of his lasting love.
=congratz= Toast
On 2500 Van Posts
(http://www.impressionniste.net/van_gogh.jpg)(http://www.ipl.org.ar/exhibit/mushist/images/beethoven.gif)
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Ennis was mistaken about what had happened to his old shirt. It had not been "lost long ago in some damn laundry."
=congrats!= Toast
You're halfway to 5,000!
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Ennis displayed a noble disregard for his own emotional hang-ups when he went to face Jack's parents and ask for the chance to carry out Jack's last wishes.
=congratz=Toast
On the big 2500
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Ennis obtains proof of Jack's true plans for the two of them from John C. Twist:
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LightningFlat/NDVD_1855.jpg)
Jack used a say, 'Ennis del Mar,' he used a say, 'I'm goin' a bring him up here one a these days and we'll lick this damn ranch into shape.'
=reply= Friends
I didn't see that one coming.
Thanks Sandy, Fran, Meryl, and Paul
We make one heck of a core team - with our visitors too.
Thanks ABCers.
ps. 2253 of these posts were at the ... ABCs
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Without saying one little word about it, Mrs. Twist took the two shirts from Ennis and placed them in a paper sack.
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When Ennis finds the shirts, he reunites with Jack's spirit.
=congrats= Toast
2500 you're catching up with Fran!
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Ennis found the tiny jog into the wall where Jack had secreted the long lost shirt with its bloody partner - from way back in 1963.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LightningFlat/NDVD_1869.jpg)
=Thanks= Paul
I TOTALLY love your use of the word reunites.
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Ennis realizes that Jack had thieved his shirt to have a memento of their time together.
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Ennis is filled with unutterable longing for Jack as he buries his face in the well-loved old shirts.
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John C. Twist vilifies the memory of his son in front of Jack's mother and his best friend from Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennis never imagined that Jack thought his old shirt was worthy enough to have taken and kept for all those years.
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The movie holds true to Annie Proulx's description of Jack's bedroom xcepting the "ancient magazine photograph of some dark-haired movie star... taped to the wall beside the bed, the skin tone gone magenta."
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Round 457
I miss you, friend.(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LightningFlat/NDVD_1873.jpg)
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According to Annie Proulx, Ennis hoped to find the aromas of Jack and Brokeback Mountain in the fabric of the pair of shirts:
He pressed his face into the fabric and breathed in slowly through his mouth and nose, hoping for the faintest smoke and mountain sage and salty sweet stink of Jack but there was no real scent, only the memory of it, the imagined power of Brokeback Mountain of which nothing was left but what he held in his hands.
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Ennis hopes for a scent of Jack when he breathes into the fabric of the shirt.
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ENNIS sees the closet. Gets up, walks over to it.
A shallow cavity with a wooden rod braced across it, a faded cretonne curtain on a string half-open, closing the closet off from the rest of the room. In the closet hangs two pairs of jeans crease-ironed and folded neatly over wire hangers. On the floor a pair of worn packer boots. [screenplay]
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Finding the intertwined shirts deepens the connection for Ennis.
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Ennis endures the negative comments from John C. Twist, but the two shirts break through his stoic demeanour.
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"Bumping down the washboard road Ennis passed the country cemetery fenced with sagging sheep wire..." [story]
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Ennis sat at the kitchen table with Jack's father, who gazed at him "with an angry, knowing expression."
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Old Man Twist seemed to relish the fact that his words and spitting were hurtful.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LightningFlat/NDVD_1851.jpg)
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In relating to Ennis, Ma Twist relied on her intuition.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LightningFlat/NDVD_1856.jpg)
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OMT opens his jaws to put words to his bitterness, telling Ennis things he doesn't want to hear.
=aside= Toast
Thanks.
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John C. Twist loads every comment and decision with sarcasm and vengefulness.
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The shirts were a fitting memorial to the magical summer on Brokeback.
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The elder Twists have contrasting natures:
Mr. Twist is nice and bitter.
Mrs. Twist is nice and sweet.
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Ennis's discovery of the pair of bloody shirts overcomes his strong desire to bury Jack's ashes up on Brokeback.
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OMT was being hostile and purposefully hurtful to Ennis when he told him about Jack's ranch neighbor from Texas.
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After spending some time in Jack's bedroom, Ennis retraced his steps and went back to the kitchen.
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Mr. J. C. Twist was the sourness in the sweet and sour visit to Lightning Flat.
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Ennis was thankful for the courtesy and graciousness extended to him by Mrs. Twist.
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Old Man Twist was unbending in his resolve to bury Jack's ashes on the grieving plain.
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J.C. Twist considered that Jack vaunted when he said that would bring a man partner up to Lightning Flat to whip this damn ranch into shape.
def - To speak boastfully of; brag about
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Old Man Twist wields the power in the Twist household.
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OMT thought Jack had a tendency to xaggerate, saying to Ennis: "He had some half-baked idea the two a you was goin a move up here, build a log cabin, and help me run this ranch and bring it up. Then this spring he’s got another one’s goin a come up here with him and build a place and help run the ranch, some ranch neighbor a his from down in Texas. He’s goin a split up with his wife and come back here. So he says. But like most a Jack’s ideas it never come to pass.”
Someone please announce. See y'all in a week.
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Round 458
His grief is great
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Ennis appreciatively accepts Ma Twist's invitation to view Jack's childhood room.
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Ennis appreciatively accepts Ma Twist's invitation to view Jack's boyhood room.
=aside= Paul
;)
Nice announcement too.
=milestone= Moi
One year (60 days online, 2500 post) anniversary for Toast
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ENNIS sees the closet. Gets up, walks over to it.
A shallow cavity with a wooden rod braced across it, a faded cretonne curtain on a string half-open, closing the closet off from the rest of the room. In the closet hangs two pairs of jeans crease-ironed and folded neatly over wire hangers. On the floor a pair of worn packer boots. [screenplay]
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We feel for Ennis, how distressing this journey is for him.
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According to Proulx, Ennis examines Jack's shirt which "seemed heavy until he saw there was another shirt inside it, the sleeves carefully worked down inside Jack's sleeves."
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It is to Ennis's good fortune that Mr. Twist doesn't object to his leaving with his shirt and Jack's.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LightningFlat/NDVD_1875.jpg)
=aside= Toast
Speaking of which, it is to my good fortune that
you are here. Happy Anniversary!
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Ma Twist generously gifted the precious shirts to Ennis.
=aside= Toast
Your presence here is a gift to us.
Cheers on your anniversary.
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Ennis had very little headroom
standing in the closet and bedroom.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LightningFlat/NDVD_1873.jpg)
=Aw Shucks=Fran and Paul
(http://bettermost.net/forum/Smileys/cowboy/cool.gif)
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Mr. Twist bitterly interferes with Ennis's plans to carry out Jack's last wishes.
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Out of a sense of duty to Jack, Ennis took a jaunt up to Lightning Flat.
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John C. Twist communicated lucidly with Ennis, and Ennis accepted John's decision.
def - (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable.
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Ennis miserably endured Mr. Twist's criticizing of Jack.
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Old Man Twist belittled his son's notions about what could be done to improve the ranch.
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Ennis observantly noticed that there was a compartment within the closet, and found the hidden shirts.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LightningFlat/NDVD_1867.jpg)
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Jack purposely hid the shirts in his closet. Did Ma Twist purposely want Ennis to find them?
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In the back of Jack's boyhood closet, a small recess held the precious tokens of that never-to-be-forgotten summer: two old shirts, still stained with Ennis's blood, one nestled inside the other.
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LightningFlat/NDVD_1865.jpg)
[Ennis] ducks in as if prostrating himself before an altar, drops to his knees and, hidden way in the back, finds Jack's shirt, smeared with blood from a fight they'd had; and within Jack's shirt is his own shirt, with his blood from the fight. (http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/ssi/globalnav/wpdotcom_190x30.gif) (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/01/AR2006020102477_pf.html)
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Jack's bedroom was located on the second floor of the Twists' two-story house.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LightningFlat/NDVD_1878.jpg)
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Alive to Ennis's pain, Mrs. Twist unhesitatingly provided a paper bag to hold the shirts he had brought down from Jack's room.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/paperbagshirts.jpg)
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Ennis and Jack they suffer from the vagabondage as they travel all over the hills of Wyoming, looking for the love again.
Heldig April Fjolser Dag
"F" is for the fagabondage.
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Mrs. Twist stepped out of the weatherbeaten house to greet Ennis.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LightningFlat/NDVD_1844.jpg)
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OMT's words about Jack's bringing up another fella to the ranch made Ennis question the xclusivity of their affair.
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Round 459
This one's mine.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/broke/459Mine.jpg)
Them Chilean Sheep
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Jack has to use the faded paint brands to authenticate the ownership of the mixed sheep.
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The sheep were branded with different colors, so one could tell them apart.
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Jack's difficulties in separating the Chilean sheep from Aguirre's were compounded by the fact that their paint brands had worn off.
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Joe Aguirre's sheep had drifted west during a blowy hailstorm and got among a herd in another allotment.
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While Jack became discombobulated by the sheep mix-up, Ennis handled it with equanimity.
{def: composure under strain}
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Ennis never forgets how important Aguirre could be:
JACK
Fuck Aguirre.
ENNIS
(frustrated, making a point)
Fuck Aguirre? What if we need a work for him
again? We gotta stick this out, Jack [screenplay]
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Separating the two herds of sheep involved a little guesswork since some of the paint brands were worn off.
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After the sheep were finally separated, Jack treated Ennis to a harmonic tune on his harmonica.
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Indelibly marking sheep with paint brands is such a problem that Wyoming also uses eartags, registered earmarks, tattoos or fire brands to help sheep herders like Jack and Ennis make more positive identification possible.
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After the sheep were untangled, Jack, in a better mood, began to play his harmonica and Ennis joshed him about his playing:
"You'll run the sheep off again if you don't quiet down." [screenplay]
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Jack and Ennis tried their darndest to be accurate in separating the two herds of sheep lest Aguirre find out about the mishap.
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Jack mean-spiritedly yells, "Fuck Aguirre" and flings a sheep almost at the same time.
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While they were nudging the herd along, Ennis joshed Jack about his attempts to play a tune on his harmonica.
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Jack's frustration with the sheep screw-up results in his exasperated outburst of "Fuck Aguirre!"
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After the hailstorm, Jack, Ennis, and the Chilean sheepherders find themselves in quite a predicament: they have to work together to separate a huge mass of milling sheep.
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Jack soon realized that ranting at the Chilean sheep herders in English was useless so he proceeded to cut Aguirre's sheep out of the mix.
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The boys were worried Aguirre would notice the sheep were mixed up and criticize them for their slipshod handling of the flock.
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In his frustration, Jack was dragging and throwing sheep in a most uncouth manner.
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In his frustration, Jack was dragging and throwing sheep, and not worrying about the uncouthness of his actions.
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The vestigious remains of paint brands were not enough for Jack to go by when trying to separate the sheep. Aguirre still knew that "some of these never went up there with you."
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The woolies' paint brands were all worn off, so Jack had to drag and throw them in two neat little piles.
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Jack punctuated his uncouth sheep throwing with xclamations such as "shit", "fuck," and of course: "goddamn."
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/chilean/NDVD_017.jpg)
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Round Four - Six - Oh
Uh - Oh
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/chilean/NDVD_015.jpg)
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The problem of separating the mixed-up sheep is aggravated by the fact that some of the paint brands have worn away.
=comment=
From The Washington Post, an article on sheepherding in California, Texas, and Wyoming:
The Job No Americans Want Isn't Getting Any Easier (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/02/AR2006040201067.html)
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When Jack found he couldn't carry a particularly lively sheep, he resorted to grabbing her hind legs and backing up, swearing uncouthly all the way.
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Jack's reaction to the mixed sheep shows how little he cared about Aguirre and his rules. But Ennis was all there for following the rules.
=comment= Fran
Interesting article Fran.
Imagine: A three year visa as a herder.
No mention of beans, though.
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In his frustration at the mix-up, Jack became an uncouth dragger and flinger of sheep.
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Hampered by faint or missing paint brands and a language barrier, Ennis, Jack, and the Chilean sheepherders endeavor to untangle the mixed sheep.
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Annie Proulx describes the fading mood on Brokeback:
"There was a damn miserable time for five days, Ennis and a Chilean herder with no English trying to sort them out, the task almost impossible as the paint brands were worn and faint at this late season. Even when the numbers were right Ennis knew the sheep were mixed. In a disquieting way everything seemed mixed."
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Jack was grunting various uncouth epithets whilst dragging and flinging sheep.
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Hampered by faint or missing paint brands and a language barrier, Ennis, Jack, and the Chilean sheepherders endeavor to untangle the mixed sheep.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/chilean/NDVD_019.jpg)
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With little couth and much cussing, Jack irons out some of the mixed sheep problem.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/chilean/NDVD_018.jpg)
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Ennis was justifying the need to please Aguirre; they might have to work for him again.
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Ennis and Jack are linguistically challenged when it comes to communicating with the Chilean sheepherders.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/chilean/NDVD_014.jpg)
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The motley group of mixed sheep were hardly cooperating with Jack and the Chilean as they tried to separate them into two flocks again.
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Jack, Ennis and the Chileans were confounded by the ovine nonplus.
{def: A state of perplexity, confusion, or bewilderment}
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Joe Aguirre had branded his sheep to prove ownership. Unfortunately, he used nonpermanent paint.
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Jack reacted personally to the owner of the flock and began to blame Aguirre for his ovine kettle of fish.
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The boys' goal was to reunite Aguirre's sheep with one another.
=aside= Toast
As Hardy said to Laurel: "That's ovine kettle of fish you've got us into."
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Proulx wrote:
There was a damn miserable time for five days, Ennis and a Chilean herder with no English trying to sort them out, the task almost impossible as the paint brands were worn and faint at this late season.
=question=
So where was Jack?
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Sorting sheep on Brokeback with Chilean helpers was no treat for
Jack Ennis.
Congratulations Fran
3000 posts
(http://images16.fotki.com/v279/photos/3/369161/3177592/sheep1-vi.jpg)
Having you here as our Mod Friend has been great for a whole year now Fran.
Happy 3000 posts
Happy 365 days.
Fran posted
C is Cassie
on: April 04, 2006, 12:16:49 AM
As in Cassie Cartwright, who hopefully has more "fun" with Carl.
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The uniqueness of the paint brands was useless when they wore off.
=milestone= Fran
Congrats on 3000. You're definitely unique.
(http://www.ugr.es/~iperez/myblog/uploaded_images/sheep-782455.jpg)
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As the hailstones pepper down, Jack and Ennis haven't the vaguest notion that the sheep are drifting west into another allotment.
=aside= Toast and Paul
Thanks for noticing my "little" milestone. I do like the sheep.
:)
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Time does fly when you're having fun!
(http://www.abcdlady.com/2006-03/time_flying_pic.jpg)
Let's celebrate
the 1st Anniversary
of the ever-amazing
"ABCs of BBM" Game!
"It's the time you spent on your rose that
makes your rose so important."
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Although Ennis gets full credit for sorting the sheep in Annie Proulx's story, he was reduced to just a watcher, working with the dogs in the movie. Poor Jack Twist and the exiguousness of the credit for him.
=comment= Fran
Who needs Carl to have "fun" when we have the ABCs?
=milestone= Meryl
Remember last year??
Q is for the Q.T. on:
April 04, 2006, 06:43:27 PM (Toast-time)
Pitch pup tent on it.
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Jack was xertive of much energy whilst performing his oving dragging and flinging.
=comment=
Damn, one year!
=aside= Fran
Happy Anniversary! Thanks for inviting me over here.
(Wasn't your first post April 3, 2006 at 10:16 PM your time?)
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Round 461!
We've just turned ONE!
WooWee!
Celebrate ONE Brokalicious year of the ABCs at BetterMost!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/OOOeee.jpg)
A round of special dates, times, celebrations, reunions of BBM
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Jack and Ennis were applying for jobs at Farm and Ranch Employment in the summer of 1963.
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Jack Twist boldly drove up for a return engagement with Joe Aguirre's sheep operation on Brokeback Mountain. Suddenly he needed to shave and to use his mirror.
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Ennis and Jack were causing a commotion at the Motel Siesta in 1967.
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Alma divorced Ennis on November 6, 1975, after their marriage degenerated.
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Ennis Del Mar has enjoyed one of the best evenings of his young life:
"Ennis, riding against the wind back to the sheep in the treacherous, drunken light, thought he'd never had such a good time, felt he could paw the white out of the moon." [Proulx]
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There were several important flings: the boys have their two-, three-times-a-year fishing flings; Jack flings sheep in 1963; Cassie flings her hair at Ennis circa 1978.
=comment=
Sorry, I've got flings on the brain today.
Maybe we could do a whole flings round?
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Jack and Ennis kicked off their four-year reunion with a sexually gratifying night at the Motel Siesta.
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My favourite scene in the whole movie is the one in which Ennis and Jack started to really communicate, and Jack hammed it up for his new friend:
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A beat.
ENNIS'S tongue loosens suddenly. He stares into the fire, remembering, cleaning his teeth with his tongue.
ENNIS (CONT'D)
Got me a year a high school before the transmission
went on the pickup.
(pause; a horse is heard snorting)
Then my sis left, met a roughneck, moved to Casper,
‘n me and my brother we, we went and got ourselves
some work on a ranch up near Worland ‘til I was
nineteen. Then he got married and uh, no more
room for me.
(pause; looks over to Jack)
That's how come me end up here.
ENNIS drinks from the whiskey bottle. Silence.
JACK looks over at ENNIS, smiles.
ENNIS (CONT'D)
(seeing the smile)
...What?
JACK
Friend, that's more words than you've spoke in the
past two weeks.
ENNIS smiles, for the first time.
ENNIS
Hell, it's the most I've spoke in a year.
(remembers)
Now my dad he, he was a fine roper. Didn't rodeo
much, though. He thought rodeo cowboys was all
fuck-ups.
JACK
(drinks)
The hell they are!
ENNIS
(glancing at Jack, not sure if he hit a sore spot)
Hm, well…
JACK suddenly shouts into ENNIS’s face, gets up, does a pretend bull ride around the campfire, bucking and twisting.
JACK
Yee-haw! Woooow! I'm spurrin' his guts out! Wavin'
to the girls in the stands! He's kickin’ to high heaven,
but he can't dashboard me! No way!
ENNIS watches him, over his shoulder, big smile on his face. JACK finally throws himself, collapses in a heap among pots and pans.
ENNIS
I’d say my dad was right.
JACK laughs out loud. ENNIS turns back to the fire, smiling.
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[Annotated Final Script by Steven Edelijn, June 2006]
=aside= Paul
Then there's the day Alma flings Ennis out on his creel.
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November or December 1963 (depending on which way you're sailing: story or film) marks the imperfect marriage between Ennis and Alma.
=aside= Toast
I knew there had to be more flings to be flung.
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In the summer of 1963, Ennis was greatly amused by Jack’s high jinks as he pretended to ride a bull while intoxicated.
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Jack's mating high jinks were a reward for Ennis's behaving more loquaciously than he did all year.
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The summer of 1963 was host to Jack's ever-famous mock rodeo mating dance high jinks. Yeehaw.
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=HAPPY BIRTHDAY= ABCz!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/AlphabetArt83.jpg)
ON TO YEAR NUMBER TWO!
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One more reason to celebrate:
In the summer of '63, Uncle Harold survived a bout of pneumonia without his nephew's help or intervention.
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Another day that was good to be alive:
Jack gets out of his pickup, says the first word of the film, "Shit", kicks the rear panel of his pickup, ogles the waiting dude, drapes himself all over the pickup, and then decides he needs to get a shave for some reason.
=aside= Meryl
Welcome to the party.
Year 2 ... I swear ...
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July 4, 1966, was the night Ennis pummeled two pussy-prowling palookas and sent them packing, providing a prelude to the preplanned pyrotechnics.
=congratz=Fran
3,000 ABCD-lightful posts!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/alphabet_butterfly.jpg)
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Alma remarried shortly after divorcing Ennis. Her second husband was Monroe, the Riverton grocer.
=reply= Meryl
Thank you.
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Alma's second husband was Monroe, the Riverton grocer with the serrated blades in his carving knife. Now that was high-class entertainment.
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That fateful day in the summer of 1963 when Ennis meets his soon-to-be tryster.
=aside= Heath
Happy Birthday, dude.
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Happy Birthday Heath.
Oh this is the Fourth of April.
Oops. Looks like I preclipsed today.
=comment= Sandy
Miss you Girl.
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Unsure of what had transpired up on Brokeback Mountain, Jack and Ennis went their separate ways. Four years later Jack sent Ennis a postcard, and the two soul mates were reunited.
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Ennis considered that Earl's death was a vatic tale for what might end their own lives.
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And then there's the day that the postcard was returned to him.
def - prophetic
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Ennis delMar and Alma (nee Beers) were wed in November (story) and December (film) 1963.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/DelMarWeddingslide_21.jpg)
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In late June of 1967 Jack and Ennis went on a "fishing" trip, the first of what would be many xpeditions into the mountains where they hoped to recapture the magic of their summer on Brokeback Mountain.
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Round 462
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Just Me and You !
Jack and Ennis
... gone fishin'
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According to Annie Proulx, the only place where Ennis and Jack can acknowledge their true feelings is secretly out of town, frequently in the mountains:
Years on years they worked their way through the high meadows and mountain drainages, horse-packing into the Big Horns, Medicine Bows, south end of the Gallatins, Absarokas, Granites, Owl Creeks, the Bridger-Teton Range, the Freezeouts and the Shirleys, Ferrises and the Rattlesnakes, Salt River Range, into the Wind Rivers over and again, the Sierra Madres, Gros Ventres, the Washakies, Laramies, but never returning to Brokeback.
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Ennis was a bringer of beans at one of the later fishing trips.
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Beans, steak and corn on the cob were commons Jack and Ennis shared on their fishin' trips; in fact, fish may have been only rarely on the menu.
def: Food provided at a common table
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Jack and Ennis did not go fishing in the mountains of Wyoming for dietary reasons.
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Jack was enthralled with Ennis when he caught his first glance of him.
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Ennis and Jack return to the mountains time and time again to recapture the fancy-free time they spent together in the summer of 1963.
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Those steaks sizzled on the grill while Jack and Ennis got to drinkin' and talkin' and all.
=aside=Fran
Hey, I just noticed your last post was #12345!
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Jack and Ennis frequently rode secretly all over Wyoming hatted and shod like cowboys, wearing leather, and Levi's and belts buckled tight.
=aside= Fran
Happy 12345 in the ABCs of BBM.
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To the outside world, Jack and Ennis pretended to be ichthyologists; but they were usually up to something fishy.
{def: one knowledgeable of all things fish}
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Ennis said to Jack, with justifiable fear, "The bottom line is, we're around each other and this thing grabs hold of us again in the wrong place, in the wrong time, and we're dead." [DVD subtitles]
=reply= Meryl and Toast
As to Reply #12345, I think it's called being in the right place at the right time.
:)
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Ennis strongly considers that two men living together in town is a life-threatening situation. Secretly wandering through them mountains frequently might be a "goddamn bitch of an unsatisfactory situation," but ...
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Jack meandered his way for hundreds of miles to reach Ennis in Wyoming.
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To go "fishing" with Ennis, Jack would drive his pickup in a northwesterly direction for fourteen hours or so.
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Jack and Ennis chose to see each other on occasional fishin' trips rather than commit to living together and risk being viewed as outcasts by society.
=compliment=Paul
Nice "I"
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Piscatorially speaking, there was very little, if any, fishing going on during these fishing trips.
{def: pertaining to fish}
=aside= Meryl
Thanks, I'm off the hook. ;)
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Jack and Ennis attempt to relive their idyllic summer on Brokeback Mountain with periodic "fishing" trips.
(http://www.helloinfo.hu/img/upload/200603/film_mozi_nb_brokeback_mountain-002.jpg)
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Jack and Ennis were lucky that neither of their spouses seemed interested in mountainous fishing trips.
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Ennis always took his creel case and fishing pole along on his trips with Jack as a trusty alibi for his real recreational activities.
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Jack and Ennis went on many a fishing trip, but those waters remained unfished.
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Jack verbalizes his hopes for the future:
"What if you and me had a little ranch together somewhere... a little cow-and-calf operation? It'd be a sweet life."
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Jack and Ennis remained wanderers, avoiding the sweet life because of Ennis's fears.
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On their last fishing trip, Ennis collapses, and Jack doesn't know if he is enraged or in xtremis.
{def: near death}
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Round 463!
Just you and me!
Still fishin'...
(http://www.helloinfo.hu/img/upload/200603/film_mozi_nb_brokeback_mountain-002.jpg)
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Ennis and Jack wore cowboy apparel on their "fishing" trips: cowboy boots, cowboy hats, blue jeans, and western-style shirts.
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Jack was all excited when Alma gave Ennis the boot.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/KingsRoad2.jpg)
He thought they could become kings of the road and not have to take to the hills anymore.
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Ennis had to miss his scheduled fishing trip with Jack in August of 1982 but offered Don Wroe's cabin in November as collateral.
def.= something promised to someone if you are unable to repay a loan
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Ennis deceived Alma into thinking that he and Jack were fishin' buddies.
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Both Almas had expectations of fish to fry when Ennis went on his fishin' trips.
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Cowboy apparel was the preferred fashion for fishin' trips.
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Jack and Ennis manage to steal time together over the years in the guise of fishin' trips that aren't.
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Ennis modified the pan of his pickup for carrying horses, instead of hauling a horse trailer.
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Although much drinking of whiskey occurred on the fishin' trips, their brief time together was intoxicatingly beautiful.
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Fear is foremost amongst Ennis's justifications for denying himself the "sweet life" proposed by Jack.
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The solitude of their fishing expeditions loosens Ennis's inhibitions.
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Ennis' long-time mendacity regarding the nature of his fishin' trips with Jack was laid bare by Alma's revelation in the kitchen on Thanksgiving.
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With Jack, Ennis finds the nearness that eludes him in his relationship with Alma.
def. = familiarity, affection, intimacy
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Ennis tells Jack how he feels oppressively restricted in town:
"You ever get the feelin', I don't know, er, when you're in town, and someone looks at you, suspicious...like he knows. And then you get out on the pavement, and everyone lookin' at you, like they all know too?"
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The post-reunion fishin' trip involved naked cliff-jumping.
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Jack and Ennis enjoyed some rest and relaxation when they weren't excited about their catch of the day.
=aside= players
Greetings from sultry Savannah. I'll get back to some serious playing tomorrow. I missed the game and all of you.
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The relaxed skinny-dippers weren't excited about the catch of the day.
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Although the idea of ranching up with Jack was tantalizing to Ennis, he was far more comfortable settling for the occasional fishing trip.
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The "fishing trips" were the only times that Ennis could really unwind.
=congrats= Fran
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=milestone=
Happy Anniversary ABC'S.
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Little was varying over the years, according to the 2003 screenplay:
118 EXT: MOUNTAINS: NIGHT: 1980: 118
JACK plays harmonica around the campfire. ENNIS drinks from whiskey bottle.
Same poor food, cans with spoons in them, beer bottles, whiskey bottles.
ENNIS looks mostly the same, elder, but still skinny.
JACK, the shorter of the two, has thickened some through the shoulders.
They aren't fishing. Just sit near one another, enjoy the country, the night, the fire.
WE SEE JACK in a down jacket. ENNIS in shirtsleeves.
JACK
Don't you never wear a coat?
ENNIS
(grin)
When it's cold.
Seems like spring to me.
JACK
It may be spring where you're sittin', but two
feet west, it’s goddamn winter, I tell you.
=aside= Sandy
Welcome back, you lucky girl.
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Jack and Ennis spent many years wending their way through various mountain ranges in Wyoming on their fishing trips, but they never returned to Brokeback.
=aside=Sandy
Welcome home :)
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Jack's xasperation was evident, yet he kept going on those fishin' trips, trying to reel Ennis in.
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Round 464!
We're fishin' for more!
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Jack was trying to be aboveboard on one of their "fishing trips" when he told Ennis that he missed him so much he could hardly stand it.
=aside= Toast, Meryl
Thanks for the welcome messages. It's good to be back even though it's about 40 degrees colder here.
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Although Ennis and Jack had known each other for many years, the actual amount of time they spent together was brief.
=aside= Sandy
Hope you enjoyed your vacation.
I'm glad you're back.
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Ennis cancelled the August would-be fishin' trip.
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Ennis thought that Jack was whistling Dixie when he brought up the subject of having a life together.
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Jack was much more of an extrovert than Ennis ever was; he was lively and even got Ennis to show us his dazzling smile with his "drunken rodeo" act.
=aside= Lucise
Added one letter to your April 26, 06 reply.
Thanks.
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Jack and Ennis were fishers of men.
=aside= Sandy
Nice to have you back.
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By denying himself the "sweet life" proposed by Jack, Ennis is letting societal expectations govern his life.
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The "fishing trips" Jack and Ennis shared were the only opportunities they had for hooking up.
=aside= Paul, Fran
Thanks, it's nice to be back.
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For Jack, the intervals between fishin' trips were intolerably long.
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Jack readily makes the 14-hour drive from Texas to Wyoming because he joneses for Ennis.
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
=aside=
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A couple of fishin' trips every year lessens the drabness of life for Jack and Ennis.
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Jack and Ennis are able to maintain their relationship on a few high altitude trysts once or twice a year.
=aside=
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Jack was having to make do with the occasional fishin' trip, as Ennis was nixing his ideas for something more.
=aside=
As the Unitarians sing: "All the tulips have risen today. A-a-a-a-a-lle-e-lu-u-ia."
(http://www.friendlyplanet.com/images/tulips-amsterdam-big.jpg)
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In May of 1983, Jack and Ennis overtook a black bear as it was rolling a log over looking for grubs. Jack reached for his .30-06, but the started bear ran away.
=aside=
Looking at Paul's tulips, reminds me: To plant your own cyber flower garden, click here (http://www.procreo.jp/labo/flower_garden.swf). Then use your mouse to click any black area.
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Fishing equipment: $$$
Camping equipment: $$$
A weekend tryst with your fishing buddy: priceless.
=aside=
No More Beans - Happy Easter
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Jack wanted more than fishin' trips, but Ennis would not relent.
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Jack and Ennis maintained their relationship with occasional sojourns into the mountains.
=compliment= Sandy
Your "priceless" rocks!
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Jack felt that he had to tread water on their "fishing trips" hoping that Ennis would agree to a life together.
=aside= Fran
Thank you. I expect to see an ad for Master Card shortly.
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Jack wanted to do more than "fishin'", but Ennis found it undoable.
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On Brokeback, Jack and Ennis were forced to eat like vegetarians, at least til the elk showed up, but on their fishin' trips, steak was a favorite entree.
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Ennis wormed his way out of telling Alma who Jack was by saying that he was a fishing buddy.
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Jack and Ennis were able to plan and xecute trips up to the mountains communicating solely by postcard.
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Round 465!
From Texas to Wyoming is a 14-hour drive.
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According to the screenplays, Ennis advised Jack of his divorce with a postcard. The postcard prepared for the movie is reported to have said "Divorce came through -- I'm working three shifts."
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Year after year, over roads broad and narrow, Jack drove the 14 hours from Childress to Riverton to see his love.
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Jack crossed several state lines to get from Texas to Wyoming and back.
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After getting the message that Ennis's divorce came through, Jack drives northwest to Riverton, asks "about 10 different people in Riverton where you'd moved to," gets rejected by Ennis for that weekend and then drives all the way to Mexico. Señor Jack is not a happy john.
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Post-divorce, Jack drives ebulliently from Texas to Wyoming; only to be told to simmer down by Ennis.
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Jack made the fourteen-hour drive from Texas to Wyoming once or twice a year.
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Jack grouses about:
- his pickup
- his father
- stinking sheep
- Aguirre's crap
- beans
- his aim with a rifle
- pissy pup tent
- the weather
- the mixed sheep
- Aguirre
- goddamn paint brands
- L. D. Newsome
- taxes and inflation
- having to go to Mexico ....
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Through the years, Jack resisted being entirely hopeless that Ennis would someday see the light and ranch up with him, and after the divorce, things looked brighter to him as he made the familiar trip north.
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While Jack and Ennis were arguing about the former's trips to Mexico, the latter didn't react to the itty-bitty insect crawling along his jawbone.
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Ennis: "Then why don't you?! Why don't you let me be, huh? It's because of you, Jack, that I'm like this. I'm
nothin'... I'm nowhere…
Ennis groans in despair, pressing his hands against his forehead. Jack starts towards him, reaches for him.
Jack: "Ennis… it’s okay… "
Ennis jerkily moves away, pushing Jack back.
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Several times a year, Jack left his life in the fast lane and got in the express lane in order to be able to take a stroll down memory lane with Ennis.
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Desolate but determined, Jack passes a milepost sign indicating that he'll be crossing the border into Mexico in 68 miles.
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Lest anyone get nosey about the nature of their relationship, Ennis and Jack got together "way the hell out in the back of nowhere" a few times a year.
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At their last meeting, Jack realized, to his despair, that Ennis was not to be obtained as a day-to-day partner in life.
def - To succeed in gaining possession of as the result of planning or endeavor
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The first time Jack visited Ennis he put the pedal to the metal becuase he couldn't get there fast enough. He probably also did this on subsequent trips.
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Two, three times a year, Jack was red-lining it up to Wyoming, hoping for a silver lining with Ennis.
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=comment=
The red line on the tachometer seems to be the origin of the word.
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Avoiding Alma's eyes, Ennis hurriedly packed some stuff for the reunion trip to the mountains with Jack.
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Jack finally tackles the problems of their relationship and tells Ennis "I wish I knew how to quit you" on their last four or five days together.
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Jack was unrelentingly driven to make the drive from Childress to Riverton in order to see Ennis several times a year.
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Jack was able to verbalize his hopes for a "sweet life" with Ennis on their first fishin' trip:
"What if you and me had a little ranch somewhere... a little cow-and-calf operation? It'd be a sweet life. I mean, hell, Lureen's old man, you bet he'd give me a down payment if I'd get lost. I mean, he more or less already said it." [DVD subtitles]
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Ennis was so frozen by his fears that he became a waster; Alma asked "what am I doin hangin around with him?", and Jack said, "I wish I knew how to quit you."
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In order to xpedite the trip from Childress to Riverton, Jack red-lined it.
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Round 466!!
It's You That I Miss.
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Jack's statment about missing Ennis was too much for him; to Ennis, it was not acceptable and he could not respond.
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Ennis reacts bashfully to Jack's heartfelt expression of missing him when they are apart.
Annie Proulx wrote: "Jack said he was doing all right but he missed Ennis bad enough sometimes to make him whip babies."
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Ennis: "Jack, I got a work. Them earlier days I used a quit the jobs. You got a wife with money, a good job. You forget how it is bein' broke all the time. You ever hear a child support? I been payin' out for years and got more to go. Let me tell you, I can't quit this one. And I can't get the itme off. It was tough gettin' this time -- some a them late heifers is still calvin'. You don't leave then. You don't. Stoutamire is a hell-raiser and he raised hell about me taking the week. I don't blame him. He probly ain't got a night's sleep since I left. The trade-off was August. You got a better idea?" [story]
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On their last fishin' trip, Jack decided he had dithered long enough and finally told Ennis exactly how he felt.
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Jack moves towards Ennis again, encircles him in a firm embrace, and this time, Ennis doesn't resist. His legs give way, he falls to his knees, crying.
Jack says, "Come here...it's all right. It's all right...damn you, Ennis." They hug one another, a last fierce, desperate embrace.
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After they torque things almost to where they had been, Jack watches as Ennis's pickup truck fades away into the distance.
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When Jack continues his "I miss you so much" confession to Ennis the next day with "You don't know how bad it gets," the emotional gridlock of years finally starts to move its wheels.
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Ennis handily recovers from Jack's outburst of disappointment; drives off with the horses - never to see Jack again.
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Ennis inferred much about Jack when he asked Jack if he had been to Mexico.
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Ennis denied himself the inherent joys and jubilations of a life with Jack.
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Jack made it clear to Ennis how much his fearfulness had become a real liability; and that Jack was ready to quit Ennis if their "goddamn bitch of an unsatisfactory situation" cannot be resolved.
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Jack had to muster all his courage to confront Ennis.
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It seemed to Jack that Ennis was being negligent in not telling him about cancelling August until the last minute, when in fact Ennis was fearful of Jack's reaction and postponed telling him until it was time to leave.
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On their last 4-5 day excursion, Jack and Ennis partake in joint puffing, whiskey swigging, with numerous oaths and negative expressions like:
- what in the hell
- Christ
- friggin' cold weather
- Mexico
- goddamn bitch of an unsatisfactory situation.
- Mexico
- Mexico
- Mexico
- Hell yes
- Mexico
- Jack fuckin' Twist
- a fuckin' real good life
- fuckin' all
- Godammit
- damn few times
- short fuckin' leash
- Mexico
- high-altitude fucks
- son of a whoreson bitch
- Get the fuck off me
- damn you, Ennis
Some spitting, crying and reminiscing too.
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Ennis initially pooh-poohed Jack's suggestion about their going to Mexico:
"Hell, Jack, you know me. 'Bout all the travelin' I ever done is goin' around the coffeepot, lookin' for the handle."
def. = make light of
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Although Jack opened his heart to Ennis about the how much he missed him, Ennis remained silent.
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During that last confrontation, Ennis and Jack had just scratched the surface of all the things that had been unsaid.
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Ennis trespasses in the so-called "shoot-em zone" and asks, "You been a Mexico, Jack?"
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For many, it seemed unimaginable that Jack could ever quit Ennis.
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Both Jack and Ennis were vilifying each other because of the "godamn bitch of an unsatisfactory situation" they had been stuck in for years and years.
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Jack wanted to go to a warmer climate, like Mexico, for their next get-together.
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Jack and Ennis planned and xecuted trips up to the mountains communicating solely by postcard.
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Round 467
My Plevin:
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Not In August, Bud.
=aside= Fran
Good One.
Thanks!
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Ennis has to tell Jack that August is not an august month for them because of his commitments to his rancher boss.
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Jack was upset that Ennis did not tell him about August beforehand.
=compliment= Toast, Fran
Nice team work on the round announcement.
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Sensing an unavoidable confrontation with Jack, Ennis felt his tension starting to crescendo.
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The unavoidable confrontation with Jack distresses Ennis more and more, and he knows this news can't be put on a postcard.
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Ennis's postponing of the August trip elicited bitter disappointment from Jack.
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Both Jack's and Ennis's nerves were frayed to the breaking point as their argument escalated.
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The final argument generates sparks of bitterness and loss.
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Their final argument heats up even more when Jack admits that he's been to Mexico.
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Getting away in August is an impossibility for Ennis due to work commitments.
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Jack knows now that
they will never be as jointed as they were
on that day in 1963
when Ennis
"had come up behind him
and
pulled him close,
the silent embrace
satisfying some
shared and sexless hunger."
[Proulx]
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During that last argument, things were said which had never been revealed before during their long-lasting affair.
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Ennis and Jack are of different mindsets when it comes to Jack's trips to Mexico.
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Jack has had enough of Ennis's negativeness. First they couldn't live together, and now they can't even work out an appointment for a nice warm fishing trip.
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When questioned by Ennis, Jack outrightly admitted that he had been to Mexico.
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EXT: WYOMING MOUNTAINS: TRAILHEAD: MORNING: 1981:
JACK and ENNIS have loaded the horses into a trailer hitched to ENNIS'S pickup truck.
Mood between them is tense, as always, when their time together is about to end.
When the gate is shut on the horses, JACK pops his glove against his leg a time or two... looks at ENNIS, who is lighting a cigarette.
JACK
Guess I'll head on up to Lightnin' Flat.
See the folks for a day or two. [screenplay]
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Ennis asks Jack "You got a better idea?"
Jack reples, "I did, once."
Under his breath, Ennis sarcastically repeats Jack's reply, "You did once… "
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Ennis was visibly shaken when he found out that Jack had been to Mexico.
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By asking Jack about Mexico, Ennis had trodden on thin ice.
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The final day of their May 1983 travels in and near the Hail Strew River drainage turned out to be the time to unload the pent up frustrations of years upon years.
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Although Ennis used vaguish language when referring to Mexico -- "I heard about what they got in Mexico for boys like you" -- Jack understood perfectly.
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"There's somethin' I've been meanin' to tell you, bud," Ennis said, while worriedly chewing his fingernails.
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When Jack said "I did once," in May of 1983, it sounded like he had reached the xpiration date of his "if you and me had a little ranch together, little cow and calf operation, your horses, it'd be some sweet life" offer to Ennis.
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Round 468
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November's Too Late
1981-2 movie/screenplays - 1983 Proulx
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Ennis's state of mind had been affected by attrition from years of keeping his relationship with Jack a close secret.
def.= gradual wearing down through prolonged attack or pressure
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In their final argument, they were baring their souls to each other. It was almost too much to bear.
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CUT TO FLASHBACK: EXT: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, WYOMING: CAMPFIRE: NIGHT: CONTINUOUS: 1963:
JACK and ENNIS, much younger.
JACK and ENNIS have finished the last meal of the day. JACK stands by the campfire, warming himself. He stands that way for a few moments, alone.
Then WE SEE two arms encircle him from behind: it is ENNIS.
They stand that way for a moment, JACK leaning back into ENNIS.
ENNIS'S breath comes slow and quiet, then he starts to gently rock back and forth a little, lit by the warm fire tossing ruddy chunks of light, the shadow of their bodies a single column against a rock. ENNIS hums quietly.
Nothing mars this moment for JACK, even though he knows that ENNIS does not embrace him face to face because he does not want to see or feel that it is JACK he holds -- because for now, they are wrapped in a closeness that satisfies some shared and sexless hunger, that is not really sleep but something else drowsy and tranced -- until ENNIS, dredging up a rusty phrase from the childhood time before his mother died, says:
ENNIS
Come on now, you're sleepin' on your feet
like a horse.
(pause)
My mama used to say that to me when I was little.... [screenplay]
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The closeness, fierceness and desperation of their embrace sends Jack drifting back to the old embrace that satisifed some shared and sexless hunger.
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Jack remembers the closeness he felt from the silent, endearing embrace that "satisfies some shared and sexless hunger."
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Jack finds it necessary to travel to Mexico for sexual fulfillment because he's not like Ennis; he "can't make it on a couple of high-altitude fucks once or twice a year."
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Jack readily groused about cold weather, but missing out on an August fishin' trip was a whole new kettle of fish.
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After the intensity of the lake argument, Jack had to harness his energy to summon up his memory of the dozy embrace.
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Ennis realized too late that his rigid attitude had created so much resentment in Jack that it imperiled their whole relationship.
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"Count the damn few times we been together in nearly twenty years. Measure the fuckin' short leash you keep me on, then ask me about Mexico and then tell me you'll kill me for needin' somethin' I don't never hardly get. You got no idea how bad it gets," Jack told Ennis, justifyingly.
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Jack unleashed his rage when he told Ennis that he felt leashed by Ennis's restrictions.
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Jack admits that he did go to Mexico, even if Ennis mightn't like it.
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By telling Ennis that he's been to Mexico, Jack is admitting that their relationship is nonexclusive; Ennis isn't his only male sexual partner.
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After Jack complained about the cold, and wanting to go some place warm, the argument became overheated.
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Ennis' remark to Jack: "I heard about what they got in Mexico for boys like you" was a put-down.
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Jack let Ennis know that he resented the fact that they rarely saw each other.
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Ennis slaps it to Jack that he has heard "what they got in Mexico for boys like you."
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Jack and Ennis always picked places that were off the beaten track, so Ennis thought Mexico was like a trip to the wrong side of the tracks.
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Ennis resents Jack's trips to Mexico; he finds that kind of behavior unpalatable.
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The final lake scene argument was characterized by its volubility.
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Ennis was very upset about Jack's wanton wanderings to a warm climate.
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After the final confrontation xhausts them, Jack and Ennis hug one another, a fierce, desperate embrace.
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ENNIS
(sobbing)
I just can’t stand this anymore, Jack…
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Round 469!
Reheated coffee tastes fine....
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A round devoted to the prologue
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Ennis del Mar awoke before five, wind rocking the trailer....
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Ennis heated his stale coffee in a chipped enamel pan, swathed in a bluish flame.
(http://gug.sunsite.dk/pictures/995054580.jpg)
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Ennis shuffles to the gas burner, pours leftover coffee into a pan with chips of enamel missing from its surface.
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Ennis may just have to stay at his married daughter's residence until he finds another job.
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Ennis turned on the tap and evacuated in the sink.
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The gas burner flamed up and swathed the chipped enamel pan in blue as it reheated Ennis's coffee.
=aside= Sandy
:o
Good One Sandy !!!
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Ennis wakes before five, wind rocking the trailer, hissing in through gaps by the door and the windows.
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Ennis faces another hurdle when he loses his job and may have to stay with his daughter, but "he is suffused with a sense of pleasure because Jack Twist was in his dream."
=aside= Toast
Thanks. In Boston Evacuation Day (March 17) is a holiday.
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The prologue to Brokeback Mountains, always part of the story, but left out in the original New Yorker publication, is always printed in italics.
Ennis Del Mar wakes before five, wind rocking the trailer, hissing in around the aluminum door and window frames. The shirts hanging on a nail shudder slightly in the draft. He gets up, scratching the grey wedge of belly and pubic hair, shuffles to the gas burner, pours leftover coffee in a chipped enamel pan; the flame swathes it in blue. He turns on the tap and urinates in the sink, pulls on his shirt and jeans, his worn boots, stamping the heels against the floor to get them full on. The wind booms down the curved length of the trailer and under its roaring passage he can hear the scratching of fine gravel and sand. It could be bad on the highway with the horse trailer. He has to be packed and away from the place that morning. Again the ranch is on the market and they've shipped out the last of the horses, paid everybody off the day before, the owner saying, "Give em to the real estate shark, I'm out a here," dropping the keys in Ennis's hand. He might have to stay with his married daughter until he picks up another job, yet he is suffused with a sense of pleasure because Jack Twist was in his dream.
The stale coffee is boiling up but he catches it before it goes over the side, pours it into a stained cup and blows on the black liquid, lets a panel of the dream slide forward. If he does not force his attention on it, it might stoke the day, rewarm that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong. The wind strikes the trailer like a load of dirt coming off a dump truck, eases, dies, leaves a temporary silence.
[FIRST LINE OF PRINTED PAGE IS ALSO CAPITALIZED FOR PROLOGUE]
=aside= Sandy
I checked Wikipedia, and I was wrong.
It has nothing to do with too much green beer.
Cool.
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The wind rocking the trailer will also jostle Ennis's horse trailer, making for a bad trip on the highway.
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Ennis hopes that the memory of his dream about Jack lasts long enough to recapture that time on the mountain "when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong.."
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Ennis had to be "packed and away from the place that morning."
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Jack appeared to Ennis nocturnally; he was in Ennis's dream.
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For Ennis, the panel of dream is an internal oasis.
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Ennis Del Mar prepares for another day of uncertainty, not knowing where he will live, or work; "yet he is suffused with a sense of pleasure because Jack Twist was in his dream."
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The dream allows Ennis to reminisce about sweeter times with Jack.
=aside= Toast
Yes, on Evacuation Day, we evacuated the British, not our bladders. :)
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"If he does not force his attention on it, it might stoke the day, rewarm that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong."
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Ennis tolerates his day more easily with his memories of "that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong."
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Urinating in the sink was Ennis's first duty of the day.
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Ennis may well be a 24/7 visitant at his married daughter's house until he finds another job.
def. = a visitor
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Ennis drinks warmed-up coffee after urinating in the sink.
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Ennis runs the tap as he xpels his urine into the sink.
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Round 4-7-0
When you gotta go ...
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/EnnsSink.jpg)
You gotta go!
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The owner left the keys to the ranch with Ennis, telling him to give them to the real estate agent.
=aside= Toast
When you gotta go.... :)
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Ennis emptied his bladder's contents into the sink.
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Ennis emptied his bladder's contents into the sink.
=aside= Sandy
;)
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The tap water and Ennis's urine flowed down the drainpipe.
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Ennis runs the tap as he expels his urine into the sink.
=aside= Toast
:)
BTW, nice round announcement.
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Ennis flushes and goes at the same time.
=aside= Paul
The idea was Fran's - she gave it to me.
If my software could use Vincent's twirly techniques,
I would call the picture Van Go 470.
... Oops Thanks Fran.
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Ennis gains efficiency and saves time using his double-duty sink.
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The wind hisses in around the aluminum door and window frames, making "the shirts hanging on a nail shudder slightly in the draft."
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The influx of urine into the sink was diluted and flushed away by the water from the faucet.
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The sink probably had a jumped-up sense of its own importance due to Ennis's upgrading it to a dual-use appliance.
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The sink serves a double-duty purpose as a latrine.
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This is Ennis's last day using the multipurpose sink, since he has to be out of there with his horse trailer that morning.
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If the flush toilet was outdoors, Ennis's non-standard use of the sink was an understandable shortcut.
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Ennis was overspread "with a sense of pleasure because Jack Twist was in his dream."
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"He might have to stay with his married daughter until he picks up another job, yet he is suffused with a sense of pleasure because Jack Twist was in his dream."
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The italicized prologue was not included in the New Yorker version; it was, however, included in Close Range's pages.
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Ennis "shuffles to the gas burner, pours leftover coffee in a chipped enamel pan; the flame swathes it in blue."
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The movie Brokeback Mountain is extremely faithful to the text of Annie Proulx's short story. However none of the ideas or text from the prologue show up in the film.
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Ennis recalls his dreams of Jack unconsciously.
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Annie Proulx uses humble vessels like a chipped enamel pan and a stained cup to bring home to readers the essence of Ennis's lonely poverty.
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The owner of the ranch had paid everyone their wages the day before.
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Ennis had instructions to give his x-employer's keys to the real estate shark.
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Round 471!
The force has just begun!
Brokeback Mountain in the popular culture!
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(http://www.portifex.com/DailyBlague/archives/WatchYourBackMountain.jpg)
The New Yorker magazine, whose cartoonists have had a field day with the movie's theme of forbidden love in the wilds of Wyoming, gave readers "Watch Your Back Mountain" this week. The two protagonists were accident-prone hunter and Vice President Dick Cheney and President George W. Bush.
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Starz and Angry Alien Productions presented the 30-Second Bunnies Theatre's re-enactment of Brokeback Mountain.
(http://www.nochetwassalz.de/batzlog/wp-content/brokebackthumb.gif)
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Vice President Dick Cheney, from Wyoming, was subject to the editorial whims of the New Yorker magazine. Please see above.
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In response to Brokeback Mountain
David Letterman
joined the fray with his
Top Ten Signs You’re a Gay Cowboy
10. “Your saddle is Versace”
9. “Instead of ‘Home On The Range’, you sing ‘It’s Raining Men’”
8. “You enjoy ridin’, ropin’, and redecoratin’”
7. “Sold your livestock to buy tickets to ‘Mamma Mia’”
6. “After watching reruns of ‘Gunsmoke’, you have to take a cold shower”
5. “Native Americans refer to you as ‘Dances With Men’”
4. “You’ve been lassoed more times than most steers”
3. “You’re wearing chaps, yet your ‘ranch’ is in Chelsea”
2. “Instead of a saloon you prefer a salon”
1. “You love riding, but you don’t have a horse”
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An Emerson College-based comedy group called Chocolate Cake City made a spoof of Brokeback Mountain's movie trailer using clips from the movie Back to the Future. They called it Brokeback to the Future (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uwuLxrv8jY).
(http://www.stupidity.com/thumbnails/tn_brokeback_to_the_future.jpg)
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Frodo and Sam were the subjects of many a YouTube parody of Brokeback Mountain, including "Brokeback of the Rings" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL4G7uELn6M&feature=PlayList&p=058FD79695B37C7B&index=7).
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/frosamend.jpg)
=aside=
Yay, that's a name I never thought I'd get to play here. Makes this Frodo groupie happy.
;D
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Early 2006 saw the ubiquitous Brokeback Mountain parody trailers, which emphasized how gayly characters have been acting in our familiar moves.
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Halle Berry appeared in this spoof of the iconic poster:
(http://static.flickr.com/49/144121857_47edbe593d.jpg?v=0)
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YouTube has a spoof called Brokeback Island. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0E1s9CFnG4&mode=related&search=brokeback)
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Contained on the DVD set Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection, Volume 2, on disc 3 under "Previews," is a parody featuring Beavis and Butt-Head which uses a similar score and format as the movie trailer for Brokeback Mountain. The parody is a commercial for the upcoming DVD release of The Mike Judge Collection, Volume 3.
(http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/miscgfx/covers/beavisandbuttheadjudgev2dvd.jpg)
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(II now see you all aren't doing the letter K anymore, so just disregard this, but...
On Thursday, February 2, 2006 at 04:36 PM, on Salon, this letter to the editor was published:
"BROKEBACK KITTEN!
See, the immorality has spread from Wyoming down to the animal kingdom! Nobody, no creature is safe from the homosexual agenda. I urge all concerned parents to check hamster cages and goldfish bowls for untoward propinquities and take the appropriate steps. Hollywood is destroying our moral fiber at every level, and next time you feel a twinge or have a migraine, it's most likely the threat of gay marriage undermining your reality."
http://letters.salon.com/ent/video_dog/animals/2006/02/02/meow/view/index.html)
(http://bestsmileys.com/cats2/16.gif[)
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If you saw Brokeback Island, you might enjoy a sequel: Lostback Mountain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAPz5dKHwP8&mode=related&search=brokeback (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAPz5dKHwP8&mode=related&search=brokeback)
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If you're hungry you can enjoy McDonald's Brokeback Mountain Happy Meal.
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2688211 (http://www.ifilm.com/video/2688211)
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Saturday Night Live did a trailer parody called "Brokeback Goldmine" (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/62859/brokeback_goldmine/) with two gay prospectors (played by castmember Will Forte and then-host Alec Baldwin) falling in love.
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"BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN" loses the best-picture Oscar to surprise winner "Crash," but it's no contest in the enduring-pop-culture-icon category. Those GAY COWBOYS are the subject of endless jokes and imitations — the best being the fake movie trailers (remember "Brokeback Penguin"?) to the distinct guitar twangs of the movie soundtrack. And "brokeback" becomes an adjective unto itself, meaning something with gay overtones.
(http://www.southcoasttoday.com/_images/graphics/masthead.jpg) (http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-06/12-24-06/07living.htm)
=aside= Paul
Nice Theme, Dude.
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"This is a very short parody of the critically acclaimed Ang Lee film Brokeback Mountain. It was shot, as usual, with painstaking detail to replicate the sweeping panoramas and majestic beauty of Mr. Lee's cinematography. Seriously. We spared no expense."
(http://www.mightymcpilgrim.com/films/brokemac/brokemac_inside2.jpg)
Watch Broke Mac Mountain (http://www.mightymcpilgrim.com/films/brokemac/)
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The introduction of host Jon Stewart at the 78th Academy Awards began with a clip (http://www.devilducky.com/media/42868/) showing a tent on top of a mountain and a narrator introducing "your host... Billy Crystal!" Crystal popped his head out of the tent and declined hosting the show, saying "I'm busy." Chris Rock, the 2005 host, then popped his head out of the tent and said, "I'm busy, too."
=aside= Sandy
Good find! I loved the "Oooeeee" part.
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Starz Entertainment and Angry Alien Productions produced Brokeback Mountain in 30 Seconds (And Re-Enacted by Bunnies) (http://www.starz.com/features/brokebackmountain/).
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/brokebackbunnies.jpg)
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Looking to climb Brokeback Mountain?
(http://images.usatoday.com/travel/_photos/2006/02/03/brokeback-inside.jpg)
Head to Canada
By Jayne Clark, USA TODAY - Feb 2006.
The hottest spot on Wyoming's tourist map these days doesn't truly exist.
It looks like Wyoming: The Canadian Rockies were the setting for much of Ang Lee's 'Brokeback Mountain.'
But that isn't stopping fans of Brokeback Mountain from ringing up the state's tourism office with queries about how to get there.
....
"The way it's set up, it would be hard to think it wasn't Wyoming," says tourism spokesman Chuck Coon. "Even people who live here think it's Wyoming. We're not claiming it, but we're sure enjoying the fruits of this movie."
(http://images.usatoday.com/travel/_common/_images/classifieds-usat.gif) (http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2006-02-02-brokeback-mountain-tourism_x.htm?csp=34)
ps.: One place name in the film that does exist is Riverton, Wyo., though many in the community of 10,000 aren't particularly thrilled with the inclusion. It's an emotion shared by many old-school ranchers and farmers around the state who aren't big on the movie's homosexual content, [tourism spokesman Chuck] Coon acknowledges.
At The Boot, one of two bars in Riverton, owner Sally Lozier says that the movie has stirred up "a whole lot of controversy around here. The ranchers, the cowboys are really upset."
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"Brokeback Snake Mountain" shows He-Man and Man-at-Arms in a spoof of the trailer. "Masters of their universe."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKeDWCLajQk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKeDWCLajQk)
(http://www.he-man.org/primary_sects/books/images/ladybird/he-man_and_the_masters_of_the_universe.jpg)
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You can watch Viral Videos' "The Empire Brokeback" here. (http://www.liquidgeneration.com/Media/Default.aspx?MediaId=1923)
=aside= Fran
Thanks, the "Oooeeee" part was hilarious.
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MASCULINITY AND BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN.
No Man's Land
by Christopher Orr - April 2006
....
No, the real difference between Call and McCrae [of Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove] and Ennis and Jack isn't about the appearance of homosexuality but the disappearance of homosociability. The former lived in the late 1800s, a time when there were still wide open spaces to conquer, wildernesses where men could be men and could be with men--sexually, platonically, who was to say? In a border hamlet like Lonesome Dove, let alone in the wilds of Montana, no one could complain if two men lived together, given that all the marriageable women had been left behind in Kansas City or San Antonio. Indeed, the life that Call and McCrae shared--two bachelors running a ranch together--is exactly the one Jack dreams of, and pleads with Ennis to undertake. But the modern world denies such a possibility. Land is no longer free to anyone with the nerve to take it, and "civilized" expectations--marriage, children, work--pertain everywhere. Even on Brokeback Mountain, Ennis and Jake must negotiate the conflicting rules of the Forest Service and the rancher who hired them.
(http://www.tnr.com/images/preview/tnrLogo.jpg) (http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w060417&s=orr041806)
=aside=
Very interesting column.
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The animated series Drawn Together parodied Brokeback Mountain extensively in the episode "Xandir and Tim, Sitting in a Tree" with the relationship between Xandir and Captain Hero's gay alter ego Tim Tommerson, even referencing the film's famous line, "I wish I knew how to quit you."
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Round 472
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Not Pez too!
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"Scary Movie 4 also parodies Brokeback Mountain featuring Anthony Anderson and Kevin Hart as Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar."
--Wikipedia
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/Scary_movie_four_ver4.jpg)
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Bareback Mountain
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/BareBackMtn.jpg)
Viral Videos - An unflinching look at the love between a man and a horse,
as poignant and shocking today as it was the day before yesterday.
There are places you just don't go. (http://www.ifilm.com/video/2686449)
Sorry, but it is very funny.
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Another video on YouTube called Brokeback Enterprise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCDIBqVsjek) portrays the Star Trek characters Wesley Crusher and Jean-Luc Picard in a relationship.
It was a friendship that spanned a galaxy....
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Among the videos available for download at DOWNTHISVIDEO! is Brokeback Mountain - Just like heaven (http://downthisvideo.com/tag/jake) by TheCuriousGirl.
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Republicans Riot over Brokeback Mountain Parody
Buffback Mountain
By Phil Maggitti
Mar 10, 2006
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - A parody of the controversial movie Brokeback Mountain that depicts President George W. Bush and former lobbyist Jack Abramoff as lovers has ignited rioting and civil disobedience in Republican enclaves from Belle Isle to Grosse Pointe to Orange County.
"This is the supreme insult," sobbed Missy Caswellan as she banged her cocktail spoon on the table at the prestigious Greenback Country Club's dining room in Belle Isle, Connecticut. "Those common social outcasts in the Democratic party will pay for their cheekiness."
Throughout the normally subdued, members-only dining room the noise level climbed far above its 55-decibel average as male diners raised their voices in outrage and a few firebrands removed their ties, hurled them to the floor, and stomped on them. Incidents of condescension to the wait staff were also in evidence.
The festering rage and discontent on display in Belle Isle was mirrored on the West Coast. Shoppers in a fashionable Orange County mall overturned a lingerie cart in anger, and several women converged on the cosmetics department, where they sprayed cologne from tester bottles into the air while chanting, "Here, here, he's not queer; you can kiss my hiney, dear."
The spark that ignited these tinderboxes is Buffback Mountain, a parody in which George W. Bush and Jack Abramoff meet and fall in love in the White House gym. After eyeing Mr. Abramoff coyly, President Bush saunters over to him and asks, “What are you benching, buff guy?”
Following several awkward subsequent encounters, the two men repair to the president's private sauna. A description of what transpires there is beyond the scope of this publication. Suffice it to say the president emerges with his towel on backward, and after this meeting Mr. Abramoff begins referring to the president as "Ennis" in their e-mails.
Given the homophobia that grips the nation's capital-not to mention the fact that both men are married with children-Jack Abramoff and "Ennis" Bush dare not speak their love's name in public. In fact, they do not acknowledge it to one another.
"I ain't queer," mumbles Jack Abramoff after one of their workout sessions.
"Me neither," replies the president.
The two men always have Camp David, however, and they conspire to ride their mountain bikes there at least one weekend a month. Laura Bush begins to suspect they're riding more than their bicycles when she notices that the president often returns from these weekends with bruises on his thighs and posterior.
"He told me he fell off his bike," Mrs. Bush sobs to her mother-in-law. "But I couldn't understand how he managed to land on his bum all the time."
"We always thought George was a sick pup," replies the president's mother. "All that cheerleading and cross dressing at Yale. That little [homosexual]."
With the prospect of the midterm elections on his mind, "Ennis" Bush suggests that he and Jack Abramoff put their relationship on hold. A shoving match ensues and finally Ennis bitch slaps Jack.
"I wish I knew how to quit you," screams Jack Abramoff, holding his cheek in pain.
At the risk of spoiling the ending, all we'll say at this point is that the affair ends badly for one of the lovers. If you want to find out which one, you'll have to seek out the parody on the Internet.
Meanwhile, the prospect of further rioting has led the country club in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, to cancel its annual St. Patrick's Day Roast, a popular celebration in which Republicans gather to poke good-natured fun at "that immigrant-infested Democratic party."
"In light of the seething annoyance among our members, we felt it was best to cool it this year," said roast committee chairman, Buzz DeWitt.
In other news, President George W. Bush assured members of the Log Cabin Republicans yesterday that his poor showing on the latest AP-Ipsos poll, where his ratings were the worst of any president since Nixon, had nothing to do with suggestions that he is gay.
Art direction and story conceptualization for this article were provided by EJ Moore, vice editor in chief and neurosurgeon in training at Postcards from the Pug Bus.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/postcards_bkg.jpg) (http://www.pugbus.net/artman/publish/03102006_buffback.shtml)
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Another parody is Forrest Gump Brokeback Vietnam Montage. (http://themontages.com/index.php?video=Forrest_Gump_Brokeback_Vietnam_Montage)
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Yet another parody is Harry Potter and the Brokeback Goblet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9D0veHTxh0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ethetrailermash%2Ecom%2Fharry%2Dpotter%2Dand%2Dthe%2Dbrokeback%2Dgoblet%2Dparody%2F), found on YouTube.
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Brokeback Hogwarts
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/HogwartsBBM.jpg)
There are spells we can't break. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmtP5AzppO4&mode=related&search=)
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James Israel of Indiewire has posted the best Brokeback parodies for voting. http://blogs.indiewire.com/jamesisrael/archives/007324.html (http://blogs.indiewire.com/jamesisrael/archives/007324.html)
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The parody Brokeback Enterprise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCDIBqVsjek) features the Star Trek characters Wesley Crusher and Jean-Luc Picard in a relationship.
(http://www.voyager.cz/tng/images/posadka/wesleydouvodu.jpg) (http://www.voyager.cz/tng/images/posadka/picarddouvodu.jpg)
They were worlds apart
and worlds brought them together.
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This new commercial made for French television channel Canal Plus is one of the funniest parody of “Brokeback Mountain” that we’ve ever seen. The idea is that a woman is trying to explain the movie to her friend who has absolutely no clue what it’s supposed to be about. The friend thinks that it’s about a cowboy and his sheep spending the day at a Brokeback Mountain amusement park. The commercial is in French but you’ll be able to follow what’s going on.
Brought to you by Lone Star Verve (http://lonestarverve.blogspot.com/2007/02/best-brokeback-parody-ever.html)
(http://www.duncans.tv/images/canal-plus-brokeback-mountain.jpg)
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The life and death of a mailman
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/MailmanBrokeback.jpg) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTy83nN6N0Y)
My tagline: Brokeback must get through.
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Moron Life did a Brokeback parody called Brokepack Mountain. (http://www.moronlife.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=313&Itemid=47) It has a non-gay theme: their cowboy wishes he could quit his Marlboros.
(http://www.123smoke.com/images/marlboro_red1.gif)
It was something casual
that became an addition....
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The parody Brokeback Office (http://www.whoomp.com/articles/283/1/The-Brokeback-Office) stars the regular cast.
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Writing on the website Pajiba (pajiba.com), reviewer Jeremy C. Fox commented on pop culture's take on BBM:
Since it was first announced in 2003, it’s generally been known as “that gay cowboy movie” — the film in which, for the first time, two handsome Hollywood stars on the rise would appear in an honest-to-God gay romance, the movie that would give us both the love that dare not speak its name and the sex scenes that Tom Hanks (in Philadelphia) and Colin Farrell (in both A Home at the End of the World and Alexander) dare not shoot — but calling Brokeback Mountain “that gay cowboy movie” is about as reductive as calling The Godfather “that mafia movie.”
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YouTube also featured two Brokeback-style Roswell trailers:
Roswell Trailer Re-Cut #1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NFz7ugcqfU)
Roswell Trailer Re-Cut #2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VOApACAssM&NR=1)
(http://www.sf-radio.net/roswell/roswell.jpg)
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Brokeback Goldmine (http://danwho.net/mp/index.php?id=snl_brokeback_goldmine)starring Alec Baldwin aired on Saturday Night Live.
(http://mp.danwho.net/snlbaldwin.jpg)
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Brokebreak Mountain Teaser
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/BrokeBreakMountain.jpg) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErM4-AUdaW4)
It's a state of mind.
It's that place where you lose yourself
and you find yourself ...
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An excerpt from a BBM review at LondonNet (http://www.londonnet.co.uk/films/brokebackmountain.html):
Marboro-Man Romance
Brokeback Mountain transforms a "gay cowboy drama" into a classic American love story...
Brokeback Mountain, immediately labeled "the gay cowboy drama" in media and public discourse, unavoidably carries with it more hot-button issues than any film should probably ever try to cover. The brilliance of this film, then, is that it doesn't bother trying to explain any of them.
Yes, this is a film about two men in love. Yes, those men work as ranch hands in a beautifully shot and realized Wyoming countryside. Yes, the film takes place in the socially, morally, and sexually suffocated society of the Marlboro-Man American West of the 1960s and 70s.
Despite and because of these facts, Brokeback Mountain avoids being lost in the slew of cultural debates it itself sparks by focusing simply and unapologetically on the love that two people share. The world around them, whether it be their wives or their shared cultural taboos, is not critiqued. Instead, it is presented for what it is: an unavoidable force in shaping and maintaining their relationship.
=aside= Toast
Ask and you shall receive. Thanks.
:)
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One of the videos on YouTube was used as a fund-raiser for the MS Society. Watch Brokebike Mountain. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MILWHGPPPtk)
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In Brokeback Enterprise, Wesley (Wil Wheaton) woos wickedly wonderful Picard.
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/gallery/images/340/tngwesley02.jpg) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCDIBqVsjek)
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The animated series Drawn Together parodied Brokeback Mountain extensively in the episode "Xandir and Tim, Sitting in a Tree" with the relationship between Xandir and Captain Hero's gay alter ego Tim Tommerson. Xandir's line, "I wish I could quit you," is a variation on the film's most famous line, "I wish I knew how to quit you."
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/14/Xandirandtim2.jpg)
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Round 473
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/broke/473Horsey.jpg)
Horsey, horsey!
Horses ...
and dumb-ass mules
up on Brokeback.
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Ennis and Jack ambled around the mountain on Cigar Butt and a bay mare.
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Jack bridles his horse, but Ennis bridles at Jack's "let's git" comment.
{def#1: to put on a bridle; #2: to take offense}
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Proulx wrote:
Going up, the day was fine but the trail deep-drifted and slopping wet at the margins. They left it to wind through a slashy cut, leading the horses through brittle branchwood, Jack, the same eagle feather in his old hat, lifting his head in the heated noon to take the air scented with resinous lodgepole, the dry needle duff and hot rock, bitter juniper crushed beneath the horses' hooves.
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Jack's low-startle-point mare demonstrated her considerable bucking skills when she threw Jack onto his hapless harmonica.
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The BBM score has a track entitled "Horse Love", that plays during Tent Scene 2. Perhaps it refers to the equine witnesses.
(http://destinationdaniel.smugmug.com/photos/56764745-M-1.jpg)
(These horses are polite, and have their backs turned to the tent.)
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If we call the equines witnesses, then Jack and Ennis had little privacy with the animals standing there nonchalantly flicking their long tails.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/horses/473EnnisHorse500.jpg)
=aside=
More horse pics here. (http://s96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/horses/)
ps. The pics with the suffix 500 are smaller versions.
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Given the behavior of Ennis's horse, we can safely assume that it was afraid of bears.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/horses/GutlessHorse.gif)
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While Jack and Ennis were horsing around, the mules did all the work.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/horses/473mule.jpg)
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Ennis, watching Jack try to control his dancing, spinning mare, knew it would be impolitic to remind him that he'd advised against choosing her.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/DancingMare.jpg)
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Ennis, watching Jack try to control his dancing, spinning mare, could not be judgmental, and remind him that he'd advised against choosing her.
=aside= Meryl
I was going to use the term 'crow-hopping'
but your 'dancing, spinning' wins out over McMurtry and Ossana.
Don't let it go to your head, though.
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Ennis felt that Jack lacked horse sense when he chose a horse with a low startle point.
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At the request of Mrs. Twist, Joe Aguirre rode up to the main camp on horseback to tell Jack about his uncle's malady.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/horses/473AguirreHorse.jpg)
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Though the horses neigh, Jack and Ennis rode their horses up in the mountains nigh on twenty years.
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Ennis's objectiveness prevented him from yelling "I told you so," when Jack's bay mare crow-hopped. He could have also said so when Jack had a damaged harmonica.
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Ennis rode on many bridle paths before he rode down the bridal path.
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Ennis was unable to retrieve any of the food supplies that were scattered when the mules took off.
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Joe Aguirre, on horseback, waits on the trail as our couple stems the rose, and then he ambles into camp to glare at Jack and Ennis as they go about their chores.
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The boys found their truest love on the mountain!
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Unfortunately for the hapless harmonica, Jack's mare unceremoniously unhorsed him.
=aside=loneleeb3
Welcome to the game! Don't worry, it takes a little
while to get accustomed to the rules.
=thanks=Toast
For the comparison to McMurtry/Ossana
High praise indeed (http://bestsmileys.com/blushing/3.gif)
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Riding over to see what the blue heeler was making a ruckus about, Ennis discovered that the coyotes had made a meal of the viscera of one unfortunate sheep.
def. = the internal organs of the body, as the heart, lungs, intestines, etc.
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Let's try this again....
Ennis made weekly trips down the mountain for supplies.
Better? ???
=reply= loneleeb3
Much better.
Fran
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Riding a horse xpedited Ennis's weekly trips down the mountain for supplies.
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Round 474!
He knows what a horse is for!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/horses/473EnnisCigarButt.jpg)
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Ennis's horse-riding abilities are obvious in the movie. Too bad that he couldn't have a sweet life with the horses and his riding partner Jack.
=aside= Players
That was a sweet round.
And a new player makes it all the sweeter.
We learn as we go, loneleeb3.
=aside= Paul
Perfect round announcement.
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Jack and Ennis bucked Aguirre's system by not sleeping with the sheep one hundred percent; Jack's mare just bucked.
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Ennis canters away on Cigar Butt after the dozy embrace.
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The scene where Ennis was thrown from Cigar Butt dramatized the fact that horses and mules have a natural fear of bears.
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Aguirre provided his shepherds with equids. I wonder if shepherds' mounts in Wyoming in 1963 would have such fine saddles, and other leathery straps, etc.
def - hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck
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Jack doubted there were fillies who could throw him. Guess again, Jack.
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Poor Ennis was humming a tune one minute and galumphing after fleeing mules the next, thanks to a very vocal bear.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/MuleChasing.jpg)
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Ennis hums to himself as he heads back to the campsite.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/EnnisHums1.jpg)
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The moon illuminates the way for Ennis to ride back to the sheep.
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Ennis' horse jogs, gallops and trots while Ennis hums, galumphs and canters.
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With the assistance of his horse and his binoculars, Joe Aguirre was an unseen lookeron, spying on Jack and Ennis for ten minutes one day before delivering the news about Uncle Harold.
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With the assistance of his horse and his binoculars, Joe Aguirre was an unseen lookeron, spying on Jack and Ennis for ten minutes one day before delivering the medical news about Uncle Harold.
=aside= Fran
;)
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The horses neighed, and Ennis said nay to Jack's offer of a sweet life.
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With the assistance of his horse and his binoculars, Joe Aguirre was an unseen observer, spying on Jack and Ennis for ten minutes one day before delivering the medical news about Uncle Harold.
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The peppery personality of the low-startle-point mare prompted some salty salvos from Jack.
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With the assistance of his horse and his binoculars, Joe Aguirre was an unseen observer, spying on Jack and Ennis for ten minutes one day before relaying the medical news about Uncle Harold.
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The words to the "Strawberry Roan" are saltier than those to "Water-Walking Jesus".
(http://www.cowboypoetry.com/cfstrawj.JPG)
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Joe was an observer, but Jack and Ennis were trailblazers.
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With the assistance of his horse and his binoculars, Joe Aguirre was an unobserved onlooker, spying on Jack and Ennis for ten minutes one day before delivering the medical news about Uncle Harold.
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Ennis was reminded of the vengeance of the low-startle-point mare every time Jack blew on his flattened harmonica.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/flattenedharmonica.jpg)
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Cigar Butt was spooked by that bear on a weekday: Friday.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/horses/GutlessHorse.gif)
=comment=
Look who's thisclose to 2,000 posts!
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Cigar Butt helped Ennis in xecuting his weekly task of getting supplies, except for that Friday.
=aside= Fran
Great graphic.
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Round 475!!!
Besides Jack, He makes me feel alive
(He's close and is a Cigar)
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/SandyRound_1.jpg)
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Congrats Sandy
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Memento2000.jpg)
2000 MeMentous Posts !
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Sandy,
(http://www.wondercliparts.com/congratulations/graphics/congratulation_graphics_6.gif)
on 2,000+ posts!!!
Well done!
=note to self=
Toast is a hard act to follow.
=aside= Sandy
Toast gets credit for the Cigar Butt graphic, not me.
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Sandy
Happy 2,000 posts!
Memento never forgets!
(http://www.wayoftears.com/images/dancing_elephant.gif)
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Mule #1 and mule #2 were accompanying Ennis and Cigar Butt. The mules were unnamed.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/horses/473CigarMule.jpg)
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The unnamed mules, bearing their burdens, followed Ennis and Cigar Butt - at the end of their ropes.
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With the assistance of his horse and his binoculars, Joe Aguirre spies on Jack and Ennis and catches them red-handed from stemming the rose.
=aside= Fran, Toast, Paul
Thanks for your kind wishes and great graphics for my 2k posts.
I couldn't have done it without you.
(http://cardblvd.com/cards/thanmil.gif)
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Ennis, Cigar Butt, and the mules had to descend the mountain in order to pick up the weekly food supplies at the bridge.
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Nothing escapes the attention of Joe Aguirre; who, with the assistance of his horse and his binoculars, spies on Jack and Ennis and catches them red-handed from stemming the rose.
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Ennis flatly states that Jack's harmonica playing falls flat due to his flattening mishap with the mare.
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With the assistance of his horse and his binoculars, Joe Aguirre spies on Jack and Ennis to see if they're keeping their noses to the grindstone.
def. = [Idiom] If a person has his or her nose to the grindstone, they are working hard to get their work done.
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His harmonica's flattened state isn't the only reason that Jack plays flat notes.
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Jack's avocation of harmonica instrumentalist fell flat even before the mare flattened his instrument.
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After a night of juicing, Ennis was in no condition to ride his horse up to the sheep.
def. = [Slang] to drink alcoholic beverages excessively.
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According to Proulx, Ennis, who had a good night horse, lagged behind until it was "Too late to go out to them damn sheep," said Ennis, dizzy drunk on all fours one cold hour when the moon had notched past two.
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(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/alphabet.gif)
CONGRATS ON 2,000 SANDY!
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It was the mules' natural fear of bears that caused Ennis to call them "dumbass".
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Ennis had to be down at the bridge with the mules and the next-week's list at noontime on Fridays.
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Ennis had to be down at the bridge with the mules and the next-week's list at twelve o'clock noon on Fridays.
=aside= Meryl
(http://www.cardblvd.com/cards/thantil.gif)
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Ennis had to be down at the bridge with the mules and the next-week's list at twelve p.m. on Fridays.
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Ennis had to be down at the bridge with the mules at noon on Fridays for purposes of retrieving the groceries.
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Ennis was as stubborn as a mule about refusing to have a life together with Jack.
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LUREEN trots back, patting the sweaty horse on the shoulder to calm him.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/PC_307146_CN0330_20.jpg)
JACK hands her hat back to her. Sees a classically pretty face, lots of eye makeup.
JACK
Ma'am. [screenplay]
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Aguirre did not unhorse when he told Jack the news about Uncle Harold.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/horses/473AguirreHorse.jpg)
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During his marriage Ennis vacationed with his horses and Jack, never with Alma and the girls.
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Ennis had to be down at the bridge with the mules at twelve o'clock noon on Fridays to retrieve a week's worth of supplies.
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While Jack and Ennis horsed around, Cigar Butt and the mare whinnied and moved about xcitedly.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/muddyknees.jpg)
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ROUND 476
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/DelMarDivorce.jpg)
What you can't stand, you fix!
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Alma could no longer stand being married to Ennis, so she asserted herself and divorced him. Fixed!
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Ennis shot an elk because Jack was all beaned out. Fixed!
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When Jack decided that he had to see Ennis again, he contacted him by postcard. Fixed!
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When Ennis was tired of dancing with Cassie, he decided to decline: "No more dancin' for me, I hope." Fixed!
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Not wanting to tell Alma how much Jack really meant to him, Ennis briefly explained that he and Jack were fishing buddies and left the kitchen. Fixed!
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Cassie asked "What do you do, Ennis del Mar?"
Ennis replied that he was a fixer of calves today.
Fixed! Fixed! Fixed! Fixed! Fixed! Fixed! Fixed! Fixed! Fixed! Fixed! Fixed! Fixed! .....
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When Ennis told Jack he hadn't had the opportunity to be a sinner, Jack took the opportunity to gain the upper hand. Fixed!
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Not about to let Forest Service rules be a hindrance when it came to the well-being of his sheep, Joe Aguirre ordered Jack to sleep with the sheep on the q.t. and ignore the rules. Fixed!
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Downtrodden by missing Ennis and being rejected by Jimbo, the affection-starved Jack decided to ingratiate himself to Lureen by dusting off her fabulous red hat. Fixed!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/PC_307146_CN0330_20.jpg)
=comment=
This round is way too much fun. Thanks, Meryl. :)
=aside= Toast
Good one!
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Here we are in the middle of Riverton.
Where can we find a place to jounce?
(http://www.bygonebyways.com/BB-CO-Durango-Siesta_Motel_16.JPG)
FIXED!
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After finding out his new coworker's first name and also wanting to be on a last-name basis with him, Jack asked: "Your folks just stop at Ennis?" Fixed
=aside= Meryl
Great idea. This really is a lot of fun.
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When Jack couldn't stand cryin' over Ennis's post-divorce rejection, he decided Mexico's the place. Fixed!
=comment=
If you can unhorse, and deplane, can you distruck?
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When Alma nagged him about getting a better-paying job at the power company, Ennis mumbled a dumbass answer and got out the door quick. Fixed!
=aside=Playerz
As usual, you exceeded my expectations! ;D
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A stranger to orthodontia as a youth, story Jack had his buckteeth filed down and capped as an adult. Fixed! ;D
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When the New Yorker Magazine published Annie Proul's short story Brokeback Mountain in 1997, it omitted the prolegomenon.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/NewYorkerP74.jpg)
However the story has been faithfully printed in later printings, complete with her prolegomenon. Fixed!
def - A short section of preliminary remarks
=aside= Meryl et al
Xtremely interesting round.
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In order to get the car back by midnight, Lureen was ready and able to remove her bra lickety-split and get down to business. Fixed.
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When Aguirre couldn't stand the thought of hiring Jack Twist a third time, he rudely shooed him out of his trailer. Fixed!
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A cleanup was needed at the end of the condiments aisle and Alma was preoccupied with her little girls. Monroe thoughtfully offered to take care of it. Fixed!
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What do two
cowboys shepherds do with the uncooked portion of the elk after gorging themselves.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Elky-1.jpg)
Drip Dried Elky Jerky!
Fixed!
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When the bikers' remarks verged on the obscene, Ennis knocked one of them unconscious and asked the other: "You want to lose about half your fuckin' teeth?" Fixed.
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When Jack Twist couldn't stand looking all whiskery for his job interview (and new boyfriend), he managed a quick shave using the rearview mirror. Fixed!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/shave.jpg)
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You go through live glum and xpressionless.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/broke/SweetJack.jpg)
Find a sweet guy who loves you.
Fixed!
Oops, maybe not.
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Round 477
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/broke/Fixin.jpg)
More Fixin'
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When you can't stand your tired, achy feet, plop them in the nearest taciturn cowboy's lap and ask for a foot rub. Fixed!
(http://images.andale.com/f2/117/117/15293637/2006/10/12/PC_307146_CN0059_14.jpg)
=aside=
Somebody lookin' for me?
(http://real1.phononet.de/jukebox/821/443/p5dsderw.j31)
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When filming a scene in a grocery store and it just doesn't look authentic enough, stick a butcher or two in the background. Fixed!
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When Alma tries to delay Ennis's first "fishing trip" with Jack by offering him some caffeine, Ennis replies: "He's from Texas." Fixed!
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If it's May and the script calls for a honeymoon pickup spinning a donut in an icy parking lot, just improvise and shoot a honeymoon tobogganing scene in the mountains instead. Fixed!
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If you've no idea how to properly pack a mule, carefully observe a Basque as he evenly divides the weight and secures the packs with double diamonds and half hitches. Fixed!
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If you want to reduce friction when having sex for the first time and don't have a lubricant, clear slick and a little spit can be used in a pinch. Fixed!
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If you believe you are immune to the earth's gravitational pull whilst on a low-startle-point horse, and get thrown anyway; simply tell your cowboy friend, "Well, she got lucky." Fixed!
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Jack Twist, as written by Annie Proulx, was not the handsomest character.
At first glance Jack seemed fair enough with his curly hair and quick laugh, but for a small man he carried some weight in the haunch and his smile disclosed buckteeth, not pronounced enough to let him eat popcorn out of the neck of a jug, but noticeable. Jack's big teeth bringing blood during the reunion kiss. He got a busted leg, busted in three places.
He sure as hell seem in one piece to Ennis.
Jack had filled out through the shoulders and hams, he'd had his front teeth filed down and capped, said he'd felt no pain, and to finish the job grew a heavy mustache.
Hire Jake Gyllenhaal,
get a fake moustche:
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/broke/JackMoustache.jpg)
Add a fat suit.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/broke/JackFatSuit.jpg)
Fixed!
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When you can't stand having to compose an intelligible parting comment to someone you just had a drunken fling with, just grunt and ride off as quickly as possible. Fixed!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/MorningAfterTS1.jpg)
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If you can't stand the fact that at your journey's end your newly divorced lover would rather spend the weekend with his children than with you, turn around and head for Mexico. Fixed!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Juarez00.jpg)
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When you can't stand waiting for your long-lost lover, be sure to plant on him the longest lip-lock of his life. Fixed!
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When you need a quick shave to make a good impression on your future coworker, you can use your car as a makeshift barber shop. Fixed!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_019.jpg)
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After years of putting up with Ennis's fishing trips, his disinclination to have any fun, his yearning for low-paid, long-houred ranch work, his noninvolvement in what used to be their sex life, and his failure to look for a decent permanent job with perhaps the county or the power company, Alma divorced him and married the Riverton grocer. Fixed!
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When you can't stand the thought of carving a turkey for your wife's ex with your outdated, beat-up old carving knife, buy yourself a shiny, new-fangled, electrified, LOUD one that's sure to impress him. Fixed!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/carvingRiverton.jpg)
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When you want proof that your husband is having an affair on his "fishing trips", tie a note on the end of the line telling him to bring home some fish; see if he comes home all perky; and then check to see if the note is still there or the line has ever touched water. Fixed
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If one of them deuces from '63 shows up expecting to be rehired up on Brokeback; just say "[Insert name here], you guys wasn't gettin paid to leave the dogs baby-sit the sheep while you stemmed the rose." Fixed!
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Ennis couldn't stand being slugged silly every day by his older brother, so he followed his father's advice and took K.E. unawares in the outhouse, on the stairs, and at night while he was sleeping until he got the message. Fixed!
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When you can't stand the idea of breaking off with your summer squeeze, lasso him and have a happy tussle. Fixed! (For a minute, anyway)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/tussle2.jpg)
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When your ex-husband shows up full of unabashedness and tells about his rodeo career and impresses his daughters more than an electric knife ever could; you get him off in the kitchen and tell him about the price tag and note on his virgin fishing line. Fixed!
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When Ennis is too drunk to ride and has already started talking about sinning with Jack, rather than go back to the sheep he violated the sleep-with-the-sheep rule. Fixed!
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Joe Aguirre couldn't stand the thought of some wily coyotes cutting into his profit margin, so he came up with his sleep-with-the-sheep-and-no-fire order. Fixed!
(http://www.microshorti.de/unterseiten/galerie/looneytoons/coyote/Grafiken/Ralph_sheep.gif)
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Whilst in an uncomfortable argument and at a loss for words, simply engage in frequent xpectoration. Fixed!
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Round 478!
The fixin' is great!
(http://fix-websites.com/images/repairbox.jpg)
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Gotta get the message to Jack before the twenty-fourth.
After addressing the card, you just write "you bet." Fixed!
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When your coworker bares all to get washed and you have to feign disinterest, continue peeling potatoes with a completely blank expression and try not to let him see the tension in your jaw. Fixed!
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Cursed with buckteeth, story Jack underwent cosmetic dentistry. Fixed!
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If you can't stand your big-ass buck teeth, see the dentist, and get 'em filed down. Fixed!
=aside= Fran
;D
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If you're not exactly enchanted with sleeping in a pup tent that smells like cat piss or worse just so you can shoot at coyotes all night, keep bitching about it until your partner offers to switch jobs with you. Fixed!
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If the local county children's home is running low on funds, a fundraising benefit dinner is sure to attract a crowd. Fixed!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/ChildressBeneft.jpg)
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When you are trying to make a favorable impression on your soon-to-be lover,
do a mock-rodeo-mating dance that will leave him grinning ear to ear. Fixed!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_170.jpg)
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If you get a little hot-headed when your ex-wife outs you whilst helping with the Thanksgiving dishes, think better of hitting her, put your hat on backwards and high-tail it out of there. Fixed!
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When your missus hits you up with the idea of working for the power company, indignantly say "Well, clumsy as I am, I'd probably get electrocuted," take your thermos from the cupboard near the Purity Bread, and head off fishing. Fixed!
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If you can't stand having to tug at your mom's skirt a jillion times to get her attention, just pull a jar of peanuts from the bottom of a big stack and watch them crash to the floor. Fixed!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/peanutcrash.jpg)
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When you want to lessen your involvement with your girlfriend, stop answering her calls and notes, continue eating your pie when confronted by her in a bus station and say: "Was probably no fun anyway, was I?" Fixed!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_874.jpg)
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Worried about your wife finding out about your secret love? Fill her head with misinformation. Fixed!
=compliment= Meryl
I love your "J" post.
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When you're having a lovely fourth of July picnic with your family and you can't stand listening to bikers' words which are getting naughtier and naughtier, exchange a few pleasantries and then make them see fireworks. Fixed!
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When you want more bounce for your ounce, drink three or four beers before dancing with the woman who accosted you on the way to the men's room. Fixed!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_733.jpg)
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Tired of your hair color and wondering if blondes really do have more fun? Experiment with peroxide. Fixed!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/Lureen02.jpg)
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When you can't stand picking up one more sheep for fear of rupturing yourself, grab its back legs and drag the beastie where it needs to go. Fixed!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/sheepdrag.jpg)
=aside=Fran
Thanks!
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When your wife asks who your former lover is, you tell her he's a "fishing buddy" and hope she swallows it hook, line and sinker. Temporarily fixed!
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When you can't stand waiting for your cowboy liaisonnaire whilst wearing your best shirt, be sure to smoke your brains out and toss back as many beers as possible. Fixed!
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If after a 14-hour drive you're feeling particularly unappreciated and desolate because your lover would rather spend the weekend with his daughters than with you, a trip to Mexico will lift your spirits. Fixed!
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When something in a cowboy's friendly smile validates your suspicions that he might be into riding more than bulls, politely decline the offered beer and hightail it to the nearest pool table. Fixed!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/JimboMyMoney.jpg)
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If Old Man Twist's cup-spittin' gives you the willies, take Ma Twist's offer of a look-see upstairs. Fixed!
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If one of your x-employees from '63 shows up expecting to be rehired up on Brokeback, just say, "[Insert name here], you guys wasn't gettin' paid to leave the dogs baby-sit the sheep while you stemmed the rose." Fixed!
=aside= Toast
Thanks.
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Round 479!
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More
fixing.... |
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When you make an all-out effort to surprise your lover by showing up unexpectedly after his divorce, but don't have his address, ask everyone in town if they know where he lives. Fixed!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_657.jpg)
=aside= Toast
???
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When you can't stand binging on beans, drop a hint to your cowboyfriend and see what happens. Fixed!
(http://bettermost.net/images/forum-logo.jpg)
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When you can't stand that your pal thinks you're a fuck-up because you like bull riding, get up and jump around to demonstrate how cool it is until you fall down all cock-a-hoop. Fixed!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/cockahoop.jpg)
def.= unbalanced or twisted; in an unbalanced or twisted position
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When your wife asks you: "Why is it that husbands never want to dance with their wives?", with some disdain you turn to the wife of the man you have been making eye contact with, and ask her if she would like to dance. Fixed!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_744.jpg) (http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_747.jpg)
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When distance no longer lends enchantment, contact your long-lost cowboyfriend by postcard. Fixed!
=comment=
"'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, and robes the mountain in its azure hue."
The original quotation by Thomas Campbell
(http://www.warriortours.com/china-photos/ngari/tibet.ngari.mountain.50013421w.jpg)
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How to communicate between friends and not look like more than casual fishin' buddies: Postcards. Fixed!
=aside= Friends
8)
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When you can't stand listening to the slopbucket mouths of a couple of bikers, knock some sense into them and stand there looking manly and fierce while folks gawk at you instead of the fireworks. Fixed!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/fireworks.jpg)
=aside=Toast
Thanks for checking in, Friend. Enjoy your
new digs!
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When you're wounded after being thrown off your horse and had to chase dumbass mules all over the mountain, and can't stand kindness from a cute cowboy, grab his ministering hanky and do the job yourself. Fixed!
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When your father-in-law shows his dumbass ignorance by equating manhood with football, tell him to sit down or his ignorant ass will be time travelling. Fixed!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_687.jpg)
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If you can't stand the fact that beans is about all you've got left due to the jackassery of your "dumb-ass" mules, you can shoot yourself a nice elk. Fixed!
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If you can't stand to look your leggy blonde girlfriend in the eye after coming home from a fishin' trip with your leggy blue-eyed boyfriend, don't answer the notes she left at your place and forget Steve ever mentioned her. Fixed!
=aside=Fran
:laugh: at jackassery
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When encountering a handsome new cowboy, if you can't stand his coy silence, manage to get his attention by draping yourself oh-so-vampishly over your dusty ol' truck. Fixed!
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When you have just finished kissing your lover passionately and are still shaking, and he then introduces you to his wife, stand in the vestibule and say something nonsensical like you have an eight-month old son who smiles a lot. Fixed!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_526.jpg)
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If, after sitting idle for several weeks, your old pickup truck is operationally challenged, grind the ignition and wait for the "give it some gas" cue while your partner fiddles with the carburetor. Fixed!
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If you can't stand not peeking at the handsome naked cowboy with the warshcloth, just keep peeling potatoes and nonchalantly sneak a peek. Fixed!
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When you get a refusal after offering to buy a rodeo clown a drink, say to the bartender, "Do I look like I could afford a fuckin' ropin' horse?"; slam some money down on the bar; and hurry toward the exit. Fixed!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JimboJackExiting.jpg)
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When you can't stand being horny as a toad while in the company of a hot but clueless cowboy, drink with him til he's good and squiffy, then invite him into your tent to keep warm. Fixed!
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If you have to get to Signal for a job interview and transportation is an issue, hitch a ride with a truck driver. Fixed!
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When you can't stand that your bedroll partner has rejected your "handy" offer, it helps if you can later unzip with one hand. Fixed!
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When you can't stand that whiff of vulgarity that clings to you after some small town socializing, just bring up your cushy job at Neiman-Marcus in Dallas to let folks know you have refined tastes. Fixed!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/LaShawnOutside.jpg)
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When you only make three thousand dollars in a year and are practically starving, meet a girl from a well-to-do family, sweep her off her feet, get her pregnant before or after you marry her and then contact your long-lost lover. Fixed!
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When you can't stand that an x-employee has come looking for work, chew on a toothpick and pick a colorful turn of phrase to tell him you spied on him while cavorting with his cowboyfriend. Fixed!
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Round 480!
More fixin', Matey!
(http://www.perpetualkid.com/productimages/lg/BNDG-1494.jpg)
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If you're trying to drive to Childress on the panhandle highway, and your pickup is worn out, and you have no chewing gum or baling wire with you, just wait on the highway for some cowboy to come to your aid. Fixed!
=aside= Friends
I'm back, and still English (Not Frenchly Toasted, Sandy.)
This 'fixed' theme is marvellous.
An excellent review of the whole film.
=aside= Paul
Love the 'Band Aid' announcement.
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When you don't want to breast-feed your newborn, have your mother bring two whole boxes of formula, which is the only thing she can talk about when seeing her grandchild. Fixed!
=aside= Toast
Welcome back and glad to see you're still wry toast.
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When you're a lonely, down-and-out rodeo rider, you can try to charm the nearest rodeo clown by complimenting him and offering him a beer. Fixed! (But not for long...)
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Up on Brokeback, where you have brought very few duds: on laundry day, you just strip off to your boots, and beat your dirty duds with a stick on a rock in the stream. Fixed!
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When a certain epithet aimed in your direction by a passing driver is too much to stand, drag him out of his truck and start pommeling him energetically. Fixed!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Barfight.jpg)
=aside=Paul
Cute announcement!
=aside=Toast
Glad you're back and like the fixin'.
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If you can't stand that the dancing-challenged cowboy doesn't seem too interested in you, try flinging your hair at him to get his attention. Fixed!
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If you can't stand the fact that you let your lover slip away, send him a postcard. If you're lucky, he'll consider your attempt at communication a godsend. Fixed!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Postcard1b.jpg)
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After four years of no hellos, it's time to let your Ennis know that the army didn't get you - and that you are still available to him. Voila, a postcard to Genral Delivery! Fixed!
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When your lover comes up with what he thinks is an intelligent suggestion but you'd rather continue living your miserable life, say to him sarcastically: "Yep, you're a real thinker there. Goddamn. (Insert name), got it all figured out, ain't ya?" Fixed!
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If you want to remedy your joblessness, travel to Signal, Wyoming, and see Joe Aguirre about a summer job herding sheep up on Brokeback. Fixed!
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If you want your lover to remember leaner times up on Brokeback, just bring him a can of Bettermost Beans on your tenth anniversary and offer to share the tent with him afterwards. Fixed!
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If you're leery of mentioning ranching up together again when your partner seems worried about being outed, just suggest he think about moving somewhere else, maybe Texas. Fixed! (Not!)
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When your wife starts to nag you about going to the church social and you'd rather drink beer, smoke cigarettes and watch TV, make a crack about the fire and brimstone crowd. End of discussion. Fixed.
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After spending your first night in a tent with another cowboy, if you can't stand the onslaught of confusing emotions, simply cock your rifle, mount your horse, and leave, saying nothing. Fixed!
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How to get a cowboy out of the pup tent and into your tent: persistence. Fixed!
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If the coffers of the local children's home need replenishing, organize a fundraising benefit dinner. Fixed!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/ChildressBenefit.jpg)
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When your summer co-worker sweeps you off your feet but it cramps your style, sweep it under the carpet by getting married.
Fixed! (temporarily)
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When you can't find the words to tell your cowboyfriend how you feel, just tease him about his harmonica playing. Fixed!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/horses12.jpg)
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If your resentment is growing because you're in an unhappy marriage that's beyond saving, get a divorce and move on. Fixed!
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If your long-lost lover has just arrived in town and you don't have a reservation at a motel, the Motel Siesta will probably have some vacancies. Fixed!
If you're looking for a job as a sheep herder, Joe Aguirre has two vacancies. Fixed!
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When the blue heelers aren't making the sheep toe the line properly, a few well-placed whistles will take care of it. Fixed!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisHerding.jpg)
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When you can't stand the anticipation whilst in the back seat with a hot cowboy, your daddy's midnight deadline xpedites the process. Fixed!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LacyLureen.jpg)
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Round 481!
She's Come Undone
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_515.jpg)
When You have to Stand It.
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The sight of her husband in the arms of a man was the first of several rude awakenings for Alma. Stood!
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Jack lacked the backbone to tell L.D., "My name's not Rodeo, the baby looks nothing like you, and you can get your own formula." Instead, he smiled and went to get the boxes of formula out of the car. Stood!
def. = willpower, courage, etc.
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Jack couldn't fix Ennis's conflicting emotions that last day on the mountain, so he took a hard punch from Ennis right on the cheekbone. Stood!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JackNictatesGrey.jpg)
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When Alma, who was sick of Ennis' dead-end jobs, suggested he work at the power company, he rejected the idea by saying: "Well, clumsy as I am, I'd probably get electrocuted" Stood!
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Even though he knew that ranch stiffs never did much of a job, Joe Aguirre had no choice but to entrust the lives of his sheep to a "pair of deuces going nowhere" due to lack of other applicants. Stood!
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You find a sweet hurt cowboy who sheepishly follows you all over Wyoming, but he won't come home to your love and care. Stood!
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Even though Jack greatly loved Ennis, he put up with his excuses and limits. Stood!
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Cassie hindered Ennis' attempt to relieve himself in the men's room when she dragged him onto the dance floor. Stood!
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Ennis's insecurities of being a different person in society:
You ever get the feelin'... ...I don't know... when you're in town and someone looks at ya?
Suspicious?
Like he knows.
And then you go out on the pavement and everyone's lookin' at ya like they all know, too?
Stood!
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Jack found that sleeping in a pup tent that smelled like cat piss or worse was among his job's bad points. Stood... until he complained so much that Ennis agreed to switch!
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Alma wanted to smarten up and go to the church social but Ennis just wanted to lounge around, drink beer and watch TV. Stood
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Jack had to deal with his father-in-law's miserly ways when it came to helping him and Lureen get started in life. Stood!
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To keep harmony in his household, Jack had to deal with his father-in-law's treating him like a nonentity. Stood... until Thanksgiving of 1977!
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Jack had to deal with the Newsome ostentation to get over his poverty-stricken rodeo career. Stood!
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Ennis developed ways of ignoring Alma's pertinacious references to his getting a better job, among them mumbling, getting out of the house, and turning over in bed. Stood!
def.= persistent
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Regrettably, Jack and Ennis were only able to be together infrequently. There was "never enough time, never enough." Stood!
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After seeing how much being in love with another man cramped his style, Ennis tried to forget about Jack by getting married. Stood for a while!
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Ennis, troubled, in town:
You ever get the feelin'... ...I don't know... when you're in town and someone looks at ya?
Suspicious?
Like he knows.
And then you go out on the pavement and everyone's lookin' at ya like they all know, too?
Stood!
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To perform his herding duties to Joe Aguirre's satisfaction, Jack had to engage in unlawfulness by pitching a pup tent on the Q.T. and sleeping with the sheep. He also had to put up with a smelly tent. Stood!
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Jack couldn't fix LaShawn's squirrel chatter, so he put up with her vapidity and danced. Stood!
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No washer for Alma's laundry at the Del Mar ranch house out on the lonely windswept plains. Stood!
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At the bus station Cassie finally realized that she wasn't the answer to what her x-lover Ennis needed to be happy. Stood!
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Round 482!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/GGarments.jpg)
Ennis has to stand it
'cause there's nothing he can do.
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Jack wanted more from Ennis and was unhappy with their arrangement of only meeting a couple of times a year. Stood!
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Jack spent many years feeling he was at Ennis's beck and call but tacitly accepted the terms Ennis set for their relationship. Stood!
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Ennis was the caller of the shots in their relationship. Jack threw out the ideas, and Ennis accepted or rejected. Stood!
=aside= Fran
Great Announcement!
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The divorce decree saddled Ennis with child support payments in the sum of $125 per month for each of his daughters until they reached the age of 18. Stood!
=reply= Toast
And a belated thank-you to you for the picture.
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Jack stood at the doorway of the bedroom like an outsider after his son was born while his egotistical father-in-law said: "Ain't he just the spittin' image of his grandpa?" Stood!
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Ennis was diverted from peeing by Cassie who was gettin' all flirty; he just held it in and "danced". Stood!
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Jack had to endure being treated like an outsider when the Newsomes came to see Lureen and their new grandbaby. Stood!
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Instead of being given husbandly status after his son was born, Jack was treated like an errand boy by L.D. Stood!
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Jack intuitively knew that Ennis was full of excuses and inhibitions, so he often held back with his true feelings. Stood!
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Jack stood at the doorway of the bedroom like an outsider after his son was born while his egotistical father-in-law sent the jingling vehicle keys flying at him. Stood!
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Jack contented himself with watching from the door as the Newsomes lavished attention on Lureen and the baby, pointedly leaving him out of the circle. Stood!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Babyvisit.jpg)
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Besides standing at the doorway of the bedroom like an outsider after his son was born, Jack was further mistreated when L.D. called him "Rodeo" and threw the keys to him to fetch the formula. Stood!
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Even though the pup tent smelled noisomely of cat piss or worse, that's where the herder had to sleep. Stood!
=announcement= Players
Once again we had to split up the answer list to accommodate all of our words. It is now divided into three parts instead of two:
"A" to "H" words
"I" to "P" words
"Q" to "Z" words
Additionally, all game comments have been moved into a separate file -- "ABCs of BBM" Game Comments -- so we could keep the three posts containing the answers in consecutive order without having to delete any old posts made by players.
Gamely,
Fran and Sandy
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Jack was treated odiously by the whole Newsome clan - even Bobby seemed not inclined to listen to his father. Stood!
=comment=
Nice to know that our Mods are keeping our business in order.
Thanks Fran and Sandy.
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Because of Ennis' thriftiness, Alma had to learn to be a penny-pincher. Stood!
(http://www.billy.com.tw/news/penny_pinching.gif)
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Even though raging emotions overtook him, Ennis did nothing to stop Jack from leaving when their work up on Brokeback was over. Stood!
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Ennis's stoicism: if you got nothin', you don't need nothin'. Stood!
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Ennis repeatedly turned Alma over in order to have sex, but when she turned her back on him, he dealt with her turndown by turning the other cheeck. Stood!
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L. D. Newsome was underwhelmed with his daughter's choice of husband, but when all was said and done, he let her have her way. Stood!
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Ennis vacillated, kept Jack on a short leash, and Jack had to stand it. Stood.
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When Ennis wakened to the morning sun after TSI and took off without saying a word, Jack was left wondering what would happen to their relationship. Stood until later that evening!
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Jack Twist became more and more frustrated with their cold xpeditionary lifestyle on horseback in the wilds of Wyoming. Stood!
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Round
483
Look
at
Me!
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More Standing
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Ang found that Wyoming couldn't support making his film, so the Albertan landscape had to fill in. Stood!
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Much to Jack's and Ennis's dismay, the work up on Brokeback Mountain ended early because of a forecast of beastly weather. Stood!
def. = abominable, disagreeable <~weather>
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Ennis was upset because he was losing pay due to Aguirre and the weather conditions. Stood!
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Lureen had reason to be doubly upset about two things she couldn't fix: Fayette and LD. Stood!
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Ennis was stuck paying child support until both Alma Jr. and Jenny reached the age of emancipation: eighteen. Stood!
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Alma was jealous of the attention that Ennis was receiving at Thanksgiving dinner when the girls flattered him by asking about his days as a bronc. Stood (until after dinner)!
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Ennis put up with Cassie, who had glommed onto him even though he ain't the marryin' kind. Stood!
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Alma honestly didn't know what to do when she saw her husband kissing Jack, so she did nothing. Stood!
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In his ill-fated attempt to carry out Jack's wishes about the ashes, Ennis wisely held his tongue when Old Man Twist refused his offer. Stood!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/TwisthouseEnnis.jpg)
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Jack knew he could convincingly do a mock-rodeo dance, by jingo; he couldn't surmise Ennis's reaction, however. Stood!
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After Jack's death, Ennis had to live with the fact that he'd always been too lily-livered to commit to a life with Jack. Stood!
def. = lacking courage; cowardly
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Earl and Rich were tough old birds and took the risk of being labeled as nancy boys by their ranch neighbors. Stood!
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Taking a job watching sheep on a mountain was an outrageous occupation for two ranch boys in Wyoming. Stood!
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In the hope of a social night out, Alma presented to Ennis the idea of taking Jack to the Knife and Fork, only to be told that Jack wasn't the restaurant type. Stood!
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Earl and Rich ranched together despite the risks. Stood!
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Story Jack and Ennis went up on Brokeback without a sock between them. Stood!
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LaShawn's talkativeness knew no bounds. The world had no choice but to listen. Stood!
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It was unusual for Randall or anyone else to get a word in edgewise once LaShawn started talking. Stood!
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LaShawn verbosely controlled any situation. Stood!
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Ennis was mandated to pay child support until each of his daughters reached the age of eighteen. Stood!
=comment=
This is the replacement "M" word for this round.
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While Ennis stayed out all night with Jack, Alma worried about his whereabouts, wondering when, or if, he was going to come home. Stood!
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Since Bobby didn't want his grandfather's ass kicked into next week, he reluctantly ate his cereal after complaining and xaggerating about having to eat it for the next two weeks.
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Round 484!
Simile and Metaphor
(http://faculty.smu.edu/tmayo/metaphor.gif)
* Simile - A comparison for the purpose of explanation, allusion or decoration which uses 'like' or 'as'. "Your eyes are like the sun"
* Metaphor - A comparison implied or stated between two usually unconnected objects. "You are my sunshine"
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LaShawn is like a squirrel: chattering and chattering as if speech were her acorn.
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Alma couldn't wipe Alma Jr.'s nose herself because she was busy as a bee washing clothes on the washboard.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kitchens/Image2.jpg)
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The ochre-branched willows swayed stiffly, pollened catkins like yellow thumbprints. [Proulx]
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After TS1, Ennis went back up to the sheep, one of which was dead as a doornail.
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The beauty of Jack and Ennis' embrace was an eyesore to Alma.
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The former owner of the ranch seemed to think there was fishiness in the ranch resale business and he told Ennis: "Give em to the real estate shark, I'm out a here." [Proulx's prologue]
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Jack's TS1 climax was like the going-off of a gun.
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"...by the end of the film we have passed through the 70s and entered the 80s, and still nothing has changed in Ennis’ Wyoming, a place seemingly frozen in time like the relics of his love that he preserves, heartbreakingly, in an all-too-literal closet."
-- Justin Vicari, Jumpcut: A Review of Contemporary Media (http://www.ejumpcut.org/currentissue/brokebackmt/text.html)
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When Ennis watched, across the great gulf, Jack's distant movements were like an insect's journey across a tablecloth.
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When Ennis found the two shirts in Jack's closet, it was as if they fit together like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle.
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Regarding the luminosity of the "boneless blue" was like drowning.
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According to Annie Proulx's prologue: "the wind strikes the trailer like a load of dirt coming off a dump truck, eases, dies," leavimg bare moments of silence.
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An excerpt from a BBM review by Bruce Newman at celebritywonder.com (http://www.celebritywonder.com/movie/2005_Brokeback_Mountain.html):
Ledger, who until now seemed like an actor destined to be remembered for his Vanity Fair covers more than his acting, strips Ennis down emotionally until there is nothing left but hurt. He physicalizes Ennis' inability to express, or even understand, what is happening to him; as the movie goes on, his body contracts like a muscle, until it -- like his world -- begins to collapse on itself.
"If you can't fix it,'' Ennis tells Jack, "you gotta stand it.''
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Jack and Ennis felt like outsiders who could only be themselves when they were with each other.
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Ang Lee's unmissable and unforgettable Brokeback Mountain hits you like a shot in the heart. .....
.... the Western that puts the poke in cowpoke.
Rolling Stone (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/6169704/brokeback_mountain)
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An excerpt from Ephiphany on Brokeback (http://www.covenantnetwork.org/sermon&papers/jenkins.htm) by Dr. David Jenkins:
Over the next twenty years, Ennis and Jack married strong women, raised children, worked rodeos and ranches, sold farm machinery, and after two decades of occasional “fishing trips” near Brokeback to rekindle their fire, the story comes to a tragic halt. The scene shifts from the verdant mountains to the desolate flatlands. The years of emotional and physical isolation, the internalized homophobia, the denial of self, and the denial of love converge like rivers flooding the grief-stricken plains. All that we see and feel is desolation.
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Cassie found out that when it came to making conversation, Ennis, like a sphinx, kept his mouth shut more often than not.
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Ennis ended their drowsy trance by saying, “Time to hit the hay, cowboy. I got a go. Come on, you’re sleepin on your feet like a horse,” and gave Jack a shake, a push, and went off in the darkness.
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At the reunion, Ennis is as giddy as a schoolboy, but is unknowingly causing pain to Alma.
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"With discretion but unmistakable vérité the still-present reality of gay bashing slips into the film like an unwanted guest, adding another layer of candour where some lesser minds would opt down saccharine way."
-- S. James Wegg, James Wegg Review (http://www.jamesweggreview.org/reviews/filmdvdvideo/brokeback_mountain.html)
cinéma vérité = a style of documentary filmmaking that stresses unbiased realism
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Scene from 2003 screenplay:
Jack and Ennis ride through the mountains, like Randolph Scott and Joel McCrae in Ride The High Country, only more life-worn, more weather-beaten.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/RideHighCountry.jpg)
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Ennis felt that the violation of their sexual xclusiveness, when Jack went to Mexico, was like an act of betrayal.
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Round 485
(http://towleroad.typepad.com/towleroad/images/brokeback_sims_1.jpg)
SIMs Alive
oops - similies
and Meta4s
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"...by the end of the film we have passed through the 70s and entered the 80s, and still nothing has changed in Ennis’ Wyoming, a place seemingly frozen in time like the relics of his love that he preserves, heartbreakingly, in an all-too-literal closet."
-- Justin Vicari, Jumpcut: A Review of Contemporary Media (http://www.ejumpcut.org/currentissue/brokebackmt/text.html)
(http://www.sfgate.com/blogs/images/sfgate/culture/2006/01/19/brokbak.jg/2005_brokeback_mountain_015500x307.jpg)
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Joseph Aguirre seemed as bossy as a military dictator while he passed out his eating, sleeping and sheeping rules.
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After years of Ennis' "fishing trips", Alma felt as if it were time to paddle her own canoe and divorced him.
=aside= Toast
Your round announcement is as good as it gets.
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An excerpt from Ephiphany on Brokeback (http://www.covenantnetwork.org/sermon&papers/jenkins.htm) by Dr. David Jenkins:
Over the next twenty years, Ennis and Jack married strong women, raised children, worked rodeos and ranches, sold farm machinery, and after two decades of occasional “fishing trips” near Brokeback to rekindle their fire, the story comes to a tragic halt. The scene shifts from the verdant mountains to the desolate flatlands. The years of emotional and physical isolation, the internalized homophobia, the denial of self, and the denial of love converge like rivers flooding the grief-stricken plains.
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By the end of his last confrontation with Jack at the lake, Ennis's control over his emotions had worn thin as an eggshell, needing only Jack's "I wish I knew how to quit you" to crack completely.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Ennisbreakdown.jpg)
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While Ennis was waiting for Jack to show up for their four-year reunion, he drank beer after beer and smoked like a furnace.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_456.jpg) (http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_457.jpg)
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Jack complained how god-awful hard it was to get a mutual time with Ennis: "It's like seein the pope now."
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A song by Oscar Hammerstein II reminds me of Ennis while he's waiting for reunion Jack to show in September '67:
"I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm, I'm as jumpy as puppet on a string,
I'd say that I had spring fever, but I know it isn't spring."
(--from "It might as well be spring", State Fair, 1945)
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"Ledger even moves through certain scenes like a man whose vertebrae are inflexibly welded together."
-- Justin Vicari in Jumpcut: A Review of Contemporary Media (http://www.ejumpcut.org/currentissue/brokebackmt/text.html)
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Like the walls of Jericho, Ennis's inhibitions came tumbling down once Jack made his move that first night in the tent.
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After moping around all day, Ennis' excitement at Jack's arrival was like he was given a new lease of life.
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"...the divided peaks of Brokeback Mountain stand as a cruel metaphor for the balked passion that poisons the lives of Jack and Ennis -- and, finally, for death's casual divorce."
-- Kathleen Murphy, "Love and pain and the whole damn thing" (http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15756903&BRD=855&PAG=461&dept_id=517907&rfi=8)
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Mrs. John C. Twist behaved as nicely as a Sister Superior to Ennis. But whenever I look at that woman I am reminded that her son went up on Brokeback Mountain with no socks - and there's John probably wearing condomation socks up to his armpits. Oops.
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When Jack and Ennis were on Brokeback, it was like the world was their oyster and "nothing seemed wrong."
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A song by Oscar Hammerstein II reminds me of Ennis while he's waiting for reunion Jack to show in September '67:
"I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm, I'm as jumpy as puppet on a string,
I'd say that I had spring fever, but I know it isn't spring."
(--from "It might as well be spring", State Fair, 1945)
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Joseph Aguirre reprimanded Jack and Ennis like little schoolboys.
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Before the first night in the tent, Ennis and Jack got stewed to the gills.
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The raw scene Ennis witnessed as a child, at his father's insistence, was committed by gay bashing thugs.
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When not frustrated or threatened, Ennis was as unaggressive as a lamb.
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"Ledger even moves through certain scenes like a man whose vertebrae are inflexibly welded together."
-- Justin Vicari in Jumpcut: A Review of Contemporary Media (http://www.ejumpcut.org/currentissue/brokebackmt/text.html)
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After Ennis encountered the bear and the horse spooked, he felt like he had been put through the wringer.
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Jack thought that arranging a tryst with Ennis Del Mar was like trying to see His Xcellency the Pope.
=aside= Toast
Xcellent "X".
Sandy
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Round 486!
Simile, Metaphor, Analogy - Take Your Pick
e.g., Getting the Short End of the Stick
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"Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) is wound tight as whipcord, a quiet loner who mostly lives inside his own head, hardly able to allow words to get free of his clamped-down control."
-- Kathleen Murphy, "Love and pain and the whole damn thing" (http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15756903&BRD=855&PAG=461&dept_id=517907&rfi=8)
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Jack, in his dark camp, beheld Ennis as "night fire, a red spark on the huge black mass of mountain". {short story}
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"Jack had filled out through the shoulders and hams; Ennis stayed as lean as a clothespole, stepped around in worn boots, jeans, and shirts summer and winter, added a canvas coat in cold weather." Story
=aside= Fran
Thanks for reminding me of this.
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Like dew on roses, the days on Brokeback slowly evaporated, until Ennis and Jack found themselves back in Signal before they were due and with no more to do.
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"Brokeback Mountain has a luscious doomed tenor that, at times, makes it feel like Edith Wharton with Stetsons."
-- Owen Gleiberman, EW.com (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1136099,00.html)
=reply= Sandy
:)
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When Jack and Ennis first met on Brokeback, they were both fit as a fiddle.
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Joseph Aguirre treated Jack and Ennis as though they were as gullible as little boys.
:-X
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Between Ennis's suspicious relationship with his fishing buddy and his dislike of the "fire and brimstone" crowd, Alma likely thought her husband was going to Hell in a handbasket.
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"...when the bubble of Jack and Ennis' love is eventually punctured, the weight of the comedown feels inextricably time-bound. The ache of the film creeps up on you, and like the players in its romance, you'll only feel its true impact when all hope is beyond lost."
-- Karina Longworth, Cinematical (http://www.cinematical.com/2005/12/09/review-brokeback-mountain/)
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When LaShawn said to Lureen: "When I was right out of SMU I coulda had
my pick of pretty much any job in North Dallas. So my pick was Neiman Marcus...", it was as if she was trying to keep up with the Joneses.
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Ennis lissomely kicked biker number one like a bat out of hell.
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"(Heath Ledger) physicalizes Ennis' inability to express, or even understand, what is happening to him; as the movie goes on, his body contracts like a muscle, until it -- like his world -- begins to collapse on itself."
-- Bruce Newman, celebritywonder.com (http://www.celebritywonder.com/movie/2005_Brokeback_Mountain.html)
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Ennis looked at Jack dancing around yelling "Whoo-ee" as if he were nutty as a fruitcake.
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Ennis felt that if people knew about Jack and himself, they would be treated like outlaws.
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"So why haven't you seen Brokeback Mountain yet? The Brokeback Mountain phenomenon has become as unavoidable as a military recruiter at a continuation school. You can't turn on the television without seeing a gay cowboy, every theater seems to be playing the picture, and each day seems to bring a new shopping cart full of awards for the movie -- including eight Oscar nominations this week. It's hard to find a straight man who has seen the movie and regrets it."
-- Peter Hartlaub, SFGate.com (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/05/LVGMTGVUG31.DTL)
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Heath said that he tried to restrain Ennis's speech so that the words would have a hard time coming out, as if his mouth were like a clenched fist.
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Ennis' precise aim when he killed the elk was like that of a sharpshooter.
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"Brokeback Mountain has a luscious doomed tenor that, at times, makes it feel like Edith Wharton with Stetsons."
-- Owen Gleiberman, EW.com (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1136099,00.html)
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In the high stakes game of forbidden love, Ennis felt that moving in with Jack would have upped the ante a bit too far.
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Ennis kept his feelings about Jack locked up tight like a vault.
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"Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) is wound tight as whipcord, a quiet loner who mostly lives inside his own head, hardly able to allow words to get free of his clamped-down control."
-- Kathleen Murphy, "Love and pain and the whole damn thing" (http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15756903&BRD=855&PAG=461&dept_id=517907&rfi=8)
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When Ennis collapsed at the Lake Scene, it was like his heart was cut out with an X-acto knife.
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ROUND 487!
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Nobody's Busine$$ but Ours...
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The Newsome Farm Equipment sign advertises quality, reliability, and service.
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With his good looks and gift of gab, Jack turned out to be a born businessman.
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Monroe was standing near the checkout counter in his store when Ennis came in.
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=aside= Meryl
Great round announcement.
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L.D. Newsome deals in farm equipment, big farm equipment.
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The Newsome enterprise was reaping big profits from its big farm equipment.
Sandy :-*
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Lureen was one financial wizard, with her adding machine, always looking for extra zeros...
=aside= Meryl
Your round announcement is right on the money.
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Story Jack eventually graduates from salesman to some vague managerial position at Newsome Farm Equipment.
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Aguirre decided to hire two employees to work on Brokeback for the summer of '63 - one as camp tender and the other as herder.
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Alma implored Ennis to take a job with the power company, but he preferred low-paying ranch jobs.
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Jack's job-hunting days came to an end when he married into the Newsome family and L.D. put him to work in the family business.
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LaShawn let it be known that she had worked at Neiman Marcus, a store that specializes in "life's little luxuries".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pePFWVAGG3o[/youtube]
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While Jack was out fishing, Lureen was hunting. For extra zeros on her adding machine, that is.
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Food and nonfood items -- cigarettes, comic books, and oven mitts, to name a few -- are available for purchase at Monroe's grocery store.
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The Childress County Children's Home was the organization for whom the benefit dance was being held in 1978.
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Customers pay for their purchases at the checkout counter at Monroe's grocery store.
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After college Lashawn went to work for Neiman Marcus, an upscale, retail department store.
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Ennis and Timmy had a hot, backbreaking job with the County shoveling asphalt for highway repairs.
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The peso-driven prostitute plied his trade in the back alleys of Juarez.
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Lashawn had previously worked at Neiman Marcus, an upscale department store.
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There were several vacuum-packed items available in Monroe's grocery store.
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Weights and measures were of interest to Monroe when it came to taking inventory of his many comestibles.
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In the summer of 1964, Joe Aguirre refused an x-employee's request for a job with a rather direct "I ain't got no work for you."
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Round 488!
Let's Get a Few Things Straight
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Getting Down to Business
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Lureen's financial wizardly was so good that she acted like an accountant for Newsome Farm Equipment.
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Jack tells Ennis that Lureen is a successful businesswoman: "she's good at makin' hard deals in the machinery business..."
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At Monroe's grocery store, shopping carts and shopping baskets are available for the convenience of the customers.
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Lureen knew her decimal points from her percentages when it came to calculating profits for her Daddy's business.
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L.D. Newsome dealt in big expensive farm equipment.
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Lashawn was formerly employed by Neiman Marcus.
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It was Monroe's business to cater to the needs and whims of the gastronomes of Riverton.
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Jimbo the clown was expected to jump through hoops in order to protect the rider from the bull.
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The peso-driven prostitute conducted business in the internationally recognized language of desire.
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Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar, two job-seeking young men with no prospects, applied for work at Farm and Ranch Employment in Signal, Wyoming and were offered jobs herding sheep up on Brokeback Mountain.
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The customers of the peso-driven prostitutes were more than likely to be familiar with the tricks of the trade.
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LaShawn may have worked for Neiman Marcus, but she spent her meager salary and then some on clothes.
=comment=
And that makes 2,000! Finally!
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Joe Aguirre made a second trip up the mountain to tell Jack that the doctor had been wrong, that his uncle's bout with pneumonia had been nonfatal.
=aside= Paul
(http://austin.about.com/library/antenna/hat06.jpg)
Congratulations on hitting 2,000!
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L. D. Newsome was convinced Jack's interest in Lureen was that of an opportunist with dollar signs in his eyes.
=Congrats=Paul
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Hats off to you for 2000 posts!
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The business plied by the peso-driven prostitute was right up Jack's alley.
=thanks= Fran and Meryl
70% of my posts are on the ABCs!
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Congratz on 2K posts, Paul!! You are one wordy person, times two!!
This means you can chill for a while and you don't have to slink off to your computer during the BBQ (somebody might shoot you if you do!)
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The peso-driven prostitutes have a policy of no refunds or exchanges.
=congrats= Paul
on hitting 2000 posts and finally being able to use peso-driven as your answer.
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Joe Aguirre hired Jack and Ennis to do seasonal work.
=aside= Paul
I'm glad to see that your "peso-driven" has
been officially entered on the answer list.
We got a lot of mileage out of that one in
the Juarez rounds.
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Jack and Ennis's gig on Brokeback was really just a temp job.
=aside= Fran
I was surprised it hadn't been officially used.
Now it can go down in ABC history.
=thanks= Sandy
Yes, finally, "business" + "P" = "peso-driven". Perfecto!
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Jack made such an unliveable income from bull-riding he nearly starved to death.
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One of the reasons Ennis wasn't interested in applying for a job with the power company was because of the dangers inherent to working with high voltage.
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Ennis was a ranch worker who worked his socks off when he was hired as a sheep herder.
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The peso-driven prostitute plied his trade xhibitionistically in the alleys of Juarez.
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Round 489!
It's time to honor Ang Lee
There's no director better than he
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In 2005 Ang Lee directed the monumentally acclaimed movie Brokeback Mountain, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger.
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=aside= Paul
It looks like you found the longest "X" word.
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In 1993 Ang Lee directed The Wedding Banquet.
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In 2000, Lee directed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (aka Wo hu cang long)
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In 2000 Ang Lee directed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a martial arts film.
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Ang Lee on the cultural coming together of East and West: "On the receiving side, I think the whole world is more ready, with the Internet, with film festivals and DVDs. It used to be a one-way street from West to East: we were receiving and the West was producing. I think we're getting closer and closer. The gap between cultures is getting erased every day."
=aside=Paul
Love your Round Announcement
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is known in Hong Kong by the Cantonese title: Ngo foo chong lung .
=aside= Meryl
Thangk you kindlee
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Ang Lee directed two gay-themed films - The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Brokeback Mountain (2005).
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Following Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ang Lee's next major film was the highly anticipated Hulk (2003).
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After finishing mandatory military service in Taiwan, Ang Lee went to the U.S. in 1979 to study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he completed his bachelor's in theater in 1980.
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Ang Lee directed Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility in 1995.
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While studying film production at New York University, Ang Lee served as assistant director on Spike Lee's acclaimed student film, Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads.
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Ang cast his son Mason Lee in The Wedding Banquet, and in The Hire.
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Ang enrolled at the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University, where he received his MFA. The school was founded in 1965. It has 2,700 undergraduates (in 7 programs) and 500 graduate students (in 10 programs). Tisch is best known for its renowned acting program, and its impressive film program (often called the NYU Film School). The select MFA program in film directing accepts only 5% of applicants for an annual incoming class of 36 students. Students of Tisch are sometimes called "Tischies."
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Ang Lee directed Brokeback Mountain, which originated as a short story by E. Annie Proulx.
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Ang was born on 23 October 1954, in Pingtung, Taiwan.
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From an interview (http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/brokeback2.php) with Ang Lee for Dark Horizons:
Question: Did people assume you were a gay filmmaker?
Ang Lee: At the time, I thought they were gay movies. But why was it so widely accepted by everybody, it was the biggest hit in Taiwan. They had never seen men kiss before. That was the first one and you could hear the collective gasp from a thousand people, and then they settle down and watch the rest of the movie. They loved the movie. Because we won the Golden Bear in Berlin, it was rated PG, a family movie, but it was R-rated in the states. There was a lot of confusion where it belongs. It was definitely a mainstream movie. I don't know, it does feel gay but real to you.
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Taiwanese director Ang Lee was one of the first Chinese-born directors to find critical and commercial success on both sides of the Pacific.
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After Lee wrote a couple of screenplays, he eventually appeared on the film scene with Tui shou (1992) (aka Pushing Hands), a dramatic-comedy reflecting on generational conflicts and cultural adaptation, centering on the metaphor of the grandfather's Tai-Chi technique of "Pushing Hands". Tui shou was co-written by James Schamus, who has a cameo as the voice on an answering machine.
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Ang Lee went to the U.S. in 1979 to study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he completed his bachelor's in theater in 1980.
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"Eclectic helmer Ang Lee has shown a versatility and talent that makes me think that there is nothing that this man can't do behind the camera."
-- Robert Clifford, Reeling: The Movie Review Show (http://www.reelingreviews.com/hulk.htm)
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In 1994, Ang made the film Eat, Drink, Man Woman to critical acclaim.
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Ang Lee made The Wedding Banquet (aka Xǐyàn in Mandarin) in 1993.
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Round 490!
And The Oscar Goes to . . . Ang Lee!
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"Director Ang Lee has, long ago, proven himself to be a world-class filmmaker, and he brings his assured experience to the helm of Brokeback Mountain."
-- Robert Clifford, Reeling: The Movie Review Show (http://www.reelingreviews.com/hulk.htm)
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In the high budget, special effects laden blockbuster Hulk, Ang Lee directed actor Eric Bana in the role of Bruce Banner.
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Ang Lee directed Chosen in 2001, a short film about a Tibetan boy with a mysterious gift. It made its debut on an Internet film series.
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Ang taught Kai Wong filmmaking as Montgomery-Fellow-in-Residence at Dartmouth College.
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In 1994 Ang Lee directed the film Eat Drink Man Woman, which received a "best foreign film" Oscar nomination.
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The documentary Fabulous! (2006) is constructed with interview snippets featuring a wide array of actors, directors, and festival organizers, to portray our last century's history of same-sex films. It has interviews with independent film icons such as Todd Haynes, Gus Van Sant, John Waters and Ang Lee.
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Ziyi Zhang, who recently starred in Memoirs of a Geisha, wrote of Ang Lee in Time Magazine:
I know he is also making a huge influence in the lives of younger filmmakers and actors. I, for one, will be forever indebted to him for casting me in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. When I went to audition for him, I had made just one film (The Road Home) and had never done any martial arts. I was 20 and didn't feel up to any of it. He still gave me that chance. Why? He saw what I could be capable of and was willing to let me have a go at it. How great is he?
I love that he never limits himself either. He's a good role model for all of us. Director Ang Lee lives in the future.
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Pushing Hands (1992) was the debut film of director Ang Lee, who co-wrote the script with James Schamus.
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Ang received a B.F.A. Degree in Theatre/Theater Direction at the University of Illinois' Urbana-Champaign campus.
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Ang Lee's father, a native of Jiangxi Province in southern China, encouraged his children to study Chinese culture and art, especially calligraphy.
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Ang Lee has pacted to make his second consecutive film, following his Academy Award win for directing Brokeback Mountain, with Focus Features. Lee will next direct Lust, Caution, an espionage thriller set in WWII-era Shanghai. Bill Kong, who previously produced Lee's hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, will produce the new film with the director.
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Ang received a master's degree in film production at New York University.
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Ang Lee also directed The Ice Storm (1997), an adaptation of Rick Moody's novel involving New England suburbia.
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Ang Lee successfully used his knowledge of the philosophy and culture of the Orient to bring a profound and moving simplicity to Brokeback Mountain.
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Pushing Hands, released in 1992, was Ang Lee's first feature film.
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In 2003 Ang Lee released the blockbuster comic book film Hulk (starring Eric Bana and Nick Nolte).
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The director's cut of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon premiered on the Ivy League campus of Dartmouth College in 2000. Ang Lee received the Dartmouth Film Award in 2001, along with Meryl Streep.
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Ang gets a writing credit for Tortilla Soup (2001), itself a remake of Yin shi nan nu, (Eat Drink Man Woman).
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Ang Lee also directed the powerful Civil War drama Ride with the Devil, which was based on the novel by Daniel Woodrell and starred Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich, and Jewel in her feature film debut.
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Ang Lee directed a Visa ad starring Zhang Ziyi entitled Dining Out based on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hZR1zUwJRE[/youtube]
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In 1999, Li-Kong Hsu, Ang Lee’s old partner and supporter, invited him to make a movie based on the traditional Chinese Wuxia (A martial art and chivalry) genre. Excited about the opportunity to fulfill his childhood dream, Lee assembled a team from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). The film was a surprising success worldwide.
=aside=Sandy
That Visa ad is a hoot ;D
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An excerpt from a Radio Free Asia (http://ttp://www.rfa.org/english/news/arts/2006/03/06/oscars_lee/) report:
Director Ang Lee's Oscar Makes Splash in Taiwan
2006.03.06
LOS ANGELES—Taiwan-born director Ang Lee, whose "Brokeback Mountain" scooped the Oscar for best director at the 78th annual Academy Awards, says he was "disappointed" that the movie didn’t make best picture but was happy with its impact so far.
"It has been a year for 'Brokeback Mountain,'" Lee told RFA Mandarin service reporter Xiao Rong. "The movie, the box office, and the social and cultural influence the movie has enjoyed all speak loudly."
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Round 491!
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Well done!
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Ang Lee won the top prize from the Directors Guild of America (DGA) for his work on Brokeback Mountain. He beat out George Clooney for Good Night, and Good Luck, Paul Haggis for Crash, Bennett Miller for Capote and Steven Spielberg for Munich.
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=aside= Meryl
:)
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Though he's not the bragging type, Ang Lee has legitimate bragging rights for Brokeback Mountain: over 70 awards were won by him, the movie, the actors, writers or creative staff in 2005, and that's not even counting the nominations. Yeehaw!
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After the setback of Hulk, Ang Lee had considered retiring early, but his father encouraged him to continue making movies. His next project was Brokeback Mountain, and the rest is history.
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Ang Lee directed Ride with the Devil in 1999.
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Ang is described as an exacting director, expecting actors to have done their homework and show up prepared.
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Success at the box office for Ang Lee's films was indicated by how audiences hungered to see Eat Drink Man Woman, hailed The Ice Storm, empathized with Sense and Sensibility and flocked to see Brokeback Mountain.
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Ang Lee has become one of today's greatest contemporary filmmakers.
=compliment= Meryl
You outdid yourself. Clever post!
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While Ang Lee was struggling to break into the movie business, he was a househusband for six years, but after his many successes, he became a household name as the art-house king.
=aside= Meryl
8)
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Ang Lee's casting of Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist intensified speculation that he would over-Hollywoodize Annie Proulx's short story; however, that fear proved to be groundless.
=aside=Fran & Sandy
Praise from the praiseworthy is much appreciated :)
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Ang Lee also directed the powerful Civil War drama Ride with the Devil, which was based on the novel Woe to Live On by Daniel Woodrell and starred Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich, and Jewel in her feature film debut.
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Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon took off with a flying leap.
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Ang directed Tobey Maguire in the part of Paul Hood in The Ice Storm. In the novel The Ice Storm, Rich Moody writes "And sometimes Paul himself was Ben Grimm, and sometimes he was Peter Parker, a.k.a. the Spider-Man" Ironically, Tobey Maguire plays both Paul Hood and Peter Parker in the film versions.
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In 2003 Ang Lee released Hulk, which featured Eric Bana and Nick Nolte.
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The less than great critical reception of Ang Lee's Hulk was more than offset by the luminous reviews for Brokeback Mountain.
=aside=Paul
Very interesting fact about Tobey
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Ang Lee studied at the prestigious Tainan First Senior High School where his father was principal.
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Ang Lee's Civil War drama Ride with the Devil received critical praise.
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When Brokeback Mountain was not awarded the Best Picture Oscar in 2006, many people gasped at the scandalous oversight; Ang Lee, however, was restrained and polite in his remarks following the ceremony.
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Tui Shou (Pushing Hands) was Ang's first film, released in 1992.
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Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain captures "the guarded, overwhelming inner emotions of two lonely men daring to love against unbeatable odds."
-- Rex Reed (http://www.observer.com/node/38046)
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Ang Lee was the Executive Producer of One Last Ride, directed by Tony Vitale.
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Wo hu cang long is the Mandarin title of Hidden Tiger, Crouching Dragon.
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From a customer review of Hulk at Barnes & Noble (http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?ean=025192307522):
"Leave it to Ang Lee to take on another genre and nail it. I watched this twice the first night I rented it and bought it a week later. It loses nothing with multiple viewings. Like X-Men, director Lee made outstanding casting choices which raises this above standard super-hero fare and turns it into a brilliant, albeit dark, character study."
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Round 492!Just me and you.
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Ennis and Jack together
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Jack and Ennis personified the archetypal roles familiar to fans of Westerns for many years--but with a twist.
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Two or three times a year, Jack became all abuzz, and made a beeline for his honey, for purposes of cross-pollination.
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When Jack and Ennis were on their "fishing trips", they were each other's daily catch.
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While peeling potatoes, Jack did his best to ignore the distraction presented by Ennis.
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The dozy embrace was emblematic of Jack and Ennis's time together: sweet, but short.
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Both Jack and Ennis had to finagle things around so they could be with each other on their "fishing trips."
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A big storm moving in from the Pacific which resulted in an earlier-than-expected departure from Brokeback Mountain was the first glitch in Jack and Ennis's relationship.
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Jack hotfooted it up from Texas to Wyoming, where he tried holding Ennis's feet to the fire about being together.
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Unfortunately for Jack and Ennis, life kept interrupting the short, infrequent times they were together.
=aside= Paul
Unfortunately Ennis got cold feet. :D
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A few minutes after he said goodbye to Jack in Signal, Ennis found himself feeling jelly-legged, queasy, confused, conflicted, and angry at himself.
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At the reunion, Jack and Ennis took a leap of faith, so they leaped off the cliff into uncertain waters.
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As their relationship continued over the years, the mainstay of Ennis' and Jack's relationship was the intimacy that Proulx described as "the brilliant charge of their infrequent couplings."
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Jack proposed a little cow-and-calf operation, but Ennis considered it a nonviable solution: "I told you, it ain't goin' to be that way."
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A couple times a year, the boys would try to orchestrate their brief, mountain symphony.
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Ennis and Jack were at the peak of their existence while they were on Brokeback.
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When Ennis and Jack had their big blowup at the lake, the rupture between them was sharp but brief. As Proulx wrote, "they torqued things almost to where they had been, for what they'd said was no news. Nothing ended, nothing begun, nothing resolved."
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Proulx wrote:
They never talked about the sex, let it happen, at first only in the tent at night, then in the full daylight with the hot sun striking down, and at evening in the fire glow, quick, rough, laughing and snorting, no lack of noises, but saying not a goddamn word except once Ennis said, "I'm not no queer," and Jack jumped in with "Me neither. A one-shot thing. Nobody's business but ours."
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In the big Lake Scene argument, Jack stated he felt tethered to Ennis's short leash.
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After all was said and done at the lake scene blowup, things were still unresolved.
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After exchanging pleasantries with Alma, Jack and Ennis hurried off to the Motel Siesta to fulfill their venereal desires.
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In the Motel Siesta, Jack and Ennis wiled away the hours.
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Jack was initially attracted to Ennis' xternal good looks, but eventually fell in love with the whole gorgeous person.
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Round 493!
There's No One in the Place 'Cept You and Me!
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More Jack and Ennis Together.
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Unsure of exactly when Jack would show up in for the reunion, Ennis had taken the day off from work to await his arrival.
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Of all the beverages they shared on their outings, I think whiskey was the favorite.
=aside= Sandy
"Cuz it's one for my baby, and one more for the road..."
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While peeling potatoes, Jack tried to appear as cool as a cucumber by ignoring Ennis' appetizing naked body.
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Birthday Bleatings, Toast!!!!!
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Hope
you
have
a
wonderful
day! |
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Jack and Ennis's feelings for each other deepen after TS1.
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Their time on the mountain seemed everlastingly glorious.
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Have yourself a cozy little birthday, Toast!
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After Ennis' hand was placed on Jack's crotch in TS1, he had a whole new world at his fingertips and didn't let the opportunity slip through his fingers.
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Have a Wonderful Birthday Wherever You Are!
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Jack kept his eyes on the potatoes he was peeling, trying his best to ignore the distraction of Jack wearing nary a garment.
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When Jack and Ennis were together, they harnessed the energy of the mountains.
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While peeling potatoes, Jack tried to appear imperturbable and as cool as a cucumber by ignoring Ennis's zucchini.
=aside=Sandy
;)
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:D HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TOAST! :D
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"Like Romeo and Juliet, Ennis and Jack's love is doomed to fail from the start, due to other people's misunderstandings, confusion and fear. The movie works as a tragedy, but somehow I wanted the couple to stay together, laughing, playing and herding sheep in the rolling hills of Brokeback Mountain."
-- Alex Sandell, The Juicy Cerebellum (http://www.juicycerebellum.com/200602.htm)
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After hearing "Bring 'em down," all Ennis could do was to lollygag on the grassy knoll.
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One of the nicest moments in Brokeback Mountain shows two cowboys just moseying along, enjoying each other's company: Jack and Ennis together.
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Both Jack and Ennis were natives of Wyoming, having been raised in opposite corners of the state.
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Jack and Ennis, natives of Wyoming, were from towns oppositely situated in different corners of the state.
=aside= Fran
:)
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When it was time to leave Signal, Jack hoped he would cross paths with Ennis again.
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Though Ennis became almost a recluse after Jack's passing, the shirts were always there to keep his memory alive.
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Proulx wrote:
They had a high-time supper by the fire, a can of beans each, fried potatoes and a quart of whiskey on shares, sat with their backs against a log, boot soles and copper jeans rivets hot, swapping the bottle while the lavender sky emptied of color and the chill air drained down, drinking, smoking cigarettes, getting up every now and then to piss, firelight throwing a sparkle in the arched stream, tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going....
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Jack and Ennis's evenings around the campfire contributed to their initial feelings of togetherness.
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Ennis unfastened his belt in TSI, but soon had to fasten his seat belt for a very bumpy ride.
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"Love is love, Brokeback Mountain tells us: beautiful, painful, empowering, and tragic. The fact that it comes between two men makes it no different or less real than any other great love. We see it here in a way no other movie in history has yet accomplished: haunting, compelling, and profound."
-- Rob Vaux, Flipside Movie Emporium (http://www.flipsidemovies.com/brokebackmountain.html)
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Ennis winked at Jack's admission that he was seeing the ranch foreman's wife down in Childress and had to keep looking over his shoulder, laughing and saying "You probably deserve it."
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Ennis was looking for xculpation, when he told Jack in the motel that he thought Jack was "sore from that punch".
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Round 494!
Together evermore
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Jack and Ennis left Brokeback with no strings attached, but after they both had tied the knot, they realized they were stuck on each other.
=aside= Paul
Great round announcement.
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Jack and Ennis's feelings for each other developed into a binding relationship, but Ennis's fear of societal retaliation kept them from living the "sweet life" proposed by Jack.
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There was a definite chemical attraction between Jack and Ennis.
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After shooting the elk, Ennis became even nearer and dearer to Jack.
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Proulx wrote:
They went at it in silence except for a few sharp intakes of breath and Jack's choked "gun's goin off," then out, down, and asleep.
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Ennis and Jack's relationship was founded on a genuine liking for each other which later grew into love.
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Ennis initially communicated through grunts and mumbles until he finally opened up and said: "Hell, that's the most I've spoke in a year."
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After being aroused from sleep in TS1, Ennis harrumphed a poorly articulated "what'reyoudoin'?"
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While at the Motel Siesta, story Jack tells Ennis that he's getting out of the injury-laden profession of bull riding while he can still walk.
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Although he liked the cut of Ennis's jib, Jack wondered if he would jib at the idea of being "more than friends."
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Jack refrained from taking a look-see at Ennis while he was bathing.
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Ennis was moping around on the grassy knoll at the prospect of having to part company with Jack.
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"Jack is the only one who dares grab with bare hands at the barbed wire twisted up inside Ennis. In one of 2005's greatest performances, Ledger shows how Ennis' slow-building appreciation and affection for Jack's actions wear down his defenses."
-- Nick Rogers, State Journal-Register (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/click/movie-1152313/reviews.php?critic=columns&sortby=default&page=8&rid=1470801) (Springfield, IL)
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Ennis' and Jack's ongoing affair evolved gradually over the years, but one thing was always the same: never enough time, never enough.
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While still in his prime, Ennis didn't let a prime opportunity to become a sinner slip through his fingers.
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While at the Motel Siesta, story Jack gave Ennis a rundown of the injuries he had sustained riding bulls.
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Jack was redlining it to see Ennis, and always hoped for a silver lining.
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After spending the night together without a stitch on, when Ennis left without saying a word, Jack was afraid their relationship might be hanging by a thread.
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To Jack's suggestion of starting a little cow-and-calf operation together, Ennis replied unequivocally, "Told you, ain't goin' to be that way."
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The potatoes that Jack was peeling while trying to keep his eyes off Ennis are veggies.
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The warmth of Jack's bedroll was a welcome comfort to Ennis; pretty soon, things would heat up and Ennis would "touch fire".
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Very gradually Ennis was able to xternalize some of his inner feelings toward Jack.
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Round 495!
Together They Thrived! They Laughed and They Cried.
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In his own way, Ennis Del Mar applauded the rodeo-fuckup-mating-dance of Jack Twist.
aside = Players
Thanks for the Birthday Greetings.
I had a marvellous Birthday - The theme song for my Birthday should be John Prine's "Illegal Smile."
NO I was NOT consuming!
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Jack's shirt was blotted with Ennis's blood when he tried to staunch the blood coming from Ennis's nose with the sleeve.
=aside= Toast
Welcome back!!!!!
Let me venture a guess (or two) about your b-day:
1) You had oatmeal for breakfast?
2) You celebrated it with an insurance man (or two)?
3) Your sister converted to Catholicism and became a nun?
Am I getting close? :)
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Ennis and Jack were caught in a vicious circle as far as wanting to be with each other and living a "normal" life.
=aside= Toast
Welcome back! We sure missed you!
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Ennis's ordering soup was one small deed he did for Jack.
=aside= Toast
Welcome back, dude.
How was the motor trip?
"I like potato chips, moonlight and motor trips. How about you?"
--Burton Lane and Ralph Freed (who was from Vancouver)
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Jack thought Ennis was one hot tamale, so it was no wonder he eventually went for the whole enchilada in TS1.
=aside=Toast
Welcome back! So you were smiling without benefit of the law?
Sounds like you had a good birthday. ;)
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Ennis's fear and lack of fortitude kept him from living "a sweet life" with Jack.
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Jack and Ennis had a tendency to guzzle whatever libation was at hand; be it beer, or whiskey.
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Ennis initially thought that the situation in TS1 was too hot to handle, but after getting a handle on things he handled it with expertise.
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"On the mountain, Ennis not only loves Jack, he fights him. Just down from the mountain, he punishes himself, banging his head literally and figuratively against a wall. Often seeming nearly catatonic, he erupts into rages against bullying bikers, against his ex-wife, against a motorist whom he beats and who, in turn, beats him.
"These repeated scenes of violence cannot be the cathartic violence of a typical Western. Traditionally, Westerns resolve themselves through a showdown: men confront each other with something at stake, and a climactic violent scene clarifies everything. But the violence in this movie can settle nothing because the heroes themselves have internalized the conventions that imprison them. Their fighting is self-destructive. It can never hit its true target. It can provide no resolution." -- Richard White, Montana: The Magazine of Western History (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3951/is_200607/ai_n17179467/pg_2)
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Once Ennis got the picture in TS1, he became a jeans-removing sex machine.
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The night of TS1, Ennis and Jack got drunk as lords and had suitably noble hangovers the next day.
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Jack's misinterpretation of Ennis's postcard about the divorce resulted in his driving from Childress to Riverton for nothing.
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While Jack "redlined it, couldn't get here fast enough", Ennis noncommittally responded, "Me....I dunno."
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Standing in front of Aguirre's trailer, Ennis looks as if he is trying to hide, wearing his hat so low that it obscures his features.
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Jack proved he had a natural perspicacity when it came to figuring out Ennis's moods, knowing when to keep quiet and when not to.
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Jack played the rascal when he performed his mock-rodeo mating dance.
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In TS1, Jack didn't let the opportunity for Ennis to become a sinner slip through his fingers.
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Jack and Ennis became friends and then lovers while working as a two-man sheepherding team up on Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennis was being upfront with Jack when he told him, "It's a one-shot thing we got goin' on here."
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Jack was a little surprised by the voraciousness of Ennis's appetites.
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Jack got his wires crossed when he mistook Ennis' postcard regarding his divorce as an invitation to begin a life together.
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Ennis xternalized his feelings for Jack when he greeted him with a passionate reunion kiss.
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Round 496!
The harmony and the conflicts....
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Another round devoted to Ennis and Jack
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One aftereffect of TS1 was that Jack walked a little funny the next morning.
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Ennis was fed up with Jack's beef about having to eat beans, so he shot an elk and the rest was gravy.
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Proulx wrote:
They went at it in silence except for a few sharp intakes of breath and Jack's choked "gun's goin off," then out down, and asleep.
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TS1 drains Ennis of his innocence, but he becomes filled with emotion and comes back for more.
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In a move that was more Ennisish than Jackish, Jack kept quiet while waiting for Ennis to weigh in on what had happened in TS1.
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The four-year reunion reveals that Ennis and Jack, who have settled into fitfully content marriages, still crave each other.
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Jack and Ennis may have guzzled beer and whiskey, but they drank in each other's spirit.
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After initially having the upper hand in Tent Scene I, Jack had no qualms about handing over the reins to Ennnis.
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Jack invokes the name of the Lord while laying into Ennis about November: "November? Well, what in the hell happened to August? Christ, Ennis, you had a fuckin' week to say some llittle word about this."
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In a move that was more Jackish than Ennisish, Ennis opened up and talked about his parents, brother and sister.
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Because Jack was such a good listener, Ennis was able to open up and talk about himself, remarking: "... that's the most I've spoke in a year."
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A major misadventure for Ennis and Jack occurred when Joe's sheep got mixed in with some
sheep from another allotment.
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After a rough start, Jack and Ennis nimbly walked through Cupid's grove together.
=aside= Fran
:)
=aside= Toast
Happy Victoria Day!
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Jack and Ennis never seemed to regret meeting so opportunely in 1963; however they had many regrets about other choices they made later.
=aside= John Prine
When I woke up this morning, things were lookin bad
Come on John , my own bed is looking good so good today.
Seem like total silence was the only friend I had
And the only one I needed today
Bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down... and won
Corn Flakes with Prednisone, actually.
And it was twelve oclock before I realized
That I was havin .. no fun
Oops I thought some American Channel would have holiday programming - On a Canadian holiday - Oops.
Last time I checked my bankroll,
It was gettin thin
I did well financially, actually.
Sometimes it seems like the bottom
Is the only place Ive been
Oh No, Been to the top of the CN Tower this time.
I chased a rainbow down a one-way street... dead end
Had to jaywalk to get some photos of my travels.
And all my friends turned out to be insurance salesmen
More like lottery ticket sellers, No luck there either.
Well, I sat down in my closet with all my overalls
No I was out and about wearing shorts for a couple of days.
Tryin to get away
From all the ears inside my walls
I enjoyed all the listening ears I ran into.
I dreamed the police heard
Everything I thought... what then?
I hope not!
Well I went to court
No way!
And the judges name was hoffman
Won't touch that.
Ah but fortunately I have the key to escape reality
Nothing like the ABCs for fantasy.
And you may see me tonight with an illegal smile
Stopped by RCMP in a roadblock (On my birthday) - looking for illegal non-taxed tobacco, with thousands of the smokes in the vehicle and the driver puffing away on one at the time.
It don't cost very much, but it lasts a long while
Six dollars on the native reserve - near Montreal, instead of $85 retail.
Wont you please tell the man I didnt kill anyone
Come on officer, it's only tax law.
No Im just tryin to have me some fun
Well I don't touch the things, but I got a few untaxed cigars, though.
Well done, hot dog bun, my sisters a nun
I think I'll become a nun after that.
Got through the roadblock using our Newfie wit and charm friendliness, and home for six weeks or so, before my next adventure.
=aside= Players
Great to see what you all have been posting lately.
I'm really back this time.
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When the heat was on, Ennis performed well under pressure in Tent Scene I.
I'm really back this time.
Say hello to Toast for us.
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Ennis nixed Jack's idea about the little cow-and-calf operation, and Jack was never able to reshape Ennis's thinking.
=aside= Toast
(http://eclectech.co.uk/b3ta/sheep-wallpaper.jpg)
Welcome b-a-a-a-a-a-ck!
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Jack and Ennis were sharers of almost everything, but not of what really counted: the sweet life.
=aside= Paul
It's been a great Victoria Day for me - all indoors and restful.
=aside= Sandy
John Prine says "Dear Toast, Dear Toast, You have no complaint."
=aside= Fran
Great to be ba-a-ack and be legal again.
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As soon as Ennis got his divorce, Jack arrived to let him know that he was ready to leave Lureen without so much as a tra-la-la.
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When Ennis and Jack first met, Jack was unattached and Ennis was about to tie the knot.
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Joe Aguirre expected the herder to vigilantly guard his sheep and sleep in the pup tent, but Ennis preferred to sleep with Jack, sheep be damned.
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Ennis acknowleged Jack's weariness in the dozy embrace scene by repeating what his mom had said to him at the end of a day: "Come on now, you're sleepin' on your feet like a horse."
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Ennis offered an xclusionary clause: they could get together, but only once in a while, and only in the middle of nowhere.
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Round 497!
Togetherness is Heaven
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Jack and Ennis arranged to meet once in a while in the middle of nowhere.
=aside= Paul
:)
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Jack Twist, who wanted a sweet life, became tired of all the fuss and bother associated with only meeting Ennis once in a while, and only in the middle of nowhere.
=aside= Paul
Lovely Round Announcement.
Congrats on 2000 posts.
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Every once in a while, Ennis and Jack would meet clandestinely in the middle of nowhere.
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Jack and Ennis developed a routine of meeting every once in a while in the middle of nowhere.
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Jack Twist, who wanted a sweet life, became tired of all the fuss and bother associated with evasively meeting Ennis once in a while, and only in the middle of nowhere.
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When Jack proposes that cow-and-calf operation, Ennis nixes it and instead founds their future relationship on secrecy---meeting in the middle of nowhere a few times a year.
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Being a go-getter, Jack wanted more from Ennis than meeting only once in a while in the middle of nowhere.
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Being headstrong, Jack wanted more from Ennis than meeting only once in a while in the middle of nowhere.
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Real life intervenes, limiting the number of times and the length of time Ennis can get away to meet Jack in the middle of nowhere.
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At their last meeting by the lake, Jack and Ennis engaged in some heated verbal jousts, but after all was said and done, nothing had been resolved.
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Jack disliked the limitation that they see each other only once in a while and out in the middle of nowhere.
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Jack and Ennis seemed like masters of their lives when they were together out in the middle of nowhere.
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Ennis let Jack know that he was aware of the notoriousness of certain places in Mexico.
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Jack made an offhanded comment about leaving Lureen and LD's giving him a down payment, but Ennis nixed it, saying they could meet once in a while, way out in the middle of nowhere.
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Ennis felt pressured to create a "traditional" family when he wasn't with Jack in the middle of nowhere.
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Jack grew restive under Ennis's strict conditions for their meetings, finally telling him emphatically that it was "a goddamn bitch of an unsatisfactory situation."
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In May of 1983 Ennis and Jack spent a few cold days at a series of little icebound, no-name high lakes in the middle of nowhere.
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In May of 1983 Ennis and Jack travelled around a series of little icebound, no-name high lakes out in the middle of nowhere.
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Jack finally got the nerve to express his feelings; however, his tirade was unnerving to Ennis.
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Meeting once in a while in the middle of nowhere helped to fill the voids in Jack and Ennis' lives.
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During their 1983 cold icebound days in the middle of nowhere, each wanderer was stressed:
Jack had the usual complaints about the cold and having to sneak around out in the middle of nowhere.
Ennis silently mulled the fact that their next trip would still be in the cold (November) out in the middle of nowhere.
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By nixing Jack's idea about a little cow-and-calf operation, Ennis denies himself and Jack the opportunity for a future of xponential happiness with each other.
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Round 498
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Friends are great!
The friendships of Brokeback Mountain.
Some friendships endure, others don't.
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After checking each other out in Aguirre's trailer, Jack and Ennis amiably shared a few beers in the bar that morning. It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
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In a rare father-son scene, Jack boisterously propelled a Versatile farm machine around the lot at Newsome Farm Equipment with his son Bobby sharing in the fun.
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Ennis showed that he was a friend by changing places with Jack on Brokeback.
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If Jack had had his druthers, he would have been friendly with Ennis a lot more often.
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Ennis's empathic relationship with Alma was tested when he felt he had to say, "Now, you, shut up about Alma. This ain't her fault."
However Thanksgiving night of 1976 probably saw the end of that part of their relationship.
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In a rare father-son scene, Jack boisterously propelled a Versatile farm machine around the lot at Newsome Farm Equipment with his son Bobby sharing in the fun.
=aside= Toast
Merci.
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Alma gratefully accepted Monroe's offer to clean up the spilled nuts; however, Monroe didn't lift a finger when Ennis went nuts after Alma spilled the beans about Jack "Nasty."
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Alma and the girls had to stay at home while Ennis traveled hither and yon with his friend Jack year after year.
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Two
biking drinking buddies exhibited indecorous behavior at the Fourth of July celebration.
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Ennis was being a good friend when he killed the elk so that Jack wouldn't have to eat beans and could enjoy the jerkied meat.
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Ennis discovered his loquaciousness after being around a very stealthy friend for a while.
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Earl and Rich ranched together until Earl was brutally murdered.
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Jack and Ennis's friendship started with a nonsexual connection.
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Ennis obstinately avoided Cassie after he had decided to quit putting the blocks to her.
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Though they started out as just friends, Ennis and Jack soon found they were becoming partial to each other.
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Ennis had recurring dreams where Jack appeared as he had first seen him: "curly-headed and smiling and bucktoothed, talking about getting up off his pockets and into the control zone."
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When Ennis was strapped for cash, Jack offered to lend him money, unexpectedingly resulting in Ennis being fit to be tied.
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Jack appeared transfixed at the first sight of Ennis.
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Ennis was unbudgeable on the subject of living with Jack; the best he could offer Jack was getting together every once in a while in the middle of nowhere.
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After Jack voided his bladder, he proudly showed off his rodeo belt buckle to his new friend.
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As seldom as they met way out in the middle of nowhere, Jack and Ennis spent their time wiling away the hours.
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Alma Jr.'s initial disappointment upon discovering that Cassie was accompanying Ennis was an xpectable reaction on her part. She didn't want to share her limited time with her dad with anyone else, much less his girlfriend.
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Round 499!
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He was a friend of mine....
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Jack immediately attracts Ennis' attention as he "poses" next to his truck outside Aguirre's trailer.
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=aside= Fran
Great round announcement.
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The night Jack and Lureen met, they danced to a ballad titled "No one's gonna love you like me," and Jack's pensive look made it clear that his thoughts had turned to Ennis.
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"The first half hour of the film is devoted to the quiet reverence of Brokeback Mountain, a place that represents the natural beauty of the Old West and the private Eden that the two young boys share together, sheltered from the rest of the world. It is here where they form a bond of friendship based on mutual trust and respect, which on a cold night explodes into a lust that neither of them can fully comprehend."
-- Meghan White, Cinemalogue (http://noise.cinemalogue.com/2006/02/14/brokeback-retrospect/)
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Bob Dylan gets the writing credit for "He Was a Friend of Mine".
It is a traditional folk song in which the singer laments the death of a friend.
It has been recorded by Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Dave Van Ronk, Mercury Rev, The Mitchell Trio and Willie Nelson, and covered by Cat Power. The version recorded by Willie Nelson was used in the film Brokeback Mountain and is credited to Dylan, who arranged an early version of the tune in 1962.
In the Byrds' version, John F. Kennedy was the friend whose death was lamented. The melody is changed considerably and Roger McGuinn takes a songwriter's credit.
The song was featured in an episode of the reality television series Jacob and Joshua: Nemesis Rising when the openly gay pop duo Nemesis recorded it for its upcoming album.
The Grateful Dead also performed this song in the late 60's through 1971.
Dave Van Ronk sang the song at the memorial concert for Phil Ochs in New York City's Madison Square Garden Felt Forum in May 1976, after Ochs' suicide.
--Wikipedia
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/BobDylan.jpg)
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Jack held on to Ennis with as much evenness of character as he could bring to the relationship.
=aside= Fran
Great Round Announcement!
=aside= Paul
What a cute Bob Dylan!
I remember him.
"He died on the road." has had so many meanings, not the least for Jack Twist.
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"The first half hour of the film is devoted to the quiet reverence of Brokeback Mountain, a place that represents the natural beauty of the Old West and the private Eden that the two young boys share together, sheltered from the rest of the world. It is here where they form a bond of friendship based on mutual trust and respect, which on a cold night explodes into a lust that neither of them can fully comprehend."
-- Meghan White, Cinemalogue (http://noise.cinemalogue.com/2006/02/14/brokeback-retrospect/)
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Jack and Ennis were groggier in TS1 than in TS2.
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In spite of other relationships, both Jack and Ennis hallow what they have together.
def - To respect or honor greatly
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After a passionate reunion with Ennis after four years' separation, Jack dreamed of installing himself in Alma's role as Ennis's partner, but he was destined to be termed a friend for life.
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Jack was jollier in Wyoming than he was in Texas.
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Ennis is upset to hear about Jack's trips to Mexico because it makes him question Jack's loyalty to him.
=aside= Sandy and Toast
I'm glad you liked the announcement.
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After not seeing his hot-cowboy lover for four years, Ennis melted at the sight of him.
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After the summer on Brokeback, Jack traveled south and built up a life in Texas, but his thoughts and his road trips went most often in a northerly direction.
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Jack would like to have seen Ennis much oftener.
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Every time Jack looked at Ennis he looked at him with those big blue peepers. Jeepers, creepers, how could Ennis resist?
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Ennis's "fishing" trips with his buddy Jack had a restorative effect on him. Even Alma noticed that he came back looking all perky.
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Every time Jack looked at Ennis he looked at him with those big blue soulful peepers. Jeepers, creepers, how could Ennis resist?
=aside= Sandy
:)
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Jack and Ennis were bursting at the seams with excitement at their four-year reunion and proceeded to pick up the threads of their relationship.
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Jack was unstinting in the use of his big blue soulful peepers; men and women alike were roped in by them, as Ennis and Lureen could attest.
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Jack's big blue soulful peepers vie for Ennis's attention.
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Both Ennis and Jack were weighed down by the sad truths expressed during their last argument, but they managed to somehow torque things almost to where they had been.
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By 1983, Jack seemed to have lost his xpectance that he and Ennis could have a sweet life together.
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Round 500
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Sleep With The Sheep
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Five Hunderd Percent
A round about the unsung heroes of Brokeback:
The sheep who brought our two boys together.
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Jack rodeos mostly, herding sheep is just his avocation.
=congratulations= All players
The ABCs is my avocation.
I'd be happy herding sheep with any of you. Cheers, friends.
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The sheep bleated.
=congrats= Players
It's a red-letter day for all of us.
(http://cdbaby.name/r/e/redlett3.jpg) (http://scrapbook.momsbreak.com/LETTERS/RedWesternLetters.jpg)
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When Aguirre gave his order for the herder: "but you sleep with the sheep, hundred percent, no fire, don't leave no sign," he couldn't know that the sheep's safety would be competing with a warm cuddly shared bedroll.
=Congrats= Players
Doesn't it give you a warm cuddly feeling?
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When Ennis rode up the mountain the day after TS1, the sheep were dog-tired and the dog looked sheepish.
=Congrats=Players
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500 Brokeback-lovin' rounds!
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Our 500th Round!!!!!
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"Not b-a-a-a-d!!!!!
Thanks, Players, past and present, for helping the "ABCs of BBM" game reach this milestone.
Sandy, Toast, Paul, and Meryl, you guys keep things interesting. Thanks for sharing my obsession, for putting your time and energy into the game, and for studying your dictionaries. It's been more than fun.
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Joe Aguirre wanted Jack, the herder, to sleep with his sheep 100 percent at night to ensure their safety.
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Sheep provided the fleece from which Annie Proulx could spin her yarn about two
cowboys men in love.
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Jack and Ennis goaded the sheep up the mountain, and then goaded the sheep down the mountain. Oh, yeah, and stuff happened in between.
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Ennis had hitchhiked to Signal for a job herding sheep.
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Jack and Ennis had much of the summer to consider the inscrutability of a sheep.
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The daily shooting journal for Brokeback Mountain included many a scene with wooly character actors.
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Joe Aguirre worries about predator loss because his sheep are his livelihood.
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The sheep appearing in Brokeback Mountain are a combination of true live mammals as well as computer generated "electric" sheep - maybe the kind Philip K. Dick had in mind when he titled his 1968 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep%281stEd%29.jpg)
Filmed in 1982 as Blade Runner.
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It was a wild-and-wooly summer for Ennis and Jack when they guarded the flocks of nubby sheep.
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During a blowy hailstorm, Joe's sheep overran the boundaries of their allotment.
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Aguirre and his base team had to prepare the flock for grazing in the mountain. The herd was sorted, counted, paint-branded and quite likely checked for disease/pest symptoms.
Overwhelmed by beans, Jack Twist was willing to prepare at least one sheep for a dining respite.
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Jack and Ennis were supposed to protect the sheep from roaming coyotes.
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Joe Aguirre instructed Jack to pitch a pup tent on the q.t., out of sight, and sleep with the sheep 100 percent.
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First Jack and then Ennis traipsed up and down the mountain twice a day to baby-sit the woolies.
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Joseph Aguirre must have had a good awareness of the usability of a sheep, besides the obvious meat, wool and sheepskins.
From Hide and Wool:
- Lanolin
- Drum Heads
- Artists' Brushes
- Rouge
- Base Insulation
- Asphalt Binder
- Textiles
- Ointment Base
- Tennis Balls
- Glue
- Paint
- Plaster Binder
From Fats and Fatty Acids:
- Explosives
- Solvents
- Chewing Gum
- Paints
- Rennet for Cheese
- Industrial Oils
- Industrial Lubricants
- Stearic Acid
- Cosmetics
- Dog Food
- Mink Oil
- Oleo Margarine
- Ceramics
- Medicines
- Shoe Crème
- Dish Soap
- Tires
- Parafin
- Chicken Feed
- Biodegradable Detergents
- Antifreeze
- Crayons
- Floor Wax
- Tallow for Tanning
- Chemicals
- Rubber Products
- Insecticides
- Candles
- Herbicides
- Shaving Cream
- Protein Hair Conditioner and Shampoo
- Creams and Lotions
From Intestines:
- Sausage Casings
- Instrument Strings
- Surgical Sutures
- Tennis Racquet Strings
From the Bones, Horns and Hooves:
- Syringes
- Gelatin Desserts
- Rose Food
- Piano Keys
- Marshmallows
- Potted Meats
- Pet Food Ingredients
- Bandage Strips
- Bone Charcoal Pencils
- Gelatin Capsules
- Adhesive Tape
- Phonograph Records
- Combs
- Toothbrushes
- Buttons
- Bone Meal
- Emery Boards
- Ice Cream
- Laminated Wood Products
- Horn and Bone Handles
- Collagen and Bone for Plastic Surgery
- Bone China
- Wallpaper and Wallpaper Paste
- Dog Biscuits
- Steel Ball Bearings
- Malts and Shakes
- Fertilizer
- Neatsfoot Oil
- Adhesives
- Bone Charcoal for High Grade Steel
- Plywood and Paneling
- Shampoo
- Conditioner
- Dice
- Collagen
- Cold Cream
- Crochet Needles
- Cellophane Wrap and Tape
- Glycerin
- Photographic Film
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Aguirre violates Forest Service regulations when he tells Jack to sleep with the sheep and keep it on the Q.T.
=aside= Toast
Are you sure you have all of them? That list is amazing. Who knew?
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The morning after TS1, Ennis crawled out from under his woollen blanket feeling woolly-headed and worrying about the woollies.
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Jack and Ennis could have no awareness of the xtensiveness of their contribution to the economy by just guarding a flock of sheep.
=reply= Sandy
Mmmm, well there's the milk (Roquefort cheese, Blue by Ewe Cheese, Camembaaa! Cheese, Grandvewe Blue Cheese)
Then there's the boiled eyeballs, poached tongue.
And medicine is probably using the ewerine.
Want more???
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Round 501!!!
Thanks to the sheep for a job well done.
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They're not just for counting any more!!
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Aguirre made it clear that on no account should Forrest Service find out that Jack was sleeping with the sheep.
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Ennis and Jack knew they didn't have to bellow at the dogs to get them to move the sheep in the right direction; they used a series of whistles instead.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/JnEdrivingSheep2.jpg)
=aside=Sandy
Cute round announcement :)
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There were 75 visual effects shots created for the film by the Canadian house Buzz Image Group. Of these, 15 were of CGI sheep. The film called for about 2,500 sheep, but only 700 were on-set, necessitating the additional woolly creations. Also created for the film were sky replacements, set additions, erasures and the hail in the hailstorm.
IMDb
Trivia for Brokeback Mountain (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388795/trivia)
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When Aguirre's sheep got mixed in with the Chilean sheep, it was almost impossible to disentangle them because the paint brands had faded.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks. (http://genealogy2.com/blacksheep/sheep1.gif)
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Jack keeps eyeballing the sheep while he tries to disentangle them, but finds that "half the goddamn paint brands are wore off."
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Ennis stayed on Cigar Butt and kept the flocks apart while Jack had the frustrating job of getting in there and finding their faded paint brands among the Chilean herd.
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Jack and Ennis guarded the sheep on Brokeback but they were caught off guard when Aguirre caught them "stemming the rose."
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Jack indulged in some histrionics while separating the sheep, cussing a blue streak and bodily dragging and carrying them back to their proper place.
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When a frustrated Jack, surrounded by palely marked and foreign sheep, says "Fuck Aguirre!" Ennis indicates the importance of doing a good job for the man: "Oh yeah, Fuck Aguirre? What if we need to work for him again, huh, you think of that? We gotta stick this out, Jack."
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Jack loses his cool when trying to separate the jumbled-up herds of sheep, while Ennis is much more pragmatic about it.
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As they slogged through the job of separating the sheep, Ennis took his own frustration out on Jack, lambasting him for cussing out Aguirre: "What if we need to work for him again? We gotta stick this out, Jack."
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Jack marshalled the individual sheep into their herd once he figured out that it might be their sheep. In the end he seemed to depend more on herd numbers than on paint brands.
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In trying to get the sheep sorted out properly, Jack seemed to depend more on numerics than on paint brands.
=aside= Toast
:)
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By the end of the summer the paint brands on the sheep were so worn down they had become otiose.
def.= serving no practical purpose
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In the bar on their first morning together, Jack recalled a peculiarly bad smell from the summer before - the odor of hapless zapped sheep rotting on the mountain side - and the need for whiskey if the lightning strikes again.
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During a blowy hailstorm Aguirre's herd roamed west and got among a herd in another allotment.
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The morning after TS1, Ennis knew something was wrong when he heard the anxious barking of a blue heeler, and his fears were confirmed when he found the dog whimpering sheepishly beside the carcass of a dead ewe.
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Joseph Aguirre trusted his flock of sheep to the care of a teenager, and let another teenager assume the role of camp tender.
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Jack was outraged at Aguirre's unheard-of rule of sleeping with the herd of sheep.
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The hapless dead ewe that Ennis found after TS1 had been plundered by coyotes, aka four-footed vultures, and it's likely that the winged variety helped dispose of what remained of her.
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During his tenure as the sheep herder, Jack continually whines as he dines at base camp - all that commutin', sleeping with the sheep, checkin' for coyotes all through the night, the pissy pup tent, the beans.
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When Jack came looking for work for the following summer and also asked about Ennis, Aguirre criticized his x-employees' work habits by saying: "You boys sure found a way to make the time pass up there. Twist, you guys wasn't gettin' paid to leave the dogs babysittin' the sheep while you stem the rose."
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ROUND 502
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That's what Texans do!
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Though it has not been absolutely proven, it is a commonly known fact that most married Texans never want to dance with their wives.
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While living in a state bordering on Mexico, it's easy to find out what Mexico's peso-driven economy has for boys of a certain persuasion.
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Texans tend to get chilled to the bone in any state north of Dixie and want to travel to warm climates such as Mexico.
=aside= Meryl
Mighty fine round announcement.
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Texas husbands are known for not listening to their wives, even in the face of impending deafness on the morrow.
=aside=Sandy
Thanks! :)
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After living in the lone star state for a while, one enunciates like the Texans do. In the case of book Jack Twist:
A little Texas accent flavored his sentences, "cow" twisted into "kyow" and "wife" coming out as "waf." [Proulx]
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Texans often find it necessary to flatter the wives of prospective fishing/hunting buddies by asking them to dance, even in the face of impending deafness.
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Regardless of whether a Texan manages to locate his blue parka for a trip up north, his garb must necessarily include a cowboy hat and boots.
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Texans especially eager to reach their destination -- say, a reunion with a lover one hasn't seen in four years -- are often hell-bent drivers.
def. = moving at full speed
=compliment= Sandy, Meryl, and Toast
Great job, you three!
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It seems that a true Texan imbibes whiskey when he invites a buddy fishing, with a promise of a small boat and a crappie house.
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For the best and juiciest turkey, a Texas wife will cook it for 3 hours - no more, no less.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_686.jpg)
=aside= Fran
Thank you and welcome back.
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Texas rodeo queens with midnight curfews are quite adept at limberly getting themselves and their dates into the backseat in record time.
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Any real Texan knows that a pickup truck in need of emergency repairs can be mended quite handily with the right application of chewing gum and baling wire.
=aside=Fran
It was tough, but we rose to the challenge. ;) Welcome back! :)
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Texans tend to practice neighborliness such as inviting a good-looking cowboy that you've been eyeing all night to spend the weekend in a deserted cabin.
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It seems that a true Texan overstates the facts:
- the importance of football in becoming a man
- the length of time it takes to eat a sit-down meal
- (time) travel of an ignorant ass
- the number of zeros in an adding machine
- how easy it is to see the Pope.
=aside= Fran
Oops! Welcome back!
I missed you!
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Although a Texan out with his wife is always puzzled by her need to powder her nose before going home to bed, he is never averse to using the time gained thereby for smoking and making social arrangements.
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Although a Texan out with his wife is always puzzled by her need to repowder her nose before going home to bed, he is never averse to using the time gained thereby for smoking and making social arrangements.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks.
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Although a Texan out with his wife is always puzzled by her need to powder her nose before going home to bed, he is never averse to using the time gained thereby for smoking and making social arrangements.
=aside= Meryl and Fran
Thanks again.
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How To Talk Like a Texan in Austin
#1 - Drop the g.
Cut out unnecessary letters like g in -ing words if you wanna talk like a Texan.
- Jack Twist already learned that in Wyomin'.
#2 - Use Texas contractions and phrases. (A lot like in Wyoming.)
There are certain word combinations that Texans like to turn into a single word and some common words we use in uncommon ways. Use these if you wanna talk like a Texan:
* gotta (got to, must)
* gonna (got to, going to)
* over yonder (over there)
* nu-uh (no)
* fixin ta (getting ready to do something)
* y'all (you all)
* wanna (want to)
#3 - Speak slower.
Next thang ya gotta do is slow down. Don't be in such a hurry. Chew on those words awhile. You don't hafta have a drawl like J.R. on Dallas but talkin' ninety to nothing'll mark you as a non-Texan no matter how many y'alls and fixin's you throw out there.
#4 - Tell a story.
Now ya havta paint a pichur. Texans like imagery, similes, and metaphors.
- Throw in a reference to the Pope, Mexico or a snake in a hole.
#5 - Cook up a critter tale.
Who doesn't like a story about fluffy bunnies and wild horses? When asked 'How hot is it?' ya say It's so hot the hens are layin' hard-boiled eggs. Tell folks your boss is meaner than a skillet full of rattlesnakes.
- a rabbit tryin' to squeeze into a snakehole with a coyote on its tail.
#6 - Make the weather more excitin' than it really is.
When someone asks, 'Get any rain lately?' ya say, It came a real gully-washer last night or, Nu-uh, it's so dry the trees are bribin' the dogs.
#7 - Put on a happy face.
Did ya win the Lottery? Well yur so lucky yur riding a gravy train with biscuit wheels and yur prolly feelin happy as a hog in slops. Next time ya go acourtin' tell yur gal she's cute as a possum and makes ya happy as a gopher in soft dirt.
.............
#10 - Learn the sports lingo.
Remember, when a Texan tawks 'bout playin' ball he prolly means football.
- And come to a consensus about the TV sports: On or Off.
#11 - Learn proper meal time etiquette.
When a Texan invites you over for supper it's the noon meal 'cept if'n it's the evenin' meal. Or it could be dinner at noon. Ya better ask for a time just to be sure.
- and check to see if you are carving or not.
more ... (http://austin.about.com/cs/talktexan/ht/talk_texan.htm)
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True Texans will offer a ride to fellow motorists beset with unanticipated travel difficulties when the chewing gum and baling wire no longer hold.
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In Texas, the old and venerated custom of dropping one's handkerchief to allow a handsome man to return it has been reimagined. A proper Texas girl simply gallops past her admirer, accidentally-on-purpose loses her cowboy hat, then trots demurely back to him to receive it with a smile.
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A proper Texas girl, having accidentally-on-purpose lost her cowboy hat, will risk whiplash by turning around fast enough to wink at the handsome cowboy who retrieved said hat.
=aside= weekend players
Very impressive work!
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Pickup truck acting up? A true Texan will xtemporize repairs using only chewing gum and baling wire (if for no other reason than to show his wife that it can be done).
def. = to prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or unsuitable materials; as, to xtemporize a dinner, a costume, etc.
=aside= Paul
Welcome back!
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Round 503!
Texans don't drink coffee?
No, Alma, they drink tea!
(http://rhymeswithright.mu.nu/images/texas-fb.jpg)
University of Texas "Teasippers"
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When you've waited all day for your Texan lover to arrive, make sure you skeedaddle to the swankiest motel in town.
(http://www.bygonebyways.com/BB-CO-Durango-Siesta_Motel_16.JPG)
=aside= Paul
A big Texan welcome back.
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When you and your Texas lover skeedaddle to the swankiest motel in town, and the receptionist asks "two beds or one", just coolly say 'two' - but inquire if one of them is a queen-sized bed.
=aside= Paul
Your post tells it all.
It was a spiritual visit, you lucky dude.
"...and the great dustiness of the northern plains came down upon him...."
SO Cool.
And a whiskey toast to our boys too!
Welcome back.
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Since real Texans love football, a college football game just might be the place to meet the man of your dreams. Just ask Lashawn.
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Proper young ladies in Texas have expanded their code of behavior to include foregoing demureness in favor of approaching a bashful suitor with a perky line such as: "What are you waitin' for, cowboy, a matin' call?"
=aside=Paul
We missed you! Welcome back. :-*
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Benefit dances in Texas are swanky affairs, attended by the elegantly dressed Childress gentry.
=aside= Toast
Texas is nice, but Wyoming is spiritual.
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When approaching a bashful suitor, a proper young lady from Texas will flutter her eyelashes while uttering a perky line such as: "What are you waitin' for, cowboy, a matin' call?"
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Any Texan will tell you that a savory garnish is the finishing touch to a Thanksgiving turkey.
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When a proper Texas gentleman is flirting with another proper Texas gentleman, he is to suggest a secluded fishing expedition, harboring no doubts that his meaning will be misconstrued.
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Most Texans know that the issue of whether or not to watch football on T.V. while eating Thanksgiving dinner is a very touchy subject.
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Any good rodeo cowboy expecting to withstand the jerkiness of the bulls on the Texas rodeo circuit had better learn to tape his arm to prevent more than a little stress break each time. Of course, he can only admit to his buddies that it "hurts like a bitch afterwards".
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That $100,000 burning a hole in your pocket? Any Texas farm-equipment salesman will be pleased to sell you a newfangled, laborsaving combine.
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Any Texan will instantly debunk the claim that the Big Horn Mountains have materialized in Texas.
=aside=Paul
Nice play on the actor's name with "harboring"
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The day Jack and Lureen met in Texas, they were the nonpareil champions of their rodeo events.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks for noticing!
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In Texas size does matter. Just look at the oversized hats.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/JimboJackAlone.jpg)
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Texans, always size conscious, are predisposed to wearing big hats.
Fran ;)
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In size-conscious Texas, cowboys in oversized Resistols are irresistible.
=aside= Fran, Meryl
;)
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In size-conscious Texas, cowboys in oversized Resistols are irresistible.
=aside= Paul and Meryl
You probably saw this one coming.
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It seems that the cowboy wants you to consider the size of his hat as a tape measure for his prowess, daring or anatomical endowments. Sometimes the relationship is of an inverse nature.
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In size-conscious Texas, any cowboy not wearing an oversized Resistol is unfit to be seen in pubic.
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In size-conscious Texas, cowboys are often vying for top-dog status by the size of their hats, even if the relationship is frequently inversely related.
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In size-conscious Texas, any cowboy not wearing a wildly oversized Resistol is unfit to be seen in pubic.
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Alma commented to Ennis that his friend could come inside and have a cup of coffee. "He's from Texas," Ennis replied xplanatorily.
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Round 504!!!
I've Been Way Down Yonder
(http://pix.epodunk.com/locatorMaps/tx/TX_22613.gif)
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Many Texas women are good at handling large business accounts.
(http://minegocito.org/images/events/obc06/Taking-Care-of-Business-log.gif)
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Signal Wyoming, early summer day 1964:
Jack drives through town in his truck, which rattles and sputters louder than ever. Drums his fingers on the steering wheel in time no "Faded Love" by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, which blares from his fuzzy radio. Eyes the sidewalks and dilapidated storefronts, as if looking for someone: Ennis.
Nothing, just a skinny kid on a bike being blown around by the wind, and two old women pulling their grocery carts. Jack parks in the dirt lot of the Farm and Ranch Employment trailer, dust and fine gravel pelting his truck's windows like hail. [2003 screenplay]
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Lureen stopped clicking on her adding machine long enough to tell Jack: "You know, you been going up to Wyoming all these years. Why can't your buddy come down here to Texas and fish?"
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In order to remain a rodeo cowboy, Jack had to hold on for dear life.
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The stylish Texas family expresses its flair for fashion by its choice in dining furniture: what could possibly more say "we've arrived" than mauve dining chairs?
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Jack faithfully made the 14-hour trip from Texas to Wyoming a few times a year to reunite with Ennis.
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Jack went to Texas to earn some money in the rodeo, but he discovered that he needed money to win money. A successful liaison with Lureen - and her family - guaranteed that he didn't have to rodeo any more.
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Jack told his hard-luck story about nearly starving in Texas, borrowing everything from the other guys except a toothbrush.
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Jack's successful liaison with Lureen and her family was implemental in his gaining employment at Newsome Farm Equipment.
=aside= Toast
:)
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The lovely mauve dining room chairs at the Twist home gave the place a certain je ne sais quoi that translated into "We've arrived."
=aside=Paul
;)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/TwistThanksgiving.jpg)
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The mauve dining room chairs in the Twist home must be the loveliest in all of Childress, Texas.
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LUREEN
(stops clicking for a moment)
You know, you been going up to Wyoming
all these years. Why can't your buddy come
down here to Texas and fish?
JACK
'Cause the Big Horn Mountains ain't
in Texas. Doubt his pickup would make it this
far anyways.
[screenplay]
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Jack's successful liaison with Lureen and her family allowed him to enjoy the nicer things in life such as the mauve dining room chairs.
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Lureen's furniture purchases (probably not made in Childress) seemed to be motivated by ostensibility rather than by comfort, durability or good taste.
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Although they were perhaps on the periphery of good taste, the lovely mauve chairs reflected the American dream as realized in Childress, Texas.
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Although they were perhaps on the periphery of good taste, the comfortable-looking mauve chairs reflected the American dream as realized in Childress, Texas.
=aside= Meryl
Guess who's feeling lazy....
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Although they were perhaps on the periphery of good taste, the sedate mauve chairs reflected the American dream as realized in Childress, Texas.
=aside= Meryl, Fran
Guess who's feeling lazy sedated ....
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Although L.D. proved to be a Texas-sized pain in the arse at dinner, Jack and Lureen reflected upon their lovely mauve chairs and carried on sedately after the incident.
=aside=Fran, Toast
Glad I could help. Pull up a mauve chair and relax. ;D
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Jack and L.D.'s Thanksgiving altercation began just as the turkey carving was getting underway.
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Jack found that when confronted with the vigorousness of a Texan partner, there's no turning back.
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Jack's successful liaison with Lureen and her well-off family allowed him to enjoy the nicer things in life such as the mauve dining room chairs.
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Texas is famous for big things, so xtra-large farm equipment was a Newsome specialty.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/NewsomeFarmEquipment.jpg)
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Round 505!
(http://www.allesfilm.com/pics/brokebackmountain_hathawaygyllenhaal_n.jpg)
Lureen and Jack went for a drive,
We blinked our eyes, and Bobby arrived.
Another round on Texas....
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Friends and family acknowledged Bobby's birth with cards, floral arrangements, and baby formula.
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The Newsomes babied baby Bobby with formula and compliments on his beauty.
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The Newsomes cooed over baby Bobby.
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The Newsomes deflated Jack's ego with their observation that the baby looked nothing like him.
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The Newsome family was full of elation over the birth of Baby Bobby, even though he was a Twist.
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The Newsomes were enjoying the fruits of Lureen's labor - baby Bobby - who was the apple of L.D.'s eye.
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Of all the gals (and guys) in Texas, Jack ended up with Lureen.
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L.D. was heedless of his son-in-law's feelings, ordering him around and condescendingly calling him "Rodeo."
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Jack became caught up in the intenseness of life in Texas, but soon felt out of place and considered that L.D. would "give me a down payment to get lost, I mean, he more or less already said it...."
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LD was jerkier around the turkey than he was around baby Bobby.
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After the confrontation between Jack and L.D. ended, Bobby still had to eat his lumpy cereal, like it or lump it.
=aside= Players
Why was he served cereal when everyone else got to eat turkey? No wonder he didn't want to eat it.
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Lureen models her behavior on her long-suffering mother and goes along with L.D.'s "stud duck" routine, at the expense of Jack's self-esteem.
=reply= Sandy
Because his parents told him that he was going to sit at that table until he finished his breakfast? :)
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Re: Bobby's lumpy cereal/turkey
Jack and Lureen might have been trying to get Bobby's day started as nutritiously as possible, even if slowly. After all he did have two weeks of eating to catch up on.
Maybe the baby Bobby had earlier looked at his grandpa and said "No more ... turkey."
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L.D. and Jack were both opinionated about how to raise a budding young Texan, but in the end it was Jack who made the stud duck duck.
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Like father, like son: both Jack and Bobby part their hair on the left side.
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L.D. was filthy rich so that when Jack married into the Newsome family he was able to strike it rich.
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Jack made the stud duck duck, because he was more studly.
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The self-appointed stud duck defied Jack by turning the TV back on after Jack had turned it off.
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Jack unsteadied the ducking stud duck by using his studliness.
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In the famous Texas battle of the stud ducks, Jack was the vanquisher.
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In the famous Texas battle of the stud ducks, Jack discovered the only weapon he needed was his own studliness and a few well-chosen words.
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L.D. xplanatively states why the TV should remain on:
1. Hell, we don't eat with our eyes.
2. You want your son to grow up to be a man, don't you? Boys should watch football.
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Round 506
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/SonOfBit.jpg)
Some things
you have to fix!!
Even if they are in Texas!
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Jack told the stud duck that if he didn't sit down, that he had the ability to make his uneducated ass do some time travelling.
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Jack benefited from the tactic of surprising your opponent with unexpected threats and promises. Jack was closer to the carving utensils at the time of the verbal barrage.
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L.D. NEWSOME
(picks up the carving tools)
Hell, we don't eat with our eyes.
(looks at Lureen)
You want your son to grow up to be a man,
don't you, daughter?
(direct look at Jack)
Boys should watch football.
JACK
(stands up -- barely maintains
his composure)
Not until he finishes the meal his mama
spent three hours fixin'. [screenplay]
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Jack told the stud duck that if he didn't sit down, his benighted Texan posterior would have a drastic change of time frame.
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Jack told the stud duck that if he didn't sit down, his uneducated ass would be entering a different time zone.
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Much to Lureen's dismay, Bobby was focusing on football instead of eating his dinner.
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A gravy-ladling Jack has no idea what he's in for in the battle of the stud ducks.
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While Jack knew that the laws of Texas hospitality dictated he should let the stud duck do the carving, he knew damn well they didn't include showing him up in front of his son. The stud duck got demoted.
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L.D.'s first incogitant act that Thanksgiving was to take the carving tools right out of Jack's hands.
def. = thoughtless, inconsiderate
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It was good luck that Jack chose forceful words and ended the stud-duck joust without anyone resorting to weapons.
def - A personal competition or combat suggestive of combat with lances
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Jack started ladling the gravy, but would soon be dishing out something stronger for the stud duck.
=aside= Fran
Thanks. :)
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Jack wasn't being mealymouthed when he mouthed off to L.D. during the Thanksgiving meal.
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The reactions of Mrs. Newsome, Lureen, Bobby, Jack and Mr. Newsome himself, indicate that the stud-duck joust was just one more of L.D.'s nasties being perpetrated on the family.
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If Bobby is right, the overabundant amount of Thanksgiving food will make for two weeks of leftovers.
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The reactions of Mrs. Newsome, Lureen, Bobby, Jack and Mr. Newsome himself, indicate that the stud-duck joust was just one more of L.D.'s nasties being perpetrated on the family.
=aside= Toast
Feeling a little lazy this morning. :)
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L.D. thought he ruled the roost, but after the stud-duck joust he showed himself to be a turkey.
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Jack to L.D.: "Now you sit down, you old son of a bitch! This is my house, this is my child, and you're my guest. So sit the hell down, or I'll knock your ignorant ass into next week." [DVD subtitles]
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The stud duck knowingly trod a dangerous path when he headed for the television a second time.
-
LD's television-trodding was one example of his unseemly behavior.
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Once the T.V. was turned off, the football game's viewership decreased by two.
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Having successfully put L.D. in his place, Jack is shown wielding the carving tools at the end of the Thanksgiving scene.
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When LD got up the second time to turn off the TV, Jack spoke xtempore about LD's poorly educated backside and time travel.
{def: on the spur of the moment}
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Round 507!
Wyoming is almost heaven!
(http://www.benkepple.com/Images/wyoming.jpg)
The Equality State wants equal time!
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In Brokeback Mountain Alberta stood in for Wyoming, but the astounding vistas were no exaggeration of Wyoming's beauties.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Ennisonhill.jpg)
=aside=Paul
I agree it's time for some Big Sky action :)
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As Jack said, "the Big Horn Mountains ain't in Texas"; they're in Wyoming.
=compliment= Paul
Great announcement!
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"Years on years they worked their way through the high meadows and mountain drainages, horse packing into the Big Horns, the Medicine Bows, the south end of the Gallatins, the Absarokas, the Granites, the Owl Creeks . . ." [story]
(http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~maher/air/130-18v.jpg)
Boysen Reservoir, Wind River canyon through Owl Creek Mountains. 25 miles northeast of Riverton, WY. View to NNE. The Wind River changes it name to the Bighorn River as it passes through the Owl Creek Mountains; the stream is superimposed on the mountain structure. (15Apr66)
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In Wyoming Annie Proulx must have found just about all she desired in the way of inspiration for Brokeback Mountain: grassy plains, big sky, mountains, rivers, weatherbeaten towns, plain-spoken people, and of course the "great flowery meadows and the coursing, endless wind."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokeArseMountain/Scenic/GrammWY.jpg)
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The great expanse of sky in Wyoming surely inspired Annie in writing the story.
(http://k53.pbase.com/u15/mindymcn/upload/41447010.WyomingSky2alter.jpg)
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"Legions of Brokeback Mountain fans have been flooding the phone lines at Wyoming's tourism office with inquiries on how to get to the majestic peaks captured so artfully on the big screen."
-- Mary Nersessian, CTV.ca News (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060213/oscars_brokeback_feature_060213?s_name=oscars2006&no_ads=)
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Who'd a thought that a story about two gangly boys from Wyoming would start such a ruckus? But it did.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/JETruck.jpg)
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Lightning Flat, Wyoming was Jack Twist's hometown.
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"Legions of Brokeback Mountain fans have been flooding the phone lines at Wyoming's tourism office with inquiries on how to get to the majestic peaks captured so artfully on the big screen."
-- Mary Nersessian, CTV.ca News (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060213/oscars_brokeback_feature_060213?s_name=oscars2006&no_ads=)
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Even the jerkiest bull ride couldn't keep a certain Wyoming boy from winning when he made up his mind to hang on.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JackTwisty.gif)
-aside=Toast
Thanks for the visual :)
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Annie wrote that one year after the short story was published, Matthew Shepard was murdered in Laramie, Wyoming.
-
Jack's misunderstanding about the meaning of Ennis's divorce postcard led to his driving twelve hundred miles north to Wyoming for nothing.
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After Jack returned to Wyoming to see Ennis, they had a very personal experience with nature au naturel when they jumped off the cliff.
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Annie Proulx created a wonderful tale connecting the odiousness of Wyoming cowboy life with the lovableness of two young, and aging, men who might have overcome their surroundings.
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Up in the high pastures on Brokeback, two Wyoming boys formed a lifelong connection, and it ended up connecting lots of other people, too.
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"Brokeback Mountain gets its point across, too: the men are anguished and the big wide Wyoming landscape reflects their efforts to be together, to stay apart, to resist expectations and to give in to them. Most often, however, they embody, in unspeakably pretty poses, the persistence of their pain."
-- Cynthia Fuchs, PopMatters Film Review (http://www.popmatters.com/pm/film/reviews/34496/brokeback-mountain-dvd/)
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The town of Ten Sleep, Wyoming (population 302) was the inspiration for the fictional town of Signal.
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/Penthesilea06/Denver%20BBQ%20and%20Wyoming%2007/IM000043.jpg)
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After receiving a card from Ennis after his divorce, Jack trekked from Texas to Wyoming for nothing.
-
Unquestionably, Alberta does an excellent job playing the part of Wyoming in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain.
-
So far, attempts to vulgarize Wyoming have been few; the vastness of the sparsely populated state defies developers and advertisers.
-
Albertans do an excellent job playing the part of Wyomingites (extras, anyway).
=aside= Fran
:)
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After driving to Wyoming on the assumption that he and Ennis could finally be together, it was xcruciatingly difficult for Jack to realize that he had misunderstood Ennis's intent with the postcard about his divorce.
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Round 508!
(http://www.jimpoz.com/project50/signs/wy.gif)
Being with Ennis puts Jack in a happy state!
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Albertans do an excellent job playing the part of Wyomingites (extras, anyway).
=aside= Fran, Paul
:) :)
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Wyoming, thanks to the story, and Alberta, thanks to the movie, each have an unmistakeable Brokebackian allure for those who love both works of art.
-
Alberta proved to be a credible substitute for Wyoming in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain.
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Jack could attest to the drivability of Wyoming's open roads and gorgeous vistas.
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/Penthesilea06/Denver%20BBQ%20and%20Wyoming%2007/IM000014.jpg)
(Ennis's 1966 Ford pickup truck somewhere in Wyoming. Photo courtesy of Penthesilea.)
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"Landscape – the place where they grow up – is what forms people; they can move away and live in other places, but they’re always drawn back – at least emotionally – to the place where they’re from." Diana Ossana BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN PRODUCTION NOTES / Love is a force of nature. (http://www.bahcecikdevekusu.com/movies/2005/mountain.htm)
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Like America, Wyoming is diverse, with town names reflecting all sorts of nationalities, including French ones like Du Noir, Bordeaux and La Barge.
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Jack (down in Texas) and Ennis (up in Wyoming) were geographically separated for most of their relationship.
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Jean Henry-Mead, photojournalist, researched and wrote the centennial history of Casper, Wyoming, (where Ennis' married sister lived) titled Casper Country: Wyoming's Heartland, a centennial edition, which she researched by reading 97-years' worth of microfilmed newspapers dating from 1888.
The book covers the period of prehistory through the mid-1800s emigration period of the Oregon, Mormon and California trails; the Pony Express, Indian wars, homesteaders, outlaws, railroads, political upheaval, gambling, early oil production, Johnson County War, hanging of "Cattle Kate," and historical events through the Sagebrush Rebellion of the 1980s.
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51dxU2yxWyL._SS500_.jpg)
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Annie Proulx and Ang Lee recognized the power of a beautiful but harsh state like Wyoming in their invocation for the rights of men in love.
=aside= Fran
Beautiful round announcement.
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"When word got around among gays that Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger, hunky Hollywood hotties du jour, were set to play ranch hands who fall in love in the idyllic mountains of Wyoming, there was a certain giddiness...."
-- Jose Antonio Vargas, The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/13/AR2005121302012.html)
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Sage Wyoming, where Ennis grew up, is in Lincoln County. It is now a ghost town.
-
Sage Wyoming, where Ennis grew up, is now a greatly minimized town in Lincoln County.
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Lightning Flat, the northernmost Wyoming town mentioned by Proulx in her story, is also a ghost town, as a recent visit by Brokies proved.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokeArseMountain/Scenic/LightninFlatEDelMar.jpg)
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The wide-open landscape of Wyoming overwhelmingly
represents the sense of possiblities for Ennis and Jack.
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"Legions of Brokeback Mountain fans have been flooding the phone lines at Wyoming's tourism office with inquiries on how to get to the majestic peaks captured so artfully on the big screen."
-- Mary Nersessian, CTV.ca News (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060213/oscars_brokeback_feature_060213?s_name=oscars2006&no_ads=)
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Jack and Ennis grew up in Wyoming communities that have receded into history.
-
Just as the Wyoming wind swept the wide landscapes in Brokeback Mountain, Ennis and Jack were swept along by a passion neither was willing to forget.
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Ang Lee toured much of the eastern Big Horn Mountains and several nearby towns when scouting locations for the film.
=compliment= Paul
A nicely stated "O"!
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Because of the unavailability of filming resources in Wyoming it was necessary - and economically justified - that Brokeback Mountain be shot in the Canadian province of Alberta.
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Because of its spectacular landscape rich with majestic mountains, pristine lakes and extraordinary wildlife, Wyoming makes an ideal vacationland. I'm sure many Bettermostians can testify to that.
-
Speaking of Wyoming:
In a bid to woo visitors, the state's tourism website (wyomingtourism.org) features a Brokeback Mountain article entitled "Wyoming Inspires Heralded Movie's Look." (http://wyomingtourism.org/cms/d/brokeback_mountain.php)
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Annie's story was inspired in part by the xpansiveness and grandeur of the Wyoming landscape. It seems that the landscape acts as a character in the story.
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Round 509
Drop Me A Line
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/26/89524415_7da9795f20.jpg)
Jack returns to Wyoming
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Jack tried to arrange a meeting with Ennis via postcard. You bet it worked.
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Jack's postcard begged the question, "Are you there and do you still care?"
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Ennis: "We was fishing buddies...."
He walks off, brisk, determined, and as casual as possible. Alma continues cooking. The effect of the postcard goes unnoticed.
=aside= Sandy
Very cool announcement.
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The general-delivery letter delivers news that is music to Ennis's ears.
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Jack wanted to ensure that Ennis would be there on the 24th, in the hopes of establishing a reconnection. He got his answer when Ennis replied: "You bet."
=aside= Toast
8)
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The postcard to Ennis brought back the feelings from that summer when they had friended for the first time.
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Jack sent Ennis greetings from Texas via postcard.
-
Jack sent his greetings from Texas via postcard and hoped Ennis would reply.
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Ennis intently stares at the postcard, silently mouthing the words as he reads them again.
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Ennis and Jack's reunion kiss jumbles up Alma's emotions.
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The legibility of Jack's handwriting was sufficient for Alma to read his postcard; what she couldn't read, however, was what lay beneath it.
-
Jack mailed his postcard to Ennis with more than a lick and a promise.
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Ennis immediately understood the non-implicating language on the postcard he had just received from Jack Twist in June of their fourth summer since Brokeback.
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Ennis described Jack as his fishing buddy, perhaps hoping to optimize his chances of keeping Alma in the dark about their relationship on Brokeback.
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Reading betwen the lines of the postcard, Ennis could see the possibilities.
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The "you bet" card that Ennis sent to Jack was actually a postal card, not a postcard, since it had the regulation postage "stamp" already printed on it.
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The message on Jack's postcard was simple enough, but the subtext was dynamite.
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Jack succeeded in tracking down Ennis even though four years had elapsed.
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What was unwritten in Jack's postcard, was clearly written all over his face when he arrived.
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When Jack finally shows up at Ennis's address, Ennis's inhibition vanishes with the sight of Jack fuckin' Twist.
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Jack experiences a bad case of the whim-whams -- bad enough to make the floorboard vibrate -- while attempting to make small talk with Alma.
def. = jitters
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Lacking the xactness of Ennis' address, Jack sent his postcard General Delivery.
Please do the round announcement.
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Round Five Hundred and Ten!
Let's Kiss Again...
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/KissAgain.jpg)
Like We Did That Summer
Up On Brokeback.
=aside= Toast
Thank you!
-
Jake and Ennis performed awesomely in their kissing scene.
Jack and Heath performed awesomely in their kissing scene.
Jack and Ennis performed awesomely in their kissing scene.
Jake and Heath performed awesomely in their kissing scene.
=aside= Fran
8)
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There were only two, but the blistering hotness of the kissing scenes between Heath and Jake in Brokeback Mountain kept audiences coming back again and again.
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When it was time to meet Alma, Jack and Ennis tried to appear cool, calm and collected after their awesomely blistering-hot kisses.
=aside= Fran, Toast
Cool hot round announcement.
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Ennis was delighted to see Jack again and vice versa.
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After the blistering kissing scenes, audiences for Brokeback Mountain enjoyed an endorphin rush.
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According to Proulx, Jack was all fluttery as they small-talked to Alma:
"From the vibration of the floorboard on which they both stood Ennis could feel how hard Jack was shaking."
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Ennis gruffly grabbed Jack and planted a blisteringly hot one on him. Then Jack returned the favor.
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According to Heath Ledger (http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/12/20/heath_ledger_brokeback_mountain_2005_interview.shtml), the kissing was "highly choreographed and thought out."
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As Alma asked him who Jack was, Ennis felt something impelling him to lie about how they'd become friends.
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After the blisteringly hot kiss, Jack could only jiggle the floorboards. We'll call him Jake Jigglehaal.
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Ennis spoke loosely when he told Alma, "We was fishing buddies...."
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Wondering about the postcard, Alma matter-of-factly asked, "Ennis, you know somebody name a Jack? From Texas?"
-
If Jake
Jigglehaal Gyllenhaal had a niggle about taking the role of Jack Twist, it was probably because of the post-postcard scene; thankfully, he overcame his doubts.
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Ennis was overrun with passion at the sight of Jack.
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The reunion kiss preceded the quick visit with Alma.
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The reunion kiss rewarmed "that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong."
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The reunion kiss stirred up all the passion they felt when "they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong."
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The reunion is an opportunity for Jack and Ennis to recapture the passion that was once theirs.
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The reunion kiss succeeds in unbridling all the passion they felt when "they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong."
=aside= Sandy
;)
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The reunion kiss restored the vitality they felt when "they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong."
=aside= Toast
:P
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Jack and Ennis had a whale of a time getting reacquainted.
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It is the fourth summer since "that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong" and with two postcards all the xcitement's back: "Jack's big teeth bringing blood, his hat falling to the floor, stubble rasping, wet saliva welling, and the door opening .... "
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Round Five One One
We've only just begun ..
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/511JustBegun.jpg)
to kiss!
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It took no time at all for Ennis and Jack to acclimate themselves to the change in their lives brought on by the Reunion kiss.
-
After waiting all day for Jack with bated breath and then breathing a sigh of relief when he finally showed up, the reunion kiss left Ennis breathless.
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It was very comforting to Jack and Ennis that they could be comforting each other in their fourth summer after Brokeback.
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Ennis displays his feelings for Jack with a passionate reunion kiss.
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Ennis displays his feelings for Jack with an exceptionally long and passionate reunion kiss. It was so quiet you could hear a kind of hush.
(http://www.songlyricscollection.com/lyrics/c/carpenters/a-kind-of-hush/a-kind-of-hush.jpg)
=aside= Toast
Did you mean for more Carpenters' references? :)
I've only just begun...
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Ennis displays his feelings for Jack with a passionate reunion kiss.
=aside= Fran
8)
=reply= Paul
Carpenters ok, but no hammering, just kissing.
Oops the hammering might be next round.
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Ennis was guiding Jack upstairs to the apartment for the obligatory introductions.
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Upon seeing one another for the first time in four years, Jack and Ennis realized that they still had a serious case of the hots for each other.
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Jack and Ennis seemed to have independently come to the decision that a reunion in 1967 was a good thing.
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Ennis and Jack discovered a new joie de vivre when they found each other again after four fuckin years.
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The four-year reunion was a major event in Jack and Ennis's long-standing relationship.
And speaking of major:
=milestone=
Page 900!!!!!!!!!
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Both of the reunion-arranging postcards sent clear messages to our boys as they contemplated meeting again in 1967.
=milestone=
WOW! Page 900 and still growing!
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The newness and excitement that they had on Brokeback returned when Jack and Ennis found each other after four years.
=milestone=
900 pages!!
(http://www.smartstart-toys.co.uk/images/abc_book_sm.JPG)
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Jack and Ennis thought they were occupants of a private stairway for purposes of kissing, but Alma inadvertently invaded. That kiss was out of this world.
(http://carponline.bravepages.com/CARPDONTCRYCALLING7.jpg)
(http://www.vex.net/~paulmac/carpenter/lyrics/calling_occupants_japan_ps.jpg)
=milestone=
900 pages? We're out of this world, too!
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Eight years after finishing the writing of her tale of two Wyoming ranch hands, Annie Proulx had managed to get rid of Jack and Ennis. In September of 2005, however, Jack and Ennis came roaring back from her pages when she attended a screening of the movie in New York.
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Just one look was all it took for Jack and Ennis to resume where they had left off at Brokeback.
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Ennis bounded down the stairs as Jack sauntered over to him from the truck. They longed to be close to each other; birds should suddenly appear, in fact.
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000HY5E.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.gif)
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Jack and Ennis each had a different perspective on how to deal with their tomorrows; but for today it was kissing time - sheep be damned.
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FAKXGQ2CL._SS500_.jpg)
Because we are in love
We reach for our tomorrows
And know we won't be lonely
In laughter and in sorrows
Where love abides
There is the place we'll keep our love forever
You and I
Because we are in love
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After a shaky Jack and Ennis made their goodbyes to Alma, they redlined it to the Siesta Motel to give in to their now unfettered desires.
=milestone=900 pages!
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After an initial round of "sonofabitches", there was a voicelessness and wild animal passion to the reunion kiss.
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Bless the beasts and the children
For in this world they have no voice
They have no choice
Bless the beasts and the children
For the world can never be
The world they see
Light their way
When the darkness surrounds them
Give them love
Let it shine all around them
Bless the beasts and the children
Give them shelter from a storm
Keep them safe
Keep them warm
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Jack's smile widened as Ennis bounded down the stairs to greet him.
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Seeing the passionate kiss between Jack and Ennis further xcluded Alma from being strongly connected with her husband.
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Round Five One Two
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I got smokes for you ..
"Sure enough," Alma said, taking a dollar bill from her pocket.
Ennis guessed she was going to ask him to get her
a pack of cigarettes, bring him back sooner.
"Please to meet you," said Jack, trembling like a run-out horse.
"Ennis -- " said Alma in her misery voice,
but that didn't slow him down on the stairs
and he called back, "Alma, you want smokes
there's some in the pocket a my blue shirt
in the bedroom." [Proulx]
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Alma's heart ached as she saw Ennis running down the stairs calling back, "Alma, you want smokes there's some in the pocket a my blue shirt in the bedroom."
=aside= Toast
Your round announcement is right on the money.
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Alma's misery voice didn't slow Ennis down as he and Jack bolted down the stairs.
=aside= Toast
What Sandy said. :)
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Ennis and Jack could blow whale spouts together, but Alma had to be contented to smoke alone.
=reply= Sandy, Fran
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Alma tried delaying Ennis' leaving by asking him for smokes, but it didn't slow him down.
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Having found themselves with better things to do than make small talk with Alma, Ennis and Jack were exiting the apartment in a hurry.
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Ennis made sure he had fags in his other shirt pocket, so that Alma wouldn't expect him to interrupt or delay his jouncing to get smokes for her.
def - cigarettes (slang)
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Jack and Ennis started out with regular smokes, but by their last meeting they were smoking ganja joints.
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After a little jouncing, Jack and Ennis shared a smoke and decided to hash things out in bed.
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While Proulx's Ennis says "Alma, this is Jack Twist, Jack, my wife Alma," he inhales "the intensely familiar odor of cigarettes, musky sweat and a faint sweetness like grass, and with it the rushing cold of the mountain."
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Ennis jots two words on his postcard to Jack: "You bet."
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Things started lightening up again for Jack and Ennis as soon as they left the apartment, while Alma was left out in the cold.
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Seeing Jack and Ennis kiss, and then excitedly leave her were just some of the miseries that Alma suffered.
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Alma's feelings were a nonissue for Ennis as he bounded down the stairs with Jack Twist.
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As Alma watched Ennis and Jack drive away, she knew what it was to feel like an outcast for the first time in her marriage.
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Alma looked down at Jack and Ennis, and poof, they were gone, leaving her to puff on Ennis' smokes.
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..they never got for their lost month up on Brokeback >:(
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Ennis said, "Alma, you want smokes, there's some in the pocket of my blue shirt in the bedroom."
=aside= Dagi
Welcome to the ABCs game!
Glad you found us....
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Very little troubles Ennis as he and Jack "went off in Jack's truck, bought a bottle of whiskey and within twenty minutes were in the Motel Siesta jouncing a bed."
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Alma put her purse over her shoulder as the boys departed, but she was uninvited and was left holding the bag.
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Jack pays a visit to Ennis in Riverton, and Alma ends up with plenty of time to contemplate the visitor's effect on her husband.
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Alma was having a worrisome time because she had seen what she had seen.
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After being jouncers of beds, Jack and Ennis were xpellers of smoke.
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Round 513!
It's a smokin' scene!
You know what I mean...
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Ennis inhales, filling the airways to his lungs with cigarette smoke.
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Butts figured in both Alma's, and the boys', overnight scenes during the reunion.
=aside= Paul
Smokin' announcement dude!
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Although Jack and Ennis shared a smoke in bed, Jack didn't cough up the full story about Aguirre's having seen them in flagrante delicto .
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Although Jack and Ennis shared a smoke in bed, Jack didn't cough up the full story about Aguirre's having seen them in flagrante delicto.
=aside= Paul
:)
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Ennis was still half ready for action and Jack was already expelling forceful cigarette clouds like whale spouts.
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Ennis was still half-ready for action and Jack was already forcefully expelling cigarette clouds like whale spouts.
=aside= Toast
Caught me red-handed!
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Jack grins as he tells Ennis, "Hell yes, I did. Red-lined it all the way, couldn't get here fast enough."
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Alma is totally aware that Ennis and that nasty guy are out there somewhere helling around, God only knows where.
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Ennis and Jack smoked both cigarettes and cannabis and yes, they did inhale.
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Ennis and Jack discovered that the bed at the Motel Siesta was jouncier than the bedroll up on Brokeback.
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Jack needed to loosen up after redlining it all the way from Texas.
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Alma mistook the reunion evening as a chance to go to the Knife and Fork; in fact, it turned out to be an evening better described as the Jounce and Smoke.
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Ennis's fears left him no choice but to nix Jack's plan for a little cow-and-calf operation.
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Annie Proulx despaired of getting a publisher for her story Brokeback Mountain, maybe because of the originality of her sentences; like this one:
They seized each other by the shoulders, hugged mightily, squeezing the breath out of each other, saying, son of a bitch, son of a bitch, then, and easily as the right key turns the lock tumblers, their mouths came together, and hard, Jack's big teeth bringing blood, his hat falling to the floor, stubble rasping, wet saliva welling, and the door opening and Alma looking out for a few seconds at Ennis's straining shoulders and shutting the door again and still they clinched, pressing chest and groin and thigh and leg together, treading on each other's toes until they pulled apart to breathe and Ennis, not big on endearments, said what he said to his horses and daughters, little darlin.
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While the boys were puffing away on their ciggies, Jack uttered the immortal words, "Brokeback got us good, dont' it?"
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After registering at the Motel Siesta, Jack and Ennis lost no time in letting the jouncing begin.
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Jack and Ennis did not go looking for a place to take siestas when they chose Motel Siesta in Riverton.
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At the Motel Siesta, the boys shared a smoke; years later at the lake, they shared a toke.
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Though the smokes in Ennis's blue shirt remained unsmoked, except perhaps by Alma, there was no danger of the smokes in the motel room sharing their fate.
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Even though Annie Proulx called Jack's death an accident*, Ennis accepts the vatical death of Earl in the ditch as the means of death for Jack Twist.
" ... They'd took a tire iron to him, spurred him up, drug him around by his dick until it pulled off, just bloody pulp. What the tire iron done looked like pieces a burned tomatoes all over him, nose tore down from skiddin on gravel."
def - resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
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* - Annie Proulx wrote: Ennis didn't know about the accident for months until his postcard to Jack saying that November still looked like the first chance came back stamped DECEASED.
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There is a degree of wishfulness in Jack's words as he asks Ennis, "So what're we gonna do now?"
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The shot of the boys' smoking in bed at the Motel Siesta was an xtra-close close-up; it was like being in bed with them.
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Round 514!
How about a deleted scene?
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After a scene showing Jack and Ennis assisting hippies whose van had broken down was shot, the decision was made to abolish it.
=aside=Paul
Why oh why did they delete that lovely pic of Jack on the log? :P
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The so-called hippie scene is said to have been the brainchild of James Schamus.
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The hippie scene ended up on the cutting-room floor.
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The deleted hippie scene is said to have been the brainchild of James Schamus.
=aside= Fran
8)
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The famous hippie scene was deemed extraneous in the end and was ultimately deleted.
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In another deleted scene, Christian Fraser played the Grease Monkey.
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Brokeback fans have to be content with only glimpses of a number of scenes which were filmed but not included in the film; neither were they included in any of the DVD releases.
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The deleted hippie scene was not included in any of the DVD extras.
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The now-deleted hippie scene was supposed to indicate the heroic nature of Jack and Ennis.
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Jack and Ennis ride off, leaving the hippies they have joyed by saving them from the swollen creek.
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EXT: BIG HORN MOUNTAINS, WYOMING: CREEK: DAY: A FEW MINUTES LATER: 1973:
The man and the women are unpacking a picnic.
HIPPIE
Hey, break bread with us, western heroes.
ENNIS
Thanks, but we gotta make camp by
sundown.
GIRL 1
You sure? (seductive) We love to share.
HIPPIE
They do man. I'm cool with it.
GIRL 1
Whaddya think?
ENNIS
I suppose not. We'd best be going.
GIRL 2
You don't have to be hung up around us.
JACK
Thanks, but Ennis here, he's just pretty
well hung up.
Ennis shoots Jack a glance.
JACK ( CONT ' D)
But you all take care now.
Later: Jack and Ennis ride off, the hippies in the
background.
JACK
Hell, I guess I could a been a hippie, if
I'd had more education.
ENNIS
I don't like damn hippies. Un-American if
you ask me.
JACK
Yeah, you're pretty square, aren't you?
If they only knew just how square you
are!
They both laugh.
[2004 screenplay]
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In another deleted scene, Gary Lauder played the Killer Mechanic.
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In another deleted scene, Gary Lauder played the Killer Mechanic.
=aside= Fran
Thanks. ;)
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Leaving out the hippie scene deprived us of a number of nuggets of humor, rare things in Brokeback Mountain.
EXT: BIG HORN MOUNTAINS, WYOMING: DAY: CONTINUOUS: 1973:
ENNIS and JACK see a brightly painted VW bus going along a narrow little mountain road.
ENNIS
If it's a hippie, we ought to scalp him.
Up ahead of the bus, they see a creek, swollen from runoff. But the bus doesn't slow....
JACK
Can't that fool see the creek's in flood?
ENNIS
Probably high on drugs. May not have even
noticed that creek, music's too loud.
...and the bus, music blaring, heads right into the water. Makes it halfway across...stops, water at window-height. Yells are heard.
ENNIS and JACK lope down the ridge.
JACK
(drawing rein)
Hell, better go down and see what's what.
ENNIS
See if you can get a rope on the bumper.
I'll offload who I can.
The horses are none too keen to go into the water...but ENNIS and JACK insist, spur them in.
JACK gets to the rear of the bus--when he bends over to hook his rope through the bumper, his hat falls off and floats away.
ENNIS expertly gets his horse alongside the bus, looks inside to see a bearded, beaded Dead-head at the wheel, and two beautiful hippie coeds giggling, crowded together in the front seat.
HIPPIE
Guess I overestimated the power of the
bug, man!
Ennis holds out his arms.
ENNIS
Come on now, "through the window, girls
first...I can take the two of you
together.
The girls giggle at Ennis's unintended double-entendre.
GIRL 1
Thanks, man!
As she pushes her way out of through the window, we see her braless profile fall into Ennis's arms.
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Ennis ferries the girls back to shore, heads back to the van.
JACK, frustrated, rides back to shore, takes off his boots and wades back in with the rope, manages to get it over the bumper.
ENNIS goes over to help JACK, who is wading out.
JACK
(annoyed)
My hat's probably to Laramie by now.
ENNIS
(smiles)
Top hands ain't supposed to love their
hats.
JACK ignores this.
ENNIS rides around to the driver's side of the VW bus.
ENNIS
You might want to make sure you're in
reverse, mister.
The MAN gives ENNIS the peace sign.
HIPPIE
(sense of humour)
Sure, partner.
[2004 screenplay]
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During part of the deleted hippie scene, Ennis was off-loading passengers from a VW bus stuck in creek water.
=aside= Toast
Excellent photos!!! I haven't seen those before.
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The MAN gives ENNIS the peace sign.
HIPPIE
(sense of humour)
Sure, partner.
[2004 screenplay]
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Jack and Ennis rescued The Man and his two Girls after the hippies only make it halfway across a swollen creek. They were stuck with water at window-height of their brightly painted VW bus while going along a narrow little mountain road.
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According to IMDb, Kailin See played one of the hippie girls.
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The hippie scene contrasts the "new youth" with Jack and Ennis's more traditional style. Yes, Ennis is pretty well hung up...
=aside= Toast
I knew we could count on you to dig up some deleted pics and screenplay segments.
Like, thanks, man.
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Jack's head was unprotected after his hat fell into the creek and floated away, "probably to Laramie by now."
=aside= Fran, Paul
Like, cool, babe and dude.
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The hippies needed rescuing because their VW bus had gotten stuck on a flooded mountain road.
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JACK, frustrated, rides back to shore, takes off his boots and wades back in with the rope, manages to get it over the bumper.
[2004 screenplay]
=aside= Toast
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As usual in the hippie scene, Jack is xcelling at having a great idea that won't be realized: roping a coyote. But like most a Jack's ideas it never come to pass. A sagebrush is much easier to rope.
EXT: BIG HORN MOUNTAINS, WYOMING: DAY: 1973:
ENNIS and JACK are horseback, trotting across a high meadow.
JACK fiddles with his rope. Ropes a sagebrush, then throws it at a rabbit.
JACK
I wish we'd jump a coyote.
I'd love to rope a coyote.
ENNIS
(skeptical of Jack's prowess with the lariat)
I doubt I'll live to see that miracle....
They hear distant music, from over a nearby ridge: it's rock music.
JACK
Who's playing music way out here?
They lope to the top of the ridge.
[2004 screenplay]
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=aside= Sandy
Very Shagadelic, baby, yeah.
=aside= Hip Players
I have presented all of the three hippie screenplay excerpts, but in reverse order.
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Round Five One Five
Three Hippies Take A Dive!
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And Come Out Alive!
Thanks To Our Heroes!
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Ennis and Jack offered assistance to the hippies in the VW bus.
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ENNIS expertly gets his horse alongside the bus, looks inside to see a bearded, beaded Dead-head at the wheel, and two beautiful hippie coeds giggling, crowded together in the front seat. [2004 screenplay]
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Jack carries his lariat and tries it on a moving target.
The music from the VW bus carries over the mountain ridge.
The bug carries three hippies along the narrow mountain road.
The stream carries a lot of runoff, and is deeper than The Man realizes.
The VW bug carries the hippies only halfway across the stream.
Ennis carries the girls safely to the side of the swollen stream.
The swollen creek carries Jack's hat away, maybe to Laramie.
Ennis's horse expertly carries him next to the window to talk to The Man.
The VW van carries bread and the makings of a picnic.
The Man's sharing carries to more than bread and picnic things.
Jack knows that Ennis carries himself well, for a square man.
Ennis still carries a grudge against damn un-American hippies.
Each cowboy laughs as his horse carries him back to camp before sundown.
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ENNIS expertly gets his horse alongside the bus, looks inside to see a bearded, beaded Dead-head at the wheel, and two beautiful hippie coeds giggling, crowded together in the front seat. [2004 screenplay]
=aside=Toast
Thanks for helping us get hip to the hippies 8)
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ENNIS expertly gets his horse alongside the bus, looks inside to see a bearded, beaded Dead-head at the wheel, and two beautiful hippie coeds giggling, crowded together in the front seat.
{screenplay 2004}
=aside= Toast
I think you got carried away.
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Jack regrets that he doesn't have enough education to claim the freeness of the hippie life-style.
=reply= Meryl
You're welcome and the pleasure (guilty) is mine too.
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The 2004 screenplay refers to the female hippies as "Girl 1" and "Girl 2."
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Ennis was fixin' to scalp the hippies.
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The hippies' VW bug was inundated before it could cross the swollen mountain stream.
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According to IMDb, Jon-Paul Khouri played the part of the male hippie.
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They hear distant music, from over a nearby ridge: it's rock music.
JACK
Who's playing music way out here?
They lope to the top of the ridge.
{screenplay 2004}
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Ennis had malicious thoughts about hippies, but Jack seemed willing to go back to school to attain the necessary education to become one.
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What Girl 1 and Girl 2 were hoping would be an interesting experiment in free love turned out to be a non-event, thanks to Ennis's choosing to be a nonparticipant.
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ENNIS expertly gets his horse alongside the bus, looks inside to see a bearded, beaded Dead-head
at the wheel, and two beautiful hippie coeds giggling, crowded together in the front seat.
HIPPIE
Guess I overestimated the power of the
bug, man!
[2004 screenplay]
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ENNIS and JACK see a brightly painted VW bus going along a narrow little mountain road.
[2004] screenplay
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Barry and I were quite excited to finally find the site of this horrible, deleted scene last night!
Good to see you at the ABCs, Lauren. We are no longer playing the letter "Q", so perhaps you would like to try another letter.
Sandy and Fran
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EXT: BIG HORN MOUNTAINS, WYOMING: DAY: CONTINUOUS: 1973:
ENNIS and JACK see a brightly painted VW bus going along a narrow little mountain road.
ENNIS
If it's a hippie, we ought to scalp him.
Up ahead of the bus, they see a creek, swollen from runoff. But the bus doesn't slow....
JACK
Can't that fool see the creek's in flood?
ENNIS
Probably high on drugs. May not have even
noticed that creek, music's too loud.
...and the bus, music blaring, heads right into the water. Makes it halfway across...stops, water at window-height. Yells are heard.
[2004 screenplay]
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EXT: BIG HORN MOUNTAINS, WYOMING: DAY: 1973:
ENNIS and JACK are horseback, trotting across a high meadow.
JACK fiddles with his rope. Ropes a sagebrush, then throws
it at a rabbit.
JACK
I wish we'd jump a coyote.
I'd love to rope a coyote.
ENNIS
(skeptical of Jack's prowess with the lariat)
I doubt I'll live to see that miracle....
[2004 screenplay]
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After their rescue, the grateful trio invited Jack and Ennis to their picnic.
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Mr. Hippie underestimates the power of the creek.
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Ennis ferried the girls back to shore, and headed back to the van to help Jack with the rope on the bumper.
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If Ennis and Jack hadn't happened along, the hippies would have been at a loss to solve their watery dilemma.
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Jack said that if he had the education, he could have xperimented with the hippie lifestyle.
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Round Five One Six
Ang Lee
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How Many Scenes Did You Nix?
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Thanks to Ang's discretion and good judgment, we have no hippies in the finished Brokeback Mountain. But we still want to have a peek at what James Schamus created.
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ENNIS expertly gets his horse alongside the bus, looks inside to see a bearded, beaded Dead-head at the wheel, and two beautiful hippie coeds giggling, crowded together in the front seat.
[2004 screenplay]
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EXT: WYOMING HIGHWAY: NIGHT (NEAR DAWN): 1963:
A cattle truck, running empty, tops a ridge on a lonely western highway.
To the east, the first faint flush of light.
Across the plain, perhaps yet some twenty miles away, a sprinkle of lights like fallen stars on the vast dark plain.
The truck roars on.
[2004] screenplay
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EXT: CHILDRESS, TEXAS: RODEO ARENA: NIGHT (EVEN LATER STILL): 1966:
LUREEN, perfectly coiffed, the only female among a lot of ragged cowboys, happens to stand next to JACK.
Sideways look. Likes him.
PHOTOGRAPHER
Say cheese.
JACK and LUREEN smile.
Flash goes off.
LUREEN
Mr. Twist, it was real nice of you to pick up my hat.
(smiles at him)
JACK
(genuinely abashed)
No big deal..it just fell off practically in my lap.
LUREEN, direct, smiles again.
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ENNIS
Come on now, "through the window, girls
first...I can take the two of you
together.
The girls giggle at Ennis's unintended double entendre.
GIRL 1
Thanks, man!
As she pushes her way out of through the window, we see her braless profile fall into Ennis's arms.
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EXT: CHILDRESS, TEXAS: RODEO ARENA: NIGHT (EVEN LATER STILL): 1966:
LUREEN, perfectly coiffed, the only female among a lot of ragged cowboys, happens to stand next to JACK.
Sideways look. Likes him.
PHOTOGRAPHER
Say cheese.
[2004 screenplay]
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3 EXT: SIGNAL, WYOMING: MAIN STREET: DAY (LATER): 1963: 3
Lighter still.
The truck stops with a screech of air brakes in front of a service station just opening for the day. An OLD MAN is rolling a tractor tire as big as he is into the garage.
ENNIS steps out of the truck, no suitcase, just a grocery sack stuffed with his only other shirt and pair of Levi's.
The truck moves again, almost before he hits the ground, spraying him with dust.
Tall, raw-boned, lanky, possessed of a muscular, supple body made for the horse and for fighting--he stretches, looks at the OLD MAN, who looks back at him sourly. One of ENNIS'S boot heels is worn, has to adjust for the turn of the heel as he walks.
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No one in sight on the streets of Signal. After a moment, carrying his sack, ENNIS walks over to the OLD MAN, who is balancing the tractor tire against a pillar.
ENNIS .
'Scuse me. Might you tell me where the
Farm and Ranch Employment Office is at?
OLD MAN
(not as sour as he looks, points)
In that there trailer house. Three
blocks down. You'll see it.
ENNIS nods, tips his hat, starts off.
OLD MAN
Don't let that goddamn Joe Aguirre send
you up to Brokeback without no thirty
ought. There's coyotes and coyotes up
there, they'll eat your damn sheep and
your damn jackass, too. With a thirty
ought, you might hold your own.
ENNIS, surprised by this torrent of words, clears his throat.
ENNIS
Sir?
The OLD MAN kicks at the tractor tire a time or two, as if irritated it exists. Looks at ENNIS.
OLD MAN
Where was you raised, bud?
ENNIS
Uh, Sage.
OLD MAN
Why, that ain't hardly in Wyoming, that's
nearly to Utah. You ain't a damn Mormon,
are you?
ENNIS
No, sir. I just never heard of no place
called Brokeback.
The OLD MAN points to a long, barren mountain to the north, its upper reaches miles away, reaching well above the tree line.
OLD MAN
Don't you let that damn Joe Aguirre
send you up there with no twenty-two. Coyotes
don't mind a twenty-two. Make sure he
gives you a thirty-ought.
Too much talk for ENNIS, who nods his thanks.
Looks up at the mountain as he walks off.
[2004 screenplay]
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Tall, raw-boned, lanky, possessed of a muscular, supple body made for the horse and for fighting--he stretches, looks at the OLD MAN, who looks back at him sourly. One of ENNIS'S boot heels is worn, has to adjust for the turn of the heel as he walks. [2004 Screenplay]
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The 2004 screenplay is especially interesting because it includes some unfilmed scenes and some deleted ones, too.
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The Old Man at the Signal garage on that 1963 morning warns Ennis that Brokeback is where Joe Aguirre will send him, and that the coyotes and coyotes up there are ready to eat damn sheep as well as damn jackasses.
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EXT: CHILDRESS, TEXAS: RODEO ARENA: NIGHT (EVEN LATER STILL): 1966:
LUREEN, perfectly coiffed, the only female among a lot of ragged cowboys, happens to stand next to JACK.
Sideways look. Likes him.
PHOTOGRAPHER
Say cheese.
[2004 screenplay]
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2 INT: WYOMING HIGHWAY: TRUCK CAB: NIGHT: CONTINUOUS: 1963: 2
It is lighter now, but the light is high, and the plain still mainly dark, the lights of Signal, Wyoming vivid, closer now, perhaps five miles ahead.
Patsy Cline's "WALKIN' AFTER MIDNIGHT" on the radio. The TRUCKER, inscrutable, barrels on. Cabin is hazy with cigarette smoke.
[2004 screenplay]
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In the deleted hippie scene, when Jack says to Ennis: "Yeah, you're pretty square, aren't you? If they only knew just how square you are!", he is teasing him about the narrowness of his outlook.
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In the deleted hippie scene, when Jack says to Ennis: "Yeah, you're pretty square, aren't you? If they only knew just how square you are!", he is teasing him about the narrowness of his outlook.
=aside= Sandy
;)
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No one in sight on the streets of Signal. After a moment, carrying his sack, ENNIS walks over to the OLD MAN, who is balancing the tractor tire against a pillar.
ENNIS .
'Scuse me. Might you tell me where the
Farm and Ranch Employment Office is at?
OLD MAN
(not as sour as he looks, points)
In that there trailer house. Three
blocks down. You'll see it.
ENNIS nods, tips his hat, starts off.
[2004 screenplay]
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ENNIS
Jack, I can't take this.
JACK
What do you mean? Of course you can.
ENNIS
I can't take this. I can't take this home.
This is two, three month's wages.
JACK
It's a gift. Don't worry about it.
ENNIS
(anger rising)
You don't get it. Alma sees this... You just
don't get it. Alma, me and my shit jobs,
then struttin' home with this in my hands, with
her going on about this and that we can't
afford for the girls.
[2004 screenplay]
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ENNIS and JACK see a brightly painted VW bus going along a narrow little mountain road.
ENNIS
If it's a hippie, we ought to scalp him.
=aside=
That line would probably make Annie tear her hair out.
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3 EXT: SIGNAL, WYOMING: MAIN STREET: DAY (LATER): 1963: 3
Lighter still.
The truck stops with a screech of air brakes in front of a service station just opening for the day. An OLD MAN is rolling a tractor tire as big as he is into the garage.
[2004 screenplay]
=aside= Sandy
Actually, I think Annie might scalp James Schamus.
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ENNIS
I don't like damn hippies. Un-American if
you ask me.
[2004 screenplay]
=reply= Sandy
No doubt about it.
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The hippies are in a brightly painted Volkswagen bus.
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JACK, frustrated, rides back to shore, takes off his boots and wades back in with the rope, manages to get it over the bumper.
ENNIS goes over to help JACK, who is wading out.
JACK
(annoyed)
My hat's probably to Laramie by now.
[2004 screenplay]
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Although the hippie scene was cute, many would agree that it was eminently xcisable.
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Round Five-One-Seven
Looks like Hippie Heaven!
(http://www.steynberggallery.com/galleries/html/images/VW01.jpg)
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ENNIS lights a cigarette. Looks down at the distant highway.
ENNIS
Look at them cars.
JACK
What?
ENNIS
I used to wonder... warm nights, we'd all
sit on the front porch, mom and dad, my
brother and sis and me. The highway was
four miles away, and you could see it, a
long line of lights, and I could sit
there like a fuckin' dog for hours, just
sit there wondering where they were all
going.
JACK
No highway by our house, just a dirt
road. If somebody showed up on it at
night, they'd usually be poaching
antelope. (braids the quirt) Good huntin'
around our place. Maybe we could head up
there at the end of September, before the
big snows hit. Get a few antelope
ourselves.
[2004 screenplay]
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EXT: BIG HORN MOUNTAINS, WYOMING: DAY: CONTINUOUS: 1973:
ENNIS and JACK see a brightly painted VW bus going along a narrow little mountain road.
ENNIS
If it's a hippie, we ought to scalp him.
Up ahead of the bus, they see a creek, swollen from runoff. But the bus doesn't slow....
JACK
Can't that fool see the creek's in flood?
ENNIS
Probably high on drugs. May not have even
noticed that creek, music's too loud.
...and the bus, music blaring, heads right into the water. Makes it halfway across...stops, water at window-height. Yells are heard.
ENNIS and JACK lope down the ridge.
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Jack considered himself to be hipper and cooler than Ennis saying: "Yeah, you're pretty square, aren't you? If they only knew just how square you are!"
(http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Happy-Fathers-Day-Cowboy-Print-C10339020.jpeg)
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Ennis directs Jack to try to get a rope on the bumper of the VW bus while he unloads the passengers.
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Ang deleted the hippie scene and others for purposes of spareness and economy. If he didn't think the scene added anything important to the characters, it was axed.
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Girl 1 flirts with Ennis when she says: "You sure? (seductive) We love to share."
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We do not see the scene where Ennis, departing the Twist home, goes by to see where Jack's gravestone might be placed on the grieving plain.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Ennis1cemetery.jpg)
EXT: OUTSIDE LIGHTNING FLAT, WYOMING: TWIST HOMESTEAD: DIRT DRIVEWAY: DAY: 1982:
ENNIS is in his pickup, bumping down the washboard road.
Passes the Twist family plot surrounded by sagging sheep wire, a tiny fenced square on the welling prairie, a few graves and a few tilted gravestones, bright with plastic flowers.
The look on his face makes it clear he doesn't want to know that JACK is going in there, to be buried forever on the grieving plain.
[2004 screenplay]
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/CreelFDay.gif)
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Our "western heroes" lived up to their name when they tackled the hippies' watery misfortune.
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The hippies' VW bus had become incapacitated by a swollen creek.
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Jack and Ennis wake up, joying to different degrees about their children and their habits:
INT: RIVERTON, WYOMING: MOTEL SIESTA: ROOM: NIGHT: 1967:
It's dark. We can make out clothes strewn around the room, some beer cans. The room blue with cigarette smoke.
The two boys appear to be sleeping. We hold on them for a
a beat. Ennis awakens, rolls over, switches on the light, looks
at his watch, pulls out a cigarette; lights it. Jack awakens.
Ennis lights a cigarette for him, hands it to him.
JACK
You got a looker for a wife. (pause) She
didn't seem too friendly, though...
ENNIS
Francine, she'll be two, looks just like
her mom. Sweet hearted, but a mind of her
own. Alma Jr., she's three, more like me,
but smarter. Doesn't say much, but she's
always watching out, nothin' much gets by
her. (beat) I love those girls to pieces.
JACK
Yeah. Bobby -- that's my boy -- he's
good. Some good laughs. But he sure does
shit a lot. (pause) Damn. Four years.
[2004 screenplay]
-
The deleted hippie scene was at best lackluster.
-
Without the quick-thinking assistance of Jack and Ennis, the hapless hippies might have remained mired in the stream for a long time.
-
The deleted hippie scene rattles naggingly in the collective consciousness of Brokeback Mountain fans as they try to see and have all things Brokeback revealed to them.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/HipHorseback.jpg)
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Up ahead of the bus, they see a creek, swollen from runoff. But the bus doesn't slow....
JACK
Can't that fool see the creek's in flood?
ENNIS
Probably high on drugs. May not have even
noticed that creek, music's too loud.
...and the bus, music blaring, heads right into the water. Makes it halfway across... stops, water at window-height. Yells are heard.
ENNIS and JACK lope down the ridge.
JACK
(drawing rein)
Hell, better go down and see what's what.
ENNIS
See if you can get a rope on the bumper.
I'll offload who I can.
[2004 screenplay]
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Ennis and Jack loped down the hill to find the hippies' Volkswagen bus partially submerged in a creek.
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BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
A Screenplay
By Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
Based on a Short Story By Annie Proulx
Current Revisions By James Schamus
31 March 2004 Draft
Revisions 7 April 2004
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In profile, WE SEE the passenger take an old mashed-up Stetson off the dashboard.
This is ENNIS DEL MAR: about twenty, but nonetheless compelling, not light or frivolous in disposition, appearance or manner, uncommonly quick reflexes -- a high-school dropout country boy with no prospects, brought up to hard work and privation, rough-mannered, rough-spoken, inured to the stoic life. Has outgrown his faded denim cowboy shirt, his wrists stick well out of the sleeves, the buttons gap.
ENNIS
(straightens the creases of the hat, sets it on his head)
That's Signal, ain't it?
TRUCKER
(no conversationalist)
Was the last time I come this way.
[2004 screenplay]
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When Hippie Girl 1 says: "You sure? (seductive) We love to share", it sounds like she is hinting at a threesome.
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The hippies, man and girls, have crept ubiquitously into the ABCs of Brokeback Mountain.
=aside= Players
At least three more hippie dippie letters!
Groovy!!
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Poor Jack lost his hat while attempting to pull a rope around the Volkswagen's bumper.
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The hippies seemed to be worshipping Jack and Ennis as heroes, saying: "Hey, break bread with us, western heroes."
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The deletion of the hippie scene xcises a clip where we could see Jack Twist lose his hat into the creek.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JackNoHatHip.jpg)
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Round Five One Eight
Ang is Great
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Ang_hulk.jpg)
He knew what to cut.
Schamus did not.
Oops!
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EXT: CHILDRESS, TEXAS: RODEO ARENA: NIGHT (EVEN LATER STILL): 1966:
LUREEN, perfectly coiffed, the only female among a lot of ragged cowboys, happens to stand next to JACK.
Sideways look. Likes him.
PHOTOGRAPHER
Say cheese.
JACK and LUREEN smile. Flash goes off.
LUREEN
Mr. Twist, it was real nice of you to pick up my hat. (smiles at him)
JACK
(genuinely abashed)
No big deal... it just fell off practically in my lap.
LUREEN, direct, smiles again.
[2004 screenplay]
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That bearded, beaded hippie dippie blared rock music from his soggy VW van.
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The great Ang was super-skilled at coordinating the combination of scenes in the movie, displaying great fearlessness in leaving some on the cutting room floor.
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JACK
I got something for you too. I was
gonna wait till our last morning.
He gets up, opens a duffle bag, finds a package, a long box.
JACK
C'mon.
Ennis looks tentative. Then opens the box. It's a spectacular, custom finished hunting rifle.
JACK
(details to be furnished later)
That's gold plate on the back there. See the
engraving. Limited edition [etc etc etc --
he points out all the features]
Ennis is stunned.
[2004 screenplay]
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The OLD MAN kicks at the tractor tire a time or two, as if irritated it exists. Looks at ENNIS.
OLD MAN
Where was you raised, bud?
ENNIS
Uh, Sage.
OLD MAN
Why, that ain't hardly in Wyoming, that's
nearly to Utah. You ain't a damn Mormon,
are you?
ENNIS
No, sir. I just never heard of no place
called Brokeback.
[2004 screenplay]
=aside= Toast
Thanks.
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EXT: BIG HORN MOUNTAINS, WYOMING: DAY: 1973:
ENNIS and JACK are horseback, trotting across a high meadow.
JACK fiddles with his rope. Ropes a sagebrush, then throws
it at a rabbit.
[2004 screenplay]
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Ennis behaves gentlemanly when faced with flirty hippie coeds.
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2 INT: WYOMING HIGHWAY: TRUCK CAB: NIGHT: CONTINUOUS: 1963: 2
It is lighter now, but the light is high, and the plain still mainly dark, the lights of Signal, Wyoming vivid, closer now, perhaps five miles ahead.
Patsy Cline's "WALKIN' AFTER MIDNIGHT" on the radio. The TRUCKER, inscrutable, barrels on. Cabin is hazy with cigarette smoke.
In profile, WE SEE the passenger take an old mashed-up Stetson off the dashboard.
[2004 screenplay]
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44 EXT: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, WYOMING: CAMP: NIGHT: 1963: 44
JACK and ENNIS outside, sit apart, between a log and a blazing fire, having just finished what they had done the last few nights inside the tent. ENNIS leans back against the log. Stares into the fire. JACK sits, idly braiding a quirt.
Far below, WE SEE the lights of vehicles on a highway miles away, the cars and trucks crawling slowly across the plain.
ENNIS lights a cigarette. Looks down at the distant highway.
ENNIS
Look at them cars.
JACK
What?
ENNIS
I used to wonder... warm nights, we'd all
sit on the front porch, mom and dad, my
brother and sis and me. The highway was
four miles away, and you could see it, a
long line of lights, and I could sit
there like a fuckin' dog, for hours just
sit there wondering where they were all
going.
[2004 screenplay]
-
Jack jests about just how square Ennis is when he says: "Yeah, you're pretty square, aren't you? If they only knew just how square you are!"
-
Although hippies certainly weren't a part of the legendary West, they have their own little corner there now, thanks to their brief appearance in the body of lore that surrounds the making of Brokeback Mountain.
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2 INT: WYOMING HIGHWAY: TRUCK CAB: NIGHT: CONTINUOUS: 1963: 2
It is lighter now, but the light is high, and the plain still mainly dark, the lights of Signal, Wyoming vivid, closer now, perhaps five miles ahead.
Patsy Cline's "WALKIN' AFTER MIDNIGHT" on the radio. The TRUCKER, inscrutable, barrels on. Cabin is hazy with cigarette smoke.
In profile, WE SEE the passenger take an old mashed-up Stetson off the dashboard.
This is ENNIS DEL MAR: about twenty, but nonetheless compelling, not light or frivolous in disposition, appearance or manner, uncommonly quick reflexes--a high-school drop-out country boy with no prospects, brought up to hard work and privation, rough-mannered, rough-spoken, inured to the stoic life. Has outgrown his faded denim cowboy shirt, his wrists stick well out of the sleeves, the buttons gap.
ENNIS
(straightens the creases of the hat, sets it on his head)
That's Signal, ain't it?
TRUCKER
(no conversationalist)
Was the last time I come this way.
[2004 screenplay]
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The hippies are nonconformists; they contrast with (especially) Ennis's more "squarish" views.
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Ennis off-loads the female hippies from the VW bus while Jack attempts to tie a rope around its bumper.
-
As Jack and Ennis left the hippies, the Man and his two Girls were making preparations to share some food and ...
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Ennis off-loads the female hippies from the VW bus while Jack attempts to tie a rope around its bumper.
=aside= Fran
:)
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10 INT: SIGNAL, WYOMING: PICKUP TRUCK: NIGHT: 1963: 10
JACK sleeps in his old pickup, slumped against the door.
ENNIS, in the passenger seat, wide awake, smokes, gazes through the steamed windows into the darkness.
[2004 screenplay]
=comment=
I wish this scene was included.
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Annie Proulx writes about Ennis' battle with truthiness:
Around that time Jack began to appear in his dreams, Jack as he had first seen him, curly-headed and smiling and bucktoothed, talking about getting up off his pockets and into the control zone, but the can of beans with the spoon handle jutting out and balanced on the log was there as well, in a cartoon shape and lurid colors that gave the dreams a flavor of comic obscenity. The spoon handle was the kind that could be used as a tire iron. And he would wake sometimes in grief, sometimes with the old sense of joy and release; the pillow sometimes wet, sometimes the sheets.
There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you can't fix it you've got to stand it.
Ang Lee and his writers omitted the spoon-handle dreams, pillows and sheets from the filmed version of Brokeback Mountain.
def - the quality of stating facts that you believe or want to be true, rather than stating facts that are known to be true
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Jack was dozing, perhaps dreaming, while an unsleeping Ennis smoked the night away.
=aside= Fran
I'm with you: that would have been a cool scene.
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It seems clear when Girl 1 says: "You sure? (seductive) We love to share", that she is no stick-in-the-mud and varies her sexual partners.
-
In profile, WE SEE the passenger take an old mashed-up Stetson off the dashboard.
This is ENNIS DEL MAR: about twenty, but nonetheless compelling, not light or frivolous in disposition, appearance or manner, uncommonly quick reflexes -- a high-school drop-out country boy with no prospects, brought up to hard work and privation, rough-mannered, rough-spoken, inured to the stoic life. Has outgrown his faded denim cowboy shirt, his wrists stick well out of the sleeves, the buttons gap.
ENNIS
(straightens the creases of the hat, sets it on his head)
That's Signal, ain't it?
TRUCKER
(no conversationalist)
Was the last time I come this way.
[2004 screenplay]
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Brokeback Mountain fans would love to see more evidence of the hippie scene, but are disappointed by its xiguousness.
def - extremely scanty; meager
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Round Five One Nine
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/BBMOscar.jpg)
Brokeback is Fine!
What's In is In
What's Out is Out
Do the Hokey Pokey
and Turn your Cowboy About!!!
oops. I got carried away ... again.
*blushes* I mean the film is edited ok. *blushes*
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The painful awkwardness of the hippie scene is probably one of many reasons why Ang decided to delete it.
-
Keeping in the hippie scene would have been a blunder of the highest degree.
-
In profile, WE SEE the passenger take an old mashed-up Stetson off the dashboard.
This is ENNIS DEL MAR: about twenty, but nonetheless compelling, not light or frivolous in disposition, appearance or manner, uncommonly quick reflexes -- a high-school drop-out country boy with no prospects, brought up to hard work and privation, rough-mannered, rough-spoken, inured to the stoic life. Has outgrown his faded denim cowboy shirt, his wrists stick well out of the sleeves, the buttons gap.
ENNIS
(straightens the creases of the hat, sets it on his head)
That's Signal, ain't it?
TRUCKER
(no conversationalist)
Was the last time I come this way.
[2004 screenplay]
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PHOTOGRAPHER Say cheese.
JACK and LUREEN smile.
Flash goes off.
LUREEN
Mr. Twist, it was real nice of you to pick up my hat.
(smiles at him)
JACK
(genuinely abashed)
No big deal..it just fell off practically in my lap.
LUREEN, direct, smiles again.
[2004 screenplay]
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After the film was edited, the infamous hippie scene ended up on the cutting-room floor.
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Jack and Lureen shyly flirt as the flashbulb goes off.
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The hippies expressed their gratefulness to Jack and Ennis by making them an offer they could refuse.
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Jack teased Ennis about his hipness quotient which was a square number.
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Ennis's rejection of the hippie girls' proposition is tantamount to coed-us interruptus.
=plead= Mods
Aww, gimme a little latitude on this one, hunh?
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We have to be satisfied with barely glimpsing some scenes/clips filmed for Brokeback Mountain - since they were reduced to bare seconds in the promotional trailer after the final editing junks the scenes forever:
- Jack and Ennis riding horseback on the day that the hippies took a dippy.
- Mechanics or Killers (or both) in a garage.
- Jack and Ennis riding off to the drop-off point in 1963.
- Jack, shirtless, on the pole bridge on laundry day.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JackPoleBridge.jpg)
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The hippies wanted Jack and Ennis to take part in their lovefest.
=aside= Paul
:D
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We were spared the macabre machinations of the Killer Mechanics.
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In the 2004 screenplay, Jack verbally nudges Ennis about being so square:
Later: Jack and Ennis ride off, the hippies in the
background.
JACK
Hell, I guess I could a been a hippie, if
I'd had more education.
ENNIS
I don't like damn hippies. Un-American if
you ask me.
JACK
Yeah, you're pretty square, aren't you?
If they only knew just how square you
are!
They both laugh.
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It has been said that Ang Lee obliged James Schamus by filming the hippie scene (which took a week to shoot), knowing all along that it would not be included in the final version of the film.
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Ennis' found that rescuing the peace-loving hippies was a piece of cake and was offered a piece of bread and a piece of the action.
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Jack and Ennis were not looking for rewards when they rode down to rescue the hippies from the swollen creek.
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ENNIS lights a cigarette. Looks down at the distant highway.
ENNIS
Look at them cars.
JACK
What?
ENNIS
I used to wonder... warm nights, we'd all
sit on the front porch, mom and dad, my
brother and sis and me. The highway was
four miles away, and you could see it, a
long line of lights, and I could sit
there like a fuckin' dog, for hours just
sit there wondering where they were all
going.
JACK
No highway by our house, just a dirt
road. If somebody showed up on it at
night, they'd usually be poaching
antelope. (braids the quirt) Good huntin'
around our place. Maybe we could head up
there at the end of September, before the
big snows hit. Get a few antelope
ourselves.
[2004 screenplay]
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The bearded, beaded Dead-head hippie and the two coeds had been trucking along in their VW bus before they were up the creek.
Def: To move or travel in a steady but easy manner.
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The girls' seductive offer went unaccepted since:
- We gotta make camp by sundown. (Ennis)
- I suppose not. We'd best be going. (Ennis)
- Ennis is just pretty well hung up. (Jack)
- Damn hippies are Un-American if you ask me. (Ennis)
- If they only knew just how square you are [Ennis]! (Jack)
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The "western heroes" made a valiant effort to rescue the hippie dippies from the VW's watery misfortune.
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The hippies discovered that their Volkswagen bus was a poor watercraft.
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After the hippies' offer to break bread, Ennis tells them that they have to make camp by sundown, with the intent of xpediting their depature.
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Round 520!!
The trivia, goofs and anachronisms were plenty.
But didn't detract from the film's beauty.
(http://www.theoutsidersbookandmovie.com/goofs_banner.jpg)
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Knowledgeable Steve Earle fans know that nobody had his song "Devil's Right Hand" on their jukebox in 1978 or even in 1981. The anachronistic song placement puts the 1987 song in a film that ends in 1983 at the latest.
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The famous disappearing log is a booboo in continuity: Jack is chopping wood when Aguirre approaches to give news of his sick uncle. Jack places the next log on the chopping block as he turns to speak to Aguirre. After the conversation is over and Jack turns back to chopping, the log is gone and he replaces the log that was never chopped.
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Jack is chopping wood when Aguirre approaches to give news of his sick uncle. Jack places the next log on the chopping block as he turns to speak to Aguirre. After the conversation is over and Jack turns back to chopping, the log is gone and he replaces the log that was never chopped.
=aside=
Just keeping up the continuity.
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In the scene where Ennis is driving Alma Jr. home in his truck in 1979, we see a Dodge Neon in the background. Dodge Neons were first introduced in 1994, many years later.
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There were some factual errors including:
The first reunion of Jack and Ennis is on 24th September 1967. On the next day 25th, they went onto the mountains and at that night there was a full moon. However, the full moon of September 1967 should be at 18th day, not 24th or 25th.
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Alma Jr. drives up to Ennis's trailer at #17 in a car featuring a beeping door-open-alert. This feature did not show up in vehicles until much later.
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Two of the more noticeable goofs on the part of the editing department are Alma Jr.'s visible microphone wire (which is seen when her pajama top rides up) and the display of mixed nuts which miraculously restocks itself after several jars were broken by Alma Jr.
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One particularly goofy goof: When Ennis tells Alma that he and Jack are going fishing, he hands Alma Jr. to her. While in her mother's arms, Junior's pajama top hikes up and you can see her microphone cord.
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The Budweiser sign installed on the Black and Blue Eagle Bar has the logo in a modern italicized font, not the "straight" font used in the seventies.
(http://everoak.co.uk/budweiser.jpg)
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Trivia: According to his interview in Premiere Magazine, Mark Wahlberg stated that at one point he and Joaquin Phoenix were being considered for the two lead roles. Although he considered it due to his brother-like relationship with Phoenix, the script was ultimately too sexually graphic for him.
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Anachronism: In the scene where Ennis lounges on the sofa, watching an episode of Kojak on TV, Alma says, "It's Saturday night. We could still smarten up, head over to the church social." Kojak didn't air on Saturday nights until its fifth season (1977-78), and this scene took place prior to the del Mar divorce on November 6, 1975.
=comment=
Thanks, IMDb.
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Marky Mark Wahlberg as Jack? Or Ennis? OH, NO, I DON'T THINK SO! The script was ultimately too deep for you. Keep your Calvins on and SPARE US your homophobia.
(http://www.rgj.com/blogs/film/uploaded_images/markymk4i1-722335.jpg)
=comment=
Sorry about the rant.
And now back to our regularly scheduled round.
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There were 75 visual effects shots created for the film by the Canadian house Buzz Image Group. Of these, 15 were of CGI sheep. The film called for about 2,500 sheep, but only 700 were on-set, necessitating the additional woolly creations. Also created for the film were sky replacements, set additions, erasures and the hail in the hailstorm.
=aside= Paul
I hear you.
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So many things have to be taken into account when a film crew organizes a shoot that it is amazing for the correct props to be in the scene, let alone in the right hand or on the left side as in a previous take that might have been filmed on the last sunny day.
=aside= Paul
Touché !
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Trivia: According to his interview in Premiere Magazine, Mark Wahlberg stated that at one point he and Joaquin Phoenix were being considered for the two lead roles. Although he considered it due to his brother-like relationship with Phoenix, the script was ultimately too sexually graphic for him.
=aside= Sandy
:)
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Trivia from IMDB: Writer, Annie Proulx sent both Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger an original, autographed copy of her story. When she signed the copy to Jake she wrote "To Jake..." however when she signed the copy she had intended to give to Heath she signed it "To Ennis." After writing out her personal message she realized what she had done and decided to leave it be. In a private screening at Arclight in Hollywood, CA she reflected that Heath Ledger really was Ennis. She left the signed copy that way because she had felt Mr. Ledger has embodied Ennis in every way she had wrote (sic) him.
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BBM Factual errors: Early in the film (1963, Wyoming) a train is seen crossing the screen without a caboose. Cabooses were required by law on all trains into the 1980s.
IMdB.com
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BBM trivia from IMDb:
Ang Lee struggled continually with the sheep during the shoot. Apparently sheep don't drink from running water, only ponds and dams. Ang tried all day to get the sheep to drink from a stream, but they wouldn't oblige. He had to give up on the shot.
Also, American sheep carry a bacteria/virus that Canadian sheep don't possess. The film's scene where two herds of sheep become mixed up had some nightmarish real-life parallels, as the Canadian government had expressly warned the filmmakers of dire consequences if they caused any disease to spread to the local animals from the south-of-the-border variety.
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Trivia from IMDB: Director Ang Lee gave Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal copies of the book, "Farm Boys: Lives of Gay Men from the Upper Midwest", by Will Fellows, to help them understand their characters.
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Viewers' experience of the film is generally not marred by the few goofs and gaffs.
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Actress Naomi Watts, Heath Ledger's girlfriend at the time, is said to have convinced him to do the film.
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Trivia: Locals have noticed an upswing in visitation to Upper Kananaskis Lake, the bridge along the Galatea hiking trail where Heath Ledger picks up supplies and, of course, where he meets the black bear (recruited from a local xotic animal farm outside of Innisfail). Alberta Tourism Basks In "Brokeback" Spotlight (http://industryreport.mountainnews.com/2006/06/post_6.shtml)
Someone please do round announcement.
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Round 521!
It's Alberta's turn in the sun!
(http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/images/photos/photo_lg_alberta.jpg)
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Alberta's beautiful and varied landscapes filled in nicely for Wyoming.
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Ang Lee and his production staff made sure that Alberta's natural beauty and quaint villages could stand in for Wyoming before they started shooting this magnificent film on a shoestring budget. Fixed!
(http://z.about.com/d/gocanada/1/0/8/-/-/-/peyto_lake_from_bow_summit_overlook_Daniel_Coughlin.jpg)
=aside= Paul
Beauty of an announcement, dude!
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"Although the Annie Proulx short story is set in Wyoming, Brokeback Mountain, a big winner at the 2005 Academy Awards, was filmed in the south of Alberta, one of Canada's prairie provinces."
-- Jane McLean, About.com (http://gocanada.about.com/od/canadawest/p/brokebackmounta.htm)
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Brokies visiting Dorothy, Alberta, this summer will be seeing the landscape where Ennis's flashback (Earl's corpse) was filmed.
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The Elks club building is located in Fort MacLeod. The Elks' national headquarters is located in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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The Elks Club building is located in Fort MacLeod. The reunion apartment above the Laundromat is just down the street.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/brokebackmtn_1908.jpg)
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Not far from the spot where the Basque provisioner warned Ennis about bulky soup boxes, the magnificent Bow River forms a lovely small canyon. Named for the resilient trees which grow along its banks that were used by native peoples to make hunting bows, the river has a distinctive turquoise color. It is fed by glaciers high in the Canadian Rockies to the west. From there, it makes its way to Calgary where it meets the Elbow River near the site of Fort Calgary. Finding Brokeback (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/New_Maps/Region_1_Frame.html)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter02/000844M.jpg)
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From Good Earth Travel Adventures (http://www.goodearthtravel.com/trip.asp?id=103):
On Good Earth’s Brokeback Alberta, you’ll experience firsthand the stunning visuals of the movie while relaxing at luxury lodging in both Canmore and Kananaskis (where the cast stayed). World-renowned Banff National Park and Lake Louise are just a few minutes away for day visits or you have the option to include them in your vacation. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhall won’t be there, but then again this is your adventure. If you want to visit the same local watering holes where they hung out, we’ll point you in the right direction.
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One of the interiors used in the filming of Brokeback Mountain in 2004:
Site Name: Electra, Texas, (Clown) Bar
In spite of his charms, Jack could not score with Jimbo (played by Calgary local Tom Carey) here. Similarly, the King Edward (King Eddie) has been unable to lure enough of its SE Calgary neighbors to remain solvent. Run down and contaminated by “toxic mold,” this century-old hotel and blues bar was boarded up two weeks after Brokeback Mountain filming was completed in August 2004. The area is now slated for redevelopment, with proposals for the King Eddie's renewal being considered.
(http://findingbrokeback.com/Chapter09/P005045jM.jpg)
[picture and text from FindingBrokeback.Com]
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JT's bar, across the street from the Riverton Post Office, and next to the phone booth, is located in Rockyford, Alberta.
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The Alberta Tourism Industry's web site (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www1.travelalberta.com/UserFiles/Image/EN-South/MasterMap1.gif&imgrefurl=http://www1.travelalberta.com/en-rockies/index.cfm%3FPageID%3D700%26FeatureId%3D245&h=343&w=339&sz=32&hl=en&start=3&tbnid=-cNoe-VG9MaDOM:&tbnh=120&tbnw=119&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522finding%2Bbrokeback%2522%2Bfilming%2Blocations%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG/) has maps pinpointing Brokeback Mountain filming locations.
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Site Name: Brokeback "Flat" Highway
Travel Directions:
From Hwy 1, take Morley Exit, north 3.6 km to Hwy 1A, turn right (east) go 6.9 km to the site, which is at the corner of Hwy 1A and Jamieson Rd.
(http://findingbrokeback.com/Chapter12/010916M.jpg)
Remarks:
Though Ennis and Jack were probably not concentrating on scenery as they drove down this road, you might find time to appreciate the rolling hills that typify the scenic foothills region of Alberta.
[Text and photo from FindingBrokeback.Com]
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This scene of the boys' herding sheep was shot at the Stoney Native Reservation.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter02/000929M.jpg)
Here it is without all those sheep:
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter02/P000929cM.jpg)
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Campsite #1
As you face the left side of Canyon Creek Road with both the culvert and the intersection to your right, look for an overgrown path blocked by large stones ahead to your left. (For reference purposes, this location is 5.02 km north of the gate and is 50d 54m 7.08s, -114d 47m 43.44s.) Proceed 200' turn right at the gravel path, go 200' and turn left. The site is on the creek bank near the circle of campfire stones.
Remarks:
Though not for the first or last time, Jack enjoyed recalling his rodeoin’ days here at Campsite #1. Ennis had a few things to say, as well. The circle of campfire stones, two stumps, and the components of the meat rack, tripod, and saddle stand remain in place. By all means, discover and enjoy all of these left-behinds and, just as Ennis and Jack did, leave them there for others to appreciate. The trail to the famous Ice Caves lies beyond the Canyon Creek Road intersection and to the right. Due to many accidents, the caves were officially closed to the public in 2000. Finding Brokeback (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter04/_Trading_Places_Frame.html)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter04/002038M.jpg)
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"Alberta's Film Commission has taken out full-colour ads in industry bibles including Variety and The Hollywood Reporter congratulating those involved in Brokeback and pointing out that Alberta provided the backdrop for the story."
-- Queerty: "Get Your Brokeback Fix in the Land of the Mounties" (http://www.queerty.com/queer/movies/get-your-brokeback-fix-in-the-land-of-mounties-20060208.php)
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The Elks Lodge, shown as Ennis drives home to a waiting postcard in 1967, has been renamed the “Fort Macleod and District Community Hall,” and is on the NE corner of Archie Maclean (3rd) Avenue and Jerry Potts Boulevard (25th Street) in Fort Macleod.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/FormerElksClu.jpg)
[edited text and photo from FindingBrokeback.Com]
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The post-reunion nude dive was shot at Seebe Cliffs.
"You did not expect a place where Jake Gyllenhaal (a double) and Heath Ledger (the real thing) frolic in the nude to be readily accessible did you? Be certain to obtain appropriate permission before visiting this site. Do not, under any circumstances, dive from the cliff." (from findingbrokeback)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter12/010928M.jpg)
P.S. Watch out for paparazzi.
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Residents of Alberta, Can., proudly point out there were three stars in "Brokeback Mountain": Ledger, Gyllenhaal -- and Alberta itself.
"Winning at the Oscars provides a credential booster for the province," said Alberta Minister of Economic Development, Clint Dunford. "Boosting Alberta's image like this means more film business in the future and the imagery captured by Alberta's inspiring scenery will have a lasting effect on Alberta's tourism for years to come."
Derek Coke-Kerr, managing director of Travel Alberta, said a steadfast cadre of movie buffs -- mostly from the United States but with an increasing number of European and Asian fans -- realize "Brokeback" was filmed in southern Alberta -- not Wyoming -- and want to visit the exact sites depicted in the movie. "They want to know the exact location of Brokeback Mountain (actually a composite of different shots, from the peaks of Three Sisters flanking the town of Canmore, to Fortress and Moose Mountain, in Kananaskis Country). And they want to know where Heath Ledger and Jake jump off the cliff."
Locals have noticed an upswing in visitation to Upper Kananaskis Lake, the bridge along the Galatea hiking trail where Heath Ledger picks up supplies and, of course, where he meets the black bear (recruited from a local exotic animal farm outside of Innisfail). Tour operators are also steering visiting movie fans to the towns of Cowley and Fort Macleod, featured in the opening scenes of the movie where the ill-fated cowboy duo meet outside a broken down old trailer and later when Ledger and his movie family settle into town life.
"They keep coming," said Coke-Kerr. "And we will make them welcome as long as they do." -- J.D. O'Connor, Mountain News (http://industryreport.mountainnews.com/2006/06/post_6.shtml)
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Site Name: "Sweet Life" Riverside
Travel Directions:
Bragg Creek Provincial Park: Follow Hwy 66 west to Elbow Falls Day Use Area. As you enter, the site is to the immediate right at the most upstream portion of the area.
(http://findingbrokeback.com/Chapter12/P010957aM.jpg)
Remarks:
This location served two scenes. Ennis and Jack returned here as older men in the “Maybe Texas” scene. The same proposal was made then; the response was no different.
The rock upon which Ennis rested his head in thankful prayer is a great spot to relax and ponder the beauty of this place, or the details of any cow and calf operations you may be contemplating. While you are here, don’t miss the lovely Elbow Falls which are downstream approximately 250 yds.
Quotation:
“You know it could be like this, just like this, always.”
[FindingBrokeback.Com]
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Site Name: Campsite #2
Travel Directions:
At the northern end of Spray Valley Provincial Park, just south of Canmore. The easiest way to access the site is to follow Hwy 742 and park at the Goat Creek picnic area. Walk south along Hwy 742 for appoximately 200 meters. At the point where the utility lines cross Hwy 742 you will see a gravel road to your right (west). Turn right and follow the gravel road approximately 0.7 km downhill until you reach a clearing. Turn right and continue across the clearing, passing the Fight Hill and the Dozy Embrace site. As you approach Goat Creek, you will see the familiar Pole Bridge and campsite.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter05/002339M.jpg)
Remarks:
That so-very-memorable tent occupied a clearing near the creek that is still visible. Indeed the campfire, pole bridge, grassy hill, and creek all “look right.”
Quotation:
“Tent don’t look right.”
[findingbrokeback.com (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter05/_Forty_Winks_Frame.html)
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Near Dead Man's Flats is a postcard-perfect view of Mount Lougheed and nearby Windtower. Of course no one could possibly herd sheep on these icy stone megaliths, but as the music builds and the tears flow, it makes little difference, does it?
The postcard:
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter19/020745M.jpg)
The real thing:
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter19/P020745aM.jpg)
(again, from findingbrokeback.com)
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Since the release of Brokeback Mountain, many an xcursionist has visited Alberta for the express purpose of seeing the filming locations.
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Our Five Hundred and Twenty Second Round
Still Alberta Bound!
Oh the prairie lights are burnin' bright
The chinook wind is a-movin' in
Tomorrow night I'll be Alberta bound
Though I've done the best I could
My old luck ain't been so good and
Tomorrow night I'll be Alberta bound
No one-eyed man could e'er forget
The rocky mountain sunset
Its a pleasure just to be Alberta bound
I long to see my next of kin
To know what kind of shape they're in
Tomorrow night I'll be Alberta bound
Alberta bound, Alberta bound
Its good to be Alberta bound
Alberta bound, Alberta bound
It's good to be Alberta bound
Gordon Lightfoot
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Site Name: "Sweet Life" Riverside
Travel Directions:
Bragg Creek Provincial Park: Follow Hwy 66 west to Elbow Falls Day Use Area. As you enter, the site is to the immediate right at the most upstream portion of the area.
(http://findingbrokeback.com/Chapter12/P010957aM.jpg)
Remarks:
This location served two scenes. Ennis and Jack returned here as older men in the “Maybe Texas” scene. The same proposal was made then; the response was no different.
The rock upon which Ennis rested his head in thankful prayer is a great spot to relax and ponder the beauty of this place, or the details of any cow and calf operations you may be contemplating. While you are here, don’t miss the lovely Elbow Falls which are downstream approximately 250 yds.
Quotation:
“You know it could be like this, just like this, always.”
[FindingBrokeback.Com]
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First Light
Travel Directions:
Hwy 66 west from Bragg Creek to “Kananaskis Country” sign and Information Center, continue (west) 8.5 km to Moose Mountain Road, right (north) on Moose Mountain Road 7.0 km to well-marked trailhead. The trail begins at the green vehicle barrier. The site, which is marked with a cairn, is about 0.5 km beyond the tree line to the north (right).
The Moose Mountain summit is 7.1 km from the parking area and trailhead, gaining 477 m. Allowing time to explore filming locations, budget a total of 4 to 5 hours for a rewarding hike to and from the vast Moose Mountain meadows, where several sheep herding scenes were filmed. Mornings generally provide the most reliable weather conditions
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter06/003141M.jpg)
Remarks:
A “cairn” is a man-made pile of rocks that marks a site or trail. Steve Gin and husband Don have begun a cairn at this spot. Add to it if you care to. Another cairn, located 50 km to the northwest, marks the site of the Dozy Embrace.
[FindingBrokeback.com]
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The filming locations for both the lonesome ranch where Ennis and Alma lived early in their marriage and the cabin Ennis lived in after the divorce can be seen in the environs of Claresholm, Alberta.
=aside=Toast
It is good to be Alberta bound, as Paul will attest, too. ;)
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Site Name: "Sweet Life" Riverside
Travel Directions:
Bragg Creek Provincial Park: Follow Hwy 66 west to Elbow Falls Day Use Area. As you enter, the site is to the immediate right at the most upstream portion of the area.
(http://findingbrokeback.com/Chapter12/P010957aM.jpg)
Remarks:
This location served two scenes. Ennis and Jack returned here as older men in the “Maybe Texas” scene. The same proposal was made then; the response was no different.
The rock upon which Ennis rested his head in thankful prayer is a great spot to relax and ponder the beauty of this place, or the details of any cow and calf operations you may be contemplating. While you are here, don’t miss the lovely Elbow Falls which are downstream approximately 250 yds.
Quotation:
“You know it could be like this, just like this, always.”
[FindingBrokeback.Com]
=aside= Meryl and Paul
Alberta is waiting, and it's getting warmer in the mountains every day.
I envy you Alberta Bound Brokies.
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Site Name: Electra, Texas, (Clown) Bar
Travel Directions:
On 9th Avenue SW, at Fourth Street SE, between Macleod Trail and Fort Calgary Historic Park.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter09/005045M.jpg)
Remarks:
In spite of his charms, Jack could not score with Jimbo (played by Calgary local Tom Carey) here. Similarly, the King Edward (King Eddie) has been unable to lure enough of its SE Calgary neighbors to remain solvent. Run down and contaminated by “toxic mold,” this century-old hotel and blues bar was boarded up two weeks after Brokeback Mountain filming was completed in August 2004. The area is now slated for redevelopment, with proposals for the King Eddie's renewal being considered.
[FindingBrokeback.com]
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Named for the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces during the later stages of World War I, Mt. Foch rises 10,434' / 3,180 m to welcome travelers on Hwy 782 beyond the Hwy 40 junction.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter12/010919M.jpg)
Mt. Foch was named after Marechal Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), who played an important role in the negotiation of the armistice terms during the closing of the First World War. He is also honored by the famous Avenue Foch in Paris, and by the grape named after him, Marechal Foch.
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Site Name: Pole Bridge
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter05/002416M.jpg)
Travel Directions:
At the northern end of Spray Valley Provincial Park, just south of Canmore. The easiest way to access the site is to follow Hwy 742 and park at the Goat Creek picnic area. Walk south along Hwy 742 for approximately 200 meters. At the point where the utility lines cross Hwy 742 you will see a gravel road to your right (west). Turn right and follow the gravel road approximately 0.7 km downhill until you reach a clearing. Turn right and continue across the clearing, passing the Fight Hill and the Dozy Embrace site. As you approach Goat Creek, you will see the familiar Pole Bridge and campsite.
Remarks:
Campsite #2 is high on every Brokeback pilgrim's list of places to savor. It boasts an unmatched assortment of memorable settings. The Tent Area, the “Get Goin', Cowboy” Hillside, the Pole Bridge, and, of course, the Dozy Embrace site, make for a remarkable visit.
Yes, there is a lot to photograph, but do reserve a bit of time to reflect upon the spirit of this place and the beauty of what happened here.
Quotation:
“You may be a sinner but I ain't yet had the opportunity.”
FindingBrokeback.com (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter05/_Forty_Winks_Frame.html)
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Site Name: Fireworks Area
Location: Westwinds Baseball Area, Fort Macleod, AB
East on Chief Red Crow Blvd., turn right (south) on Archie McLean (3rd Avenue). Go .9 km on 3rd Avenue and turn right (west) at Alberta Hardware. Go .3 km and turn left (south) at Collar Tire. Go .8 km and turn right onto gravel driveway.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter09/005229M.jpg)
Remarks:
It takes more than a bit of searching to find this community baseball diamond located near an old airstrip south of Fort Macleod, but those who were energized by Ennis’ manly silhouette against a backdrop of patriotic fireworks, or moved by Alma’s reaction to her husband’s fury, will want to visit this place as part of their Fort Macleod pilgrimage.
FindingBrokeback.com
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Ennis cleaned the coffeepot in the river as he watched Jack ascend this stunning mountain. Most agree that the sheep came from a computer, but the mountain is undeniably the real thing.
This is the western summit of Mount Inflexible (aka "Jack Ascending"). A sign at the Sawmill Parking Area shows a network of trails which traverse the mountain and its neighbors. (findingbrokeback.com)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter03/001320M.jpg)
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June 26, 2006
Alberta Tourism Basks In "Brokeback" Spotlight
Residents of Alberta, Can., proudly point out there were three stars in "Brokeback Mountain": Ledger, Gyllenhaal -- and Alberta itself.
"Winning at the Oscars provides a credential booster for the province," said Alberta Minister of Economic Development, Clint Dunford. "Boosting Alberta's image like this means more film business in the future and the imagery captured by Alberta's inspiring scenery will have a lasting effect on Alberta's tourism for years to come."
-- J.D. O'Connor, Mountain News (http://industryreport.mountainnews.com/2006/06/post_6.shtml)
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(http://findingbrokeback.com/Chapter01/000054M.jpg)
DVD Capture
Site Name: Hills and Mountains
Travel Directions:
Hwy 22, south of Longview, 13 km to Bar U Ranch, continue south 9.1 km to 786 Ave., turn left (east) on 786 Ave., approximately 2 km to hill crest, park and walk to southwest corner of fenced area near summit, face west.
Remarks:
This intricate montage of peaks and hills opens the film. The shot is taken from near Hwy 22, south of Longview, facing westward. It was taken from an elevated site.
The Bar U Ranch, originally owned by George Lane (one of the four founders of the Calgary Stampede), can be found 13 km south of Longview. It has been preserved as a National Historic Site and is open to the public during the summer. Also nearby is the ranch of Canadian country music legend Ian Tyson (songwriter and performer of the timeless folk song "Four Strong Winds"). Still very active, Tyson is often spotted in Longview buying groceries or playing impromptu sets in local bars.
[FindingBrokeback.Com]
Four strong winds that blow lonely, Seven seas that run high,
All these things that don't change, Come what may.
But our good times are all gone,
And I'm bound for moving on.
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way.
Think I'll go out to Alberta,
Weather's good there in the fall.
Got some friends that I can go to working for,
Still I wish you'd change your mind
If I asked you one more time,
But we've been through that a hundred times or more.
[Ian Tyson]
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Mount Murray looms behind Ennis in this memorable scene as he swigs Old Rose whiskey and trades lies with Jack. The truth is much easier to find in the short sleeping-in-the-tent shot that follows. (findingbrokeback.com)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter16/014037M.jpg)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter16/P014037aM.jpg)
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The website quotes director Ang Lee, who recalled some supervising notes he wrote on the script when he was shooting some mountain peaks in Alberta.
"I said, 'A cheap imitation of Wyoming,' " Lee remembered.
But Alberta Film Commissioner Dan Chugg argues that Lee likely meant to say "cost-effective" instead of "cheap."
Financial incentives have drawn many film companies to Canada, which has built a $5 billion US film industry in the process.
Indeed, because of the high amount of production in Canada, production companies can employ local crews instead of importing them from elsewhere, thereby lowering the overall cost of the film.
In fact, nearly 600 Albertan crewmembers were involved in the making of Brokeback Mountain over a period of three months, Chugg told CTV.ca.
-- Mary Nersessian, CTV.ca News (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060213/oscars_brokeback_feature_060213?s_name=oscars2006&no_ads=)
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Site Name: Courtroom
Location: Town Hall building, 236 23rd Street (Hwy #3 east), Fort Macleod, AB
(http://findingbrokeback.com/Chapter13/P011933aM.jpg)
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Remarks:
After you have dined at the Java Shop, take a short walk to the Town Hall building and ask helpful clerk Brenda for a peek at the Council Chambers upstairs. Note the collection of old photographs in the stairwell that recall some of Fort Macleod’s former glory as a wilderness outpost of the British Empire. It is safe to speculate that no action the Fort Macleod Town Council has taken or will ever take could possibly achieve the notoriety of Alma and Ennis’ divorce.
Quotation:
“Del Mar divorce granted....”
[FindingBrokeback.Com]
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Site Name: Pole Bridge
Travel Directions:
At the northern end of Spray Valley Provincial Park, just south of Canmore. The easiest way to access the site is to follow Hwy 742 and park at the Goat Creek picnic area. Walk south along Hwy 742 for approximately 200 meters. At the point where the utility lines cross Hwy 742 you will see a gravel road to your right (west). Turn right and follow the gravel road approximately 0.7 km downhill until you reach a clearing. Turn right and continue across the clearing, passing the Fight Hill and the Dozy Embrace site. As you approach Goat Creek, you will see the familiar Pole Bridge and campsite.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter05/002416M.jpg)
Remarks:
Campsite #2 is high on every Brokeback pilgrim's list of places to savor. It boasts an unmatched assortment of memorable settings. The Tent Area, the “Get Goin', Cowboy” Hillside, the Pole Bridge, and, of course, the Dozy Embrace site, make for a remarkable visit.
FindingBrokeback.com
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Site Name: "Sweet Life" Riverside
Travel Directions:
Bragg Creek Provincial Park: Follow Hwy 66 west to Elbow Falls Day Use Area. As you enter, the site is to the immediate right at the most upstream portion of the area.
Remarks:
This location served two scenes. Ennis and Jack returned here as older men in the “Maybe Texas” scene. The same proposal was made then; the response was no different.
The rock upon which Ennis rested his head in thankful prayer is a great spot to relax and ponder the beauty of this place, or the details of any cow and calf operations you may be contemplating. While you are here, don’t miss the lovely Elbow Falls which are downstream approximately 250 yds.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter12/010957M.jpg)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter12/P010957aM.jpg)
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Site Name: Campsite #2
Travel Directions:
At the northern end of Spray Valley Provincial Park, just south of Canmore. The easiest way to access the site is to follow Hwy 742 and park at the Goat Creek picnic area. Walk south along Hwy 742 for appoximately 200 meters. At the point where the utility lines cross Hwy 742 you will see a gravel road to your right (west). Turn right and follow the gravel road approximately 0.7 km downhill until you reach a clearing. Turn right and continue across the clearing, passing the Fight Hill and the Dozy Embrace site. As you approach Goat Creek, you will see the familiar Pole Bridge and campsite.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter05/002339M.jpg)
Remarks:
That so-very-memorable tent occupied a clearing near the creek that is still visible. Indeed the campfire, pole bridge, grassy hill, and creek all “look right.”
Quotation:
“Tent don’t look right.”
[findingbrokeback.com (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter05/_Forty_Winks_Frame.html)
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Site Name: Monroe’s House (Exterior)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter14/012838M.jpg)
Travel Directions:
Near the corner of 9th Street NW and 18th Avenue NW, just northwest of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood.
Remarks:
Ennis stormed out of this wood-frame Mount Pleasant house that snowy Thanksgiving night and years later returned to pick up insightful Alma, Jr. Do not bother knocking; this is not the building used for the chilling interior scenes, which were filmed in a Scarboro home south of here.
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It is unarguable that Alberta's scenery and film resources made a huge contribution to the beauty and commercial success of Brokeback Mountain.
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The man in charge of vittles for the Alberta shoot of BBM was chef Vance Wagner.
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Site Name: Fireworks Area
Location: Westwinds Baseball Area, Fort Macleod, AB
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter09/005229M.jpg)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter09/P005229aM.jpg)
It takes more than a bit of searching to find this community baseball diamond located near an old airstrip south of Fort Macleod, but those who were energized by Ennis’ manly silhouette against a backdrop of patriotic fireworks, or moved by Alma’s reaction to her husband’s fury, will want to visit this place as part of their Fort Macleod pilgrimage.
FindingBrokeback.com (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/New_Maps/Region_3_3_Frame.html)
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Ang Lee had to make decisions about adding or removing scenes to tell Annie Proulx's story, and how to use the beauty of Alberta to enhance the story; but Brokeback Mountain soars because of his xactitude with Annie's characters and events.
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Round 523
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Alberta523.jpg)
Alberta's here
For all to see!
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One of the highlights of the Alberta Pilgrimage will be the ascension of Mount Inflexible, better known to Brokies as "Jack Ascending."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/YinYangStormclouds.jpg)
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Site Name: Trailer Window
Location: Town Dump, Beiseker, AB
Travel Directions:
Face the Beiseker Village Office, a former Canadian Pacific Railway station, at 1st Avenue and 6th Street, turn left on 1st Avenue and go .8 km. Turn right at the “Dump Gate” sign, go .3 km. The site is on the right, enclosed by a white wooden fence.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter19/020747M.jpg)
Remarks:
Viewing the image framed by the trailer window (often through tears), one wonders if the field and sky, with their assuring hues of green, yellow (a field of canola), and blue, are the real thing. Standing on the actual location, they seem to be. Never mind that it is next to a dump. It is the serene image that forms a fitting apostrophe to Jack and Ennis' love, which will endure for as long as the Brokeback story is told.
FindingBrokeback.com
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Travel Directions:
Hwy 24 at the intersection of Range Road 260, Carseland, facing east.
Remarks:
A complex story begins simply at this unassuming spot. A telephoto lens was used to bring the much discussed grouping of three utility poles, which are actually quite distant, into the image.
You'll find another familiar image from early in the film on the opposite side of the railroad tracks, immediately to the west. On the way, note the Quonset building at the corner. This building, formerly a service station, was the site of the (cut) Signal Gas Station scene.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter01/000121M.jpg)
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Site Name: Sheep Staging #1
(http://findingbrokeback.com/Chapter02/000827M.jpg)
DVD Capture
Travel Directions:
From Hwy 1, take Morley Exit, north 3.6 km to Hwy 1A, turn left (west) on 1A, 12 km to “Buffalo Paddock” sign. Turn left (south) at the “Peacekeepers” building, 0.8 km to gate, 0.4 km to fork, take left branch of fork, go 0.1 km further. Turn right at green dumpster, proceed 750' to site.
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Remarks:
Both the Sheep Staging areas and the Sheep Tangle scene were shot on Stoney Native Reservation land. This vantage point is close to Buffalo Paddock near Morley, at the foot of imposing Yamnuska Mountain. Yamnuska is among Canada’s most famous mountains and has a special place in Stoney heritage and culture. The steep face is a favorite for experienced professional climbers, but intermediate hikers can access the summit along a trail that skirts the western slope.
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Quotation:
"You wanna watch it there. That horse has a low startle point."
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Site Name: Ennis’ Trailer
Travel Directions:
Face the Beiseker Village Office, a former Canadian Pacific Railway station, at 1st Avenue and 6th Street, turn left on 1st Avenue and go .8 km. Turn right at the “Dump Gate” sign, go .3 km. The site is on the right, enclosed by a white wooden fence.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter19/020250M.jpg)
Remarks:
The Brokeback Mountain story begins and ends in, of all places, trailers. What remains of Ennis’ trailer site is limited to a grassy clearing, the roadway, and the field we see at the film’s powerful conclusion. A white fence surrounds the trailer location to protect this special ground.
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"Alberta's Film Commission has taken out full-colour ads in industry bibles including Variety and The Hollywood Reporter congratulating those involved in Brokeback and pointing out that Alberta provided the backdrop for the story."
-- Queerty: "Get Your Brokeback Fix in the Land of the Mounties" (http://www.queerty.com/queer/movies/get-your-brokeback-fix-in-the-land-of-mounties-20060208.php)
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Location: Morley area, Stoney Native Reservation
Site Name: Sheep Tangle
(http://findingbrokeback.com/Chapter07/003618M.jpg)
Travel Directions:
From Hwy 1, take Morley Exit, north 3.6 km to Hwy 1A, turn left (west) on 1A, 12 km to “Buffalo Paddock” sign. Turn left (south) at the “Peacekeepers” building, 0.8 km to gate, 0.4 km to fork, take left branch of fork, go 1.5 km to site, which is to the right (south) of the road. Note: The last 1 km of this road is rough. Walk it if your vehicle can’t stand it.
The park is officially closed during wintertime though access by foot is feasible, weather permitting. You might want to contact Ron Stonier, (403) 813-1921, for access arrangements, which may require payment of a $5 fee. Security guards in the area have been known to save paperwork by collecting fees from visitors on the spot.
Remarks:
The Sheep Tangle, set near Buffalo Paddock on the Stoney Reservation near the Bow River, illustrates the observation contained in the story, “In a disquieting way everything seemed mixed.” (Never mind that 19-year-old Jack's use of the unexpected adjective “Chilean” is rather disquieting in itself!)
Important:
Always obtain appropriate permission before entering private property and native reserve lands.
Quotation:
“We gotta stick this out, Jack.”
[FindingBrokeback.Com]
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The Highwood River in Kananaskis Country provides whitewater rapids for thrill-seeking visitors to Alberta.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokeArseMountain/Scenic/Whitewatermap.jpg)
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Site Name: Jack and Lureen’s Parking Spot
From Hwy 1 (Trans-Canada Hwy), take Hwy 21 north to Township Road 263. Turn right (east) on 263. Rockyford is at the intersection of 263 and Range Road 233. From Main Street, Rockyford (where you will find three Brokeback buildings), walk approximately two blocks northeast on 1st Avenue E to the rodeo grounds. Pass the long beige metal building and turn right. The site is 150' ahead to the right.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter10/005657M.jpg)
Remarks:
Hours after the Childress rodeo was over, Lureen did some impressive bull riding in L.D.’s T-Bird. Like Ennis’ dad, she proved to be a fine roper.
Quotation:
“You don’t think I’m too fast do you?”
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Location: The Fortress Ski Area
Site Name: Pup Tent
(http://findingbrokeback.com/Chapter07/003713M.jpg)
DVD Capture
Travel Directions:
From Hwy 1 (Trans-Canada Hwy), take Hwy 40 south, 42 km to Fortress Junction ("Gas Plus" station is on the left). Turn right and follow the Fortress Mountain access road westward, 8 km up the mountain to main gate (closed in winter), then continue to buildings. In front of the main ski lodge, there is a T-bar ski lift. There are two tow ropes; follow the line closest to the slope. Stop at the fourth orange tower and face the mountains.
Remarks:
The filmmakers needed a “really big” mountain to find this much snow in the spring of 2004. The ski area adjacent to the Kananaskis’ legendary "The Fortress" fit this bill nicely.
[FindingBrokeback.Com]
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Site Name: Bear Creek
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter03/001437M.jpg)
Travel Directions:
Peter Lougheed Provincial Park: King Creek Day Area, Hwy 40 south near the Winter Gates and Hwy 742 intersection. Follow trail along rock face approximately 200 meters; turn left to the stream.
Remarks:
This is the spot where a stunt bear held up production of the film by repeatedly licking his lips instead of growling. Finally, after many takes, the bear got it right and the scene was complete. Ennis' horse, like its rider, proved to have a low startle point.
[FindingBrokeback.com]
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Site Name: Post Office
Travel Directions:
From Hwy 1 (Trans-Canada Hwy), take Hwy 21 north to Township Road 263. Turn right (east) on 263. Rockyford is at the intersection of 263 and Range Road 233. The Riverton Post Office building is on Main Street at 1st Avenue.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter17/015150M.jpg)
Remarks:
It was here, on simple postcards, that Ennis wrote “You bet” and later read the word “DECEASED.” Though the neighboring brick structure has been demolished, the Riverton Post Office stands and reminds us of the power small words have to change lives.
Look over your shoulder and see JT’s Bar and to the left of it, the exterior of the Childress Dance Hall. And by all means, don’t leave town without seeing the Electra and Childress Rodeo grounds. They are two blocks away.
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One of the nattier locations used in filming Brokeback Mountain:
Location: Now-demolished house near Elbow and Glenmore, Calgary, AB
Site Name: Jack's Thanksgiving
Travel Directions:
From downtown Calgary, south on Macleod Trail right (west) on Elbow to Glenmore.
(http://findingbrokeback.com/Chapter14/P012330bM.jpg)
Remarks:
A Calgary road widening project gave the filmmakers a “candy store” of 15 empty condemned houses from which to pick the Twist Thanksgiving scene location. This one, with its adjoining dining and living rooms, worked beautifully. Sadly, it was claimed by the wrecking ball soon after production was completed.
Quotation:
“Sit down, you old son of a bitch!”
[FindingBrokeback.Com]
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Site Name: Hills and Mountains
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter01/000054M.jpg)
Travel Directions:
Hwy 22, south of Longview, 13 km to Bar U Ranch, continue south 9.1 km to 786 Ave., turn left (east) on 786 Ave., approximately 2 km to hill crest, park and walk to southwest corner of fenced area near summit, face west.
Remarks:
This intricate montage of peaks and hills opens the film. The shot is taken from near Hwy 22, south of Longview, facing westward. It was taken from an elevated site.
This spot is best photographed at dusk or dawn. The Brokeback photography crew filmed a test sunset with an alarm clock in the foreground to select the optimal time for the actual shooting of the scene the following day. Hwy 22 is a busy highway, and tractor-trailer trucks can be seen on it quite often. If you are patient, you may be able to see one pass this scene as we did....
[FindingBrokeback.com]
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Sorry for the incorrect posting method here, y'all. Go ahead and fix it any way you want. I just wanted to ask the ABCers to post in the Happy Birthday thread I just started for my birthday bud, AnnMarie. I'll email her late this afternoon that it's there.
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,10918.msg213024/topicseen.html#msg213024
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Site Name: Dance Hall (Exterior)
ravel Directions:
From Hwy 1 (Trans-Canada Hwy), take Hwy 21 north to Township Road 263. Turn right (east) on 263. Rockyford is at the intersection of 263 and Range Road 233. The CIBC Bank stands at the corner of 1st Avenue and Main Street, diagonally across from the Riverton Post Office.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter15/013537M.jpg)
Remarks:
What Randall and Jack started inside the dance hall (actually some 65 km away in downtown Calgary, AB) continued on the bench outside the CIBC Bank in Rockyford. Awnings, a red carpet, and a bench upgrade magnificently transformed this prairie farmers' bank into Childress' swankiest dance hall.
Of course, you are surrounded by Brokeback here. When you have finished admiring the "dance hall," check out the nearby rodeo grounds, JT's Bar, and the Riverton Post Office.
[FindingBrokeback.com]
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Location: Carseland, AB
Site Name: Stores and Bar
Travel Directions:
110 Railway Avenue (Railway Avenue between Main Street and Strangmuir Street), Carseland
(http://findingbrokeback.com/Chapter02/P000658cM.jpg)
Remarks:
Welcome to Carseland's Blue Bar. Originally a brilliant blue (some would say much too brilliant), the film's producers painted the structure's south façade in tasteful earth tones. When shooting was completed, the owners insisted upon a full restoration.
Friendly barmaids Judy and Val are glad to share Brokeback Mountain shooting stories with customers and visitors. "One of the actors was very nice, the other was so busy working into his role that he was a bit of a [pain]," says Val, who got to sit next to Ang Lee during the shoot. (No, you will have to ask Val.)
[FindingBrokeback.Com]
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Site Name: Basque Bridge
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter03/001345M.jpg)
Travel Directions:
Galatea Day Use Area, Spray Valley Provincial Park, 6.2 km south of Kananaskis Golf Course on Hwy 40. Follow trail downhill approximately 500 m to bridge.
Remarks:
The suspension bridge provided a memorable setting for the Basque provisioner’s (Calgary actor David Trimble) remark to Ennis that it was "too early in the summer to be sick of beans."
[FindingBroekback.com]
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Beyond the Upper and Lower Kananaskis Lakes in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park lies Three Isle Lake, another popular destination for hikers.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokeArseMountain/Scenic/ThreeIsleLake.jpg)
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Site Name: Drop off (Carlesand)
Travel Directions:
Hwy 24 at the intersection of Range Road 260, Carseland, facing east.
Remarks:
A complex story begins simply at this unassuming spot. A telephoto lens was used to bring the much discussed grouping of three utility poles, which are actually quite distant, into the image.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter01/P000121hM.jpg)
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With Brokeback Mountain, we see Alberta's versatileness as a filming location. This province can convincingly portray a brooding 1963 Wyoming or a brash 1982 Texas.
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Site Name: Twist Ranch
Travel Directions:
Follow Hwy 9 (also known as Township Road 282) 6.5 km east of Beiseker to Range Road 252 (watch for the brown “Grande Ole West Villa Ranch” sign). Turn right (south) onto Range Road 252, go 1.6 km. The ranch is behind the overgrown thicket on the east (left) side of the road.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter18/015524M.jpg)
Remarks:
Welcome to the Twist Ranch. No other Brokeback location received the investment of time and money that the production team lavished upon this desolate farmhouse some 80 km NE of Calgary.
This is a well-hidden landmark; indeed the front is completely obscured by a dense thicket of Albertan caragana. Just as Ennis generally did, you will find it most convenient to approach from the rear. The structure, which has faded considerably since the film was made, is boarded up, albeit imperfectly.
The ranch is located on rural farmland in an area once occupied by native Blackfoot peoples. They called the region “Clear Running Water.” A deep lake, said to be filled with old Blackfoot arrowheads, is 9 km away. The Canadian Railway established a rail line here in 1883. By 1909, when irrigation canals were completed, permitting large scale cultivation of wheat, the area was homesteaded, largely by German families emigrating from Nebraska and Kansas.
The current owner of the house grew up on an adjacent farm. His family acquired the property in the late 1960s.
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Interview with Brokeback Mountain Production Manager Tom Benz
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(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Interviews/Benz/Benz01.jpg)
Rob: What was so special about Alberta, as opposed to Wyoming, for the filming?
Benz: I was phoned by Kevin Hyman, one of the chief xecutives of Focus who I met in 1999 on another film, and I was so surprised because it sounded like he knew me from just last week; the familiarity. Ang Lee had never made a film that was not on the location in which the story was set. That was, no pun intended, "Ang's angst" as we called it. Kevin was very clear to me from the very first phone call in December, that a key part of this effort was to make Ang comfortable that he was not going to be shooting in Wyoming.
The studio had studied the logistics and the costs of filming in Wyoming, a state that doesn't have as many people as Calgary does as a city. The essential support services that come with that, including hotels, cars, airports, simply to start a film, much less host the crew, the equipment, all of those things, are not available in Wyoming. Literally every last element would have had to be brought into Wyoming and my belief is it would have cost millions more to shoot there.
This is an independent feature; there is a ceiling to the amount one can invest in a work of art. When one goes to make a King Kong for $200 million it is a different kind of gamble with a different kind of audience to see if you can fill the theatre. (That gamble, incidentally, a $200 million investment in making King Kong compared with a $15 - 17 million investment with producing Brokeback Mountain, both netted the same profit.) So it's a different risk and a different undertaking to make a film like Brokeback Mountain. Absolutely, Brokeback was motivated by the literature, a good short story made into a very fine screen play.
Link (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Interviews/Benz/Benz.html)
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Round 524!!!
Alberta - Still More to Explore!!!
(http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/peopleandsociety/tourismattractions/tourism_head_smashed_in_alberta.jpg)
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Legions of "Brokeback Mountain" fans have been flooding the phone lines at Wyoming's tourism office with inquiries on how to get to the majestic peaks captured so artfully on the big screen.
There's only one problem. Brokeback Mountain doesn't exist. In fact, the peaks featured in the film are some 1,100 kilometres north of Wyoming in Alberta's Canadian Rockies, primarily in the Kananaskis Country, near Banff National Park.
-- Mary Nersessian, CTV.ca News (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060213/oscars_brokeback_feature_060213?s_name=oscars2006&no_ads=)
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Site Name: Two Peaks
Travel Directions:
View from the east side of Hwy 40, next to the Kananaskis Golf Course entrance.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter03/001133M.jpg)
Remarks:
Mount Lorette, like many of its neighboring peaks, is named for WW I military campaigns in which Canadians played a role. Standing 2,469 m / 8,101' at Skogan Pass, its profile is a signature image of the imposing Kananaskis Range.
The shot in the film was probably made from neighboring Mt. Baldy, but the perspective from the Lorette Ponds parking area is almost identical and equally inspiring.
The Mt. Baldy hike is a popular day hike among locals. Experienced, hard-core technical rock climbers may want to attempt Mt. Lorette.
[FindingBrokeback.com]
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I am never a big fan of country/folk music, and never really into the cowboys’ life. But this movie, with most of scenes shot in the farm and mountainous area, has a striking appeal, and along with its soundtrack in the background, creating a world that might be wild and rough, but has its natural, gripping beauty at the same time. And the love between two cowboys, under the blue sky, in front of the brokeback mountain, is so passionate, powerful and sometimes as damaging as the nature itself. And the complexity of life and the journey of two then young men discovering themselves and the love of their lives, are all presented in a subtle, mature and convincing way. Ang Lee, along with the screenwriters, had done a remarkable job in interpreting the original story, if not enriching and expanding it to a level that suits better for the big screen.
Though on the contrary to what most people assumed, this movie was not shot in rural Wyoming, instead it was mostly shot in Alberta, Canada due to the fact Wyoming doesn’t have the infrastructure to support the movie making. It is a bit pity, cause personally I would really like to see how this western state looks like, the part of the country that I have never set my foot on.
Blog: A Movable Feast (http://orientaries.blogspot.com/2006/01/brokeback-mountain.html)
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Site Name: Dance Hall (Exterior)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter15/013537M.jpg)
Travel Directions:
From Hwy 1 (Trans-Canada Hwy), take Hwy 21 north to Township Road 263. Turn right (east) on 263. Rockyford is at the intersection of 263 and Range Road 233. The CIBC Bank stands at the corner of 1st Avenue and Main Street, diagonally across from the Riverton Post Office.
Remarks:
What Randall and Jack started inside the dance hall (actually some 65 km away in downtown Calgary, AB) continued on the bench outside the CIBC Bank in Rockyford. Awnings, a red carpet, and a bench upgrade magnificently transformed this prairie farmers' bank into Childress' swankiest dance hall.
Of course, you are surrounded by Brokeback here. When you have finished admiring the "dance hall," check out the nearby rodeo grounds, JT's Bar, and the Riverton Post Office.
[FindingBrokeback.com]
=aside= Sandy
:)
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Location: King Edward Hotel, 9th Avenue SW and Fourth Street SE, Calgary, AB
GPS: 51d 2m 39.90s -114d 3m 12.48s
Map/Satellite Image: Google Link
Site Name: Electra, Texas, (Clown) Bar
Travel Directions:
On 9th Avenue SW, at Fourth Street SE, between Macleod Trail and Fort Calgary Historic Park.
Remarks:
In spite of his charms, Jack could not score with Jimbo (played by Calgary local Tom Carey) here. Similarly, the King Edward (King Eddie) has been unable to lure enough of its SE Calgary neighbors to remain solvent. Run down and contaminated by “toxic mold,” this century-old hotel and blues bar was boarded up two weeks after Brokeback Mountain filming was completed in August 2004. The area is now slated for redevelopment, with proposals for the King Eddie's renewal being considered. See:
http://www.savethekingeddy.ca/
If you walk three blocks along 9th Avenue to the east, you will find Fort Calgary (or a reconstruction thereof) and a museum/interpretive center. At this juncture of the Elbow and Bow rivers, Calgary had its humble beginnings as a North-West Mounted Police outpost in 1875. As did their predecessors, today's Mounties always seem to get their man.
(findingbrokeback.com)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter09/P005045hM.jpg)
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Location: Elbow Creek Day Use Area
Site Name: "Maybe Texas" Riverside
Travel Directions:
Bragg Creek Provincial Park. Follow Hwy 66 west to Elbow Falls Day Use Area. As you enter, the site is to the immediate right at the most upstream portion of the area.
(http://findingbrokeback.com/Chapter15/013012M.jpg)
Remarks:
Jack had been rebuffed many times before they returned to this scenic spot (it is very close to the “Sweet Life” scene location). Nevertheless, when the opportunity presented itself, he gently suggested “Maybe Texas,” but the answer was the same as it always was, and always would be.
While you are here, follow the path downriver to gorgeous Elbow Falls, one of Alberta's most scenic spots. It is a testament to the filmmakers' passion for the Brokeback story that for the dialog scenes they consistently resisted some of the most stunning scenery imaginable to keep the focus on the actors and their words.
Important:
Consult with wardens and take suitable precautions in Off-Highway Vehicle areas.
Quotation:
“You ever get the feelin’ when you’re in town and someone looks at you, suspicious, like he knows?”
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Grizzly Creek forms a part of the northeast border of Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, the site of many beautiful locations for Brokeback Mountain.
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"Fort Macleod is another honeypot: the Laundry Apartment and the Steps, the ELKS Building, the Divorce Courtroom, the Fireworks Field, Cassie’s Bar, and the Bus Station Café. North of Fort Macleod and west of the town of Claresholm is the site of both Ennis and Alma’s Lonesome Ranch and the Divorce Meeting Cabin. Paradoxically, they are very close to one another."
(findingbrokeback.com)
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Site Name: Campsite #1
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter04/002038M.jpg)
Travel Directions:
Hwy 66 west from Bragg Creek to “Kananaskis Country” sign and Information Center, continue 10.5 km to Canyon Creek Road, right (north) on Canyon Creek Road 0.8 km to locked gate and parking area. Following a well-maintained gravel road, walk 3.0 km (north) to the bridge, then past two gas metering stations. After you pass four concrete barriers to the left side of the road (Sheep Valley vista) look for a road which intersects from the right and a culvert under Canyon Creek Road.
As you face the left side of Canyon Creek Road with both the culvert and the intersection to your right, look for an overgrown path blocked by large stones ahead to your left. (For reference purposes, this location is 5.02 km north of the gate and is 50d 54m 7.08s, -114d 47m 43.44s.) Proceed 200' turn right at the gravel path, go 200' and turn left. The site is on the creek bank near the circle of campfire stones.
Remarks:
Though not for the first or last time, Jack enjoyed recalling his rodeoin’ days here at Campsite #1. Ennis had a few things to say, as well. The circle of campfire stones, two stumps, and the components of the meat rack, tripod, and saddle stand remain in place. By all means, discover and enjoy all of these left-behinds and, just as Ennis and Jack did, leave them there for others to appreciate. The trail to the famous Ice Caves lies beyond the Canyon Creek Road intersection and to the right. Due to many accidents, the caves were officially closed to the public in 2000.
[FindingBrokeback.com]
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Oscar smiled on the Alberta film industry Sunday night when Brokeback Mountain won three Academy Awards.
The film, about a love that develops between two Wyoming cowboys, was shot in southern Alberta, with local crews.
A number of the film's crewmembers reunited to watch the glitzy awards broadcast at a Calgary hotel.
"This has brought Alberta out for the world to see," said Jordie Randall, one of the film's Alberta producers. "This is a first class film industry, and the best films in the world can be made in Alberta."
-- CBC.ca (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2006/03/06/ca_oscars20060306.html)
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Location: Mount Lorette view from Hwy 40 south
GPS: 50d 58m 12.06s -115d 6m 33.90s
Map/Satellite Image: Google Link
Site Name: Two Peaks
Travel Directions:
View from the east side of Hwy 40, next to the Kananaskis Golf Course entrance.
Remarks:
Mount Lorette, like many of its neighboring peaks, is named for WW I military campaigns in which Canadians played a role. Standing 2,469 m / 8,101' at Skogan Pass, its profile is a signature image of the imposing Kananaskis Range.
The shot in the film was probably made from neighboring Mt. Baldy, but the perspective from the Lorette Ponds parking area is almost identical and equally inspiring.
The Mt. Baldy hike is a popular day hike among locals. Experienced, hard-core technical rock climbers may want to attempt Mt. Lorette. (findingbrokeback.com)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter03/001133M.jpg)
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Site Name: Twist Home Office
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter13/011452M.jpg)
Travel Directions:
From downtown Calgary, south on Macleod Trail right (west) on Elbow to Glenmore.
Remarks:
Jack showed parental concern and hunted for his parka while Lureen continued her own hunt for extra zeros at this abandoned house south of downtown Calgary. After looking at several possibilities, the filmmakers chose the house that suggested wealth.
If you are able to pry your eyes from Lureen's ever-expanding hairdo, note the wall decorations which incorporate mounted rodeo buckles. Undoubtedly, these are intended to memorialize a simpler and happier time in Jack's life. They seem to be to be very much out of place on the wall of mirrored foil wallpaper, just as Jack must have felt himself a stranger in that town, that job, that family, and that bed.
[Findingbrokeback.com]
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Beiseker, Carseland, Dorothy, Rockyford, Dinton, and Blackie:
This cluster of “vintage” towns generally east and northeast of Calgary can be done as a group. Beiseker has the Siesta Motel, the site of Ennis’ Trailer and, east of town, the amazing Twist Ranch (see special cautions in “Travel Reminders and Suggestions”).
Carseland has the Drop Off and the Signal Bar. (If you are really in this deep, it is also the site of the Signal Gas Station scene, which was cut.)
Dorothy, which is a bit out of the way, is quite interesting in its own right, a ghost town with lots of worn, rustic, and somewhat romantic buildings. This geologically unique area is known as Alberta’s Badlands. The only Brokeback action here is Ennis’ Flashback.
Rockyford is a trove of great Brokeback sites: the Childress Dance Hall Façade, the Riverton Post Office, JT’s Bar and the Phone Booth, Lureen and Jack’s Parking Spot, as well as the Electra and Childress Rodeo Grounds. All of these are within spitting distance of one another.
Tiny Dinton won’t take you long. The Church and Drive-In field are opposite one another. A few minutes away, Blackie has the Riverton Fight (Thanksgiving) Bar.
FindingBrokeback.Com: Planning a BBM Trip (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/BBM_Trip/Planning_a_BBM_Trip.html)
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Site Name: Diving Cliff
Travel Directions:
From Hwy 1 (Trans-Canada Hwy) take the Seebe exit, pass Bow Valley campground and turn right at the “Seebe” sign, cross the one-lane bridge, pass the convenience store on the right, and go through Seebe. Park at locked Gate 1, walk approximately 1.1 km to Gate 2, another 0.2 km to Gate 3, and finally, behind a set of railway ties, 0.2km to the crest. The site is approximately 100 yards to the left (south) of the memorial cross, near the river.
Remarks:
You did not expect a place where Jake Gyllenhaal (a double) and Heath Ledger (the real thing) frolic in the nude to be readily accessible did you? Be certain to obtain appropriate permission before visiting this site. Do not, under any circumstances, dive from the cliff.
If you crave the diving/whitewater experience, one established local rafting and cliff diving guide is Chinook River Sports, (866) 330-7238.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter12/P010928aM.jpg)
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To visit actual movie sites, saddle up and mosey up the Rockies to Canada. Along with Heath and Jake, the other major star of the soul-stirring cowboy romance is the province of Alberta. Wyoming's picture-perfect stand-in captures the longing that suffuses Lee's cinematic wonder.
-- Aefa Mulholland, PlanetOut.com (http://www.planetout.com/travel/article.html?sernum=9620)
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GPS: 50d 20m 40.32s -114d 12m 10.2s
Site Name: Hills and Mountains
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter01/000054M.jpg)
Remarks:
This intricate montage of peaks and hills opens the film. The shot is taken from near Hwy 22, south of Longview, facing westward. It was taken from an elevated site.
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This spot is best photographed at dusk or dawn. The Brokeback photography crew filmed a test sunset with an alarm clock in the foreground to select the optimal time for the actual shooting of the scene the following day. Hwy 22 is a busy highway, and tractor-trailer trucks can be seen on it quite often. If you are patient, you may be able to see one pass this scene as we did. The white spot in the middle of the "saddle" landform is caused by sunlight reflecting off water in a stream.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter01/P000054eM.jpg)
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To visit actual movie sites, saddle up and mosey up the Rockies to Canada. Along with Heath and Jake, the other major star of the soul-stirring cowboy romance is the province of Alberta. Wyoming's picture-perfect stand-in captures the longing that suffuses Lee's cinematic wonder.
-- Aefa Mulholland, PlanetOut.com
=aside= Fran
;)
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Site Name: Stores and Bar
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter02/000658M.jpg) (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter02/P000658cM.jpg)
Travel Directions:
110 Railway Avenue (Railway Avenue between Main Street and Strangmuir Street), Carseland
Remarks:
Welcome to Carseland's Blue Bar. Originally a brilliant blue (some would say much too brilliant), the film's producers painted the structure's south façade in tasteful earth tones. When shooting was completed, the owners insisted upon a full restoration.
Friendly barmaids Judy and Val are glad to share Brokeback Mountain shooting stories with customers and visitors. "One of the actors was very nice, the other was so busy working into his role that he was a bit of a [pain]," says Val, who got to sit next to Ang Lee during the shoot. (No, you will have to ask Val.)
[FindingBrokeback.com]
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Location: Railway Street at Nanton Avenue, Crossfield, AB
Site Name: Grocery Storefront
(http://findingbrokeback.com/Chapter10/P005807bM.jpg)
Travel Directions:
Hwy 2 north from Calgary, take the Crossfield exit, which leads to Highway 2A. Turn left onto Laut Avenue at the Crossfield Country Inn and then right onto Railway Street. The site is at the corner of Nanton and Railway Streets.
Remarks:
Empty now, Monroe’s Riverton Grocery Store still bears its authentic “Choice Meats/Fresh Produce” signage. Crossfield is an otherwise unremarkable setting for the contrasting images of masculinity offered by Ennis and Monroe.
[FindingBrokeaback.Com]
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Site Name: "Maybe Texas" Riverside
Location: Elbow Creek Day Use Area
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter15/013159M.jpg)
Travel Directions:
Bragg Creek Provincial Park. Follow Hwy 66 west to Elbow Falls Day Use Area. As you enter, the site is to the immediate right at the most upstream portion of the area.
Remarks:
Some of the shots in this scene were taken from the opposite side of the Elbow River in the McLean Creek Off-Highway Vehicle Zone. This area was so mired in deep, viscous mud that we dared not attempt it, even in our 4WD vehicle, but those who know off-road vehicles and do not mind getting very, very dirty might enjoy this vantage point.
FindingBrokeback.com
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Site Name: Twist Home Office
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter13/011452M.jpg)
Travel Directions:
From downtown Calgary, south on Macleod Trail right (west) on Elbow to Glenmore.
Remarks:
Jack showed parental concern and hunted for his parka while Lureen continued her own hunt for extra zeros at this abandoned house south of downtown Calgary. After looking at several possibilities, the filmmakers chose the house that suggested wealth.
If you are able to pry your eyes from Lureen's ever-expanding hairdo, note the wall decorations which incorporate mounted rodeo buckles. Undoubtedly, these are intended to memorialize a simpler and happier time in Jack's life. They seem to be to be very much out of place on the wall of mirrored foil wallpaper, just as Jack must have felt himself a stranger in that town, that job, that family, and that bed.
Quotation:
"I don't understand why you are always going up there...."
[FindingBrokeback.com]
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To be able to adjust to whatever the gods have in store for us when we begin shooting, and allow all two hundred of us to react effectively, a good director has a clear plan at the outset. Ang Lee's vision of Brokeback Mountain was very clear.
The script, of course, is the blueprint for the film. The clearer the blueprint the better foundation you have for making a good film. Since we had the best script most of us had ever read we had a great advantage from the beginning. However, it would be almost impossible to visualize an entire film in advance without making adjustments. In fact, keeping too rigidly to a plan can keep a director from xploiting opportunities that inevitably arise, as well.
Ang Lee had worked very hard to communicate his vision of each scene to us as far as he could. We were given his breakdown of what he needed for each scene and we provided the elements. How closely the finished film resembles what he imagined in pre-production, again, can only be answered by Mr. Lee.
As I said, we were given a breakdown of what Mr. Lee needed for each scene. For example, he may have requested wind and dust, which I then passed on to the special effects team. Or he may (in a perfect world) want a cloudy sky, which might require sky replacement if it's sunny on the day we were to shoot that scene, which means I have to pass this along to the visual effects team and ensure that our second unit shoots plate shots of cloudy skies.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Interviews/Tremblay/Tremblay05a.jpg)
Cloudy skies over Signal (Cowley, AB.)
FindingBrokeback.Com: Pierre Tremblay Interview (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Interviews/Tremblay/Tremblay.html)
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Round Five Twenty Five
Alberta
Brought the Story
Alive!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/525Alive1.jpg)
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Site Name: Diving Cliff
Travel Directions:
From Hwy 1 (Trans-Canada Hwy) take the Seebe exit, pass Bow Valley campground and turn right at the “Seebe” sign, cross the one-lane bridge, pass the convenience store on the right, and go through Seebe. Park at locked Gate 1, walk approximately 1.1 km to Gate 2, another 0.2 km to Gate 3, and finally, behind a set of railway ties, 0.2km to the crest. The site is approximately 100 yards to the left (south) of the memorial cross, near the river.
Remarks:
You did not expect a place where Jake Gyllenhaal (a double) and Heath Ledger (the real thing) frolic in the nude to be readily accessible did you? Be certain to obtain appropriate permission before visiting this site. Do not, under any circumstances, dive from the cliff.
If you crave the diving/whitewater experience, one established local rafting and cliff diving guide is Chinook River Sports, (866) 330-7238. See:
www.chinookraft.com
This site is guarded 24 hrs/day on weekends and part time during the week. The guard generally stays at Gate 1. If a guard is helpful to you, a gratuity may be in order. The (very real) memorial cross at this site reminds visitors that this is an extremely hazardous place. The danger of a concussion varies with the level of the water, which is controlled by the operation of the adjacent hydro power plant. Equally dangerous is the fierce undertow created by the hydro turbines which can start and stop without notice. Let it be!
Important:
Always obtain appropriate permission before entering private property. Under no circumstances should one attempt to dive or swim at this site without authorization and professional supervision.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter12/P010928dM.jpg)
=aside=
Some of us Alberta-bound nuts are planning a whitewater expedition near here. Looks pretty still, eh?
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Those hoping to pin down the exact location of Brokeback Mountain's lingering Wyoming charms will find plenty of lonesome ridges to behold and clear creeks to fish, but they won't find the actual Brokeback. The movie's eponymous mountain is a fictional peak. However, Proulx was inspired by the Big Horns, and director Ang Lee was inspired by Wyoming's Wind River Valley. Lee simply moved mountains across the border.
-- Aefa Mulholland, PlanetOut.com (http://www.planetout.com/travel/article.html?sernum=9620)
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Because his last cigarette's getting low, Ennis decides to save part of it in his jacket pocket as he waits for the man at the Farm and Ranch Employment Office to show.
Location: Cowley, AB
Site Name: Aguirre Trailer
Travel Directions:
Corner of Osler and Railway Avenues, Cowley, 42 km west of Fort Macleod on Hwy 3 (Crowsnest Hwy).
Remarks:
The trailer and fake fence are gone, but the footings, steeple, and the parking area are quite visible. Locals recall that the crew spent more than six weeks in Cowley.
(http://findingbrokeback.com/Chapter01/P000151aM.jpg)
Some believe that the passing train in the opening scene was not originally contemplated until a moving Cowley train inspired Lee to create his now famous metaphor for dark lives separated by brief, brilliant, Brokeback moments.
[FindingBrokeback.Com]
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Location: Town Dump, Beiseker, AB
GPS: 51d 22m 55.26s -113d 32m 40.14s
Map/Satellite Image: Google Link
Site Name: Trailer Window
Travel Directions:
Face the Beiseker Village Office, a former Canadian Pacific Railway station, at 1st Avenue and 6th Street, turn left on 1st Avenue and go .8 km. Turn right at the “Dump Gate” sign, go .3 km. The site is on the right, enclosed by a white wooden fence.
Remarks:
Viewing the image framed by the trailer window (often through tears), one wonders if the field and sky, with their assuring hues of green, yellow (a field of canola), and blue, are the real thing. Standing on the actual location, they seem to be. Never mind that it is next to a dump. It is the serene image that forms a fitting apostrophe to Jack and Ennis' love, which will endure for as long as the Brokeback story is told.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter19/020747M.jpg)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter19/P020747cM.jpg)
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One of the major concerns of provincial officials was that Ang Lee and company might unintentionally endanger the Albertan wild sheep population if the wild sheep came in contact with any of the movie's domestic sheep. Apparently domestic sheep carry a bacterium that can wipe out wild cloven-hoof livestock.
Interview with Darryl Solly, BBM Locations Manager (http://www.thebrokebacktruck.ca/Solly_interview.htm)
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Location: Moose Mountain
GPS: 50d 56m 23.64s -114d 48m 37.26s
Map/Satellite Image: Google Link
Site Name: Sheep Procession #2
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter05/002310M.jpg)
Travel Directions:
Hwy 66 west from Bragg Creek to “Kananaskis Country” sign and Information Center, continue (west) 8.5 km to Moose Mountain Road, right (north) on Moose Mountain Road 7.0 km to well-marked trailhead. The trail begins at the green vehicle barrier. The site is about 0.5 km beyond the tree line to the southwest (left).
The Moose Mountain summit is 7.1 km from the parking area and trailhead, gaining 477 m. Allowing time to explore filming locations, budget a total of 4 to 5 hours for a rewarding hike to and from the vast Moose Mountain meadows, where several sheep herding scenes were filmed. Mornings generally provide the most reliable weather conditions.
The hike to the meadows is a moderately strenuous ascent. Though no filming took place above the meadows, the adventurous may wish to keep climbing to the summit using a series of switchbacks leading to a fire lookout station. Budget approximately 50 minutes for the final ascent, along slippery shale surfaces.
Remarks:
Forester Joe Burritt and his wife Dale, who for five years have spent their summers living in perfect solitude at the fire tower atop Moose Mountain, were amazed by the intense activity that took place in their front yard one morning in July 2004. Dozens of trucks, hundreds of sheep, indeed a small city, invaded their island in the sky, and, two days later, disappeared without a trace.
The Burritts, who make a 7 km mountain hike every time they leave home, welcome visitors to their magnificent perch but not into their home, which is neither a public washroom nor a watering station. Please bring your drinking water with you. Should the need arise, kindly use the same washroom facilities that were available to Ennis and Jack during their time here.
FindingBrokeback.com
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Site Name: Twist Ranch (Exterior)
Travel Directions:
Follow Hwy 9 (also known as Township Road 282) 6.5 km east of Beiseker to Range Road 252 (watch for the brown “Grande Ole West Villa Ranch” sign). Turn right (south) onto Range Road 252, go 1.6 km. The ranch is behind the overgrown thicket on the east (left) side of the road.
Remarks:
Welcome to the Twist Ranch. No other Brokeback location received the investment of time and money that the production team lavished upon this desolate farmhouse some 80 km NE of Calgary.
This is a well-hidden landmark; indeed the front is completely obscured by a dense thicket of Albertan caragana. Just as Ennis generally did, you will find it most convenient to approach from the rear. The structure, which has faded considerably since the film was made, is boarded up, albeit imperfectly.
The ranch is located on rural farmland in an area once occupied by native Blackfoot peoples. They called the region “Clear Running Water.” A deep lake, said to be filled with old Blackfoot arrowheads, is 9 km away. The Canadian Railway established a rail line here in 1883. By 1909, when irrigation canals were completed, permitting large scale cultivation of wheat, the area was homesteaded, largely by German families emigrating from Nebraska and Kansas.
The current owner of the house grew up on an adjacent farm. His family acquired the property in the late 1960s.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter18/P015527aM.jpg)
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Site Name: Trailer Window
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter19/020747M.jpg)
Travel Directions:
Face the Beiseker Village Office, a former Canadian Pacific Railway station, at 1st Avenue and 6th Street, turn left on 1st Avenue and go .8 km. Turn right at the "Dump Gate" sign, go .3 km. The site is on the right, enclosed by a white wooden fence.
Remarks:
Viewing the image framed by the trailer window (often through tears), one wonders if the field and sky, with their assuring hues of green, yellow (a field of canola), and blue, are the real thing. Standing on the actual location, they seem to be. Never mind that it is next to a dump. It is the serene image that forms a fitting apostrophe to Jack and Ennis' love, which will endure for as long as the Brokeback story is told.
[FindingBrokeback.com]
=aside= Paul
:)
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Mountains and men.(WESTERN WANDERINGS)
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"It's a powerful landscape," says Sharon Dynak, the executive director of the Ucross Foundation--the artists colony 10 miles west of Clearmont, Wyoming, that provided one of Proulx's introductions to the state. "The land, the sky--it has such an impact."
The film replicates that impact by wrapping viewers in wide-screen vistas of pastures, brooding skies, and jagged mountain peaks. (Ang Lee filmed these, alas, in Alberta for financial reasons, but they are a reasonable facsimile.) In the story, you feel it via Proulx's taut, terse prose: "The sooty bulk of the mountain paled slowly until it was the same color as the smoke from Ennis's breakfast fire. The cold air sweetened, banded pebbles and crumbs of soil cast sudden pencil-long shadows and the rearing lodgepole pines below them massed in slabs of somber malachite."
What Brokeback Mountain understands is that, even in 2006, when the world wants to dream about freedom and possibility, it dreams about the West. And that Wyoming is the most Western of the West. Jack and Ennis have their summer, separate, get married, mess up their lives and the lives of other people. But Brokeback Mountain remains their touchstone: "What we got now is Brokeback Mountain," an anguished Jack tells Ennis. "Everything built on that."
"People assume it's a gay cowboy movie," Bill Sniffin says. "But it's a lot more complicated." Like Shane, like The Virginian, like Wyoming itself, Brokeback Mountain gets under your skin, makes you ask the big questions. Whom do you love? Whom will you die for? How will you make your life? At the end of the movie, a postcard of Brokeback Mountain is left tacked to a closet door. The mountain's a big place, even shrunk to 3- by 5-inch dimensions. It's big enough to inspire Ennis's dream, big enough to make you think he might achieve it. And in the end, when he doesn't, big enough to break your heart.
(http://www.encyclopedia.com/GetPubLogo.aspx?pub=Sunset&type=MAGS) (http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-142780158.html)
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Interview with Brokeback Mountain Production Manager Tom Benz
October 26, 2006
Rob: In your opinion, what aspect of securing the filming locations was the most important? The most memorable? The most scenic?
Benz: The whole film revolved around finding the right mountain setting. Even though the sheep weren't in all parts of the movie, the sheep shots were the "money" shots and that's how we established our priorities and strategies.
Dealing with the sheep had its own special challenges because domestic sheep carry a strain of bacteria which can be lethal to wild sheep. Provincial authorities would not permit us to use domestic sheep in settings where an epidemic might ensue. To make this film work with this restriction was extremely difficult, but luckily, the mountain that we found where we could use domestic sheep was the closest peak to Calgary.
In terms of which scenes were memorable for the audience, I think the scenes between Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal that showed their true merit as actors, as performers, were, by far, the most enduring. Brokeback Mountain is a film about people. As wonderful as the locations were, it was the performances that made these scenes so memorable.
I would consider Moose Mountain the most scenic.
Rob: You have said that for many filming locations, you were "first in and last out." When did you start your work on the film and how long were you there afterward?
Benz: The film was shot from May to the beginning of August, 2004. My involvement was from February to the end of September.
Rob: What was your involvement in securing and adapting locations? Which area was the hardest to acquire?
Benz: Initially I would develop location strategies. In an orderly fashion, there would be crew hired. Inevitably the work was delegated. I was responsible for the work of every crew member, which, in theory, would mean that I should be able to do it all, but obviously, there are cases where people have special expertise. There, I trust them and collaborate with them.
Moose Mountain was the hardest location to acquire because of the wildlife concerns with the sheep.
Rob: Were there any places considered by the filmmakers which were not ultimately used?
Benz: Yes, the ideal mountain peaks from Ang Lee's scouting were closer to Waterton and some almost as far north as Jasper. In those areas we could not sequester our domestic sheep from wild sheep, therefore we were refused permission by Alberta Wildlife, and rightly so. The thing about Moose Mountain that made it ideal for our use is that it's a mountain that literally stands on its own, so therefore there is a break in wildlife traffic and the wild sheep never go to this little pimple outside of the Rockies called Moose Mountain.
[FindingBrokeback.com]
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In the quest to find the site where the memorable final meeting of Ennis and Jack was filmed, visitors to Alberta will be led to Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, driving past Lower Kananaskis Lake and arriving at last at Upper Kananaskis Lake, better known to Brokies as the "I Did Once" Lake.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokeArseMountain/Scenic/Kananaskis.jpg)
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The scene requiring Jack Twist to untangle the Chilean herd, which mixes in with Aguirre's sheep after "Ennis spent the whole night with Jack in the main camp," was filmed here on the Stoney Native Reservation.
(http://findingbrokeback.com/Chapter07/P003618aM.jpg)
Location: Morley area, Stoney Native Reservation
Site Name: Sheep Tangle
Travel Directions:
From Hwy 1, take Morley Exit, north 3.6 km to Hwy 1A, turn left (west) on 1A, 12 km to “Buffalo Paddock” sign. Turn left (south) at the “Peacekeepers” building, 0.8 km to gate, 0.4 km to fork, take left branch of fork, go 1.5 km to site, which is to the right (south) of the road. Note: The last 1 km of this road is rough. Walk it if your vehicle can’t stand it.
The park is officially closed during wintertime though access by foot is feasible, weather permitting. You might want to contact Ron Stonier, (403) 813-1921, for access arrangements, which may require payment of a $5 fee. Security guards in the area have been known to save paperwork by collecting fees from visitors on the spot.
Remarks:
The Sheep Tangle, set near Buffalo Paddock on the Stoney Reservation near the Bow River, illustrates the observation contained in the story, “In a disquieting way everything seemed mixed.” (Never mind that 19-year-old Jack's use of the unexpected adjective “Chilean” is rather disquieting in itself!)
Important:
Always obtain appropriate permission before entering private property and native reserve lands.
Quotation:
“We gotta stick this out, Jack.”
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Alberta flaunts cowboy image in Manhattan (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2006/02/24/ca-cowboys20060224.html)
February 24, 2006
Alberta – still riding the success of Brokeback Mountain – has dispatched a small herd of cowboys to Manhattan in hopes of roping in some tourists. About 10 authentic Alberta rodeo stars and ranch hands were hired along with some ruggedly good looking American actors and models to wander the streets of Manhattan passing out brochures in the shape of cowboy hats and T-shirts to passersby.
The hired hands will also be demonstrating roping skills at Grand Central Station and other New York City landmarks as part of a major travel show there this weekend.
The trip was organized by Travel Alberta as part of its efforts to promote tourism in the western province.
Noelle Aune, a spokesperson for Travel Alberta, say the agency has used cowboy themes in the past but figures the success of the gay cowboy romance, Brokeback Mountain, will further their cause.
"We're delighted that Brokeback Mountain was filmed in Alberta and we certainly sort of see the magnificent unspoiled scenery as part of Alberta and the major star in the film."
-- CBC News
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Location: Queen’s Hotel, 207 24th Street, Fort Macleod, AB
GPS: 49d 43m 32.46s -113d 24m 29.70s
Map/Satellite Image: Google Link
Site Name: Cassie’s Bar
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter15/013249M.jpg)
Travel Directions:
Navigation in Fort Macleod is made interesting by the fact that most streets have at least two names. Nonetheless, the town is small enough so that you are never lost. The Queen’s Hotel is on the northeast corner of Haultain Street (2nd Avenue) and Col. Macleod Boulevard (24th Street).
Remarks:
Why can Fort Macleod fairly claim to be “home” to Brokeback Mountain? Part of the answer lies in the town's history.
Fort Macleod, like many railroad towns in the western U.S., had a stormy relationship with the railroad. In 1912, following protracted disputes over rights-of-way and freight rates, the railroad moved operations, and approximately 200 jobs, to neighboring Lethbridge. Consequently, with the outbreak of World War I and extending into the 1920s, Fort Macleod experienced a severe depression. By 1924, the town was bankrupt. A bail-out loan by the Provincial government required that the town could not incur debt for any new capital expenditure for 50 years.
As a result of this effective prohibition on growth, virtually no new construction occurred in the town's Main Street district until the early 1970s. Downtown Fort Macleod retains its vintage flavor, a quality that appealed to the producers of Brokeback.
Quotation:
“Tryin’ to get a foot rub, dummy!”
[FindingBrokeback.com]
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Site Name: Twist Ranch (Exterior)
Travel Directions:
Follow Hwy 9 (also known as Township Road 282) 6.5 km east of Beiseker to Range Road 252 (watch for the brown “Grande Ole West Villa Ranch” sign). Turn right (south) onto Range Road 252, go 1.6 km. The ranch is behind the overgrown thicket on the east (left) side of the road.
Remarks:
The owner of the Twist Ranch vividly recalls the commencement of shooting activity at this otherwise desolate and inherently lonely place.
“It was July 20, 2004, when the circus arrived (circus is the industry term for the caravan of production vehicles and crew). Twenty or so tractor trailers, barbeques, power generators, cranes, everything you can imagine. More than 100 people, easy. Security was tight; they had to block the highway,” he said, referring to a nearby two lane road.
Also of interest: Before shooting, crews spent months restoring the house which had literally fallen down on itself. Extensive roof and carpentry work was required, the exterior façade and the rooms used in the film were plastered and painted. The green grasses and trees were treated with a desiccant in order to give them a brown / yellow hue. A small cemetery (which can be seen in some promotional footage, but not in the film) was erected to the left (south) side of the house.
“They must have driven that truck up to the house 20 times to get the shot they wanted,” he recalls.
Important:
Always obtain appropriate permission before entering private property. Those planning to enter should bring flashlights and be cautious of loose or missing floorboards and railings. The building has been the subject of pilferage and vandalism. Please leave all that you find intact out of respect for the history - both real and fictional - of this powerful place.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter18/P015527dM.jpg)
This picture is from our friend fritzkep, who was in Alberta earlier this month. This is all one can see of the Twist ranch now:
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Location: Upper Kananaskis Lake, Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
Site Name: "I Did Once" Lake
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter16/014442M.jpg)
Travel Directions:
Follow Hwy 40 south to the Upper Kananaskis Lake turnoff. Use the Upper Lake parking area, just east of the boat launch.
Remarks:
“All we got now is Brokeback Mountain. Everything is built on that,” Jack proclaims as he points to Mount Lyautey, one of at least five different “Brokeback Mountains” used in the film. No visit to this site is complete without rereading (or if you are really in deep, reciting) the remarkable dialog from Ennis and Jack’s last scene together. When you are finished, drive off via that same sad, curving road that Ennis used.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter16/P014442fM.jpg)
Quotation:
“I wish I knew how to quit you.”
[FindingBrokeback.Com]
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To visit actual movie sites, saddle up and mosey up the Rockies to Canada. Along with Heath and Jake, the other major star of the soul-stirring cowboy romance is the province of Alberta. Wyoming's picture-perfect stand-in captures the longing that suffuses Lee's cinematic wonder.
-- Aefa Mulholland, PlanetOut.com (http://www.planetout.com/travel/article.html?sernum=9620)
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Site Name: Motel
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter12/010517M.jpg)
Travel Directions:
From Hwy 1 (Trans-Canada Hwy) take Hwy 9 north to the intersection of Hwy 72. The motel is on the left next to the Esso station.
Remarks:
Friendly Joanne, (403) 947-2555, runs this simple but spotless refuge for frustrated husbands and their devoted fans. Though only the exterior was used in the making of the film, there is certainly no harm in bringing someone dear to you and reliving some of Jack and Ennis’ happiest moments inside.
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Jack could not know the ultimacy of Ennis's departure, but something dies in his face as he watches the pickup disappear around the curve in the highway:
Location: Upper Kananaskis Lake, Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
Site Name: "I Did Once" Lake
Remarks:
In Greek drama, a tragic figure is a person who, through a character flaw, is brought lower than that flaw would otherwise merit. Is Jack a supremely tragic figure, or is he a victim? Some see a character flaw in Jack's sexual infidelity (whatever its extent); others see this behavior as a natural reaction to the more or less impossible circumstances of his world.
(http://findingbrokeback.com/Chapter16/014937M.jpg)
Jake Gyllenhaal, once asked about Jack Twist's fate, replied famously, “Jack died when Ennis left.”
As we leave Jack, it is hard to focus upon anything other than his youthful energy and forceful spirit. He showed Ennis the tireless patience and sensitivity of a man deeply in love. Jack consistently sought the best in life, refusing society's unrelenting urge to accept “beans.” Derided, humiliated as a dreamer, a “fuck up,” a “pissant,” Jack remained proud, hopeful, and strong. Until now.
Quotation:
“I wish I knew how to quit you.”
def - The state or degree of being final.
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In the kitchen at the elder Twists' house, Ennis had to endure OMT as he spoke vituperatively about Jack's ideas that had never come to pass.
Site Name: Twist Kitchen
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter18/015555M.jpg)
Travel Directions:
Follow Hwy 9 (also known as Township Road 282) 6.5 km east of Beiseker, AB to Range Road 252 (watch for the brown “Grande Ole West Villa Ranch” sign). Turn right (south) onto Range Road 252, go 1.6 km. The ranch is behind the overgrown thicket on the east (left) side of the road.
Remarks:
The cupboards and counters are there, but sadly, Roberta Maxwell is gone. It was here that Jack’s mother became Ennis’ mother. Moms!
[FindingBrokeback.com]
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Sheep River Provincial Park is a provincial park located in Alberta, Canada, 26km west of Black Diamond on highway 546. It is part of the Kananaskis Country park system.
Located on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, the park includes the Sheep River Wildlife Sanctuary, which provides permanent habitat for bighorn sheep, while the eastern part of the reserve extents to the Foothills Natural Region, offering summer range for elk and deer.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokeArseMountain/Scenic/bighorn-sheep.jpg)
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Ennis Del Mar wore a size XXL yellow rain slicker up on Brokeback Mountain, and on the day that they brought 'em down. (Obviously provided by, and returned to, Joe Aguirre, since there's no way that it fitted in that sugar sack.)
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/xxl_slicker.jpg)
These yellow slicker scenes were photographed in the province of ... mmm ... Alberta, Canada.
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Round 526 !!
Getting Bedding Down to Basics!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_554.jpg)
When he talks he is seeking
Words to get off his chest.
Horizontally speaking
He's at his very best.
Oh we've seen a lot
I mean a lot
And now we're like sweet seventeen a lot
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I
Oh, we're vexed again
Perplexed again
Thank God we can be over-sexed again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I
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Jack and Ennis found each other too sexually alluring to resist.
=aside= Toast
Your "X" was xceptionally xcellent.
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The boys found each other too bewitching to resist.
(http://www.harpiesbizarre.com/bedtimefloat.jpg)
=aside= Sandy
One of my favorite songs; I'll never think of it the same way again.
(BTW, that's Darrin and Samantha Stephens in the picture.)
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The boys cuddled contentedly.
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After four years, the boys were downright ready to get down with each other.
=aside= Paul
Me too. ;)
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The boys found each other too enchantingly sexy to resist.
(http://www.harpiesbizarre.com/bedtimeheadboard3.jpg)
(The other Darrin)
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Story Ennis gives his judgment after fondling his cowboy buddy who is complaining of the bumps and bangs of trying to be on the bubble: "Sure as hell seem in one piece to me."
=aside= Sandy
Aw Shucks, Thanks.
I'll sing to him, each spring to him
And worship the trousers that cling to him
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am I
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After taking a gander at Jack, Ennis got goose bumps.
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Neither the howling of coyotes nor the howling of the wind could disturb Ennis and Jack in their cozy bedroll.
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The herder was supposed to sleep illegally in the pasture with the sheep, but Jack and Ennis came up with a better plan.
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Story Jack was quite content to have Ennis as his jouncer.
"Ennis lay spread-eagled, spent and wet, breathing deep, still half tumescent, Jack blowing forceful cigarette clouds like whale spouts, and Jack said, "Christ, it got a be all that time a yours ahorseback makes it so goddamn good."
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Jack and Ennis spent one particularly lust-driven night in bed at the Siesta Motel. Beside that night, and possibly at Don Wroe's cabin, they rarely were actually in a bed together.
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Jack and Ennis kissed madly at the bottom of the stairs and then carried on like mad in the motel.
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Jack and Ennis got themselves a room at a nondescript roadside motel.
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The onrush of passion that caught Ennis and Jack by surprise carried them straight to a nondescript motel, where they madly made lust-driven love as jouncer and jouncee.
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The onrush of passions that caught Ennis and Jack by surprise carried them straight to a nondescript motel, where they madly made lust-driven love as jouncer and jouncee.
=aside= Meryl
8)
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The onrush of passions that caught Ennis and Jack by surprise carried them straight to a nondescript motel where they reconnected sexually.
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The onrush of passions that caught Ennis and Jack by surprise carried them straight to a nondescript motel, where they madly made lust-driven love as jouncer and jouncee.
=aside= Toast, Meryl, Fran
;)
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After kissing tempestuously, Jack and Ennis were caught by surprise with the onrush of passions and were led straight to a nondescript hotel, where they made lust-driven love as jouncer and jouncee.
=aside= Players
Whew! :)
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After kissing uninhibitedly, Jack and Ennis were caught by surprise with the onrush of passions and were led straight to a nondescript hotel, where they made lust-driven love as jouncer and jouncee.
=aside= Players
Whew!! :)
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After kissing uninhibitedly, Jack and Ennis vibrated with energy and passion, leading them straight to a nondescript motel, where they madly made lust-driven love as jouncer and jouncee.
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After whipping off their clothes in that nondescript motel room, Ennis and Jack made lust-driven love as jouncer and jouncee.
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After the xceptionalism of their uninhibited kissing, Jack and Ennis vibrated with energy and passion; leading them straight to a nondescript motel, where they madly made lust-driven love as jouncer and jouncee.
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527th Round
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Bedroom Bound!
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Following some bedroom-based jouncing, Jack and Ennis lingered in the afterglow in each other's arms.
=aside= Toast
Love the green phone.
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After giving the bedsprings a workout, Jack and Ennis lingered in the afterglow in each other's arms.
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When Ennis married, he traded a cozy bedroll on Brokeback with Jack for a double bed with Alma and, eventually, a pair of cribs for his baby girls.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Enniswithbabies.jpg)
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After some bedroom-based jouncing, Jack and Ennis dallied in the afterglow in each other's arms.
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The room (with the green telephone) stank of semen and smoke and sweat and whiskey, of old carpet and sour hay, saddle leather,
shit excrement and cheap soap.
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Jack and Ennis furthered their knowledge of each other by going back to basics.
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Like a true gentleman, Jack overlooked Ennis's gaucheness as he came to bed for the first time, saying soothingly, "S'alright, s'alright."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/TS2kiss1.jpg)
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With great hastiness Jack and Ennis headed for the Siesta Motel (after picking up some whiskey) and gave the bedsprings a jouncy workout.
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With great impatience Jack and Ennis headed for the Siesta Motel (after picking up some whiskey) and gave the bedsprings a jouncy workout.
=aside= Toast
;)
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With great hastiness Jack and Ennis headed for the Siesta Motel and revelled in joyousness after giving the bedsprings a jouncy workout.
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After some bedroom-based jouncing, Jack and Ennis enjoyed lolling on the bed in each other's arms.
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Story Ennis knew that his father would have no mercy for his being with Jack.
"Dad made sure I seen it. Took me to see it. Me and K.E. Dad laughed about it. Hell, for all I know he done the job. If he was alive and was to put his head in that door right now you bet he'd go get his tire iron. Two guys livin together? No. All I can see is we get together once in a while way the hell out in the back a nowhere -- "
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After some bedroom-based jouncing, Jack and Ennis enjoyed lolling nudely on the bed in each other's arms.
=aside= Meryl
;)
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Jack and Ennis were outdoing themselves in the bedroom-based-jouncing department.
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Jack and Ennis were perkier than ever during the bedroom-based-jouncing.
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After the bedroom-based jouncing, Jack and Ennis lingered romantically in each other's arms.
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The room (with the green telephone) was scented with the essence of semen and smoke and sweat and whiskey, of old carpet and sour hay, saddle leather,
shit excrement and cheap soap, all of which only enhanced the bedroom-based jouncing.
=aside=Toast ;)
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The room (with the green telephone) was scented with the tangy essence of semen and smoke and sweat and whiskey, of old carpet and sour hay, saddle leather,
shit excrement and cheap soap, all of which only enhanced the bedroom-based jouncing.
=aside=Meryl
;)
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The room (with the green telephone) was scented with the essence of semen and smoke and sweat and whiskey, of old carpet and sour hay, saddle leather,
shit excrement and cheap soap, all of which made the bedroom-based jouncing even more uplifting.
=aside= Toast
(http://www.townofluseland.com/gifs/happy-canada-day-greetings.gif)
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The room (with the green telephone) was scented with the essence of semen and smoke and sweat and whiskey, of old carpet and sour hay, saddle leather, shit and cheap soap, all of which added to the virtuosity of the bedroom-based jouncing.
=aside= Toast
Happy Canada Day!
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The room (with the green telephone) was scented with the essence of semen and smoke and sweat and whiskey, of old carpet and sour hay, saddle leather, shit and cheap soap, all of which added to the wildest bedroom-based jouncing Jack and Ennis had experienced in four fuckin' years.
=aside=
Red Red wine and Canada Day ... Mmmm.
(http://z.about.com/d/webclipart/1/0/P/K/2/cana8.gif)
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Ennis's wishes come true when he wakes up in the arms of an x-rodeo star by the name of Jack Twist.
=aside= Toast
(http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/canada/canada.gif)
Happy Canada Day!
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Round 528!!!
We Have to Make Haste!!!
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Backseats, beds or bedrolls - what's your taste?
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Both Ennis and Lureen were drawn to Jack's attractiveness.
=comment=
An article about Jake.
"Everyone: friend, enemy, man, woman and everything in between - they cannot deny his attractiveness."
Wet Dark and Wild (http://wetdarkandwild.blogspot.com/2007/05/jake-gyllenhaal-dont-call-me-good.html)
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Jack chose not to brake the mating call action in the backseat of Lureen's car.
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Once Jack gave Lureen the go-ahead, she took off her shirt and her bra with determined celerity.
def. = rapidity of motion or action
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Lureen was determined, driven and distracted by the handsome cowboy she was pulling into her backseat.
=aside= Sandy
"Determined, driven and distracted am I..." :)
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Lureen's appetite was whetted by the edibleness of her handsome cowboy, which caused her to disrobe with celerity.
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Jack's edibleness proved to be fruitful - resulting in a bouncing baby boy.
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Lureen's celerity plus Jack's edibility equals gravidity.
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Out of all the eligible guys at the bar in Childress, Lureen handpicked Jack.
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Lureen's appetite was whetted by the irresistibly delicious, handpicked cowboy.
=aside= Paul
I like your new lyrics. :)
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Lureen's celerity plus Jack's edibility equals jollity.
=aside= Paul
;)
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Lureen's lasciviousness was stimulated by the irresistibly delicious, handpicked cowboy.
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Lureen's lasciviousness was stimulated by the mouthwateringly delicious, handpicked cowboy.
=aside= Fran
:P
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Feeling a bit peckish after a day of hard riding, Lureen had herself a bit of a nibble in the backseat with her edible, handpicked cowboy.
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Lust overtakes Lureen, and she has her way with an irresistibly delicious, handpicked cowboy in the backseat of her daddy's car.
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Feeling a bit peckish after a day of hard riding, Lureen popped into the backseat and had herself a bit of a nibble with her edible, handpicked cowboy.
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Lureen's lascivious peckishness plus Jack's delicious edibleness equals a backseat full of ribaldry.
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Feeling a bit peckish after a day of hard riding, Lureen swallowed her pride, popped into the backseat and had herself a bit of a nibble with her edible, handpicked cowboy.
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Feeling a bit peckish after a day of hard riding, Lureen swallowed her pride, popped into the backseat of L.D.'s T-Bird, and had herself a bit of a nibble with her edible, handpicked cowboy.
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Feeling a bit peckish after a day of hard riding, Lureen swallowed her pride - unceremoniously popped into the backseat of L.D.'s T-Bird - and had herself a bit of a nibble with her edible, handpicked cowboy.
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Feeling a bit peckish after a day of hard riding, Lureen swallowed her pride, popped into the backseat and began vamping her edible, handpicked cowboy.
=remembrance=
Beverly Sills
May 25, 1929-July 2, 2007
(http://images.wikia.com/muppet/images/thumb/9/9c/Beverlysills.jpg/300px-Beverlysills.jpg)
Here she is singing one of her famous roles: "Pigoletto" on the "Muppet Show"
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After vamping her edible, handpicked cowboy, the peckish Lureen wolfed him down with celerity.
=aside=Paul
Thanks for the nice tribute to Beverly. She will be much missed. :'(
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/bevsills.jpg)
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Lureen's xcitation takes over as she whisks Jack into the backseat of L.D.'s T-Bird.
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Round 529
Independence Day is Fine
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Let's Make Room
For Some Red, White and Boom!.
Maybe we can pop back into the T-Bird after our Holiday Round!
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Ennis holds baby Jenny and gives her an adoring look before the bikers cause everything to go ballistic.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/IndDayEnnis7.jpg)
[Or else he's checking for cradle cap on Jenny's head - in an adoring manner, of course.]
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When the slopbucket-mouthed bikers bickered with Ennis, they began seeing stars before the fireworks even started.
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The Del Mar family eases through the 4th of July crowd, trying to find a place to sit before the bikers cause everything to go ballistic.
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Ennis had to contend with two dickheads during the Independence Day celebrations in Riverton in 1966.
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As they made their way through the festive crowd, the trash-talking bikers had no idea that they'd soon be at the epicenter of an Ennis-quake.
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72. EXT: RIVERTON, WYOMING: PARK: FOURTH OF JULY: NIGHT: 1966: 00h49m54s
Two kids in cowboy hats light firecrackers. A MARCHING BAND plays a tinny, slightly off-key rendition of "THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC."
WE SEE the little Del Mar family ease through the 4th of July crowd, trying to find a place to sit.
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After Biker #1 got a fistful of Ennis' rage, when Biker#2 was asked: "What about it? Wanna swallow 'bout half your teeth?", he grovelled and said: "Not tonight, bud...I'd sure rather not."
(http://blog.iginonline.com/wp-images/forumpicz/happy4th.gif)
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Alma hustled her two daughters away from the action when it became apparent that Ennis was not going to let things be as they were.
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The residents of Riverton had gathered in the park on the Fourth of July to see fireworks illumine the night sky.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter09/005229M.jpg)
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The biker jerks' slop-bucket mouths were the subject of Ennis's wrath.
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After Ennis kicks biker #1 right in the face, bloodying his nose and knocking him out cold, biker #2 decides not to be a loudmouth anymore today.
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BIKER #1
(mumbles to his friend)
Asshole. Probably stopped givin' it to his wife after the kids come, you know what that’s like. 57 footnote for this line:
57: It seems to be this remark that triggers Ennis’s anger. Clearly, the biker hits a sore spot. This reaffirms the impression that already at this time marital relations between Alma and Ennis are less than satisfactory. It also ties in with the castration theme of scenes 31 and 133.
["Annotated Final Script" by Steven Edelijn, June 2006]
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Ennis, Alma, and the girls had gone to the fireworks demonstration to celebrate the nationally recognized birthday of the United States: the Fourth of July.
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When Alma saw how ominously Ennis was regarding the bikers, she tried to get him to agree to move somewhere else.
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Alma seems to have put a lot of energy into the preparation for a family picnic on the Fourth of July 1966.
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When Alma saw how ominously Ennis was regarding the bikers, she tried to get him to agree to move somewhere else.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks.
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The bikers were scaring Alma and the girls, but Ennis' reaction to them scared Alma even more.
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Ennis's reaction to the bikers was more troubling than their slop-bucket remarks.
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Ennis's fight with the bikers was particularly unsettling for Alma because she saw a side of Ennis she had never seen before.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/EEvent.jpg)
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Ennis was fueled by a sense of justified vengefulness when he lashed out at the bikers.
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Ennis turned a bad situation into its worst possible outcome - at least for biker number one.
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Ennis was upset that the bikers were hurling xecratives within earshot of his little girls.
def. = (n) A word used for cursing; an imprecatory word or expression.
Please announce 530!!!
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Round 530!
Love's lookin' purty!
Back to beds, bedrolls and backseats!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LieBack.jpg)
(Did Jack really say that?)
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While Ennis and Jack had many an assignation over the years, more involved bedrolls than beds.
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Jack and Ennis started out as perfect strangers but eventually became perfect bedfellows .
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Whether they were in a bed, a bedroll, or just plain kissing, Ennis and Jack had a great comfortability level with each other.
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In TS2, Ennis was dawdling outside the tent; then he dared to desire his delightful dalliance.
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Ennis relaxes in Jack's arms, temporarily escaping the fear that controls his life.
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"The brilliant charge of their infrequent couplings" never flagged over the years that Ennis and Jack were bedfellows.
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Ennis and Jack proved that love can look 'purty' even when two gents are in the bed together.
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TS2 is one of the highlights of the movie. It highlights the fact that Jack and Ennis really care for each other and that there is much more to their relationship than drunken sex.
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Jack and Ennis initially idled away the evenings by smoking and drinking until they realized they were ideal for each other.
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When Aguirre saw what he saw through his binoculars, he knew the pup tent's lonely bedroll had been abandoned for some jiggery-pokery in the main tent.
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Overcome with lustfulness and short on time, Lureen hurriedly moved Jack to the backseat of the T-Bird.
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Lureen made it clear that this was mashing time, and she didn't want either Daddy or herself to be disappointed tonight.
def - Slang. To flirt with or make sexual advances to.
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Jack left it up to Lureen to navigate which direction they were going.
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Jack and Ennis believed themselves invisible, unaware that Joe Aguirre was a secret onlooker on at least one occasion.
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Jack and Ennis believed themselves invisible, unaware that prowling Joe Aguirre was a secret onlooker on at least one occasion.
=aside= Fran
;)
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Jack and Ennis refreshed their memories of getting fresh with each other at the Motel Siesta.
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Proulx wrote:
Ennis lay spread-eagled, spent and wet, breathing deep, still half tumescent, Jack blowing forceful cigarette clouds like whale spouts....
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The boys were all tuckered out after refreshing their freshness with each other at the Motel Siesta, but very content.
=aside=Sandy ;)
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The relationship between Jack and Ennis undergoes a complete revival at the Siesta Motel.
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After a perfunctory visit with Alma, Jack and Ennis drove to the Motel Siesta to satisfy their venereous desires.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter12/010517M.jpg)
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Jack and Ennis refreshed their memories of their summer wonderland at the Motel Siesta.
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Lureen needed to act quickly, since today her mating schedule had an xpiry time: Daddy's deadline to have the vehicle home by midnight.
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Round 531!
Bedtime's just begun!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_554.jpg)
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The boys were adorable in the post-coital Motel Siesta afterglow.
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At the Motel Siesta, after story Jack asked Ennis to go up to the mountains with him for a couple of days, "Ennis picked up the phone on the bedside table, dialed his own number."
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At the Motel Siesta, story Jack asked Ennis to go up to the mountains with him for a couple of days, and after some consideration, "Ennis picked up the phone on the bedside table, dialed his own number."
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After the delivery of little Bobby, Lureen received her mamma and daddy propped up in bed, all dolled up in a pretty bedjacket.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Babyvisit2.jpg)
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At the Motel Siesta, story Jack asked Ennis to extend their time together with a trip up to the mountains for a couple of days.
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All the time spent "a-horseback" allowed Ennis and Jack to enjoy flexible benefits.
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Ennis came upon a bear--that growled ominously--while returning to camp with the weekly provisions.
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Jack and Ennis had one heck of a good time at the Motel Siesta.
=aside= Tim
What a nice surprise to see you here!
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After the delivery of little Bobby, Lureen - all dolled up in a pretty bedjacket - received her mamma and daddy propped up in bed; while Rodeo Jack was instructed to get the 120 cans of formula from the back seat of LD's car.
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The bed at the Motel Siesta allowed the boys to be at their jounciest.
=aside= Tim
It's good to see you. I hope you visit us more often.
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After Ennis overcame his reluctance and shyness and joined Jack in the tent, they spent a pleasurable and lusty night together.
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After happily jouncing a bed with Jack at the Motel Siesta, Ennis, who could never be accused of being mushy, replied to Jack's "Red-lined it all the way, couldn't get here fast enough. And you?" just by jiggling his arm a little and mumbling "Me? I dunno."
=aside=Tim
Always great to see you :)
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Ennis and Jack were nerved on to spend some time alone in the mountains after their session at the Motel Siesta.
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Story Ennis was opining on the state of Jack's physical condition when he said, "Sure seem in one piece to me."
=aside= Tim
Can you believe we're still at it?
Good to see you here.
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After Jack and Ennis decided to go the motel, their best-laid plans of getting laid went as planned.
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Eager to be together, Jack and Ennis hurried off to a run-of-the-mill motel.
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At the Motel Siesta, there was very little slumbering going on.
=aside= Sandy
I had to read that a few times...
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Ennis and Jack were able to get some cheap thrills at a run-of-the-mill motel.
=aside= Paul
Me too.
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After giving in to untrammeled passion at a run-of-the-mill motel, Jack and Ennis eschewed slumbering for some pillow talk.
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When Jack failed to mention Aguirre's "stemming the rose" comment during their pillow talk in a run-or-the-mill hotel, it was a venial offense.
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At the Motel Siesta, story Jack had a plan about how they might handle their "fuckin' situation," but Ennis just said, "I doubt there's nothin' now we can do," giving Jack the following whys and wherefores:
- "I built a life up in them years."
- "Love my little girls."
- "Alma? It ain't her fault."
- "You got your baby and wife, that place in Texas."
- "You and me can't hardly be decent together if what happened back there grabs on us like that. We do that in the wrong place we'll be dead."
- "There's no reins on this one. It scares the piss out of me."
- "I'm stuck with what I got, caught in my own loop. Can't get out of it."
- "I don't want to be like them guys you see around sometimes. And I don't want to be dead."
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Ennis felt that all of his whys and wherefores were xplainable.
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Round 532!!!
Here's looking at you!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_479.jpg)
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Ennis surprised Jack, and maybe even himself, by breathlessly accosting Jack in the stairway. (see below :-* )
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As in the 1950 song, Jack loved Ennis "a bushel and a peck."
"A Bushel And A Peck"
Words and Music by Frank Loesser, 1950
Frank Music Corp. ~ ASCAP
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Alma tried to chisel in on the reunion with talk of getting a babysitter and taking Jack to the Knife & Fork.
def. = to thrust oneself; intrude.
=aside= Tim
Congrats on your 500+ posts!
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Jack and Ennis knew by 1967 that they had been dealt a good hand in 1963, but they were wise enough (or scared enough) to realize there was a down side to their hand.
=aside= Tim
Welcome back and Congrats on 500 posts.
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Upon seeing Ennis and Jack embracing, Alma is filled with a myriad of emotions including shock, devastation and envy.
=aside= Tim
Congrats on 500.
(http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a189/Themis_Eternal/Ranks/500postsFWTR.gif)
=aside= Paul
Would Freud have said penis envy?
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Thinking futuristically, story Jack said, "I got it figured, got this plan, Ennis, how we can do it, you and me. Lureen's old man, you bet he'd give me a bunch if I'd get lost. Already more or less said it --"
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Annie tells us that Jack and Ennis pressed thighs and legs and groins together, stepping on each other's toes. Love hurts, to quote another song.
=aside= Tim
Way to go, 500 posts!
=aside= Sandy
You bet he would! That goes double for Alma!
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Things were hunky-dory for the two hunks as soon as Ennis stepped out of the door.
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When Jack and Ennis met for the final time, they experienced an imbroglio that revealed a host of mixed emotions.
imbroglio, noun: a violently confused or bitterly complicated altercation
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Twenty minutes after leaving the apartment, Jack and Ennis found themselves at the Motel Siesta jauncing a bed.
def. = To ride hard; to jounce.
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"As easily as the right key turns the lock tumblers", Jack and Ennis latched onto each other.
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The motel's decor as described in the story was left out of the film. No orange chair.
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Alma never mentioned that she'd seen Ennis kissing Jack, knowing instinctively that that was a no-go area.
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Completely overtaken by emotion, Ennis moved Jack over to the stairway and began kissing him passionately.
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Although Texans don't drink coffee, the sight of Jack caused Ennis to perk up.
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Jack and Ennis ramped up to full speed to get to their romp at the Motel Siesta.
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They seized each other by the shoulders, hugged mightily, squeezing the breath out of each other, saying, son of a bitch, son of a bitch, then, and easily as the right key turns the lock tumblers, their mouths cam together, and hard, Jack's big teeth bringing blood, his hat falling to the floor, stubble rasping, wet saliva welling, and the door opening and Alma looking out for a few seconds at Ennis's straining shoulders and shutting the door again and still they clinched, pressing chest and groin and thigh and leg together, treading on each other's toes until they pulled apart to breathe and Ennis, not big on endearments, said that he said to his horses and daughters, little darlin. [story]
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All summer on Brokeback, the boys mounted their horses and tramped through the wilderness to the sheep pasture high above camp.
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In Tent Scene I Jack and Ennis had to fasten their seat belts while they were unfastening their belts because they were in for a bumpy ride.
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Annie vividly described the passionate reunion kiss, and Ang vividly brought it to life. (see below)
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At the Motel Siesta, story Jack had a plan about how they might handle their "fuckin' situation," but Ennis just said, "I doubt there's nothin' now we can do," giving Jack the following whys and wherefores:
- "I built a life up in them years."
- "Love my little girls."
- "Alma? It ain't her fault."
- "You got your baby and wife, that place in Texas."
- "You and me can't hardly be decent together if what happened back there grabs on us like that. We do that in the wrong place we'll be dead."
- "There's no reins on this one. It scares the piss out of me."
- "I'm stuck with what I got, caught in my own loop. Can't get out of it."
- "I don't want to be like them guys you see around sometimes. And I don't want to be dead."
=aside= MIA Toast
Not one little word....
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Ennis was an xplainer of why they couldn't do anything about their situation, giving Jack the following reasons:
"I built a life up in them years."
"Love my little girls."
"Alma? It ain't her fault."
"You got your baby and wife, that place in Texas."
"You and me can't hardly be decent together if what happened back there grabs on us like that. We do that in the wrong place we'll be dead."
"There's no reins on this one. It scares the piss out of me."
"I'm stuck with what I got, caught in my own loop. Can't get out of it."
"I don't want to be like them guys you see around sometimes. And I don't want to be dead."
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Round 533!
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The Beer Tally:Ennis 1
Jack 3
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Jack and Ennis used alcohol's lubricating effects to their fullest.
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After leaving Joe's trailer, Jack and Ennis spent a couple of hours belting down beer at a bar in Signal.
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After leaving Joe's trailer, Jack and Ennis spent a couple of hours cooling off by belting down beer at a bar in Signal.
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After leaving Joe's trailer, Jack and Ennis spent a couple of hours downing beer at a bar in Signal.
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After their interview in Joe's trailer, Jack and Ennis spent a couple of hours empathizing with each other over a few beers.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Deuces2.jpg)
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After leaving Joe's trailer, Jack and Ennis spent a couple of hours downing beer and getting friendlier with each other at a bar in Signal.
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Jack guzzles beer after beer at the bar in Signal.
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After leaving Joe's trailer, Jack and Ennis spent a couple of hours downing a healthy amount of beer at a bar in Signal.
{def: sizable}
=aside= Meryl
Is there a video of the lightning-zapped sheep on Ewe-Tube? :)
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After his Thanksgiving battle with Alma, Ennis was intending to down a healthy number of beers at the Black 'n' Blue Eagle but was delayed by yet another battle with an affronted trucker.
=aside=Paul
That's a cyber-niche just waiting to be filled, isn't it? ;D
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Realizing that he may have placed himself in a jeopardous situation by trying to pick up Jimbo, Jack throws some money down on the bar and heads for the exit.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JimboJackExiting.jpg)
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After a night of heavy drinking, Ennis' inhibitions were lowered, resulting in some hammerin' and then some sinning.
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After his kitchen-outing with Alma, story Ennis had a quick dirty fight at the Black 'n' Blue Eagle bar, but film Ennis never made it to the bar, as he was mauled by the bear in the truck.
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When she saw Ennis drinking quietly alone in the bar, Cassie decided to make his acquaintance using a nonconfrontational approach.
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When it comes to beer consumption at the bar in Signal, it seems that Jack drank three times as many ounces as Ennis.
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When it comes to beer consumption at the bar in Signal, it seems that Jack was able to polish off three times as many ounces as Ennis.
=aside= Fran
;)
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The purpose of all them beers was to get rip-roaring drunk.
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As the BARTENDER is about to bring the CLOWN his beer, JACK
limps over and hands the BARTENDER some bills.
The CLOWN [looks] surprised.
JACK
(to bartender)
Like to buy Jimbo a beer. Best rodeo
clown I ever worked with.
JACK stands close to his shoulder.
JIMBO
(firmly)
No thanks, cowboy. If I was to let every
rodeo hand I pulled a bull off of buy me
liquor, I'd been an alcoholic long ago...
There is something, a frissson, a vibe, that gives the CLOWN
an uneasy feeling... although he remains perfectly
friendly... takes his beer, stands up.
JIMBO (CONT'D)
Pulling bulls off you buckaroos is just
my job. Save your money for your next
entry fee, cowboy.
Watches JIMBO walk over, sit down with a table full of calf-
ropers, all of them wearing piggin strings over their
shoulders like bandaliers.
[screenplay]
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Whether on the mountain, at home or in bars, both Jack and Ennis were inveterate tipplers.
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Jack and Ennis were inveterate at upending longnecks.
=aside= Meryl
I first read that as "invertebrate". :)
You need backbone to drink that much.
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Jack's pretend bull ride, performed while holding onto a whiskey bottle, began with the vocable "yee-haw!"
def. = a word composed of various sounds or letters without regard to its meaning
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The Twists and the Malones were wining and dining at the benefit dance.
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All that whiskey drinking up on Brokeback led to Ennis's becoming an x-virgin.
=aside=Paul
With enough whiskey in them, they may have appeared to be invertebrates :laugh:
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ROUND 534
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/whiskey.jpg)
Let's knock back a few more!
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Although whiskey may have altered Ennis's mind, by TS2, he sobered to his decision.
=aside= Sandy
"The Newsomes and the Malones"? That's Twisted !
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Ennis could only uncork his bottled-up emotions after he hit the bottle.
=aside= Meryl
Great round announcement.
=aside= Paul
Haven't you heard about Fayette's crush on Randall?
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ENNIS sits at a table by himself, a few empties in front of him.
The song ends.
The waitress, CASSIE, mid-twenties, livelier than ALMA, very appealing, curvy in jeans and T-shirt, struts past ENNIE'S booth to the jukebox, a glass of white wine in her hand.
[screenplay]
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Jimbo the Clown rejected Jack's beer, saying if he accepted kind offers of alcoholic beverages from every rodeo hand off of whom he pulled a bull, he more than likely would have become a drunkard.
=aside= Sandy
Fayette and Randall? I thought you meant Lashawn and LD: there's a match made in stud-duck heaven!
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What with being half-sloshed before they even sat down for the fireworks, the unlucky bikers failed to sense the inadvisability of egging Ennis on.
=aside=Sandy
Thanks! And nice wordplay with the corks and bottles ;)
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Whiskey helped facilitate TS1.
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Ennis uncorked his bottled-up emotions while being in a state of grogginess after he hit the bottle.
=aside= Players
Yes Sandy, I can be accused of grogginess too!
Sorry bout the quick quiet departure.
But while you were all drinking, I was gathering ice.
We call them bergy bits and they cool a drink very nicely.
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Ennis made a toast in honor of Junior's upcoming marriage.
=aside= Toast
I guess you got groggy.
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Aguirre rode to the boys' camp to inform Jack his uncle was in the hospital.
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A high-time supper by the fire, a quart of whiskey on shares, and a companion where none had been expected make for a jolif evening for the boys.
def. = joyful; merry; pleasant; jolly
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/WaterDrumming.jpg)
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Even Lureen knew that Brokeback Mountain (whether it existed or not) would be able to fulfill Jack's libatory habits.
"Knowin' Jack, it might be some pretend place where bluebirds sing, and there's a whisky spring."
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After enduring Alma's kitchen-outing, Ennis's bottled-up emotions were uncorked and, on his way to the Black 'n' Blue Eagle Bar, he took a good mauling from the bear in the truck.
=aside= Toast
Welcome back. I trust your bergy bits have warmed up by now?
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As they neared the bar in Signal, Ennis was walking in sync with Jack.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/DeucesWalk0.jpg)
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Jack and Ennis got properly oiled before TS1, but only in the alcoholic sense; spit had to suffice for the real action.
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In the bar in signal Jack told Ennis about the need for a plentiful supply of whiskey on the mountain.
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Up on Brokeback, Jack and Ennis seemed to be resourceful enough to always have whiskey on hand, even if soup, spuds and powdered milk were in short supply.
=reply= Paul
In spite of the sunny day, I have many bergy bits in my freezer for fizzy drinks.
The concentrated thousands-year-old bubbles crackle when libations are added.
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They had a high-time supper by the fire, a can of beans each, fried potatoes and a quart of whiskey on shares, sat with their backs against a log, boot soles and copper jeans rivets hot, swapping the bottle while the lavender sky emptied of color and the chill air drained down, drinking, smoking cigarettes, getting up every now and then to piss, firelight throwing a sparkle in the arched stream, tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going....
[story]
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Whether together or apart, the boys were often tanked.
=reply= Toast
Ooh, millenia-old bubbles to tickle your gin and tonic. Cool!
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After Jack offered to buy Jimbo a beer, he replied with a sarcastic and uncalled-for response.
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Story Jack and Ennis stopped to buy a bottle of whiskey before vrooming over to the Motel Siesta in Jack's pickup.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter12/010517M.jpg)
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After consuming a whopping portion of whiskey the night of TS1, Ennis awoke the next morning with a correspondingly whopping headache.
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A little whiskey turned Jack into an xhibitor of rarely seen mock-rodeo-mating dances.
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Round 535!
Without whiskey they couldn't survive!
(http://www.bottlebooks.com/questions/Oct2000/whisky2.jpg)
Still thirsty?
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One night Jack and Ennis had an appetizingly good time:
"Too late to go out to them damn sheep," said Ennis, dizzy drunk on all fours one cold hour when the moon had notched past two.
The main course would come later.
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After leaving Joe Aguirre's trailer, Jack and Ennis put away some brewskis at a bar in Signal.
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Whiskey helped Jack and Ennis leave all their worries and cares behind.
-
Whiskey and beer often provided a useful diversion for Jack and Ennis.
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After the boys left Joe Aguirre's trailer, Jack led the way to the local drinking establishment.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/DeucesWalk0.jpg)
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After a night of heavy drinking, Ennis flaked out on the ground cloth before awakening Jack with his clacking.
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One morning in the bar with Jack Twist helped Ennis become a guzzler of beer.
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Ennis found it was much harder to keep warm outside the tent, despite being practically pickled in alcohol, so he didn't hesitate to accept Jack's invitation.
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Beer, whiskey, and each other had the power to intoxicate.
=aside= players
Anyone notice the name on the whiskey bottle? I googled "Old Rose Whiskey" and this is what popped up:
(http://www.bottlebooks.com/questions/Oct2000/whisky2.jpg)
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A little whiskey had jollied Jack enough so that he performed his mock-rodeo dance.
=aside= Paul
Great find!!! Just goes to show how Ennis kept everything all bottled up.
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After the night in the tent, Jack and Ennis did not seem to need the liquoring-up stage before becoming involved with each other:
They never talked about the sex, let it happen, at first only in the tent at night, then in the full daylight with the hot sun striking down, and at evening in the fire glow, quick, rough, laughing and snorting, no lack of noises, but saying not a goddamn word except once Ennis said, "I'm not no queer," and Jack jumped in with "Me neither. A one-shot thing. Nobody's business but ours." [Proulx]
=reply= Paul
Mmmm.
Old Ennis Owen Whiskey from 1918 and millenial bubbles.
Cool!!
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Like old whiskey, Jack and Ennis mellowed a bit with age.
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After drinking some whiskey, Jack brought up the idea of a sweet life together which Ennis tried to nip in the bud.
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Way too much whiskey plus sleepiness contributed to the obfuscation of Ennis's speech, making "What are you doing?" come out more like "Wuhrr yudoon?"
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In Proulx's prose, whiskey figures prominently:
- and the way they bloated, the need for plenty of whiskey up there.
- fried potatoes and a quart of whiskey on shares,
- bought a bottle of whiskey and within twenty minutes were in the Motel Siesta jouncing a bed.
- The room stank of semen and smoke and sweat and whiskey,
- Jack broke the seal on a bottle of whiskey, took a long, hot swallow, exhaled forcefully, said, "That's one a the two things I need right now,"
- " ... where the bluebirds sing and there's a whiskey spring."
- " ... Drink whiskey up there. He drank a lot."
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More'n likely, Aguirre supplied the boys with rotgut whiskey.
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Getting soused help Ennis and Jack forget about their spouses.
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Ennis' actions concerning his relationship with Jack indicated he was a bit temperamental about the situation.
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Ennis's inhibitions and fears became unbarred by alcohol, and he succumbed to his deeper desires.
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Cold and drunk, Ennis vertiginously loped toward Jack's tent where he may well have lost his virginity.
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Booze helped Jack to whoop it up and perform his mock-rodeo dance.
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Alcohol, along with the forbidden relationship, had an xacerbative effect on the marriages of both Jack and Ennis.
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Round 536
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/OldRoseD.jpg)
Old Rose is the one he picks.
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When it came to beer, whiskey and each other, Jack and Ennis were addicts.
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After having several belts of whiskey, Ennis staggered into the tent where he and Jack whisked off their belts.
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Filmed bookends where someone considers having a drink
First drink in the movie:
I reckon it's time we start drinking together. [Well, in the trailer, actually.]
Last drink in the movie:
I reckon they can find themselves a new cowboy.
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Old Rose Whiskey may have been devoid of flavor and nuance, but it did the trick.
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Alcohol allowed Ennis to show more emotion than he would have otherwise.
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Old Rose Whiskey may have been poorly flavored and lacking in nuance, but it did the trick - especially in the large economy size.
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Jack and Ennis were great guzzlers of the poorly flavored and nuanced Old Rose Whiskey.
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Ennis made a toast honoring Junior and Kurt on their upcoming marriage.
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When it came to whiskey, both Jack and Ennis proved to be intemperate when they got to drinkin' and talkin' and all.
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Jack and Ennis stemmed a large bottle of Old Rose whiskey while they jaunted for their last time in the early 1980s.
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Jack and Ennis took a libational interlude to stem the Old Rose. The next day they came to loggerheads (lager-heads?).
=aside= Toast
Great "Eco" in the name (of stemming) the rose!
Congrats on 3000 Toasty posties!
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Alcohol helped minify Ennis's inhibitions.
=congrats= Toast
(http://slimg.com/photos/featured/FoodDrink-WineGlassesClinking.jpg)
Here's to your 3,000th post!
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On their last trip Jack and Ennis, while stemming the bottle of Old Rose, had a newsy chat about the women they were(n't) puttin' the blocks to, and then Jack admitted that "…the truth is… …sometimes I miss you so much I can hardly stand it..."
They both look into the fire. Ennis is silent.
=reply= Paul and Fran
Wow, 3000 Posts.
Couldn't have done it without you all.
(http://slimg.com/photos/featured/FoodDrink-WineGlassesClinking.jpg)
Clink Clink Clink!
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Alcohol helped in obscuring the truth about Jack and Ennis' feelings for one another.
=congrats= Toast
You have made this game bigger and better with your 3000 posts.
(http://www.benrowe.co.uk/great_toast_main.jpg)
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The boys got pickled together frequently just prior to tickling the pickle.
=aside=Toast
Congratulations on 3000! You da Toastiest!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Toasted.jpg)
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Ennis's top-grade headache the morning after was the result of too much whiskey the night before.
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The boys drank a staggering amount of alcohol, often to the point of staggering.
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After a night of heavy drinking, Ennis teetered and then toppled into the tent.
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After a night of heavy drinking, Ennis awoke with a top-grade, unwanted headache.
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Ennis's drinking style had its variations through the years:
It was beer that first morning.
Whiskey by the time of the "come on a bear" incident.
Beer with Alma and Cassie.
Whiskey with Jack in the wilds of Wyoming.
But by the end of the film, he seems to be a teetotaler; not even finishing off Cassie's wine.
=reply= Sandy and Meryl
Clink Clink!!
Toast and Pickles sounds good in my new Tee.
Cheers!
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After a night of heavy drinking, Ennis got completely wrecked and awoke with a top-grade, unwanted headache.
=reply= Toast
You'll be the (http://www.china-interface.co.uk/images/clients/Toast.gif) of the town.
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Ennis's day started off badly when he awoke with a top-grade headache and got worse when he found the xanimate carcass of one of Joe's sheep.
def. = lifeless
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter06/003050M.jpg)
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Round 537!!!
Their homes were not always heaven!!!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_362.jpg) (http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_651.jpg)(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_901.jpg) (http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_954.jpg)
The trailers, ranches, apartments and houses in Brokeback.
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Ennis's trailer was alarmingly spare. "If you ain't got nothin', you don't need nothin'."
=aside= Sandy
Homey round announcement.
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We see the bareness of Jack's home, but Ennis is left to verbally describe his home life. The bareness of his young life is even more heartbreaking.
=compliment= Sandy
Great round idea.
Great announcement.
Nice to have a home to run to after days and days of drinking.
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Jack and Lureen's house must have cost them a pretty penny whereas Ennis had to pinch pennies to be able to afford his rent.
=aside= Paul, Toast
Thanks guys. We'll keep playing until the cows come home.
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Most of Ennis's abodes were notable for their drabness.
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Lureen obviously had a great deal to do with the elegancy of the Twist home in Childress. Would a Twist-DelMar home have been a compromise between that elegancy and the drabness of Ennis's abodes?
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After Ennis's parents died, the bank foreclosed on their ranch.
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The Twist home may have been 70s elegant, but those purple chairs were the gaudiest feature of all the homes.
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Ennis was just as home living in a natural habitat as he was living in any of his abodes.
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Brokeback Mountain seems to show imperfections of character in many ways:
It makes us wonder who has the stronger/more meaningful character - the one who lives with nothing, or the one who lives in hollow luxury.
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Ennis was nervous when Jack showed up unexpectedly at the line cabin following the divorce, perhaps fearing that they will both be in junartie should anyone figure out the true meaning of their relationship. The fact that Jack had talked to ten different people in Riverton made Ennis even more nervous.
def. = jeopardy
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter14/011957M.jpg)
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Jack was living luxuriously with his gaudy mauve chairs while Ennis made do with a chipped Formica table and two wobbly chairs.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_688.jpg) (http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_618.jpg)
=aside= Fran
Junartie - (http://www.tehforums.com/forums/images/smilies/fonzi.gif)
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Poor Alma didn't even have the matching leaf for her Formica table.
Now I wonder: What is the correct matching table for mauve chairs?
What is under that tablecloth? Mmmm!
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The bank took the del Mar ranch as a result of the nonpayment of mortgage loans.
=aside= Sandy
Now that's a blast from the past!
=reply= Toast
Ask and ye shall receive. :)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter14/P012330bM.jpg)
What's under the tablecloth? Glass.
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Lureen and Jack were home owners.
=question=
Who was their interior decorator?
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Lureen Twist preciously decorated her home.
=answer=
George of the Jungle.
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Ennis resided in houses that needed to be resided.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_651.jpg)
=aside= all players
I just spent a very happy hour catching up on the exquisiteness of this thread. You all da bomb! :-*
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Jack lived in a swanky house that made him cranky when he wasn't with Ennis doing hanky-panky.
=aside= Elle
Good to see you playing again. Love your play on words.
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The Twist house was tastefully decorated in the style of Elvis's Jungle Room.
(http://www.simonsdiary.co.uk/simonsdiary/us%20tour%202003/ustour2003day6/GRACELAND/elvis%20jungle%20room%202.jpg)
=aside= Clarissa
Good one!
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The precious luxury of Lureen's ultramodern home serves to focus a feeling for the unnumbered days and times when Jack was put down, browbeaten and ignored - even by his own son.
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The Twist home had valanced drapes that were out of balance with the modern jungle decor.
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The Twist house was a wellspring of 70s clichés: shag carpeting, velour furniture, white-painted brick, enormous floor lamps, avocado-colored wallpaper, frondy plants, and of course, zebra rugs.
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In the scene where Alma reminds Ennis of his lonely childhood, we hear her xtoll the virtues of the apartment over the Riverton laundromat.
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ROUND 538
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h257/Ellemeno_2006/surrealestate.jpg)
MORE (SUR)REAL ESTATE!
=aside= Fran
Thanks for the help. :)
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Lureen's kitchen appliances include a dishwasher.
=compliment= Clarissa
Nicely done!
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The Twist's tasteful decor includes a brown-colored velveteen sofa.
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Surely dinner guests in the Twists' home were cpmplimentary, when they noticed the complementary purple and yellow in the tasteful dining room decor.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h257/Ellemeno_2006/surrealestate.jpg)
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The Thanksgiving preparations have left Alma's kitchen in a state of disarray.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kitchens/Image10.jpg)
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Surely any Texas diner of good taste would lose his/her appetite at the eyepopping sight of the mauve dining chairs.
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In this image we see the fenestration of the Twist house.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h257/Ellemeno_2006/Twisthousefront.jpg)
Fenestration - The arrangement of windows in a building.
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According to FindingBrokeback.com (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter14/_Dont_Fool_Me_Frame.html), the Twist Thanksgiving scenes were shot inside a condemned house near Elbow and Glenmore, in Calgary. The house has since been demolished.
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Some of the houses used for filming have been demolished, but other houses like Monroe's and the lonely ranch house are viewable in Alberta.
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Jack showed parental concern and hunted for his parka while Lureen continued her own hunt for extra zeros at this abandoned house south of downtown Calgary. After looking at several possibilities, the filmmakers chose the house that suggested wealth.
If you are able to pry your eyes from Lureen's ever-expanding hairdo, note the wall decorations which incorporate mounted rodeo buckles. Undoubtedly, these are intended to memorialize a simpler and happier time in Jack's life. They seem to be to be very much out of place on the wall of mirrored foil wallpaper, just as Jack must have felt himself a stranger in that town, that job, that family, and that bed.
[Findingbrokeback.com]
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter13/011452M.jpg)
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The jovialness of the Thanksgiving holiday celebration ends for Alma Jr. and Jenny as they watch their father storm out the door.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter14/012842M.jpg)
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In the Twist house, each door and window had a lintel, to keep the delicate balance from tumbling down.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h257/Ellemeno_2006/Twisthousefront.jpg)
lintel - a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
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Jack showed parental concern and hunted for his parka while Lureen continued her own hunt for extra zeros at this abandoned house south of downtown Calgary. After looking at several possibilities, the filmmakers chose the house that suggested wealth.
If you are able to pry your eyes from Lureen's ever-expanding hairdo, note the wall decorations which incorporate mounted rodeo buckles. Undoubtedly, these are intended to memorialize a simpler and happier time in Jack's life. They seem to be to be very much out of place on the wall of mirrored foil wallpaper, just as Jack must have felt himself a stranger in that town, that job, that family, and that bed.
[Findingbrokeback.com]
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter13/011452M.jpg)
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On his way to Jack's bedroom, Ennis walked past the newels supporting the railing at the top of the stairs.
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Orderliness was certainly a high priority in Jack's and Lureen's home - not so much Chez del Mar.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter14/P012330bM.jpg)(http://st.blog.cz/m/malkisek.blog.cz/obrazky/1375375.jpg)
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There is a pink Princess phone in Lureen's pink bedroom next to a picture of the king and queen of the rodeo.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/princessPhone.jpg)
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Movie Ennis's residences included the following:
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter09/004638M.jpg)
the Wyoming line cabin on a vast high plains ranch
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter14/011957M.jpg)
the line cabin outside of Riverton | (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter11/010028M.jpg)
the apartment over the laundromat in Riverton
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/trailerInt03.jpg)
the trailer in Riverton |
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The apartment above the laundromat featured a hidden staircase that is just perfect for kissing.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter11/010342M.jpg)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter11/P010023dM.jpg)
(photos from findingbrokeback.com)
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The shag carpeting, velour furniture, white-painted brick and zebra rugs in the Twist house were considered to be trendy in the seventies but tacky in any other decade.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter14/P012330bM.jpg)
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There was wall-to-wall carpeting underfoot in Jack and Lureen's adjoining living and dining rooms.
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Ennis's residences were variably messy or spare.
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The shag carpeting, velour furniture, white-painted brick and zebra rugs in the Twist house were considered to be trendy in the seventies.
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The lonesome line cabin was in need of some sprucing up both interiorly and xteriorly. No wonder Alma wanted to move.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kitchens/Image2.jpg) (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter09/004638M.jpg)
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Round 539!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kitchens/Image15.jpg)
What do you see when you turn out the light?
I can't tell you, but I know it's mine....
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The Twists may have had a chair in a bright lemon shade, but the Del Mars had an apricot rug.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter14/P012330bM.jpg)(http://st.blog.cz/m/malkisek.blog.cz/obrazky/1375375.jpg)
=aside=Elle
Thanks for the picture link ;)
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The Del Mars didn't have white-painted bricks, but when Alma saw Jack and Ennis embracing, it hit her like a ton of bricks.
(http://www.notalone.org/stories_files/image002.jpg)
=aside= Fran
I always loved that line.
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INT: CHILDRESS, TEXAS: JACK & LUREEN'S HOUSE: THANKSGIVING: DAY: 1977:
JACK and LUREEN'S home. Wall-to-wall carpeting, fairly luxurious, particularly in
comparison to ENNIS'S life. Many photos of LUREEN winning barrel-racing trophies.
One of JACK, the one taken in the arena the day they met.
[screenplay]
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Ennis's dwellings, as well as his life, were often in a state of disorder.
=aside= Fran
I get by with a little help from my friends. :)
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The entranceway to most of Ennis' residences was just a door.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/trailerInt03.jpg)
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INT: CHILDRESS, TEXAS: JACK & LUREEN'S HOUSE: THANKSGIVING: DAY: 1977:
JACK and LUREEN'S home. Wall-to-wall carpeting, fairly luxurious, particularly in
comparison to ENNIS'S life. Many photos of LUREEN winning barrel-racing trophies.
One of JACK, the one taken in the arena the day they met.
[screenplay]
=reply= Paul
Don't we all.... :)
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Poor Ennis had nothing and didn't need nothing but his grody little trailer.
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Grody. I love it!!!
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Surely any Texas diner of good taste would lose his/her appetite at the hideous sight of the mauve dining chairs.
=aside= Paul
;)
=aside= Laura
Good to see you again. Stick around and play a letter.
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Lureen and Jack's dining room table was flanked by six identical chairs.
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Ennis is living at the so-called divorce cabin when he jettisons Jack and his offer.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter14/P011957aM.jpg)
Interestingly, findingbrokeback mentions there was an interior scene shot here, that was obviously cut. Note the "faux" cabin walls:
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter14/P011957cM.jpg)
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The del Mar home had a comfy lived-in look while the Twist home had a "no trespassing" look about it.
(http://st.blog.cz/m/malkisek.blog.cz/obrazky/1375375.jpg) (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter14/P012330bM.jpg)
=aside= Elle
Thanks for the link.
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Although Aguirre's trailer was not a residence for anyone, it served momentously in the story of Brokeback Mountain.
=compliment= Fran
Would you believe in a love at first sight?
Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time.
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The Twist-Newsome residence is the nattiest of them all.
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The outmoded appliances and fixtures in Mrs. Twist's kitchen were still in working order.
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Most of Ennis's residences seemed precariously close to collapse or condemnation.
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Many of Ennis' residences were ramshackle shacks.
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A description of the Twist homestead:
The mailbox read John C. Twist. The ranch was a meagre little place, leafy spurge taking over. The stock was too far distant for him to see their condition, only that they were black baldies. A porched stretched across the front of the tiny brown stucco house, four rooms, two down, two up.
[story]
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INT: DEL MAR TRAILER HOUSE: AFTERNOON: CONTINUOUS:
ALMA JR. sits at a small, tottery Formica table. ENNIS stands and pours her a cup of coffee from a stained Mr. Coffee. WE HEAR wind blowing, rattling the trailer house. ALMA JR. looks around the nearly-empty trailer, an homage to plains life minimalism: a TV sits on a plastic milk crate in front of a battered recliner, the only other furniture besides the chipped Formica table, two wobbly chairs, and a fridge and tiny stove. [2003 screenplay]
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Compared to the del Mar residence, the Twist residence was uncluttered.
(http://st.blog.cz/m/malkisek.blog.cz/obrazky/1375375.jpg) (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter14/P012330bM.jpg)
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During Thanksgiving dinner at the Twist house, Jack startled the self-appointed stud duck into submission by speaking vulgarly to him:
"Now you sit down, you old son of a bitch! This is my house! This is my child! And you're my guest! So sit the hell down, or I'll knock your ignorant ass into next week...."
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Over the years, Ennis had more than one wall-mounted mountain painting in his abodes.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h257/Ellemeno_2006/wallmountedmountainpainting.jpg)
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Ennis's "nearly empty trailer, an homage to plains-life minimalism" is more xoterically suited for the life-style of a divorced/bachelor cowboy, living on the edges of society, than the "fairly luxurious" maximalism of Lureen's Childress townhouse.
def - Comprehensible to or suited to the public; popular.
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Round 540!!
They moved to a small apartment in Riverton, up over a laundry
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter11/010028M.jpg)
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The Twist residence had adjoining dining and living rooms.
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The road to Lightning Flat went through desolate country past a dozen abandoned ranches distributed over the plain at eight- and ten-mile intervals, houses sitting blank-eyed in the weeds, corral fences down. The mailbox read John C. Twist. The ranch was a meagre little place, leafy spurge taking over. The stock was too far distant for him to see their condition, only that they were black baldies. A porch stretched across the front of the tiny brown stucco house, four rooms, two down, two up.
[story]
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The road to Lightning Flat went through desolate country past a dozen abandoned ranches distributed over the plain at eight- and ten-mile intervals, houses sitting blank-eyed in the weeds, corral fences down. The mailbox read John C. Twist. The ranch was a meagre little place, leafy spurge taking over. The stock was too far distant for him to see their condition, only that they were black baldies. A porch stretched across the front of the tiny brown stucco house, four rooms, two down, two up.
[story]
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Jack dwelled in a ritzy town in Texas but he dwelled upon his "fishing trips" in Wyoming.
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Alma and the girls -- you know how they like fish -- were disappointed when Ennis came home from his fishing trips empty-handed.
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The Del Mar's apartment, at the back of the laundromat, fronted onto a fairly busy street.
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The Twist-Newsome house was groovier than Ennis's grody trailer.
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Alma had cooked the Thanksgiving turkey in a heavy-duty roaster.
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Lureen's home in Childress insulates her from summer heat, winter cold and probably from reality too.
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Sadly, when Ennis lived in the lonely post-divorce cabin, he found Jack to be jettisonable.
=aside= Players
Sadly, I must leave you for ten days in order to explore first-hand some of our lovely film sites. Meryl and I will toast to you all in (western) Toast Country. Cheers!
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Welcome/Welcome_ClipS.jpg)
Thank you, findingbrokeback.com
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Before moving to the apartment above the laundromat, Alma had to launder her clothes by hand.
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=aside= Paul, Meryl
Happy trails to you.
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No matter the requirement, Ennis seemed always to be satisfied with the bare minima of possessions.
def - The least possible quantities allowable. (Plural of minimum)
=greetings= Paul and Meryl
Welcome to Canada.
If crossing the border is touchy, remember we are following Homeland Security regulations.
Have a great time here and I envy you all the chances to see the filming locations and to meet more of our distinguished names and to put faces to them.
"Happy Trails."
(http://www.parentbooks.ca/images/tn_Canadian-American_Flags_Together.jpg)(http://www.parentbooks.ca/images/tn_Canadian-American_Flags_Together.jpg)(http://www.parentbooks.ca/images/tn_Canadian-American_Flags_Together.jpg)
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There are two niches in the dining room wall that the Twists have filled.
=aside= Paul and Meryl
There are two niches in the ABCs pantheon that no one else can fill....
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Mrs. Twist's kitchen had a dividing wall with two openings that separted the eating area from the cooking area.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter18/015555M.jpg) (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter18/P015555bM.jpg)
Photos courtesy of FindingBrokeback.com
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Mrs. Twist's kitchen had a partition with two openings that separated the eating area from the cooking area.
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Monroe retreated to the living room to enjoy an after-dinner cigar.
=aside= Paul and Meryl
What an awesome adventure awaits you!
Safe travels to both of you.
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Ennis was being a couch potato on the sofa when Alma wanted to "smarten up" and go the church social.
(http://st.blog.cz/m/malkisek.blog.cz/obrazky/1375375.jpg)
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Ennis preferred to be in his own territory being a couch potato on the sofa, with his feet on the coffee table, when Alma wanted to "smarten up" and go the church social.
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Ennis showed his unsocial temperament when Alma suggested they smarten up and head over to the church social.
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Ennis put the sweater that Junior left behind in the closet where he kept his valuables.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_970.jpg)
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According to Annie Proulx, Jack's bedroom window faced westerly, even though it "looked down on the gravel road stretching south and it occurred to him[Ennis] that for his growing-up years that was the only road Jack knew."
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Whether or not she deserved it, Alma experienced firsthand Ennis's xplosivity in the little kitchen at Monroe's house.
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Round 541!
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter14/012601M.jpg)
More turkey, anyone?
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The turkey on the table is an animal: a multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia.
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During Thanksgiving dinner, Bobby was beefing about having to eat his cereal and L.D. was beefing about wanting to watch football while eating his turkey.
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Ennis seemed to be the most serious eater at the Thanksgiving dinners; he sat there chowing down on his turkey and ... milk.
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Ennis's Thanksgiving celebration ended on a note of discord when he stormed out of Monroe's house.
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Bobby complained exaggeratedly when he said: "Why, Mama? I'm gonna be eatin' this food for the next two weeks."
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kids/BobbyTwoWeeks.gif)
=aside= Toast
Thanks for the pic.
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In spite of all the foods that Lureen prepared, Bobby seems to be prepared to spend the next two weeks eating his bowl of cereal and fruit.
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Lureen enhanced the appearance of the Thanksgiving turkey by garnishing it with an herbal sprig.
=question=
Can anyone identify the herb?
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Ennis seemed to be the most serious eater at the Thanksgiving dinners; he sat there chowing down on the turkey that had been heaped upon his plate.
=aside= Fran
I think the herb might be either rosemary or thyme.
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Monroe was busily incising the turkey on demand.
=reply= Fran
Not rosemary, possibly thyme.
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Joyance radiates from the faces of Junior and Jenny while they listen to their father tell the story of his "saddle bronc career."
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Ennis looked like he needed a lifeboat when Alma brought up the subject of his "fishing trips."
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After the turkey Alma maneuvered Ennis into the kitchen and tried to hava a heart-to-heart chat with him about his marital arrangement.
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Alma appeared to be in a naggy mood during Thanksgiving dinner, particularly when Alma Jr. and Jenny were enjoying Ennis's company.
def. = irritable; touchy.
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Alma's tone of opprobrium in the kitchen made Ennis feel like a turkey.
def: reproach mingled with contempt
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Alma made sure the family was properly fed, but they didn't have to enjoy the company of Ennis.
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After dinner, Ennis helped Alma clean up the dirty dishes and the uneaten remainders.
(http://www.divshare.com/img/1352388-6fe.jpg)
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He had no serious hard feelings, just a vague sense of getting shortchanged, and showed it was all right by taking Thanksgiving dinner with Alma and her grocer and the kids, sitting between his girls and talking horses to them, telling jokes, trying not to be a sad daddy. After the pie Alma got him off in the kitchen, scraped the plates and said she worried about him and he ought to get married again. He saw she was pregnant, about four, five months, he guessed.
[story]
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Story Ennis was tolerant of Alma's verbal attack on him until she reached the outing stage:
"Don't lie, don't try to fool me, Ennis. I know what it means. Jack Twist? Jack Nasty. You and him -- "
She'd overstepped his line. He seized her wrist; tears sprang and rolled, a dish clattered.
"Shut up," he said. "Mind your own business. You don't know nothin about it."
"I'm goin a yell for Bill."
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The Twists and the Newsomes had a colorful Thanksgiving sitting on mauve upholstered chairs.
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After his altercation with Alma on Thanksgiving, story Ennis "didn't try to see his daughters for a long time," volitionally cutting off contact with Alma Jr. and Jenny. :(
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The turkey festooned with what appears to be thyme has a wing about to be basted.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h257/Ellemeno_2006/thumb_brokebackmtn_2687.jpg)
(Considering where that thyme is stuck, maybe when Jack later said, "Never enough thyme, never enough," he was referring to high-altitude scarcity. The turkey would be a good symbol of that, itself never reaching a high altitude, no matter how hard it flaps its wings.)
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Story Ennis xecutes a quick nasty exit after Alma tried to talk turkey with him:
He gave another wrench that left her with a burning bracelet, shoved his hat on backwards and slammed out. He went to the Black and Blue Eagle bar that night, got drunk, had a short dirty fight and left.
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Round 542!!!
Don't bite off more than you can chew!!!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_687.jpg)
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Lureen advises Bobby to eat his Thanksgiving dinner or else.
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Bobby beefed about having to eat Thanksgiving leftovers for the next two weeks.
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Mmmm. It was Thanksgiving, so Ennis ended up at Alma's new home for a chew, "sitting between his girls and talking horses to them, telling jokes, trying not to be a sad daddy."
After pie, Alma got him in the kitchen to chew the fat.
He soon realized that she wanted to chew him up about what she had had to chew on for years and years.
Ennis knew this was no time to quietly chew the cud and let Alma chew over his life.
Since he had bitten off more than he could chew, he got the hell out of there before she could chew him "out" for all the world to see.
=aside= Sandy
Great round announcement.
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Lureen noticed that the football game was distracting Bobby from eating his dinner.
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Ennis threatened to make the slop-mouth bikers edentulous. They certainly bit off more than they expected to chew.
def - Someone is said to be edentulous when all of their teeth are missing from either their upper or lower jaw.
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Both families had a turkey dinner with all the fixings.
=aside= players
What is Monroe's last name?
=aside= Toast
Thanks, I can also walk and chew gum at the same time.
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Both families had food galore at their respective Thanksgiving dinners.
=aside= Clarissa
A very impressive "E" word!
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Alma seems to be wondering if she has bitten off more than she can chew with Monroe and hungers for Ennis, in spite of his nasty past. Maybe he will marry someone ... again.
=reply= Sandy
Monroe's folks seem to have stopped at Monroe.
He is referred to as Monroe.
His household is referred to as the Monroe household in the screenplays.
Annie Proulx had Alma refer to him as just Bill.
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Like an impacted tooth, neglecting to bring home fish impacted Ennis for years to come.
def - an unerupted or partially erupted tooth that is positioned against another tooth, bone, or soft tissue so that complete eruption is unlikely.
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Ennis thought that everything was jake until Alma brought up the subject of Jack.
Def: Suitable or satisfactory; fine.
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Ennis didn't like most of the fat that Alma chewed over that night, but he lumped it until she turned downright nasty.
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After years of silence, Alma chose Thanksgiving of 1977 as the time to confront Ennis about his marital misconduct.
=aside= Sandy
Love the "J". :)
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Like Novocaine for teeth, Ennis and Jack used alcohol as a numbing agent for their pain.
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Ennis turned his indoor discussion with Alma into an out-of-doors brawl at the Black and Blue Eagle Bar.
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Neither family's Thanksgiving went as planned.
=aside= Fran
Thanks. I just recently discovered that it was an adjective as well as a name.
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Ennis and Alma's Thanksgiving altercation had a residual effect:
He didn't try to see his girls for a long time, figuring they would look him up when they got the sense and years to move out from Alma. [story]
=aside= Sandy
If you can do something with "heath," I'll be doubly impressed.
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Story Alma got Ennis into the kitchen after the pie, and almost removed the pattern from her dishes with a scraper as she chewed the fat with him.
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After Jack said: "Sit down, you old son of a bitch", L.D. stopped dead in his tracks.
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Fayette and Lureen were unaccustomed to seeing Jack stand up to L.D.
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After Alma chews him "out," story Ennis vacates the Monroe household with his hat on backwards.
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There was a wishbone in each of the family's turkeys. Who got the wishbone and what did they wish for?
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Alma referred to Jack Twist as "Jack Nasty," further xacerrating the tension in the kitchen.
def. = exacerbating
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Round 543!!!
Better Safe Than Sorry!!!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_668.jpg) (http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_877.jpg)
Love Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry.
Feelings of Sorrow, Regret and Remorse
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Jake and Heath were very effective in communicating the ambiguity of their emotions in every scene. Many scenes did involve sorrow, regret and remorse.
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Cassie's bitterness is painful to see.
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Much to Jack's chagrin, Ennis wasn't receptive to him after his divorce; the result was that he had driven twelve hundred miles for nothing.
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Cassie had to face the fact that perhaps Alma Jr. was right -- maybe Ennis wasn't the "marrying kind" -- when her relationship with him dead-ended.
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Jack -- driving from Childress to Riverton, looking all over town for Ennis, and then finally finding him at his new digs -- could have no idea that Ennis's continued evasiveness would deject him and send him off to Mexico.
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After all his trying, Jack failed to convince Ennis that they could have a sweet life together.
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The gist of Brokeback Mountain:
"Brokeback Mountain is the sad chronology of a love affair between two men who can't afford to call it that." -- Walter Kirn (http://www.amazon.com/Brokeback-Mountain-Major-Motion-Picture/dp/product-description/0743271327), New York
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Ennis and Jack were both deeply harmed by the experience of falling in love with each other - and the reactions (real and perceived) to their situations.
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Ennis was hurt and insulted when Alma wanted him to use rubbers because she dreaded another pregnancy, saying that he would be happy to leave her alone if she didn’t want any more of his kids.
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"Ledger plumbs incredible depths of feeling to bring Ennis Del Mar to life, perpetually on the brink of crumbling by resisting the notion of embracing himself. Gyllenhaal is the ideal romantic foil, pushing the envelope as far as he dares in a time and place that knows no tolerance for such an arrangement."
-- Jeanne Aufmuth, Palo Alto Online (http://paloaltoonline.com/movies/moviescreener.php?id=002295&type=long)
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In Jack's childhood closet, Ennis silently laments.
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Jack misinterpreted the meaning of Ennis' postcard after the divorce and drove twelve hundred miles for nothing. In despair he drove to Mexico.
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Ennis was quick to negate Jack's King-of-the-Road feelings as soon as he realized that Jack thought that now they could be a couple.
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A sense of "never enough time, never enough" overshadows the ardor of Jack and Ennis's "infrequent couplings."
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Ennis "had wanted to be a sophomore, felt the word carried a kind of" prestige, "but the truck broke down short of it, pitching him directly into ranch work."
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Ennis and Jack strove to accept the nature of their respective families and to be good fathers. But it was harder to be a good husband.
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"How much is once in a while?" said Jack. "Once in a while ever four fuckin years?"
"No," said Ennis, forbearing to ask whose fault that was. "I goddamn hate it what you're goin a drive away in the mornin and I'm goin back to work. But if you can't fix it you got a stand it," he said. "Shit. I been lookin at people on the street. This happen a other people? What the hell do they do?"
"It don't happen in Wyomin and if it does I don't know what they do, maybe go to Denver," said Jack, sittin up, turning away from him....
[story]
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It tortures Ennis to watch Jack back out of his driveway after the divorce, but what else could he do? Two guys livin' together - no way.
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Ennis said an emotional good-bye to Jack for the umptieth time in the trailhead parking lot after four or five days together in May of 1983.
def - Last in an indefinitely numerous series.
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For Ennis, Earl's corpse is proof positive that he lives in a society none too keen on valuing gays or gay relationships.
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Saying goodbye to Jack after coming down the mountain the first time, Ennis felt about as wretched as he had ever felt - and it took a long time for the feeling to wear off.
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During their last scene together, after almost twenty years of personal anguish, Jack Twist finally xpatiated his feelings to Ennis about their stalled relationship.
def - To express at greater length or in greater detail
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Round 544
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/BoyEnnisHurtin2.jpg)
Hurtin' Some More.
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"...Brokeback Mountain is a poignant story of repression, isolation and longing. These themes run deeply in every scene, from the single cowboy amid a massive herd of sheep to the lonesome mountain itself where the two lovers return periodically to retreat from the facades of their lives."
-- Amanda G. Johnson, The Baylor Lariat Online (http://www.baylor.edu/Lariat/news.php?action=story&story=38439)
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When Cassie got involved with Ennis, she had no idea that he would break her heart.
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Alma's obsession with the family business and all its zeros seemed to put her beyond caring about her husband and son.
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Ennis's life epitomizes the many drawbacks of living in the closet.
=congrats= Sandy
(http://www.brizweb.com/games/mathschallenge/balloons.gif)
Look who's halfway to 5,000!
Congratulations on your 2,500th
post!
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Alma envied the attention Ennis received from the girls during Thanksgiving dinner.
=aside= Fran
Thank you, and look who's almost at 4,000 posts.
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Alma's frowning put a damper on the Thanksgiving meal for her two daughters and their father.
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After years of increasing resentment, Alma divorced Ennis, got serious with the Riverton grocer, and went on to become the grocer's wife.
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Hailed as a landmark film and lauded by critics everywhere for the fearlessly emotional performances of its stars, Brokeback Mountain captures the passion, heartbreak and regret that mark the life-long bond between two men. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone raves "Hits you like a shot in the heart. This classic in the making ranks high on the list of the year's best movies." A.M. Homes of Vanity Fair calls it "An instant classic" and Joel Siegel of "Good Morning America" praised it as "The Best Film of the Year!" "Heath Ledger's wrenching performance is the stuff of Hollywood history," writes Manohla Dargis in The New York Times. David Ansen of Newsweek says Brokeback Mountain is "Played with great imploded passion by Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger."
(http://www.movieweb.com/media/head/head_03.gif) (http://www.movieweb.com/dvd/news/31/11631.php)
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Infirm with pain and confusion, Ennis knelt in the alley and hurled.
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"Ledger, secreting his lines from the sides of his mouth like a tongue-tied ventriloquist, most powerfully embodies the terror and entrapment felt by someone who lives his life in a state of emotional house arrest."
-- Jan Stuart, Newsday.com (http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/ny-etsecw4543615dec09,0,3234466.story?coll=ny-moviereview-headlines)
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"Brokeback Mountain" coaxes audiences to walk several hundred miles in its characters' shoes, luring us with the scent of forbidden fruit and rewarding us with the sumptuous taste of complex storytelling.
-- Jan Stuart, Newsday.com (http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/ny-etsecw4543615dec09,0,3234466.story?coll=ny-moviereview-headlines)
=aside= Fran
;)
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"When Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger wrestle their way into the sack together for the first time in Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain," they are ripping away at much more than their dirt-caked jeans. With one tumultuous lovemaking scene - it's more like love-attacking, actually - the two intrepid young actors manage to bust up several mythologies at once."
--Jan Stuart, Newday.com (http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/movies/ny-etsecw4543615dec09,0,3234466.story?coll=ny-moviereview-headlines)
=aside= Fran and Toast
;) ;)
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"It's four years before Jack stops for a visit, and the two discover that their spontaneous passions expressed on Brokeback Mountain have grown to stronger feelings than they ever imagined. Taking occasional fishing trip trysts over the next 16 years, the doomed love affair leads to inevitable heartbreak that leads many an audience member to tears."
-- John Nesbit, ToxicUniverse.com (http://www.toxicuniverse.com/review.php?rid=10006028)
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There is no way to convince any such close-minded individuals that Brokeback Mountain stretches a far larger canvas across all sexual orientations and reaches deep into the human condition; so, if you agree with that radio host, read no more—this review isn't for you. Go back to your simple John Wayne cowboy flicks that only require the Duke to show up in his movie star persona and shoot up the bad guys and Navajo extras.
-- John Nesbit, ToxicUniverse.com (http://www.toxicuniverse.com/review.php?rid=10006028)
=aside= Fran and Sandy
I've always loved the reviews and the quotes we got from them.
Have I gotten too lazy to look for them?? I wonder ..
Thanks for finding these cool ones, Fran.
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Ennis had pugnacious tendencies.
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Because Jack and Ennis are so riddled with guilt about their feelings for one another, they sometimes speak in riddles about those feelings.
=aside= Clarissa
I'm impressed that even from Alberta, you found time to put in a good word.
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Last night I overheard a local conservative radio broadcaster slam Brokeback Mountain as that "gay cowboy movie" that is symptomatic of why "nobody" wants to go to the movie theaters today (certainly a movie that he'll never watch). He then went on to pine over the loss of the John Wayne years when there were no "gay cowboys."
-- John Nesbit, ToxicUniverse.com (http://www.toxicuniverse.com/review.php?rid=10006028)
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"As the sullen Ennis, Ledger is cynical, emotionally wounded and trapped as a suffocating soul looking to make sense out of his sexual malaise. Convincingly, he carries the scars of guilt, shame, and trepidation on his sinking shoulders."
-- Frank Ochieng, TheWorldJournal.com (http://www.theworldjournal.com/special/movies/2005/brokebackmountain.htm)
=aside= Toast
The reviewers' names sure come in handy, too. :)
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"Bereft of mentoring fathers or friends, and practicing an anachronistic profession, these cowboys are orphans, citizens of nowhere. But up in the high country, Ennis and Jack find home in each other - as well as father, brother, friend, lover. A fragile, transient community of two, their Edenic coupling looses a passion that makes them fit only for each other, unsuited for the flatland roles they subsequently try to play."
--Kathleen Murphy, Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing (http://www.pacificpublishingcompany.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15756903&BRD=855&PAG=461&dept_id=517907&rfi=8)
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By 1983, Jack Twist had realized the vacuity of Ennis Del Mar's plans to settle down with him; and wondered if he should still be content to stand it any longer.
def - The quality or fact of being devoid of something specified
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"The source for the film is a short story by Annie Proulx, first published in The New Yorker (Oct. 13, 1997). The story is beautifully written: filled with vivid details of the landscape, an omniscient narrator’s wry vision of a forbidden but irrepressible romance, and a matter-of-factness wholly in keeping with the American West and the two cowboy protagonists, Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar...."
-- John Stone, Epinions.com (http://www0.epinions.com/content_214202617476)
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When Jack got word of Ennis' divorce, he was xpectably very confident that they would have a life together.
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Round 545!!!
He Had the Drive!!!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_650.jpg)
Instances of ambition, determination, get-up-and-go!!!
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Even though "Nothin never come to my hand the right way," Jack Twist was an ambitious man. His ambitions involved himself and the right man settling down at a cow and calf operation, "But like most a Jack's ideas it never come to pass," since he was sidelined by a heterosexual world.
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Buoyed by the postcard about the divorce, Jack hurried to Riverton, as determined as ever to start a new life with Ennis.
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Jack was still hoping for a life with Ennis when he confessed how much he missed him, saying: "Sometimes I miss you so much I can hardly stand it."
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A sweet life with Ennis endured for many years as the driving desideratum for Jack.
def. - something considered necessary or highly desirable
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A sweet life with Ennis endured for many years as the driving desideratum for Jack.
=aside= Clarissa
;)
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Jack thought he would take their relationship a step further when he took the initiative in Tent Scene I.
Lureen eventually got her mating call when she and Jack took it many steps further in the backseat of the car.
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Alma's goal in life was to be a good wife and a good mother.
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Jack Twist, in his beyond-repair boots, hankers "to be somewhere, anywhere else than Lightning Flat."
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Cassie initiates the first move to get Ennis to perform some dance-floor moves.
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According to the DVD subtitles, during the mock bull ride performed for Ennis, Jack exclaims, "He’s kickin’ me to high heaven, but he don’t jackboard me!"
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At their last departing, Jack complains to Ennis that he has languished long enough and that he's no longer content with the status quo.
def - Existed or continued in miserable or disheartening conditions
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The thought of being with Ennis kept Jack motivated enough to drive fourteen hours to see him.
=aside= Fran
From what language was the DVD translating?
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In a deleted scene, Jack and Ennis stopped what they were doing to come to the aid of a trio of hippies who discovered that their VW bus was not natable.
def. = able to float
=aside= Sandy
Jake Gyllenhaal's plain old English. :)
I think I agree with whomever prepared the
subtitles. To me, it sounds like Jake said
"jackboard," not "dashboard."
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After a lifetime of being oppressed and disappointed, most a Jack's ideas never come to pass.
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After Ennis agreed to go to Alma Junior's wedding, he decided to propose a toast for her marriage proposal.
=aside= Paul, Meryl and Clarissa
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a0/Rainbow_Gathering_welcome_home.jpg/400px-Rainbow_Gathering_welcome_home.jpg)
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At first, Ennis uses the roundup over near the Tetons as an excuse not to attend Alma Jr. and Kurt's wedding. Then, after seeing the look of disappointment on his daughter's face, he reconsiders, telling her, "You know what? They can find themselves another cowboy."
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Ever the optimist, Jack sped his way from Texas to
Alberta Wyoming to see his Ennis.
=aside= players
Missed you guys!
Meryl, Clarissa and I had a wonderful, spiritual time in Alberta.
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Jack was a lonesome traveler driving between Texas and Wyoming, but getting to be with Ennis made the journey worth it.
=aside= Paul, Meryl, and Clarissa
Glad you had such a wonderful journey not to mention a hayless hayride that went haywire.
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It took years, but Alma finally found the drive she needed to divorce Ennis and get on with her life. She married Monroe, became pregnant, and gave birth to her third child, a baby of an unspecified gender.
=aside= Paul, Meryl, and Clarissa
Missed you three more than you know... but we trudged on. :)
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Alma and Jenny enjoyed the vicarious thrill of listening to their Dad tell of his bronc riding career. They didn't seem to care about the length of the ride, just the fact that he did it.
=aside= Paul, Meryl, Clarissa
Our vicarious following you and your travels cannot equal your three/eight second rides.
I hope most of our Canadian citizens were good to you all.
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Jack was determined to make the situation workable by agreeing to meet Ennis out in the middle of nowhere.
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While Ennis has no problem with Jack's being involved xtramartially with some ranch foreman's wife, he gets upset when he finds out that Jack has gone to Mexico seeking something he "don't never hardly get."
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Round 546
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Howdy Tex
People he met when he drove grooves across Texas.
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Jack Twist aggressively rode the bulls across Texas, competing with other rodeo 'cowboys,' in pursuit of his desire not to have to return to Lightning Flat.
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Story Jack drove grooves around Texas, and had to borrow everything but a toothbrush from the other guys.
=aside= Sandy
Haywire! You said it!
=aside= Fran
Y'all did more than trudging; those are some high-class rounds!
=aside= Toast
I did not ride the mechanical bull.
Yes, your fellow Canadians were most hospitable, especially the gracious Casey Cornelius, my second favorite Canadian. :)
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Jack Twist aggressively rode bulls across Texas, competing with other rodeo "cowboys."
=aside= Toast
:)
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Jack drove great distances around Texas and had to borrow everthing but a toothbrush from other guys.
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Jack was lucky that the rodeo clowns were more guardians than entertainers.
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Jack drove to far-flung corners of the state of Texas to pursue the rodeo life.
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Jimbo had acted as Jack's guardian angel, distracting the angry bull until Jack could make it to safety.
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Rodeo clowns react quickly to keep the bull from harming the cowboy after his ride. Jack told Ennis of a "Friend a mine got his oil checked with a horn dipstick and that was all she wrote."
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Jack made only $2000 (film) or $3000 (story) bull-riding and nearly suffered from inanition.
(def: starvation)
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"The protagonists meet signing up for seasonal work with a testy sheep rancher. Ennis Del Mar (the outstanding Ledger), an orphan raised by siblings, doesn't say much; his lowered eyes and hunched posture suggest a closed-up, locked-down wariness that expects nothing more from life than more hard knocks. Jack Twist (Gyllenhaal) is more open and talkative. He's also the more experienced sheep herder, having worked the job before, between stints riding bulls in the rodeo."
-- Lisa Jensen, "Heartbreak Ridge" (http://www.lisajensenonline.com/MovieReviews/2005reviews/mr_BrokeMountain.html)
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Jack ensured that he was fastened to the rodeo bull with enough looseness to make a hasty exit when the ride had ended.
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The chance of winning money riding bulls served to mitigate the risk of crushed vertebrates.
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With the exception of his winning ride at the Childress rodeo, Jack typically experienced nonsuccess while riding bulls at Texas rodeos.
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INT: TEXAS: NEWSOME FARM AND RANCH: DAY (CONTINUOUS): 1971:
Two dour FARMERS are watching JACK demonstrate the fancy air-conditioned tractor. LUREEN is sitting at her desk, copying numbers from an account book.
She overhears the conversation.
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FARMER #1
I say, didn't that piss-ant used to ride the bulls?
FARMER #2
(sarcastic)
He used to try ....
LUREEN looks over at the oblivious JACK, a sad, disappointed look on her face.
[The Annotated Brokeback]
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Jack suffered the pitfalls of riding bulls in Texas and would often fall down on the job.
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Story Jack said he was no broke-dick rodeoer.
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JACK
That next summer, I drove back up to
Brokeback, talked to Aguirre 'bout a job.
(pause)
Told me you hadn't been back there, so I
left. Headed down to Texas for rodeoin'.
How I met Lureen. Made $2,000 that year
bullridin', nearly starved. Lureen's old
man's got some serious money, farm
machine business.
(pause)
'Course he hates my guts...
[screenplay]
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Jack said one of the reasons he gave up rodeoing was: "It’s guys with money go to college, trained athaletes. You got to have some money to rodeo now."
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Jack felt unendowed for the sport of calf-ropin, and resented being questioned about it byJimbo's bartender.
def - Not equipped or provided.
=aside= Players
Off for a slight two day adventure.
Mmmm better take the GPS.
I'll find my way back.
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By vulgarizing his old pickup truck, story Jack emphasizes his dissastisfaction with its performance on the road: "Drove grooves across Texas. Half the time under that cunt truck fixin it."
=aside= Toast
Hope you have an excellent adventure.
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Jack in his well-worn boots met well-heeled Lureen while he was rodeoing.
=aside= Toast
Will you be driving grooves across Newfoundland? Have fun.
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Story Ennis developed a facial xcrescence that hunky Film Ennis clearly did not.
def - an abnormal outgrowth, usually harmless, on an animal or vegetable body.
=aside= Everyone
Thanks for the welcome home. Meryl and Paul and I talked about our love for you. :)
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Round 547!
Startin' a Family and Tryin' to Make a Livin'
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_355.jpg) (http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_367.jpg)
What Ennis was doin' while Jack was rodeoin'
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When the Hi-Top folded, they moved to a small apartment in Riverton up over a laundry. Ennis got on the highway crew, tolerating it but working weekends at the Rafter B in exchange for keeping his horses out there. The second girl was born and Alma wanted to stay in town near the clinic because the child had an asthmatic wheeze.
"Ennis, please, no more damn lonesome ranches for us," she said, sitting on his lap, wrapping her thin, freckled arms around him. "Let's get a place here in town?"
"I guess," said Ennis, slipping his hand up her blouse sleeve and stirring the silky armpit hair, then easing her down, fingers moving up her ribs to the jelly breast, over the round belly and knee and up into the wet gap all the way to the north pole or the equater depending which way you thought you were sailing, working at it until she shuddered and bucked against his hand and he rolled her over, did quickly what she hated. They stayed in the little apartment which he favored because it could be left at any time. [story]
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While Jack was rodeoing, Ennis was tending to the noses of his daughters who bawl and blubber.
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Ennis tried to calm the girls but needed another hand.
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(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_355.jpg)
While laying asphalt, Ennis experienced a deflection of his focus when Timmy unintentionally reminded Ennis of Brokeback Mountain, and his experiences there.
def 1 - a turning aside (of one's course or attention or concern)
def 2 - Asphalt term: the vertical movement of a pavement under load. This is often measured to determine the pavement life and existing wear rate of the pavement, and can determine rehabilitation programmes.
def 3 - a twist or aberration
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While Jack was the rodeoer, Ennis was the earner for his family.
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Alma wanted them to move to town where the clinic was because she was fretful about Jenny's asthma.
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The sugar in Alma's woefully near-empty shaker was granular. No sweet life for her.
def 1 - composed of particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
def 2 - road construction term: granular pavement: a pavement which obtains its load-spreading properties mainly by intergranular pressure, mechanical interlock and cohesion between the particles of the pavement material.
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Alma was a homemaker while Ennis brought home the bacon.
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Alma is scared that Jenny will have one of her asthma spells where the inflammation of her airways will increase, making breathing difficult.
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Tending to the upkeep of their home, Alma acts as janitress.
def - a female janitor
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While Jack was rodeoing, Ennis labored at poorly paying ranch jobs.
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Ennis's tone was minatory as he said to Biker #2, "What about it? Wanna swallow 'bout half your teeth?"
def. = threatening
=aside= Players
I'm off to Michigan for the weekend.
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As a negotiatrix, Alma had mixed results. She persuaded Ennis to move to town, but couldn't arrange a trip to the Knife & Fork.
=aside= Fran
:-* Have fun! I'll miss you. :)
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While Jack was rodeoing, Ennis worked hard at low-paying ranch jobs, but engaged in otiosity on the weekends.
(def: leisure, sloth)
=aside= players
I too shall engage in otiosity by the sea this weekend. Enjoy Michigas, Fran.
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Alma persuaded Ennis to move to town, but couldn't arrange a trip to the Knife & Fork.
=aside= Clarissa
Thanks. ;)
=aside= Fran and Paul
Have fun by the sea. I'm going to be a landlubber this weekend.
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When Alma asked Ennis to clarify about Texans and coffee, she was questioning his ratiocination, uh hunh.
def - the process of logical reasoning
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Ennis describes his servile situation:
"I doubt there's nothin now we can do," said Ennis. "What I'm sayin, Jack, I built a life up in them years. Love my little girls. Alma? It ain't her fault. You got your baby and wife, that place in Texas.
def - Abjectly submissive; slavish.
=aside= Players
Great to be back.
You probably won't believe my fish stories, so I guess I'll have to eat 'em.
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Ennis had to listen to Timmy's backbreaking stories while Alma wanted Ennis to get off her back.
=aside= Toast
Welcome back. You can tell us about your fishy stories.
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Ennis stood before Biker #2 with his fist upraised, and asked, "What about it? Wanna swallow 'bout half your teeth?"
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As Ennis stood over him, fist upraised, Biker #2 quickly showed his vincibleness.
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After they moved to the Riverton apartment, washdays were much easier for Alma Del Mar.
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One of Joe Aguirre's x-sheepherders found employment shoveling asphalt.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter08/004430M.jpg)
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Round 548
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Wyoming Skies are Great
Early and Late
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During the summer of 2004, Rodrigo Prieto immortalized Albertans' views of the "Wyoming" sky.
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Weather-eyed Ennis could read the billowy clouds for the upcoming temperatures and conditions.
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The clouds above Alma's head as she's taking down the laundry are mostly composed of water droplets.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter09/004638M.jpg)
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Ennis was tuned into the potential dangerousness of clouds.
=comment=
I've looked at clouds from both sides now.
From Wyoming and Alberta, wow.
It's clouds' illusions I recall.
I really don't know clouds at all.
(with apologies to another Canadian, Joni Mitchell)
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Ang Lee was faithful to Annie Proulx's environmental illustrations of the emotions felt by her characters - using wind, clouds, rain, and snow to great effect.
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Different types of cloud formations were majestically captured by lenser Rodrigo Prieto.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter01/000138M.jpg) (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter01/000207M.jpg)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter02/000827M.jpg) (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter02/001024M.jpg)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter03/001419M.jpg) (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter06/003009M.jpg)
=aside= Paul
I like the "wow" part. :)
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While filming exterior shots, lenser Rodrigo Prieto, like each Wyoming gamma and every Albertan gampa, received doses of gamma radiation coming down from the sky.
def - electromagnetic radiation having very short wavelength and great penetrating power
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Annie Proulx describes the mixed, disquieting and hazardous tone as the boys descend the mountain for their last time:
... purple cloud crowding in from the west and the metal smell of coming snow pressing them on. The mountain boiled with demonic energy, glazed with flickering broken-cloud light, the wind combed the grass and drew from the damaged krummholz and slit rock a bestial drone. As they descended the slope Ennis felt he was in a slow-motion, but headlong, irreversible fall.
=aside= Paul and Fran
Wow!
Nothing like lyrics and well-chosen images to make a round more interesting.
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Annie P. made full use of Wyoming's frequent inclemency.
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During the filming of Brokeback Mountain, shifts in clemency jeoparded the continuity of shots.
Jeopard \Jeop"ard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jeoparded; p. pr. & vb. n. Jeoparding.]
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Different types of cloud formations were majestically captured by lenser Rodrigo Prieto.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter08/004227M.jpg) (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter12/010916M.jpg)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter15/012935M.jpg) (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter12/011139M.jpg)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter15/012955M.jpg) (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter18/015524M.jpg)
=aside= Toast
Thanks.
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Annie mentioned snow frequently as in "The first snow came early, on August 13th, piling up a foot", but quickly melts.
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Soon after he was sending up a prayer of thanks to high heaven for Jack's forgetting his harmonica, Ennis was negating Jack's wish that they could have a sweet life here on earth.
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As he stands under a sky overhung with billowy clouds, Jack realizes that he has misinterpreted Ennis's postcard about the divorce.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter14/011957M.jpg)
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Annie wrote about various types of precipitation: "A few handfuls of hail rattled against the window, followed by rain and a slippery wind banging the unsecured door of the next room then and through the night."
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One wet Wyoming day, Ennis whittles while waiting for the raininess to subside.
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One wet Wyoming day, Ennis whittles while waiting for the raininess to subside.
=aside= Toast
Thanks.
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As Jack dozes against a log, a CGI thundercloud lights up in the background.
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In order to get some of the unbelievably beautiful sky shots, Rodrigo Prieto had to do more than aim one camera at a landscape. Various shots had to be collected and assembled with CGI sheep added.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/broke/WyomingSky1.jpg)
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/broke/WyomingSky3.jpg)
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/broke/WyomingSky4.jpg)
Add the sound of a harmonica and
voila!
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Taking the sheep back to Aguirre's allotment.
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Ang Lee and Rodrigo Prieto brought Brokeback to the screen with all the vividness of Annie's story.
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Jack and Ennis rode out the hailstorm in a weatherproof tent.
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Ang xactingly directed all aspects of the film, even the clouds.
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Round 549!
Proulx's Prose
We love it, line by line
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Annie's achingly spare style suits the ultimately unfullfilled love and passion in her uncompromising tale of two young men losing their vibrancy and hopefullness.
A review from Amazon.com:
Whilst being set resolutely in America's west and telling the story of two ranch hands, don't dismiss this wonderful novella as a gay cowboy story. This spare and uncompromising tale of an enduring, yet ultimately unfulfilled love and passion that spans 20 years is a universal one that challenges the reader to explore their views about duty, trust, love and desire within a society that has dictated what is acceptable and what is not, as the two main characters live out their single, disappointing lives. In Ennis and Jack I discovered what it is like to love and yearn for something and someone you can never have and was left asking the question, would I want to have such a grand passion in my life if the cost was such emptiness and longing? Such a love takes these two vibrant and hopeful young men and ultimately makes 'ghosts' of them both. Achingly sad. Beautifully and sparingly told. Annie Proulx delivers a masterclass in short story writing. Don't miss it! Link (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brokeback-Mountain-Annie-Proulx/dp/customer-reviews/1857029402)
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"You got a kid?" said Jack. His shaking hand grazed Ennis's hand, electrical current snapped between them.
"Two little girls," Ennis said. "Alma Jr. and Francine. Love them to pieces." Alma's mouth twitched.
"I got a boy," said Jack. "Eight months old. Tell you what, I married a cute little old Texas girl down in Childress -- Lureen." From the vibration of the floorboard on which they both stood Ennis could feel how hard Jack was shaking.
"Alma," he said. "Jack and me is goin out and get a drink. Might not get back tonight, we get drinkin and talkin."
"Sure enough," Alma said, taking a dollar bill from her pocket. Ennis guessed she was going to ask him to get her a pack of cigarettes, bring him back sooner.
[story]
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Annie Proulx's prose is concise, tight and evocative.
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Many of Annie's characters have distanced themselves from the truth about each other and themselves.
=aside= Fran
(http://www.comments.zingerbugimages.com/congratulations/congratulations_blue_rainbow.gif)
on 4,000 Frantastic Posts.
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A slow corrosion worked between Ennis and Alma, no real trouble, just widening water. She was working at a grocery store clerk job, saw she'd always have to work to keep ahead of the bills on what Ennis made. Alma asked Ennis to use rubbers because she dreaded another pregnancy. He said no to that, said he would be happy to leave her alone if she didn't want any more of his kids. Under her breath she said, "I'd have em if you'd support em." And under that, thought, anyway, what you like to do don't make too many babies.
=aside= Sandy
Yesterday I had 18 or so to go. Can't imagine how I posted that much... or maybe math isn't my forte. :)
Thanks for noticing.
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Proulx peoples her prose with the hardworking poor with fantastic names and characters to match:
old Ace Crouch
Bob Dollar (aka Mr. Dime and Mr. Penny)
Bromo Redpoll
Fiesta Punch
Freda Beautyrooms
Gilbert Wolfscale
Habakuk van Melkebeek
Jerky Baum
Jim Skin
LaVon Grace Fronk
Lillian Lillian
Mitchell and Eugenie Fair
Orion Horncrackle
Plato Bucklew (nicknamed Plate-Head)
Quoyle
Ribeye Cluke
Rilla Nooncaster
Rope Butt
Tater Crouch
Uncle Tam
Wiregrass Cokendall
=aside= Fran
Four Thousand Frantastic Posts.
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Congrats!
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Much of Annie's prose is grammatically incorrect in an effort to accurately portray how her characters think and speak.
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Late in the afternoon, thunder growling, that same old green pickup rolled in and he saw Jack get out of the truck, beat-up Resistol tilted back. A hot jolt scalded Ennis and he was out on the landing pulling the door closed behind him. Jack took the stairs two and two. They seized each other by the shoulders, hugged mightily, squeezing the breath out of each other, saying, son of a bitch, son of a bitch, then, and easily as the right key turns the lock tumblers, their mouths came together, and hard, Jack's big teeth bringing blood, his hat falling to the floor, stubble rasping, wet saliva welling, and the door opening and Alma looking out for a few seconds at Ennis's straining shoulders and shutting the door again and still they clinched, pressing chest and groin and thigh and leg together, treading on each other's toes until they pulled apart to breathe and Ennis, not big on endearments, said what he said to his horses and daughters, little darlin.
[story]
=aside= Toast
Thanks.
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In one of Annie's many invectives in prose, a mother scolds her son: "You're no more a cowboy than you are a little leather-winged bat." (Close Range)
=congrats= Fran
Fran Loves Brokeback Mountain 4000 times!
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One of Annie's colorful characters is named Jerky Baum.
=aside= Toast
Thanks. Ribeye Cluke had some Jerky Baum with a Tater Crouch and drank some Fiesta Punch and then had to have a Bromo Redpoll afterwards.
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"How much is once in a while?" said Jack. "Once in a while ever four fuckin years?"
"No," said Ennis, forbearing to ask whose fault that was. "I goddamn hate it that you're goin a drive away in the mornin and I'm goin back to work. But if you can't fix it you got a stand it," he said. "Shit. I been lookin at people on the street. This happen a other people? What the hell do they do?"
"It don't happen in Wyomin and if it does I don't know what they do, maybe go to Denver," said Jack, sitting up, turning away from him, "and I don't give a flyin fuck. Son of a bitch, Ennis, take a couple days off. Right now. Get us out a here. Throw your stuff in the back a my truck and let's get up in the mountains. Couple a days. Call Alma up and tell her you're goin. Come on, Ennis, you just shot my airplane out a the sky -- give me somethin a go on. This ain't no little thing that's happenin here."
The hollow ringing began again in the next room, and as if he were answering it, Ennis picked up the phone on the bedside table, dialed his own number.
[story]
=aside= Paul
And I think Fran loves the ABCs game 3,500 times, give or take.
:)
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Annie may have created Habakuk van Melkebeek, but I think I'd rather have a beer with Rilla Nooncaster.
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Annie Proulx describes Alma's motivation as she nulls her marriage with Ennis Del Mar:
[Alma's] resentment opened out a little every year: the embrace she had glimpsed, Ennis's fishing trips once or twice a year with Jack Twist and never a vacation with her and the girls, his disinclination to step out and have any fun, his yearning for low paid, long-houred ranch work, his propensity to roll to the wall and sleep as soon as he hit the bed, his failure to look for a decent permanent job with the county or the power company, put her in a long, slow dive and when Alma Jr. was nine and Francine seven she said, what am I doin hangin around with him, divorced Ennis and married the Riverton grocer.
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An excerpt from an Associated Press (http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid23486.asp) telephone interview with Annie Proulx in which she says she received no response from gay organizations regarding Brokeback Mountain:
AP: Would you characterize the story as groundbreaking?
Proulx: I hope that it is going to start conversations and discussions, that it's going to awaken in people an empathy for diversity, for each other and the larger world. I'm really hoping that the idea of tolerance will come through discussions about the film. People tend to walk out of the theater with a sense of compassion, which I think is very fine. It is a love story. It has been called both universal and specific, and I think that's true. It's an old, old story. We've heard this story a million times; we just haven't heard it quite with this cast.
AP: Have you gotten any response from gay organizations?
Proulx: No. When the story was first published eight years ago, I did expect that. But there was a deafening silence. What I had instead were letters from individuals, gay people, some of them absolutely heartbreaking. And over the years, those letters have continued and certainly are continuing now. Some of them are extremely fine, people who write and say, "This is my story. This is why I left Idaho, Wyoming, Iowa." Perhaps the most touching ones are from fathers, who say, "Now I understand the kind of hell my son went through." It's enormously wonderful to know that you've touched people, that you've truly moved them.
AP: Is that why you write?
Proulx: It's not why I write. I had no idea I was going to get any response of this sort. I wrote it from my long-term stance of trying to describe sections of rural life, individuals in particular rural situations and places, well, first the places. That it came out this way — it just happened to touch certain nerves in people. I think this country is hungry for this story.
AP: Why?
Proulx: Because it's a love story and there's hardly much love around these days. I think people are sick of divisiveness, hate-mongering, disasters, war, loss; and need and want a reminder that sometimes love comes along that is strong and permanent, and that it can happen to anyone.
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Annie Proulx's prose fits the dictionary's definition of "straightforward discourse," yet is never prosaic (dull or unimaginative).
=aside=Fran, Sandy, Toast, Paul and Clarissa
Glad to be back at last. Only had 20 pages to catch up on! :P
Great work, as always. 8)
Congrats, Fran, on hitting 4000! 8)
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Proulx's novel [The Shipping News] is about a third-rate journalist, Quoyle, his elderly aunt and two daughters, all of whom move to an ancestral seaside home after Quoyle's wife sells her kids to a pedophile and commits suicide. And right at the words "ancestral seaside home," I suspect the more prescient readers out there are thinking: deep dark family secrets, reconciliation with the past, emotional healing in exotic surroundings. And you'd be right. And you'd have saved yourself slogging through 337 pages of Proulx's dark-and-stormy-night prose to boot. The Shipping News is redolent with such turns of phrase as "The bay crawled with whitecaps like maggots seething in a broad wound" and "fingernails like bowls of souvenir spoons" (huh?). In one of Proulx's short stories, her oafishly complicated prose probably comes off a lot better, but stretched out to book length it's interminable. "Forrest Gump for snobs," was the way one Amazon.com reader tagged it, and the label fits.
Earnest Trash (http://www.thegline.com/thought/2001/12-07-2001.htm)
=aside= Meryl
Looks like you had a good time in Canada!
Welcome back to the game.
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"For 19 years E. (for Edna) Annie Proulx, whose fine, rambunctious second novel The Shipping News won the National Book Award last week, supported herself by writing for small to middling outdoor magazines. This is very close to being impossible. The caloric content of the checks that drift in months late is only marginally greater than that of rejection slips burned in the wood stove."
John Skow, True (As in Proulx) Grit Wins (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,979719-1,00.html)
=aside= Meryl
Welcome back. We missed your posts which are never prosaic.
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They were raised on small, poor ranches in opposite corners of the state, Jack Twist in Lightning Flat up on the Montana border, Ennis del Mar from around Sage, near the Utah line, both high school dropout country boys with no prospects, brought up to hard work and privation, both rough-mannered, rough-spoken, inured to the stoic life. Ennis, reared by his older brother and sister after their parents drove off the only curve on Dead Horse Road leaving them twenty-four dollars in cash and a two-mortgage ranch, applied at age fourteen for a hardship license that let him make the hour-long trip from the ranch to the high school. The pickup was old, no heater, one windshield wiper and bad tires; when the transmission went there was no money to fix it. He had wanted to be a sophomore, felt the word carried a kind of distinction, but the truck broke down short of it, pitching him directly into ranch work.
[story]
=aside= Meryl
Welcome back and thanks for noticing.
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Ennis told Jack he had the girls that weekend, all the while unacknowledging Jack's real purpose for visiting.
=aside= Meryl
Welcome back, Roomie!
:-*
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June 23, 1994
It was near 7 P.M. The first dinner guest, Tom Watkin, a former newspaper reporter and one of Ms. Proulx's fishing buddies, appeared bearing a homemade flan. The day the Pulitzer Prizes were announced, Mr. Watkin stood under Ms. Proulx's window, serenading her on his accordion with the "Jesus Loves Me Polka."
Next was Corinne Gaudin, a historian of Russia, and her brother, Laurent Gaudin, a ski-lift builder, who had not been eaten by sharks in Reunion.
The interview was over, and dinner was ready. She served the rabbit with a big salad, broccoli and French bread. With the room lighted by candles, "Haunted Heart" played again. Ms. Proulx poured wild raspberry vodka she had made.
She and her friends talked until midnight of places they had been, of Reunion, Iran, Paris and Newfoundland. Ms. Proulx mentioned that her house was for sale. She is ready to move on, somewhere farther north. Somewhere, she said, in Vermont.
At Home With: E. Annie Proulx; At Midlife, a Novelist Is Born (http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/05/23/specials/proulx-home.html)
=aside= Players
I absolutely love this article where Annie Proulx and her international fishing buddies get together.
"I'm desperate to write. I'm crazy to write. I want to write."
Annie Proulx, the verbalist.
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Proulx's prose wends its way, tickling our funny bones and touching our hearts.
=aside= Meryl
Welcome back, Priestess, and Navigatrix Extraordinaire!
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Proulx's prose is rich in detail, but with her concise and direct writing style, is never xtraneously wordy.
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Round 550!!
Annie's prose is oh so nifty!!
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First Person: Marcus Hu on "Brokeback Mountain"
In 1997 when I read Annie Proulx's short story, "Brokeback Mountain" in the New Yorker, I sat in bed stunned. I had never read such an intensely literate love story that packed such an emotional punch. I re-read the piece at least three times in a row and couldn't believe the New Yorker had the courage to publish such an honest tale of two men who accidentally fall in love.
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I really have to applaud Focus Features for having the courage to take such a gamble on this movie. Even for a specialty division of a studio to get behind such a daring film, it defines them as an organization that understands the term, "independent spirit." If the film succeeds commercially, it will hopefully raise the bar for gay cinema and prove that there is an audience to support it. If anything, the film has already garnered some of the highest praise from critics as well as having won the top prize in Venice to validate it.
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Link (http://www.indiewire.com/movies/2005/12/first_person_ma.html)
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An excerpt from a reader's review of Close Range: Wyoming Stories at Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Close-Range-Wyoming-Annie-Proulx/dp/B000R4FWEI):
"Proulx will break your heart with that last story -- but the rest of the collection is powerful, too. If you haven't read Proulx, pick this one up. It's rough, raw, brutally honest storytelling."
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Annie Proulx clearly believes in clarity when it comes to prose: short, concise and evocative descriptions abound in her works.
=aside=Players
Thanks for the nice welcomes. Great to be back. :-*
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An excerpt from an Associated Press telephone interview with Annie Proulx . (http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid23486.asp)
Proulx: It's not why I write. I had no idea I was going to get any response of this sort. I wrote it from my long-term stance of trying to describe sections of rural life, individuals in particular rural situations and places, well, first the places. That it came out this way—it just happened to touch certain nerves in people. I think this country is hungry for this story.
AP: Why?
Proulx: Because it's a love story and there's hardly much love around these days. I think people are sick of divisiveness, hate-mongering, disasters, war, loss; and need and want a reminder that sometimes love comes along that is strong and permanent, and that it can happen to anyone.
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Annie endeavors to evoke the relationship of the characters to their often harsh landscape.
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The weight of these stories keeps piling up, though, as the profusion of life on and around this "empty" country--"intricate sky, flocks of small birds like packs of cards thrown up in the air"--becomes manifest. And those awkward writing decisions of Proulx's begin to look more natural, even sly. Close Range doesn't submerge itself in the lingo of its place as does the grammatically tortured Shipping News: The rangers and cowhands may drawl a bit here, but the narration retains the easy flow and sharp imagery of Accordion Crimes. Still, just as Proulx incorporates frontier fables historical and hysterical, she invites the yarn-spinning traditions of the West to influence her story shapes.
Buried Alive (http://citypages.com/databank/20/965/article7644.asp)
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Proulx's prose is raw, spare and filled with grittiness.
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Proulx's prose is raw, spare and filled with characters like Orion Horncrackle.
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Readers of Proulx's prose form their own impressions of her characters, but most come away impressed by the economy and effectiveness of her writing style.
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A common theme throughout many of Proulx's writings is the juxtapositioning of her main characters with their environments.
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Synopsis
Annie Proulx's first novel [Postcards] received huge acclaim and marked the launch of an outstanding literary career. 'Proulx has come close to writing "the great American novel" ' New York Times
Postcards is the story of Loyal Blood, a man who spends a lifetime on the run from a crime so terrible that it renders him forever incapable of touching a woman. The odyssey begins on a freezing Vermont hillside in 1944 and propels Blood across the American West for 40 years. Denied love and unable to settle, he lives a hundred different lives: mining gold, growing beans, hunting fossils, trapping, prospecting for uranium and ranching. His only contact with his past is through a series of postcards he sends home -- not realising that in his absence disaster has befallen his family, and their deep-rooted connection with the land has been severed with devastating consequences...
Amazon.co.uk (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Postcards-Annie-Proulx/dp/1841155012)
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A customer review of Close Range: Wyoming Stories at Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B000R4FWEI/ref=cm_rev_next/102-0127858-5104962?ie=UTF8&customer-reviews.sort%5Fby=-SubmissionDate&n=283155&s=books&customer-reviews.start=21):
"These short stories are are tough as the Wyoming land they're set into. Tales of rough lives at the edge of solitude and despair, unforgiving characters in an unforgiving land, where even rusty abandoned tractors have a soul, and sex comes with no frills attached. Brokeback Mountain is by no means the only noteworty story in the set, and surely one of the mildest in many ways.
"Buyer beware: living in this Wyoming is not for the faint of heart. Reading these lyrically written stories of despair and vast loneliness is not either."
=compliment= BBM-Cat
Awesome "J"! :)
=aside= Players
I'm off on a family vacation to the Grand Canyon and other points west.
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Rilla Nooncaster is one of the colorful characters who inhabits Annie's stories.
=aside= Fran
Bon voyage! Are you going to the new Grand Canyon observation thing? Don't look down!
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Sunday, November 27, 2005
Annie Proulx's 'Private Passions'
I live in Norfolk, so I'm always keen to feature authors from Norwich. So it's a great pleasure to write about Annie Proulx's 'Private Passions' as she was born in Norwich - Norwich Connecticut that is.
Let's answer the obvious question first, how is her name pronounced? It is as if it were spelled Proo, the l and x are silent. Despite the high profile achieved by her Pulitzer Prize wining second novel The Shipping News Annie Proulx (right) has actively avoided fitting into the role of best selling author. She started her career as a journalist, and did not begin writing fiction until she was in her 50s. She has shunned the New York literary circuit, and lives on her own in the foothills of the Rockies at Arvada, Wyoming.
In an interview she said about the celebrity status afforded to best-selling authors:
"It's not good for one's view of human nature, that's for sure. You begin to see, when invitations are coming from festivals and colleges to come read (for an hour for a hefty sum of money), that the institutions are head-hunting for trophy writers. Most don't particularly care about your writing or what you're trying to say. You're there as a human object, one that has won a prize. It gives you a very odd, meat-rack kind of sensation."
Annie Proulx's selection of musical 'Private Passions,' selected for the BBC Radio 3 programme of the same name was as refreshingly off-the-wall as her approach to celebrity status. It includes everything from John Adams to a personal favourite of mine, bassist Charlie Haden and guitarist Pat Metheny's Beyond the Missouri Sky. Here are her 'Private Passions':
* Spiritual (from Beyond the Missouri Sky), Charley Haden and Path Metheney Verve 314 537 130-2
* Austin Pitre, ‘Les Flames d’enfer’ (from Lou’isiana Dance Party), Gazelle GCCD 3004
* Francis Poulenc, ‘Hommage à Edith Piaf’ (from 15 Improvisations), Eric Parkin (piano) Chandos CHAN 8847
* Gilmore, ‘Deep Eddy Blues,’ Jimmy Dale Gilmore Hightone Records HCD 8018
* Adams, ‘Toot Nipple’ (from John’s Book of Alleged Dances), Kronos Quartet Nonesuch 7550 79485-2
* ‘Los Illegales’, Valerio Longoria Rounder CD 6024
* Walser/Kronos Quartet, ‘Rose Marie’ (from Down at the Skyvue Drive-in), Don Walser and Kronos Quartet Watermelon Records 31017-2
* Welch, ‘Morphine’ (from Hell Among the Yearlings), Gillian Welch Almo Sounds AMSD 80021
* ‘Jelly Roll Rag’ (from Max Roach Presents The Uptown String Quartet), The Uptown String Quartet Philips 838 358-2
An Overgrown Path (http://theovergrownpath.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_archive.html)
=aside= BBM-Cat
Very impressive.
=aside= Fran
Enjoy - it will take your breath away and you'll need it if you're hiking.
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THE SHIPPING NEWS ***
Starring Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore. Written by Robert Nelson Jacobs from the novel by E. Annie Proulx. Directed by Lasse Hallström. (STC) 125 min.
The wintry, inhospitable climate of Newfoundland must suit Lasse Hallström's Swedish temperament. That would explain why the director's version of E. Annie Proulx's The Shipping News is a marked improvement on Chocolat and The Cider House Rules, his two previous attempts at Miramax-backed Oscar bait.
Kevin Spacey plays Quoyle, a man so meek and introverted, he nearly qualifies as autistic. He's felt like he's drowning ever since the day his father tried to teach him to swim by dropping him in the water and watching him sink. Then a vampy piece of trash named Petal (Cate Blanchett) hurtles in and out of his quiet life, leaving him with a daughter and a heart full of grief.
After the deaths of Quoyle's parents and Petal, Quoyle's aunt Agnis (Judi Dench) takes him and his little girl away from Poughkeepsie to "the place your people come from," which is basically a big rock on the East Coast where summer lasts for 15 minutes. Quoyle gets a job as a reporter and becomes immersed in the lives of the people there, paying special attention to the comely widow Wavey (Julianne Moore).
There isn't much to the story besides the gradual brightening of Quoyle's existence, assorted subplots about the village's colourful eccentrics (who, thankfully, aren't too colourful) and the revelation of big family secrets. But Hallström and screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs have downplayed the preciousness that sometimes marred Proulx's book and emphasized its core emotional theme about people learning to live with whatever has hurt them the most.
The film also features fine, subtle work by just about everyone in the cast: Spacey and Moore are likeably downbeat and unshowy, and the supporting roles are beautifully played by the likes of Scott Glenn as the paper's seafaring editor and Gordon Pinsent as an old-salt newspaperman. Pinsent also gets special props for providing the movie's most authentic Maritimer accent. JA
EYE WEEKLY (http://www.eyeweekly.com/eye/issue/issue_12.20.01/film/onscreen.php)
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Annie's story "55 Miles to the Gas Pump" in Close Range consists of two long, run-on sentences and one very short one. Amazon describes it as "probably the shortest serial killer story ever told".
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"I've lived in Vermont for more than three decades, studied history at the University of Vermont and Concordia University in Montreal. In hindsight, I recognize that learning to examine the lives of individuals against the longue duree of events was invaluable training for novel-writing. In hindsight, I recognize that learning to examine the lives of individuals against the longue duree of events was invaluable training for novel-writing.
There were few teaching jobs in history in the seventies, and I shifted from academic study to freelance journalism and for the next 15 years wrote articles on weather, apples, canoeing, mountain lions, mice, cuisine, libraries, African beadwork, cider, and lettuces for dozens of magazines. Whenever I could squeeze in the time I wrote short stories."
In her own words Literati.Net (http://literati.net/Proulx/)
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'The stories are the rural equivalent of urban myths,strange narratives of violence and longing told with a precision and elegance that brings mercy to Proulx's themes of hardship and endurance.' Jane Shilling, The Times
Link (http://www.harpercollins.com.au/global_scripts/product_catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0007205589&tc=rg)
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Annie Proulx's prose is spare, stark, quirky and unvarnished.
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Annie is a former Vermonter.
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Annie gets her characters so right, they can make a reader wince in recognition.
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In her Story to Screenplay essay "Getting Movied", Annie relates that she spent much time xcogitating on how to make the dozy embrace sequence ring true.
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=question= Hey Players
I am confused about how some of the recent posts relate to our game. They seem to have gone afield of what the rules cover. I have superlatively high admiration for the individuals who play this game (and I ain't jokin'), and am frequently proven wrong in this thread, so could someone please help me understand how writing about Annie's Proulx's non-BBM stories fits here, perhaps by posting something from the Rules.
Thanks in advance,
Elle
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Round 551!!
For a job very well done!!
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The Screenplay
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Screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana adapted Annie's story for the film.
=aside= Clarissa
The themes that we have been using are purely optional and we don't really have rules regarding them. That gives us more leeway in using words, especially when it comes to the more challenging letters. The rules apply to the game as a whole, such as no repeats, using the word properly, giving a definition for the more difficult words, etc. I hope this answers your question.
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Larry and Diana had a brainstorm after reading the New Yorker story, deciding it would make a great screenplay.
=aside= Elle
For a few hundred rounds or so, we have taken turns suggesting themes for rounds. Some have been tangentially off-topic, and have included rounds on other works by Ang, and, bizarrely, the submarine Thresher. It's all in the interest in keeping it fresh(er).
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When she read Brokeback Mountain, something in Diana Ossana clicked, and she immediately took it to her writing partner, Larry McMurtry, with whom she had clicked ever since they first worked together in 1992, on the semi-fictionalized biography Pretty Boy Floyd.
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The dynamic duad of Lary McMurtry and Diana Ossana adapted the short story of Brokeback Mountain into a screenplay.
=aside= Players
Thanks for the responses. I can understand the submarine "Thresher" as a topic, because it's referred to in the BBM short story. But characters in other short stories of Annie's don't seem to tie in as the wording of the rules stand now. Right now the first post states,
The "ABCs of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN" game -- in its second incarnation -- is anything and everything BBM: the story, the screenplay, the movie, the characters, the locations, the actors, the props, the reviews, the awards, the interviews, the ads, the dvd and so forth.
It looks to me like the rules need updating to reflect this leeway. Could something please be added about the more tangential topics being open for play?
Thanks,
Elle
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Both Diana Ossana and Larry McMurty were so entranced with Brokeback Mountain when it appeared in the New Yorker that they decided to make it into a screenplay. McMurty said: "Only twice in my life have I read something that I wish I’d written—this story and Grace Paley’s ‘Faith: In A Tree.’"
=aside= players
I'm at the Newport Jazz Festival for the weekend and will return on Monday. Elle - Fran and I will discuss updating the rules when she returns.
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Larry and Diana stated that they kept almost every line of Annie's from the short story, and they fleshed out the domestic lives of Jack and Ennis in their screenplay.
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A quck Googling of the phrase "Brokeback Mountain screenplay" brought up this page (bolding mine):
Brokeback Mountain Script - Dialogue Transcript
Voila! Finally, the Brokeback Mountain script excerpt is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger movie by Ang Lee based on the E. Annie Proulx short story. This dialogue script excerpt was donated by "Jack," the self-proclaimed "biggest Brokeback fan EVER" and you can feel free to shower him with praises and/or corrections at [email protected]. Now my job is to get the cast names in there and I'm still working on getting the screenplay as well, but for you people needing your fix of heartbreaking Brokeback Mountain dialogue, this oughta hit the spot for now.
Swing on back to Drew's Script-O-Rama afterwards for more free movie scripts!
Whoops, scratch that. The golden words used to live here, but Simon and Schuster was...shall we say...not thrilled. But nobody can ever take away what we had during that brief period of bliss on the mountain, can they? It'll always exist in our memories, at least. And please don't e-mail me begging to send it to you either, because...well...bottom line is...we're around each other an'...this thing, it grabs hold of us again...at the wrong place...at the wrong time...and we're dead.
http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/b/brokeback-mountain-script-transcript.html
Def - to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet
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Larry McMurtry, in his essay "Adapting Brokeback Mountain," wrote:
To see what the West has done to the people who live with its harshness as well as its beauty, you need to go not to the pastoralists, but--as Diana Ossana also suggests--to Richard Avedon's great In the American West, a book of extraordinary photographs just now being reexhibited, in all their life-size starkness, at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.
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"Lee directs Brokeback Mountain from a script by Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry, based on a short story by Annie Proulx. The involvement of McMurtry is quite intriguing given that he is the writer behind the Lonesome Dove series, a celebration of all the great legends of being a cowboy. For McMurtry to lend his name to a film that deconstructs the very image he has helped cement in modern movies is very interesting and lends a sort of cowboy credibility to Brokeback Mountain."
http://www.smart-popcorn.com/reviews/1283/ (http://www.smart-popcorn.com/reviews/1283/)(http://www.smart-popcorn.com/images/column_image.php?column_id=1&file=6.jpg&h=100&w=750)
=aside= J
Here's your pink slip.
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Next letter is "L."
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The product of their laboring garnered many awards for McMurtry and Ossana.
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One of Larry McMurtry's invaluable contributions to the screenplay's authenticity was his understanding of the cadence of Western speech.
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Ossana and McMurtry's top-notch adaptation of Brokeback Mountain nabbed the Oscar for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay at the 2006 Academy Awards.
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"Lee's Brokeback Mountain still plays as a triumph of wills for all those involved in its long creation. From Proulx's original writing, to McMurtry & Ossana's re-tooling, to Lee's sharply subtle direction, to Ledger & Gyllenhall's intrepid performances. Political powderkeg or not, Brokeback Mountain is, not only Ang Lee's greatest cinematic achievement yet, but also one of the most beautifully tragic love stories ever told."
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Thank you, Scribner, for publishing the adapted screenplay in Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay.
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In the 2003 screenplay, Jack restrains himself from threatening to send L.D.'s ass into the next week ... and exits the Phillip's house instead:
110 INT: PHILLIPS HOUSE: THANKSGIVING: DAY:
The PHILLIPS home. Wall-to-wall carpeting, stiff, uncomfortable furniture. Many photos of LUREEN winning barrel-racing trophies. One of JACK, the one taken in the arena the day they met.
JACK, LUREEN, BOBBY, age eight, LUREEN'S long-suffering MOTHER and L.D. PHILLIPS, JACK'S prick of a father-in-law.
The table is set for a full Thanksgiving dinner, huge turkey and ail the trimmings. As everyone shuffles into their places at the table, WE HEAR HOWARD COSELL'S VOICE in the background coming from the TV, commenting on the game plan of the Dallas Cowboys.
JACK is at the head of the table and has just reached for the carving tools, when L.D., older but no kinder, takes them right out of his hands, almost as he did the baby.
L.D. PHILLIPS
Whoa, now, Rodeo...the stud duck does the carving around here.
JACK, having been through this kind of scene many times before, tries nonetheless to be gracious.
JACK
You bet, L.D just thought I'd save you the trouble.
BOBBY is riveted to the television set.
LUREEN notices.
LUREEN
Bobby, if you don't eat your dinner,
I'm gonna have to turn off that television-
BOBBY
Why, Mama? I'm gonna be eatin' this food for the next two weeks.
LUREEN flashes a look at JACK, who then gets up from the table, turns off the television, sits back down.
BOBBY slumps back in his chair, pouts.
JACK
You heard your mama. You can eat your dinner.
Then you can watch the game.
L.D. PHILLIPS sets down the carving tools. Goes to the TV, turns it back on
LUREEN
Daddy
L.D. PHILLIPS
(picks up the carving tools)
Hell, we don't eat with our eyes. Nothin' wrong with
the boy watchin' America's team.
(direct look at Jack)
Boys should watch football.
JACK
(stands up - barely maintains his composure)
Not until he finishes the meal his mama spent three hours fixin'.
Walks to the TV, turns it off. Returns to his seat.
LUREEN, BOBBY and LUREEN'S MOTHER are all startled: JACK has never stood up to L.D. like this before. They watch, silent. Now L.D. PHILLIPS stands again, goes to the TV again, turns it back on. Returns to the dinner table.
L.D. PHILLIPS
(stares hard at Jack, again)
Hell, it's the fourth quarter, game'll be over 'fore we're through dinner.
Now JACK flashes a look at LUREEN, who does nothing. He gets up from the table, grabs his hat and coat from the coat rack by the front door. JACK Leaves.
L.D. PHILLIPS
(looks after Jack)
Where the hell's he goin'?
(looks back at his family)
A fine pass, family can't even get through Thanksgiving dinner....
LUREEN
(annoyed with her husband and her father)
Oh, Daddy
She gets up from the table, lights a cigarette, pops down in front of the television herself.
L.D. PHILLIPS
(to his wife)
Boys should watch football — right, Mother?
(to Lureen)
You want your son to grow up to be a man, don't you?
LUREEN ignores him, smokes.
L.D. PHILLIPS
(cont'd, won't leave it alone)
Don't you?
[Feb 2003 screenplay]
=reply= Clarissa
I like the part of The Rules that says "and so forth."
Our authoress is not included in the rules, but neither she nor her writing style is specifically excluded.
Our posts now have more degrees of separation from the movie than the earlier posts, since we have delved further into the story. Brokeback Mountain, unlike Ennis, is no island.
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In one version of the Brokeback Mountain screenplay, the unspeakably cruel Dead Earl scenario is featured in two scenes - scene 89 and scene 150:
150 FLASHBACK: EXT: SIDE OF THE ROAD: WYOMING: DAY:
WE RETURN ONCE AGAIN TO ENNIS'S EARLIER FLASHBACK, SCENE 89
LOW ANGLE - ENNIS'S FATHER leads ENNIS and K.E., ENNIS'S older brother, to the edge of an irrigation ditch. Camera is on their backs and ENNIS'S FATHER'S head is out of frame. As WE APPROACH the ditch, WE SEE the toes of two boots appear. Nine year-old ENNIS and eleven year-old K.E. look down at what was EARL'S CORPSE in the earlier flashback.
WE SEE ENNIS, his little boy's face, fill with horror. Then, unlike the earlier flashback, WE PAN UP the body in the ditch. But the bloodied face is not EARL'S: it is JACK'S.
[2003 Screenplay]
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Larry McMurtry's acceptance speech after winning the Oscar with Diana Ossana for Best Adapted Screenplay:
Since somehow I unaccountably failed to thank my brilliant partner Diana at the Golden Globes, I'm going to rattle off all the attributes I was going to thank her for at the Golden Globes. Smarts, guts, drive, good judgment, tenacity, loyalty, and generosity. That's the kind of virtues you need in the rough strife of movie making. I'd like to thank also James and Curtis, my son and grandson, with love and pride. I thank our loyal lawyers, Robert Thorne and Greg Redlitz. And finally I'm going to thank all the booksellers of the world. Remember, "Brokeback Mountain" was a book before it was a movie. From the humblest paperback exchange to the masters of the great bookshops of the world. All are contributors to the survival of the culture of the book. A wonderful culture, which we mustn't lose. Thank you.
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In one version of the Brokeback Mountain screenplay, the unspeakably cruel Dead Earl scenario is featured in two scenes - scene 89 and scene 150:
150 FLASHBACK: EXT: SIDE OF THE ROAD: WYOMING: DAY:
WE RETURN ONCE AGAIN TO ENNIS'S EARLIER FLASHBACK, SCENE 89
LOW ANGLE - ENNIS'S FATHER leads ENNIS and K.E., ENNIS'S older brother, to the edge of an irrigation ditch. Camera is on their backs and ENNIS'S FATHER'S head is out of frame. As WE APPROACH the ditch, WE SEE the toes of two boots appear. Nine year-old ENNIS and eleven year-old K.E. look down at what was EARL'S CORPSE in the earlier flashback.
WE SEE ENNIS, his little boy's face, fill with horror. Then, unlike the earlier flashback, WE PAN UP the body in the ditch. But the bloodied face is not EARL'S: it is JACK'S.
[2003 Screenplay]
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An excerpt from a customer review by James W. Veurink of Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay (Hardcover) as posted at Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/0743298152/sr=8-1/qid=1187156495/ref=cm_rev_next/102-0127858-5104962?ie=UTF8&customer-reviews.sort%5Fby=-SubmissionDate&n=283155&s=books&customer-reviews.start=81&qid=1187156495&sr=8-1):
"The spare language of the brilliant screenwriters, coupled with the non-verbal angst of Ennis make this film with its slow cadence a true delight for those who have experienced some form of life in a closet."
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"I thought it was the best story I'd ever read that addressed the American West. I thought, why didn't I write it myself. And I thought that it is a great story and it will go around the world."
~~Larry McMurtry screenwriter for "Brokeback Mountain"
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The award winning screenplay for Brokeback Mountain fleshes out Annie Proulx's story of society's xaction on deviants.
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Round Five Five Two
Here's Looking at You!
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"Our" Oscar Winning Screenplay.
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BARTENDER
(seen it all)
Ever try calf-roping?
JACK
(nervous)
Do I look like I could afford a fuckin'
ropin' horse?
JACK slams down the rest of his beer. Looks around
anxiously. Puts a ten on the bar. Leaves.
[screenplay]
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Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay can be found in bookstores and at Amazon.com.
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The fully-alive characters of Alma and Lureen were the product of Larry and Diana's creativity.
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The expert collaboration of Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana on the screenplay for Brokeback Mountain doubled its chances for success.
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The expert collaboration of Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana on the screenplay for Brokeback Mountain doubled its chances for success.
=aside= Meryl
;D
=aside= Fran
Welcome back from the Grand Canyon, etc.
What was better the GC or the etc.
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McMurtry starts each day by writing five pages on an old typewriter, then either handing them over or faxing them to Ossana, who rewrites, adds to, edits and texturizes the skeletal story.
"I've always had a five-page-a-day pace, and I've never had a reason to desert my Hermes typewriter," said McMurtry. "I'm an early riser and an early worker. I usually hand my pages to Diana by 8:30 or 9 a.m. A winning team, Writing duo adapted 'Brokeback Mountain' for silver screen (http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/printDS/111106) by Phil Villarreal
=aside= Fran
Glad you're back. You were missed.
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EXT: SIGNAL, WYOMING: STREET: DAY: 1963
Relentless wind.
JACK is in the cab of his old pickup, grinding the ignition.
ENNIS is under the hood, fiddling with the carburetor.
ENNIS
Give it some gas.
Pickup sputters.
ENNIS continues.
JACK grits his teeth. . .pickup starts. ENNIS closes the hood.
JACK revs the engine a few times, then puts it in neutral and
pulls on the emergency brake. Steps out of the cab. Big
bruise coming up on his jaw from where ENNIS punched him.
ENNIS rifles through a flour sack with his clothes and few
goods.
ENNIS (CONT'D)
(to himself)
. . .can't believe I left my damn shirt up
there. . . .
[screenplay]
=reply= Toast and Sandy
Thanks. My trip was great, but it's good to be back
home. It's even better to see that "J" is gone. I got
my wish after all!
:)
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In the 2004 screenplay/shooting script, the writers show how Ennis's personal hungering influences him to attend his daughter's wedding, even if he has to cancel being a working cowboy on the roundup over near the Tetons:
ALMA JR.
Yes, daddy. He loves me.
ENNIS, also on the verge of tears, nods, almost as if to himself.
ALMA JR.
(pause)
Was hoping you'd be there, Daddy.
ENNIS
Supposed to be on a roundup over near the Tetons...
Something sags a little in ALMA JR.
Understands.
Nods her head.
ENNIS looks across at his daughter.
Sees her disappointment.
He stands. Takes a half-empty bottle of cheap white wine from the fridge, a legacy of CASSIE.
ENNIS
(smiles at his daughter)
...but I reckon they can find themselves another cowboy.
Takes two jelly glasses from the dry rack next to the sink,
unscrews the bottle top, fills both. Sits.
ENNIS
(raising his glass)
To Alma and Kurt.
ALMA JR. smiles, and clinks her glass with her daddy's.
ENNIS smiles back at his luminous daughter.
But his smile can't hide his regret and longing,
for the one thing that he can't and won't ever have....
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"Oscar-nominated screenwriter Larry McMurtry is baffled by the furor surrounding Brokeback Mountain, insisting there's nothing controversial about the movie at all. McMurtry, who co-wrote the screenplay with Diana Ossana, says the story is simply about the hardship of life and love and is not meant to fire up the gay debate amongst lawmakers.
McMurtry says, 'It doesn't present any kind of agenda, any politics at all, one way or the other at all. It just says life is not for sissies. You need strength; love is not easy. It's not easy if you find (it), it's not easy if you don't find it. It's not easy if you find it but it doesn't work out. It merely says the strong survive, but not everybody is strong.'" Starpulse News Blog (http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/02/20/brokeback_mountain_screenwriter_stunned_)
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Next letter is "L." Thanks to Toast for the graphic.
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"Oscar-nominated screenwriter Larry McMurtry is baffled by the furor surrounding Brokeback Mountain, insisting there's nothing controversial about the movie at all. McMurtry, who co-wrote the screenplay with Diana Ossana, says the story is simply about the hardship of life and love and is not meant to fire up the gay debate amongst lawmakers."
-- Starpulse News Blog (http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/02/20/brokeback_mountain_screenwriter_stunned_)
=aside= Sandy
Thanks.
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The New Yorker, the screenplays, and the movie all remove Annie Proulx's prologue in which Ennis Del Mar is mulling over his life and his few remaining choices.
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"Annie trusted Larry and me very much. Larry and I have written two novels, and many more screenplays and teleplays, together. The West is rich in character, experience and the history of our country, and we like that. We talk about what we're writing quite a bit before we start. The process is pretty straightforward. We discuss things a lot; we argue, but the arguments usually result in good things.
We're really very different from one another. That's clear just by the way we write; he's on a manual typewriter and I'm on a computer. He seems more interested in the women characters than the men, and seems to feel that I have more intuitiveness about the men than he does. He's strong in dialogue - that's clear from his books - and character. I feel that my strengths are the inner life of the characters, and how to convey that through the dialogue. I have a real strong sense of what's going on with them inside, always."
Diana Ossana, Brokeback Mountain Production Notes (http://www.heathandmichelle.com/k2news/Archive.php?Action=ShowNews&NewsID=482)
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"Oscar-nominated screenwriter Larry McMurtry is baffled by the furor surrounding Brokeback Mountain, insisting there's nothing controversial about the movie at all. McMurtry, who co-wrote the screenplay with Diana Ossana, says the story is simply about the hardship of life and love and is not meant to fire up the gay debate amongst lawmakers."
-- Starpulse News Blog (http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/02/20/brokeback_mountain_screenwriter_stunned_)
=aside= Sandy
Thanks again. :)
BTW, Ossana/McMurtry/screenplay is an excellent theme.
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One of the reasons I've read the short story more than once is that I keep finding new details that I overlooked in previous readings -- little asides on Proulx's part that continually add to a deeper meaning. Brokeback Mountain is a movie made by people who read every word of the story every single day, wringing out its potential for drama like you'd wring out a soaked washcloth. The largest additions are in Jack Twist's passing of years, filling out details unexplored by the story's reliance on the Ennis POV, but of those scenes only one -- in which Jack stands up to his rich and domineering father-in-law at Thanksgiving -- feels at all out of place.
And the sum of all this is a small love story with an epic feel: a critical favorite, an Oscar frontrunner, and the only other film of 2005 that can challenge Sin City for the title of Year's Most Faithful Adaptation. A two-hour movie from a fifteen-page short story, with minimal addition.
Sometimes, with adaptations, you sometimes get to see a dull caterpillar transform into a beautiful butterfly, but most of the time you watch a beautiful caterpillar burst from the cocoon as a dull brown moth. Brokeback is the rarest of species -- it emerged transformed, but still recognizable. Still just as gorgeous as before.
Just a little longer.
bookslut.com Size Doesn't Matter: Brokeback Mountain (http://www.bookslut.com/hollywood_madam/2006_01_007424.php)
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One of the reasons I've read the short story more than once is that I keep finding new details that I overlooked in previous readings -- little asides on Proulx's part that continually add to a deeper meaning. Brokeback Mountain is a movie made by people who read every word of the story every single day, wringing out its potential for drama like you'd wring out a soaked washcloth. The largest additions are in Jack Twist's passing of years, filling out details unexplored by the story's reliance on the Ennis POV, but of those scenes only one -- in which Jack stands up to his rich and domineering father-in-law at Thanksgiving -- feels at all out of place.
And the sum of all this is a small love story with an epic feel: a critical favorite, an Oscar frontrunner, and the only other film of 2005 that can challenge Sin City for the title of Year's Most Faithful Adaptation. A two-hour movie from a fifteen-page short story, with minimal addition.
Sometimes, with adaptations, you sometimes get to see a dull caterpillar transform into a beautiful butterfly, but most of the time you watch a beautiful caterpillar burst from the cocoon as a dull brown moth. Brokeback is the rarest of species -- it emerged transformed, but still recognizable. Still just as gorgeous as before.
Just a little longer.
bookslut.com Size Doesn't Matter: Brokeback Mountain (http://www.bookslut.com/hollywood_madam/2006_01_007424.php)
=aside= Toast
;)
=aside= Fran
Welcome back from the desert!
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One of the reasons I've read the short story more than once is that I keep finding new details that I overlooked in previous readings -- little asides on Proulx's part that continually add to a deeper meaning. Brokeback Mountain is a movie made by people who read every word of the story every single day, wringing out its potential for drama like you'd wring out a soaked washcloth. The largest additions are in Jack Twist's passing of years, filling out details unexplored by the story's reliance on the Ennis POV, but of those scenes only one -- in which Jack stands up to his rich and domineering father-in-law at Thanksgiving -- feels at all out of place.
And the sum of all this is a small love story with an epic feel: a critical favorite, an Oscar frontrunner, and the only other film of 2005 that can challenge Sin City for the title of Year's Most Faithful Adaptation. A two-hour movie from a fifteen-page short story, with minimal addition.
Sometimes, with adaptations, you sometimes get to see a dull caterpillar transform into a beautiful butterfly, but most of the time you watch a beautiful caterpillar burst from the cocoon as a dull brown moth. Brokeback is the rarest of species -- it emerged transformed, but still recognizable. Still just as gorgeous as before.
Just a little longer.
bookslut.com Size Doesn't Matter: Brokeback Mountain (http://www.bookslut.com/hollywood_madam/2006_01_007424.php)
=aside= Toast
Thanks.
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"Sometimes, with adaptations, you sometimes get to see a dull caterpillar transform into a beautiful butterfly, but most of the time you watch a beautiful caterpillar burst from the cocoon as a dull brown moth. Brokeback is the rarest of species -- it emerged transformed, but still recognizable. Still just as gorgeous as before.
"Just a little longer."
-- Liz Miller, Hollywood Madam (http://www.bookslut.com/hollywood_madam/2006_01_007424.php)
=aside= Toast
Thanks.
=aside= Paul
Thanks for the welcome back.
Yes, we did the Skywalk. It was cool...
but a little scary on the glass part.
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One of the reasons I've read the short story more than once is that I keep finding new details that I overlooked in previous readings -- little asides on Proulx's part that continually add to a deeper meaning. Brokeback Mountain is a movie made by people who read every word of the story every single day, wringing out its potential for drama like you'd wring out a soaked washcloth. The largest additions are in Jack Twist's passing of years, filling out details unexplored by the story's reliance on the Ennis POV, but of those scenes only one -- in which Jack stands up to his rich and domineering father-in-law at Thanksgiving -- feels at all out of place.
And the sum of all this is a small love story with an epic feel: a critical favorite, an Oscar frontrunner, and the only other film of 2005 that can challenge Sin City for the title of Year's Most Faithful Adaptation. A two-hour movie from a fifteen-page short story, with minimal addition.
Sometimes, with adaptations, you sometimes get to see a dull caterpillar transform into a beautiful butterfly, but most of the time you watch a beautiful caterpillar burst from the cocoon as a dull brown moth. Brokeback is the rarest of species -- it emerged transformed, but still recognizable. Still just as gorgeous as before.
Just a little longer.
bookslut.com Size Doesn't Matter: Brokeback Mountain (http://www.bookslut.com/hollywood_madam/2006_01_007424.php)
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Although the final screenplay for Brokeback Mountain makes no mention of Linda Higgins's gift shop, the postcard that hangs next to the shirts on Ennis's closet door is a vestigial reminder of that scene in the story.
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"One of the reasons I've read the short story more than once is that I keep finding new details that I overlooked in previous readings -- little asides on Proulx's part that continually add to a deeper meaning. Brokeback Mountain is a movie made by people who read every word of the story every single day, wringing out its potential for drama like you'd wring out a soaked washcloth. The largest additions are in Jack Twist's passing of years, filling out details unexplored by the story's reliance on the Ennis POV, but of those scenes only one -- in which Jack stands up to his rich and domineering father-in-law at Thanksgiving -- feels at all out of place."
-- Liz Miller, Hollywood Madam (http://www.bookslut.com/hollywood_madam/2006_01_007424.php)
=compliment= Meryl
Impressive "V".
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The earlier screenplays had too much xpressivity thrust on Ennis as he talks to the old man at the beginning of the tale.
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ENNIS, surprised by this torrent of words, clears his throat.
ENNIS
Sir?
The OLD MAN kicks at the tractor tire a time or two, as if irritated it exists. Looks at ENNIS.
OLD MAN
Where was you raised, bud?
ENNIS
Ur, Sage
Old Man
Why, that ain't hardly in Wyoming,
that's nearly to Utah. You ain't a damn
Mormon, are you?.
ENNIS
No, sir. I just never heard a no place
called Brokeback.
The OLD MAN points to a long, barren mountain to the north, its upper reaches miles away, reaching well above the tree line.
OLD MAN
Don't you let that damn Joe Aguirre send
you up there with no twenty-two. Coyotes don't
mind a twenty-two. Make sure he gives you a
thirty-ought.
Too much talk for ENNIS, who nods his thanks. Looks up at the mountain as he walks off.
The scene was later removed, and his quiet entrance to town works much better.
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Round 553!
Differences between the screenplay and the story!
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"One of the reasons I've read the short story more than once is that I keep finding new details that I overlooked in previous readings -- little asides on Proulx's part that continually add to a deeper meaning. Brokeback Mountain is a movie made by people who read every word of the story every single day, wringing out its potential for drama like you'd wring out a soaked washcloth. The largest additions are in Jack Twist's passing of years, filling out details unexplored by the story's reliance on the Ennis POV, but of those scenes only one -- in which Jack stands up to his rich and domineering father-in-law at Thanksgiving -- feels at all out of place."
-- Liz Miller, Hollywood Madam (http://www.bookslut.com/hollywood_madam/2006_01_007424.php)
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"The big-eyed Jake Gyllenhaal is a far cry from Proulx's small, bucktoothed Jack Twist, just as the blond, square-jawed Heath Ledger is nothing like her Ennis Del Mar, 'scruffy and a little cave-chested.' Yet, even if, in their tailored jeans and ironed plaid shirts, Gyllenhaal and Ledger sometimes look more like Wrangler models than teenagers too poor to buy a new pair of boots, the film neither feels synthetic (in the manner of the abysmal Making Love) nor silly (in the manner of gay porn)."
-- David Leavitt, Slate (http://www.slate.com/id/2131865/)
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Annie Proulx included her prologue when Brokeback Mountain was published in her collection of Wyoming stories - Close Range. The prologue's dreams, urinating, ranch closure and already-married daughter, are all excluded from screenplays and the movie.
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"The screenwriters have commented that nearly all of the dialog and descriptions from the original story were included in the screenplay. Few major differences have been noted. Most of the changes involve expansion, with brief mentions of the character's marriages in the story becoming scenes of domestic life in the film. The narrative sequence is nearly identical in story and film: both begin with Jack and Ennis meeting in 1963 and end with a scene of Ennis 20 years later. One example of adaptation of the story's dramatic arc arises from a significant memory (of the men embracing by a campfire): it appears in the film as a flashback in the same sequence as Jack recalls it in the story."
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain_(short_story))
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"The screenwriters have commented that nearly all of the dialog and descriptions from the original story were included in the screenplay. Few major differences have been noted. Most of the changes involve expansion, with brief mentions of the character's marriages in the story becoming scenes of domestic life in the film."
-- Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain_(short_story))
=aside= Sandy
:)
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In the 2003 screenplay, Ennis's second daughter is still called Francine, but in the later screenplays and in the movie she has become Jenny.
ALMA JR.
(relieved, talks faster)
..... Wedding'll be June fifth at the
Methodist Church. Francine's singing,
and Monroe's gonna cater the reception.
(beat)
Was hoping you'd be there.
Never enough Frans, never enough.
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Sometimes a simple shift in the grouping of words evolved from the short story to the screenplay:
Short story: "Them boxes a soup are real bad to pack."
Screenplay: "Them soup boxes are hard to pack."
=aside= Players
Thanks kindly for your replies to my concerns about the rules. I will lighten up, and stand the ambiguity. :)
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The screenplay changed Jack's honest declaration about his feelings from: "... he missed Ennis bad enough sometimes to make him whip babies", to "The truth is... sometimes I miss you so much I can hardly stand it."
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"Friend this letter is a long time over due. Hope you get it. Heard you was in Riverton. Im coming thru on the 24th, thought Id stop and buy you a beer Drop me a line if you can, say if your there." [story]
Jack and Ennis had to worry about interception of their messages to each other. By using postcards, they could hide in plain sight, using codes like 'buy you a beer,' 'fish will be jumping,' etc.
In the story, Jack's first message to Ennis was a "genral" delivery letter - later changed to a postcard. However the message still refers to itself as a letter.
"Friend this letter is long over due. Hope you get it. Heard you was in Riverton. I'm coming thru on the 24th, thought I'd stop and buy you a beer. Drop me a line if you can, say if your there." [screenplay]
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During their leave-taking at the end of the summer -
Short story: "If the draft don't get me."
Screenplay: "if the army don't get me. "
=apology= Players
I was called away just after I posted the L, and was gone til now. Very sorry.
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Ennis's offer was middling: they could get together once in a while way out in the back (story) or middle (screenplay) of nowhere.
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Jack did not express any tiredness of noshing on beans in Annie Proulx's story.
"No More Beans," and the ordering of soup seamlessly entered the tale in the screenplay.
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The screenwriters wisely decided to omit the line: "Gun’s goin off.”
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In the story, Ennis is peeing in the sink. In the screenplay, Cassie prevents Ennis from peeing when she drags him onto the dance floor.
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" ... and their bedroom was full of the smell of old blood and milk and baby shit, and the sounds were of squalling and sucking and Alma's sleepy groans, all reassuring of fecundity and life's continuance to one who worked with livestock."
Only Annie Proulx could describe such a reeking bedroom.
None of the screenplays tried to duplicate this - maybe art-house films cannot afford Smell-O-Vision.
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In Proulx's story, Jack sported an eagle feather in his hat, but screenplay Jack went about featherless.
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Story reunion's June date was traded in for screenplay's September reunion.
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Story Ennis calls Jack's phone number twice:
- When Alma unencumbers herself of him in 1973. (Alma Jr. was nine years old.)
- When the postcard is returned to him marked deceased in 1983.
Screenplay Ennis calls Jack's phone number once:
- When the postcard is returned to him marked deceased in 1982.
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The screenplay includes three viewings of television shows during the course of the movie that go unmentioned in the story.
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In the story, "A hot jolt scalded Ennis and he was out on the landing pulling the door closed behind him. Jack took the stairs two and two. They seized each other by the shoulders, hugged mightily, squeezing the
breath out of each other, saying, son of a bitch, son of a bitch"
In the movie, we find Ennis waxing poetic earlier, while still upstairs outside his front door.
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Story Jack had no trouble xpensing his buck-tooth filing and capping. He could just pass the dental bill on to Lureen.
Screenplay Jack had no buck-tooth problems, but he did get his teeth capped in the 2003 screenplay:
128 EXT: ENNIS'S LINE CABIN: DAY:
ENNIS waits with his bedroll by a small, poor line cabin, miles from nowhere, much like the one he and ALMA had lived in when his daughters were young. SEES a pickup coming, dust on the ranch road. watches. This time, the pickup that arrives is a fancy new double-seater with lots of chrome. JACK, older, steps out, wearing sort of modish new rodeo duds and a tall white Stetson. They look at one another a moment, making sure they are still ENNIS and JACK, making sure it's still there. Embrace.
ENNIS
What'd you do, bud, strike oil?
JACK
(grins - has had his teeth capped)
Better than that. Lureen's old man dropped dead, she's
runnin' the business now. Sends me to all the fairs and
stock shows to sell them big tractors. We got the latest
thing in squeeze chutes, ought to see 'em.
(pause)
Easy life now, Ennis.
(A beat.)
JACK
(cont'd)
Come on, throw your stuff in the back. If we're goin', let's go.
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Round 554
Brokeback Mountain
Proulx wrote a little piece.
McMurtry/Ossana made it more.
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"Any omissions from the short story to the screenplay were dramatic choices. Most of what is in the short story is contained within the finished screenplay, although when we actually scripted the short story, it only amounted to about a third of the final script. We had to imagine and create the scenes that we added or fleshed out, meaning, essentially, that we had to create two-thirds of the screenplay from our imaginations."
Brokeback Mountain: Interview with Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana (http://www.cinemalogue.com/2006/02/14/brokeback-interview/)
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In the screenplay, Cassie figures prominently, first bubbly then dejected; in the story, she is simply someone Ennis was putting the blocks to who had some problems he didn't want.
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In Story to Screenplay, Proulx's prose fills 28 pages and the screenplay needs 97 pages. However when one counts the words, Proulx actually has about 10,600 words on her pages while McMurtry/Ossana haven't even doubled the word count - at about 20,600 words.
[count by Microsoft Word 2003]
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We know from Annie's story that Ennis dreamed of Jack, but the screenplay illustrates only the physical reality of Ennis's world.
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Cassie's role was expanded for the screenplay. Diana Ossana said about Cassie: "Cassie somewhat exemplifies Ennis’s continual denial of his emotional makeup, and his attempts to have what he believed was a “normal” relationship with a woman. After his and Jack’s final confrontation about Mexico, Ennis realizes that it is Jack he truly loves, and he simply cannot continue in his attempts at a relationship with Cassie, thus her confronting him in the diner about his whereabouts and her frustrations and painful realization that she’s not 'the one.'"
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The role of Lashawn Malone who chatters foolishly like a squirrel was added in the earliest screenplay; and it survived to the movie as well.
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The screenplay gussies up the character of Cassie, who is only hinted at in the story.
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The reason for the difference between the dates of the Reunion in the story and the screenplay can be conjectured, but it's rather like splitting hairs.
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Screenplay Ennis and movie Ennis implemented a solution to their dietary problems after Jack's complaining about the Bettermost beans. In the original story Jack seems to have enjoyed the food provided. Screenplay Ennis shoots a deer, but in the movie it's an elk that bites the bullet.
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In the short story, the paired shirts are in the second sentence. In the screenplay, they are latecomers, seen first together in one of the last scenes.
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In the screenplay the elk has a meatier role than in the story.
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Thanks to Ennis's straight shooting, Jack was able to have lots of meaty noshes to break up the beany monotony in the screenplay, but not in Proulx's prose.
=aside= Sandy
Meatier role - Xcellent one.
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Story Jack indulged in orthodonture whereas screenplay Jack did not.
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Story Jack had "his front teeth filed down, set with steel plugs, and capped" whereas screenplay Jack did not.
=aside= Toast
Thanks. :)
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Larry and Diana had valid reasons for the additions they made to the story. They didn't fall for the addition of jokes, nudity and ammo just to cater to the peanut gallery.
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"Any omissions from the short story to the screenplay were dramatic choices. Most of what is in the short story is contained within the finished screenplay, although when we actually scripted the short story, it only amounted to about a third of the final script. We had to imagine and create the scenes that we added or fleshed out, meaning, essentially, that we had to create two-thirds of the screenplay from our imaginations."
Brokeback Mountain: Interview with Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana (http://www.cinemalogue.com/2006/02/14/brokeback-interview/)
=aside= Sandy
Thanks.
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Story Ennis is more of a talker than Screenplay Ennis.
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Both the story and the screenplay leave us with uncertainty about the manner of Jack's death. However in the 2004 shooting script there is a scene that seems to rule out an accident:
EXT. GAS STATION -- ROAD OUTSIDE CHILDRESS -- DAY -- 1982
Jack's truck pulls up to the dirt lot next to the gas station. A mechanic, tire jack in hand, fiddling with a car, takes a beer from his buddy, who sits on a tire nearby. They both watch as Randall gets out of the truck and walks to his own truck parked in the lot, waving back at Jack.
The mechanic trades glances with his friend.
Their pov:
Randall's truck pulls out of the lot, goes in one direction.
Jack's pulls out after him, going in the opposite direction. wide:
We hold on Jack's truck, as it drives off into the distance.
[The unnumbered scene occurs between Cassie's kiss-off (147) and Ennis receiving the undelivered postcard (148).]
=aside= Players
Off for a couple of days, NOT fishing.
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Jack's death provided much variability between the story, the screenplay and even among different versions of the screenplay.
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What exactly Ennis warshed varied from story to screenplay.
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Now "Brokeback Mountain" makes the jump from page to screen.
(Annie) Proulx, for one, is delighted with how things turned out.
"I was lucky in having two xtra-fine writers who understood the place, the landscape and the people. ... When I saw the film for the first time they roared up from the screen and back into my head in a way I didn't think was possible," she said.
Proulx calls the script a "complete thing," and ladles on the sort of praise Wyoming ranch folk hold dear.
"It said what it had to say and then shut up."
-- William Porter, The Denver Post (http://www.azcentral.com/ent/movies/articles/1213adapt1213.html)
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Round 555!
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"I was lucky in having two extra-fine writers
who understood the place, the landscape and the people."
-- Annie Proulx, on the BBM screenplay
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In some parts of the screenplay, McMurtry and Ossana adjusted the dialogue but little from the story's words.
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In the film Ennis brazenly strips off his socks to warsh, in the story, he was sockless, and endeavors to warsh everything he could reach.
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A funny thing happened on the way to filming "Brokeback Mountain," which opens amid a swirl of Oscar buzz and critical hosannas.
Contrary to what occurs with so many literary properties that are turned into movies, this tale of a 20-year love affair between two cowboys, drawn from an Annie Proulx short story in "Close Range: Wyoming Stories," has resulted in a pitch-perfect Hollywood film that scrupulously honors its origins and finds the author delighted with the experience.
In an industry that often treats literature as a pile of pretty words that interferes with things blowing up real good, the page-to-screen transformation of "Brokeback Mountain" amounts to something of a holiday miracle.
"The joinery is seamless in this," Proulx said with a laugh at a recent roundtable discussion at the Starz Denver International Film Festival. "I've come to the point where I feel I wrote what they wrote."
That the "they" includes Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Lonesome Dove" and an old hand at screenwriting, plus novelist Diana Ossana, helped. But it underscores the difficulty of transforming books into movies in a way that satisfies all parties, particularly authors.
-- William Porter, The Denver Post (http://www.azcentral.com/ent/movies/articles/1213adapt1213.html)
=comment=
And what a fine "J" word "joinery" could have been!
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In the middle of the night, having just finished reading the short story in the New Yorker for the first time, Diana Ossana instantly knew she wanted to develop Brokeback Mountain into a film.
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MW: The film’s script had a wonderful element of humor, more so than the short story. How did this evolve? Was it conscious, or did it happen as part of an organic writing process?
DO: The humor in the screenplay was simply a product of the actual writing process, in developing the characters and their interaction. It felt completely natural to us, particularly during their time up on Brokeback Mountain and in the development of their emotional connection. Larry is excellent when writing humor into a script. Brokeback Mountain: Interview with Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana (http://www.cinemalogue.com/2006/02/14/brokeback-interview)
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"Directed by Ang Lee, the film explores the 20-year relationship between Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, two Wyoming stockmen who fall in love one summer in 1963. These are rather inarticulate men, and Proulx's dialogue, ferried intact to the screen, is choked and muted."
-- William Porter, The Denver Post (http://www.azcentral.com/ent/movies/articles/1213adapt1213.html)
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The scriptwriters' work managed to garner several prestigious awards.
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DO: The humor in the screenplay was simply a product of the actual writing process, in developing the characters and their interaction. It felt completely natural to us, particularly during their time up on Brokeback Mountain and in the development of their emotional connection. Larry is excellent when writing humor into a script.
Brokeback Mountain: Interview with Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana (http://www.cinemalogue.com/2006/02/14/brokeback-interview)
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"Brokeback Mountain's" journey from page to screen wasn't arduous, but it was fortuitous.
Proulx's story first appeared in the Oct. 13, 1997, issue of The New Yorker. As literary luck would have it, that autumn a copy of the magazine was perched by Diana Ossana's bed on a night when she had insomnia.
Ossana, the script's co-writer and McMurtry's longtime writing partner (the two participated in the film festival session), read the story and was floored.
-- William Porter, The Denver Post (http://www.azcentral.com/ent/movies/articles/1213adapt1213.html)
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"Brokeback Mountain's" journey from page to screen wasn't arduous, but it was fortuitous.
Proulx's story first appeared in the Oct. 13, 1997, issue of The New Yorker. As literary luck would have it, that autumn a copy of the magazine was perched by Diana Ossana's bed on a night when she had insomnia.
Ossana, the script's co-writer and McMurtry's longtime writing partner (the two participated in the film festival session), read the story and was floored.
-- William Porter, The Denver Post (http://www.azcentral.com/ent/movies/articles/1213adapt1213.html)
=aside= Fran
Thanks. :)
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Ossana and McMurtry were responsible for the metamorphosis of BBM from a short story to a screenplay.
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It wasn't just the wrenching plot and tragic characters, (Diana) Ossana was also struck by the leanness of the prose. Proulx is a master of understatement, given to rock-ribbed nouns and vivid verbs. In her work, adjectives show up about as frequently as grandma's wedding china.
"It was so visual that I immediately began to see it in pictures," Ossana said.
She corralled McMurtry, who told her he didn't read short fiction. McMurtry is no snob; he views the short story as a desperately difficult form. "The only thing harder than a short story is a lyric poem," he said. "The reason I don't read short stories is because I never could write them."
-- William Porter, The Denver Post (http://www.azcentral.com/ent/movies/articles/1213adapt1213.html)
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After deciding the story would be a great screenplay, Larry and Diana's next task was obtaining the rights from Annie.
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After reading Annie's story, Larry and Diana had to start the process of adapting it to a screenplay.
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It wasn't just the wrenching plot and tragic characters, (Diana) Ossana was also struck by the leanness of the prose. Proulx is a master of understatement, given to rock-ribbed nouns and vivid verbs. In her work, adjectives show up about as frequently as grandma's wedding china.
"It was so visual that I immediately began to see it in pictures," Ossana said.
She corralled McMurtry, who told her he didn't read short fiction. McMurtry is no snob; he views the short story as a desperately difficult form. "The only thing harder than a short story is a lyric poem," he said. "The reason I don't read short stories is because I never could write them."
-- William Porter, The Denver Post (http://www.azcentral.com/ent/movies/articles/1213adapt1213.html)
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It wasn't just the wrenching plot and tragic characters, (Diana) Ossana was also struck by the leanness of the prose. Proulx is a master of understatement, given to rock-ribbed nouns and vivid verbs. In her work, adjectives show up about as frequently as grandma's wedding china.
"It was so visual that I immediately began to see it in pictures," Ossana said.
She corralled McMurtry, who told her he didn't read short fiction. McMurtry is no snob; he views the short story as a desperately difficult form. "The only thing harder than a short story is a lyric poem," he said. "The reason I don't read short stories is because I never could write them."
-- William Porter, The Denver Post
=aside= Fran
Thanks again.
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When writing the screenplay, Larry McMurtry used a Hermes typewriter which he thanked in his acceptance speech at the Golden Globes.
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It wasn't just the wrenching plot and tragic characters, (Diana) Ossana was also struck by the leanness of the prose. Proulx is a master of understatement, given to rock-ribbed nouns and vivid verbs. In her work, adjectives show up about as frequently as grandma's wedding china.
"It was so visual that I immediately began to see it in pictures," Ossana said.
She corralled McMurtry, who told her he didn't read short fiction. McMurtry is no snob; he views the short story as a desperately difficult form. "The only thing harder than a short story is a lyric poem," he said. "The reason I don't read short stories is because I never could write them."
-- William Porter, The Denver Post (http://www.azcentral.com/ent/movies/articles/1213adapt1213.html)
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To paraphrase Mr. Porter:
Diana was struck by the leanness of Annie's prose, which is noted for the rock-ribbed nature of its nouns and the vividity of its verbs.
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"I had no idea of what to expect as I had had no input into the making of the film beyond some conversation with Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry when they were writing the screenplay, and a letter to Focus president James Schamus and Ang Lee begging them to keep the language of the story intact. I did not visit the set. I feared the landscape on which the story rests would be lost, that sentimentality would creep in, that explicit sexual content would be watered down. None of that happened. The film is huge and powerful. I may be the first writer in America to have a piece of writing make its way to the screen whole and entire."
Annie Proulx, Five O'clock Tea (http://www.annebarone.com/5tea.brokeback.html)
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In addition to the screenplay for Brokeback Mountain, Diana Ossana, an x-law firm administrator, has collaborated with Larry McMurtry on two novels: Pretty Boy Floyd and Zeke and Ned.
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Round 556!
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Trusty Sidekicks
More McMurtry/Ossana/screenplay....
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"I feared the landscape on which the story rests would be lost, that sentimentality would creep in, that explicit sexual content would be watered down. None of that happened. The film is huge and powerful. I may be the first writer in America to have a piece of writing make its way to the screen whole and entire."
Annie Proulx, Five O'clock Tea (http://www.annebarone.com/5tea.brokeback.html)
If the screenplay had not been so faithful to the short story, Annie'd have gotten, if not her gun, certainly her scathing pen.
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Larry and Diana were faithful to Annie's writing, and their additions were consistent and believable.
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Larry and Diana were faithful to Annie's writing, and their additions and changes were consistent and believable.
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
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From AfterElton.com (http://www.afterelton.com/archive/elton/movies/2006/1/mcmurtry2.html):
Here, McMurtry and Ossana discuss the film's auspicious beginnings....
AfterElton.com: What initially attracted you to Proulx's short story?
Ossana: "It was the writing and the feelings it gave me. I think Larry felt the same way."
McMurtry: "It was a great story of the West that hadn't been written. We wanted to be part of bringing it to a wide audience."
AE: Tell me about the seven-year process of trying to get this movie made, with several unsuccessful attempts at casting and landing a director.
McMurtry: "Diana is very tenacious. Once she starts something, she doesn't let it go."
Ossana (laughing): "It's a blessing and a curse! When I first read that story back in '97, it was instantaneous, pretty much, my sense of how powerful it was, that this is a great story that should be out in the world in a major, major way. It had the power to touch many people. You know how when you read a great piece of literature or see a film that really moves you? You want to tell people about it. You want them to see and feel the same things you felt. That's pretty much what I felt. I had to just demand that (Larry) read it. He doesn't read short fiction because …"
McMurtry (interrupting): "I don't write it. I can't write it, so I never have learned to read it, either."
Ossana: "He read it, and he thought it was wonderful. We optioned it from Annie and wrote our script. I knew it would be difficult, but we believed in it so strongly, and the material was terrific. We felt very lucky to be a part of it. I don't know. I couldn't let it go. I guess I maybe became a little bit obsessed with it. It was a struggle. There were moments when I felt some discouragement or frustration, but I never lost belief in the potential of this. Never, never. Not once did I doubt it. Larry, at one point said to me, 'This is a great script. It will find it's way, Diana.' And it did. Maybe I was a little naïve at first. I thought somebody's going to see that these are really great parts for actors. This is something that will stretch their talents and challenge them. I think they all saw that, but Larry's belief is that their agents or representatives just dissuaded them."
AE: The story and the film are incredibly similar, but there are several key differences in scenes and in character development. How did those changes come about?
McMurtry: "They were suggested by the story. We just amplified various small, subtle suggestions from Annie and made them much larger."
Ossana: "It might have been a single sentence that triggered it. We scripted the story first, and it was only about a third of what the final script ended up to be. Because Annie suggested things -- she just makes a quick reference to the waitress, Cassie -- we felt she was important. Here's another woman that Ennis has disappointed. All of those things just sort of felt natural and added up, in our minds, to a pretty darn good script."
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Larry and Diana were able to greatly expand on Annie's lovely words.
=aside= Annie Proulx
Happy Birthday!
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"McMurtry and Ossana drafted a literal scene-for-scene, phrase-for-phrase rendition of "Brokeback." The 60-page result was too thin for a feature film, where the script-to-screen ratio typically tracks at about a minute per page.
Proulx suggested they develop some domestic scenes not found in the story, fleshing out the protagonists' wives and home lives. The resulting script was shopped around amid industry speculation that a "gay cowboy film" would never fly. Actor Joaquin Phoenix was keenly interested, and so was director Gus Van Sant. But Lee wound up helming the film, which stars Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal." William Porter, The Denver Post (http://www.azcentral.com/ent/movies/articles/1213adapt1213.html)
=aside= Annie
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Joey Guerra interviewed BBM screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. The interview may be found at AfterElton.com (http://www.afterelton.com/archive/elton/movies/2006/1/mcmurtry2.html).
=aside= Annie Proulx
Happy Birthday! Were it not for your short story,
none of us would be here.
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The writers of the screenplay, as well as the Birthday Girl of Honor, are humans.
=aside= Birthday Girl of Honor
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Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana gave many interviews about their screenplay, some of which included Afterelton.Com (http://www.afterelton.com/archive/elton/movies/2006/1/mcmurtry2.html) and Five O'clock Tea (http://www.annebarone.com/5tea.brokeback.html).
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"I’m a straight female from the Midwest. I read that story and was so floored by it — all I could imagine was seeing it as a film," says St. Louis–born Ossana of reading the short story that would eventually become "the gay cowboy movie" (quote not Ossana’s) which has been enjoying end-of-the-year awards and orgasmic critical reception. Despite this acclaim, there is still a small amount of resistance from the public regarding seeing the film, presumably because it sounds like an issue film that should be targeted primarily at the gay audience. However, the film’s distributor, Focus Features, is marketing the film very strongly to middle America, no matter how Red State conservative we may seem to the coasts. When I asked Ossana about this marketing strategy, she was in full support. "People in the middle of this country are, by and large, much smarter than they are given credit for, and they are also a lot more compassionate… The tag 'gay cowboy movie' should not dissuade them from going to see the film. In our minds, it’s like calling Lonesome Dove 'the story of a cattle drive.'"
-- Pete Timmermann, Playback:stl (http://www.playbackstl.com/content/view/1308/31/)
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The talents of Ossana and McMurtry were happily melded in the Oscar-winning screenplay for Brokeback Mountain.
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All through the late nineties, Ossana and McMurtry worked to get this film made.
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Larry and Diana's goal was the obtainment of the rights to Annie's story.
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DO: We both found the process of adapting this particular short story a challenge in the sense that the material was written in a very specific manner, both technically and emotionally. We were extremely concerned about staying true to the tone of the story and determined not to veer off into sentimentality nor to lose the language of the characters and the time and place. We wanted the finished screenplay to be as emotionally honest and straightforward as the short story from which it was adapted.
Brokeback Mountain: Interview with Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana (http://www.cinemalogue.com/2006/02/14/brokeback-interview/)
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"I think that Annie Proulx's short story and the script that Larry (McMurtry) and Diana (Ossana) wrote were just so beautifully thorough and descriptive of the time and the characters that I had to do very little external research."
-- Heath Ledger (http://media.www.fordhamobserver.com/media/storage/paper827/news/2006/02/02/ArtsCulture/More-Than.Just.the.Gay.Cowboy.Movie.Heath.Ledger.Discusses.brokeback.Mountain-1595399.shtml)
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DO: We both found the process of adapting this particular short story a challenge in the sense that the material was written in a very specific manner, both technically and emotionally. We were extremely concerned about staying true to the tone of the story and determined not to veer off into sentimentality nor to lose the language of the characters and the time and place. We wanted the finished screenplay to be as emotionally honest and straightforward as the short story from which it was adapted.
Brokeback Mountain: Interview with Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
=aside= Sandy
Thanks.
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There was applause and cheering as the writer's and screenwriters' names appeared on the screen during the credits at both the Aero Theatre screening and the Castro Theatre screening of Brokeback Mountain.
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DO: We approach the creative process in adapting someone else’s story much in the same way as we would adapting Larry’s and/or my own material. Larry and I are unsentimental when it comes to the adaptation process. We make the same kinds of choices no matter what the source material. When the source material is a long novel, we often find it necessary to cut large portions of the book, and many times simply create new scenes from our imaginations as well. When it’s a short story, it is even more necessary to access our imaginations in order to fill in, flesh out, and create new scenes that aren’t contained within the story itself, in order to enrich the context of the screenplay.
Brokeback Mountain: Interview with Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana (http://www.cinemalogue.com/2006/02/14/brokeback-interview/)
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Ossana, the script's co-writer and McMurtry's longtime writing partner ... read the story and was floored.
It wasn't just the wrenching plot and tragic characters; Ossana was also struck by the leanness of the prose. Proulx is a master of understatement, given to rock-ribbed nouns and vivid verbs. In her work, adjectives show up about as frequently as grandma's wedding china.
"It was so visual that I immediately began to see it in pictures," Ossana said.
-- William Porter, The Denver Post (http://www.azcentral.com/ent/movies/articles/1213adapt1213.html)
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The Writers Guild of America honored Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana with their WGA award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2006.
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MW: For what purpose did you expand the role of Cassie (Linda Cardellini), and what part did she play in Ennis’ relationship to the women in his life?
DO: Cassie somewhat xemplifies Ennis’s continual denial of his emotional makeup, and his attempts to have what he believed was a “normal” relationship with a woman. After his and Jack’s final confrontation about Mexico, Ennis realizes that it is Jack he truly loves, and he simply cannot continue in his attempts at a relationship with Cassie, thus her confronting him in the diner about his whereabouts and her frustrations and painful realization that she’s not “the one.” Brokeback Mountain: Interview with Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana (http://www.cinemalogue.com/2006/02/14/brokeback-interview/)
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Round 557!!!
It was a match made in heaven!!
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Jack and Ennis together on Brokeback!
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"At the beginning of Brokeback Mountain, two 19-year-olds, a ranch hand named Ennis del Mar (Heath Ledger) and a rodeo rider named Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), hire on to tend a herd of sheep in Wyoming for the summer. Off alone in the rugged, mountainous terrain they start having sex with each other and, though they don't realize it, fall in love. It's 1963 and these boys from the middle of nowhere have no way to assimilate what they feel for each other."
-- Alan Dale, Blogcritics (http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/01/09/052110.php)
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The time up on Brokeback was bliss.
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Jack and Ennis fell for each other's charms, whether they knew it or not.
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With his confidence and sincerity, Jack succeeds in lowering Ennis's defenses, and a friendship develops.
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When Jack was peeling potatoes and Ennis was peeling off his clothes, Jack tried to appear as cool as a cucumber by not even batting an eyelash.
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Upon hearing of Ennis' divorce, Jack, flushed with excitement, made the long trip to visit him only to have his hopes of a real partnership deflated.
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"After falling in love one summer while herding sheep on Brokeback Mountain, Ennis (Heath Ledger) and Jack (Jake Gyllenhaal) try to downplay the intensity of their feelings and the galvanizing emotions stirring within them...."
-- Milan Paurich, The Cleveland Free Times (http://www.freetimes.com/stories/13/36/steers-and-queers-brokeback-mountain-transcends-its-sexual-orientation)
=aside= Tim
Howdy! Welcome back. :)
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Jack and Ennis's time on the mountain was heaven-sent.
=aside= Tim
We're flushed with excitement at your presence here!
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It wasn't until Ennis left Brokeback that he identified what he was feeling about Jack.
=aside= Tim
Good seeing you again.
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Tragically, Ennis lacks the courage needed to defy convention and make a life with Jack.
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The log that Jack was splitting when Aguirre came up to tell him about Uncle Harold seemed to magically disappear after Aguirre checked out Ennis babysitting the sheep.
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L.D. Newsome revealed he was a genuine nitwit during Thanksgiving dinner.
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Starting with their time together on Brokeback, Jack and Ennis's feelings were their onuses.
def - burden, encumbrance, load, affliction, hardship.
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Jack pressed his luck in Tent Scene I and it paid off when Ennis pressed his flesh against him.
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Ennis chided Jack for playing the harmonica after the sheep had been separated from the Chilean herd, but his smile radiated love.
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The summer on the mountain was marked by a surfeit of beans, and a relative dearth of sentiment.
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Jack and Ennis tendered tenderness to each other on the mount.
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Dylan Tichenor, editor of Brokeback Mountain , describes the film's emotional core: "Ang tried to make an American love story without any sort of modifier on it, and that's what he did. Sure, it's a gay love story. The characters are cowboys, but it's not what you might think. This movie is universally applicable. You forget it's about two guys; it's about the fate of two hearts. It transcends gender." Avid (http://www.avid.com/profiles/051219_brokeback_filmcomposer.asp)
=aside= Players
Universally great posts.
Nice reward for getting back.
=aside= Annie
Belated Birthday Greetings!
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The verve with which Jack defended his rodeo lifestyle caught Ennis by surprise and gave him a good laugh in the bargain.
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Jack and Ennis followed the long and winding road to Brokeback Mountain.
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Jack and Ennis spent their time on the mountain xtracting joy from each other.
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Round Five Five Eight
Ennis and Jack are Great ...
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Together!
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Jack patiently waits for Ennis the late arriver, and his face lights up when his fishin' buddy finally shows up.
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Their time together was sometimes painful, sometimes blissful.
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Ennis and Jack found each other captivating.
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After their devastating good-byes in 1963, Ennis and Jack couldn't restrain themselves during their reunion in 1967.
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After Jack's rendition of "Water Walking Jesus," the boys revealed their parents' ecclesiastical roots: Methodism and Pentecostalism.
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Jack and Ennis sure liked fucking each other.
=comment= Players
In light of the "ABCs of BBM" rule with regard to the posting of expletives, I am positive that Ellemeno meant to post something like:
Jack (to Ennis): Tell you what, we could have had a good life together, a fucking real good life, had us a place of our own. But you didn't want it, Ennis...." [DVD]
Fran
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Jack and Ennis can never offer guarantees that they will be readilly available to the other, but they never seem to doubt their emotional connections.
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Jack and Ennis sure liked shagging each other; and they weren't averse to humping each other either.
=aside=Elle
;) ;D
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The boys' attraction for one another developed when they first met, but Jack's insistence that Ennis join him in the tent that cold night was the impetus that induced more active and intimate activity between them.
=aside= Thanks to all of you who welcomed me back
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Jack and Ennis controlled their libidinous desires more after they left Brokeback Mountain.
=aside= ProwlAmongUs
Great to have you back in the group.
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Ennis and Jack had a powerful magnetism each for the other.
= aside = Tim
I don't know if we've ever said howdy ot each other, but I'm sure glad to see you back. :)
= aside = Merly
Thanks for keeping me company in the naughty talk. Sometimes being a good girl gets tiresome. :)
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A couple of high-altitude nookies were portrayed or suggested in the film.
=aside= Meryl, Elle
Such language! :)
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A couple of high-altitude nookies resulted in an orgastic "Guns' going off" in the story and lots of grunting in the movie.
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What Jack and Ennis did privately they considered to be "nobody's business but ours."
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Jack and Ennis raucously engaged in a little high-altitude nookie.
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Jack assured Ennis that their high-altitude nookie, although not strictly business, was strictly between the two of them.
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Jack may be a sinner, but Ennis "ain't yet had the opportunity" to commit any religious or moral transgressions -- or at least he isn't admitting to any.
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When together, Jack and Ennis would often unfasten things prior to their high-altitude nookie.
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Ennis expresses with his body what he is incapable of understanding or verbalizing.
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Jack and Ennis found that wetting their whistles was a sure method of whetting their appetite for each other.
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In an xpletive-laced outburst, Jack gave voice to his years of frustration over Ennis's inability to built a life with him:
"Tell you what, we could of had a good life together, a fuckin' real good life, had us a place of our own. But you didn't want it, Ennis, so what we got now is Brokeback Mountain. Everything built on that. It's all we got, boy, fuckin' all, so I hope you know that if you don't never know the rest. You count the damn few times we've been together in nearly twenty years. Measure the fuckin' short leash you keep me on, then ask me about Mexico and then tell me you'll kill me for needin' somethin' I don't never hardly get. You got no idea how bad it gets. And I'm not you. I can't make it on a couple of high-altitude fucks once or twice a year. You are too much for me, Ennis, you son of a whoreson bitch. I wish I knew how to quit you." [DVD]
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Round 559!
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Two hearts find each other,
Two lives intertwine.
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Jack and Ennis developed an addiction for each other; there was no cure.
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Jack and Ennis realized the impossibility of breaking their addiction to each other; there was no cure.
=aside= Paul
;)
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Jack and Ennis's relationship began while they were herding sheep on Brokeback Mountain in the Wyoming countryside.
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Jack and Ennis's mutual addiction had its ups and downs.
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Jack was attracted by Ennis' earthy sexuality and would have gone to the ends of earth to be with him.
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"Brokeback Mountain is a sweeping epic that explores the lives of two young men, a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy, who meet in the summer of 1963 and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection. The complications, joys and heartbreak they experience provide a testament to the endurance and power of love."
-- Clay Smith (http://www.mooviees.com/9024/plots), The Insider
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Our groovy guys got into a good groove together.
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Jack and Ennis were initially attracted to each other and then fell madly, deeply and hopelessly in love.
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After being hired by Joe Aguirre, Jack and Ennis spent time drinking beer in a bar where the wall decor included lariats, spurs, branding irons, and castration implements.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JackEnnisHats.jpg)
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In the summer of '63, Ennis had his life all mapped out, but when he met Jack, his life path took a left-hand turn.
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Ennis was immediately attracted to Jack's magnetic charm.
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Societal norms prevented Ennis from taking the risks necessary to follow his heart.
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Jack and Ennis engaged in outdoorsmanship.
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Jack resisted sneaking a peek at the cowboy who piqued his interest on the peak of the mountain.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/impassive.jpg)
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Jack resisted sneaking a peek at the cowboy who piqued his interest on the peak of the mountain.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks!
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Jack resisted sneaking a peek at the cowboy who piqued his interest on the peak of the mountain.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks from me too.
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Jack resisted sneaking a peek at the tempting cowboy who piqued his interest on the peak of the mountain.
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Jack resisted sneaking a peek at the tempting cowboy in a state of undress who piqued his interest on the peak of the mountain.
=aside= Sandy and Paul
:)
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Jack resisted sneaking a peek at the vampishly tempting cowboy who piqued his interest on the peak of the mountain.
=aside= Sandy, Fran
We're still at it!
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Jack resisted sneaking a peek at the vampishly tempting wet-hot cowboy who piqued his interest on the peak of the mountain.
=aside= Paul, Fran
Yes we are!!
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Rather than sneak a peek at the vampishly tempting cowboy who piqued his interest on the peak of the mountain, Jack paid xtra-careful attention to the potatoes he was peeling.
=aside= Paul and Sandy
We are good.
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Round 560!!!
Jack had already started whistling Dixie.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_552.jpg)
Their hopes, dreams and desires.
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We are led to believe Ennis's enthusiastic "you bet" would augur a hopeful outcome, but he retreats and all bets are off post-Siesta.
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Ennis waited with bated breath for Jack to show up for their four-year reunion.
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Ennis was completely surprised by Jack's unannounced visit to Riverton following his divorce from Alma. Jack was completely devastated once he realized that he had completely misinterpreted the meaning of Ennis's postcard about the divorce.
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Jack's lingering hopes of a sweet life with Ennis were decimated after the post-divorce encounter.
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Jack tried to be civil to L.D., but he nevertheless felt enmity toward him.
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Ennis knew that they had more to lose than just their chance to make their financial fortunes.
=aside= Players
Sorry to miss the lovely theme in 559 "Lives Intertwine."
You were smokin' hot!
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Jack's gleefulness quickly turned to despair when he realized that, divorce or no divorce, Ennis still wasn't willing to give the "sweet life" a chance.
=aside= Toast
Glad you're back.
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The news of Ennis' divorce got Jack's hopes up about having a "sweet life" together, but those hopes were immediately dashed when he realized he had misinterpretated the meaning of Ennis' postcard.
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Jack knew that post-divorce, the outlook became inimicable for a sweet life together.
{def: unfavorable}
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Although Ennis and Jack were winners at finding real love, Ennis knew that they could become losers in real life.
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Divorce or no divorce, Ennis was intent on maintaining the status quo when it came to his relationship with Jack.
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Ennis went from the hopefulness of youth to feeling like a nullity later in life.
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Ennis expected society to ostracize them from day one, but Jack seemed blinded by his more rosy view of society.
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Jack was willing to face the potential perils of living openly with Ennis; Ennis wasn't.
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Ennis rationalizes his constant rejections of Jack's wish for a life together.
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Ennis survives Jack with the feeling that he was correct all along.
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A teary-eyed Ennis said, "Jack, I swear...." before closing the closet door and staring out the window at the great bleakness of the vast northern plains.
=aside= Toast
Fixed!
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Jack's post-divorce surprise visit served only to underwhelm Ennis.
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By the end of Brokeback Mountain, Ennis - who had been the father/husband that his daughters and wife could lean on - has reverted to living vincibly; like the nineteen year old boy who walked into Signal.
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Jack wishfully indulged in dreams of a life together with Ennis.
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Despite Jack's best xhortations, Ennis's fear made it impossible for him to commit to the "sweet life."
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Round 561!
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter16/014442M.jpg)
"I did once."
[More hopes, dreams, and desires]
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Story Ennis had aspirations for higher education - at least a sophomore - "but the truck broke down short of it, pitching him directly into ranch work. "
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One of Jack's beefs is that Ennis rejected his idea of a "little cow-and-calf operation."
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Jack proposed a "sweet life," but Ennis was afraid that obstacles imposed by conventional society would make such a life impossible.
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Ennis knew that desiring the sweet life was not enough; surviving society's gauntlet would not be that easy.
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For one evanescent moment, Jack thought the sweet life was possible.
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Ennis thought that Jack's idea about the sweet life was merely fanciful .
=birthday greetings= Paul
(http://www.myspacegraphicsworld.com/images/bday/45.gif)
Your birthday is always a red-letter day!!!
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Jack's feelings ran the gamut from high hope to despair during his long relationship with Ennis.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/redcowboyhat.jpg)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL!
MAY IT BE A RED HAT DAY, TOO! :-*
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Jack wanted Ennis to be the person he grew old with, the person he shared his joys and heartaches with.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/happy_birthday.gif)
Happy Birthday, Paul!
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Ennis's feelings toward Jack were inchoately vague.
=aside= Players
Unlike Ennis, I know just how I feel about you guys: you rock!
Thanks for the birthday wishes.
Paul :-*
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Eventually Jack lowers his expectations about what Ennis can give him and agrees to keeping a low profile.
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Realizing that he has misinterpreted the meaning of the postcard about the divorce, Jack masks his heartbreak the best he can and tells Ennis, "I'll see you next month, then...."
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Jack wanted to nervily face the world as a couple, but Ennis made him settle for a few high-altitude fucks out in the middle of nowhere.
def - adv. - In a brash cheeky manner.
=aside= Paul
I guess this is the day:
Happy Birthday my friend.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/weather/PaulBDay.jpg)
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To Ennis, the risk of a life together would outweigh any potential benefit.
=aside= Toast
Yes, it's today! I'm loving my own little ABCs thread!
Thanks, buddy.
Wow, my own pixelated portrait! Yeehaw!
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Worried about how his relationship with Jack might be perceived by other people, Ennis chose to keep it a secret.
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Jack rushes to Ennis's side to fill the emotional vacuum left in his life after the divorce - probably not knowing about Ennis's "propensity to roll to the wall and sleep as soon as he hit the bed."
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Ennis stood what Jack wanted to fix.
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Ennis is tortured by his inner conflict of wanting to follow his heart but lacking the personal courage to do so.
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The post-divorce scene was an uninviting event, as Jack felt uninvited.
=aside= Players
I've been invited out to a lovely b'day dinner.
Then I'll be away for Labor Day weekend with no access.
Cheers, and thanks for making my day very special.
(http://www.seldelaterre.com/images/sub/about/mg_lespalier.gif)
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Jack saw the varnished side of life, but Ennis was haunted by the reality lurking below that surface.
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A well-intentioned Ennis put his daughters before Jack and broke Jack's heart in the process.
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Despite all the time Jack spent xhorting Ennis to commit to the "sweet life", Ennis' fears made it impossible for him to make a commitment.
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Round 562!!
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/36/88571218_8bfa3d7f05.jpg)
More broken promises and dreams.
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Annie Proulx described Ennis's reaction to Jack's verbal assault on that last morning together:
" ... You're too much for me, Ennis, you son of a whoreson bitch. I wish I knew how to quit you."
Like vast clouds of steam from thermal springs in winter the years of things unsaid and now unsayable -- admissions, declarations, shames, guilts, fears -- rose around them. Ennis stood as if heart-shot, face grey and deep-lined, grimacing, eyes screwed shut, fists clenched, legs caving, hit the ground on his knees.
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Jack's bitchy reply to Ennis's question of whether he'd been to Mexico revealed that he was finally past sparing Ennis's feelings by keeping his unhappiness to himself.
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Ennis offers Jack a compromise:
"Two guys livin' together? No way. Now, we can get together once in a while way the hell out in the middle of nowhere...."
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Story Jack finally expressed his frustrations about the years upon years that he denied himself to please Ennis:
"Try this one," said Jack, "and I'll say it just one time. Tell you what, we could a had a good life together, a fuckin real good life. You wouldn't do it, Ennis, so what we got now is Brokeback Mountain. Everthing built on that. It's all we got, boy, fuckin all, so I hope you know that if you don't never know the rest. Count the damn few times we been together in twenty years. Measure the fuckin short leash you keep me on, then ask me about Mexico and then tell me you'll kill me for needin it and not hardly never gettin it. You got no fuckin idea how bad it gets. I'm not you. I can't make it on a couple a high-altitude fucks once or twice a year. You're too much for me, Ennis, you son of a whoreson bitch. I wish I knew how to quit you."
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Jack expressed his pent-up frustrations to Ennis by exclaiming: " ... You're too much for me, Ennis, you son of a whoreson bitch. I wish I knew how to quit you."
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Jack expressed his pent-up frustrations to Ennis by exclaiming: " ... You're too much for me, Ennis, you son of a whoreson bitch. I wish I knew how to quit you."
=aside= Sandy
Thanks.
=aside= Players
I'll catch up with you on Monday. Enjoy
the weekend.
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Jack grumly expressed his pent-up frustrations to Ennis by exclaiming: " ... You're too much for me, Ennis, you son of a whoreson bitch. I wish I knew how to quit you."
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Jack heavyheartedly expressed his pent-up frustrations to Ennis by exclaiming: " ... You're too much for me, Ennis, you son of a whoreson bitch. I wish I knew how to quit you."
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With feelings of anger intermingling with those of regret and love, Jack told Ennis wearily, "I wish I knew how to quit you."
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Story Ennis lost his loquacity when Jack said "I wish I knew how to quit you."
However movie Ennis continues his loquacity after Jack says "I wish I knew how to quit you."
Ennis
Well why don't you?
Why don't you just let me be, huh?
It's because of you, Jack, that I'm like this.
I'm nothin... I'm nowhere...
Get the fuck off me!
Jack
Shh, shh, it's all right, it's all right.
Damn you, Ennis.
Ennis
I can't stand this any more, Jack.
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After years of masking his feelings, Jack exclaimed: "Tell you what, we could a had a good life together, a fuckin real good life. You wouldn't do it, Ennis, so what we got now is Brokeback Mountain. Everthing built on that. It's all we got, boy, fuckin all, so I hope you know that if you don't never know the rest. Count the damn few times we been together in twenty years. Measure the fuckin short leash you keep me on, then ask me about Mexico and then tell me you'll kill me for needin it and not hardly never gettin it. You got no fuckin idea how bad it gets. I'm not you. I can't make it on a couple a high-altitude fucks once or twice a year. You're too much for me, Ennis, you son of a whoreson bitch. I wish I knew how to quit you."
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Jack wanted sweet nothings, what he got was a whole nother thing.
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Although Jack wanted to think that Amor omnia vincit when it came to having a life with Ennis, Ennis persisted in regarding that philosophy cum grano salis.
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Jack expressed his pent-up frustrations to Ennis by exclaiming: " ... You're too much for me, Ennis, you son of a whoreson bitch. I wish I knew how to quit you."
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Resentment flourished on both sides - on Jack's for Ennis not wanting the sweet life, on Ennis's for Jack being the cause of Ennis being nothing and nowhere.
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Annie eschewed all that was sentimental when she wrote Jack's line: "You're too much for me, Ennis, you son of a whoreson bitch. I wish I knew how to quit you".
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Ennis expresses his torment:
"It's because of you, Jack, that I'm like this. I'm nothin'. I'm nowhere."
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After long years of holding back, Jack was unsparing in his answer to Ennis about Mexico: "Hell yes, I been. Where's the fuckin' problem?"
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LakeConfront.jpg)
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Ennis vexingly resisted Jack's attempts at a sweet life.
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Because of their wasteful years of holding back, Jack was unsparing in his answer to Ennis about Mexico: "Hell yes, I been. Where's the fuckin' problem?"
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After years of holding back, Jack was unsparing in his xpletive-filled response to Ennis about Mexico: "Hell yes, I been. Where's the fuckin' problem?"
Could someone do the round announcement?
Thanks.
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Round 563
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Quit/JackLake.jpg)
I'm thinking about me.
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Jack found fault with the amount of time Ennis allotted to their relationship.
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Jack once had ideas on bettering their relationship, but now ....
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Jack is clutching his gloves while he makes his point to Ennis.
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Jack and Ennis were divided on the feasibility of a life together. Jack was willing to give it a go; Ennis wasn't.
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After "years on years" of working "their way through the high meadows and mountain drainages, horse-packing into the Big Horns, Medicine Bows, south end of the Gallatins, Absarokas, Granites, Owl Creeks, the Bridger-Teton Range, the Freezeouts and the Shirleys, Ferrises and the Rattlesnakes, Salt River Range, into the Wind Rivers over and again, the Sierra Madres, Gros Ventres, the Washakies, Laramies, " Jack found it hard to remain equanimous when he discovered that even that life was getting harder to schedule.
def - Of an even, composed frame of mind; of a steady temper; not easily elated or depressed.
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Ennis was fomenting trouble when he cancelled the August fishing trip.
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Ennis had guardedly opened his heart to Jack and found his soul mate but... "Two men living together? No way."
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When Ennis cancelled the August trip, Jack could no longer stay on the highroad. This was something he had to fix or quit.
def - The most positive, diplomatic, or ethical course.
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Ennis' torment was increasing when he finally said: "It's because of you, Jack, that I'm like this. I'm nothin'. I'm nowhere."
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Jack locks Ennis in his gaze, and lets him have it.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LakeConfront.jpg)
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By sending the postcard about the divorce, Ennis unintentionally misleads Jack into thinking that he's finally ready to start a life with him.
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The years on years of avoiding society to meet up with Ennis have made Jack nonsensitive to Ennis's needs. Jack figures that after "If you can't fix it then, by God, drive off from it - that's my motto." [shooting script - while talking to the Malones on the highway.]
def - Not sensitive; wanting sense or perception; not easily affected.
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Ennis overruled Jack's suggestion that they could live a "sweet life" together.
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Upon learning of Ennis' divorce, Jack presumed they would build a life together; he was incredibly disappointed when discovering such was not the case.
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As Jack gets angrier and less guarded, he reiterates his feeling that the sweet life was the right road for him and Ennis: "Tell you what, we could of had a good life together, a fuckin' real good life, had us a place of our own."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/JackLakeArgue.jpg)
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"Try this one," said Jack, "and I'll say it just one time. Tell you what, we could a had a good life together...." [story]
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Movie Jack told Ennis:
"Tell you what, we could of had a good life together,
a fuckin' real good life, had us a place of our
own. But you didn’t want it, Ennis, so what we got
now is Brokeback Mountain.
Everything built on that. It's all we got, boy, fuckin'
all, so I hope you know that if you don't never know
the rest. "
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Ennis tried to express his unnamed feelings by saying to Jack: "It's because of you, Jack, that I'm like this. I'm nothin'. I'm nowhere."
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After his heartbreaking visit with Ennis, Jack vroomed down Route 85, headed for Mexico.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/012217M.jpg)
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After his heartbreaking visit with Ennis, Jack whizzed down Route 85, headed for Mexico.
=aside= Fran
vroom,vroom :)
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After his heartbreaking visit with Ennis, Jack vroomed down Route 85, like it was an xpressway, headed for Mexico.
=aside= Fran
(http://www.library.drexel.edu/news/0404/Images/vroom.jpg)
=aside= Paul
I like your new avatar.
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Round 564!!
He Had Wanted to be a Sophomore!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_158.jpg)
All About Ennis
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Ennis avoided Cassie like the plague until she finally got the message that he had broken up with her.
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Ennis, always burdened by responsibility, felt beholden to Aguirre and his unlawful rules.
=aside= Sandy
Interestingly, my Toast-original avatar was taken at the same stairs as the kiss in my sig line!
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Ennis felt like he was up the creek when Alma brought up Jack Nasty and their "fishing trips."
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Ennis had a decades-spanning relationship with Jack Twist.
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Ennis endeavored to behave equanimously, but he was prone to bouts of ill temper.
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Ennis often flouts convention by suddenly behaving poorly, even to the extent of scaring his family.
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Ennis correctly gauged the distance to the target, killing the elk with a single shot.
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Ennis met Jack by happenstance before going up to their happy hunting ground.
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Ennis was inimical to the idea of two men living together.
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Ennis's "lowered eyes and hunched posture suggest a closed-up, locked-down wariness that expects nothing more from life than more hard knocks."
-- Lisa Jensen, "Heartbreak Ridge" (http://www.lisajensenonline.com/MovieReviews/2005reviews/mr_BrokeMountain.html)
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The morning after TS1, Ennis marched off without saying a word.
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Ennis was niggardly when it came to his emotions.
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Ennis overrules Jack's "sweet life" proposal by saying, "Two men living together? No way."
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Because of internal and external pressures, Ennis overrules Jack's "sweet life" proposal by saying, "Two men living together? No way."
=aside= Fran
;)
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Ennis reheats old elk and old flames.
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Story Ennis wore a white shirt with wide black stripes to the four-year reunion.
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Ennis gave in to temptation with the very tempting cowboy who had tempted him.
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Ennis took great pains to appear unruffled by things that life threw at him, so when he lost his cool, it was something to see.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisFuckinTeeth3.jpg)
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By 1981, seeing Ennis was as difficult as seeing the head of state of Vatican City -- or at least Jack thought so.
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After Cassie wiggled her way into Ennis' life, he wiggled his way out of it.
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Ennis's frequent xpectorations are usually an expression of his disdain.
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Round 565!
His dream's still alive
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/graphics/filmslide/brokeback/broke4.jpg)
All things Jack
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Jack's herding responsibilities included moving the sheep from Point A to Point B.
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Jack went ballistic on L.D. when he headed for the TV the second time.
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Jack captivated, entranced, and charmed the pants off of Ennis.
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Jack came darn close to leaving Lureen for good.
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Jack was an entertainer of taciturn cowboys.
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Jack eventually had to face the fact that he and Ennis weren't going to have a life together.
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"Jack flows from a line of doomed, beautiful dreamers that begins with Jay Gatsby, and Jack's ambition -- a life with Ennis -- is as impossible as Gatsby's pursuit of Daisy."
-- Drew Limsky, The Boston Globe (http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/12/30/a_beautiful_doomed_dream?mode=PF)
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When he was a kid, story Jack went through a hellish experience with his old man when he was having trouble toilet training.
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After Ennis introduces himself by only his first name, Jack repies: “Your folks just stop at Ennis?”
=aside= Fran
Congrats on reaching number 11.
(http://strumpette.com/uploads/august06/letterman.jpg)
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Jack Twist, born and raised on a small, poor ranch in Lightning Flat, became a high liver after he married into the Newsome money.
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Jack "used a come home every year, even after he was married and down in Texas, and help his daddy on the ranch for a week, fix the gates and mow and all." [story]
=aside= Sandy
Thanks for noticing.
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Jack was successful in nailing down a date for the four-year reunion.
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Jack gave an on-target performance of his mock-rodeo mating dance.
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Jack's herding responsibilities included moving the sheep from Point A to Point B.
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Jack took a big risk in Tent Scene I, but luckily Ennis jumped at the chance.
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When Jack got out of his beat-up GMC in Signal, he approached Ennis, and leaned against the truck in his sex-on-legs pose.
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When Jack trundled out of the tent the morning after TS1, he was a bit sore on his legs.
=aside=Paul:
;D
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Jack thought his encounter with Ennis in Tent Scene I was an upliftingly fresh experience.
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Throughout his adult life, Jack vies for Ennis's affections.
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Unlike Ennis, Jack hoped that he and Ennis could live together a bit like wallflowers and have a sweet life.
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Jack realizes that L.D. hates his guts and would prefer it if he were his x-son-in-law.
=question=
How about we continue doing a single round on each of the major characters?
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Round 566!
Guess who hates living out in the sticks?
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kitchens/Image2.jpg)
All about Alma
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Active, aproned Alma "wanted to stay in town near the clinic because the child had an asthmatic wheeze."
=reply= Fran
Xcellent idea.
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Alma had her suspicions, but she chose to bite her tongue, until the fateful Thanksgiving blow-up.
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Alma had stopped chopping the carrots to tend to the laundry.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kitchens/Image3.jpg)
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Alma eventually moved into town, married the town grocer, but still couldn't escape dishpan hands.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/snowywindow.jpg)
=aside= Meryl
Thanks for letting me "borrow" your picture.
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Eventually, Alma endeavored to be Ennis's ex-wife.
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Story Alma had freckles on her thin arms.
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After Alma saw Ennis and Jack lip smacking on the stairs, she was gobsmacked.
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When Ennis said "once burned", Alma got an attack of hotheadedness and told him what for.
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In time Alma realized that Ennis and she were ill-suited for each other.
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Since Ennis no longer lusted for her, was an economic failure, and was no fun anyway, Alma divorced him and married the Riverton grocer.
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Alma was in a miff every time Ennis went off to "fish".
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Alma greeted Ennis and Jack numbly after they returned to the apartment.
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Alma married (1963) and divorced (1973) Ennis in odd-numbered years.
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Alma's first two successful pregnancies bore daughters for her and Ennis - who loved them all to pieces.
The third of her pregnancies was for Monroe, and resulted in "the new baby," according to Junior.
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One certain Thanksgiving, Alma was a roaster of turkey and a skewerer (?) of Ennis.
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Alma "had seen what she had seen."
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One certain Thanksgiving, Alma made Ennis feel lke he was trussed up and skewered like a turkey.
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One certain Thanksgiving, Alma roasted the turkey, Ennis was trussed up, and Monroe was underdone.
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Alma's decision to divorce Ennis was due, in part, to the virtual lock Jack had on Ennis's heart.
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Alma decided that Ennis and his nasty friend were just wasters, and she moved on to a life with Monroe.
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As x-wives go, Alma seemed initially generous: she invited Ennis to Thanksgiving, suggested he get remarried. But, Ennis felt too big for the room, and things turned nasty.
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Round 567!
Lureen's in Seventh Heaven!
(http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/a/af/Anne_Hathaway_and_Jake_Gyllenhaal.jpg)
All things Lureen
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Lureen assumes control of the family business after her father's death.
=compliment= Paul
Great "X"!
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Lureen's bosomy charms were briefly but effectively revealed in the backseat of her Daddy's car.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/LureenBra.jpg)
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Lureen was shrewd and calculating, in luring Jack and running LD's business.
=thanks= Fran
:)
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Lureen turned blonder and blonder as her disillusionment with her marriage grew.
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As her hopes for an ideal marriage ebbed, Lureen's hair turned blonder and blonder.
=aside=Fran :)
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Lureen informed us of the frequency of Jack's far-flung fishing trips: "two, three times a year".
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Lureen, the zero puncher, seemed to be more interested in where Jack gallivanted than in why he gallivanted.
def - 1. To roam about in search of pleasure or amusement.
2. To play around amorously; flirt. (Oops!)
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Lureen told Ennis that they had put up a headstone for Jack in Texas.
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Lureen became icier--and blonder--with time.
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Jack has died on the highway and Lureen languishes in her luxurious home, repeating the story about his death at such a young age.
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It didn't take long after Lureen asked Jack if he was waiting for a "matin' call" until they had mated.
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Lureen dressed nattily, and approached Jack nastily.
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Lureen asked Jack why his out-of-town fishing buddy couldn't ever come down to Texas to fish.
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Lureen's prettiness and Jack's handsomeness made them a pulchritudinous couple.
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Lureen's prettiness and Jack's handsomeness made them a pulchritudinous couple, ready for a reckless encounter in the 1960s.
=aside= Meryl
;)
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Lureen let Jack know that they had to step on it in order to get the car back by midnight.
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Lureen believes that Jack's parents will stay in Lightning Flat "till the day they die."
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Jack's search for his blue parka underwhelms a preoccupied Lureen.
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When Lureen puts together Ennis del Mar and the summer of '63 on Brokeback, her last illusion about Jack vaporizes.
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Having been in Kappa Phi, Lureen was a well-rounded graduate.
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Apparently Jack had spoken xpansively of Brokeback Mountain because Lureen knew it was his favorite place.
def. = ebulliently (adv)
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ROUND 568!
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CASSIE MAKES A DATE...
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Cassie, sensing that a certain handsome cowboy might need a new girlfriend, puts her best foot forward and applies for the job.
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Cassie breaks into Ennis's life during one of her breaks from work. Ennis later breaks her heart by ignoring her and her messages to him.
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"Girls don't fall in love with fun" is a concept epitomized by Cassie's feelings for Ennis.
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Cassie dared to put her dogs in the dummy's lap and demand a footrub.
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Cassie, sensing that a certain handsome cowboy might need a new girlfriend, effusively puts her best foot forward and applies for the job.
=aside= Meryl
;)
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After her encounter with Ennis, Cassie hurriedly left the bus station in a distressed frame of mind.
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After Cassie was swept off her feet, she started gaining a firm foothold by placing her feet in Ennis's lap.
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Before Cassie came along, Ennis's biggest job that day was castratin' calves, but now he had the hefty job of getting this woman off his case - even if he did enjoy the attention.
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Ennis felt impelled to visit the gents', but Cassie felt impelled to divert him.
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At the bus station Cassie says what she has to say to Ennis while Carl loiters in the background.
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After Ennis and Cassie started having an affiar, it wasn't long before she was meddling into his affairs.
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Ennis's quiet notability got him mixed up with Cassie. So much so that she resorted to leaving notes for him at his place of work.
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Cassie eventually figured out that Ennis wasn't interested, and she moved onwards with her life.
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It wasn't long before Ennis had Cassie in the palm of his hand.
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=aside= Meryl
Thanks for the use of your picture.
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Ennis's quiet notability got him mixed up with Cassie. So much so that she resorted to leaving notes for him at his place of work.
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Cassie shuttled back and forth, leaving notes for Ennis, and leaving word with Steve at the ranch.
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While Cassie tripped the light fantastic, Ennis proceeded rather to tamp it down some.
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Here's what happens before Ennis unhooks the drive-in speaker in the 2003 screenplay:
125 EXT: RIVERT0N, WYOMING: DRIVE-IN: NIGHT:
ENNIS and CASSIE sit in ENNIS'S truck, trying to watch THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.
CASSIE is rapt, eats popcorn, swigs cheap white wine from a bottle between her knees, despite a violent wind storm that has come up, blowing trash and dust into the windshield. The sound from old window-mounted speaker is barely audible over the windstorm. The wind is blowing dust so high into the air that the screen is partially obscured.
ENNIS
We ought get our money back.
CASSIE
(hits him on the shoulder)
Hush up, Ennis, this is important. He's learnin'
how to be a Jedi knight.
ENNIS tries to step the blowing dust from entering his truck cab, rocks an old flannel shirt in the crack created by the drive-in movie speaker.
ENNIS
My truck's fillin' with dust.
CASSIE
(rapt)
Shhhhi , Turn up the volume.
ENNIS
(fiddling with the speaker)
Up as high as it'll go.
A strong gust of wind carries a big panel of the screen away, leaving a rectangular hole in Luke Skywalker's face. Suddenly, ENNIS rolls down his window just enough to unhook the speaker and throw it out into the dirt. He drives off.
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When they met, Ennis meant to be a voider of about a case of processed beer, but by the time they parted, Ennis was an avoider of Cassie.
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Not wanting to be a wastethrift, Cassie put Ennis's hands and lap to productive use.
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In an xtra-bold move, Cassie put her feet in Ennis's lap and requested a foot rub.
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Round 569!
Look who's hiding in the pines.
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All about Joe Aguirre
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Aguiree was prone to peeping in on the assignations of handsome cowboys in his employ.
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Joe Aguirre was likely less concerned with witnessing buggery than the fact that the dogs were baby-sitting the sheep.
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"Now get the hell out of my trailer," Joe told Jack curtly.
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Aguirre interacted derisively with pretty much everyone.
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Joe Aguirre
He did espy
Our lovely boys
Doing guy on guy
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Story Joe Aguirre counselled our boys to flaunt federal regulations, when he asked them to "pitch a pup tent on the q.t. with the sheep, out a sight, and he's goin a SLEEP there. Eat supper, breakfast in camp, but SLEEP WITH THE SHEEP, hunderd percent, NO FIRE, don't leave NO SIGN. Roll up that tent every mornin case Forest Service snoops around."
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Film Joe Aguirre is wide of girth.
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Aguirre is wide of girth and hellacious of temper.
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When Jack came to reapply for a job, Aguirre spoke to him in a condescending and insulting manner.
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In the 2003 screenplay, Ennis found out from an old man that Aguirre's office was located: "In that there trailer house. Three blocks down. You’ll see it."
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Aguirre manipulated the boys into flouting the Forest Service's rules.
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Joe Aguirre did not like the fact that Jack and Ennis were behaving like nanny goats while the dogs were left to play nanny to the sheep.
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Joe Aguirre offered his sheepherders some on-the-job training in mule packing.
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Aguirre held all the cards when he paired up the pair of deuces.
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Aguirre had a tendency to rant about his bottom line.
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Joe Aguirre pointed to Ennis and said, "Fridays at noon be down at the bridge with your grocery list and mules. Somebody with supplies will be there at the pickup."
=greetings=
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As listed on this wardrobe tag, Aguirre wore a tan cowboy hat with a flat brim as part of his first change of clothing - in scenes five and six.
Note that his belt is tulled, not tooled.
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Aguirre complained that some of his sheep were unaccounted for.
=aside= Toast
How would Joe look in this tulled outfit?
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A pair of 10x42 binoculars provided Joe Aguirre with close-up visions of his sheepherders.
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Story Jack thought it was wrong to wastefully travel back and forth for his meals:
"I'm commutin four hours a day," he said morosely. "Come in for breakfast, go back to the sheep, evenin get em bedded down, come in for supper, go back to the sheep, spend half the night jumpin up and checkin for coyotes. By rights I should be spendin the night here. Aguirre got no right a make me do this."
=reply= Paul
I think the mesh stockings would make it a go for Joe.
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In the opening trailer scene, Aguirre was an xtra-rude dude; he just lit a cigarette and picked up the phone without so much as saying goody-bye to the boys.
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Round 5-7-0!
"I was Tri Delt, you know..."
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All things Lashawn
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Before leaving the benefit dinner, Lashawn accompanies Lureen to the ladies' room.
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Lashawn seemed to think she was the belle of the Childress Benefit, but Randall seemed to focusing on Jack's appeal.
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LaShawn chattered all through the benefit dinner. Was Randall Lady Chatterer's lover?
=New Year Greetings=
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Lashawn was the Belle of the Ball, Lady Chatterer, and the ditziest of dancers.
=greetings=
Happy New Year!
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Once Lashawn started talking, it was difficult for anyone else to get a word in edgeways.
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To Randall and Jack it seemed Lashawn's busy little tongue never stopped flapping.
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LaShawn had the gift of gab and Randall may have looked the gift horse in the mouth.
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While living in North Dallas, Lashawn had gotten herself into a heap of financial trouble by spending more money than she made.
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Lashawn appeared to be informative, but her chatter contained little useful data.
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While Lashawn accepts Jack's offer to dance, Randall leers at her dance partner.
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While Lashawn chatters, Randall uses the time to meditate his next move with Jack.
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Lashawn admits her naivete in thinking that ranching was still big hats and Marlboros.
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Lashawn was gifted in the art of oratory.
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While LaShawn was powdering her nose, Randall was trying to keep his powder dry.
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Lashawn, quite the "lively little girl," is Randall's wife.
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Lashawn simpered prettily as she told Lureen about her weakness for Neiman Marcus merchandise.
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Lashawn was thanking Jack for asking her to dance, because Randall never does.
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Lashawn was so busy talking a blue streak that she missed the deeper undercurrents of why Randall was studying her and Jack on the dance floor.
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Lashawn had graciously resigned herself to putting up with the vulgarities of life in a "pokey little town like Childress."
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Lashawn simpered prettily as she told Lureen about her weakness for Neiman Marcus merchandise.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks. ;)
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The x-Neiman Marcus employee never thought she'd end up in a pokey little place like Childress, Texas, but there she was.
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Round 571!!
We outta go down there some weekend.
Drink a little whiskey, fish some.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_749.jpg)
All about Randall.
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Randall quietly studies the scene as his wife asininely comments on everything that comes into her head.
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Randall dropped Jack a line and hoped he would take the bait.
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Randall is a college-educated animal husbandman.
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Lashawn makes it clear the Randall is not a very mechanical dude:
"I told him it takes more than chewing
gum and baling wire to fix that pickup."
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Randall enjoyed looking at Jack so much that he invited him for a weekend of comfort and joy.
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While Lashawn and Lureen freshened up their makeup, Randall talked to Jack about getting away some weekend to Lake Kemp.
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Randall did not have enough gelt to suit LaShawn.
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Randall has free use of Roy Taylor's cabin, croppie house and little boat down on Lake Kemp; and he hospitably offered to share with Jack Twist.
"We ought to go down there some weekend. Drink a
little whiskey, fish some. Get away, you know?"
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Randall's suggestion of the fishing weekend provided an invitingly easy opportunity for Jack to solve his problem of not being able to make it on "a couple of high-altitude fucks once or twice a year."
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After leering at Jack all evening, Randall wants to lure him into spending the weekend with him.
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Randall is hopeful that a weekend at Roy Taylor's cabin with Jack will mushroom into something more than a little drinking and fishing.
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Before Jack could start nibbling on the fishing lure offered by Randall, Lashawn showed up talking about how she and Randall (she thinks) were behind the times.
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Rather than obtrude himself on Jack with an out-and-out proposition, Randall mentions the croppie house on Lake Kemp as a way of testing the waters.
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Randall's pursuit of a thing with Jack began rather subtly at the benefit dinner.
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Randall's acting and reacting to Jack became less subtle as the evening wound down.
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Randall really wanted to know if Jack would be interested in shacking up with him for a weekend.
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Randall tempted Jack with a weekend of drinking and whatever.
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Both the story and the movie of Brokeback Mountain leave us with uncertainness about the manner of Jack's death. However in the 2004 shooting script there is a scene with Randall and Jack that seems to rule out an accident:
EXT. GAS STATION -- ROAD OUTSIDE CHILDRESS -- DAY -- 1982
Jack's truck pulls up to the dirt lot next to the gas station. A mechanic, tire jack in hand, fiddling with a car, takes a beer from his buddy, who sits on a tire nearby. They both watch as Randall gets out of the truck and walks to his own truck parked in the lot, waving back at Jack.
The mechanic trades glances with his friend.
Their pov:
Randall's truck pulls out of the lot, goes in one direction.
Jack's pulls out after him, going in the opposite direction. wide:
We hold on Jack's truck, as it drives off into the distance.
[The unnumbered scene occurs between Cassie's kiss-off (147) and Ennis receiving the undelivered postcard (148).]
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Could this image from the trailer show this scene??
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Randall was a vier for Jack's attention.
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While Lashawn and Lureen are visiting the ladies' room, Randall whiles away the time talking to Jack about a weekend at Roy Taylor's cabin.
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Poor Randall had to sneak in a few words while Lashawn xcitably talked about:
Tri-Delt at SMU
a pokey little place like Childress
an Aggie game
animal husbandry
Roy Taylor's ranch
a smidgen of rhythm
Husbands never dancing with their wives
that there pick-up
Randall never listening
chewin' gum
bailin' wire
that there pick-up
SMU
North Dallas
Neiman Marcus
big hats and Marlboros.
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Round Five Seven Two
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But Momma
This is more than I can chew!
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Bobby antagonized his mother by playing with his food at Thanksgiving and whining when she told him to eat it up.
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Bobby's food at the Thanksgiving table, and his accent are the subject of much discussion.
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Bobby's custardy food seemed untouched, and the spoon placement makes one think someone was feeding it to him anyway.
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Bobby is a first-generation descendant of Jack and Lureen and a second-generation descendant of L.D. and Fayette.
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Bobby expostulated with his mother that he would be eating her repast for the subsequent fortnight.
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Bobby fidgeted with his food, complaining that he would be eating it for the next two weeks.
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Bobby Twist, the grumbly little boy, expostulated with his mother that he would be eating her repast for the subsequent fortnight.
=aside= Paul
;)
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Bobby was more interested in football than the ho-hum Thanksgiving dinner.
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Bobby was more interested in interceptions than the ho-hum Thanksgiving dinner.
=aside= Fran
;)
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Jake Church very effectively portrayed the languor and antagonism of Bobby Twist in the Thanksgiving scene of Brokeback Mountain.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kids/10f.jpg)
Jake is also involved in another major production
"Badland" (2007), in which he plays Stevie. [IMdb.com]
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Bobby's grandpa believes that watching football is something boys should do on their journey to manhood.
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Underwhelmed by the whole Thanksgiving thing, Bobby nibbles desultorily at his food, wishing he could watch the football game and get on with the business of achieving manhood.
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Bobby's father opposes the idea of watching football during Thanksgiving dinner.
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After Lureen threatened to turn off the television, Bobby piped in with: "Why, Mama? I'm gonna be eatin' this food for the next two weeks."
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Lureen receives credit for cooking three hours to prepare this turkey of a meal for Bobby and the rest of the family.
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Bobby stayed on the sidelines while his father and grandfather tackled each other about watching football.
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Bobby stayed on the sidelines while his father and grandfather were tackling each other about watching football.
=aside= Sandy
Interception! :)
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By paying more attention to the TV than to his dinner, Bobby inadvertently causes the unpleasantness between his father and his grandpa to escalate.
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Bobby
Newsome Twist seems shocked when his father verifies his manhood by standing up to that old son of a bitch with an ignorant ass - rather than by slouching and pouting in front of a football game.
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Bobby Twist seemed shocked when his father verifies his manhood by standing up to that old son of a bitch and whooping his ignorant ass.
=aside= Toast
;)
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After Jack threatened to knock his "ignorant ass into next week," Bobby's grandpa xpediently processed the information and decided that he had better shut his mouth and sit down.
=aside= Toast
Thank you.
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Round 573!
Ketchup over in aisle three.
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All About Monroe.
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Monroe got into Alma's good graces by allowing the peanut incident to slide.
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In times of conflict or confrontation, Monroe's personality was characterized by passivity and bootlessness.
=aside= Paul
Thanks Paul! real nice to C U 2!
=aside= Fran
Thanks Fran for another chance!
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Monroe offered to make the cleanup of the broken jars his responsibility, and Alma gladly accepted.
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From the look on his face during the peanut incident, Monroe was
doting on Alma long before her divorce.
=aside= Chris
Nice to see you here!
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Both the novella and the movie tell us that Alma worked for Monroe while still married to Ennis. One scene from the screenplay shows that Monroe was enthused with Alma even then:
95 INT: GROCERY STORE: WYOMING: EARLY EVENING:
ALMA, a little older and a little less skinny, though still just as cute, is clerking at the grocery store. As she rings up groceries, WE SEE MONROE, now a manager, wearing a cheap tie, flirting, smiling at her. ALMA smiles back. The customer leaves. ALMA and MONROE are alone. MONROE opens a box of Junior Mints and eats one.
ALMA
What are you smilin' 'bout?
MONROE
(chewing, smiles even wider)
Nothin'.
ALMA
Gotta be somethin'.
MONROE
Just happy, I guess.
MONROE throws a Junior Mint at Alma.
ALMA
(laughing)
Stop that I
Just then, ENNIS walks into the store. MONROE and ALMA immediately stop their flirting.
ENNIS walks up to ALMA's counter. MONROE hurries back to the office, afraid of ENNIS.
ENNIS
(pointing to the cigarettes behind the counter)
Two packs.
ALMA
(not getting the cigarettes)
Who's watchin' the girls?
ENNIS
They're outside in the truck.
ALMA
(darkens)
I coulda brought home your smokes.
'Sides, it's way past their bedtime.
ENNIS
(grim}
The quicker you give me the damn smokes,
the quicker they'll be home in bed.
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Monroe offers to clean up the broken jars, which frees up Alma so she can deal with the girls.
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Monroe appeared giantlike when he came to the rescue after the infamous peanut incident. Perhaps the poster of the Jollly Green Giant looming large above him added to this impression.
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Monroe's hospitableness extended to having his step-daughters' father over for Thanksgiving dinner.
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Monroe remained impartial during Alma and Ennis's fight in the kitchen.
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Monroe lounged lazily smoking his stogie during Alma's kitchen outing.
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Monroe minimized the mess on his messed-up floor, hoping it would let him mess around with Alma.
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Monroe has agreed to cater a reception for his nuptially inclined step-daughter Alma and her husband-to-be Kurt.
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Feeling stuffed, Monroe walked over to the living room and made himself comfortable in an overstuffed chair.
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Monroe is still puzzling over why Alma is shouting from the kitchen when Ennis hightails it out the door and heads off into the night.
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Monroe looked rather ridiculous slicing the Thanksgiving turkey with an electric knife.
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Thanksgiving gave Monroe an opportunity to show off his electric carving knife.
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Monroe, relaxing to the strains of Capriccio Espagnol performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra, had no idea that Ennis's truculence was about to break out in that too-small kitchen.
def - dispostion to fight
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Monroe, seemingly unfazed by the shouting, watched figure skating in the living room while Ennis was skating on thin ice in the kitchen.
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After Thanksgiving dinner, Monroe evidently did not hear the volley of Alma's insinuating remarks directed at Ennis while they were in the kitchen.
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Monroe's electric knife made a whizzing noise.
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Monroe xsected slabs of turkey with his handy electric carving knife.
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Round 574!
I'm not seeing Troy any more.
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All things Alma Junior
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Alma Jr. showed up at Ennis's trailer, after she had turned 19, arranging the bits and pieces for her upcoming wedding to Kurt.
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Alma Jr. was thrilled to bits when Ennis said that he would attend her wedding.
=aside= Chris
Glad to see you playing the ABCs.
=aside= Toast
Thanks for the tidbit.
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ALMA JR. looks around the nearly empty trailer, an homage to plains-life minimalism: a TV sits on a plastic milk crate in front of a battered recliner, the only other furniture besides the chipped Formica table, two wobbly chairs, and a fridge and tiny stove. [screenplay]
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Junior clearly shows her disappointment when Ennis says he has to be on a roundup at the time of her wedding.
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Alma Jr. tried to evade Cassie's question about Ennis by saying: "Maybe he's not the marryin' kind."
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Kurt, Alma Jr.'s fiancé, works out in the oil fields.
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Alma Jr. is proud of her fiancé's gas-guzzling sportscar.
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ALMA JR. looks around the nearly empty trailer, an homage to plains-life minimalism: a TV sits on a plastic milk crate in front of a battered recliner, the only other furniture besides the chipped Formica table, two wobbly chairs, and a fridge and tiny stove. [screenplay]
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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Alma Jr. told her dad that he inhabits a trailer that could use more furniture.
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Junior thought Ennis's trailer would be more livable if he had more furniture.
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Jr. thought her dad's trailer would be more livable if it had more than the few measly bits of furniture that he owned.
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Driving Kurt's newish car, Alma Jr. paid a surprise visit to Ennis.
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Alma, Jr., seems to oppose Cassie's wish to become the next Mrs. Ennis del Mar.
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When her father arrives in his truck, Alma Jr. seems rather peeved upon spotting Cassie.
=aside=
Nice to see you too Memento!!
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ALMA JR. looks around the nearly empty trailer, an homage to plains-life minimalism: a TV sits on a plastic milk crate in front of a battered recliner, the only other furniture besides the chipped Formica table, two wobbly chairs, and a fridge and tiny stove. [screenplay]
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Alma Jr. smiled broadly when Ennis changed his mind about attending her wedding.
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Ennis put the sweater that Alma Jr. forgot in his closet near his other treasured items.
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Attempting to convince Ennis to let her move in with him, Alma Jr. made unfavorable comments about her home situation:
"Daddy, I was thinking, what with the new baby and all... Ma and Monroe, they've been awful strict on me. More on me than on Jenny even. (pause) I was thinking, maybe I could... maybe I could come stay with you, Daddy... I'd be a big help to you, I know I would." [screenplay]
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Alma Jr. reacted to Ennis's vicissitudinous attitude towards her wedding: hurt when he was making excuses, and elated when he was accepting.
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Alma Junior is thrilled that her father will be there when she weds Kurt.
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Alma Jr. watched while Ennis took a bottle of cheap white wine -- a legacy of his x-steady Cassie -- from his fridge and filled two glasses: one for her and one for him.
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Round 575!
Jack said his old man had never come to see him ride.
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All things OMT
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OMT was filmed with an eerie asymmetry: one eye in the light and one in the shade.
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OMT spoke bitterly when he said: “Tell you what, I know where Brokeback Mountain is. He thought he was too goddam special to be buried in the family plot.”
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OMT clearly wanted to be the stud duck in the pond.
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John C. Twist is a complex character, ably played Peter McRobbie - who portrays his verbal dryness and his wet-blanket attitude towards life.
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Ever the classy guy, OMT expectorated into his coffee cup.
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OMT extinguished any flicker of hope Ennis had about leaving Lightning Flat with Jack's ashes when he said, "Tell you what, we got a family plot and he's goin' in it."
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Old Man Twist is the last surviving of Bobby Twist's grandfathers. Grandfather Newsome passed away in the ninteteen-seventies.
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Ever the classy guy, OMT hawked into his coffee cup.
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OMT's expectorating into his coffee cup is an example of his infelicity.
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Old man Twist made it clear to Ennis that Jack's ashes would not be buried on Brokeback Mountain as long as he could clear his lungs and expectorate infelicitously into his coffee cup.
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While OMT expectorated infelicitously into his coffee cup, Ennis was quite mannerly with his "thank you, ma'am" and "yes, sir".
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There was no pleasing OMT. Jack had come to the conclusion at a very young age that he could noways "get it right with him."
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Some of Old Man Twist's bitterness seems to have been fueled by the lack of opportunism afforded him by having a well-married son way down in Texas.
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OMT was a petulant person with plenty of pet peeves.
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Jack's wish for his ashes to be scattered on Brokeback rankled OMT, who felt his son thought he was too special to be buried in the family plot.
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The old man sat silent, his hands folded on the plastic tablecloth, staring at Ennis with an angry, knowing expression. [story]
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OMT ran the Twist household like a tyrant.
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While unmannered OMT expectorated infelicitously into his coffee cup, Ennis was quite mannerly with his "thank you, ma'am" and "yes, sir".
=aside= Paul
Thanks. ;)
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Old Man Twist's comments to Ennis about his son were all in a negative vein.
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One time OMT gave three- or four-year-old Jack quite a walloping for missing the toilet and then showed him "what it's like with piss all over the place." :(
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Old Man Twist was an xasperater xtraordinaire, and Peter McRobbie played him flawlessly.
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Round 576
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You old son of a bitch.
L.D. stops in his tracks.
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L.D. got his ass kicked after firmly establishing his asininity when he kicked up a fuss about kicking a football.
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L.D. backs off after Jack threatens to knock his "ignorant ass into next week."
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Even though she married Jack and had his child, Lureen lived her life for her father and his company; keeping track of the zeros in the costs, expenses, revenues and payrolls at The Newsome Farm Machinery Company in the pokey little town of Childress, Texas.
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It was disrespectful of LD to turn the TV back on after Jack turned it off.
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L.D. treated Jack like an errand boy when he threw him the keys to the car so he could get the formula.
=aside= Lynne
Glad to see you playing.
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When Jack Twist married Lureen Newsome, he forged an alliance with ... L.D.'s company as well.
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L.D.'s Thanksgiving stud-duck routine generated a surprise: Jack finally stood up for himself and put L.D. in his place.
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Despite L.D. Newsome's apparent hostility for his son-in-law, Jack does not accept "a downpayment to get lost".
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Not willing to let Jack's decision about the football game stand, L. D. made an ill-considered second move toward the TV.
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L.D. was shocked beyond belief when Rodeo dared to lash out at him.
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It's obvious from all the body language that L.D. is a menace to everyone in his extended family.
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Jack narrowed down L.D.'s choices to two when he said: "So sit the hell down, or I'll knock your ignorant ass into next week...."
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Jack provided more on-message remarks to L. D. after his initial address of "Sit down, you old son of a bitch!": "This is my house! This is my child! And you're my guest! Now sit the hell down, or I'll knock your ignorant ass into next week..."
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The tension in the dining room was palpable after L.D. openly defied Jack by turning the television back on.
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After Jack risked confronting L.D., L.D risked getting his ass knocked into next week if he didn't sit down.
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Jack describes how Lureen squeezes every zero she can for L.D.'s company.
"All I'm sayin' is, what's the point to makin' it? If the taxes don't get it, the inflation eats it all up.
You should see Lureen, punchin' numbers in her adding machine, huntin' for extra zeros, her eyes gettin' smaller and smaller, it's like watchin' a rabbit tryin' to squeeze into a snakehole with a coyote on its tail."
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Thoughtlessly assuming that his stud-duck status extended to his son-in-law's house, L.D. took the carving tools from Jack and began slicing up the turkey.
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L.D. was being unsportsmanlike when he refused to play by his host's rules to turn off the football.
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Going against the wishes of his host, L.D. voluntarily arose from his seat three times, attempting to turn the television set back on during the Thanksgiving meal.
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L.D. was a constant worrier of Jack and the whole family; and he seems to have hit a new low on Thanksgiving Day.
def - source of nagging concern or uneasiness.
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Jack's xternalization of his feelings that Thanksgiving started Lureen, Bobby, Fayette, and L.D.
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Round 577!
Oh, Mexico!
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/arrival-at-juarez-3.jpg)
Way down here you need a reason to move
Feel a fool running your stateside games
Lose your load, leave your mind behind....
-- James Taylor |
[The Mexican prostitute, Juarez, etc.]
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When Jack realized that Ennis's divorce wasn't the answer to his prayers, he set off for Mexico where they'd be no questions and there'd be no answers.
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"¡Bienvenidos, señor!" Jack likely heard this greeting as he stepped foot in Mexico.
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Driving away from Riverton after a disappointing visit with Ennis, Jack came to the conclusion that a side trip to Mexico was just what he needed.
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Feeling downhearted after a disappointing visit with Ennis, Jack headed down to Mexico.
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Jack admitted to Ennis that he had been to Mexico. He said that it was eventual that he would do so, since " ... I'm not you. I can't make it on a couple a high-altitude fucks once or twice a year. .."
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By failing to live up to Jack's expectations, Ennis unknowingly propels Jack to Mexico to get what he needs.
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Jack looked significantly at the young man in the Juarez alley, nodding gravely in reply to his "Senor?"
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Taking care of heartbroken young men like Jack was right up the prostitute's alley.
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After Jack interprets Ennis's divorce incorrectly, he ends up heading to Mexico for the intimacy that Ennis still refuses to share with him.
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Heartbroken Jack was in the Juarez alley in search of libidinal gratification.
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Heartbroken Jack meanders down the Juarez alley in search of a peso-driven prostitute.
=aside= Players
Happy 40th film reunion!
September 24, 1967-2007
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Heartbroken Jack took a walk on the wild side with a Juarez nightwalker.
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Jack went to Mexico since he could ignore the onlookers there; unlike how he would react to a group of Texan onlookers.
Annie Proulx wrote about her reunion day (June):
The day was hot and clear in the morning,
but by noon the clouds had pushed up out of the west
rolling a little sultry air before them.
Happy 40th
A Great Kissing Day
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In a Juarez alley heartbroken Jack easily found himself a handsome young Mexican engaged in male prostitution.
=aside=
Happy anniversary of the film reunion!
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Jack chose one particular peso-driven prostitute, relegating the rest to their dark-alley anonymity.
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Annie Proulx wrote about her reunion day (June):
The day was hot and clear in the morning,
but by noon the clouds had pushed up out of the west
rolling a little sultry air before them.
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Mexico was the place to go when Jack's sexual needs transcended Ennis's availability.
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Jack was unsatisfied with post-divorce Ennis, so it was off to Mexico.
=milestone=
Hey, this is page 1500!
We're coming up on 15,000 replies soon.
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Jack voyaged all the way to Riverton on the hope that the newly divorced Ennis would be ready for some real travels. However Jack voyaged on alone, heading to Mexico to console himself.
=milestone=
Wow, we have voyaged all the way to 1500 pages, coming up on 15,000 posts.
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JACK
(stunned)
November? What in hell happened to
August? Christ, Ennis, you had a fuckin'
week to say some little word about this.
ENNIS is silent.
JACK (CONT'D)
And why's it we're always in the friggin'
cold weather? We oughta go south, where
it's warm. We oughta go to Mexico.
[screenplay]
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After an xcogitative interlude, Jack decided that Mexico was the place.
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Round 578!
You say you already ate?
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/brokebackmtn_matwist.jpg)
All things Ma Twist
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Nothing, not even cherry cake made by Jack's mom, had enough appetitive power to make Ennis think of food on that day, in that kitchen, on that ranch, ... Nothing.
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Mrs. Twist is a believer; she believes in the Pentecost.
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"Ennis sat at the kitchen table with Jack’s father. Jack’s mother, stout and careful in her movements as though recovering from an operation, said, 'Want some coffee, don’t you? Piece a cherry cake?'"
~~[story]
=aside= Jack and Ennis
(http://www.bridaloccasion.com/anniversery/40thpaper.jpg)
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Jack's mom wanted to dole out a piece of cherry cake to Ennis, but he was too doleful to accept it.
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Mrs. Twist was very selective in what she said, but her demeanor was very expressive; and she made Ennis feel that someone else was mourning Jack.
=milestone=
15 000 POSTS!!!!
(http://www.beadmerrily.co.uk/images/204.jpg)
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Mrs. Twist was fantastically portrayed by Roberta Maxwell.
=milestone= 15,000 posts!
Congratulations, players!
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Jack’s mother ignored this, said, “He used a come home every year, even after he was married and down in Texas, and help his daddy on the ranch for a week, fix the gates and mow and all. I kept his room like it was when he was a boy and I think he appreciated that. You are welcome to go up in his room if you want.” [story]
=milestone=
(http://www.howardandpeanut.net/b3ta/images/15000posts.JPG)
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Mrs. Twist's consoling Ennis was in contrast to OMT's hardhearted demeanor.
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Mrs. Twist was inwardly hoping that Ennis would find the shirts in Jack's closet, and he didn't disappoint her.
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White OMT leered and sneered, Mrs. Twist appeared kind and gracious.
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While OMT leered and sneered, Ennis appeared manlier than him, and much more human - more like Mrs. Twist.
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Mrs. Twist was interested in tending to Ennis's nutritional needs with her offer of a fruit-filled confection.
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Jack's parents are a study in opposites: OMT is hardhearted, thoughtless, and controlling; Mrs. Twist is warmhearted, thoughtful, and submissive.
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While OMT would not permit Ennis to take Jack's ashes to Brokeback, Mrs. Twist graciously offered Ennis permission to look around Jack's room.
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Mrs. Twist reacted to OMT's rant about Jack's ashes by putting her hand to her throat.
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/brokebackmtn_matwistthroat.jpg)
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/brokebackmtn_matwistneck.jpg)
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Actress Roberta Maxwell (http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/archives/2006/01/depth_of_feelin.php), who portrayed Mrs. Twist, described the Lightning Flat scene like this:
"...in this last scene we see this tension and fear about what she knows her husband feels about this relationship, and about great cruelty and suffering she has endured herself, but she shows compassion to Ennis because she can see Jack was obviously very much loved."
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Mrs. Twist knew that Ennis would always treasure the found shirts.
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Mrs. Twist unselfishly leads Ennis in the direction of the shirts.
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Unfortunately, vandalism and pilferage have been reported at the Alberta filming location for the scenes involving Ennis's visit with Jack's mother and father.
[per FindingBrokeback.com]
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After OMT's rant about Jack's ashes, Mrs. Twist wearily put her hand to her throat.
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Mrs. Twist's presence in the kitchen at the Twist ranch changed a confrontational, argumentative scene into one of xpiation, acceptance and contrition.
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Round 579!!
Can't I have at least one line?
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/football/FootballFix.jpg)
All About Fayette
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Fayette Newsome is pleased to announce that her brand-new grandson looks just like his grandpa.
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Fayette's glare was as stinging as the hairspray in her beehive hairdo.
-
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/football/FootballFix.jpg)
Fayette Phillips Newsome seems to know that there will be repercussions if Jack is successful in crumbling the existing family hierarchy.
-
After Bobby's delivery, LD and Fayette arrive, delivering a whole heap of formula.
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Fayette is getting great enjoyment over the new baby and how he much is the spittin' image of the stud duck.
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Fayette gifted her formula-fed grandson with a practical present.
-
Fayette seems to wishing that they would just leave the TV on, let Bobby eat his gruel next week if he wants to do so, carve the gobbler that Lureen overcooked anyway and get on with the gravy and that other stuff that Jack and Lureen whipped up in the kitchen. Then maybe she can go home and dust her pictures of L.D. and get out the pepto for both of them.
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Fayette assumed hoity-toity airs to go along with her high-and-mighty hair.
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Fayette informs Lureen about the present for Bobby: "I got two whole boxes of formula for you, 120 cans."
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Fayette had perfect Texan lacquered hair.
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Lureen's mother, and Bobby and Lureen - as well as L.D. - are all startled: Jack has never stood up to L. D. so masculinely as this before. They watch, silent. Jack walks back to the table, sits down.
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Lureen didn't have to worry about sore nipples after receiving Fayette's gift of 120 cans of formula.
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Fayette seemed to have as much disdain as LD for her offspring's choice of a husband.
-
Lureen cooked for three hours preparatory to serving the Thanksgiving meal to her loving mother and father.
-
Fayette sat red-faced while her husband and son-in-law faced off over the way to discipline her grandson.
-
Fayette displayed a staid character; during the Thanksgiving blow-up, she stayed in her place.
-
Fayette was red-faced at Thanksgiving, but she was tickled pink by the birth of her grandson, even though his father was the black sheep of the family.
-
Fayette underplays her role as grandmother and seems to be content with L.D.'s philosophy on life.
-
Fayette expresses her vexedness at Jack's retort to LD with pursed lips and a hard stare.
-
Fayette is L.D.'s lawfully wedded wife.
-
Fayette seemed to think that her silence made her an xculpable grandmother.
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Round Five Eight Zero
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JimboRound.jpg)
He's still Jack's hero!!
More of Jimbo than Jack could ever get.
-
After Jack offered to buy him a drink, it was clear that Jimbo didn't want to associate with him.
-
Beer-drinking Jimbo wasn't the least bit interested in Jack.
-
Jack was hoping to be consoled by spending some quality beer-drinking time with Jimbo.
-
Being a lonely drinker at the bar, Jack offered to buy Jimbo a drink, hoping for some companionship.
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After Jack offered to buy Jimbo a beer, Jimbo responded with an emphatic "no thanks, cowboy."
-
When Jimbo sensed that Jack wanted to play footsie, he wanted no hand in it.
-
Jimbo rejected Jack's generousness, fearful that too much liquor would make him an alcoholic.
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Not exactly sure as to what's going on with Jimbo and his friends, Jack decides that hightailing it out of the bar is the reasonable thing to do.
-
Jimbo eventually interpreted Jack's attention as meaning something more than just a beer.
-
Jimbo seems to detect that this cowboy lusts for more than liquor.
-
Jimbo detected that there was an underlying motive in Jack's wanting to buy him a beer.
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Jack noddingly expresses his interest in Jimbo.
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/brokebackmtn_jacknodtojimbo.jpg)
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Jack seemed to feel that Jimbo and his buddies were ostracizing him after Jimbo refused to have a drink with him.
-
Jimbo perceives that there is an underlying motive in Jack's wanting to buy him a beer.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks.
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Jimbo thought that Jack's offer to buy him a drink may be a risque proposition.
-
Jimbo thought that Jack's offer to buy him a drink may be a sexual proposition.
=aside= Sandy
;)
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Jimbo thought that Jack's offer to buy him a drink may be a risqué proposition, so he reacted tersely.
-
Jimbo declined the unsolicited beer and walked over to another part of the bar.
-
Jimbo treated Jack like the other varmints that came to town for the rodeo.
def - One that is considered undesirable, obnoxious, or troublesome.
-
After taking a wallop from the bull, Jack took another from Jimbo.
-
Rather than just stop at "no thanks, cowboy," Jimbo took time to xplicate why he was turning down Jack's beer offer:
"If I was to let every rodeo hand I pulled a bull off of buy me liquor, I'd been an alcoholic long ago... Pulling bulls off you buckaroos is just my job. Save your money for your next entry fee, cowboy."
He didn't mention the real reason.
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Round 581!
Jenny, the forgotten one
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/brokebackmtn_girlsswing.jpg)
(She's even out of focus here.)
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Poor Jenny is the also-ran of the children; she barely gets a line or two.
-
By the Thanksgiving scene, Jenny had blossomed into a young woman, but soon became a shrinking violet.
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In the "Jack's surprise visit" and the Thanksgiving scenes, Jenny was played by Cayla Wolever.
-
In the swingset scene, Jenny is played by Brooklyn Proulx (any relation?) and Alma Jr. is played by Keanna Dubé.
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Jenny was filled with excitement about her dad telling his "bronc" stories at Thanksgiving dinner.
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Story Alma wanted Francine - their second, and frailer child - to get better health care.
The second girl was born and Alma wanted to stay in town near the clinic because the child had an asthmatic wheeze. [Proulx]
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Story Ennis described Alma Jr. as "a shy seventeen-year-old with his beanpole length"; Alma Jr. was apparently ganglier than Francine, a "little live wire."
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Alma thought that Jenny would be healthier living in town near the clinic.
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Alma told Ennis she'd rather live closer to the clinic because Jenny's health was a bit iffy.
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Jenny is afflicted with asthma, a chronic illness involving the respiratory system in which the airway occasionally constricts, becomes inflamed, and is lined with excessive amounts of mucus, often in response to one or more triggers.
[Wikipedia]
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Jenny is afflicted with asthma, a chronic illness involving the respiratory system in which the airway occasionally constricts, becomes inflamed, and is lined with excessive amounts of mucus, often in response to one or more triggers.
[Wikipedia and Fran]
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Alma Jr. tells Ennis that Jenny will contribute to her nuptials' entertainment by singing at the wedding.
=comment=
I guess she eventually cleared out all that mucus in order to sing.
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Baby Jenny is wearing a onesie over her diaper at the Fourth of July celebration.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/IndDayEnnis4.jpg)
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Alma was trying to be a good parent when she suggested moving to town to be closer to the clinic for Jenny's asthma.
-
At least as a child, Jenny suffered from the respiratory illness asthma.
-
The second girl was born and Alma wanted to stay in town near the clinic because the child had an asthmatic wheeze. [story]
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After the second child was born, Alma made sure that they were closer to a clinic in case the wheezing child needed treatment for its asthmatic condition.
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Ama wanted to be close to the clinic in case Jenny was to undergo an asthma attack.
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Jenny made a voluntary decision not to spend time with her dad and missed out on a trip to the Wolf Ears bar.
-
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kids/jenny.jpg)
Cayla Wolever played Jenny, age 11.
-
Because of her asthma, Jenny would sometimes wheeze when xpiring.
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Round 582!
We couldn't forget you!
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/brokebackmtn_firecracker.jpg)
All about the minor characters and extras
-
The cashier at the grocery store is appropriately attired in a work smock.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/monroe/Condiments.jpg)
-
ENNIS'S co-worker, TIMMY, a fat, bespectacled, annoyingly loquacious middle-aged man with a bad case of plumber's butt, works alongside him. Talks incessantly. [screenplays]
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/broke/timmy.jpg)
ENNIS'S co-worker, TIMMY, a fat, annoyingly loquacious middle-aged man, shirtfront unbuttoned, works alongside him. Talks incessantly. [movie]
-
Plumber-butted Timmy cracked a joke about breaking his back.
-
The tattooed woman makes her mark when she dances at the Wolf Ears Bar.
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Timmy has a one-sided discussion about which mushrooms are eatable, maybe wondering if Pat really is his buddy:
TIMMY (cont'd) ...47 different species in Wyoming alone, was telling Pat, 'no I ain't gonna eat them, no way, mushrooms is poison,' but he kept at me.... [2003 screenplay]
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Timmy's unbuttoned shirt reveals his flabby stomach.
-
The tattooed lady's appearance at Cassie's bar was notable for its grotesquerie.
-
Uncle Harold's lungs had healed enough so that he didn't kick the bucket and could kick up his heels.
-
Timmy was just one of the irritants that Ennis had to contend with on the paving project: There was the heat, the boss; and then there was the wind which took him back to .... Brokeback Mountain.
-
Within earshot of Lureen, one of the farmers likened Jack to a pissant.
-
When the bikers didn't clean up their act, Ennis mopped up the floor with them.
-
The nasty-mouthed bikers who had been partaking of the slopbucket needed a good mopping up from Ennis.
-
Mr. del Mar brought his two young sons -- Ennis is the overalled one -- to see what happened to Earl.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kids/kids_kitsEarl.jpg)
def. = wearing overalls
-
Old Man Del Mar lacked the moral sensitivity to realize how pitifully he was treating his sons. But then why do the deed if you can't show it off to your family?
-
During the filming of the Fourth of July scenes in Fort Macleod, the crew would get the extras riled up by telling them to act like the Calgary Flames had just won the Stanley Cup. {trivia from IMDb.com}
-
"Ennis, what are you lookin for rootin through them postcards?" said Linda Higgins, throwing a sopping brown coffee filter into the garbage can. [story]
-
After Jack tried to pick up Jimbo's tab, the bartender put in his two cents and gave Jack some two-bit advice.
-
Just when Ennis would like to left uninterrupted to think about the food he ate in Dubois, along comes a nosy cowboy.
-
Alma and Ennis paid no attention to the value-minded shopper making careful selections just down the aisle.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/monroe/HereWeAre.jpg)
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The Jolly Minister had to withdraw his offer to kiss the bride, since the groom lived up to his part of the bargain.
-
Carl agreed with Cassie that there was no xcusableness for the manner that Ennis kissed her off.
-
Round 583
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/xtras.jpg)
They're looking at me!
More xtras and bit parts!
-
The two women ambling past Aguirre's trailer had no idea they were in the presence of two cowboys who were about to begin a lifelong love affair.
-
The barkeep in Childress knew all about Lureen and her daddy's business.
-
Ennis had to listen to Timmy's chattering about mushrooms and broken backs.
-
Business continues as usual at the bus station, even though Cassie is being dumped by Ennis.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/dumped.jpg)
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Ennis and Cassie share the dance floor with a women whose exposed skin is adorned with tattoos.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/cassie/Cassie_4.jpg)
-
The bikers thought Ennis was an old fogy until things started to become foggy for biker #1.
-
Chief among the uncredited extras in Brokeback Mountain is the wind:
- the gentlest breeze wafting cigarette smoke
- the flinty wind drawing a bestial drone from the damaged krummholz and slit rock
- the hard and cold gusting wind
- the coursing, endless wind combing the grass
Under the wind drone he heard steel slamming off bone.
-
Ennis finds he has bitten off more than he can chew when he hauls a guy out of his pickup in front of the aptly named Black 'n Blue Eagle bar.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/BlacknBlue.jpg)
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Ennis' claims of not pursuing a job with the electric company due to "clumsiness", were incongruous with his overall adeptness with physical skills.
-
Timmy's long-sleeved plaid shirt is completely unbuttoned.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/broke/timmy.jpg)
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/mirrors.jpg)
Two extras are visible just as the store window mirrors a determined Alma, heading off to do an extra shift at the supermarket.
-
The two bikers Ennis fought during the 4th of July revels resembled denizens of some unpleasant Netherworld.
-
After overpowering Biker #1, Ennis asked Biker #2, "What about it? Wanna swallow 'bout half your teeth?"
=aside= Mikaela
Thanks for playing.
-
Ennis makes it clear that he prefers not to have some cowboy standing over him as he tries to get rid of that Dubois meal.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/prefers.jpg)
-
The cowboy in question made a hasty retreat from the alleyway after Ennis yelled at him.
aside-
Thank you, Fran. :)
-
Seated amongst the rodeo spectators, Lureen watched as Jack made a fine ride on a tough, spinning bull.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/ABC%20Food%20used/annehathawayint_435.jpg)
-
Many Canadians showed up in 2004, for a chance to appear in an Ang Lee film; trading a few hours for the chance to be on their way to the big-time in the movies.
-
Aguirre came up the mountain to tell Jack that his uncle Harold was unwell with pneumonia and in the hospital.
=aside= Mikaela
Welcome back to the game.
-
Talkative Timmy seemed unaware that Ennis was unimpressed by his verboseness.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Timmy.jpg)
=aside=Mikaela
Great to have you back in the ABC's!
-
Talkative Timmy was one of Ennis's fellow workers on the road crew.
-
Aguirre came back to tell Jack that Uncle Harold wasn't going to xpire.
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Round 584!
More Xtras to xplore!!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/prefers.jpg) (http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/mirrors.jpg)
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/broke/timmy.jpg) (http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/cassie/Cassie_4.jpg)
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Jimbo up and left Jack hanging out to dry at the bar while he joined some cronies assembled round the pool table.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Jimbocronies.jpg)
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Jimbo up and left Jack hanging out to dry at the bar while he joined some cronies bunched round the pool table.
=aside= Meryl
;)
-
The tattooted lady's back was completely covered. We don't know if she tried to cover her ass.
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Ennis believes that his father may have had something to do with the dreadful fate that befell poor Earl.
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The citizens of Fort Macleod, Alberta, were so eager to be extras in a Hollywood movie that they gamely endured a long night of shooting at a community baseball diamond located near an old airstrip south of town.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Fireworksscene.jpg)
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==================
Suddenly
the Fourth fireworks
doesn't seem like an
enjoyable place
to have a
smoke and
an uncola;
fearfulness prompts
this picnicker
to move away
from the bikers.
==================
| (http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/enjoyable.jpg) |
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The gossipy bartender readily gave Jack the 411 on Lureen: "Lureen Newsome. Her dad sells farm equipment. I mean big farm equipment. Hundred-thousand-dollar tractors, shit like that."
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/ABC%20Food%20used/capture-2.jpg)
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The gossipy bartender knew that L.D. Newsome was the head honcho of an impressive farm equipment business.
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Three extras saunter down the Signal sidewalk as Jack Twist returns in 1964, looking for Ennis; but only getting a rude interrogation and rejection from Joseph Aguirre.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/interrogation.jpg)
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Lachlan Mackintosh played Chilean Sheepherder #2.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/chilean/NDVD_014.jpg)
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While Ennis is yelling, "Dammit, Alma!" some extras are strolling Fort MacLeod's streets.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/mirrors.jpg)
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While Ennis is yelling, "Dammit, Alma!" some extras are strolling the streets of Fort McLeod and Alma negotiates a right turn, determinedly heading for the supermarket.
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When the bikers made their off-color remarks, many of the spectators turned pale.
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Valerie Planche played the waitress seen in the background in the Signal bar scene.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/ABC%20Food%20used/planche.jpg)
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While Ennis is yelling, "Dammit, Alma!" some extras roam the streets of Fort MacLeod.
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After Jack was burned by Ennis, the prostitute was able to provide Jack with some hot and spicy companionship.
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David Trimble played the Basque.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/ABC%20Food%20used/basque.jpg)
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The Basque looked unfavorably at Ennis's soup-laden grocery list.
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/brokebackmtn_basque.jpg)
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The vulgar-speaking bikers ruined the Fourth of July picinic for everyone around them.
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Alma was heading to the grocery store, and the two pedestrians were heading to wherever they were supposed to be going.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/mirrors.jpg)
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The Brokeback production team had to make good use of any xploitable assets - scenic as well as human extras - available in the Alberta countryside as they put Annie Proulx's story to film.
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Round {581 + four}
Don't let the door ..
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LetTheDoor66.jpg)
hit you on the way out.
Exits and Entrances in Brokeback.
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Jack and Ennis' twenty-year relationship was filled with many arrivals and departures.
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After being brusquely dismissed by Joe Aguirre, Jack and Ennis exited the trailer.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/ABC%20Food%20used/leavingjoe.jpg)
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Ennis enters the tent at the coldest point of that night:
EXT: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, WYOMING: NIGHT (LATER STILL): 1963:
The moon is full up, notched past two in the morning.
ENNIS is dizzy drunk, on 'all fours, struggles to stand.
ENNIS
(weaving)
Too late to go out to them damn sheep.
(pause) .
You got a extra blanket, I'll roll up out here and grab
forty winks, ride out at first light.
JACK
(doubtful)
Freeze your ass off when that fire dies down.
Better off sleepin' in the tent.
(stands up)
But he staggers under the canvas, pulls his boots off, falls asleep on the ground cloth. Snores.
JACK follows, crawls inside his large bedroll.
EXT: BROKE BACK MOUNTAIN, WYOMING: CAMP: NIGHT (YET LATER STILL): 1963:
Coldest point of the night.
ENNIS shivers, teeth chatter uncontrollably.
JACK
(irritable, sleep-clogged)
Jesus Christ, quit hammerin' , and get over
here. Bedroll's big enough.
ENNIS, too cold to protest, crawls inside.
[2003 screenplay]
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Ennis enters the Twist ranch deferentially, hoping to persuade Jack's parents to let him have Jack's ashes so he can scatter them on Brokeback.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisatTwistranch.jpg)
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It appears that Monroe and the girls were oblivious to the angry words emanating from the kitchen until Ennis stormed out of the house.
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Jack was standing in the foyer when Ennis introduced him to Alma.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_526.jpg)
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Mrs. Twist seemed to be expecting a visitor, and came forward as a greeter to make Ennis feel welcome.
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Of all the howdies in BBM, Jack's "Howdy" to Alma is the shakiest.
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Ennis insidiously exits his marriage.
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Joe Aguirre took off his light-colored cowboy hat just as Ennis and Jack were entering the trailer.
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Ennis is successful at maneuvering through the supermarket aisles with a kid on/in each arm - looking for the condiment section.
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Ennis couldn't believe his eyes and ears as Jack was nearing the stairs after not seeing him for "four fuckin' years."
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The door to Joe's trailer swings outwards.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/ABC%20Food%20used/joedoor.jpg)
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One of the saddest exits was the final parting in Signal.
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/brokebackmtn_parting.jpg)
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Ennis stood disappointed - probably mostly with himself - as Jack reversed his pickup around Ennis's small, very poor line cabin near Riverton.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/reversed.jpg)
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EXT: SIGNAL, WYOMING: TRAILER: DAY: CONTINUOUS: 1963:
The door to the trailer slams shut behind them. JACK walks
down the three steps ouside the trailer. ENNIS stops, stands
on the lowest step of the trailer, looks around at the bleak
surroundings. JACK smiles, sticks out his hand.
JACK
Jack Twist.
ENNIS
(shakes hands)
Ennis.
A beat.
JACK
Your folks just stop at Ennis?
ENNIS
(after a moment)
Del Mar.
JACK
Nice to know you, Ennis del Mar.
[screenplay]
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Jack and Ennis were bid adieu by theterseness of Aguirre's look.
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Ennis sits at a table seemingly occupied with the unsolved questions of his life, eating a slice of apple pie and drinking coffee. Music is playing: Merle Haggard, “I’m always on a mountain when I fall.” Then in walks another of his unsolved problems, but he has an exit planned for Cassie.
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Standing in the foyer of the small apartment, Jack volunteers the following information about himself to Alma: "I got a boy. Eight months old. Smiles a lot. I married the prettiest little gal in Childress, Texas. Lureen."
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Upon leaving Signal, Ennis got weak in the knees.
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Ennis leaves the Twist family ranch, knowing that no xecutor or legal official could change the stance assumed by John C. Twist: "Tell you what, we got a family plot and he's goin' in it."
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Round 586!!
I Thought that We Clicked
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/AJAR.jpg)
More Entrances and Exits
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The pace of the movie accelerated when Lureen made her entrance on a galloping horse.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/LureenRodeo.jpg)
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While Ennis hastily made his exit from Alma's Thanksgiving outing, Junior and Jenny bid him "Bye, Daddy, bye."
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Jack knew what to do when Joe Aguirre crabbily stated: "Now get the hell out of my trailer."
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Having found herself decreasingly happy in her marriage, Alma retained a lawyer and showed Ennis the door.
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Lureen and her horse excitedly exit the rodeo arena, only to be ex-hatted.
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Jack's friendly offer to buy Jimbo a beer sets off alarm bells, and the wary clown flees to his buddies across the room.
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Two bikers enter the area just behind the Del Mar family. The loud, profane bikers carry half-empty bottles of liquor and behave way too gregariously.
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INT: RIVERTON, WYOMING: DEL MAR APARTMENT: EVENING: 1967:
ENNIS, ALMA and the girls have moved to the little apartment
above the laundromat. The apartment is small, not fancy, but
ALMA has manaaged to make it homey on what little money she
has to work with. Clean but spare. WE SOMETIMES hear the
sounds of the washing machines coming from below....
ENNIS comes in to the apartment, dusty, dirty.
TWO LITTLE GIRLS, one running, one toddling: ALMA JR., and
little JENNY, eager to see their daddy. ALMA is at the
stove, has made greasy hamburger.
ALMA
(stirring)
Ennis, you know somebody name a Jack?
From Texas?
ENNIS, about to pick up JENNY, stops.
ENNIS
I might. Why?
[screenplay]
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By entering the tent that cold night, Ennis imperils himself into the dangerous world of love.
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The loudness of Jack's pickup announces his entry to Signal as he pulls into the gravel parking lot near Aguirre's trailer.
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After the bikers entered the area, they discovered it was a mistake to mess around with Ennis.
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Ennis had just finished applying the last of the stick-on numbers to his mailbox, the Arabic numeral "7", when Alma Jr. pulled into his driveway.
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Jack's entering the Del Mar household was a one-off event.
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Right before coming down from Brokeback, Jack pinched Ennis's shirt.
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Once he has entered Ennis's apartment, Jack refrains from swearing, but he does continue to wear his hat. Sure enough.
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EXT: SIGNAL, WYOMING: TRAILER: DAY: CONTINUOUS: 1963:
The door to the trailer slams shut behind them. JACK walks
down the three steps ouside the trailer. ENNIS stops, stands
on the lowest step of the trailer, looks around at the bleak
surroundings. JACK smiles, sticks out his hand.
JACK
Jack Twist.
ENNIS
(shakes hands)
Ennis.
A beat.
JACK
Your folks just stop at Ennis?
ENNIS
(after a moment)
Del Mar.
JACK
Nice to know you, Ennis del Mar.
[screenplay]
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After Jack's world came tumbling down, he headed to Mexico for a tumble in the hay.
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As Ennis enters the campsite, he unloads his fishing gear and his troubles.
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After a few quick words with Monroe near the store entrance, Ennis found Alma standing in front of a sign touting value-priced peanuts and party snacks.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/monroe/HereWeAre.jpg)
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Shortly after entering the tent in TS1, Ennis felt his defenses weakening.
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"Supper's on the stove," Alma said xasperatedly as she took her leave of Ennis.
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Round 587!
It's a therapist's heaven!
(http://www.nypl.org/branch/features/images/freud.jpg)
"(Fill in character's name) really needs therapy because..."
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Jack really needs therapy because....in just about every scene, book or movie, the poor lad is given ample reason to be frustrated, mad, hung up or disappointed.
=aside=Paul
Great idea for a theme, and who better to introduce it? ;)
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Ennis really needs therapy because he allows his fear to becloud his thinking with regard to Jack's plans for a "sweet life": "Two guys livin' together? No way."
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Ennis really needs therapy because he needs to develop better coping mechanisms for dealing with his sexuality.
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Aguirre really needs therapy because he could be diagnosed with obnoxious personality disorder. :)
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Ennis really need therapy because, as the years elapse, he continues to repress his true desire.
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LaShawn really needed therapy because of her free-floating anxiety evidenced by her unfocused thoughts when she spoke.
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Ennis really needs therapy to galvanize him to make some important changes in his life, and come to terms with who he is.
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Ennis really needs therapy to learn how to manage his anger because he inflicts physical harm on other individuals when he's upset.
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Cassie really needs therapy to overcome her feelings of inferiority when she finds out she's attracted to men who are "not the marrying kind."
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OMT really needs therapy because, despite his loose-fitting overalls, he's pretty tightly wound.
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Ennis really needs therapy to better understand himself before yet another regret manifests itself.
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Bobby really needed therapy for being a negative-minded kid who complains about eating his food for the next two weeks.
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Bobby really needs therapy for his oppositional-defiant disorder whereby he talks back to his mother and refuses to eat his gruel.
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John Twist needed therapy back when Jack was little for his practically psychotic reaction to his son's problems with missing the toilet.
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OMT really needs therapy after urinating on his son because no parent should ever react that way to a toilet-training accident.
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Lureen really needed therapy for some stress management when she was "punchin' numbers in her adding machine, huntin' for extra zeros, her eyes gettin' smaller and smaller."
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A therapist could make a bundle treating all the characters in Brokeback Mountain; perhaps this is one of the reasons our own southendmd loves all things BBM. ;)
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Ennis really needs therapy to show him that his life doesn't have to be unadulterated hell: he can fix it.
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Old Man Twist really needs therapy to teach him it's not ok to victimize the weak or defenseless just because you are/feel superior to them.
=aside= Dr. Paul ... and patients
Sure glad I caught this group session.
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Jimbo really needs therapy because his masculinity has taken a few wallops: Jack's come-on, plus all that makeup.
=aside= Players
Thanks for indulging me this round.
You all get a clean bill of health. :-*
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Ennis really needs therapy to help him look beyond his range of xpectedness in life: no, everyone is not looking at him, and yes, two men can live together.
=aside= Toast
Thanks for your help.
Please announce 578.
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Round 578!!
Is It Love or Is It Hate?
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_877.jpg) (http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_705.jpg)(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_813.jpg)
Examples of Love and Hate in a Relationship
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Alma, who abhors Jack Twist for scuttling her dreams of a happy family life with Ennis, finally calls him "Jack Nasty" to Ennis's face one bitter Thanksgiving.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/JackNasty.jpg)
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Despite their blowup at the Lake Scene, Jack and Ennis were still blown away by each other.
=aside= Sandy
Great topic!
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It took Ennis an entire week to screw up his courage to tell Jack about November only to find out that he had been screwing around in Mexico.
=aside= Paul
It should be another good "shrink" topic.
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Alma, who still cared enough for her Ennis to invite him to Thanksgiving dinner, wasn't prepared for the reaction she got from him when she brought up the delicate subject of his relationship with Jack.
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Joe Aguirre execrates the Forest Service and their interference in his business and goes out of his way to bend the rules.
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Cassie was very upset when she realized Ennis had flown the coop.
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Lureen's glib remark about husbands not wanting to dance with their wives backfired when Jack asked LaShawn to dance.
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Jack's plans for a life with Ennis post-divorce came to a screeching halt when he realized that he had misinterpreted Ennis's postcard.
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Ennis may have been putting the blocks to Cassie, but his insincerity toward their relationship blocked her from getting too close.
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Ennis came leaping down the stairs to see the love of his love for their four-year reunion.
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Jack had no trouble mustering up the energy to drive all the way to Riverton to see Ennis; but he had to travel to Mexico to cut the mustard.
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Jack was frustrated when Ennis's job prevented him from getting away more often, but Ennis knew that he could be charged with nonsupport if he missed a child-support payment.
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At the beginning of the marriage Alma overlooks Ennis's fishing trips,"his disinclination to step out and have any fun, his yearning for low-paid, long-houred ranch work, his propensity to roll to the wall and sleep as soon as he hit the bed, his failure to look for a decent permanent job with the county or the power company", but her resentment grew and she evenually filed for divorce.
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Although he liked doin' it with women, Ennis had a proclivity for angling with a certain fisherman.
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Jack had to resign himself to the fact that "a couple of high-altitude fucks once or twice a year" was the most he could expect from Ennis.
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Filled with sorrow and bitterness after the post-divorce mix-up, Jack began to stray south of the border.
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It would take a whole posse of therapists to deal with all the ambivalent love-hate relationships going on.
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Suspecting that Ennis was being untruthful to her about his trips with Jack, Alma tied a note to his fishing line and discovered that that line hadn't touched water in its life.
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Alma hates the way Ennis vitiates their relationship via his fishing trips with Jack Twist.
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As time went by Jack came to view his marriage as almost worthless saying, "...as far as our marriage goes, we could do it over the phone."
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Jack and Ennis xult at finding that they've still got it bad for each other, even after four years apart.
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Round 589!
I'm walking on sunshine
(Whoa oh)
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/ABC%20Food%20used/sunshine.jpg)
And don't it feel good....
[Relationship highs and lows]
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Jack brings out the most affectionate side of Ennis - like the wind can clear the sky to blue.
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When Jack and Ennis were together, bedtime was anytime.
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"...Jack begs for more connectedness and Ennis sticks to his motto: 'If you can't fix it, you gotta stand it.'"
-- Lawrence Toppman, The Charlotte Observer (http://ae.charlotte.com/entertainment/ui/charlotte/movie.html?id=494615&reviewId=19868&startDate=NEXT7)
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Ennis thought things were just ducky, but Jack squawked for more.
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Ennis was so excited by Jack that it scared the pants off of him.
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Unfortunately for Jack and his dream of a sweet life, the memory of poor Earl remained frighteningly fresh in Ennis's mind.
=aside=
Lawrence Toppman gets credit for some of this one.
:)
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Lureen glibly wonders why husbands don't never dance with their wives, so Jack asked another man's wife to dance.
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The highest of the highs Jack and Ennis had on Brokeback may have been that famous second night in the tent.
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Ennis seems to find it amusing when Jack intimates that he might be shot by a jealous husband; however visiting Mexico is a different story.
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Jack told Ennis how little leeway he gave him and that's why he took to the highway.
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Jack musters up the courage to tell Ennis he misses him so much he can hardly stand it; Ennis cannot muster a response.
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After Jack made a nervy move, the boys "deepened their intimacy considerably."
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Jack disliked that they were reduced to being opportunists of Ennis's schedule.
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Alma's sexual interest in Ennis gradually peters out.
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The memory of the dozy embrace held a special place in the recesses of Jack's mind.
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In the dozy embrace, Jack and Ennis sexlessly shared a moment Jack would always remember.
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Ennis and Jack are one of the many couples in love that find it a tribulation to have that attraction.
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Jack had an untarnished memory of that time on Brokeback Mountain "when Ennis had come up behind him and pulled him close, the silent embrace satisfying some shared and sexless hunger."
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Jack was so excited at the reunion, that Ennis could feel him vibrate.
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When Jack and Ennis were together, they got a total body workout.
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Ennis so xults at seeing Jack again that he risks kissing him within view of the apartment.
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Round 590!!
They Wouldn't Let Their Love Be Stymied!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_610.jpg)
Carrying on Through all the Hardships and Obstacles
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Jack and Ennis found it difficult to act affectionately toward each other except out in the middle of nowhere.
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Ennis's refusal to have a life together pushed Jack over the borderline.
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At the Motel Siesta Ennis reminded Jack of their family commitments: "...Jack, I built a life up in them years. Love my little girls. Alma? It ain't her fault. You got your baby and wife, that place in Texas."
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Ennis said he was stuck with what he got, and he was doubtful he could do anything about it.
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Jack and Ennis had to be less enthusiastic about each other while in town - where just a vehicle driving by could make Ennis feel paranoid - especially after his fishin' buddy from Texas had just asked about him all over Riverton.
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The dozy embrace was easily one of Jack's fondest memories.
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Ennis had to settle for delayed gratification when he wasn't with Jack.
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Brokeback Mountain, The Opera!
......
And the combination of material, medium and music seemed wildly improbable: a spare short story by Annie Proulx about inarticulate Wyoming sheepherders — which, granted, had been made into a film that was very compelling but was far from histrionic — translated into the most histrionic of art forms? With a composer who's one of America's last major unrepentant modernists?
......
Link (http://buddhaglass.blogspot.com/2007/09/brokeback-mountain-opera.html)
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After coming down from the mountain, Jack and Ennis parted inarticulately.
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Ennis thought their lusting for each other would get them killed.
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Jack and Ennis found a way to perk up their monotonous sheepherding jobs on Brokeback Mountain.
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For some, the post-divorce misunderstanding was the nadir in their relationship.
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Ennis might not always be a thoughtful perceptive man, but there was no overlooking Jack's disappointment at the news that this weekend is for the girls.
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Ennis feared what might happen to Jack and him if people ever found out about their sexual preferences.
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Aguirre let Jack know that he had caught him red-handed "stemming the rose" and refused to rehire him.
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Jack was so very disappointed when he realized that Ennis supports his girls to the extent that he would priorize them above Jack.
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Jack had his tail between his legs when he was told off by Aguirre, but he still had many a rose to stem.
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Hoping to reduce the risk of an unintended pregnancy, Alma asked Ennis to use protection.
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Lureen's explanation of Jack's untimely end seemed like a varnishing of the truth to Ennis's paranoid sensibilities.
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Ennis withheld any display of affection toward Jack except in the middle of nowhere.
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The prologue finds Ennis in the throes of xigency: he needs to find another job and another place to live.
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Round 591
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/cassie/EnnisWhimper.jpg)
But I'm No Fun
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Ennis's genuine affections for most of the people in his life are guardedly and fleetingly exposed.
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In relation to Cassie, Ennis behaved like a cad.
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After some coaxing from Cassie, Ennis found himself out on the dance floor.
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Ennis's emotional life was a series of denials, even before he met Jack and realized what he was denying. Still the denials persisted.
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A fair amount of time elapsed between the men's room interception and the fun-less kiss-off.
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Ennis wasn't flattering himself when he told Cassie, "I was probably no fun anyway, was I?"
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When Ennis met Cassie, she was gainfully employed as a waitress at the Wolf Ears bar but hoping to go to nursing school.
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Ennis only halfheartedly wooed Cassie.
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After taking notice of Ennis, Cassie intercepts him on his way to the men's room.
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Cassie could not supply the fun that Ennis longed to have in his life. Only Jack could do that.
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Unsure of what to say to Cassie, Ennis looks down at his pie, just concentrating on muddling through the short but painful interview.
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Ennis didn't think Cassie's notes were noteworthy enough to notify her that he wanted to end the relationship.
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Despite his need to visit the men's room, Ennis obediently followed Cassie out to the dance floor. Afterwards, he obediently gave her a foot rub.
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Ennis decided that there were no upcoming proposals for Cassie from him.
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Ennis decided that he'd rather be "no fun" with Jack than with Cassie.
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No sooner had Ennis started for the men's room than Cassie made her move.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/ABC%20Food%20used/cassie.jpg)
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One trait that Cassie brought out in Ennis was cowardice:
- too cowardly to tell her straight on that he wasn't the marryin' kind
- too cowardly to tell her straight that he wasn't interested in her
- too cowardly to tell her that he was .. huh .. g g gay.
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Ennis appeared unmoved by Cassie's comments, but the wheels were turning.
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Cassie and her new boyfriend were veritably two of the last people Ennis wanted to run into at the coffee shop.
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Ennis proved himself a real wuss when it came to being straight with Cassie about ending their relationship.
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Ennis seems to be left in a state of xinanition when Cassie and Carl walk out of the bus station.
def - An emptying; an enfeebling; exhaustion; humiliation.
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Round 592!
Here's Looking at You!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_170.jpg)
The struggle to connect, attach, and bond.
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Jack and Ennis were accidentally thrown together on the mountain and were able to form a lifelong connection.
=aside= Paul
(http://www.divshare.com/img/2307650-6de.gif)
on 3000 Posts.
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It wasn't too long before Jack and Ennis became bedmates, sheep be damned.
=congrats= Paul
Nicely done.
=aside= Toast
Look who's gaining on you.
Hint: Post some food or movies.
:)
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Jack coaxes a smile out of Ennis just by talking about rodeo cowboys. The rodeo dance even makes Ennis laugh.
Congrats Paul on Post 3000
(http://www.sds3000.com/images/post3000.jpg)(http://www.sds3000.com/images/after3000.jpg)
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Before long, Ennis develops an intimacy and closeness with Jack that he has never experienced before.
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As her marriage to Ennis deteriorates, Alma's connection with Monroe empowers her to cut one bond in order to forge another.
=aside=Paul
Congrats on topping 3000! :-*
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After divorcing Ennis, Alma forges ahead and marries Monroe.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks for the inspiration!
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Gamboling and rassling up on Brokeback, Our Boys bonded with each other.
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Jack's and Ennis's days on Brokeback became increasingly hedonistic as the summer of 1963 progressed into August.
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Ennis's shy and suspicious nature inhibits an early connection with Jack, but eventually he succumbs.
=thanks= Sandy, Fran, Toast and Meryl
(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:eVD1K2QKzfUmhM:http://onlyconnect.blogs.com/my10d/3000-thumb.jpg)
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By the end of the summer Jack and Ennis's intimacy had grown by leaps and bounds.
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The relationship between Jack and Ennis matures gradually over the course of the summer.
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L. D. Newsome's decision to put Lureen in charge of his business may have been nepotistic, but it served his purpose.
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Ennis was overtaken by the overwhelmingness of Jack's attention.
=aside=
I was overwhelmed tonight by meeting our lovely mods, Fran and Sandy.
We had a speaker-phone call with Toast as well.
Much talk of ABCs and beyond.
1,000 rounds or bust!
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Mrs. Twist politely offered Ennis coffee and a piece of cherry cake.
=aside=
I, too, was overwhelmed by meeting Fran in person and talking to Toast over the phone. In keeping with the theme of this round, we connected and bonded.
Thanks to Paul for his graciousness and great culinary skills.
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Jack and Ennis rewarded each other just by their attention as they became more intimate that summer of 1963.
=aside=
I felt totally rewarded last evening to be able to visit Paul's living room - by speaker-phone.
It was great to put voices to everyone, and to chat with friends.
I don't think we said "Jack" or "Ennis" once.
Thanks to Paul for co-ordinating this, and to Fran and Sandy for being there.
Next time ....
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During the day Ennis looked across a grreat gulf and sometimes saw Jack, a small dot moving across a high meadow as an insect moves across a tablecloth; Jack, in his dark camp, saw Ennis as night fire, a red spark on the huge black mass of mountain.
=aside= Sandy, Paul, and Toast
A thousand heartfelt thanks to each of you for making Oct. 12th
one of the best days of my life. "Overwhelmed" is certainly the
operative word here. You should see the smile on my face as I
write this. We'll definitely have to do it again.
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Ennis and Jack would treasure their time together more than anything else in their lives.
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The bond between Ennis and Jack proved to be unbreakable, despite time, distance and society's pressures.
=aside=Paul, Sandy, Fran and Toast
So glad you could get together! 8)
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"The two men meet when they're hired to protect herds of sheep that are grazing in Wyoming mountains. It's a two-man operation, as each takes a turn as cook/camp tender and 'bodyguard' to the livestock. It's also cold and lonely work, which is why the two men turn to each other for physical comfort. In the weeks that follow, that turns into something more."
-- Jeff Vice, Deseret Morning News (http://deseretnews.com/movies/view/1,1257,425000738,00.html)
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"The two men meet when they're hired to protect herds of sheep that are grazing in Wyoming mountains. It's a two-man operation, as each takes a turn as cook/camp tender and 'bodyguard' to the livestock. It's also cold and lonely work, which is why the two men turn to each other for physical comfort. In the weeks that follow, that turns into something more."
-- Jeff Vice, Deseret Morning News
=aside= Fran
Thanks, I'm feeling a little lazy today after the big weekend. :)
Glad to see you arrived home safe and sound.
=congrats= Meryl
4000 unbreakable and lovely posts!
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Nothing could xinanite "Ennis, riding against the wind back to the sheep in the treacherous, drunken light, thought he'd never had such a good time, felt he could paw the white out of the moon."
def - To make empty; to render of no effect; to humble.
=congrats= Meryl
4000 interesting, informed posts.
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Round 593!
Here's Looking at Me!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_166.jpg)
More of the struggle to connect, attach, and bond.
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"But Ennis and Jack's deepening bond colors their lives over the next 20 years. Ennis marries Alma (Michelle Williams), and struggles to do right by her and his new daughters on a ranch hand's salary. Jack catches the eye of a sassy rodeo queen (Anne Hathaway), who sets him up in the tractor business operated by her daddy, an antagonistic blowhard who treats Jack as little more than a stud bull once he's produced the old man's requisite grandchild. But as resigned as both Jack and Ennis think they are to their new lives, a reunion years later leads to annual fishing trips together up on the mountain -- alienating them helplessly from the half-lives they share with their increasingly disappointed wives."
-- Lisa Jensen Online (http://www.lisajensenonline.com/MovieReviews/2005reviews/mr_BrokeMountain.html)
=congrats= Meryl
Happy 4,000th post!
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"This epic tale about the unexpected love between two men working on the Brokeback Mountains combines our American thirst for the stories of the West with the undeniable power of a loving bond that knows no boundaries."
Ramone Johnson, About.com: Gay Life (http://gaylife.about.com/mbiopage.htm)
=Congrats= Meryl
On 4,000 witty, insightful, well-written posts.
(http://genealogy2.com/poetry/business_woman_laptop_typing_lg_clr.gif)
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Jack and Ennis had no idea they would connect so strongly that their lives would never be the same after that summer on Brokeback.
=aside=Paul, Toast, Fran and Sandy
Thanks so much, friends, for noticing my milestone and making it so much fun to reach! :-*
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"The two men meet when they're hired to protect herds of sheep that are grazing in Wyoming mountains. It's a two-man operation, as each takes a turn as cook/camp tender and 'bodyguard' to the livestock. It's also cold and lonely work, which is why the two men turn to each other for physical comfort. In the weeks that follow, that turns into something more."
-- Jeff Vice, Deseret Morning News (http://deseretnews.com/movies/view/1,1257,425000738,00.html)
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When Ennis enveloped Jack in his arms, it was the "single moment of artless, charmed happiness in their separate and difficult lives".
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In Jack and Ennis's case, absence (and sometimes abstinence) certainly made their hearts grow fonder.
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"What's the point of ridin' some piece of stock for eight seconds?" Ennis asks.
"Money's a good point," Jack replies, generating a laugh from Ennis.
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31 EXT: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN: DAY:
WE SEE JACK and ENNIS, the dogs, the sheep moving higher up the mountain to new pasture. Both horseback. JACK leading the pack mules, ENNIS and the blue heelers leading the sheep.
32 EXT: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN: DUSK:
WE SEE them pitching a new camp, more primitive this time. No platform. JACK and ENNIS are friendlier, more familiar with each other, laugh and joke as they struggle with the tent.
[2003 screenplay]
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Annie speaks of the sad impossibillity of their union, her writing impossibly sad.
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Despite Jack's best efforts, Ennis could never overcome his limiting, conventional choices.
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Jack's motives become more detectable as he senses acceptance by Ennis.
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Jack helped Ennis to overcome his emotional numbness.
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Jack's first postcard to Ennis was admittedly long overdue.
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Jack returned to Signal in 1964, counting on the probability that Ennis Del Mar might be back in Aguirre's employ.
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Jack returned to Signal in 1964, counting on the probability that Ennis Del Mar might be back in Aguirre's employ, and was roundly rejected.
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They set up camp without saying much, picketed the horses in the meadow. Jack broke the seal on a bottle of whiskey, took a long, hot swallow, exhaled forcefully, said, "That's one a the two things I need right now," capped and tossed it to Ennis. [story]
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Ennis was able to confide in Jack how his father tried to terrify K.E. and him by showing him Earl's dead body.
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Ennis carried the unconsolable events of Earl's death with him all his life.
def - Sad beyond comforting.
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Jack treated Ennis's punch as a veniality; he wasn't really sore from that punch and could forgive Ennis.
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At the Motel Siesta Jack gave Ennis a watered-down version of his conversation with Joe Aguirre.
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Cassie was upset at her x-lover's cold demeanor after she had made her feelings for him so clear.
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Round 594!!
Left Wanting So Much More!!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_558.jpg) (http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_672.jpg)(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_823.jpg) (http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_877.jpg)
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Jack's heart yearned for his soulmate Ennis, but that yearning was never to be wholly assuaged.
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Throughout his married life, Jack was the unfortunate recipient of L.D. Newsome's bombastic ramblings.
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The 2003 screenplay describes Ennis's callousness to Cassie (without a boyfriend) as he ends their fling:
136 INT: DENNY'S RESTAURANT: RIVERTON: NIGHT:
ENNIS sits in a booth, eating a slice of apple pie and drinking coffee. An ELDERLY MAN sits at the counter. A heavy-set WAITRESS carries a tray of food past ENNIS, and serves a middle-aged couple in a booth. Glen Campbell's "SOUTHERN NIGHTS" plays from the speakers mounted in the ceiling. Enter CASSIE. She's dressed in tight jeans, her white blouse untucked on one side. She is slightly disheveled, has been crying, her eyeliner trailing down her face. She sits down in ENNIS'S booth, across from him.
CASSIE
{loud whisper)
Where you been?
The restaurant is dead silent.
CASSIE
(still whispering)
I said, where you been? I ain’t seen you for a week.
Called you up, you said you wasn't goin' out tonight.
ENNIS
(a little defensive)
Denny's ain't goin' out. I got hungry, so I came here
to get some pie. (a beat) Can't I eat in peace?
CASSIE
Been drivin' around for hours, lookin' for your truck.
ENNIS drops his fork. It clanks on the plate. The noise makes ENNIS self-conscious, looks around.
CASSIE
I drove to your trailer and you wasn't there,
ENNIS
Didn't know you was my parole officer.
CASSIE
I ain't your parole officer. I'm your girlfriend,
why can't you treat me like one?
ENNIS looks at CASSIE. CASSIE looks hard at his face: he's dark, distant, inaccessible.
CASSIE
I don't get you, Ennis Del Mar.
Knows he's hurting her, but he doesn't know what to do about it. The look on his face changes then, to a look of stark loneliness. She realizes, then, that she's not the answer.
ENNIS reaches up to her shoulder.
CASSIE deflects ENNIS'S hand. Tears well up in CASSIE'S eyes.
She gets up, begins to sob when she gets to the door.
[Leaves.]
ENNIS stares out the window at her as she gets in her car, speeds off.
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Uncharacteristically downcast and desolate upon realizing that he had misinterpreted the meaning of Ennis's postcard about the divorce, Jack headed for Mexico.
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Jack's energizing "King of the Road" trip soon loses steam.
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Because of Jack's fondness for Ennis, his absence made his heart go yonder.
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Alma del Mar garners considerable sympathy as Ennis's long-suffering wife... until she confronts him at Thanksgiving.
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Brokeback Mountain is a tale of those who are harassed - from Ennis's social fears to all the people who try to get close to him.
def - To irritate or torment persistently.
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Cassie had no trouble indicating her displeasure at Ennis's disappearing act.
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While Ennis wanted many parts of their relationship to be off limits, Jack wanted their love to be limitless.
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Jack wanted to spend the maximum time possible with Ennis, but Ennis placed too many conditions on togetherness.
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Ennis' demeanor went far beyond nonassertive; in fact, he was incredibly reticent.
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Ennis's obtrusive lack of interest finally convinced Cassie that their relationship was over.
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Jack prowled the alleys of Mexico after Ennis gave him his post-divorce kiss-off.
=aside= Tim
Your moniker helped me think of a word - thanks.
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After years of growing resentment, Alma decided that divorcing Ennis was her only recourse.
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After years of swimming in doubt and loneliness, Alma divorced Ennis and married the Riverton grocer.
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When it came to commitments, Ennis teemed with excuses.
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As Alma's resentment towards Ennis grew, living with him became unbearably difficult.
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After years of keeping vigil while Ennis was off fishing with Jack, Alma called it quits and got a divorce.
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After years of whiling away the days while Ennis was off fishing with Jack, Alma called it quits and got a divorce.
=aside= Meryl
:)
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After years of whiling away the days while Ennis was off fishing with Jack, Alma discovered that her torch was xtinguishable.
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Round 595!
Tryin' to keep our love alive
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/brokebackmtn_jackhopeful.jpg)
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After four years apart, Jack arranges to come to Riverton to buy Ennis a beer.
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Jack sent the first postcard to Ennis by way of general delivery, betting that it would reach him.
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Jack attempted cashing in on Ennis's loss of a whole month's wages, probably hoping that a loan would be a perfect way to keep in touch with the love of his ... summer.
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Secrecy and marital deception were necessary in order that Jack and Ennis could continue to see each other.
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Ennis and Jack both had epiphanies about their importance to each other; unfortunately, Ennis's came after he quarreled with Jack at the lake, and by then it was too late.
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What Ennis believed was a "one-shot thing" evolved into a full-fledged affair masked by secrecy and marital deception.
=aside= Sandy
:)
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Jack and Ennis spent their lives gravitating toward each other as if connected by an unseen hook on an invisible line.
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Even though Jack was experienced, he was careful not to act in a high-handed way when he realized he couldn't keep his hands off of Ennis.
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"The sadness that infuses Brokeback also derives from the deadening effect the men's self-repression has on their families and other loved ones."
-- Marjorie Baumgarten, Gambit Weekly (http://www.gambitweekly.com/dispatch/2006-01-03/film_review.php)
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Jack brought out the love in Ennis; but, in his lifetime, he was never able to get him past his fearful lamentation for poor dead Earl.
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Jack's love was able to cut through the murk of Ennis's fears and prejudices, allowing him to express his true nature.
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Because of Jack and Ennis' relationship with each other, their marriages were characterized by carelessness, inattentiveness, and neglectfulness.
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At the end of the summer of 63 Ennis knows deep down that he loves Jack; but society obligates his marrying the girl that has been chosen for him.
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Alma was not particularly pleased to find yet another postcard from Jack mixed in with the mail.
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In order to preserve their relationshiop, Jack didn't let Ennis know that he had ridden "more than bulls."
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Jack kept the news about his extra-bull-riding a secret from Ennis so as not to stifle what they might have together.
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"...Jack's dark good looks and rascally demeanor make him irresistible. But Jarhead star (Jake) Gyllenhaal creates a more complicated character, tapping into Jack's heartbreaking desire to have a life with Ennis."
-- Randy Myers, Contra Costa Times (http://ae.contracostatimes.com/entertainment/ui/cctimes/movie.html?id=494615&reviewId=19677)
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Even though Jack knew that the idea of having a life together was unpromising, he remained hopeful until the end.
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Jack knew that Ennis had already visualized his father standing at the motel room door with a tire iron in his hand.
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Story Ennis told Jack that he had "wrung it out a hunderd times" whilst thinking of him.
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Alma's dissatisfaction with Ennis is a perfect example of how the loss of trust in a marriage often leads to the loss of respect and the xtinguishment of love.
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Round 596!!
How Monroe Got his Kicks!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/carvingRiverton.jpg)
Another Look at the Other Loves
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As soon as Ennis had articulated his rodeo tales, Monroe attacked the articulated turkey with his handy-dandy power knife.
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Monroe seemed less macho than Ennis, especially as he brandished the not-so-butch electric knife.
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Monroe seemed less macho than Ennis, especially as he demonstrated his competency with the not-so-butch electric knife.
=aside= Paul
:)
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Monroe seemed less macho than Ennis, especially when he was demonstrating his competency with the not-so-butch electric knife.
=aside= Paul and Fran
;)
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Monroe seemed less macho than Ennis, as evidenced by his brandishing the not-so-butch electric knife.
=aside= Paul, Fran, Sandy
;)
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Monroe seemed less macho than Ennis, especially when flaunting his skills with the not-so-butch electric knife.
=aside=You know ;)
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Monroe seemed less macho than Ennis, especially when he demonstrated how the not-so-butch electric knife could glide through the turkey.
=aside= All of Bettermost ;)
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Monroe seemed less macho than Ennis, especially when he felt the heft of he not-so-butch electric knife.
=aside= Everyone I've met in my entire life! ;)
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The noise level in the dining room intensifies when Monroe, who seems less macho than Ennis, demonstrates the not-so-butch electric knife.
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Monroe seemed less macho than Ennis, especially when he demonstrated the lavish, not-so-butch electric knife.
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Monroe seemed lacking in Ennis's machoism, especially as he demonstrated his competency with the not-so-butch electric knife.
=aside= You wild and crazy Players
Can't let that one pass me by!
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Monroe seemed lacking in Ennis's machoism, especially as he demonstrated his competency with the not-so-butch electric knife.
=aside=
I couldn't pull the plug on this one!
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Monroe seemed lacking in Ennis's machoism, especially as he so outstandingly demonstrated his competency with the not-so-butch electric knife.
=aside=Paul
You have indeed generated many cutting remarks with this topic. ;D
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Monroe seemed lacking in Ennis's machoism, especially as he proudly demonstrated his competency with the not-so-butch electric knife.
=aside= Paul
This one may get as much mileage as your
"peso-driven prostitute."
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After Ennis tells his macho bronc-riding story, Monroe reluctantly returns to brandishing his not-so-butch electric knife.
=aside= Fran
As long as the extension cord will take us.
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Monroe seemed lacking in Ennis's machoism, especially when the focus shifted from Ennis's bronc-riding story to his competency with the not-so-butch electric knife.
=aside=Paul
It must be long enough to be plugged in over at the grocery store ;)
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Monroe seemed lacking in Ennis's machoism, especially when Ennis triumphed with his bronc-riding story while Monroe had to demonstrate his competency with the not-so-butch electric knife.
=aside=
No reins on this one!
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Monroe seemed lacking in Ennis's machoism, especially when demonstrating his competency with what many deem to be yet another unnecessary kitchen gadget, the not-so-butch electric knife.
=aside=
I just edited my "I" post. :)
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Monroe's brandishing the not-so-butch electric knife veiledly demonstrated that he was much less macho than bronc-riding Ennis.
=aside= Fran
I like your new "I".
Perhaps we can get Sandy to change her "L" and we'll have a not-so-butch sweep of the round!
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Monroe seemed lacking in Ennis's machoism, especially when he waved his not-so-butch electric knife over the Thanksgiving turkey.
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The inclusion of the not-so-butch electric knife in the Thanksgiving scene is a further xemplification that Ennis is more macho than Monroe.
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Round 597!
Don't nick yourself when you're shavin'
Grooming on and off Brokeback
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/brokebackmtn_jackshaving.jpg)
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While shaving in Aguirre's parking lot, Jack has only water in an enamel cup to assist him.
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While shaving in Aguirre's parking lot, Jack had to be his own barber.
=aside= Paul and (http://www.umdnj.edu/esscaweb/img/barberpole.gif)
;)
I changed my "L" so we have a not-so-butch sweep.
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While shaving in Aguirre's parking lot, Jack has only water in his enamel cup to assist him and he carefully kept an eye on ... that dude over there leaning against Aguirre's trailer.
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While shaving in Aguirre's parking lot, Jack only lets the handsome dude leaning against the trailer distract him a little from the task at hand.
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While shaving in Aguirre's parking lot, Jack only lets the eye-catchingly handsome dude leaning against the trailer distract him a little from the task at hand.
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While shaving in Aguirre's parking lot, Jack lets the eye-catchingly handsome dude leaning against the trailer fleetingly distract him from the task at hand.
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John Twist was a classic curmudgeon and grump.
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While shaving in Aguirre's parking lot, Jack lets the eye-catchingly handsome dude leaning against the trailer fleetingly distract him from his display of good grooming habits.
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While shaving in Aguirre's parking lot in preparation for his in-person job interview, Jack lets the eye-catchingly handsome dude leaning against the trailer fleetingly distract him from his display of good grooming habits.
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While shaving in Aguirre's parking lot, Jack lathers up not shaving cream, but excitement for the the eye-catchingly handsome dude leaning against the trailer.
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While shaving in Aguirre's parking lot, Jack prepares for the momentous day ahead, lathering up not shaving cream, but excitement for the the eye-catchingly handsome dude leaning against the trailer.
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While shaving in Aguirre's parking lot and trying not to get any razor nicks, Jack lathers up not shaving cream, but excitement for the the eye-catchingly handsome dude leaning against the trailer.
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While shaving in Aguirre's parking lot to remove an outgrowth of facial hair, Jack lathers up not shaving cream but excitement for the the eye-catchingly handsome dude leaning against the trailer.
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While shaving and primping in Aguirre's parking lot, Jack lathers up not shaving cream, but excitement for the the eye-catchingly handsome dude leaning against the trailer.
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While shaving in Aguirre's parking lot, removing an outgrowth of facial hair, Jack lathers up not shaving cream but excitement for the the eye-catchingly handsome dude leaning against the trailer.
=aside Fran et al
:D
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While giving himself a quick shave in Aguirre's parking lot, Jack lathers up not shaving cream but excitement for the the eye-catchingly handsome dude leaning against the trailer.
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While shaving and titivating in Aguirre's parking lot, Jack lathers up not shaving cream, but excitement for the the eye-catchingly handsome dude leaning against the trailer.
{def: to spruce up}
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While shaving to remove any unbecoming facial hair in Aguirre's parking lot, Jack lathers up not shaving cream, but excitement for the the eye-catchingly handsome dude leaning against the trailer.
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While shaving in Aguirre's parking lot, Jack has no idea that he will be driving over hillside and vale a couple of times a year for the rest of his life to be with the eye-catchingly handsome dude leaning against the trailer.
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After shaving and wiping his face in Aguirre's parking lot, Jack was ready for the eye-catchingly handsome dude leaning against the trailer.
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After he had xfoliated his skin from shaving in Aguirre's parking lot, Jack was ready for the the eye-catchingly handsome dude leaning against the trailer.
=aside= players
That round was a cut above.
Please announce the next round.
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Round 598
Don't I look great!!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Groomed.jpg)
Grooming with Lureen
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For years on years, Lureen accents her brunette locks with just a little blonde.
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Does she or doesn't she... color her hair? Only Lureen's beautician knows for sure, but the dark eyebrows are a clue.
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Does she or doesn't she... have her hair colored? Only Lureen's beautician knows for sure, but the dark eyebrows are a clue.
=aside= Fran
:-X
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Clearly, the naturally brunette Lureen dyes her hair blonder and blonder as the years pass.
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Does she or doesn't she... dye her hair? Only Lureen's beautician knows for sure, but her eyebrows' color is a clue.
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Lureen wore false eyelashes that matched her eyebrows rather than her hair.
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Lureen had glamorized herself for the evening's big event: the benefit dinner for the Childress County Children's Home.
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Lureen's teasing of her dyed locks had a hair-raising effect.
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Lureen's hair and eyebrow color were incompatible.
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Lureen's ever-changing hair is its lightest color in the "phone call from Ennis" scene.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/capture.jpg)
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Lureen's pearl jewelry matches her off-white outfit.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Groomed.jpg)
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Lureen is grieving Jack, judging by her neglected nails' condition.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/capture.jpg)
=aside= Sandy
Congrats on 3000 posts!
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Lureen overdoes it on the bleaching, sizing and stiffening of her hair.
=aside= Sandy
I toast your 3000 witty, wonderful posts.
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Over the years, Lureen subjected her hair to numerous bleaching processes.
=aside= Sandy
Belated, but heartfelt, congratulations on
your 3,000th post!
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/ABC%20Food%20used/well-done.gif)
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=admiration= regular players
Eye-catchingly and eyebrow-matchingly delightful couple of rounds!
=admiration= Sandy
Your posts have been 3,000 of my favorites here at BetterMost. Congratulations to us for our good fortune to enjoy them. :)
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In 1978, Lureen does her best feathery flip to resemble Farrah Fawcett.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Groomed.jpg)
(http://www.allposters.com/IMAGES/MMPH/242122.jpg)
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In 1978, Lureen does her best feather flip with sweeping bangs to resemble Farrah Fawcett.
=aside= Paul, Toast, Fran, Elle
(http://www.divshare.com/img/2511809-910.gif)
You players are the best.
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In 1978, Lureen does her best feathery flip to copy Farrah Fawcett's trademark hairstyle.
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Lureen's feathery Farrah-Fawcettesque flip was unrivaled at the 1978 Childress Benefit Dance.
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Lureen seemed to be visioning herself as Farrah Fawcett, copying her hair size, color and stiffness.
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In 1978, Lureen does her best feathery flip to copy Farrah Fawcett's wispy hairstyle.
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In 1978, Lureen was xemplifying the best in flippy, feathery, FarrahFawcettesque hairdos.
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Round 599!
I'm cleanin' mine!
More groomin'
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/brokebackmtn_0517.jpg)
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While Ennis attended to matters of personal hygiene, Jack attended to the potatoes.
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Jack puffed while Ennis bathed in the buff.
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While Jack peels potatoes, Ennis peels off and cleans everything he can reach.
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In order to "warsh everthing" he could reach, Ennis had to disrobe.
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Jack earnestly puffed while Ennis earnestly bathed in the buff.
=aside= Sandy
:D
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Ennis exfoliated in the foliage.
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Garbed in jeans, socks, boots, and cowboy hat after shaving, Ennis needed to disrobe further to bathe.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/capture-1.jpg)
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While Ennis attended to his personal hygienic situation, Jack attended to the potatoes.
=aside- Fran
:D
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While Ennis was warshing everything he could reach, Jack's concentration on potato-peeling was intensifying.
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As the amount of clothing on Ennis was lessening, Jack's concentration on peeling potatoes was increasing.
=comment=
In this case less was definitely more.
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While Ennis was mopping everything he could reach, Jack's concentration on potato-peeling was intensifying.
=aside= Paul
:D
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Trying not to look overly interested in Ennis's nakedness, Jack conscientiously stripped the potatoes.
=aside=Sandy
Congratulations on over 3000 Mementous posts! 8)
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Ennis only "warshed everthing" he could reach; the out-of-reach parts of his body were unwashed.
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While Ennis warshed the parts he could reach, Jack's partiality for Ennis's parts increased.
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Ennis warshed the parts of himself that were reachable; Jack had to refrain from reaching out to help him.
=aside= Meryl
(http://community.scholastic.com/attachments/scholastic/snapshot35/84/1/Thank%20You%20Bodies.jpg)
=aside= players
See you all in a couple of days. I'm off for the weekend.
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Garbed in jeans, socks, boots, and cowboy hat after shaving, Ennis strips further to bathe.
=aside= Fran
:D
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Ennis strips further to bathe, first tugging off his right boot.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/capture-2.jpg)
=aside= Toast
:)
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Ennis only "warshed everthing" he could reach; the out-of-reach parts of his body were unwashed.
=aside=Fran
Thanks! :)
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Ennis only "warshed everthing" he could reach; the hard-to-reach parts of his body were variously cleaned or not.
=aside= Meryl
:D
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After removing his footwear, Ennis wriggled out of his jeans and began to "warsh everthing" he could reach.
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As an xemplar of spotless personal cleanliness, Ennis was not perfect, but neither was the plumbing up on Brokeback.
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Round 600
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Ennis1cemetery-1.jpg)
Jack's Ashes
=milestone=
Six Hundred Rounds!!!
15,480 Posts!!!
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Ennis visited Lightning Flat with the assumption that he might be able to go back to Brokeback Mountain with some of Jack's ashes.
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Ennis visited Lightning Flat with the assumption that he might be able to go back to Brokeback Mountain with some of Jack's ashes, but instead, his bag's contents was shirts.
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Ennis visited Lightning Flat with the assumption that he might be able to go back to Brokeback Mountain with some of Jack's ashes, but, instead, he left with a bag containing relics from a distant summer.
=aside= Toast, Paul
:)
=milestone=
Our 600th Round!
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/ABC%20Food%20used/C-511.jpg) |
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Ennis visited Lightning Flat with the assumption that he might be able to go back to Brokeback Mountain with some of Jack's ashes, but, instead, he left with a bag containing a doublet of shirts.
def - Two items of the same kind together
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Ennis visited Lightning Flat hoping to return with some of Jack's ashes, but he took two shirts back with him instead, entombing them, along with himself, in a lonely old trailer.
=aside=Players
CONGRATS on 600 ROUNDS! 8)
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Ennis visited Lightning Flat hoping to return with some of Jack's ashes, instead he forlornly took two shirts back with him to the lonely old trailer.
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Ennis forlornly took two shirts back with him to the lonely old trailer and grieved for Jack and for the life they should have had.
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Instead of Jack's ashes, Ennis forlornly took two shirts back with him to the lonely old trailer, hung them on a nail next to a postcard of Brokeback Mountain, and, directing his thoughts heavenward, uttered the inscrutable "Jack, I swear...."
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Instead of Jack's ashes, Ennis forlornly took two shirts back with him to the lonely old trailer, hung them on a nail next to a postcard of Brokeback Mountain, and, directing his thoughts heavenward, uttered the impenetrable phrase: "Jack, I swear...."
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Having resigned himself to the loathsome thought of Jack's ashes being buried on the grieving plain, Ennis forlornly took two shirts back with him to the lonely old trailer and hung them on a nail next to a postcard of Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennis did not succeed in managing to get any of Jack's ashes to scatter "up on Brokeback."
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Though neither Lureen nor Old Man Twist provided Ennis with some of Jack's ashes, he did his best to turn two negatives into a positive by creating a memorial to Jack with the two shirts and a postcard of Brokeback Mountain.
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After before Old Man Twist declares, "Tell you what, we got a family plot and he's goin' in it," Ennis doesn't have to be an oddsmaker to figure out that the odds of his leaving with Jack's ashes are slim to none.
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Story Lureen tells why Jack was cremated; and that his cremains were partitioned for his Texas and Wyoming families:
The little Texas voice came slip-sliding down the wire. "We put a stone up. He use to say he wanted to be cremated, ashes scattered on Brokeback Mountain. I didn't know where that was. So he was cremated, like he wanted, and like I say, half his ashes was interred here, and the rest I sent up to his folks. I thought Brokeback Mountain was around where he grew up. But knowing Jack, it might be some pretend place where the bluebirds sing and there's a whiskey spring."
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When Ennis went to visit Jack's parents, he encountered (as described by Proulx): "A porch stretched across the front of the tiny brown stucco house, four rooms, two down, two up."
=milestone=
600 Rounds
(http://www.sai-national.org/phil/p2padopt/bravo.gif)
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Because of OMT's stinginess, Ennis left, not with Jack's ashes, but with two bloody shirts.
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Ennis learned about Jack's last wishes after he telephoned Lureen.
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Even though Ennis couldn't obtain Jack's ashes for spreading on Brokeback, he did not leave unrewarded: Mrs. Twist pointed him to Jack's room where he found two bloody shirts from 1963.
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Although Ennis did volunteer to scatter Jack's ashes on Brokeback Mountain, OMT would have none of it.
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Mrs. Twist shows her wifely deference to her husband when she says not one little word about her wishes in regard to Jack's ashes.
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The screenplays and movie make few xcisions in the fabric of Annie Proulx's tale; one of the largest xcisions is the flashback to Jack's words that occurs in the story as Ennis mulls the information he is receiving from Mr. and Mrs. Twist:
So now he knew it had been the tire iron. He stood up, said, you bet he'd like to see Jack's room, recalled one of Jack's stories about this old man. Jack was dick-clipped and the old man was not; it bothered the son who had discovered the anatomical disconformity during a hard scene. He had been about three or four, he said, always late getting to the toilet, struggling with buttons, the seat, the height of the thing and often as not left the surroundings sprinkled down. The old man blew up about it and this one time worked into a crazy rage. "Christ, he licked the stuffin out a me, knocked me down on the bathroom floor, whipped me with his belt. I thought he was killin me. Then he says, 'You want a know what it's like with piss all over the place? I'll learn you,' and he pulls it out and lets go all over me, soaked me, then he throws a towel at me and makes me mop up the floor, take my clothes off and warsh them in the bathtub, warsh out the towel, I'm bawlin and blubberin. But while he was hosin me down I seen he had some extra material that I was missin. I seen they'd cut me different like you'd crop a ear or scorch a brand. No way to get it right with him after that."
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Round 601
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/cassie/Marryin5.jpg)
You're Not The One
Junior sizes up Cassie ... and Ennis.
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When it came to sizing up not-the-marryin'-kind cowboys and hair-flingin'-not-the-one-but-good-enough waitresses, Junior was aptitudinal.
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When asked by a hair-flingin', not-the-one-but-good-enough waitress about her father's intentions of ever settling down again, Junior blabbed the truth: "Maybe Daddy's not the marrying kind."
=aside= Paul
:)
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When it came to sizing up not-the-marryin'-kind cowboys and hair-flingin'-not-the-one-but-good-enough waitresses, Junior cracks the case wide open.
=aside= Paul
;D
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When it came to directing her attention to sizing up not-the-marryin'-kind cowboys and hair-flingin'-not-the-one-but-good-enough waitresses, Junior was direct.
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When it came to sizing up not-the-marryin'-kind cowboys and hair-flingin', not-the-one-but-good-enough waitresses, Junior made error-free assessments.
=aside= Paul
:)
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When asked by a hair-flingin', not-the-one-but-good-enough waitress about her father's intentions of ever settling down again, Junior replied frankly: "Maybe Daddy's not the marrying kind."
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When asked by a hair-flingin', not-the-one-but-good-enough waitress about her father's intentions of ever settling down again, Junior replied with some glibness: "Maybe Daddy's not the marrying kind."
=aside= Paul, Toast, Fran and the entire Boston Red Sox
;)
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When asked by a certain hair-flingin', not-the-one-but-good-enough waitress about her father's intentions of ever settling down again, Junior replied with some glibness: "Maybe Daddy's not the marrying kind."
=comment=
We're good!
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When asked by a certain hair-flingin', not-the-one-but-good-enough waitress if her father intends on ever settling down again, Junior replied with some glibness: "Maybe Daddy's not the marrying kind."
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/cassie/Image1.gif) (http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/cassie/Image1.gif) (http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/cassie/Image1.gif)
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When asked by a certain hair-flingin', not-the-one-but-good-enough waitress if her father intends on ever settling down again, Junior replied laconically: "Maybe Daddy's not the marrying kind."
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L.D. Newsome's actions and opinions concerning boys watching football at Thanksgiving dinner, bordered on moronic.
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When asked by a certain hair-flingin', not-the-one-but-good-enough waitress if her father intends on ever settling down again, Junior replied laconically: "Maybe Daddy's not the marrying kind."
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When asked by a certain hair-flingin', not-the-one-but-good-enough waitress if her father intends on ever settling down again, Junior obfuscated the issue: "Maybe Daddy's not the marrying kind."
def - To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand
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When asked by a certain hair-flingin', not-the-one-but-good-enough waitress if her father intends on ever settling down again, Junior replied in a perturbed manner: "Maybe Daddy's not the marrying kind."
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Junior offered an apology for her rudeness to the hair-flingin', not-the-one-but-good-enough waitress with whom, she sensed, her father would never settle down.
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As Alma witnessed Jack and Ennis' initial reunion, the look of surprise on her face was quickly surpassed by one of dismay and confusion.
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When asked by a certain hair-flingin', not-the-one-but-good-enough waitress if her father intends on ever settling down again, Junior replied territorially: "Maybe Daddy's not the marrying kind."
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Junior apologized for being unintentionally rude after telling a certain hair-flingin', not-the-one-but-good-enough waitress that despite the fact that her father was "not the marryin' kind," she was "good enough" for such a purpose.
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After volunteering that maybe her daddy wasn't "the marrying kind," Junior answered the hair-flingin', not-the-one-but-good-enough waitress's next question by saying, "You're good enough."
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/222.jpg)
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After volunteering that maybe her daddy wasn't "the marrying kind," Junior answered the hair-flingin', not-the-one-but-good-enough waitress's next question by saying, "You're good enough."
=aside= Fran
Thanks. ;)
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After volunteering that maybe her daddy wasn't "the marrying kind," Junior xpiated to the hair-flingin', not-the-one-but-good-enough waitress by saying, "You're good enough."
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Round 602!
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/three.jpg)
Two's a couple. Three's a crowd.
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Junior's face can't hide her annoyance at seeing Cassie seated in the passenger seat of her daddy's truck.
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While Junior fiddled with the Coke bottle's neck, she sensed a bottleneck in her daddy's relationship.
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Alma Junior seems to sense that Cassie crowds in on her own relationship with Ennis.
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Cassie was only momentarily disheartened after Junior told her that maybe Ennis wasn't the marrying kind.
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Junior was speaking euphemistically when she told Cassie that Ennis wasn't the marryin' kind.
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While Junior was fingering the Coke bottle, alarm bells started to ring when it became obvous that Cassie was trying to get a ring on her finger.
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Ennis seemed to enjoy the fact that Cassie gingered up his life.
def - To make lively
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Cassie is the epitome of hopefulness, thinking it's only a matter of time before Ennis settles down with her.
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Junior was more than likely aware of their incompatibility when she told Cassie that Ennis wasn't the marryin' kind.
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Ennis seemed to enjoy the fact that Cassie livened up his life.
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Junior didn't beat around the bush when Cassie asked her about her daddy's marriageability.
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Cassie and Junior's conversation is nipped in the bud when Ennis returns to the table.
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Cassie and Junior seemed like opponents wrestling for Ennis's affection.
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"Two's a couple, three's a crowd" and Ennis is an island. He stiffens when Junior starts proposing to move in with him.
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Ennis walked back to the table from the jukebox, rejoining Cassie and Junior.
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/cassie/Marryin6.jpg)
Cassie's face sank when she started getting clues that Ennis was an island.
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"Two's a couple, three's a crowd" and Ennis is an island. He stiffens when Junior starts proposing to move in with him.
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Cassie led Ennis to the dance floor for a slow dance, any dance to show Junior that she was wrong, that Ennis was hers, would be hers completely, and that her optimism was undimmed by a few cracks from a kid of few words.
=aside= Toast
Thank you. It's perfect.
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Junior's jealousy results in her making a couple of remarks that succeed in vitiating Cassie's enjoyment of her date with Ennis.
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Cassie weakly dragged Ennis to the dance floor after she questioned Junior about her prospects with Daddy.
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After telling Cassie that maybe her daddy wasn't "the marrying kind," Junior xpiates to her by saying, "You're good enough."
=aside= Toast
Thanks. :)
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Round 603!!
Do You Think He Wants to Marry Me?
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/cassie/Marryin6.jpg) (http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_343.jpg)
All About Love and/or Marriage
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Cassie had high hopes of attaining marital status, pegging Ennis as her Mr. Right.
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Cassie had high hopes of attaining marital status, pegging Ennis as her future bridegroom.
=aside= Fran
8)
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After Cassie had thoroughly checked Ennis out, she wanted to check into a honeymoon suite.
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Cassie wasn't about to let a few words from Ennis's opinionated teenage daughter derail her dream of becoming the next Mrs. del Mar.
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Junior seems to know that Ennis lives his life too elusively for Cassie to become his wife.
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Cassie was definitely in favor of becoming the next Mrs. del Mar, however, Alma Jr. didn't want her doing Ennis any favors.
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As Jack shaves while looking in his truck's mirror, the glass reflects a goodly image of a rugged young man.
Def. pleasantly attractive
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Cassie's hymeneal ambitions led her to hope that Ennis was her ticket to wedded bliss.
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Ennis's not being "the marrying kind," certainly interfered with Cassie's plans for wedded bliss.
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Referring to Ennis's lonesomeness, post-divorce Alma suggests he get married again. The turkey may not have been burned, but Ennis sure was, once.
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Cassie doesn't want to admit that Ennis's heart isn't meltable for her.
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Cassie's mission was to nab Ennis while he was still available, so she thought.
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While smoking a joint with Ennis, Jack opines on the sorry state of his marriage: "Lureen's good at makin' hard deals in the machinery business, but so fas as our marriage goes, we could do it over the phone."
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Cassie was wondering if it were safe for her to be the proposer in her relationship with Ennis. Or was she just wondering if Ennis would ever be a proposer?
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While smoking a joint with Ennis, Jack speaks of his wife's remoteness: "Lureen's good at makin' hard deals in the machinery business, but so fas as our marriage goes, we could do it over the phone."
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After marrying L.D., Fayette took his surname as her own and became known as Fayette Newsome.
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Lureen become more and more like a token wife to Jack like when he said to Ennis: "Lureen's good at makin' hard deals in the machinery business, but so fas as our marriage goes, we could do it over the phone."
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Living as they did among the mountains, wildlife--at one with nature and with each other, the summer of '63 was surely a utopian experience for the boys.
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While still married to Alma, Ennis would rather veg out in front of the TV on Saturday night than socialize with the fire-and-brimstone crowd.
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There are four weddings and a funeral in Brokeback Mountain.
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Ex-wife Alma confronted an xtra-tense Ennis when she exposed his extramarital extracurriculars.
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Round 604!
It was Nothing He'd Done Before
(http://www.ifc.com/ifc/img/07302007_sexscenes_23.jpg) (http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_184.jpg)
Sex and/or Marriage(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_375.jpg)
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Ennis did not have the awareness to identify what he felt about Jack and went ahead with his pre-arranged marriage to Alma.
=aside= Meryl
Very clever.
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Ennis may have been engaged to Alma, but he still didn't know her in the biblical sense.
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Although Jack may have had an amicable but distant marriage to Lureen, he was looking for another kind of companionship.
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Upon leaving Brokeback, Ennis felt that he had to disengage himself from Jack since he was already engaged to Alma.
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The news that Ennis had a fiancée back home was not encouraging, but Jack was not easily discouraged.
=personal milestone= my 5,000th post! :)
I do enjoy the BetterMost games -- 4,139 of
my posts have been on the ABCs and 123s
board -- but this one remains my absolute
favorite. So I'm sending out a note of thanks
to all of you who keep our little "obsession"
going strong post after post, round after round,
day after day... because I can't play by myself.
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Jack and Ennis went from being friends to lovers and were at their friendliest and loveliest in Tent Scene II.
=milestone= Fran
(http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/BBS/images/ranks/5000posts.gif)(http://www.babiesandbellies.com/forum/5000.gif)
(http://www.divshare.com/img/2307650-6de.gif)
Thank you for making this game so much fun and keeping me off the streets. Meeting you in person was
certainly another major milestone and highlight of this game.
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Jack made the first gesture of friendship outside Aguirre's office, when he said, "Your folks just stop at Ennis?"
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Ennis tried to hypnotize himself into a satisfying sex life with Alma, but Jack's reappearance in his life brought him out of his trance right quick.
=aside=Sandy
Thanks for the compliment :)
=milestone=Fran
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/cherrycakenoicingatz.jpg)
CONGRATS ON 5000 Frantastic POSTS!
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Despite the hardship of living in different parts of the country, Jack and Ennis managed to conduct their intermittent love affair for decades.
=aside= Sandy, Meryl
Thanks. :)
=aside= Meryl
I'm not going to tell you how long it took me to
figure out the "four weddings" part of your post.
I was just about to ask Sandy to explain it to me
when...duh! As Sandy said, very clever!
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Jack made a last-minute attempt, after bragging about the rancher's wife, to tell Ennis how he really felt when he paused and said: "Tell you what... truth is, sometimes I miss you so bad I can hardly stand it...."
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Jack's hopes went from major to miniscule after Ennis's post-divorce rejection.
=milestone=
5000 Frantabulous posts!
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Jack was content to stay in his not-quite-satisfactory marriage while he waited for Ennis to commit to the "sweet life."
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
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Ennis managed to outstrip Jack's expectations when he unbuckled his belt, shoved his pants down and got down to business.
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Ennis's preferred method of making love to Alma wasn't likely to be producing too many babies.
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Alma found anal sex repugnant; in fact, she hated it.
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Not wanting the opportunity to slip through Jack's fingers, Lureen slips out of her bra in the backseat of her daddy's car.
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Initially, Alma found Ennis's sexual proclivities only barely tolerable.
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Ennis describes the unbounded pleasure he experiences having sex with Jack: "I like doin it with women, yeah, but Jesus H., ain't nothin like this."
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Jack tried vociferously to get Ennis to commit to the sweet life.
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As Alma's desire for sex with Ennis waned, her desire for Monroe waxed - even though Ennis could wipe up the floor with him.
=aside= trekfan
Welcome to the ABCs.
Play long and prosper.
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After Ennis told Alma that he'd be happy to leave him alone if she didn't want any more of his kids, Alma came back with an xtra-hurtful comment of her own: "I'd have 'em, if you'd support 'em...."
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Round 605!
The Original Desperate Housewife!!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_558.jpg)
Wives and Lovers
WIVES AND LOVERS (lyric) (1964)
(Burt Bacharach / Hal David)
Hey, little girl, comb your hair, fix your make-up, soon he will open the door,
Don't think because there's a ring on your finger, you needn't try any more.
For wives should always be lovers too,
Run to his arms the moment that he comes home to you.
I'm warning you,
Day after day, there are girls at the office and the men will always be men,
Don't stand him up, with your hair still in curlers, you may not see him again.
Wives should always be lovers too,
Run to his arms the moment he comes home to you.
He's almost here, hey, little girl, better wear something pretty,
Something you wear to go to the city,
Dim all the lights, pour the wine, start the music, time to get ready for love.
Time to get ready for love, yes it's time to get ready for love,
It's time to get ready, kick your shoes off, baby....,
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After the reunion kiss, Alma agonizes over what she had witnessed.
=aside= Sandy
I can't believe those lyrics!
BTW, did you give up on the Boss?
Is that Pink Floyd?
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It was clear that Ennis was the boss of the del Mar family.
=aside= Paul
I couldn't believe those lyrics either - hopefully times have changed.
I scored two tickets to the Boss from Craig's List, just last night, so I'm thrilled.
Yes, that's Pink Floyd. I'll be back to the Bruce avatar soon.
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Alma's face is churning with disbelief as she witnesses the reunion kiss.
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After some years of marriage to Ennis, Alma became the poster-girl for desperate housewives, despairing of ever getting him to conform to her idea of a proper husband.
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Lureen is encouraged when Jack gets up the courage to respond to her "mating call."
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Once she realized her marriage wasn't doing her any favors, Alma realized she favored Monroe.
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Alma went from marriage to a diamond in the rough to marriage with a pearl among grocers.
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Lureen, the huntress of extra zeroes, excels at making hard deals in the machinery business but has a far-from-perfect marriage.
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While the wives are in the powder room, potential-lover Randall comes on to Jack, who sports an indiscernible countenance.
(http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1113.0;attach=15230;image)
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In a last-gasp effort to delay Ennis from going off with Jack, Alma asked him to get her some smokes; it was, however, a waste of breath.
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Mindful of the effect Jack was having on her husband after witnessing the reunion kiss, Alma thinks that perhaps a request for cigarettes will bring Ennis home sooner.
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Alma divorced Ennis before she could become a nutcase trying to do most of the work of their marriage herself.
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Alma divorced Ennis before she could become a nutcase organizing and doing most of the work of their marriage herself.
=aside= Meryl
;)
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Post-Siesta-Motel-desperate-housewife Alma proffered a cup of coffee to Ennis's tea-sipping jouncing partner.
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Alma told Ennis, "As far behind as we are on the bills, it makes me nervous not to take no precautions...."
"If you don't want no more of my kids, I'll be happy to leave you alone," Ennis replied, rejecting her suggestion.
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"If you don't want no more of my kids, I'll be happy to leave you alone," Ennis replied, rejecting her suggestion.
=aside= Fran
Thanks. ;)
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By the time post-Siesta-Motel-desperate-housewife Alma decided to divorce Ennis, the sexual energy between them had slowed to the merest trickle.
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Ennis was unappreciative of Alma's working an extra shift when it meant she wouldn't be around to serve him dinner.
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Ennis veraciously told Alma that he and Jack might be out all night when they get to drinkin' and talkin' and all.
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Ennis and Jack's teeth were chattering when they were going to do it during SNIT because the windchill was 20 below and they decided to stay inside the tent and cuddle under the blankets
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Lureen had at least one xtravagance that Alma didn't have: a dishwasher.
=comment=
My mother had three dishwashers:
my two sisters and me.
:)
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Round 606!
What You Can't Stand You Have to Fix!!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Postcard1b.jpg)
More Fixin'
=aside= Toast
Thanks for the picture wherever you are.
Send us a postcard.
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When your lover's absences are too long and too frequent, you wring it out a hunderd times thinkin' about him.
Very temporarily fixed.
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When your soon-to-be-intended's night fire looks like a beacon, you can have a smoke and wring it out. Fixed!
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When you feel nothing but ever-increasing resentment towards your connubial partner, you can get a divorce and move on with your life. Fixed!
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When you don't have a high school diploma and don't like reading anything except Hamley’s saddle catalogue, you can show your intelligence by not needing an instruction manual for something you've never done before." Fixed.
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When you've et so many canned legumes you think you'll be able to travel up the mountain on your own power rather than on your horse, then tell the chief cook and grocery shopper "No more beans!" Fixed!
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When you are literally and figuratively outed by your ex-wife, put your hat on backwards, storm out, and deal with your rage by having a quick dirty fight. Fixed!
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When a stranger is staring at you because you're gagging in an alley and strking the wall repeatedly, you growl: "What the fuck are you looking at?" Fixed.
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Enraged at being outed when your ex-wife brings up the hot-button issue of your apparently not-so-secret lover, put your hat on backwards, storm out, and deal with your emotions by having a quick dirty fight. Fixed!
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When your ex-wife inflames Thanksgiving dinner with accusations of buggery, put your hat on backwards, storm out, and deal with your rage by having a quick dirty fight. Fixed!
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When your new rancher neighbor lavishes attention on you by inviting you for a deserted weekend in the country, you stare straight ahead and look like you don't know what hit you. Fixed!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_751.jpg)
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When you finally realize that you're stuck in a mismarriage, get a divorce and move on with your life. Fixed!
def. = an unsuitable marriage
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When your new rancher neighbor lavishes attention on you by inviting you for a deserted weekend in the country, respond noiselessly, stare straight ahead and look like you don't know what hit you. Fixed!
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When you'be been outed and ousted from your ex-wife's house, get your ego boosted by putting your hat on backwards, storming out and having a quick dirty fight. Fixed!
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When your father-in-law is spoiling your holiday dinner with his "stud duck" routine, threaten to propel his "ignorant ass" into next week and mean it. Fixed!
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When your ex-wife ramps up the heat in the kitchen, best to put on your hat backwards, storm out, and cool off with a quick, dirty fight. Fixed!
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After your ex-wife tries to get to the bottom of things by saying that your fishing reel was brand spanking new, put on your hat backwards, storm out, and cool off with a quick, dirty fight. Fixed!
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When your father-in-law is spoiling your holiday dinner with his "stud duck" routine, threaten to propel his "ignorant ass" into next week and mean it. Fixed!
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When your unprincipled boss insists you ignore Forest Service rules and sleep with the sheep, do him one better and let the dogs babysit them instead. Fixed!
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When the mountain weather acts vagariously and sends a hail storm, don't get pitched off your mount; simply button up the tent and let the sheep drift. Fixed!
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When you're being kept wide-awake from your soon-to-be lover's hammerin', give him a hand by inviting him in from the cold. Fixed!
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When one of your in-laws is exhibiting xtra-irritating behavior during a holiday dinner, threaten to knock their "ignorant ass" into next week and mean it. Fixed!
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Round 607!
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/ABC%20Food%20used/toolkit-cov2_1.jpg)
More Fixing
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When suffering from the aggravation of tangled-up livestock, simply cuss out your boss and fling a few sheep. Fixed!
=aside= Dear Players
I'll be away this weekend, hob-nobbing with Meryl and Uncle Ang.
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If you perchance find yourself suffering from the aggravation of tangled-up livestock, simply indulge in some sheep flinging while you bad-mouth your boss. Fixed!
=aside=Paul
;D
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When you haven't seen your love for four years, check into the nearest motel and check each other out; if your lover has injuries from rodeo riding, give him a pain check. Fixed!
=aside= Paul
Put in a hob or a knob for me.
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If two drunken degenerates are spoiling your Independence Day celebration with their slop-bucket mouths, shut them up with a well-aimed kick. Fixed!
=aside= Paul
Enjoy your trip!
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If, during a dual hiring session, you find a certain cowboy entrancing, offer him a friendly handshake upon exiting. Fixed!
=aside=Paul
Bring on the hob-nobbery! 8)
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When your son is fussy about eating his cereal at Thanksgiving dinner, kill two birds with one stone by telling his "stud duck" of a grandfather that you'll propel his "ignorant ass" into next week.
=aside= Paul and Meryl
Hope you get to hobnob and rub elbows with Ang and James.
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If you find yourself attracted to a rodeo clown but don't want to appear too desperate, wait till he's scrubbed off his greasepaint before making your move. Fixed... until he turns down your drink offer.
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If you wish to hobnob with a certain rodeo clown but don't want to appear too desperate, wait till he's scrubbed off his greasepaint before making your move. Fixed!
=aside=Fran, Sandy, Paul
;)
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When you have intruded on the privacy of your employees, refuse to rehire one of them because of what you saw. Fixed!
=aside= Meryl
Welcome back from your hobnobbing.
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When your wife seems to think that you're getting the short end of the stick when it comes to maintaining your long-distance relationship with your fishin' buddy, remind her that the Big Horn Mountains ain't in Texas. Fixed!
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When your ex-wife accuses you of mendacious behavior in the matter of so-called fishing expeditions, inform her that she don't know nothin' about it and then get the hell out of Dodge. Fixed!
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When your numbskull of a father-in-law keeps flipping on the TV during dinner, advise him you are adept in procuring for him and his posterior a certain method of time travel. Fixed!
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When you want to move to town but your husband keeps saying that all of the apartments are overpriced, find one over a noisy laundromat. Fixed!
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When it is obvious you are not one of your husband's top or bottom priorities, divorce him and move on with your life. Fixed!
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From the outset, when Jack spotted Ennis, he sensed the beginning of a situation ripe with possibilities.
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If you're tired of commuting four hours a day and spending half the night checking for coyotes, keep complaining till the camp tender offers to switch jobs with you. Fixed!
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When you've finally tracked down the cowboy you just can't forget after "four fuckin years," send him a postcard and say you're coming through on the 24th. Fixed!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/postcard.jpg)
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When you have been stuck in an unsuitable marriage, start suiting yourself by getting divorced and moving on with your life. Fixed!
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When your handsome cowboy finally shows up after "four fuckin' years", try vaulting out the door, down the steps and into his arms. Fixed!
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Worried about how you're going to arrange clandestine rendezvous with your lover? Communicate by postcard, using wordage related to fishing. Fixed!
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If you want more xtravagances in your life like an electric carving knife, marry the town grocer. Fixed!
Please announce round - or I'll be back later to do it.
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Round 608!
If it Ain't Broke Don't Fix It.
(http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/996/50503186.JPG)
By popular demand - more fixin'.
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Brokeback Mountain has gone down in the annals of cinematic achievement as a groundbreaking film.
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If you want to keep your budding romance with a handsome cowboy growing, avoid flowery phrases and "leaf" the rest to nature. Fixed!
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If your long commute is causing you grief, keep complaining till the camp tender offers to switch jobs with you. Fixed!
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When you have a college degree and were "Kappa Phi", but don't want to appear too intellectual, use double negatives in your speech such as: "Hhusbands don't never seem to want to dance with their wives." Fixed!
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When your low-startle point horse crow-hops, make the best of it by giving your soon-to-be cowboy-lover a good equestrian show. Fixed!
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When you don't know how to handle the fast-approaching parting from your summer love, sock him in the jaw so he won't get any ideas that you're going to go all mushy over it. Fixed!
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When a heated go-round with your ex-wife has left you feeling mad as hell, put your hat on backwards, storm out, and have a quick dirty fight. Fixed!
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When feeling a little heady from too much whiskey, use your head and invite the nearest handsome cowboy for a snuggle. Fixed!
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When your wife is intruding on the time you have with your lover by asking you to buy her smokes, tell her to look in your shirt pocket and redine it to the nearest motel. Fixed!
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When your wife is wondering why your fishing buddy never drives down to Texas, logically explain that the Big Horn Mountains ain't in Texas. Fixed!
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When a couple of nogoodniks with malice on their minds intrude on your little family gathering, simply kick 'em in the teeth. Fixed!
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When a couple of nogoodniks with malice on their minds intrude on your little family gathering, simply kick 'em in the teeth. Fixed!
=aside= Paul
Thanks ;)
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When your little family gathering is being spoiled by the obtrusiveness of a couple of nogoodniks, proceed with a well-aimed kick. Fixed!
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While pondering how to approach a newly crowned rodeo queen, simply wait long enough so that the rich girl makes the first move. Fixed!
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When wondering how to seize an opporunity to go from rags to riches, simply wait long enough so that the rich girl makes the first move. Fixed!
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When wondering how to seize an opportunity to go from rags to riches, simply wait long enough so that the rich girl makes the first move. Fixed!
=aside= Sandy
Thanks.
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Lureen's appearance at the party--the blond hair, gaudy jewelry and lipstick--did nothing to enhance her looks; rather, she presented a remarkably trivial appearance.
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When two ugly-looking brutes with malice on their minds intrude on your little family gathering, simply offer to kick 'em in the teeth. Fixed!
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When two vile-speaking brutes with malice on their minds intrude on your little family gathering, a well-aimed kick will shut them up. Fixed!
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When your husband is prone to sporadic burts of violence, wants sex the way you hate, and fails to look for a decent permanent job, get a divorce and marry the wishy-washy town grocer.
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When two xtra-ugly brutes with malice on their minds intrude on your little family gathering, simply kick 'em in the teeth. Fixed!
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Round 609!
Herding Sheep in Rain or Shine
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/tent.jpg)
Up on Brokeback
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Ennis had difficulty accepting the fact that his time with Jack was ending sooner than expected.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/siten.jpg)
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As their romance was budding, Ennis and Jack become very buddy-buddy.
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Rather than tangle with the Chileans, Jack and Ennis decided to untangle the sheep.
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Although disquieted, Ennis decided not to delve too deeply into his developing desire for Jack.
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Ennis was pitched off his mount when Cigar Butt spooked in reaction to finding a black bear within eyeshot.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ClipArtBrokebackMountainBear3.gif)
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It didn't take long before Ennis and Jack discovered how well they functioned together.
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Surrounded by greenth, Ennis was pitched off his mount.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ClipArtBrokebackMountainBear3.gif)
Def. - green growth
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During a high-time supper by the fire, Jack and Ennis talked about the horribleness of the Thresher's last minutes.
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Jack and Ennis mixed things up after the Chilean sheep became intermixed with Aguirre's sheep.
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Confronted by a loudmouthed bear, Ennis's horse went all loopy on him, tossed him out of the saddle and ran off into the greenth.
=aside=Elle
;)
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Ennis rode over to see what one of the dogs was barking about and discovered a mutilated sheep, the unfortunate victim of a coyote pack.
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Aguirre thought that the boys negligently let the dogs babysit the sheep while they "stemmed the rose."
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Aguirre dared to opine that the boys "sure found a way to pass the time up there" on the greenth.
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Aguirre dared to opine on the boys' passional time-passing.
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While on Brokeback, the boys saw the world through rose-colored glasses.
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According to Aguirre, Jack and Ennis were stemmers of roses.
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Aguirre was unpleasantly surprised to observe Ennis and Jack tripping gaily over the greenth instead of baby-sitting the sheep.
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Aguirre was unpleasantly surprised to observe our viewsome boys shirking the sheep.
=comment= players
Posting this sentence was a moment of artless, charmed happiness in a hard day. :-*
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Aguirre was unpleasantly surprised to observe our viewsome boys shirking the sheep.
=aside= Clarissa
Thank you! Your posting of the above saved me about
10 minutes of dictionary-searching time. Them "V"
words are hard to find.
:)
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Aguirre opined that the boys had certainly been wastrels of time and stemmers of roses while up on the greenth.
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Aguirre opined that the boys had certainly been wastrels of time and stemmers of roses with their xtracurriculars.
=aside= Players
I'm off for Texas and then San Francisco for about 5 days. I hope you all have a very happy and healthy Thanksgiving. (http://www.thanksgiving-day.org/gifs/turkey-2.jpg)
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Round 610!
It's Thanksgiving again?
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Bobby apprehensively contemplates his Thanksgiving dinner, whatever it is.
=aside= Sandy
Have a great trip out west.
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INT: CHILDRESS, TEXAS: JACK & LUREEN'S HOUSE: THANKSGIVING: DAY: 1977:
JACK and LUREEN'S home. Wall-to-wall carpeting, fairly luxurious, particularly in comparison to ENNIS'S life. many photos of LUREEN winning barrel-racing trophies. One of JACK, the one taken in the arena the day they met.
JACK, LUREEN, BOBBY, age ten, LUREEN'S long-suffering MOTHER and L.D. NEWSOME, JACK'S prick of a father-in-law. The table is set for a full Thanksgiving dinner, huge turkey and all the trimmings. As everyone shuffles into their places at the table, WE HEAR the TV in the background. Football game.
[screenplay]
=aside= Sandy
Have fun. We'll miss you.
=aside= Paul
Excellent theme and timely, too!
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As one would expect of the town grocer, Monroe provided a lovely spread of goodies for Thanksgiving dinner, including the requisite cranberries.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/RivertonThanksgvg.jpg)
=aside=Paul
Nice announcement :)
=aside=Sandy
Happy Turkey Day! 8)
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Ennis dressed dandily, with his flowery western shirt, bolo, and slicked-back hair.
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/brokebackmtn_ennisthanksgiving.jpg)
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Somebody's eyeglasses are resting on the windowsill in Alma and Monroe's kitchen.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kitchens/Image9.jpg)
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Flounced is the curtain at Alma and Monroe's; flouncing is Ennis as he goes out the door.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kitchens/Image9.jpg)
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Of the two gobblers served up for Thanksgiving dinner in Childress and Riverton, only the latter was subject to the ministrations of the not-so-macho electric knife.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/carvingRiverton.jpg)
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As Jack started to carve the turkey, L.D. stepped in with his usual high-handedness and took the carving tools right out of his hands.
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In this image, Alma's incipient incendiarism is imminent.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/kitchens/Image9.jpg)
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Jack acted like a lackey in response to the stud duck's protestations; later Jack cried foul.
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L.D. believes that young males should watch football.
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Monroe carves the gobbler for the nibblers.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/carvingRiverton.jpg)
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Jack was overwhelmed by the overtness of LD's overboard behavior and so offered to undertake to knock him over into next week.
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Much to his grandfather's delight, one of Bobby's pastimes is watching football on TV.
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Aghast at Alma's blast, Ennis left the repast fast.
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When it came to disciplining Bobby, Jack held his own squarely, til L.D. came round.
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According to Jack, Lureen had prepared a tableful of Thanksgiving food in just three hours.
=comment=
It's going to take me considerably longer. :)
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
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Lureen's three-hour turkey may have been undercooked, but Jack's remarks to LD were well done.
Happy Thanksgiving, Players!
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Ennis had a volcano-like reaction to Alma's earth-shaking revelation in the kitchen.
=aside=Players
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/thanksgivingcard.jpg)
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As the self-proclaimed stud duck, L.D. believed that he should wield the carving tools.
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An xtra-wimpy Monroe was wielding his not-so-macho electric knife.
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Round 611!
Family can be hell or heaven...
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(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/brokebackmtn_jennywings.jpg)
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Alma's acidic comments burned into Ennis in the kitchen, but she was the one left with a "burning bracelet."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/kitchenargument.jpg)
=aside=Paul
Nice announcement :)
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Jack had told his father about his intention of building a cabin in Lightning Flat for himself and Ennis.
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Jack received some family news while he was communing with nature and with Ennis.
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Jack and his father-in-law disagreed on football viewing habits during Thanksgiving dinner.
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Crazily enraged by three- or four-year-old Jack's latest toilet-training accident, OMT had knocked him to the bathroom room, whipped him with his belt, and urinated on him. :(
=aside= Sandy
On a much, much happier note,
welcome back!
:)
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In Ennis and Jack's film story we are privy to their families' trials and tribulations.
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The paternal violence and lack of support that Jack experienced as a child stopped with his generation.
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Horn-mad about another toilet-training accident, OMT had knocked three- or four-year-old Jack to the bathroom room, whipped him with his belt, and urinated on him.
def. = furiously enraged
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Jack's father-in-law and son felt that he was interfering with their football viewing pleasure.
=aside= Fran
Thanks. It's good to be back. In Texas they had grocery stores the size of a small town.
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Ennis's father, the originator of the legend of Earl and Rich, was himself a legend in Jack's mind, not for his calf-roping skills, but for his homophobia.
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Fayette was the Newsome materfamilias.
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Bobby was nourished from a bottle rather than from a breast.
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Later in life, Alma was very direct with Ennis; however, Lureen remained oblique regarding her dissatisfaction with Jack.
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As Ennis lay in bed with Jack at the Motel Siesta, the phantom of his father stood at the door.
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Jack was gracious when L.D. took the carving tools out of his hands; however, he was unable to remain gracious when L.D. interfered with his parenting of Bobby.
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While BBM cognoscenti seem in accordance that Ennis was the two little girls' biological father, several BBMologists have posited that Jack may have been adopted, and/or had not sired Bobby Jr. himself.
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Jack felt that Bobby needed someone to teach him to read since he was "dyslexic or something, couldn’t get anything right, fifteen years old and couldn’t hardly read."
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Trying not to be a sad daddy, Ennis unwittingly accepted a Thanksgiving invitation.
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The scene depicting Jack's visit to a vice-ridden back alley in Juarez is immediately followed by a scene depicting a tumultuous family dinner at Jack and Lureen's house.
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Lureen was widowed while she was still a young woman.
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At the end of their Thanksgiving exchange, Ennis finished with some xpletory comments of what Alma might find herself eating, i.e., the floor.
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Round 612!
They Tried to Keep it to Themselves!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_513.jpg)
Secrets and Lies
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Whatever lies story Jack told Ennis, he was truthful when admitting that he never wanted children: "I didn't want none a either kind. But fuck-all has worked the way I wanted. Nothin never come to my hand the right way."
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When Ennis found out about Mexico, he felt it was a betrayal of trust.
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"It's nobody's business but ours," Jack said in a conspiratorial tone.
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From the get-go, Ennis was deceptive with Alma about Jack:
ALMA: Is he somebody you cowboy'ed with?
ENNIS: No, Jack, he rodeos, mostly. We was fishing buddies...."
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Jack's unannounced appearance after Ennis's divorce engenders uncomfortable, furtive behavior in Ennis and a growing despair in Jack.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/postdivorce.jpg)
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Jack felt that he couldn't function on a "couple a high-altitude fucks once or twice a year" so he crossed the line.
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During a conversation with Ennis at the Motel Siesta, Jack glossed over his meeting with Joe Aguirre, omitting the "stemming the rose" comment.
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Not wanting to be hemmed in by Alma's questioning, Ennis came up with a quick fib: "We was fishin' buddies".
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When Alma saw Jack and Ennis embracing, she though they were behaving indecently.
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Jilted by Ennis for reasons he chooses to keep to himself, Cassie is helped out of her state of lovelornness by some attention from Carl.
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Jack mulled over how to respond to Ennis's question about Mexico and decided to come clean.
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Ennis felt strongly that Jack had acted nefariously by going to Mexico behind his back.
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Ennis thought he outsmarted Alma when he told her he'd "caught a bunch a browns and ate them up", but the line backfired.
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For Alma, the fishing line that had never touched water in its life was proof positive that Ennis and Jack didn't go up to the mountains to fish.
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Ennis thought himself a good retainer of secrets, but when Alma decided to confirm her suspicions, he was easily found out.
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Alma had more than a soupcon of suspicion after seeing the boys in the stairwell.
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Even though Jack and Ennis became thick as thieves by the end of the summer, Jack felt that he had to steal Ennis's bloody shirt.
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Seeking confirmation of her previously unvoiced suspicions about Ennis's relationship with Jack, Alma confronted her ex-husband after Thanksgiving dinner.
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While Lureen vaunts about her sorority, there's some clandestine flirting going on at the table.
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While Lureen vaunts about her sorority, there's some wholesome flirting going on at the table.
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It's no secret that Earl was the unfortunate victim of hate-filled xponents of homophobia.
def. = one that champions, advocates, or exemplifies
=comment=
If anyone can improve this sentence
or come up with something different,
I'm open to suggestions.
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Round 613!
Another round with the rodeo queen!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_404.jpg) (http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_408.jpg)
All about Lureen.
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Jack's description of Lureen as the "prettiest little girl in Childress, Texas" was certainly applicable to the curvaceous brunette he married.
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Lureen went from red-attired rodeo queen to blushing bride.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/princessPhone.jpg)
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Jack's description of Lureen as the "prettiest little girl in Childress, Texas" was certainly applicable to the curvaceous brunette he married.
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Jack's description of Lureen as the "prettiest little girl in Childress, Texas" was certainly applicable to the curvaceous brunette he married.
=aside= Paul Meryl
Thanks!
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Jack felt a bit eggy when Lureen boldly approached him at the rodeo bar, so he scrambled to his feet to dance with her.
=aside=Fran, Paul
;D
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Flattery got Lureen somewhere - in the backseat of her daddy's car with a good-looking cowboy.
=aside= Bobby
;)
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Soon after Lureen got Jack in the back seat, he realized that he had a real galloper here.
def - One who moves or progresses swiftly
=aside= All
One month gone, and now I'm back.
PMs to follow.
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Lureen pretended that Bobby was okay, refusing to get any kind of help for his undiagnosed learning handicap.
=aside= Toast
Welcome back!
:)
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Lureen wasted no time in introducing herself to Jack by way of a mating call.
=aside= (http://msn.mess.be/data/thumbnails/26/toast.png)
Welcome back.
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Lureen lived up to her name when she lured our intrepid young cowboy into the back seat of her car.
=aside= Toast
So glad we could lure you away from your fishing lure to share lore about Lureen.
Missed you, dude.
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Story Lureen operates under the misbelief that Bobby is free from any information processing deficit even though he can hardly read at age fifteen.
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Lureen believed that Bobby should get his nourishment from a bottle rather than a breast. She probably felt the opposite about Jack.
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The addition of a new male (child Bobby) in Lureen's life occasioned the addition of more nourishment in bottle form for her family.
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Story Lureen pretends that Bobby is free from any deficits in information processing even though he can hardly read at age fifteen.
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Jack felt that he was readier than Lureen to deal with the fact that Bobby was a problem reader.
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Lureen stubbornly kept on insisting that Jack be the one to straighten out Bobby's education problems, even though the teacher no longer seemed to be paying attention to Jack's suggestions.
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Jack reminded Lureen that it was her turn to call the school to arrange some tutoring for Bobby.
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When Jack handed Lureen back her red hat, she zeroed in on the unsuspecting cowboy, and he was soon another trophy in her collection.
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While Lureen was speaking vauntingly about her sorrority, there was some clandestine flirting going on at the table.
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Lureen, the rodeo queen, will win yet another trophy or two competing at the Childress rodeo.
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By the end of her marriage to Jack, Lureen seemed like an xsuccous copy of her previous self.
def - Destitute of juice; dry; sapless.
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Round 6 - 1 - 4
Jack cared what he (and Ennis) wore.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/broke/JackCleanedUp.jpg)
Jack's wardrobe through the years.
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While Jack tended mostly to denim, he did occasionally accessorize with a smart neckerchief.
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/jake/brokebackmtn_jackneckerchief.jpg)
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Lureen hadn't seen Jack's blue parka since the blustery ice storm.
=aside= Toast
Love the new theme -- another excuse
to watch the DVD!
:)
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During Jack's search for his blue parka, Lureen took the opportunity to chide her husband for always being the one who had to drive 14 hours to meet his pal to go fishing.
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For most of the time on the mountain, Jack is wearing his denims. Exceptions include TS1 and laundry day.
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Here are some of Jack's clothing ensembles:
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/jack1.jpg)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/jack5.jpg)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/capture-3.jpg)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Jack15.jpg)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/jacklast.jpg)
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Jack liked to flaunt his rodeo belt buckle, especially in front of Ennis.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_149.jpg)
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When Jack flaunted his belt buckle, a glint of light shines, both there, and in Ennis's eyes.
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Jack was hatless while shaving outside of Joe Aguirre's trailer.
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Jack's wardrobe took its cowboy inspirations to a more urban level during his more afluent years in Texas.
=aside= Fran
Neat collage of ensembles.
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Some of Jack's ensembles, lightly worn but all the more desirable for that, were big cash draws on last year's E-Bay auction of costumes and props from Brokeback Mountain.
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During the boys' last fight--as enraged as Jack was--when it came down to brass tacks, he tried to comfort and mollify Ennis.
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Jack had at least two different neckerchiefs from which to choose while working up on Brokeback Mountain.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/nacjerchuef-1.jpg) (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/neck2.jpg)
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Jack's ensembles were all Occidental in style; that is, the opposite of Oriental.
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Jack didn't need any of his many patch pockets after he and Ennis patched things up.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_226.jpg)
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Jack's mountain wardrobe, from head to toe, is reminiscent of the old west - a forgiving mixture of cotton, leather and wool.
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To show the effects of time on a man's paunch, Jake wore a fat suit under older Jack's clothes.
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Jake wore a fat suit under older Jack's clothes to reflect the character's thickening middle.
=aside= Paul
:)
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Neither Jack nor Ennis wore underclothes up on Brokeback.
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During the "you're a real thinker there" scene, Jack's vest's color is bright red.
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/brokebackmtn_jackredvest.jpg)
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Fat_Suit.jpg)
Jack's expanding waistline was created not by Jake's diet, but by the use of a fat suit. There seems to have been two fat suits, one labeled 30 and one bearing the number 40. Since the early jeans are size 34, I think the number doesn't refer to waist size, but maybe to the number of pounds gained with a belly that size.
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Due to the fat suit created for Jack, his waistline became xpandable.
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Round 615!
Nothing Comes Between Me and My Jeans.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_150.jpg)
Jack and Ennis's Clothing on Brokeback and after.
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Outside of the occasional neckerchief and dandy belt buckle, the boys were short on accessories.
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While Ennis sees to the sheep, Jack busies himself with the laundry, carefully wringing out Ennis's only other shirt.
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After Jack left Brokeback, his wardrobe became more colorful.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_464.jpg)
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Jack always looked dashingly handsome in his denim shirt, which brought out the blue in his eyes.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Jackcloseup.jpg)
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Jack and Ennis's shirts have snaps instead of buttons, a design long accepted on western shirts because of efficiency and safety concerns.
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When Ennis awoke during the late summer storm, he found himself surrounded with snow amid frigid conditions.
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Joe Aguirre waited until Jack was completely dressed before riding up to tell him about Uncle Harold's grievous condition.
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Jack, a well-off businessman, was much more likely to have seen the inside of a haberdashery than was Ennis, a penurious ranch hand.
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Jack's wardrobe on Brokeback consisted primarily of indigo-colored denim.
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Even in winter, Ennis only wore a lightweight canvas coat.
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Unlike some other "gay" male characters, both Jack and Ennis wear clothing from the menswear department.
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Ennis removed his cowboy hat before going into the nursery to see to his little girls.
def. = a child's bedroom
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ennis.jpg)
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Always dressing as an outdoorsman, Ennis constantly wears jeans and boots, adding a canvas coat in winter.
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Ennis is wearing polka-dot pajama bottoms - a sharp contrast to his usual rugged looks.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_368.jpg)
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Ennis retucks his shirt before heading out the door to greet Jack.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/tuck.jpg)
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Jack unfailingly attempted to soothe Ennis after each of the disagreements.
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Jack is wearing a taupe hat and a big smile for the reunion.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_464.jpg)
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Some of the snaps on the boys' shirts became unsnapped as they wrestled prior to trailing the sheep down the mountain.
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For his reunion with Ennis after four long years, Jack added some va-va-voom to his appearance by donning a red shirt to match his truck.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Jackwithredtruck.jpg)
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Since there were no irons on Brokeback, the boys clothes became wash-and-wear.
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There are at least three examples of xcalceation in Brokeback Mountain:
- Ennis washes the coffee pot in a Brokeback stream
- Ennis washes all he can reach as Jack peels spuds.
- Ennis avoids the fire-and-brimstone-crowd and watches TV at home on a Saturday night.
Oh and then there's the Cassie situation.
def - The act of depriving or divesting of shoes.
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Round Six-One-Six!
How do we get our kicks?
Leisure activities of BBM
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Whilst on their honeymoon, Alma didn't care for Ennis's snow-throwing-rough-housing antics.
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=aside= Toast
Nice to see you and dozy Jack back.
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Ennis would rather watch Kojak, a detective show originally broadcast on CBS, than socialize with the fire-and-brimstone crowd.
=aside= Paul
Cool theme!
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Many of Jack's shirts, as well as his jeans, had a cerulean appearance.
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During the rainy times up on Brokeback, Ennis dabbled at carving from wood.
Of course he took his inspiration from his darling horses.
=reply= Paul
Thanks, Nice to be back.
And another great theme, too.
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Alma and Ennis stared at the movie screen, apparently engrossed in the plot of Surf Party.
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While Ennis was angling to catch Jack on his trips, he sure had all the equipment to pretend to be a fisherman; he thought this would keep him off the hook with Alma.
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As Lashawn glibly gabbed, Jack grinned and kept gliding along, guiding their steps with grace.
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It's the honest-to-goodness truth that Ennis would rather have sex with Jack than with Alma.
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Alma's plea to smarten up and head out was no impediment to Ennis's TV-watching.
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The boys loved larking about like when they jumped into the lake.
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Subtle nuances and coded language revealed that Jack had a "method to his madness" concerning Ennis.
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As Ennis moved nearer to the men's room, Cassie stepped in front of him and asked if he wanted to dance.
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Both and Ennis enjoyed all types of outdoorsmen's activities with the exception of fishing.
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L.D. Newsome may have had a preponderance over Jack concerning power, but fell far short in the categories of
compassion and inner strength.
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After supper, the boys relax by the fire and enjoy a quart of whiskey on shares.
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On their honeymoon, Ennis and Alma barreled over snowdrifts on a toboggan, whooping and hollering.
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Bobby and L.D. like watching touchdowns, especially while eating Thanksgiving dinner.
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Cassie liked to cut a rug, but Ennis's dancing abilities were underdeveloped.
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Jack made secret trips to the vice-filled alleys of Juarez.
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Jack and Ennis would always remember their whiskey-drinking nights on Brokeback when they were getting to know each other.
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After their whiskey-drinking nights on Brokeback when they were getting to know each other, Jack and Ennis could never become x-boyfriends.
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Round 617!
A Little Bit of Heaven
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More Leisure Activities
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Once Jack and Ennis reunited, the business of acclimating themselves to their situation took place during "fishing" trips arranged once or twice a year.
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Cassie bumped into Ennis while he was leisurely enjoying some pie and coffee at the bus station.
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Jack spent much of his spare time crossing state lines.
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L.D. left what little decorum he may have possessed at the door when he went to Jack's for Thanksgiving dinner.
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Ennis elects to head up to the mountains for a few days with Jack, his job be damned.
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Alma and Ennis were engrossed in the film's plot when they went to see Surf Party.
=aside= Fran
;)
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Mrs. Twist was a woman who exuded compassion and goodwill.
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Jack wants to bring his misplaced blue parka on his fishing trip, but Lureen says she hasn't seen it since the big ice storm.
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Jack's blue parka was one of the items he took with him to keep warm during their Wyoming wanderings. He also took along vests, hats, gloves... and Ennis.
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Given Jack's sexual proclivities, the likelihood of his marriage being close and loving were remote.
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Jack wasn't much of a musician, but he certainly liked playing the harmonica and singing hymns.
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Alma became even more upset when Ennis's reunion with Jack was more than nightlong.
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As Ennis's creel case remained oddly new-looking over the years, Alma decided to test her theory and put a note in it before Ennis left on one of his trips; sure enough, it remained unopened.
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Alma realized over the years what Ennis's first priority was - and it wasn't her.
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While on his way to the Black and Blue Eagle bar, somehow or other Ennis became acquainted with an angry roughneck's fist.
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Ennis's taciturn, gruff manner when at home with Alma was in stark contrast to his relaxed, smiling behavior when he was on vacation with Jack.
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Taciturnity at home was Ennis's way.
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Alma discovered that Ennis's fishing line was untouched by water and by Ennis.
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Brokeback Mountain Review
Posted by Chad Webb on 12.19.2005
What is so wonderful about Brokeback Mountain is that it stands firm on the grounds that this tale is about love. It sensibly veers away from starting a debate on what is right and what is wrong, by focusing on character development and the deep bond the men carry with them for over 20 years. It makes no difference that these characters were both men, instead of a man and a woman, because Gyllenhaal and Ledger captivate all viewers by seizing every moment together and displaying their intense attachment for each other.
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Story Ennis had limited leisure time when he was working weekdays on the highway crew and weekends at the Rafter B.
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Story Jack spent money xtravagantly on Texas suits and having his teeth capped.
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Round 6-1-8!
Let's Deviate!
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Events from the Summer of '63
Something a little different:
Let's start each post with: While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, -- or something similar, just mention Jack and Ennis -- and then include a verifiable event that took place during the time period of June 1 to August 15, 1963.
As an example:
While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, ZIP codes were introduced in the United States. (July 1 - Wikipedia)
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While Jack and Ennis herd sheep up on Brokeback, Governor George C. Wallace stands in the door of the University of Alabama to protest against integration, before stepping aside and allowing African Americans James Hood and Vivian Malone to enrol. (June 11) {Wikipedia}
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While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, The Great Train Robbery, a £2.6 million mail train robbery, was committed at Bridego Railway Bridge, in Buckinghamshire, England. [August 8]
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While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, the motion picture Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Buton was released. (July 31)(IMDB)
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While Jack and Ennis (both Protestants) herded sheep up on Brokeback, Pope John XXIII passed away in June of 1963.
Pope John XXIII, diagnosed with stomach cancer in September 1962, hinted at his frailty in April 1963: "That which happens to all men perhaps will happen soon to the Pope who speaks to you today." However he served as Pope until his dying day. On May 25, 1963, the Pope suffered another hemorrhage and required blood transfusions, but peritonitis soon set in, resulting in his death at 7:49 p.m. (local time) on June 3 at the age of 81. He was buried on June 6, ending a reign of four years, seven months and six days.
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[Wikipedia]
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While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, the civil rights activist Medgar Evers was murdered in Jackson, Mississippi by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the Ku Klux Klan. (June 12) --Wikipedia.
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While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, University of Central Florida was established by Florida legislature on June 10 1963. University of Central Florida's official colors are black and gold. [Wikipedia]
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While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeded Pope John XXIII as the 262nd pope. (June 21)
-- Wikipedia
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While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, 16-year-old Pauline Reade was abducted by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady in Manchester, England. (July 12) --Wikipedia
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Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper, Jr.
While Del Mar and Twist were up on Brokeback, the US Mercury space program continued.
At 8:00:13 a.m. EST, May 15, 1963, Faith 7 was launched from Launch Complex 14.
... At T+ 3-minutes the cabin pressure sealed at 5.5 lb/in² (38 kPa). Cooper reported, "Faith 7 is all go."
His scheduled rest period was during orbits 9 through 13. He had a dinner of powdered roast beef mush and some water, took pictures of Asia and reported the spacecraft condition. Cooper was not sleepy and during orbit 9 took some of the best photos made during his flight. He took pictures of the Tibetan highlands and of the Himalayas.
He said he could see roads, rivers, small villages, and even individual houses if the lighting and background conditions were right. Cooper slept intermittently the next six hours, during orbits 10 through 13. He woke from time to time and took more pictures, taped status reports and kept adjusting his spacesuit temperature control which kept getting too hot or too cold.
Gordon Cooper, in Faith 7, orbited the earth 22 times and was aloft for 34 hours, 18 minutes and 49 seconds.
[Wikipedia]
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While Jack and Ennis herd sheep up on Brokeback, NASA launches Syncom, the world's first geostationary (synchronous) satellite. [July 26] [Wikipedia]
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While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, the civil rights activist Medgar Evers was murdered in Jackson, Mississippi by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the Ku Klux Klan. (June 12)
--Wikipedia
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
=comment=
Guess who was searching for "J" and "K"
words. Duh!
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While Jack and Ennis were sequestered on Brokeback, America was being forced to come to terms with its African-American citizens.
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University of Alabama
Good evening my fellow citizens: - This afternoon, following a series of threats and defiant statements, the presence of Alabama National Guardsmen was required on the University of Alabama to carry out the final and unequivocal order of the United States District Court of the Northern District of Alabama. That order called for the admission of two clearly qualified young Alabama residents who happened to have been born Negro.
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The Negro baby born in America today, regardless of the section of the Nation in which he is born, has about one-half as much chance of completing a high school as a white baby born in the same place on the same day, one-third as much chance of completing college, one-third as much chance of becoming a professional man, twice as much chance of becoming unemployed, about one-seventh as much chance of earning $10,000 a year, a life expectancy which is 7 years shorter, and the prospects of earning only half as much.
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We preach freedom around the world, and we mean it, and we cherish our freedom here at home, but are we to say to the world, and much more importantly, to each other that this is a land of the free except for the Negroes; that we have no second-class citizens except Negroes; that we have no class or caste system, no ghettoes, no master race except with respect to Negroes?
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I am also asking Congress to authorize the Federal Government to participate more fully in lawsuits designed to end segregation in public education. We have succeeded in persuading many districts to desegregate voluntarily. Dozens have admitted Negroes without violence. Today a Negro is attending a State-supported institution in every one of our 50 States, but the pace is very slow.
Too many Negro children entering segregated grade schools at the time of the Supreme Court's decision 9 years ago will enter segregated high schools this fall, having suffered a loss which can never be restored. The lack of an adequate education denies the Negro a chance to get a decent job.
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Like our soldiers and sailors in all parts of the world they are meeting freedom's challenge on the firing line, and I salute them for their honor and their courage. My fellow Americans, this is a problem which faces us all - in every city of the North as well as the South. Today there are Negroes unemployed, two or three times as many compared to whites, inadequate in education, moving into the large cities, unable to find work, young people particularly out of work without hope, denied equal rights, denied the opportunity to eat at a restaurant or lunch counter or go to a movie theater, denied the right to a decent education, denied almost today the right to attend a State university even though qualified. It seems to me that these are matters which concern us all, not merely Presidents or Congressmen or Governors, but every citizen of the United States.
This is one country. It has become one country because all of us and all the people who came here had an equal chance to develop their talents.
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Thank you very much.
June 11, 1963
President John F. Kennedy
www.nps.gov (http://www.nps.gov/archive/malu/documents/kennedy_university_of_alabama.htm)
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While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, Pope John XXIII (Latin: Ioannes PP. XXIII; Italian: Giovanni XXIII) died on June 3, 1963. He was born Angelo Giuseppe Roncall, known as Blessed John XXIII since his beatification, was elected as the 261st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City on October 28, 1958. He called the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965) but did not live to see it to completion. [Wikipedia]
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While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, Giovanni Battista Montini was generally seen as the most likely successor to Pope John; as the cardinal electors processed into the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave, onlookers even whispered "il Papa, il Papa," at Montini. Montini was an enthusiastic supporter of Pope John's decision to convene the Second Vatican Council. When John died of stomach cancer on June 3, 1963, Montini was elected to the papacy in the following conclave and took the name Paul VI. --Wikipedia
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While Jack and his buddy are up on Brokeback, Coca-Cola hopes that America relaxes with their new diet drink Tab.
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The original Tab, sweetened with saccharin (and cyclamates), was introduced in May of 1963. epix (http://home.epix.net/~tjwagner/tab.html)
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While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, in Saigon, Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Ðức committed self-immolation to protest the oppression of Buddhists by the Ngo Dinh Diem administration. Self-immolation is the act of self-sacrifice by suicide. [June 11][Wilipedia]
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While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union signed a nuclear test ban treaty. (August 5--Wikipedia)
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While Jack and Ennis enjoyed the mountain air - on June 17, 1963 in fact, - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that state-mandated Bible reading in public schools is unconstitutional.
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While Jack and Ennis are herding sheep up on Brokeback, Alabama Governor George C. Wallace stands in the door of the University of Alabama to protest against integration, before stepping aside and allowing African Americans James Hood and Vivian Malone to enroll. [June 11] [Wikipedia]
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While Jack and Ennis were herding sheep up on Brokeback, Billy Wilder's Irma La Douce, a motion picture starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine, was released. (June 5)
-- IMDb
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While on Brokeback Mountain Jack and Ennis were, like the average American citizen, totally unaware of the July 1963 CIA Intelligence Manual.
CIA Intellegence Manual 1963
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H. Pain
Everyone is aware that people react very differently to pain. The reason, apparently, is not a physical difference in the intensity of the sensation itself. Lawrence E. Hinkle observes, “The sensation of pain seems to be roughly equal in all men, that is to say, all people have approximately the same threshold at which they begin to feel pain, and when carefully graded stimuli are applied to them, their estimates of severity are approximately the same…. Yet… when men are very highly motivated… they have been known to carry out rather complex tasks while enduring the most intense pain.” He also states, “In general, it appears that whatever may be the role of the constitutional endowment in determining the reaction to pain, it is a much less important determinant than is the attitude of the man who experiences the pain.”
The wide range of individual reactions to pain may be partially xplicable in terms of early conditioning. The person whose first encounters with pain were frightening and intense may be more violently affected by its later infliction than one whose original experiences were mild. Or the reverse may be true, and the man whose childhood familiarized him with pain may dread it less, and react less, than one whose distress is heightened by fear of the unknown. The individual remains the determinant.
It has been plausibly suggested that, whereas pain inflicted on a person from outside himself may actually focus or intensify his will to resist, his resistance is likelier to be sapped by pain which he seems to inflict upon himself. “In the simple torture situation the contest is one between the individual and his tormentor (…. and he can frequently endure). When the individual is told to stand at attention for long periods, an intervening factor is introduced. The immediate source of pain is not the interrogator but the victim himself. The motivational strength of the individual is likely to exhaust itself in this internal encounter…. As long as the subject remains standing, he is attributing to his captor the power to do something worse to him, but there is actually no showdown of the ability of the interrogator to do so.”
Interrogatees who are withholding but who feel qualms of guilt and a secret desire to yield are likely to become intractable if made to endure pain. The reason is that they can then interpret the pain as punishment and hence as expiation. There are also persons who enjoy pain and its anticipation and who will keep back information that they might otherwise divulge if they are given reason to expect that withholding will result in the punishment that they want. Persons of considerable moral or intellectual stature often find in pain inflicted by others a confirmation of the belief that they are in the hands of inferiors, and their resolve not to submit is strengthened.
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If an interrogatee is caused to suffer pain rather late in the interrogation process and after other tactics have failed, he is almost certain to conclude that the interrogator is becoming desperate. He may then decide that if he can just hold out against this final assault, he will win the struggle and his freedom. And he is likely to be right. Interrogatees who have withstood pain are more difficult to handle by other methods. The effect has been not to repress the subject but to restore his confidence and maturity.
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Craig Bellamy (http://www.craigbellamy.net/2006/08/20/cia-intellegence-manual-1963/)
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Round 6-1-9!
We're Doing Fine!
But What Are We Missing?
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MORE from the Summer of '63
Great Idea Fran
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While Ennis and Jack were herding sheep up on Brokeback, Allen Ludden (host of the game show "Password" from 1961-1975) married Betty White (actress and frequent co-host on "Password," better known for her later roles on the sitcoms "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Golden Girls"), on June 14, 1963.
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While Jack and Ennis were herding sheep up on Brokeback, President Kennedy proclaimed, "Ich bin ein Berliner," during his famous Cold War speech to West Berliners. (June 26)
-- Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ich_bin_ein_Berliner)
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=aside= Toast
Thanks, but I believe the "summer of '63" theme
was one of Sandy's suggestions from a while ago.
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While Jack and Ennis were herding sheep up on Brokeback, President John F. Kennedy made an historic civil rights speech, in which he promised a Civil Rights Bill, and asked for "the kind of equality of treatment that we would want for ourselves." [June 11- Wikipedia]
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While Jack and Ennis were herding sheep up on Brokeback, Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Ðức commits self-immolation in Saigon to protest the oppression of Buddhists by the Ngo Dinh Diem administration. (June 11--Wikipedia)
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While Jack and Ennis were herding sheep up on Brokeback, President John F. Kennedy made a historic civil rights speech, in which he promised a civil rights bill and asked for "the kind of equality of treatment that we would want for ourselves." (June 11)
=aside= Sandy
Thanks.
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While Jack and Ennis were herding sheep up on Brokeback, Lisa Kudrow was born on July 30. She has often played ditzy blondes, the most notable being massage therapist Phoebe on the TV superhit Friends (1994-2004). (She was one of the show's troika of females, along with Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston.) In real life Kudrow is brainy enough to have a biology degree from Vassar and to be an alumnus of the comedy troupe The Groundlings.
While starring on Friends, she made several feature films, including the surprise hit Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion (1997), the off-the-wall comedy The Opposite of Sex (1998, starring Christina Ricci), and the box-office smashes Analyze This and Analyze That (1988 and 2002, both with Billy Crystal). Since the end of her turn as Phoebe, Kudrow has worked in feature films such as Wonderland (2003) and Happy Endings (2005, with Maggie Gyllenhaal), and briefly starred in her own TV series, The Comeback (2005). [Who2]
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Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper, Jr.
While Del Mar and Twist were up on Brokeback, the US Mercury space program continued.
At 8:00:13 a.m. EST, May 15, 1963, Faith 7 was launched from Launch Complex 14.
... At T+ 3-minutes the cabin pressure sealed at 5.5 lb/in² (38 kPa). [Gordon] Cooper reported, "Faith 7 is all go."
His scheduled rest period was during orbits 9 through 13. He had a dinner of powdered roast beef mush and some water, took pictures of Asia and reported the spacecraft condition. Cooper was not sleepy and during orbit 9 took some of the best photos made during his flight. He took pictures of the Tibetan highlands and of the Himalayas.
He said he could see roads, rivers, small villages, and even individual houses if the lighting and background conditions were right. Cooper slept intermittently the next six hours, during orbits 10 through 13. He woke from time to time and took more pictures, taped status reports and kept adjusting his spacesuit temperature control which kept getting too hot or too cold.
Gordon Cooper, in Faith 7, orbited the earth 22 times and was aloft for 34 hours, 18 minutes and 49 seconds.
[Wikipedia]
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While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, Joseph L. Mankiewicz's four-hour historical epic Cleopatra premiered at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. (June 12)
-- The New York Times
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While Jack and Ennis were herding sheep up on Brokeback, President Kennedy proclaimed, "Ich bin ein Berliner," during his famous Cold War speech to West Berliners. (June 26)
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"All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner.'"
President John F. Kennedy - June 26, 1963
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Jack and Ennis probably had to wait until they came down from Brokeback Mountain to follow Toucan Sam's nose to find Froot Loops cereal.
Froot Loops, created in 1963, originally had orange, lemon, and cherry flavors. The cereal's mascot is Toucan Sam, a blue cartoon toucan with a striped beak, originally voiced by Mel Blanc.
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On July 24, 1963, Kellogg first introduced Toucan Sam on boxes of "Froot Loops" cereal. Kellogg has used Toucan Sam on Froot Loops boxes, and in every print and television advertisement for the cereal, since. Toucan Sam is an anthropomorphic cartoon toucan. He is short and stout and walks upright. He is nearly always smiling with a pleasant and cheery demeanor, but looking nothing similar to a real toucan. He has a royal and powder blue body and an elongated and oversized striped beak, colored shades of orange, red, pink, and black. He has human features, such as fingers and toes, and only exhibits his wings while flying. Moreover, in television advertisements over the past forty years, Toucan Sam has been given a voice. He speaks with a British accent, allowing him to fervently sing the praises of the cereal he represents, and to entice several generations of children to "follow his nose" because "it always knows" where to find the Froot Loops. Cutting Edge Report (http://www.cuttingedgereport.com/casesofthemonth/cases/0308A/ops/1Kellog_v_ToucanGolf.html)
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While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, Joseph L. Mankiewicz's four-hour historical epic Cleopatra premiered at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. (June 12)
-- The New York Times
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While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, The Beatles made their 292nd and final appearance at The Cavern Club, a nightclub in Liverpool, on August 3, 1963 - the place that had given them a start was now too small to hold all their fans.
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While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, the New York City Opera began rehearsals for their fall season, which opened on October 3, 1963, with a double bill of Stravinksy's "The Nightingale" and Honegger's "Jeanne d'Arc au Bucher."
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While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, John Profumo declared he lied about his relationship with Christine Keeler. He left his charge as Minister of War and member of the Parliament. [June 4]
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While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale struck Skopje, Yugoslavia, killing over 1,000 people and leaving another 100,000 homeless. (July 26)
-- BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/2059330.stm)
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While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state-mandated Bible reading in public schools is unconstitutional in Abington School District v. Schempp. (June 17 Wikipedia)
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While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, Paul McCartney threw a party at his Auntie Gin's house in Birkenhead to celebrate his twenty-first birthday. A huge tent was erected in the garden, and the cream of Merseybeat tucked into a big cake. (June 18)
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Jack and Ennis were herding sheep up on Brokeback when, on August 5, 1963, after more than eight years of difficult negotiations, Britain, the US, and the USSR signed a nuclear test ban treaty.
The Limited Test Ban Treaty:
- prohibited nuclear weapons tests or other nuclear explosions under water, in the atmosphere, or in outer space
- allowed underground nuclear tests as long as no radioactive debris fell outside the boundaries of the nation conducting the test
- pledged signatories to work towards complete disarmament, an end to the armaments race, and an end to the contamination of the environment by radioactive substances.
-- OurDocuments.gov (http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=95)
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While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, Vostok 6 carried Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman, into space.
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While Jack and Ennis herded sheep up on Brokeback, Margaret Court Smith beat Billie Jean King in the Women's Singles at the seventieth Wimbledon tennis championship. (July 6, 1963)
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While Jack and Ennis were herding sheep up on Brokeback, Pope John XXIII, one of the best-loved popes of modern times, passed away. (June 3)
-- Infoplease.com (http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0826383.html)
Please announce Round 620.
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Round Six Twenty
I Loved You Plenty -
But Now Only In My Dreams ..
Around that time Jack began to appear in his dreams, Jack as he had first seen him, curly-headed and smiling and bucktoothed, talking about getting up off his pockets and into the control zone, but the can of beans with the spoon handle jutting out and balanced on the log was there as well, in a cartoon shape and lurid colors that gave the dreams a flavor of comic obscenity. The spoon handle was the kind that could be used as a tire iron. And he would wake sometimes in grief, sometimes with the old sense of joy and release; the pillow sometimes wet, sometimes the sheets.
There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you can't fix it you've got to stand it.
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He might have to stay with his married daughter until he picks up another job, yet he is suffused with a sense of pleasure because Jack Twist was in his dream.
The stale coffee is boiling up but he catches it before it goes over the side, pours it into a stained cup and blows on the black liquid, lets a panel of the dream slide forward. If he does not force his attention on it, it might stoke the day, rewarm that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong.
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Ennis absently goes on with his life, recalling - in his dreams - the old days with Jack on the Mountain.
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Ennis's occasional dreams about Jack were not biddable, but when they did come, he savored them.
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Around that time Jack began to appear in his dreams, Jack as he had first seen him, curly-headed and smiling and bucktoothed, talking about getting up off his pockets and into the control zone....
[story]
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Ennis's dreaming seemed to remind him of the disparity between his reality and what he wanted to believe.
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It was hard for Ennis to be evenhanded when it came to the disparity between his reality and what he wanted to believe.
=aside= Toast
;)
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When Ennis dreams, it's visions of Jack from foregone years that he sees.
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Ennis dreams, glimpsing "Jack as he had first seen him, curly-headed and smiling and bucktoothed, talking about getting up off his pockets and into the control zone,"
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Ennis knew that Jack's hallucinatory presence in his dream wouldn't last long, so he didn't force his attention on it, hoping it would stoke the day.
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In the prologue, Ennis is infused "with a sense of pleasure because Jack Twist was in his dream."
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Ennis's dreams of Jack reveal his sadness and his longingness.
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Ennis's dreams of Jack reveal how meaningfully altered his life is without him.
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Mrs.Twist displayed the dignity and character of a nurturer.
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Sometimes the can of beans with the spoon handle jutting out appears in Ennis's dreams as well, but it's in a cartoon shape and outlandish colors, which gives the dreams "a flavor of comic obscenity."
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Ennis's dream was a phantasmagoria consisting of images of Jack, a can of beans and a spoon that resembled a tire iron.
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In Ennis's dream, the spoon handle resembled a tire iron.
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Around that time Jack began to appear in his dreams, Jack as he had first seen him, curly-headed and smiling and bucktoothed, talking about getting up off his pockets and into the control zone, but the can of beans with the spoon handle jutting out and balanced on the log was there as well, in a cartoon shape and lurid colors that gave the dreams a flavor of comic obscenity. [story]
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Even though Ennis's dreams have a "flavor of comic obscenity", he treasures them because Jack was in them.
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The unreal quality of his dream did not bother Ennis overmuch; he was simply glad to have the image of Jack to call up in his mind once more.
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Ennis blows on his black coffee, thinking of Jack whom he had visioned on a panel of his dream; bringing back "that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong."
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Although soon to be jobless and homeless and wholly uncertain about the next phase of his life, Ennis "is suffused with a sense of pleasure because Jack Twist was in his dream."
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The reason for the unreal quality of Ennis's dream was not xplicably clear to him; he was simply glad to have the image of Jack to call up in his mind once more.
=aside= Meryl
;)
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Round 621!!
It's the Summer of Love and You're Still the One!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_464.jpg)
Events leading up to and during the reunion. June-September 1967.
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In 1967, story Ennis confessed to Jack about the actual cause of his gut cramps in 1963:
"That summer," said Ennis. "When we split up after we got paid out I had gut cramps so bad I pulled over and tried to puke, thought I ate somethin bad at that place in Dubois. Took me about a year a figure out it was that I shouldn't a let you out a my sights. Too late then by a long, long while."
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Ennis used a ball-point pen to write out his postcard in reply to Jack's.
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The boys had a long-standing crush on each other; in fact, as they embraced, they proceeded to literally crush each other.
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Ennis dillydallied all day, smoking and drinking, waiting for Jack to show up for their reunion.
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Ennis will only be with Jack way out in the middle of nowhere because he's afraid of encountering murderous homophobes.
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Alma patiently made small talk and took care of the girls as her fidgeter of a husband waited for his friend to show.
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After Jack had arrived and Ennis sprang into action, Alma was shocked by a sight that grated on her for a long time:
Her husband in the loving arms of a ... man.
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Ennis had no hesitations in answering Jack's postcard with "You Bet."
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Alma's face registers incomprehension after she witnesses the reunion kiss.
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After lowering her eyes to look down the stairs to check out this fishin' buddy Jack, Alma immediately lowered her opinion of Jack.
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Alma's glimpse of Ennis and Jack embracing and their hasty departure left her in a state of melancholia that was only deepened the next day when Ennis lit out for the mountains with his lover.
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Alma's face registers incomprehension after she glimpses her husband and his just-arrived fishing buddy engaging in what she considers to be non-conventional behavior.
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Alma's face registers incomprehension after she glimpses her husband and his just-arrived fishing buddy engaging in what she considers to be out-of-the-ordinary behavior.
=aside= Fran
Thanks. ;)
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Alma's face registers incomprehension after she glimpses her husband and his just-arrived fishing buddy engaging in what she considers to be perverse behavior.
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Alma's face registers incomprehension after she glimpses her husband and his just-arrived fishing buddy engaging in what she considers to be suggestive behavior.
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The boys' summer on Brokeback passed so quickly, it was almost a transient memory before it began.
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Alma's face registers incomprehension after she glimpses her husband and his just-arrived fishing buddy engaging in what she considers to be unacceptably bad behavior.
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Alma's face registers incomprehension after she glimpses her husband and his just-arrived fishing buddy behaving venally.
def - ruthlessly seeking personal advantage
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Alma's face registers incomprehension after she glimpses her husband and his just-arrived fishing buddy engaging in what she believes is wrongful behavior.
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Alma's face registers incomprehension after she glimpses her husband and his just-arrived fishing buddy acting as xemplars of wrongful behavior.
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Alma's face registers incomprehension after she glimpses her husband and his just-arrived fishing buddy acting as xemplars of wrongful behavior.
=comment=
R was inadvertently missed.
Could someone do the round announcement?
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Round 622 - O!!
It's the Summer of Love and We're Still A Duo!
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_464.jpg)
Events leading up to and during the reunion. June-September 1967.
=aside= Sandy
8) Good Theme for another round!
:( Sorry 'bout the R
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Jack aspires to the day when he can live with Ennis and be his life-partner. He finds out at the Siesta Motel that Ennis cannot fulfill that dream.
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Jack and Ennis immediately resumed their bibulous habit when they reunited; on the way to the Siesta Motel, they made a quick stop to stock up on whiskey.
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When Jack saw Ennis he got the chills, but then things got hot.
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Story boys began to dread the morning after the Siesta Motel, and instead planned a trip into the mountains.
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Jack and Ennis found each other too embraceable to be content with the usual man-to-man handshake after their four years apart.
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Although they tried to conceal their embrace, Jack and Ennis were unaware of how flagrantly they were displaying the real nature of their relationship to the watching Alma.
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After a night of jouncing, Jack and Ennis gunned it into the mountains.
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Jack hightails it all the way from Texas and even admits to Ennis that he "Redlined all the way, couldn't get here fast enough."
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When Ennis introduced him to Alma, Jack tried to smile graciously, though he was feeling like an interloper.
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When Ennis saw that Jack had arrived, he loped down the stairs and into Jack's arms.
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The twenty-fourth get together was just the first of many meetings that Jack and Ennis arranged: secretive meetings to head into the back country.
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Jack and Ennis negotiated where and when their meetings would take place: - "...once in a while in the middle of nowhere."
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Ennis realized that he and Jack would call less attention to themselves if they met up in out-of-the way places.
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As Ennis hurried down the steps with Jack, he tried to placate Alma by calling out the whereabouts of his smokes.
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After just one look, it didn't take long for the boys to realize what they had been missing.
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He could smell Jack -- the intensely familiar odor of cigarettes, musky sweat and a faint sweetness like grass, and with it the rushing cold of the mountain.
[story]
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Jack and Ennis recognized the tremendousness of the occasion and threw caution to the wind on that reunion day in 1967.
=aside= Fran
Still playing "new" Annie Proulx words.
Cool !!
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While the boys made beautiful music together during their reunion, Alma was left unstrung.
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The fact that Ennis didn't come home all night aided in validating Alma's suspicions.
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The attraction between Ennis and Jack was electical; just watching the charged kissing seemed to short-circuit Alma's wiring.
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Ennis failed to mention to Alma that Jack was also an x-Farm and Ranch Employment sheep herder and that they had spent some quality time together up on Brokeback Mountain.
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Round 623!
Love, look what you've done to me...
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Love as a force of nature
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Jack and Ennis's lives were deeply affected by knowing each other.
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Brokenhearted Jack took a break from Ennis and headed to Mexico to try to mend his aching heart.
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From the moment he first met him, Jack made a concentrated effort to get to know Ennis and win him over.
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"Living a lie is easier than dealing with the truth, at least it is for Ennis until Jack pays a visit -- his first in four years."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/6169704/brokeback_mountain)
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The reunion of Ennis with Jack after four years apart effected a slow corrosion in Ennis's relationship with Alma, which eventually resulted in their divorce.
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This "thing" that grabbed Jack and Ennis was hard for them to fathom.
=comment=
Happy 27th Birthday, Jake!
(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i285/Lucise/Jake/Anime/9530cb17.gif)
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When story Ennis was separated from Jack, he gratifies himself by wringing it out a hundred times thinking about him.
=aside= Jake
Happy birthday.
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc149/bytemover/jake1.jpg)
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Ennis took a week off to be with Jack even though his boss, a hell-raiser named Stoutamire, raised hell about it.
=aside= Sandy
Great picture of the birthday boy!
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Not knowing how to face their parting after the summer, Ennis inflicted a blow onto Jack's noggin.
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When Jack tried to persuade Ennis to accept his proposal of the sweet life in the form of a cow-and-calf operation, he exuded a Jake-like charm.
=aside=Fran and Sandy
Just thought I'd revive "J" in honor of our birthday boy. Hope s'alright. ;)
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In the end, Ennis came to realize that his love for Jack was larger than life.
=aside= Meryl
S'alright, s'alright. In fact, it's jake*.
*Def: slang : ALL RIGHT, FINE
=aside= Fran
Agreed that it is a fantastic picture of the birthday boy.
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Ennis messes around with Jack for the first time one cold night when it was too late to go up to the sheep.
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Jack may have thought himself as a nonconformist, but after disappointments and loneliness, he decided to marry Lureen.
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Ennis felt that there was an oddness about two men living together and would never commit to a "sweet life" with Jack.
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"The failure of Ennis and Jack to agree upon a common future is the underlying tragedy in this film. Even though Jack may feel shoved away by Ennis, the viewer knows Ennis is irrevocably attached to Jack. Their love is mutual, but their ideas are not. Jack desires a permanent life with Ennis, while Ennis deems it impossible. The former's hope and positivity wrestle with the latter's pessimism and fear until they are both destroyed."
-- An excerpt from a user comment posted by firth_m-1 at IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388795/usercomments?start=30)
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On Brokeback Mountain, it seemed to Jack and Ennis that the world revolved around them: "...they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong".
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Both Jack and Ennis had a soft spot for each other.
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Ennis's grief at his realization of how much Jack loved him is touchingly illustrated when he embraces the shirts in that small closet in the Twist home.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisShirts.jpg)
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Once he realized that he had misinterpreted Ennis's postcard about the divorce, Jack underplayed his heartbreak and simply said, "...I'll see you next month, then."
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Confused by his conflicting feelings at having to leave Jack, a violence-ridden Ennis "swung from the deck".
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Ennis's wistfulness at his realization of how much Jack loved him is touchingly illustrated when he embraces the shirts in that small closet in the Twist home.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisShirts.jpg)
=aside= Meryl
I'm quoting your text and image.
Thanks.
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A couple of times a year, Jack, an x-Wyomingite himself, readily made 14-hour drives from Texas to Wyoming to be with Ennis.
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Round 624!
What's the hat for?
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Whoops!
The headwear of BBM...
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The proper attire for the fashionable Western head would be the venerable cowboy hat.
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An unfinished brim is less expensive than bound and more for an everyday-do-yer-work type Cowboy Hat. Cowboy Hat Facts (http://www.thelastbestwest.com/popups/cowboy_hat_facts.html#Etiquette)
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Wanting to prove to Ennis that rodeo cowboys weren't all "fuck-ups,"Jack capped off the conversation with a wild rodeo dance, clutching his hat and shouting "Yeehaw!"
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/RodeoDance.jpg)
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The screenplay describes what happens after Jack pulls into the parking lot of the laundrymat:
JACK gets out of his pickup, stiff, his beat-up Resistol tilted back on his head, holds it steady to keep it from blowing off.
=aside= Paul
Kudos on the theme.
:)
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Ennis looked especially vulnerable when he went into the tent, hat in hand.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_227.jpg)
=aside= Paul
Hats off to you for another good theme.
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Jack and Ennis looked frightfully handsome in their cowboy hats. Boy would that eagle feather have looked good with Jack's sly smile.
=aside= Paul
Frightfully cool theme.
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In an NPR interview, Ang Lee said one of the glitches related to the filming the reunion kiss was that the "hats" kept falling off.
-- NPR: Breaking Down 'Brokeback Mountain' (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5066480)
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L.D. had a high-hat attitude toward Jack until he knocked him down a peg or two at Thanksgiving dinner.
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Almost every scene containing our boys involves cowboy hats. Notable exceptions include Ennis wearing a baseball cap working highway construction, and Jack bareheaded in the baby-L.D. scene.
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In the foyer of the apartment over the launderette, there are hooks where Ennis can hang his cowboy hat.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Alma/TwoGuys.jpg)
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Cowboy hats made from two different materials - felt and straw - were worn by Ennis at different times of the year.
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Later in the film, Ennis wore a more narrow-brimmed hat.
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/brokebackmtn_ennislake.jpg)
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Standing with his hat in his hand, Jack hears Joe Aguirre explain that the herder's duties include overpassing Forest Service rules and sleeping with the sheep at night.
def. = disregard; ignore
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While Joe Aguirre watched from a distance, Ennis tackled Jack and playfully whipped off his hat, perhaps to conceal a kiss.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/happytusslekiss.jpg)
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After the reunion kiss, Jack replaced his hat, which Ennis had rather forcefully removed.
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After story Alma threatened to yell for Bill, Ennis "gave another wrench that left her with a burning bracelet, shoved his hat on backwards, and slammed out."
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"Their mouths came together, and hard, Jack’s big teeth bringing blood, his hat falling to the floor" and his hair tussled.
=aside= Players
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While on their toboggan honeymoon, Ennis sported a snazzy wool cap. He was wearing this when, in an unceremonious manner, he presented her with a snowball to the head.
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While on their toboggan honeymoon, Ennis sported a snazzy wool cap. The snazzy texture of his hat (and gloves) was in large part created by the variegation of the knitter's wool.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/ToqueGloves.jpg)
=Aside= Players
Happy Holidays
(http://windstormranch.com/images/CC0813lg.jpg)
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Standing withindoors for the perfunctory introductions, Jack politely tipped his hat to Alma.
=aside=
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Merry Christmas! |
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During their xtra-passionate reunion kiss, "their mouths came together, and hard, Jack’s big teeth bringing blood, his hat falling to the floor, stubble rasping, wet saliva welling, and the door opening and Alma looking out for a few seconds at Ennis’s straining shoulders and shutting the door again and still they clinched, pressing chest and groin and thigh and leg together, treading on each other’s toes until they pulled apart to breathe and Ennis, not big on endearments, said what he said to his horses and daughters, 'Little darlin.'"
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Round 625!
On beans alone we can't survive!!
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Food and Drink in the Movie
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Jack was the first to admit that he had lost his appetence for beans, and that he was now appetent for meat - like a sheep or deer/elk.
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According to the Basque, boxed soup is hard to pack.
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Jack and Ennis hit their culinary heights when they chomped on elk chops.
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The shooting screenplay shows us that Jack and Ennis do not worry so much about culinary delights as long as they have each other:
118 EXT: MOUNTAINS: NIGHT: 1980:
JACK plays harmonica around the campfire. ENNIS drinks from whiskey bottle. Same poor food, cans with spoons in them, beer bottles, whiskey bottles. ENNIS looks mostly the same, elder, but still skinny. JACK, the shorter of the two, has thickened some through the shoulders.
They aren't fishing. Just sit near one another, enjoy the country, the night, the fire.
WE SEE JACK in a down jacket. ENNIS in shirtsleeves.
JACK
Don't you never wear a coat?
ENNIS
(grin)
When it's cold. Seems like spring to me.
JACK
It may be spring where you're sittin', but two feet west, it’s goddamn winter, I tell you.
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Alma wanted to take Jack to an eatery like the Knife and Fork, but Ennis said that Jack wasn't the restaurant type.
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"Jack ain't the restaurant type," said Ennis, foiling Alma's hope for a dinner out at the Knife & Fork.
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Jack and Ennis graduated from heating cans of BetterMost beans to grilling steaks on their later fishing trips, as seen in this deleted scene.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Grillingsteaks.jpg)
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Jack made it clear to Ennis that he was giving beans the old heave-ho.
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Because they could not make ice on Brokeback, the boys could never have any iced drinks. They cooled beer in a wet sack.
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Ennis took his aim and fired a lethal shot at the elk, solving the food problem.
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After the lethal shot, Jack and Ennis munched away on what looks like elk chops.
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Jack and Ennis had plain food up on Brokeback, but occasionally they enjoyed nummies like elk chops and canned peaches.
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Ennis never brought any fish home for Alma and the girls to eat even though he said he caught plenty on his fishing outings with Jack.
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Jack's dislike of beans prompted Ennis to fire the lethal shot at the elk.
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After the prolonged bean-eating period, exacerbated by Ennis's loss of supplies on the trail, the boys willingly repasted on the freshly killed elk meat.
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After being soured by the prolonged bean-eating period, exacerbated by Ennis's loss of supplies on the trail, Jack willingly repasted on the freshly killed elk meat.
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Joe told Jack to eat supper and breakfast in camp but to sleep with the sheep and leave no trace in case the Forest Service snooped around.
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When the thought of having any more beans became unendurable, Jack willingly repasted on the freshly killed elk meat.
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Both Jack and Ennis willingly repasted on the freshly killed elk meat, celebrating Ennis's vanquishment of their food supply problem.
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After the vanquishment of their food supply problem, Jack and Ennis sat around the campfire, wolfing down elk meat.
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Both Jack and Ennis willingly repasted on the xtra-tasty elk meat, celebrating Ennis's vanquishment of their food supply problem.
Please announce the next round.
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Round 626
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Real Men Eat ... Meat
Wearing Their Hats
Dining and Hat-Wearing Etiquette
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Ennis ably provided elk meat for himself and Jack; and they repasted on the treat in the great outdoors where it's appropriate to wear a hat while dining.
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Ennis bypassed Forest Service rules and killed an elk, which he and Jack devoured in the great outdoors where it's appropriate to wear a hat while dining.
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Ennis and Jack chomp on elk in the great outdoors where it's appropriate to wear a hat while dining.
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Ennis and Jack chomped on fresh elk in the great outdoors, where it is appropriate to wear a hat while dining.
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Ennis and Jack chomped on fresh elk and other edibles in the great outdoors, where it is appropriate to wear a hat while dining.
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Ennis and Jack were feasting on fresh elk in the great outdoors, where it is appropriate to wear a hat while dining.
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Ennis and Jack gnawed on fresh elk in the great outdoors, where it is appropriate to wear a hat while dining.
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Ennis and Jack hungrily gnawed on fresh elk in the great outdoors, where it is appropriate to wear a hat while dining.
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Ennis and Jack ingest fresh elk in the great outdoors, where it's appropriate to wear a hat while dining.
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Not worrying about if it were gained legitimately, Ennis and Jack ingest fresh elk in the great outdoors, where it's appropriate to wear a hat while dining.
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Ennis and Jack munch on fresh elk in the great outdoors, where it's appropriate to wear a hat while dining.
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After committing a nonreversible act, Ennis and Jack munch on fresh elk in the great outdoors, where it's appropriate to wear a hat while dining.
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After Ennis offed the elk, Ennis and Jack ingested its meat in the great outdoors, where it's appropriate to wear a hat while dining.
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After Ennis pointed his gun and offed the elk, Ennis and Jack ingested its meat in the great outdoors, where it's appropriate to wear a hat while dining.
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Ennis and Jack were repasting on fresh elk in the great outdoors, where it's appropriate to wear a hat while dining.
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Jack and Ennis satisfy their hunger with fresh elk in the great outdoors, where it's appropriate to wear a hat while dining.
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After a tearing hurry to hide evidence from Forest Service snoopers, Jack and Ennis satisfy their hunger with fresh elk in the great outdoors, where it's appropriate to wear a hat while dining.
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Unsatiated from eating nothing but beans, Jack and Ennis satisfy their hunger with fresh elk in the great outdoors, where it's appropriate to wear a hat while dining.
=aside= players
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After vanquishing the elk, Jack and Ennis satisfy their hunger in the great outdoors, where it's appropriate to wear a hat while dining.
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Like two wolves, Jack and Ennis satisfy their hunger in the great outdoors, where it's appropriate to wear a hat while dining.
=aside= Players
We've kept our hats on for a whole round,
But I say hats off to 2008!!!!!!!!
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Jack and Ennis enjoyed an xtra-satisfying elk dinner in the great outdoors, where it's appropriate to wear a hat while dining.
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Round 627!
Our New Year Round.
Let's have our replies contain the word "new" or "knew".
The summer went on and they moved the herd to new pasture, shifted the camp; the distance between the sheep and the new camp was greater and the night ride longer.
Ennis knew the salty words to "Strawberry Roan."
Ennis woke in red dawn with his pants around his knees, a top-grade headache, and Jack butted against him; without saying anything about it both knew how it would go for the rest of the summer, sheep be damned.
Even when the numbers were right Ennis knew the sheep were mixed.
He stopped at the side of the road and, in the whirling new snow, tried to puke but nothing came up.
"Swear to god I didn't know we was goin a get into this again -- yeah, I did. Why I'm here. I fuckin knew it."
"You know," she said, and from her tone he knew something was coming, "I used to wonder how come you never brought any trouts home."
"I wish I knew how to quit you."
But before he was out of the truck, trying to guess if it was heart attack or the overflow of an incendiary rage, Ennis was back on his feet and somehow, as a coat hanger is straightened to open a locked car and then bent again to its original shape, they torqued things almost to where they had been, for what they'd said was no news.
"I feel awful bad about Jack. Can't begin to say how bad I feel. I knew him a long time."
So now he knew it had been the tire iron.
The window looked down on the gravel road stretching south and it occurred to him that for his growing-up years that was the only road Jack knew.
There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you can't fix it you've got to stand it.
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Happy 2008!
May the New Year exceed our expectations.
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Ennis tried to attune himself to harmonizing with his new cowboyfriend by showing he knew the salty words to "Strawberry Roan".
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Ennis knew his trailer and its contents offered him the barest possible existence, but "Yeah, well, you got nothin', you don't need nothin'."
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Ennis knew the salty words to the musical composition "Strawberry Roan."
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Jack dared to tell Ennis the truth at the Motel Siesta: "Swear to god I didn't know we was goin a get into this again -- yeah, I did. Why I'm here. I fuckin' knew it."
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Jack and Ennis knew it would be up to each ewe to protect her new lambs while they only had eyes for each other:
Ennis woke in red dawn with his pants around his knees, a top-grade headache, and Jack butted against him; without saying anything about it both knew how it would go for the rest of the summer, sheep be damned.
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For her wedding, Alma had a new frock from J. C. Penney, and her face shone like a new penny, too.
=aside=Players
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The boys' relationship took on a whole new dimension after Jack started to grope Ennis and got things going.
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Once Alma revealed what she knew about Mr. Nasty, Ennis hurriedly skedaddled out of there.
=aside= Players
(http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3325968/2/istockphoto_3325968_happy_new_year_in_colourful_candles.jpg)
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Jack and Ennis knew there would be few interruptions on Brokeback Mountain, and hopefully no one to carry news down to the outside world.
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New grandparents L.D. and Fayette Newsome are overjoyed when Lureen's pregnancy results in a live-born baby boy.
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TS1 was a monumentally new experience for Ennis.
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In the end, Jack knew that Ennis's responses to the sweet-life suggestion would always be negations. A "goddamn bitch of a unsatisfactory situation."
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Jack and Lureen's two-adult household became a two-adult, one-child household after the new baby arrived.
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Alma disclosed that she knew the purpose of Ennis's fishing trips.
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In the end, Jack knew that Ennis's responses to the sweet-life suggestion would always be negations. A "goddamn bitch of a unsatisfactory situation."
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The window looked down on the gravel road stretching south and it occurred to him that for his growing-up years that was the only road Jack knew.
[story]
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The most famous tagline of the film is: "I wish I knew how to quit you".
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Jack knew that Ennis was understating his reaction when he said, "Well, see you around, I guess." The wind tumbled an empty feed bag down the street until it fetched up under his truck.
"Right," said Jack, and they shook hands, hit each other on the shoulder, then there was forty feet of distance between them and nothing to do but drive away in opposite directions.
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Jack appeared in vehicles of varying vintages over the years, but Ennis knew a new truck would never be within his means.
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In time, the gulf between Alma and Ennis widens, and she comes to the conclusion that it's time to get a divorce and start a new life.
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When Lureen describes how Jack xpires on the lonely Texas highway, Ennis thinks a tire iron was used.
But when Old Man Twist admits that he knew Jack's and Ennis's secret, as did the people in Lureen's life, then Ennis knew that they would have used a tire iron on Jack - just like they did on Earl.
=aside= Fran and Paul and Meryl
Xcellent round.
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ROUND 628
It's not quite too late!
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Let's start the New Year by including the word year
in each post, and revisiting our old friends J, K, Q, Y and Z
for Auld Lang Syne...
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Jack and Ennis got into the habit of allotting at least a couple of weeks a year to their much-anticipated fishing trips.
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Year after year, Jack and Ennis led separate lives of quiet desperation, biding their time until their next fishing trip.
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Jack had to contain his excitement at seeing Ennis two, three times a year.
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Jack and Ennis delayed the happiness in their lives until the few times a year that they could be with each other.
=aside= Fran and Meryl
Great round ideas.
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Ennis wanted to be better educated. He drove to school in the old pickup with no heater, one windshield wiper, and bad tires, but without a transmission he couldn't get to his sophomore year.
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The Del Mar divorce was finalized in the year 1975.
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Ennis and Jack geared up for their "fishing trips" at least a couple of times a year.
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Jack was hurled to the ground by at least one angry bull in the year 1966.
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Jack and Lureen made their mating-call introductions in the year 1966.
=alert=
Next up: "J" and "K".
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A rather nice "J", if I say so myself, but played out of turn and deleted in accordance with the rules.
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Ennis thought Jack's idea of two men living together was a knuckleheaded scheme, so Jack had to settle for meeting up with his lover for a few weeks every year.
=aside=Players
Thanks for taking the leap year! ;)
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The lust-laden fishing trips occured twice or thrice yearly.
=aside= J&K
Ah, knuckleheaded jugglery, I knew I missed you.
Nice job, Fran and Meryl.
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Annie Proulx made very few "mistakes" in creating the Brokeback Mountain storyline. However the screenplay writers had to add at least one year to the chronology to give Alma the years to be more than nineteen in the year leading up to her marriage to Kurt.
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In 1967, during their four-year reunion, Jack and Ennis reached a negotiation for their future meetings - "...once in a while way the hell out in the back a nowhere.”
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Several times a year, Ennis practiced jugglery when he told Alma he had caught plenty of trouts, browns and other fish.
Def: manipulation or trickery especially to achieve a desired end
=comment=
This is the deleted "J". Thanks for the word, Fran.
Next up is "O".
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In the year 1967, Jack contacted Ennis by postcard, to which the latter replied with a one-line message: "You bet."
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Ennis and Jack finally seem to admit that their year together on Brokeback was one of the best periods of their lives - empitomized by the dozy embrace.
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When visiting the Twist house, Ennis encounters the quilts which have lain on Jack's bed for years.
=aside= Toast
Thank-Q. :)
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During the almost twenty years of their relationship, Ennis felt that he was risking his life for love.
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Jack makes it clear that he doesn't like being separated from Ennis so much:
" ... Count the damn few times we been together in twenty years. Measure the fuckin short leash you keep me on, then ask me about Mexico and then tell me you'll kill me for needin it and not hardly never gettin it. You got no fuckin idea how bad it gets. I'm not you. I can't make it on a couple a high-altitude fucks once or twice a year. You're too much for me, Ennis, you son of a whoreson bitch. I wish I knew how to quit you."
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The troublesome business of arranging to get away from ranch work several times a year started to weigh on Ennis:
"Jack, I got to work. Them earlier days I used to quit the jobs. You forget how it is, bein' broke all the time. You ever hear of child support? Let me tell you I can't quit this one. And I can't get the time off."
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During the summer of the year 1963, Jack and Ennis were undergoing many physical and mental changes that would affect them for the rest of their lives.
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In the year 1966, Lureen was vetting handsome cowboys for the role of trophy husband.
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In the year 1966, Lureen was wooing handsome cowboys for the role of trophy husband.
=aside= Paul
;D
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In the year 1966, Lureen was wooing xtra-handsome cowboys for the role of trophy husband.
=aside= Paul and Toast
;)
=comment=
Next up is "Y" for this round only.
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In the screenplay published in the year 2005, three "yee-haws" are in the scene where Jack demonstrates bull-riding to Ennis; only one made it into the film.
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Joe Aguirre had to think zonally as he decided where his sheep could graze during the different times of the year.
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Round 629!
"Lean on me,
let our hearts beat in time..."
How about a musical round?
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Bob Dylan is actually the arranger of "He Was a Friend of Mine", not the composer; it is considered a traditional folk song.
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"A Love That Will Never Grow Old" was composed by Gustavo Santaolalla and Bernie Taupin.
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People who sat through the final credits of Brokeback Mountain heard Rufus Wainwright crooning his song "The Maker Makes."
def - A type of quiet, sentimental popular singing current from the 1920s to the 1950s; it originated when the radio microphone enabled performers to sing softly and still be heard.
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Bob Dylan's contribution was as arranger of "He Was a Friend of Mine".
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Steve Earle's "The Devil's Right Hand" is the song playing on the jukebox the first time Ennis dances with Cassie.
=compliment=
Very impressive "Q", "Y", and "Z" in the previous round.
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Gustavo Santaolalla created the music for Brokeback Mountain before Ang Lee had even filmed the scenes.
Santaolalla pre-recorded his score and songs for the Ang Lee film before shooting commenced – imbuing his score with the stark loneliness of E. Annie Proulx’s original short story. Link (http://www.musicweb-international.com/film/2006/feb06/brokebackmt.html)
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Jackie Greene does the vocals for "I Will Never Let You Go."
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"It's So Easy" performed by Linda Rondstadt was written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty.
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[Brokeback Mountain]'s pace is deliberate, its passion muted, its language sparse. To complement that feel, and indeed to generate it, Lee turned to Santaolalla to write both songs and score. Brokeback Mountain is one of those rare instances where the film was shot to the music; Lee has said that every evening during filming, he listened to Santaolalla's music to make sure he was getting the right mood. Link (http://www.soundtrack.net/albums/database/?id=3958)
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"The movie soundtrack, featuring haunting ballads and lilting fiddles and rock-hard C&W, runs the gamut of emotions."
-- Travel Alberta, "Songs Drive Alberta's 'Brokeback' Landscape" (http://www.thephantomwriters.com/free_content/db/t/drive-alberta's-'brokeback'-landscape.shtml)
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The credits end with the melodic strains of Rufus Wainwright's "Maker Makes".
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"It's So Easy" was composed by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty.
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Santaolalla's underscore is definitely underplayed in [Brokeback Mountain], although its influence is strong. Its Western simplicity will not turn heads for those orchestral score fans, and Brokeback Mountain is therefore not recommended for that crowd. Santaolalla's ensemble consists of acoustic guitar, slide guitar, and a small string section. Very minimalistically rendered, Santaolalla returns to the same chord progressions (a theme of sorts) over and over again, never varying the content much but definitely sending us off with an inspiring flourish of this theme in "The Wings" (a highlight cue for the entire year, despite the score's overall shortcomings) Link (http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/brokeback_mountain.html)
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"...the music poignantly captures the characters' loneliness, wide open spaces, and 'a love that will never grow old.'"
-- Settling the Score (http://www.settling-the-score.com/brokeback-mountain.html)
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Several songs on the Brokeback Mountain soundtrack, e.g. "King of the Road" and "I Will Never Let You Go," have a rockabilly quality.
Def: a combination of rock 'n' roll and hillbilly music
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"The atmosphere of the soundtrack is marked by a down-home blend of folk, bluegrass, and country sounds. Steve Earle contributes a newly-recorded (just for the film) version of the upbeat country rocker "Devil's Right Hand," while Mary McBride's "No One's Gonna Love You Like Me" (another new song) features a retro bluegrass vibe. "
Verve Music Group (http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist/releases/default.aspx?pid=11401&aid=2786)
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Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics to "A Love That Will Never Grow Old."
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Santaolalla's underscore is definitely underplayed in [Brokeback Mountain], although its influence is strong. Its Western simplicity will not turn heads for those orchestral score fans, and Brokeback Mountain is therefore not recommended for that crowd. Santaolalla's ensemble consists of acoustic guitar, slide guitar, and a small string section. Very minimalistically rendered, Santaolalla returns to the same chord progressions (a theme of sorts) over and over again, never varying the content much but definitely sending us off with an inspiring flourish of this theme in "The Wings" (a highlight cue for the entire year, despite the score's overall shortcomings) Link (http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/brokeback_mountain.html)
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While most of the score is quiet, "The Wings" builds in intensity and in voluminosity.
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Since the release of the soundtrack album by Verve Records, three remixes of the Gustavo Santaolalla track "The Wings" have been created and released by Verve on a CD-single.
1. "The Wings" - Gabriel & Dresden's Organized Nature Remix
2. "The Wings" - Manny Lehman, Tony Moran & Warren Rigg Collaboration Remix
3. "The Wings" - Manny Lehman Remix
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain_(soundtrack))
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Gustavo Santaolalla, an Argentine xpatriate now based in California, dedicated his Academy Award for the film score to Brokeback Mountain to his mother, his country, and to all Latinos.
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Round 630!
Let's talk dirty!
The profanity and indelicacy of BBM...
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The "F" word accented Jack's and Ennis's speech in many of its forms: noun (what the f--- we gonna do now"), adjective ("of course he hates my f---in' guts"), adverb (" a f---in' real good life"), even compound nouns ("but f----all has worked the way I wanted").
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After Alma brought up the subject of "fishing trips", Ennis started bullying her by seizing and twisting her wrist and then speaking profanely when he said: “You fuckin go right ahead. Go on and fuckin yell. I’ll make him eat the fuckin floor and you too.”
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Jack reacts to L.D.'s contemptible treatment by stating: "Now you sit down, you old son of a bitch! This is my house! This is my child! And you're my guest! So sit the hell down, or I'll knock your ignorant ass into next week...."
=aside= Paul
Great theme!
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Lureen did not come to Jack's defense when the Texan called him a "pissant".
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If one were to estimate the number of times the "F" word is invoked in both the short story and the film, the total would be considerable.
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While on the phone, Joe Aguirre uses the F-word as an adjective: "Yeah? No. No. Not on your fuckin' life."
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Ennis's phrase "Jack Fuckin' Twist" was first said gleefully, but later, grumpily.
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The realm of Hades was invoked many a time by the characters in Brokeback Mountain. A few examples:
"Where the hell you been?"
"What in hell happened Ennis?"
"I guess it's when the world ends and fellas like you and me march off to hell."
"I'm sure as hell sorry."
"Hell, we don't eat with our eyes."
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Jack was successful in intimidating L.D. when he said: "Now you sit down, you old son of a bitch! This is my house! This is my child! And you're my guest! So sit the hell down, or I'll knock your ignorant ass into next week...."
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Jack and Ennis spice up their conversation as usual after Jack finally locates his old 'friend':
... and Jack said, "Christ, it got a be all that time a yours ahorseback makes it so goddamn good. We got to talk about this. Swear to god I didn't know we was goin a get into this again -- yeah, I did. Why I'm here. I fuckin knew it. Redlined all the way, couldn't get here fast enough."
"I didn't know where in the hell you was," said Ennis. "Four years. I about give up on you. I figured you was sore about that punch."
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OMT maligns Jack when he says Jack is "too goddamn special to be buried in the family plot".
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At the reunion, Ennis, grinning nostalgically, stops on the landing and says "Jack Fuckin' Twist!" before running down the stairs to hug his old buddy.
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Playing outside on the swings, Alma Jr. and Jenny overhear their dad tell their mom, "Well, tell him you made a fuckin' mistake."
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Before planting one on Jack, Ennis provides him with his middle name, "Fuckin'".
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The screenwriters did not have to make the language any ruder to spice up the Brokeback Mountain. Jack and Ennis use the same expressive language in the film that Annie Proulx gave them in the novella.
In a language count, Crash was a ruder film than Brokeback Mountain. Counting Cuss Words (http://noveljourney.blogspot.com/2006/12/counting-cusswords-by-mike-duran.html)
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The bikers spoiled the Fourth of July picnic for Ennis and his family when they made obscene comments like: "Wooeee...look at this crowd! There's bound to be lots of pussy on the hoof in a crowd like this."
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Jack and Ennis were equal-opportunity talkers of dirty words.
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The language that Annie Proulx gave Jack and Ennis was uncurbed by the movie-making process.
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Ennis was roused to anger by the vile-talking bikers.
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A day or two later in the trailhead parking lot, horses loaded into the trailer, Ennis was ready to head back to Signal, Jack up to Lightning Flat to see the old man. Ennis leaned into Jack's window, said what he'd been putting off the whole week, that likely he couldn't get away again until November after they'd shipped stock and before winter feeding started.
"November. What in hell happened a August? Tell you what, we said August, nine, ten days. Christ, Ennis! Whyn't you tell me this before? You had a fuckin week to say some little word about it. And why's it we're always in the friggin cold weather? We ought a do somethin. We ought a go south. We ought a go to Mexico one day."
[story]
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When it came to expletives Jack and Ennis were competent xpressers; but they couldn't use that skill to express their feelings for each other at the end of summer 1963.
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Round Six Thirty One
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Our Cussin' Ain't Done
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Initially, Jack Fuckin' Twist was an affectional endearment; later it was said in disdain.
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Thanks to more lenient standards in modern films, the language in Brokeback Mountain was not bowdlerized.
Def: To remove material that is considered offensive or objectionable from a book, for example (after Thomas Bowdler, English editor of an expurgated edition of Shakespeare).
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Professed religion didn't seem to affect the amount of cussing done by Jack (Pentecost) or Ennis (Methodist).
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The men's speech was much dirtier than the women's: Alma says "Jack Nasty", and Lureen says "goddamn parka".
=aside= Toast
Nice picture!
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Ennis exuberantly expressed his excitement at seeing Jack after four years by saying: "Jack Fuckin' Twist."
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Story Ennis used the f-word only while he was in Alma's Thanksgiving kitchen - story Jack was constantly more expressive about how his life was a fiasco.
def - A complete or humiliating failure.
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Jack was not hesitant to add some grunge to his speech in order to get his point across.
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Post-Thanksgiving Ennis spoke to Alma like a heathen, dropping f-bombs all over her kitchen.
{def: an irreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized person}
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Jack and Ennis let indecency creep into their language to express their strong feelings - positive as well as negative emotions.
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Offended by the biker's lowbred remarks within earshot of his little girls, Ennis asked them to keep it down, only to be told, "Fuck you!"
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After the biker told Ennis: "Fuck you!", Ennis mops up the floor with him.
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Ennis couldn't accept the end of summer just because the weather nippily dumped a bit of snow on the mountain:
Why, that snow barely stuck an hour. Huh? Besides,
that sonofabitch he is cutting us out of a whole
month's pay. It ain't right.
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Jack expressed his obloquy towards Joe by uttering the famous phrase: "Fuck Aguirre".
{def: calumny, reproach or vilification}
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"Hey, asshole, watch where you're goin'!" shouted the roughneck, provoked by Ennis's disregard for traffic.
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Jack stopped L.D. Newsome dead in his tracks when he finally told him that he regarded him as an "old son of a bitch."
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Jack and Ennis were prone to scurrilous language.
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Ennis pulled Jack's hand to his mouth, took a hit from the cigarette, exhaled. "Sure as hell seem in one piece to me. You know, I was sittin up here all that time tryin to figure out if I was -- ? I know I ain't. I mean here we both got wives and kids, right? I like doin it with women, yeah, but Jesus H., ain't nothin like this. I never had no thoughts a doin it with another guy except I sure wrang it out a hunderd times thinkin about you. You do it with other guys? Jack?"
"Shit no," said Jack, who had been riding more than bulls, not rolling his own. "You know that. Old Brokeback got us good and it sure ain't over. We got a work out what the fuck we're goin a do now."
[story]
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Jack and Ennis's conversational language usage was filled with cussing.
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The horny bikers come from vulgarization nation with their colorful, patriotic expressions.
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"You been a Mexico, Jack?" Mexico was the place. He'd heard. He was cutting fence now, trespassing in the shoot-em zone.
"Yell yes, I been. Where's the fuckin problem?" Braced for it all these years and here it came, late and unexpected.
[story]
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The horny bikers used xtra-vulgar language for their colorful, patriotic expressions.
=aside= Paul
;)
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ROUND 632
"Gonna snow tonight" is our cue!
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In honor of January, please include the word snow in each reply.
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When Jack said to Ennis "Gonna snow tonight for sure", it was a foreshadowing of the avalanche of sad events that were about to befall the pair.
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The sheep were brought down early at the behest of Joe Aguirre, who was fearful that the new storm moving in from the Pacific would bring more snow.
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Aguirre ordered the sheep down after the big snow because he was expecting a climatic change which resulted in an anticlimactic early end to Eden.
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Due to an oncoming storm that Joe Aguirre feared would be dumping a lot more snow on the mountain, Jack and Ennis had to end their summer early and bring the sheep down.
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With more snow in the forecast, it was, in Joe Aguirre's estimation, time to bring the sheep down the mountain.
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While on their toboggan-riding honeymoon, Ennis and Alma were frolicking in the snow, but there were no tin cans tied to the back.
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Ennis growls about having to come down from the mountain early: "Why, that snow barely stuck an hour. Huh? Besides, that sonofabitch he is cutting us out of a whole month's pay. It ain't right."
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Alma and her new hubby landed in the snow after their toboggan overturned.
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Ennis said with indignancy, "that snow barely stuck an hour".
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The ligature of love had already bound Jack and Ennis together by the time Aguirre ordered them to bring down the sheep due to incoming snow.
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ENNIS
(grim)
That snow barely stuck an hour. Besides
the sonofabitch is cutting us out of a
whole month's pay. It ain't right!
[screenplay]
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Upon waking in the pup tent, Ennis went into his not-so-graceful snow dance.
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Jack seemed to be ok with Aguirre's order to 'bring em down,' but Ennis had an oppositive opinion since there had been such a short life for the recent snow.
def - Expressing antithesis or contrariety.
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Clearly unhappy about Joe's decision to bring the sheep down, Ennis kicked at a clump of snow, cursed, and then plunked himself down on a tree stump to pout.
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Once he roused himself from sleeping in the pup tent, Ennis went into his not-so-graceful snow dance.
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(c. 1970 - 1974)
96 EXT: WYOMING RANCH CORRAL: DAY:
ENNIS, still a ranch hand, is dehorning steers on a squally, snow-spitting day. Bloody, grim.
[2003 screenplay]
=aside= Paul
8)
Cool colors!
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Once he roused himself from sleeping in the pup tent, Ennis went into his not-so-graceful snow dance, tamping down the fresh powder in the process.
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Once he uprighted himself from sleeping in the pup tent, Ennis went into his not-so-graceful snow dance.
=aside= Toast
Perhaps snow-spitting?
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Aguirre knew it was useless to have sheep on a mountain trying to feed on vegetation that was buried by snow.
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To Ennis's surprise upon awakening, he found the ground had been whitened with snow.
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Upon waking in the pup tent, Ennis went into his xtra-clumsy snow dance.
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Round 633!
Time for a birthday party!
Happy
Birthday,
Fran!
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For this round, posts will include:
"happy", "birth" or "day"
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Having taken the day off from work, Ennis, dressed in his best shirt, anxiously awaits Jack's arrival.
=aside= Paul
I finally found a "W" but got distracted, only
to come back to find this. I love the doggies!!!!!
Thanks. You made my day!
:)
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Shortly after Bobby's birth, Fayette informed Lureen about his present: "I got two whole boxes of formula for you, 120 cans."
=aside= Paul
Great round announcement.
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When Jack's bad harmonica playing gave birth to some sarcastic comments from Ennis, Jack swore the low-startle-point mare was the culprit.
=special wishes=Fran
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LD and Fayette were happy about the birth of Bobby, but the day they came to dote on him, they were pretty formulaic.
=aside= Fran
Glad you like it.
Have a special day. :-*
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Jack was upset that Ennis, who had had seven days "to say some little word about it," had waited until the eleventh hour to give him the bad news about the August trip.
=aside= Meryl, Paul
Thanks for the good wishes.
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After the birth day of their son Bobby, it was too late to undo the franticness of the night in the backseat.
=milestone= Fran
Wishing you one day of franticness, to spice up your calm cool collected year, Fran.
In a nice way, of course.
Toast
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LD and Fayette were happy about the birth of Bobby, but the day they came to gloat about him, they were pretty formulaic.
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On the last day of their trip, Jack went into a huff when he found out that he wouldn't be seeing Ennis until November.
=aside= Toast
And you get "bonus points" for
having a "fran" in your post.
Thanks for the happy thoughts.
:)
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Jack successfully intimidated L.D. on Thanksgiving Day, when he said: "Now you sit down, you old son of a bitch! This is my house! This is my child! And you're my guest! So sit the hell down, or I'll knock your ignorant ass into next week...."
=birthday greetings= Fran
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc149/bytemover/happy-birthday-cake.gif)
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LD and Fayette (who wore her hair in a French twist; that is, "une twiste francaise)" were so frantically happy about the birth of Bobby, on the day they visited, they lauded his resemblance to his grandfather (which, frankly, he didn't).
=comment=
Ooh, bonus points!
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LD was so frantically happy about the birth of Bobby that he cheerily addressed Jack by the moniker 'Rodeo' on the day they visited.
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Annie Proulx, the author of Brokeback Mountain, discovered her calling as a novelist after her 50th birthday.
=comment=
Yes, yes, plenty of bonus points!
Thanks, everyone, for my birthday round.
=aside= Sandy
I love the sparkles! Thank you.
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Jack was finally able to outplay L.D. at his own game on Thanksgiving Day.
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Annie Proulx, the author of Brokeback Mountain, discovered her calling as a professional novelist after her 51st birthday.
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We are all very happy that Annie began realizing her calling as a novelist after her 51st birthday.
=realization=
St. Francis of Assisi is the patron saint of animals, doggies included.
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At the Childress dance hall, everything went swimmingly for the happy Lashawn as she was wafted across the dance floor in her frangipani-hued dress by the devastatingly handsome Jack Twist.
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After the birth of his second daughter, Ennis became the head of a two-adult, two-child household.
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LD was so frantically happy about the birth of Bobby that he ordered 'Rodeo' to be the unloader of formula boxes on the day they visited.
=aside= Players
So nice to see us all on line together to celebrate our Fran!
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Alma and Ennis did not let the negative attributes of the birth and early days of their first child veer them off the path of family values:
He picked up a few short-lived ranch jobs, then settled in as a wrangler on the old Elwood Hi-Top place north of Lost Cabin in Washakie County. He was still working there in September when Alma Jr., as he called his daughter, was born and their bedroom was full of the smell of old blood and milk and baby shit, and the sounds were of squalling and sucking and Alma's sleepy groans, all reassuring of fecundity and life's continuance to one who worked with livestock.
=query=
One round getting finished, and it isn't even the birthday yet.
Am I correct in this?
VERY nice to see us all on line together to celebrate our Fran!
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With wickedness in his eye, the ornery L. D. tried to disenfranchise Jack of his parental authority on Thanksgiving Day.
=aside=Players
I concur that it is frantastic to be posting
a lightning round with you on Fran's big day.
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It was an xtra-happy day when Jack and Ennis embraced after not seeing each other for four years.
=aside= players
We played at a frantic pace for Fran's happy day.
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Round 634!
We want more!
More Frantasticity!
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The
Happy
Birth
Day
Continues...
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LD and Fayette were so frantically happy about the birth of Bobby, but the day they visited, they managed to addle poor Bobby with the prospect of resembling old LD.
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Jack and Ennis were so happy up on Brokeback that on the day separation befell them, they were at a loss for words.
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Lureen was happy to cradle her new baby while her family gathered around to celebrate the birthday.
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LD and Fayette were frantically happy about the birth of Bobby, but the day they visited, they doted on him, and ignored poor Jack.
=aside= Toast
Yes, we did that whole first round before the stroke of midnight in Chicago.
=query=
Anybody hungry?
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Jack had very happy memories of the time up on Brokeback when Ennis's hands had encircled him from behind and held him close.
=aside=
Speaking of happy....
:) <--- Me
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LD and Fayette were so frantically happy about the birth of Bobby that the day they visited they made a gift of two whole boxes of formula.
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Lureen's glitzy attire at the Childress dance belied the fact that she was less than happy in her frangible relationship with Jack.
Frangible = fragile, breakable
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LD and Fayette were frantically happy about the birth of Bobby, but the day they visited, they harped on Bobby's alleged resemblance to old LD.
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Alma Jr. paid an invitational visit to her Daddy in his trailer; and was frantically happy that Ennis would be there at the Methodist Church on her wedding day.
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Jack and Ennis were frantically happy upon locating each other after four years.
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The day that Ennis and Jack engaged in frantic, madcap horseplay outside their tent was also the day that a not-so-happy Joe Aguirre gave birth to a resolve not to rehire them.
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Jack had hoped to live with Ennis someday; unfortunately, Ennis was convinced that two men living together was risky, a definite no-no.
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Divorced Ennis hoped to make Thanksgiving Day a happy time for the kids, talking horses, telling jokes, trying not to be a sad daddy, but Alma eventually created a frantic atmosphere by overstepping the line with remarks about Ennis and Jack Nasty.
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When Ennis rejected Jack's frank proposal of the sweet life the day after they reunited, Jack didn't spend much time trying to puzzle out his reasons; instead he agreed to be as happy as possible meeting up several times a year.
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LD and Fayette were frantically happy about the birth of Bobby, but the day they visited, they harped on Bobby's resembling old LD.
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Ennis waited until the very last day of the trip to tell Jack that most likely he couldn't get away again until November after they'd shipped stock.
=compliment=
Kudos to everyone who worked happy, birth, day, fran,
and an unplayed word into their answer. I'm impressed!
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Even though LD and Fayette are frantically happy about the birth of Bobby, L.D. still treats Jack with disprespect by throwing him the car keys and telling him to get the formula.
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Even though LD and Fayette are frantically happy about the birth of Bobby, L.D. still directs an unpleasantry in Jack's direction.
def - A disagreeable remark, situation, or act.
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On Thanksgiving Day at the Twist's, L. D. is less than happy at the appellation hurled at him by his host and reseats himself with a venom-filled look.
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LD and Fayette were frantically happy about the birth of Bobby, and on the day they visited, they were wowed by Bobby's alleged resemblance to old LD.
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Ennis had xtra-fond memories of the happy days (and nights) he spent up on Brokeback with Jack.
=thank you=
I had a great b-day!
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Round 635!
What'll It Be: This or That?
Posts will include "this" or "that".
He has to be packed and away from the place that morning.
If he does not force his attention on it, it might stoke the day, rewarm that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong.
Ennis, reared by his older brother and sister after their parents drove off the only curve on Dead Horse Road leaving them twenty-four dollars in cash and a two-mortgage ranch, applied at age fourteen for a hardship license that let him make the hour-long trip from the ranch to the high school.
Both Jack and Ennis claimed to be saving money for a small spread; in Ennis's case that meant a tobacco can with two five-dollar bills inside.
That spring, hungry for any job, each had signed up with Farm and Ranch Employment....
"Roll up that tent every mornin case Forest Service snoops around."
"Last summer had goddamn near twenty-five percent loss. I don't want that again.
They found a bar and drank beer through the afternoon, Jack telling Ennis about a lightning storm on the mountain the year before that killed forty-two sheep....
Both slept in camp that first night, Jack already bitching about Joe Aguirre's sleep-with-the-sheep-and-no-fire order....
"By rights I should be spendin the night here. Aguirre got no right a make me do this."
"That ain't the point. Point is, we both should be in this camp. And that goddamn pup tent smells like cat piss or worse."
"You want some a this hot water?"
Ennis said the kind of riding that interested him lasted longer than eight seconds and had some point to it.
Jack tried a Carl Perkins song, bawling "what I say-ay-ay," but he favored a sad hymn, "Water-Walking Jesus," learned from his mother who believed in the Pentecost, that he sang at dirge slowness, setting off distant coyote yips.
"Freeze your ass off when that fire dies down."
They believed themselves invisible, not knowing Joe Aguirre had watched them through his 10x42 binoculars for ten minutes one day, waiting until they'd buttoned up their jeans, waiting until Ennis rode back to the sheep, before bringing up the message that Jack's people had sent word that his uncle Harold was in the hospital with pneumonia and expected not to make it.
There was a damn miserable time for five days, Ennis and a Chilean herder with no English trying to sort them out, the task almost impossible as the paint brands were worn and faint at this late season.
"You goin a do this next summer?" said Jack to Ennis in the street, one leg already up in his green pickup.
The fourth summer since Brokeback Mountain came on and in June Ennis had a general delivery letter from Jack Twist, the first sign of life in all that time.
Friend this letter is a long time over due.
Late in the afternoon, thunder growling, that same old green pickup rolled in and he saw Jack get out of the truck, beat-up Resistol tilted back.
"Alma, this is Jack Twist, Jack, my wife Alma."
"Ennis -- " said Alma in her misery voice, but that didn't slow him down on the stairs....
Ennis lay spread-eagled, spent and wet, breathing deep, still half tumescent, Jack blowing forceful cigarette clouds like whale spouts, and Jack said, "Christ, it got a be all that time a yours ahorseback makes it so goddamn good. We got to talk about this. Swear to god I didn't know we was goin a get into this again...."
"I figured you was sore about that punch."
"Friend," said Jack, "I was in Texas rodeoin. How I met Lureen. Look over on that chair."
"Yeah. I made three fuckin thousand dollars that year. Fuckin starved. Had to borrow everthing but a toothbrush from other guys. Drove grooves across Texas. Half the time under that cunt truck fixin it. Anyway, I didn't never think about losin. Lureen? There's some serious money there. Her old man's got it. Got this farm machinery business."
"Friend a mine got his oil checked with a horn dipstick and that was all she wrote."
"And I know enough about the game now so I see that I ain't never goin a be on the bubble."
'You know, I was sittin up here all that time tryin to figure out if I was -- ?"
"I like doin it with women, yeah, but Jesus H., ain't nothin like this."
"Shit no," said Jack, who had been riding more than bulls, not rolling his own. "You know that."
"That summer," said Ennis. "When we split up after we got paid out I had gut cramps so bad I pulled over and tried to puke, thought I ate somethin bad at that place in Dubois. Took me about a year a figure out it was that I shouldn't a let you out a my sights."
"You got your baby and wife, that place in Texas. You and me can't hardly be decent together if what happened back there" -- he jerked his head in the direction of the apartment -- "grabs on us like that. We do that in the wrong place we'll be dead. There's no reins on this one."
"Got to tell you, friend, maybe somebody seen us that summer."
He neglected to add that the foreman had leaned back in his squeaky wooden tilt chair, said, Twist, you guys wasn't gettin paid to leave the dogs baby-sit the sheep while you stemmed the rose, and declined to rehire him. He went on, "Yeah, that little punch a yours surprised me."
"I ain't no broke-dick rider but I don't got the bucks a ride out this slump I'm in and I don't got the bones a keep gettin wrecked. I got it figured, got this plan, Ennis, how we can do it, you and me."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. It ain't goin a be that way."
"You seen that?"
"If he was alive and was to put his head in that door right now you bet he'd go get his tire iron."
"No," said Ennis, forbearing to ask whose fault that was. "I goddamn hate it that you're goin a drive away in the mornin and I'm goin back to work."
"This happen a other people? What the hell do they do?"
"This ain't no little thing that's happenin here."
Alma asked Ennis to use rubbers because she dreaded another pregnancy. He said no to that, said he would be happy to leave her alone if she didn't want any more of his kids. Under her breath she said, "I'd have em if you'd support em." And under that, thought, anyway, what you like to do don't make too many babies.
"You still go fishin with that Jack Twist?"
"I looked in the case when I got a chance and there was my note still tied there and that line hadn't touched water in its life."
"That don't mean nothin."
He gave another wrench that left her with a burning bracelet, shoved his hat on backwards and slammed out. He went to the Black and Blue Eagle bar that night, got drunk, had a short dirty fight and left.
Ennis, weather-eyed, looked west for the heated cumulus that might come up on such a day but the boneless blue was so deep, said Jack, that he might drown looking up.
Jack reached for the .30-.06 but there was no need; the startled bear galloped into the trees with the lumpish gait that made it seem it was falling apart.
"Get beaver fever doin that," said Ennis....
Jack broke the seal on a bottle of whiskey, took a long, hot swallow, exhaled forcefully, said, "That's one a the two things I need right now," capped and tossed it to Ennis.
It faded after an hour into tender spring snow that heaped wet and heavy.
Ennis leaned into Jack's window, said what he'd been putting off the whole week, that likely he couldn't get away again until November after they'd shipped stock and before winter feeding started.
"Christ, Ennis! Whyn't you tell me this before?"
"And I'll be runnin the baler all August, that's what's the matter with August. Lighten up, Jack. We can hunt in November, kill a nice elk. Try if I can get Don Wroe's cabin again. We had a good time that year."
"You know, friend, this is a goddamn bitch of a unsatisfactory situation."
"Let me tell you, I can't quit this one. And I can't get the time off. It was tough gettin this time -- some a them late heifers is still calvin."
He walked to his truck, put his hand on the trailer, said something that only the horses could hear, turned and walked back at a deliberate pace.
"I got a say this to you one time, Jack, and I ain't foolin. What I don't know," said Ennis, "all them things I don't know could get you killed if I should come to know them."
"Try this one," said Jack, "and I'll say it just one time. Tell you what, we could a had a good life together, a fuckin real good life. You wouldn't do it, Ennis, so what we got now is Brokeback Mountain. Everthing built on that. It's all we got, boy, fuckin all, so I hope you know that if you don't never know the rest."
What Jack remembered and craved in a way he could neither help nor understand was the time distant summer on Brokeback when Ennis had come up behind him and pulled him close, the silent embrace satisfying some shared and sexless hunger.
They had stood that way for a long time in front of the fire, its burning tossing ruddy chunks of light, the shadow of their bodies a single column against the rock.
Ennis's breath came slow and quiet, he hummed, rocked a little in the sparklight and Jack leaned against the steady heartbeat, the vibrations of the humming like faint electricity and, standing, he fell into sleep that was not sleep but something else drowsy and tranced....
Later, that dozy embrace solidified in his memory as the single moment of artless, charmed happiness in their separate and difficult lives. Nothing marred it, even the knowledge that Ennis would not then embrace him face to face because he did not want to see nor feel that it was Jack he held. And maybe, he thought, they'd never got much farther than that.
Ennis didn't know about the accident for months until his postcard to Jack saying
November still looked like the first chance came back stamped DECEASED.
This would be all right, Jack would answer, had to answer. But he did not. It was Lureen and she said who? who is this? and when he told her again she said in a level voice yes, Jack was pumping up a flat on the truck out on a back road when the tire blew up.
"You're the fishing buddy or the hunting buddy, I know that."
"He use to say he wanted to be cremated, ashes scattered on Brokeback Mountain. I didn't know where that was."
The stock was too far distant for him to see their condition, only that they were black baldies.
"I come by to tell you that if you want me to take his ashes up there on Brokeback like his wife says he wanted I'd be proud to."
Jack's mother ignored this, said, "He used a come home every year, even after he was married and down in Texas, and help his daddy on the ranch for a week fix the gates and mow and all. I kept his room like it was when he was a boy and I think he appreciated that."
"Jack used a say, 'Ennis del Mar,' he used a say, 'I'm goin a bring him up here one a these days and we'll lick this damn ranch into shape.' He had some half-baked idea the two a you was goin a move up here, build a log cabin and help me run this ranch and bring it up. Then, this spring he's got another one's goin a come up here with him and build a place and help run the ranch, some ranch neighbor a his from down in Texas."
He stood up, said, you bet he'd like to see Jack's room, recalled one of Jack's stories about this old man.
He had been about three or four, he said, always late getting to the toilet, struggling with buttons, the seat, the height of the thing and often as not left the surroundings sprinkled down. The old man blew up about it and this one time worked into a crazy rage.
"But while he was hosin me down I seen he had some extra material that I was missin. I seen they'd cut me different like you'd crop a ear or scorch a brand. No way to get it right with him after that."
The bedroom, at the top of a steep stair that had its own climbing rhythm, was tiny and hot, afternoon sun pounding through the west window....
The window looked down on the gravel road stretching south and it occurred to him that for his growing-up years that was the only road Jack knew.
Around that time Jack began to appear in his dreams, Jack as he had first seen him, curly-headed and smiling and bucktoothed, talking about getting up off his pockets and into the control zone, but the can of beans with the spoon handle jutting out and balanced on the log was there as well, in a cartoon shape and lurid colors that gave the dreams a flavor of comic obscenity. The spoon handle was the kind that could be used as a tire iron.
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Jack and Ennis were not in agreement about living together, but they did agree on the importance of this: abolishing the loneliness that haunted each of them, despite having wives and children.
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Ennis was afraid that death would befall them if "this thing" grabbed a hold of them in the wrong place or time.
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Ennis was convinced that he and Jack could never live together without risking their lives.
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Ennis became downfallen when he found out that they had to come down from the mountain early.
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Jack is the franker of the two when he addresses the enormousness of their love by saying, "This ain't no little thing that's happenin here."
=felicitations= Fran
I hope you had a franciful, pranciful birthday, dear Fran!
=admiration= Everyone!
I just read 16 pages to catch up, couldn't skip none!
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When he was three or four, Jack realized that he was missing his foreskin.
=aside= Elle
Thanks for the birthday wishes!
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Jack had this description of how one of his friends had been gruesomely and fatally wounded by a bull:
"Friend a mine got his oil checked with a horn dipstick and that was all she wrote."
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After that infamous second night in the tent, smoking and drinking were not the only habit-forming activities Jack and Ennis indulged in.
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After that infamous second night in the tent, smoking and drinking were not the only habit-forming activities Jack and Ennis indulged in.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks.
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When Ennis knelt in the alley and hurled, he didn't realize that he was suffering from lovesickness.
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Ennis had this to say about a certain marauder that had crossed his path: "Shot a coyote, big son of a bitch, balls on him size a apples."
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As she fumbles in her purse after catching a glimpse of the reunion kiss, it appears that Alma is craving nicotine's anxiolytic effect. Where are those smokes?
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There was no chance that Lureen's turkey dinner, which was cooked for three hours, would be overcooked.
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It was after Bobby made a pert reply to his mother that Jack took matters into his own hands and turned off the TV.
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It was after Bobby made a pert reply to his mother that Jack took matters into his own hands and turned off the TV.
=aside= Meryl
;)
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Jack tried a Carl Perkins song, bawling "what I say-ay-ay," but he favored a sad hymn, "Water-Walking Jesus," learned from his mother who believed in the Pentecost, that he sang at dirge slowness, setting off distant coyote yips.
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=aside= Sandy
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Happy Birthday, Sandy!!!!!
We're just five posts away from a
special ABCs round in your honor....
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"I made three fuckin thousand dollars that year. Fuckin starved." said Jack, proving that precious little money had trickled down to him from the well-to-do of the rodeo circuit.
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Ennis found it unthinkable that two men could have a permanent life together.
=aside= Fran
Thank you. This should be fun - but no frantic pace.
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It is clear that Jack and Ennis lived a thinly veneered heterosexual life this side of the mountains.
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Enraged over the fact that his three- or four-year-old son had missed the toilet yet again, OMT whaled on him furiously and then did something even more unthinkable.
=aside=
One more post....
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Jack got into an xtra-needy state of mind when he realized that he had misunderstood Ennis's reasons for sending the card about the divorce.
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Round 366!
A Special Round
to celebrate
Sandy's Birthday!
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avoring the idea of a life together with Jack was a lovely fantasy for Ennis, but he believed it antithetical to what was possible in real life.
=special wishes=Sandy
Hope you have a Mementous birthday today! :-*
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Happy Birthday Memento
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Hope you are having a
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immering with all sorts of wishes and doubts, Ennis sat at the campfire and looked desiringly toward Jack as he made ready for bed.
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exually, Jack and Ennis's times together were extremely enjoyable. |
=aside= Fran, Meryl and Toast
Thank you for the kind wishes and creating and playing this special birthday round. It's a good think my name doesn't begin with "Y."
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tory Jack voiced grievances about how Lureen pretended Bobby was OK and refused to get him any kind of help for his learning issues. |
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tory Old ManTwist lessoned his son on the correct way to hose down a boy use a toilet.
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hortly after driving 14 hours to see Ennis after his divorce, Jack had to reverse his direction.
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hifting sands lay under Ennis as he returned to Riverton after his quarrel with Jack at the lake, and in his perturbation of mind he found himself avoiding Cassie. |
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enior Newsome (with help from Bobby and Jack) screwed up Bobby's chance to watch the tacklers playing the TV football game on Thanksgiving Day. |
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itting at the kitchen table, Alma waits anxiously and uncertainly for Ennis. |
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miling and happy, Alma, who had chosen a wedding dress from among the silks, velvets and polyesters of the J. C. Penney catalog, stood beside Ennis and waited for her first kiss as Mrs. Del Mar.
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ad Ennis is convinced that Jack's and his fight against society never was and never could be winnable. |
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exually, Ennis practiced xclusivism with Jack, when it came to manlove.
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=felicitations= Sandy
Three cheers for Sandemanianism! :) I'm so glad I just squeaked into this round. |
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Round 637!
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ince Sandy's celebrating all weekend, or so I've heard, |
let's continue with the "S" theme.
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ave some cake for Paul. |
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eeing Ennis and Jack in a passionate embrace angered and shocked Alma beyond belief.
=aside= Fran
Thanks for the yummy cake and another round.
=aside= Elle
Thanks for the good wishes and I'm glad you got to play.
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eeing Ennis and Jack in a passionate embrace shocked Alma beyond belief. |
=aside= The Birthday Girl
Thanks.
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itting at the Twists' kitchen table, Enniis knew that all the cherry cakes in the world would not help him feel one bit better about why he had come. |
=aside=Sandy
One good birthday round deserves another! 8)
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now in the forecast led to having to come down from the mountain and put Ennis in the doldrums.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks. Love the mice. |
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killfully carving the turkey, Monroe demonstrates his expertise with an electric knife. |
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ecretive Jack and private Ennis did not think they would have to explain the friendliness they shared on their fishing trips. |
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exually, Ennis's first performance was at a gratifyingly high level. |
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tory Ennis feels as if he's in a slow-moving, but headfirst, irreversible fall as he descends Brokeback Mountain with the sheep. |
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adly, Jack's passing must have made Ennis reexamine his inflexibility, leaving one to wonder if that was on his mind when he said "Jack, I swear." |
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ad Ennis was probably looser with the truths about Jack's death than he needed to be. |
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teffen Cole Moser played K.E. del Mar, age 11. |
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hocked beyond belief, Alma saw Ennis and Jack behaving, in her opinion, naughtily. |
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eeking to explain to Jack why he couldn't accept the idea of living together, Ennis told the tragic story of Earl and Rich, who weren't considered just two harmless oddballs, but dangerous flaunters of society's laws. |
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tory Ennis looks forward to a good night's sleep, perchance to dream about Jack - "Jack as he had first seen him, curly-headed and smiling and bucktoothed, talking about getting up off his pockets and into the control zone, ... ". |
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teadfastly, Ennis resists living "the sweet life" with Jack. |
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tory Jack tells Ennis, "Throw your stuff in the back a my truck and let's get up in the mountains. Couple a days. Call Alma up and tell her you're goin. Come on, Ennis, you just shot my airplane out a the sky -- give me somethin a go on. This ain't no little thing that's happenin here." |
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haring a friendship, which neither had expected, Jack and Ennis told each other of the troubles and travails of growing up in their families. |
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pitting into a coffee cup was unnecessarily rude behavior on the part of OMT.
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outh of the border in a vice-laden Juarez alley, Jack finds just what he needs. |
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tory Ennis told Jack how, when he and his brother K.E. were just whippersnappers, he had to teach him a painful lesson: "Nothin like hurtin somebody to make him hear good.....The lesson was, don't say nothin and get it over with quick." |
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oftening the blow of the news that he can't make August, Ennis offers to obtain the use of Don Wroe's xtra-comfy cabin for November.
=aside= Sandy
I hope you had a great bday. Don W. says "hey".
=aside= Players
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aving me a piece of cake.
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Round 638!
"Never enough time, never enough," so don't be late.
The Time Round.
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Each post must include any of the following words:
"time", "month", "day", "hour" or "year" anywhere in the post.
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When planning to meet Ennis on one of their "fishing trips", Jack had to take into allowance fourteen hours of travel time.
=aside= Paul
Thanks for the good wishes. Glad you were able to get a post in and have the last piece of cake.
=aside= players
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incere thanks for playing in the birthday rounds. You guys are the greatest. |
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At the Motel Siesta, story Jack begs Ennis to go up to the mountains with him for a couple of days:
"Son of a bitch, Ennis, take a couple days off. Right now. Get us out a here. Throw your stuff in the back a my truck and let's get up in the mountains. Couple a days. Call Alma up and tell her you're goin. Come on, Ennis, you just shot my airplane out a the sky -- give me somethin a go on. This ain't no little thing that's happenin here."
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Jack sometimes expresses things in countable terms: "I got fourteen hours of driving ahead of me", or "Count the damn few times we been together in twenty years."
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Jack and Ennis live their day-to-day lives in separate states, longing to be with one another.
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Jack and Ennis decide that the sheep be damned, they can spend their time more entertainingly in the tent.
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The day he hired Ennis, Joe Aguirre flung a wristwatch in his direction, which the quick-reflexed young man caught just in time.
=aside=Sandy
Cute announcement :)
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For five days story Ennis and a Chilean herder with no English worked gruelingly to untangle the sheep.
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Ennis heaved in the alley after parting from Jack.
He felt about as bad as he ever had and it took a long time for the feeling to wear off.
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Years upon years, Jack and Ennis travelled the back trails of Wyoming - involving no one but themselves in their adventures.
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Four years after the day they'd said goodbye in Signal, Ennis was loping down the stairs two at a time to embrace his old buddy.
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Monroe attempted to master the art of electric knife carving on Thanksgiving Day.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks.
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After years upon years of slow corrosion, Alma was finally successful at negotiating a divorce from Ennis to marry the Riverton grocer.
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On the 6th day of November, 1975, custody of Alma Jr. and Jenny was granted to Alma, making her the head of a one-adult, two-child household.
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Ennis found that over the years, the phantoms of his dead father and of Earl and Rich never quite left him, rising up time and again to fill him with fear and self-loathing.
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On the 6th day of November, 1975, a judge releases Ennis from the day-to-day responsibilities of Alma Jr. and Jenny; but makes him responsible for them financially.
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A few weeks later on the Saturday he threw all Stoutamire's dirty horse blankets into the back of his pickup and took them down to the Quik Stop Car Wash to turn the high-pressure spray on them.
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The weeks Ennis and Jack spent traipsing in the mountains of Wyoming over the years were times of joy and companionship, but there was never enough time, never enough.
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By May of 1983, after years upon years of asking, Jack had decided that the question of what to do about himself and Ennis having a sweet life together was unresolvable:
" .. You're too much for me, Ennis, you son of a whoreson bitch. I wish I knew how to quit you."
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When Ennis couldn't get the time off for August, that was the last vicissitude Jack could suffer in their on-again, off-again relationship.
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Ennis had a tendency to withhold any display of affection toward Jack except for the day of their four-year reunion.
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Story Ennis and a Chilean herder with no English had worked xhaustibly for five miserable days trying to untangle the sheep.
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Round 639!
The Distance Round
The summer went on and they moved the herd to new pasture, shifted the camp; the distance between the sheep and the new camp was greater and the night ride longer.
...then there was forty feet of distance between them and nothing to do but
drive away in opposite directions.
Posts will include the word "distance" or, in the alternative, some unit of linear measurement.
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"Right," said Jack, and they shook hands, hit each other on the shoulder, then there was forty feet of distance between them and nothing to do but drive away in opposite directions. Jack headed off to his father's acres to give him a hand through the winter and Ennis was off to marry Alma.
=aside= Fran et al
Most Excellent Round Topics Lately.
Go The Distance, Players!
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After driving the distance between Childress and Riverton to see Ennis after his divorce, it became clear that Jack had barked up the wrong tree.
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As the summer went on, they moved to a different pasture and camped in a different spot; the distance between the sheep and the new camp was greater and the night ride longer.
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Before there was "forty feet of distance between them and nothing to do but drive away in opposite directions,", Jack had told Ennis that he planned to go up to his daddy's place to give him a hand over the winter and then head out for Texas in the spring, if he didn't get drafted.
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After the reunion, the closeness Ennis and Alma had enjoyed began to ebb, until the distance between them felt miles wide.
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When he heard of Ennis's divorce fourteen hundred miles away, Jack made one of his fastest trips to Riverton to visit his newly emancipated fishing buddy.
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Both of Ennis's parents were goners after they missed the only curve in the road in 43 miles.
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Ennis was all hyped up after waiting all day for Jack to drive the distance between Childress and Riverton.
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The distance between Childress and Riverton was a determinate number of miles, but the distance between Jack's and Ennis's world views was an indeterminate quantity.
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Throughout their long-lived relationship, Jack was always willing to go the distance.
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Jack was willing to travel hundreds. thousands of miles to get satisfaction, but Ennis's mileage was barely measurable - except for the back country riding he did with Jack.
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Lureen thinks that Brokeback Mountain might be located within miles of where Jack grew up, or maybe it's some nonexistent place "where the bluebirds sing and there's a whiskey spring."
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Jack dared to overstep the boundaries when he drove 1200 miles after the news of Ennis's divorce.
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Jack was able to go the distance in Wyoming, Texas, and Mexico, but Ennis was paralyzed with fear - sticking near Riverton and the handle of his coffeepot most of his life.
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After his divorce, Ennis relocates to a small line cabin miles from nowhere.
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While Ennis shoveled asphalt on mile after mile of Wyoming road, Jack was logging miles of his own, going the distance all over Texas in his "cunt truck" in pursuit of bull-riding fame.
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Annie Proulx describes Jack's and Ennis's travels through the unpaved back-country miles of Wyoming:
Years on years they worked their way through the high meadows and mountain drainages, horse-packing into the Big Horns, Medicine Bows, south end of the Gallatins, Absarokas, Granites, Owl Creeks, the Bridger-Teton Range, the Freezeouts and the Shirleys, Ferrises and the Rattlesnakes, Salt River Range, into the Wind Rivers over and again, the Sierra Madres, Gros Ventres, the Washakies, Laramies, but never returning to Brokeback.
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Annie Proulx describes Jack's and Ennis's travels through the unpaved back-country miles of Wyoming:
Years on years they worked their way through the high meadows and mountain drainages, horse-packing into the Big Horns, Medicine Bows, south end of the Gallatins, Absarokas, Granites, Owl Creeks, the Bridger-Teton Range, the Freezeouts and the Shirleys, Ferrises and the Rattlesnakes, Salt River Range, into the Wind Rivers over and again, the Sierra Madres, Gros Ventres, the Washakies, Laramies, but never returning to Brokeback.
=aside= Toast
I'd go the distance for you!
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Several times a year Jack and Ennis planned on voyaging the unpaved back-country miles of Wyoming.
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Annie Proulx describes Jack and Ennis moving wanderingly through the unpaved back-country miles of Wyoming:
Years on years they worked their way through the high meadows and mountain drainages, horse-packing into the Big Horns, Medicine Bows, south end of the Gallatins, Absarokas, Granites, Owl Creeks, the Bridger-Teton Range, the Freezeouts and the Shirleys, Ferrises and the Rattlesnakes, Salt River Range, into the Wind Rivers over and again, the Sierra Madres, Gros Ventres, the Washakies, Laramies, but never returning to Brokeback.
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Jack made the xhaustingly long trip across miles and miles of country roads to see Ennis.
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Round 640!
The Calendar Round
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Posts will include the word "month" or "day"
or the name of a specific month or day of the week,
or a specific date (for example, the 24th).
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Lureen's physical attraction to Jack began at a Childress rodeo in August of 1966 when he retrieved her hat and she noticed "his thick, dark hair, his appealing face, and his sturdy body."
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As of his divorce on November 6, 1975, Ennis was no longer the official breadwinner for his family, although he was required to pay monthly child support.
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There were differences regarding the calendar between story and film: story reunion takes place in June, whereas film reunion takes place in September.
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As of November 6, 1975, Ennis was required to pay child support in the sum of $125 a month for each of his dependent children until they turned 18.
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As of November 6, 1975, Ennis was required to pay child support in the sum of $125 a month for each of his dependent children until their eighteenth birthdays.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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When Ennis said his next time away wouldn't be until November, Jack lamented the friggin' frigidness of their surroundings.
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Alma was willing to gussy up for the church social, but Ennis wasn't interested in spending a Saturday night with the fire-and-brimstone crowd.
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The fourth summer since Brokeback Mountain came on and in June Ennis had a general delivery letter from Jack Twist, the first sign of life in all that time.
Alma has no idea that this letter [postcard in the film] heralds the return of a force of nature into Ennis's lonely life.
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When Jack finally came through on the 24th, Alma felt that he was an intrusion on what she thought was a happy marriage.
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After her marriage in November of 1963, Alma expected her husband would start climbing the ladder of success, but he never got past the first few rungs.
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Alma and Ennis experienced the wondrous miracle of birth when Alma Jr. was born in September of 1964.
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After her marriage in November of 1963, Alma expected her husband would start climbing the ladder of success, but he never got past the first few rungs, because he was having the naughtiest of thoughts while he wrung it out.
=aside= Meryl
;)
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Alma succeeded in ousting Ennis from the family home in November, 1975, but she did nothing about outing him until Thanksgiving a year later.
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The day Ennis opened up to Jack about his family was also the day Jack performed a noisy pratfall into the camping gear, which made them both break up laughing and brought them closer together.
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After her marriage in November of 1963, Alma expected her husband would start climbing the ladder of success, but he never got past the first few rungs.
=aside= Meryl
;)again
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After her marriage in November of 1963, Alma expected her husband would be successful at climbing the ladder of success.
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Jack had trouble starting his truck the day the boys returned to Signal, but Ennis helped him get it going again by tinkering with the carburetor.
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After her marriage in November of 1963, Alma didn't expect that her husband would be unsuccessful at climbing the ladder of success.
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The years following the June or September 1967 reunion were marked by the variableness of the boys' meetings.
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It's obvious from her use of the word Nasty that Alma considers that Jack is a wileful rodeo cowboy who has been an awful influence on Ennis for years and years.
def - Full of wiles; trickish; deceitful.
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On what would sadly turn out to be their last day together ever, Jack gestured xpansively while venting his frustrations:
"Tell you what, we could of had a good life together, a fuckin' real good life, had us a place of our own. But you didn't want it, Ennis, so what we got now is Brokeback Mountain. Everything built on that. It's all we got, boy, fuckin' all...."
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Round 641!
We've only just begun...
Please post about first meetings between any characters
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When Ennis and Cassie first met, Cassie was attracting his attention with a bouncy tube top, flingy blonde hair, and a snappy number on the juke box.
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Aguirre briefly detailed the job-descriptions for the two deuces, told them they would be trucked to the jump-off next a.m.; and promptly continued with business as usual on the phone. Ahem.
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Ennis was most likely not surprised to experience the crankiness of Jack's father, having heard Jack's stories of his unloving treatment of his son.
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There appeared to be much deliberation before Lureen lured in Jack via the famous mating call line.
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Cassie seized the opportunity to introduce herself to Ennis while he was en route to the men's room.
=aside= Paul
Good theme (and another opportunity
for you to plug a Carpenters' song).
:)
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Jack realizes that these foreigners do not speak English:
50 EXT: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN: DAY:
A grim, grey morning. ENNIS and JACK, both mounted, the blue heelers at attention.
Glum, looking at a huge mass of milling sheep. Twenty yards away,
TWO CHILEAN SHEEPHERDERS are looking just as glum at the huge mixed herd, gesturing wildly.
ENNIS
What're we gonna do?
JACK wants to impress ENNIS.
JACK
I can handle this.
JACK, puffed up like a banty rooster, rides to the CHILEAN SHEEPHERDERS.
ENNIS sits on Cigar Butt and curses under his breath.
JACK
(cont'd) (bluffing the Chileans)
Hey there: You boys got your herd all mixed in with ours.
My boss's gonna chew my ass, and you got some fuckin' explainin' to do!
CHILEAN SHEEPHERDER
¿Cual es su problema? ¿Qué dice?
JACK
(surprised)
English.. don't one a you talk English?
CHILEAN SHEEPHERDER
¿Qué?
The CHILEANS look puzzled: neither speaks English.
JACK is embarrassed, realizes his scene of bravado has failed completely.
JACK
(yells back to ENNIS)
You speak Spanish?
ENNIS
(shakes his head - looks at the mess of sheep)
... son of a bitch.
JACK
(to the CHILEANS)
Tell you what, me and my partner here,
we're gonna go cut out our sheep. That okay with you?
The CHILEAN SHEEPHERDERS look at JACK, then each other, confused.
[2003 screenplay]
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When Jack and Ennis first met, an attraction glimmered in the wind and the dust.
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While L.D. is less than thrilled with the have-not his daughter ended up marrying, he sure is delighted with his new grandson.
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Alma immediately felt that Jack was an intruder in her marriage.
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Once Jimbo figured out that Jack was interested in him sexually, he treated him like a leper, distancing himself immediately.
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There sat John C. Twist, on his rundown ranch, denigrating Jack and his dreams. John C. Twist, acting as though he had mastered the field of agriculture, triggering Ennis's memories of how Jack had been treated by his father.
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Many Albertans found work as non-union extras in Brokeback Mountain. The really lucky ones, e.g., the extras appearing in the scene when Ennis meets Cassie, got to see themselves on the big screen.
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When Ennis and Cassie first met, Cassie was attracting his attention with a bouncy tube top, flingy blonde hair, and a snappy number on the juke box, not to mention obstructing his path to the restroom.
=aside=Paul
Thanks for returning the favor ;)
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Upon meeting OMT, Ennis said: "I feel awful bad about Jack. Can’t begin to say how bad I feel. I knew him a long time. I come by to tell you that if you want me to take his ashes up there on Brokeback like his wife says he wanted I’d be proud to.”
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Randall Malone knew at their first meeting that Jack was someone who could be relied upon to be discreet.
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EXT: OUTSIDE DEL MAR APARTMENT: LANDING: RIVERTON: LATE
AFTERNOON: CONINUOUS: 1967:
ENNIS and JACK have pulled back from one another now and come
up the back stairs and stand in the little foyer. ALMA stands in the
kitchen.
ENNIS:
(glad for the dim light)
Alma, this is Jack Twist. Jack, my wife
Alma.
JACK
Howdy.
ALMA
(flat voice)
'lo.
ENNIS, his chest heaving, does not turn away from ALMA, but can still
smell Jack -- the intensely familiar odor of cigarettes, musky sweat, and
a faint sweetness like grass, and with it the rushing cold of the mountain.
ALMA has seen what she has seen, having aged years in the space of a
few moments: sees her husband's turmoil... and notices JACK'S trembling
hands.
Baby JENNY cries.
JACK
(trembles)
You got a kid?
ENNIS
Two little girls: Alma Jr., and Jenny.
ALMA is stone-faced.
JACK
(halting, very aware of Alma)
I got a boy. Eight months old. Smiles a
lot. I married the prettiest little gal in
Childress, Texas. Lureen.
ENNIS is eager to leave.
ENNIS
Jack and me is goin' out and get a drink.
Might not get back tonight, we get to
drinkin' and talkin'.
ALMA
Sure enough.
JACK
Pleased to meet you, ma'am.
[screenplay]
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After Jack tried to pick up Jimbo's tab, the bartender put in his two cents and tried to gave Jack a tip about calf-roping.
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When Ennis and Cassie first met, Cassie was attracting his attention with a bouncy tube top, flingy blonde hair, and a snappy number on the juke box, not to mention interrupting his urge to use the restroom.
=aside=Meryl
Share and share alike. :)
=aside= Sandy
Nice to see you back in the saddle.
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As the movie opens we meet Ennis Del Mar and then proceed to vicariously travel through twenty years of his life - complete with a flashback.
def - Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another
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The two bikers were woefully mistaken in their judgment of Ennis's annoyance factor, as illustrated by their continuing off-color remarks.
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When Ennis and Cassie first met, Cassie was attracting his attention with her xtra-flirtatious manner.
=aside= Paul
Thanks. I'm not completely back, but almost.
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Round 642
Just One Dance Will Do!
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More First Meetings
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Jack's mother was anxious to make herself agreeable to her son's old friend.
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That evening at the Childress Children's Benefit, Jack cajoled Lashawn into a chatty dance, but the one that he really befriended was .. Randall.
=aside= Sandy
Hope you get a chance, soon, to dance all that sand out of your shoes.
Hope you're feeling better soon.
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That evening at the Childress Children's Benefit, Jack cajoled Lashawn into a chatty dance.
=aside= Toast
Thanks.
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The first and only time Ennis met a certain truck driver, both were bent only on doing each other damage.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/BlacknBlue.jpg)
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When it became embarrassingly obvious that Jimbo was not interested in Jack's offer of a beer, Jack threw some money down on the bar and headed for the exit.
=aside= Toast
Thanks. I'm looking forward to that dance.
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The fleetingness of Jack's interested gaze told Jimbo that Jack wasn't clowning around.
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When the bartender inquired about Jack's getting a roping horse, Jack definitely feels that he is being guyed by both the clown and bartender.
def - To hold up to ridicule; mock [after Guy Fawkes].
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After the interview with Aguirre, Jack and Ennis went to a bar where they began their routine of habitually drinking with each other.
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Mrs. Twist demonstrates insightful wisdom when she gives Ennis an opportunity to go upstairs to see Jack's old bedroom.
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Poor Cassie Cartwright had no idea how losable Ennis would try to become from her.
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Sensing the tender motherliness coming from Mrs. Twist, Ennis felt better prepared to confront her grim husband.
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Ennis and Jack, two not-yet-twenty-year-old boys, "shook hands in the choky little trailer office in front of a table littered with scribbled papers, a Bakelite ashtray brimming with stubs."
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When Ennis and Cassie first met, Cassie obstructed his path to the restroom, dragged him onto the dance floor and flung her hair at him.
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Illustrating the proverb "Nothing succeeds like success," Jack scored three times in one day: By rescuing Lureen's hat, winning the bull-riding contest, and performing memorably in the back seat of Lureen's car.
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While listening to OMT's angry words, Ennis recalls one of Jack's stories about his old man.
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When Ennis and Cassie first met, Cassie tried attracting his attention with her sexy routine: a bouncy tube top, flingy blonde hair, and a snappy number on the juke box.
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When Ennis and Cassie first met, Cassie tried attracting his attention with her sexy routine: a totally tubular tube top, flingy blonde hair, and a snappy number on the juke box.
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When Ennis and Cassie first met, Cassie urged him onto the dance floor with her sexy routine: a bouncy tube top, flingy blonde hair, and a snappy number on the juke box.
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When Ennis and Cassie first met, Cassie urged him onto the dance floor with her vulpine come-on: a bouncy tube top, flingy blonde hair, and a snappy number on the juke box.
Def: relating to or resembling a fox or foxes
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Cassie stopped Ennis while he was on his way to the men's washroom and urged him onto the dance floor with her vulpine come-on: a bouncy tube top, flingy blonde hair, and a snappy number on the juke box.
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Ennis, who had just been xinanited by Alma Sr. after a Thanksgiving dinner, was totally ready to meet a stupid redneck in a pickup in front of the Black and Blue Eagle bar.
def - To make empty; to render of no effect; to humble.
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Round 643 !!!
Something to See
The Colors of
BROKEBACK!!!
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Annie's description of the azure, cloudless sky: "the boneless blue was so deep, said Jack, that he might drown looking up."
=aside= Players
FYI, Phillip added some more colors to our palate:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,16509.msg320690.html#new (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,16509.msg320690.html#new)
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In the blackness of night, "Jack, in his dark camp, saw Ennis as night fire, a red spark on the huge black mass of mountain."
=aside= Paul
Thanks for being so observant!
So many new colors....
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Annie's description of the azure, cloudless sky: "the boneless blue was so deep, said Jack, that he might drown looking up."
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
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Alma's working smock is a dull green.
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Actor Heath Ledger found dead at 28
CBC - Last Updated: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 | 5:25 PM ET
Mountain, has been found dead at his downtown Manhattan residence, New York police said Tuesday.
No cause of death has been released, but New York newspapers report it may be drug-related.
Ledger, 28, born in Perth, Australia, earned an Academy Award nomination and won a Golden Globe for his role as a gay cowboy in Brokeback Mountain.
He made his film debut in the 1997 Australian movie Blackrock and went on to make films such as 10 Things I Hate About You, Ned Kelly and Monster's Ball.
Ledger was engaged to actress Michelle Williams, his costar in Brokeback Mountain and they have a daughter, Matilda Rose, born Oct. 28, 2005.
However last September, Ledger's father reported the couple had separated.
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Rest in peace, our Heath.
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Heath Ledger
April 4, 1979-January 22, 2008
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Them chairs is eggplant.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/TwistThanksgiving.jpg)
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Lureen fancied that Brokeback Mountain "might be some pretend place where the bluebirds sing and there's a whiskey spring."
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At the end of the film Ennis (Heath Ledger) is wearing his grayest jacket - like that worn by Ennis's father back in Sage.
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A blue heeler's "three puppies went in a pack basket, the runt inside Jack’s coat, for he loved a little dog. Ennis picked out a big chestnut called Cigar Butt to ride, Jack a bay mare that turned out to have a low startle point. The string of spare horses included a mouse-colored grullo whose looks Ennis liked. Ennis and Jack, the dogs, the horses and mules, a thousand ewes and their lambs flowed up the trail like dirty water through the timber and out above the tree line into the great flowery meadows and the coursing, endless wind."
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Songs featured in the movie Brokeback Mountain which do not appear on the Verve Records soundtrack include:
- The Streets of Laredo
- Jukebox
- Quizas, Quizas, Quizas
- D-I-V-O-R-C-E
- I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall
- Eyes of Green
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Jack, with his baby blues, and Ennis, with his soulful brown eyes, possessed the faces that could launch a thousand sheep.
=comment=
With apologies to Marlowe.
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The Twists' Childress dining room was made au courant by the addition of dining chairs in a fashionable shade of mauve.
=aside=Paul
;D ::)
Good to be back, Friends. :-*
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The Twists' Childress dining room was made au courant by the addition of the new-fashioned mauve dining chairs.
=aside= Meryl
;)
Yes, it is good to be back.
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Jack and Ennis stayed overnight at the Motel Siesta in a room furnished with a bed, a bedside table, and a soiled orange chair.
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While sitting on a puce dining chair, Lureen was tickled pink by Jack's thrashing of LD.
=comment=
Missed you guys.
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When Ennis introduced Jack to Alma, all three had rosy faces, though for different reasons.
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Cassie tried to attract Ennis by dancing seductively in her bouncy yellow tube top.
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While sitting on a puce dining chair, Lureen was tickled pink after Jack thrashed LD.
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In reaction to the black bear, Cigar Butt spooked, and reared up, unseating Ennis in the process.
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Lureen's first appearance in the film is a study in vermilions, from her crimson hat to her ruby lips to her scarlet-trimmed outfit.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Lureenhatpickup.jpg)
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The Twist house appeared whitewashed and almost devoid of color, except for the single cherry.
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After enduring Alma's "nasty" remarks at Thanksgiving, Ennis, in an xtra-angry mood, had a quick dirty fight at the Black 'n' Blue Eagle bar.
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Round 644!
Heath is gone, but we wanted more...
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A round for Heath memories
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In 2001, Heath discusses his already adventurous choice of roles and the effect his career is having on his 'private' life.
Heath Wave (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,109270,00.html)
=aside= Players
Thanks for remembering the colours of Brokeback.
Very comforting round.
:)
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Heath played a young priest named Alex Bernier in Brian Helgeland's The Order (2003).
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/abc%20movies/plakat.jpg)
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In the role of Sir William Thatcher, Heath exemplified the qualities of chivalry.
(http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/35/MPW-17568)
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Heath was a proficient player of the didgeridoo, and once even played it during an appearance on "The Tonight Show."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Heath%20Memory/Heathdidgeridoo.jpg)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Heath%20Memory/didgeridoos.jpg)
=aside=Ellemeno
Thanks for the Heath pic :-*
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In Lords of Dogtown, Heath wore prosthetic teeth in his portrayal of Skip Engblom.
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Engblom -- played by Ledger in Lords of Dogtown -- still makes surfboards for a living, although he has moved up-market from Venice, aka Dogtown, to leafy Brentwood with his wife Martha. The two spent time together in Los Angeles while Ledger studied Engblom's mannerisms and his distinctive, nasal accent. Having mastered those, the next hurdle was teeth.
``I have pathetic, little, wimpish, midget teeth and Skip has such strong chompers,'' Ledger said. ``It was quite funny because it took a couple of weeks to get his voice and when I finally got it I was, `OK, cool, got that done'. But then I was like, `Oh, s---, the teeth!'
``They brought in fake teeth and I put them in and suddenly I was talking like this.'' He started ``whistling'' his words before continuing: ``I had this lisp I had to get rid of and it was a week away from filming, so I had to go back to square one and learn the accent all over again so I could pronounce my s's correctly without spitting on everyone.''
http://attitude.themercury.news.com.au/cheese_ledger.htm
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Heath played the role of Harry Faversham in The Four Feathers.
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc149/bytemover/VM_SY400_SX600_.jpg)
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Heath starred as Jacob Grimm with Matt Damon in The Brothers Grimm.
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In 1999, Heath starred in the teen comedy 10 Things I Hate About You.
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(http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/images/heath_ledger150.jpg)
At 22, Heath discussed his friends, hometown, personal stability and stardom while being interviewed by tiscali.co.uk:
"If anything you wish that if one place wasn't to change it would be your home town but I was back there recently and they were documenting every meal I had every day," he laughs. It was in the paper that I ate fettucini on Tuesday, still that's front page news in Perth."
(http://www.tiscali.co.uk/images/gfx/titles/tab05_filmtv.gif) (http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/interviews/heath_ledger/2)
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In A Knight's Tale, Heath played William Thatcher, aka Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein of Gelderland.
(http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/061013/16250__knight_l.jpg)
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Heath played the role of Sonny Grotowski in Monster's Ball which earned him high praise from critics.
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc149/bytemover/pic_05_300dpi.jpg)(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc149/bytemover/pic_03_300dpi.jpg)
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Heath played the title role in Gregor Jordan's Ned Kelly.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/abc%20movies/NedKelly.jpg)
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In early 2003 Ledger returned to Australia to promote Gregor Jordan’s Ned Kelly, a movie in which he starred as the country’s most notorious late nineteenth century outlaw. Ledger’s recitation of Kelly’s famous “Jerilderie Letter”, an angry denunciation of the colonial government authorities and their repression of dirt-poor small farmers, is one of the movie’s better moments—but the film was ill-conceived and superficial.
Heath Ledger dead at 28: a life tragically cut short (http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jan2008/ledg-j31.shtml)
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Heath played the part of Gabriel Martin in The Patriot.
(http://www.worldnetdaily.com/images2/heathledger.jpg)
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Heath played the role of Conor from 1997-2000 in the TV series Roar.
(http://www.hollywoodteenmovies.com/HeathLedger%20Roar.jpg)
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Heath played the role of Skip Engblom in Lords of Dogtown.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/abc%20movies/Heath_Ledger_in_Lords_of_Dogtown_Wa.jpg)
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Heath was often a guest on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Heath%20Memory/heath_tonight_show.jpg)
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In A Knight's Tale, Sir Ulrich's real name was William Thatcher.
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Heath played Patrick Verona in the 1999 production of 10 Things I Hate About You (adapted from Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew").
Verona is a bad-boy with a mysterious reputation--some say he ate a live duck once, others that he lit a state trooper on fire, and even more claim that he had a brief porn career. [IMDb.com]
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In them earlier days, Heath often wore a wristband.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h243/lnicoll/11029.jpg)
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Heath was an xtra-talented actor who gave of himself in every role.
Farewell, Heath.
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Round 645!
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The Heath Ledger appreciation round continues.
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In 1999, Heath starred in the teen comedy 10 Things I Hate About You.
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In 2005, Heath played the role of Jacob Grimm in The Brothers Grimm.
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Heath Ledger and Ang Lee appeared on Charlie Rose
on December 07, 2005
(http://www.charlierose.com/images_toplevel/logo.jpg) (http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2008/01/22/3/a-remembrance-of-heath-ledger)
- just as the buzz about Brokeback Mountain
was starting to get people
into theaters around the world.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18rL78aaEsc[/youtube]
The Charlie Rose interview is more serious than most.
It starts with the theatre preview followed by the Ang Lee interview.
They [Ang and Heath] are interviewed separately and those interviews are mixed with film clips.
They answer questions about filming scenes, the story, working with actors and writers, and why each took on this task. Link (http://www.amazon.com/Charlie-Rose-Heath-Ledger-December/dp/B000GAKSNI)
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Heath made his film debut in the 1997 Australian movie Blackrock, which is based on a true story.
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Heath and his sister Catherine are named after the two main romantic characters of the Emily Brontë novel, "Wuthering Heights".
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In 10 Things I Hate About You, Heath sings "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You", written by Frankie Valli.
He kinda sounds like one of the BeeGees:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIW7WXPb-dc[/youtube]
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Heath had his first acting experience at Guildford Grammar School in Western Australia, starring as Peter Pan in a school production at age 10.
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"Todd Haynes, his director on I'm Not There, paid Ledger the compliment he denied himself: 'Heath was a true artist.'"
-- David Lipsky, Rolling Stone (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/18355273/heath_ledger_1979_8211_2008/2)
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The final project of Heath's career was Terry Gilliam's uncompleted "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus," a film in which he played many characters.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Heath%20Memory/HeathasPierrot.jpg)
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Lasse Hallstrom directed Heath in Casanova.
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From a review of Brokeback Mountain:
"Mr. Ledger magically and mysteriously disappears beneath the skin of his lean, sinewy character. It is a great screen performance, as good as the best of Marlon Brando and Sean Penn."
-- Stephen Holden, The New York Times (http://movies.nytimes.com/2005/12/09/movies/09brok.html?emc=eta1)
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Dark Knight director Chris Nolan wrote about "charisma — as invisible and natural as gravity. That's what Heath had ? I've never felt as old as I did watching Heath explore his talents."
Heath Ledger (1979 – 2008) (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/18355273/heath_ledger_1979_8211_2008/2) - Rolling Stone
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Oliver Platt costarred with Heath in Casanova.
(http://www.avclub.com/content/files/images/Casanova.article.jpg)
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The final project of Heath's career was Terry Gilliam's uncompleted The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus.
=aside= Meryl
Thank you.
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Ledger took an apartment in SoHo and missed his daughter. Sleep became a problem. "I need to do something with this head because sometimes I just don't sleep, it just keeps ticking." He talked medications, telling the Times he was managing about two hours a night. On an evening when one Ambien didn't do the job, he swallowed a second, passed out, came to an hour later, head still whirring. On his last film set, co-star Christopher Plummer reported that Ledger didn't seem to be sleeping at all.
Heath Ledger (1979 – 2008) (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/18355273/heath_ledger_1979_8211_2008/2) - Rolling Stone
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Many of Heath's best scenes in I'm Not There are with Charlotte Gainsbourg, the daughter of Serge Gainsbourg.
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An excerpt from a review of A Knight's Tale:
"Playing William Thatcher is Heath Ledger's bid for leading-man status, and he performs quite well in the romantically flawless role of a young man who is noble at heart, but not by birth (the inverse paradox of Ademar). The role of William is so cut-and-dry, so blissfully uncomplicated by anything more than William's unrelenting urge to win at all costs (except his honor), that one can imagine Ledger simply sinking in it and disappearing. Fortunately, he does not; and, even though the movie runs a good 20 minutes longer than it probably needs to, he keeps it afloat, even when forced to say awkward lines like 'Love has given me wings and I must fly.'"
-- James Kendrick, The QNetwork Film Desk (http://www.qnetwork.com/?page=review&id=453)
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He was twenty-one. His body still had a kid's loose, unstringed movements, but it was clear he would become a star. There was the big frontal block of the smile, lines racing up from his chin to his ears; when he smiled, his face fanned brutal and turned warn; it was a great, manly smile, a smile that commanded.
Heath Ledger (1979 – 2008) (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/18355273/heath_ledger_1979_8211_2008/2) - Rolling Stone
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In A Knight's Tale,, Heath's character, William Thatcher, takes an alias: Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein of Gelderland.
(http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/aknightstale-bowiedance.jpg)
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Before he passed, Heath, an excellent chess player, was in the planning stages to direct a film based on "The Queen's Gambit" by Walter Tevis.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Heath%20Memory/QueensGambit.jpg)
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One of Heath's x-girlfriends was actress Naomi Watts, who encouraged him to take the role of Ennis del Mar.
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Round 646
More Remembrances of Heath
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Heath Ledger stood out for his portrayal of the abashedly self-conscious Ennis Del Mar - as a 19 year old maturing into a still quite thirty nine year old single man.
def - In an embarrassed manner; In a disconcerted manner.
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Heath made his film debut in the 1997 Australian movie Blackrock, which is based on the play A Property of the Clan by Nick Enright.
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Heath had a passion for chess and said he played at least one game a day. In New York he played in Washington Square Park.
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Heath Ledger starred with Matt Damon
(as Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, respectively)
in the film The Brothers Grimm, 2005,
directed by Terry Gilliam.
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Heath appears as The Joker with actor Aaron Eckhart as Two-Face aka Harvey Dent in this summer's Batman movie, The Dark Knight.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/harveydent.jpg)
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Heath played the role of the protagonist, a British soldier named Harry Faversham, in Shekhar Kapur's The Four Feathers.
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Heath Ledger played Sonny,
third generation of the troubled Grotowski family,
in the 2001 film Monster's Ball.
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Heath played the role of Skip in The Lords of Dogtown which was directed by Catherine Hardwicke.
(http://www.aroundhawaii.com/assets/articles/2006/10/16/images/200609_tacbmcyway3010.jpg)
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, saddled with a system that can only arrive at its decisions imperfectly, was not able to honor Heath with an Oscar for Brokeback Mountain; however, it will take its place in film history as one of the Oscars-that-should-have-been.
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From a review of Lords of Dogtown:
"Heath Ledger is flamboyantly funny and alive as Z-Boys guru Skip Engblom."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/6165315/review/7371469/lords_of_dogtown)
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/GrimmBros.jpg)
Heath Ledger starred with Matt Damon
(as Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, respectively)
in the film The Brothers Grimm, 2005,
directed by Terry Gilliam.
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Christopher Nolan wrote an extremely moving tribute to Heath for Newsweek.
(http://ndn.newsweek.com/site/images/newsweek.gif) (http://www.newsweek.com/id/105580)
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One of Heath's co-stars in "Casanova" was Lena Olin, wife of the film's director, Lasse Hallstrom.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/LenaOlin.jpg)
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Oliver Platt co-starred with Heath in Casanova .
(http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/touchstone_pictures/casanova/_group_photos/oliver_platt16.jpg)
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High on Brokeback Mountain, Heath's character, Ennis Del Mar, muttered one of the most famous lines in the movie:
"You know I ain't queer"
(Well, I won't! ;) )
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In a BBM review (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/6169704/review/8878365/brokeback_mountain) for Rolling Stone, Peter Travers wrote:
"Ledger's magnificent performance is an acting miracle. He seems to tear it from his insides. Ledger doesn't just know how Ennis moves, speaks and listens; he knows how he breathes. To see him inhale the scent of a shirt hanging in Jack's closet is to take measure of the pain of love lost."
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LightningFlat/NDVD_1873.jpg)
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In a BBM review (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/6169704/review/8878365/brokeback_mountain) for Rolling Stone, Peter Travers wrote:
"Ledger's magnificent performance is an acting miracle. He seems to tear it from his insides. Ledger doesn't just know how Ennis moves, speaks and listens; he knows how he breathes. To see him inhale the scent of a shirt hanging in Jack's closet is to take measure of the pain of love lost."
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LightningFlat/NDVD_1873.jpg)
=aside= Fran
Thanks
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In a BBM review (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/6169704/review/8878365/brokeback_mountain) for Rolling Stone, Peter Travers wrote:
"Ledger's magnificent performance is an acting miracle. He seems to tear it from his insides. Ledger doesn't just know how Ennis moves, speaks and listens; he knows how he breathes. To see him inhale the scent of a shirt hanging in Jack's closet is to take measure of the pain of love lost."
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LightningFlat/NDVD_1873.jpg)
=aside= Fran, Toast
Thanks
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Heath appeared in two episodes of "Celebrities Uncensored" in 2003 and 2004.
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After playing a taciturn ranch hand in love with a man, Heath did an about-face in his next movie, playing the notorious womanizer Casanova during his Venetian years.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Heath%20Memory/CasanovawithSienna.jpg)
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In the movie I'm Not There, six actors -- Marcus Carl Franklin, Ben Whishaw, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Christian Bale, and Heath Ledger -- played characters based on iconic singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/abc%20movies/Im-Not-There-dylans-reveal-1.jpg)
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Heath's acting career followed an xperiential path. His roles weren't limited by type, location or era.
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Round 647
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Three Cheers for Heath
(http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2007/gallery/venicefilmfestival/heath_ledger.jpg)
Award Winning Actor !!
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Heath was nominated for the AFI Award for Best Lead Actor for Candy in 2006.
=aside= Toast
Great round announcement.
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In 2006, Heath won the "Breakthrough Performance of the Year" award for BBM at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
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In 2006, Heath received an Oscar nomination in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of Ennis del Mar in Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X9Q4RMB3L.jpg)
In 2006, Heath won the COFCA* Actor of the Year Award
for his performance
(as Skip Engblom who was one of the co-founders of the Jeff Ho/Zephyr Surf Shop in Santa Monica, California)
in Lords of Dogtown.
* (http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/images/cofca2.gif)
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The Australian Film Institute honored Heath with the 2006 International Award for Best Actor for his performance as Ennis del Mar, a role that endeared him to movie-goers all over the world.
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At the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards, Heath shared the Robert Altman Award with his fellow members of I'm Not There:
Todd Haynes (director)
Laura Rosenthal (casting director)
Cate Blanchett
Christian Bale
Richard Gere
Ben Whishaw
Marcus Carl Franklin
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Bruce Greenwood
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At the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards, Heath shared the Robert Altman Award with his fellow members of I'm Not There:
Todd Haynes (director)
Laura Rosenthal (casting director)
Cate Blanchett
Christian Bale
Richard Gere
Ben Whishaw
Marcus Carl Franklin
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Bruce Greenwood
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Heath and Jake had the audience laughing hilariously at their reading of the description of Brokeback Mountain's plot at the 2006 SAG Awards.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Heath%20Memory/teapotpose.jpg)
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In 2006, Heath was awarded the International Award for Best Actor (News Limited Readers' Choice Award) by the Australian Film Institute - for his performance in Brokeback Mountain.
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Heath shared the inauguaral Robert Altman Award (of Film Independent's Spirit Awards) with other members of I'm Not There:
Todd Haynes (director)
Laura Rosenthal (casting director)
Cate Blanchett
Christian Bale
Richard Gere
Ben Whishaw
Marcus Carl Franklin
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Bruce Greenwood
Marcus Carl Franklin
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Bruce Greenwood
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In 2006 Heath shared the MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss with Jake Gyllenhaal.
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In 2006, Jake and Heath were nominated for "meilleur baiser" or best kiss in the French NRJ Ciné Awards. They lost out to Brangelina in Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Tant pis!
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Heath and Jake were nominated in the osculating category by MTV and the French NRJ Ciné Awards. Their kissing prevailed to win the MTV award for Best Kissers. However their kissing did not seem to be French enough to win the NRJ Ciné Awards.
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In 2006, Heath and Jake won the MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss, prevailing over Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie (Mr. & Mrs. Smith) and Rosario Dawson and Clive Owen (Sin City), among others.
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In 2006, Heath and Jake won the MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss, prevailing over Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie (Mr. & Mrs. Smith) and Rosario Dawson and Clive Owen (Sin City), among others.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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In 2006, Jake and Heath were nominated for "meilleur baiser" or best kiss in the French NRJ Ciné Awards. They lost out to Brangelina in Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Tant pis!
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In 2000, Heath was nominated for an MTV Music Award for Best Musical Performance for his rendition of the song "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" in the movie 10 Things I Hate About You.
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In 2000, Heath was nominated for an MTV Music Award for Best Musical Performance for his rendition of the song "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" in the movie 10 Things I Hate About You, in which he played high school undergrad Patrick Verona.
=aside=Fran ;)
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In 2000, Heath was nominated for an MTV Music Award for Best Musical Performance for his rendition of the song "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", written by Frankie Valli, in the movie 10 Things I Hate About You.
=aside= Fran, Meryl
;)
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In 2005, Heath was nominated for a WAFCA Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Ennis del Mar in Brokeback Mountain.
WAFCA = Washington DC Area Film Critics Association
=aside=
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/abc%20movies/E1835.jpg)
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In 2006, Heath and Jake shared the MTV Best Kiss Award for their xtra-sexy performance in BBM (see below). Unfortunately, Heath was not present to reenact the kiss with Jake at the awards show.
=aside=
Happy Valentine's Day to All! :-*
(http://www.cowboythings.com/store/media/boots.hearts.jpb.jpg)
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Round 648
Nothing Less than Great
(http://www.wallpaperbase.com/wallpapers/celebsm/heathledger/heath_ledger_4.jpg)
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Heath was originally set to star in Oliver Stone's Alexander (2004) before Colin Farrell took over the role.
(http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/FIP/VL-00015-C~Valentine-Greetings-Cowboy-Roping-Hearts-Posters.jpg)
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Heath and his older sister, Kate Ledger, were named after the two main romantic characters of the Emily Brontë novel Wuthering Heights.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/abc%20movies/a17119b.jpg)
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Heath and his sister Catherine were named after the characters in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights.
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Michelle Williams' "Dawson's Creek" (1998) co-star Busy Philipps and Heath's Brokeback Mountain (2005) co-star Jake Gyllenhaal are his daughter's godparents.
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According to Heath's Mini Biography (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005132/bio) at IMDb:
"As the story goes, in junior high it was compulsory to do one of two electives, either cooking or drama, and as Heath could honestly not see himself in a cooking class, he tried his hand at drama."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h257/Ellemeno_2006/004album1993age14.jpg)
Heath, age 14 (http://ledgersladies.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=356&pos=0)
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According to IMDb trivia, Heath was a part of the 1990 Kalamunda field hockey team, whose president his father Kim was from 1990 to 1992.
=aside= Elle
Wow, great find with the Peter Pan pic!
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Heath starred in Ned Kelly in 2004 directed by Gregor Jordan.
=aside= Paul
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc149/bytemover/congratulations_graphics_7.gif)
On 4000 Posts.
=aside= Elle
I agree that was a great find.
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Heath's trademark was his deep, husky voice.
=aside= Paul
Your 4,000th post!!!! (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/abc%20movies/Congrats.gif) |
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Heath's ancestors are from Ireland and Scotland.
=aside= Sandy and Fran
Thanks 4 that!
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One of Heath's favorite chapeaus was a floppy knitted lilac hat.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Heath%20Memory/purplehat.jpg)
=Congrats=Paul
4,000 POSTS! 8)
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According to IMDb, Heath Ledger had considered the role of Kar in Paul Hunter's Bulletproof Monk but turned it down to star in Ned Kelly.
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From IMDb's bio: ...Then came his very brief role in Paws (1997). Paws was a film which existed solely to cash in on guitar prodigy Nathan Cavaleri's brief moment of fame, where he was the hottest thing in Australia. Heath played a student in the film, involved in a stage production of a Shakespeare play, in which he played "Oberon". A very brief role, this did nothing other than give him a small paycheck, but nothing to advance his career.
(http://videomen.ru/reliz/video/3651.jpg)
=aside= Meryl
Thanks.
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Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom played fellow gang members (Ned Kelly and Joe Byrne, respectively) in the movie Ned Kelly, based on "Our Sunshine" by Robert Drew.
Congratulations Paul on reaching 4000 Posts
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Heath Ledger was born in Perth, Western Australia, on April 4, 1979.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/abc%20movies/Australia_map.jpg)
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According to IMDB Heath was very good friends with Russell Crowe.
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In 1996, Heath played gay cyclist Snowy Bowles in two episodes of the Australian TV show "Sweat," a drama series about the students at an Australian school for the athletically-gifted.
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In A Knight's Tale - written and directed by Brian Helgeland, Heath Ledger played the character of Sir William Thatcher - also known by his aristocratic title Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein of Gelderland.
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From IMDb:
"Ledger played iconic comic book villain the Joker in The Dark Knight, the sequel to the 2005 film Batman Begins, opposite fellow I'm Not There star Christian Bale. The film is set to debut on July 18, 2008. Since The Dark Knight was in post-production at the time of Ledger's death, the film itself will be unchanged, although the marketing campaign that centred [sic] on Ledger's character may be affected."
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From IMDB - Heath's personal quotes:
"Brooklyn seems to me the closest thing in America to Europe. The neighbors and locals are beautiful people. It's like a village."
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Heath and his older sister, Kate Ledger, are named after the two main romantic characters of the Emily Brontë novel, "Wuthering Heights".
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The New York medical xaminer’s office concluded that Heath’s death was accidental.
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Round 649!
Let's hear it for the girls!
Any scene with a female character
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It didn't take long after Jack accepted Lureen's offer of a "matin' call" before the results came to fruition in a bouncing baby boy.
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Lureen watched with concern as Jack bristled under L.D.'s comment of "Boys should watch football," then suppressed a smile when he let her daddy have it with both barrels.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Lureenthksgvgsmile.jpg)
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Lureen's best dishes, set at the Thanksgiving dining table, are Copeland Spode in the India Tree pattern.
(http://pweb.amerion.com/mlehmann/ebay039%20005.jpg)
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When Alma inquired about Jack, Ennis chose not to divulge that they had spent the summer of 1963 together up on Brokeback Mountain.
=aside= Paul
I'm impressed by your "Copeland"!
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Mrs. Twist chose not to emulate her husband's stern example and was welcoming and kind to Ennis, sensing his grief.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/MrsTwist2.jpg)
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Story Ennis could "hear Jack’s mother downstairs running water, filling the kettle and setting it back on the stove, asking the old man a muffled question."
=aside= Paul
I'm also impressed by your "Copeland." How did you know the pattern?
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Alma only has a coffee cup, matching salt and pepper shakers, an ashtray, and a container of granulated sugar to keep her company at the kitchen table while she waits for Ennis to return.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Alma/AlmaCoffeeTears.jpg)
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Alma sits at the kitchen table in her housecoat, contemplating what she had witnessed the day before.
=aside= Fran, Sandy
"India Tree" by Copeland Spode is a famous English China pattern. Some friends have service for 36! I think I recognized it on viewing #2.
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Alma told Ennis she didn't want to risk getting impregnated, "as far behind as we are on the bills."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Almabedscene.jpg)
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At Thanksgiving dinner, Alma spoke to Ennis with loathing about his "fishing trips" and Jack "Nasty".
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INT: TEXAS: NEWSOME FARM AND RANCH: DAY: 1969:
Two dour FARMERS are watching JACK demonstrate a fancy
air-conditioned tractor.
JACK, who can drive anything, is doing a fine job of putting
the tractor through its paces, but there's an air of boyish
inanity about him. LUREEN, sales binders in hand, passes
behind the farmers as they exchange glances.
FARMER #1
Didn't that piss-ant used to ride the bulls?
FARMER #2
He used to try....
LUREEN looks over at the oblivious JACK, a look of mild
disappointment on her face.
[screenplay]
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Lureen and Jack entered into negotiations as to who was gonna call Bobby's teacher. Lureen said she'd call later. Did she?
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"Lureen looks over at the oblivious JACK, a look of mild disappointment on her face" after overhearing the farmers' condescending remarks about Jack's bull riding.
=aside= Fran
Thanks
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Worried about the effect of a third child on their finances, Alma prudently suggested that Ennis take precautions when making love to her.
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Worried about the effect of a third child on their finances, Alma prudently expressed her reluctance to make love to Ennis sans prophylactic.
=aside= Meryl
Happy Birthday!!! :-*
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Worried about the effect of a third child on their finances, Alma prudently suggested that Ennis take precautions when making love to her.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
=aside= Meryl
Happy Birthday!!
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Worried about the effect of a third child on their finances, Alma prudently thinks that Ennis should take precautions when making love to her.
=aside= Meryl
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/abc%20movies/cat.jpg)
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Worried about the undesirable effect of a third child on their finances, Alma prudently thinks that Ennis should take precautions when making love to her.
=aside= Paul, Sandy and Fran
Thanks so much for the birthday wishes! :-*
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Worried about the effect of a third child on their finances, Alma vocably suggested that Ennis take precautions when making love to her.
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Worried about the effect of a third child on their finances, Alma offered a well-meaning suggestion to Ennis, which he took the wrong way.
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Worried about the effect of a third child on their finances, Alma made an xtra-cautious suggestion that Ennis take precautions when making love to her.
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Round 650!!
More "Let's Hear It For the Girls"
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Ennis and Alma's sexual activity waned after she suggested he take precautions.
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INT: WYOMING COURTHOUSE: DAY: 1975:
ENNIS and ALMA in a bleak little courtroom: divorce court.
Grim.
JUDGE
...Custody of the two minor children,
Alma Jr. and Jennifer del Mar, is awarded
to plaintiff. Defendant is ordered to
pay child support to the plaintiff in the
sum of $125 a month, for each of the
minor children until they reach the age
of 18 years...
ALMA looks sad, but determined... cries quietly.
[screenplay]
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After years of watching her marriage crumble, Alma filed for divorce.
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Ennis tries to defend his taking off to the mountains for a few days by reminding Alma he worked through a storm last Christmas.
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With the help of a fishing line that had never touched water in its life, Alma is able to educe that Ennis and Jack didn't go up to the mountains to fish.
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Alma made it clear at Thanksgiving that she hadn't been fooled by Ennis' "fishing trips" and she knew there was no fishin' but lots of foolin' around.
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Following the reunion, Ennis was guaranteeing to Alma that he would be back by Sunday at the latest.
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EXT: CHILDRESS, TEXAS: RODEO ARENA: NIGHT: 1966:
In the arena WE SEE a YOUNG WOMAN dressed in the flashiest,
most costly rodeo finery, the most stylish barrel-racing
clothes, on a fine, expensive quarter horse, running the
barrels.
Tips one... but it doesn't quite fall... she rounds the last
barrel, whipping the horse as if she's in the homestretch at
the Kentucky Derby, races out of the arena as the ANNOUNCER
says:
ANNOUNCER
Here she comes, ladies and gentlemen,
look at her fly... Miss Lureen Newsome
from right here in Childress, Texas... Oh
boy... and her time is...
(beat)
...sixteen and nine-tenths seconds. Let's
give her a big hand!
The words are drowned out as the crowd gives LUREEN a big
hand.
[screenplay]
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Alma was afraid to inquire about what she suspected was the true nature of Ennis' fishing trips until she was divorced.
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Cassie wrinkled her nose loathesomely when Ennis told her he had been castrating calves earlier that day.
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Ennis minces around Alma's suggestion of looking into work at the electric company by calling attention to his klutziness instead.
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EXT: CHILDRESS, TEXAS: RODEO ARENA: NIGHT: 1966:
In the arena WE SEE a YOUNG WOMAN dressed in the flashiest,
most costly rodeo finery, the most stylish barrel-racing
clothes, on a fine, expensive quarter horse, running the
barrels.
Tips one... but it doesn't quite fall... she rounds the last
barrel, whipping the horse as if she's in the homestretch at
the Kentucky Derby, races out of the arena as the ANNOUNCER
says:
ANNOUNCER
Here she comes, ladies and gentlemen,
look at her fly... Miss Lureen Newsome
from right here in Childress, Texas... Oh
boy... and her time is...
(beat)
...sixteen and nine-tenths seconds. Let's
give her a big hand!
The words are drowned out as the crowd gives LUREEN a big
hand.
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Lashawn was overpoweringly verbose.
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Alma became less and less passive throughout her marriage to Ennis and eventually got up the courage to divorce him.
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Lureen spoke with Ennis on the telephone while sitting in what the screenplay describes as her "spotless, tacky nouveau riche living room."
[Edited to answer Paul's question in the next post]
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Lureen spoke with Ennis on the telephone while sitting in her "spotless, tacky nouveau riche living room."
=aside= Fran
Is that in the script? It's great. Thanks.
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Lureen spoke with Ennis on the telephone, surrounded by tackiness, in her spotless, nouveau riche living room.
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While speaking to Ennis on the phone, Lureen emphasizes the untimeliness of Jack's death: "He was only thirty-nine years old."
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The slopbucket-mouthed bikers were unconcerned about offending nearby virgins with their crude observations, so Ennis was prompted to provide some pre-fireworks fireworks as a lead-in to the main event.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisFuckinTeeth2.jpg)
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Lureen to Ennis on the phone about Jack's folks: “Oh yeah. They’ll be there until they die. I never met them. They didn’t come down for the funeral. You get in touch with them. I suppose they’d appreciate it if his wishes was carried out.”
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While scraping the dinner plates in the kitchen, Alma asked her x-spouse, "You still go fishin' with Jack Twist?"
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Round 651!
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Ennis's Daughters
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Ennis's daughter Francine (story) is also known as Jenny (film).
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Alma Jr. brimmed with joy when Ennis said that he would attend her wedding.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_964.jpg)
=aside= Fran
Nice round announcement.
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Alma, carrying Alma Jr., and Ennis, carrying Jenny, moved through the crowd of Riverton citizens, looking for a place to sit at the Fourth of July celebration.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/IndDayEnnis8.jpg)
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Arriving home from a day of ranch work, Ennis greets his baby girls, who are crying lustily in their dingy little bedroom.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Enniswithbabies.jpg)
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Alma asked Ennis to wipe away their daughters' nasal excretions.
=aside= Sandy
Compliments to Fran who did the round announcement!
=congrats= Fran
On 6,000 abcdelicious posts!
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Ennis had lots of fatherly love for his two girls.
=aside= Fran and Paul
Sorry about the confusion about the round announcement. I definitely need an eye examination.
=aside= Fran
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd260/rmhamm27591/congrats.gif)
On 6000 Posts.
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Having temporarily planted herself near a planter of geraniums, Alma Jr. awaits her father's arrival.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/jrgeran.jpg)
=aside= Paul, Sandy
Thanks!!
:)
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Arriving home from a day of ranch work, Ennis greets his baby girls, who howl lustily in their dingy little bedroom.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Enniswithbabies.jpg)
=aside= Meryl
Thanks.
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After Cassie inquires about her father's intentions on ever settling down again, Junior replied: "Maybe Daddy's not the marrying kind."
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Ennis's affection for his daughters adds to his likability as a character.
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Arriving home from a day of ranch work, two-handed Ennis tends to his mucus-filled daughters.
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Arriving home from a day of ranch work, Ennis entered the noise-filled little bedroom to tend to his daughters' nasal needs.
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Alma Jr.'s visible microphone wire was one oversight on the part of the film editors.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Alma/AlmaandJunior.jpg)
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Arriving home from a day of ranch work, two-handed Ennis tends to his phlegm-filled daughters.
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Arriving home from a day of ranch work, two-handed Ennis tends to his daughters' runny noses.
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INT: WYOMING: DEL MAR RANCH HOUSE: CHILDREN'S BEDROOM: DAY:
1966:
ENNIS walks over to the bassinet where baby JENNY is wheezing, coughing, crying.
He picks up JENNY and cradles her.
Two-year-old ALMA JR., runny nose, gets out of her little bed
and toddles over to her daddy, cries, hugs his leg as he
rocks JENNY.
ALMA yells from the kitchen.
ALMA
Could you wipe Alma Jr.'s nose?
ENNIS
If I had three hands I could....
Cradles the baby, talks to her, soothes her.
Pats ALMA JR., tries to soothe her, too.
[screenplay]
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Arriving home from a day of ranch work, two-handed Ennis tends to his phlegm-filled daughters.
=aside=Paul
Thanks!
=congratulations=Fran
On 6,000 Frantastic posts! 8)
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Arriving home from a day of ranch work, two-handed Ennis tends to his unhealthy, phlegm-filled daughters.
=aside= Paul
Another thanks.
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Arriving home from a day of ranch work, two-handed Ennis tends to his virus-filled daughters.
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After a few words with Alma, Ennis whisked into his daughters' little bedroom to see to their needs.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks for noticing.
:)
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Arriving home from a day of ranch work, two-handed Ennis tends to his xtra-cranky daughters' needs.
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Round 652!
Meeting Someone New
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/JimboSmiled2.jpg) (http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/RandallJack2.jpg)
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/cassie/Cassie_13.jpg) (http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LacyLureen.jpg)
Making the First Move
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One way to meet someone new is to accost him as he tries to go to the men's room and then fling your hair at him.
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Lureen asks, "What are you waiting for, cowboy... a matin' call?" and flashes a most becoming smile at Jack.
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Ennis takes the path of least resistance after Cassie crosses his path.
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Ennis is forced to make a detour on his way to the men's room due to Cassie's invitation to the dance.
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Jack enlists the help of the bartender to find out who that girl is who keeps looking at him.
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Lureen asks Jack, "What are you waiting for, cowboy... a matin' call?", flashing a most becoming smile.
=aside= Fran
Thank you.
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Lureen asks Jack, "What are you waiting for, cowboy... a matin' call?", flashing her gleaming smile.
=aside= Fran, Sandy
Thanks.
BTW, where's Toast?
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Lureen wasn't about to let her midnight curfew hinder her good time with Jack.
=reply= Paul
I was wondering the same thing.
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Lureen asked Jack inquiringly, "What are you waiting for, cowboy... a matin' call?."
=aside= Paul, Fran
I wonder if this is one of his "grocery store" trips.
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Jack was at a loss for words when Randall lobbed a proposition, thinly disguised as a fishing trip, right into his lap.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Randallproposition.jpg)
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After leaving the bar, Lureen and Jack motored to a quiet, secluded place where they could be alone.
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Jack was at a loss for words when Randall lobbed a proposition, thinly disguised as a fishing trip, right into his lap, notifying Jack of his interest.
=aside= Meryl
The way their legs were spread, they didn't have no lap!
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After Cassie outdanced everyone on the dance floor, she said to Ennis: "You're off the hook; my feet hurt" and asked him for a foot rub.
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After Randall makes his thinly disguised proposition, Jack appears to be considering the pluses and minuses of a trip to Roy Taylor's cabin.
=aside= Sandy
Love your "O"!
:)
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Jimbo recognized something in Jack's attention that made him uncomfortable.
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Cassie was shopping around for a new boyfriend when Ennis showed up with the goods.
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Randall had time to check out Jack when the Malones and the Twists sat together at the benefit dinner.
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At Cassie's urging, Ennis wound up on the dance floor instead of the men's room.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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Cassie vixenly accosts Ennis from his trip to the gents' room.
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Lureen and Jack engaged in kissing and whatnot in the backseat of her car.
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Hoping to be asked to dance, Lureen xperiments with sitting alone with a drink near Jack and casting flirtatious looks his way.
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Round 653!!
Are You Flirting With Me?
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_422.jpg)
More Accosting, Mating Calls, and Flinging
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Jack accepts Lureen's "mating call" by following her onto the dance floor.
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Before Lureen made her move, Jack had found out from the bartender that her dad sold big farm equipment that cost a bundle.
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For their romantic first dance, Jack and Lureen are serenaded by Mary McBride, who, in one version of the script, is described as a kind of Patsy Cline clone.
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Jimbo disappoints Jack when he refused Jack's offer of a drink.
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Out of all the eligible young men in the bar, Lureen chose Jack.
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Lureen flirtatiously sauntered over to a shy and unassuming Jack.
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Before Lureen made her move, Jack gleaned from the bartender that her dad sold big farm equipment that cost a bundle.
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
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Cassie honed in on Ennis as he was making his way to the men's room.
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From the Cassie book of flirtation: The best way to snag a hot cowboy is to interrupt him on his way to the men's room; as a bonus, this approach will add a certain je ne sais quoi to his dancing ability.
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Ennis thought that Cassie was likable enough to let her interrupt him on his way to the men's room.
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After motoring to a quiet, secluded place, Lureen and Jack moved into the backseat of the car.
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With her perfect Texas nimbleness, Lureen dragged Jack into the back seat of her daddy's car.
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While LaShawn was busy outtalking everyone at the table, her husband was busy clandestinely flirting with Jack.
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"Hours after the Childress rodeo was over, Lureen did some impressive bull riding in L.D.'s T-Bird. Like Ennis' dad, she proved to be a fine roper."
-- FindingBrokeback.com, Chapter 10 Remarks
:)
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After making eyes at him, Lureen flirtatiously roams over to a shy and unassuming Jack.
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When Lureen asks Jack if they should put the brakes on, after hearing his response, she steps on the gas.
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In apparent dire need of a foot rub, Cassie thrust her bare feet into Ennis's lap, startling him in the process.
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After some serious flirtation in the bar with Jack, Lureen unburdened in the backseat of LD's T-bird.
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Cassie tried to attract Ennis by dancing voluptuously in a bouncy yellow tube top and flinging her long blonde hair.
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Cassie wiggles and jiggles out on the dance floor, trying her best to attract Ennis.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/cassie/Cassie_12.jpg)
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Cassie had xtra-bouncy dance moves in her wiggly and jiggly attempts to land Ennis.
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Round 654!
What are you waitin' for?
(http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/98/86/22578698.jpg)
More matin' calls and such...
Also...say an xtra-vivacious farewell to "V" and "X"
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To mark the occasion of their first meeting, Jack and Ennis amble amiably to the nearest bar for a few beers.
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=aside=Toast
Thanks for the pic
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Lureen flirtatiously sauntered across the barroom to a shy and unassuming Jack.
=aside= Paul
Thanks
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CASSIE and ENNIS are the only people on the dance floor.
It is immediately clear that ENNIS cannot dance. But CASSIE
doesn't mind, makes the most of the moment, enjoys herself,
shaking the funk out of her ass, letting her hair fly.
[screenplay]
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Ennis detoured to the dance floor on his way to the gents'.
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Due to Lureen's encouragement, Jack found himself in the backseat of her daddy's car.
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After turning down Jack's drink offer, Jimbo went to fraternize with a group of pool players.
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After turning down Jack's drink offer, Jimbo went to fraternize with the players who were grouped around the pool table.
=aside= Fran
Thanks for the cue clue.
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After turning down Jack's drink offer, Jimbo went to fraternize with the players who were huddling around the pool table.
=aside= Fran and Paul
Thanks.
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After Jimbo left to fraternize with the players huddling around the pool table, Jack responded irritably when the bartender asked if he had ever tried calf roping.
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After turning down Jack's drink offer, Jimbo went to fraternize with the players who were loitering around the pool table.
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After turning down Jack's drink offer, Jimbo went to mingle with the players who were huddling around the pool table.
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After Jimbo turned down his offer of a beer, Jack was nettled when the bartender asked him if he'd ever tried calf roping.
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After Jimbo walked over to the pool table, the bartender, who had overheard everything, asked Jack if he had ever tried calf roping.
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After turning down Jack's drink offer, Jimbo went to join a group of pool players' conversation.
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After Jimbo left to fraternize with the players huddling around the pool table, Jack responded irritably when the bartender asked if he had ever roped a calf.
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After Jimbo left to fraternize with the players huddling around the pool table, Jack responded irritably--but he hoped he didn't sneer--when the bartender asked if he had ever roped a calf.
=comment=
I have Paul at my side and he gave me the courage to try to actually play an entry in this game!
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Jack's seduction tactics failed him when he attempted to pick up Jimbo.
=aside= Leslie
Welcome, welcome, welcome. I am so glad you decided
to join us. I think you're a natural for this game. Kudos
to Paul for encouraging you to play.
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
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When Jack's seduction tactics failed, Jimbo became unfriendly.
=reminder=
Next up is "W".
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When Jimbo became unfriendly, Jack waffled a bit, wondering what to do next.
=aside=Fran and others
Thanks for the warm welcome! Hopefully I'll get the hang of this....
L
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Round 655!
Keep those matin' calls alive!
(http://subjunctive.net/photoblog/2003/peacock-wooing-peahen.jpg)
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Luckily for Ennis, Cassie didn't want to dance anymore because her feet hurt.
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Cassie's seduction tactics included going braless under her gold tube top.
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Ennis clasped Cassie's hand uncomfortably as she led him to the dance floor.
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Jimbo declines Jack's offer to buy him a beer:
"No thanks, cowboy. If I was to let every rodeo hand I pulled a bull off of buy me liquor, I'd been an alcoholic long ago...."
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Cassie tried to encourage Ennis to give her a foot rub.
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Ennis was a little put out by the way Cassie foisted her attention--and herself--on him.
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Cassie takes Ennis by the finger and guides him to the dance floor.
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Cassie shook her hips as well as the "funk out of her ass" while on the dance floor with Ennis.
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Ennis was quietly irate with the act that Cassie was putting on on the dance floor.
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Cassie shook her hips and lilted her head while on the dance floor with Ennis
=aside= Leslie
Welcome to the game. It's great to have you as a player. You're getting to be quite a pro.
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Cassie put her bare feet in Ennis's lap, hoping he'd give her a foot massage.
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Ennis was uncomfortable to the nth degree with having Cassie's feet in his lap.
=aside=Sandy
Thanks for the welcome! We'll see how much of a pro I am when I don't have Paul right at my side.
PS...nth is in dictionary.com. Is that what I need to do for verification?
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While Ennis had been castrating calves, Cassie was operating on roping Ennis.
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Cassie wrinkled up her nose when Ennis said the words "castratin' calves"; she was clearly not interested in hearing any of the particulars.
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Because he went to the bar right after work, not stopping for a shower (since he wasn't planning on meeting anyone) Ennis reeked of cow-dung and sweat.
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Cassie steered Ennis away from the men's room and onto the dance floor.
=aside= Leslie
As long as the word is in at least one dictionary, it's fine.
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Earlier, Lureen had been one of the throng of rodeo spectators observing Jack's winning ride.
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Not concerned about Ennis's bladder, Cassie grabbed him and walked unimpeded toward the dance floor.
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Ennis could see that Cassie's beverage of choice came from a winery.
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Round 656!
Let's Get Down to Basics!
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Still More Matin' Calls and Foot Rubs
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Lureen smiled attractively and asked Jack, "What are you waiting for, cowboy... a matin' call?"
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"What are you doin'?" Ennis asked bewilderingly after Cassie stuck her bare feet in his lap.
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The red and white cowgirl shirt that Lureen wore in the bar was crisply ironed.
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In LD's backseat, Lureen divulged her interest in Jack, among other things.
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Hopeful that Ennis will agree to give her a foot rub, Cassie removes her left espadrille and then her right one.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/cassie.jpg)
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Jack flopped on his back in the backseat of LD's car.
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Cassie was gyrating her hips as well as shaking the "funk out of her ass" while on the dance floor with Ennis.
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Cassie used her hips' gyration to shake the "funk out of her ass" while on the dance floor with Ennis.
=aside= Sandy
Funky!
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Cassie tried to look like she was having an immensely good time while she gyrated her hips and shook the "funk out of her ass" on the dance floor with Ennis.
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Lureen succeeded in finding a dimly lighted, secluded place where she could be alone with Jack.
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Lureen's hasty unveiling of her mammary glands on her first date with Jack was a memorable lesson in human anatomy.
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Ennis tried to maintain an air of normalcy in the face of Cassie's gyrating and shaking maneuvers.
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In LD's backseat, Lureen provided an obverse view of her upper frontals for Jack to observe.
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Her shift over, Cassie introduced herself to a patron of the bar and invited him out on the dance floor.
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When Jack flopped on his back in the backseat of LD's car, he was in a recumbent position.
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Both Lureen and Cassie strode confidently across the barroom floor and into their respective cowboy's life.
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When Jack offered to buy him a beer, Jimbo was no longer thirsty.
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The upshot of the encounters for Lureen and Cassie: Lureen got married, and Cassie got dumped.
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Cassie takes hold of one of one of Ennis's fingers and whisks him off to the dance floor before he has a chance to say no.
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Round Six-Fifty-Seven
Is now underway.
The new theme is places,
So start posting away!
Posts will contain the name of a specific place relative to
mentioned in the story or film version of Brokeback Mountain.*
*Places include cities, states, or locations
such as Brokeback Mountain, Ennis's trailer, the post office, etc.
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Brokeback Mountain was filmed in the province of Alberta, named after Queen Victoria's fourth daughter, Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll.
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The Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming were one of Jack and Ennis's favorite camping spots.
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Wondering what was up with her boyfriend, Cassie cruised by Ennis's trailer and left notes.
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The famous apple pie scene between Ennis and Cassie took place in the real bus depot in Fort MacLeod, Alberta. It's known as the "Java Shop" and, sadly, it closed recently.
If you can't have apple pie, perhaps you can have toast. I miss my Toast:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v6cIqFeGpg[/youtube]
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Lightning Flat was in the eastern corner of Wyoming; specifically, the northeastern corner.
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Ennis gave Alma a flimsy excuse as to why Jack didn't come inside for coffee: "He's from Texas."
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Jack didn't hold any grudges against Ennis for the punch he gave him before they came down from Brokeback.
=aside= Paul
Love the Toast video.
=aside= Fran
Great idea for a round.
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When Ennis came upon the bear up on Brokeback, he wished the bear was still hibernating, not roaring at him.
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Over many years, Jack made the long trip from Childress, Texas, to Riverton, Wyoming, numerous times, logging in thousands of miles on the interstate.
=aside=Leslie
Glad to have you in the game :)
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Over 20 years, Jack made the long trip from Childress, Texas, to Riverton, Wyoming, many times, logging in thousands of miles on the interstate.
=aside= Meryl
I'd go the distance for you!
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Jack would have made the long drive from Childress to Riverton on a monthly basis, if it meant he could be with Ennis.
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Lightning Flat, where Jack grew up, was in the northeastern corner of Wyoming.
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While in Juarez, Mexico, Jack walks by a red, octagon-shaped sign that says "alto," the Spanish word for "stop."
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/ALTO3.jpg)
=aside= Toast
¿Qué pasa, mi amigo? Te extraño
muchísimo.
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The first time Jack made his long drive from Childress to Riverton, he was driving a red pickup truck with pneumatic tires.
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Over 20 years, Jack made the long trip from Childress, Texas, to Riverton, Wyoming, many times, raking up thousands of miles on the interstate.
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Something sags a little in Alma Jr. when she hears her father say that he's supposed to be on a roundup over near the Tetons on her wedding day.
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Jack's drive from Childress to Riverton, in the red pickup truck with pneumatic tires, is time-consuming.
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After mentioning the roundup near the Tetons, Ennis changes his mind and uncorks Cassie's stale wine to celebrate Alma and Kurt impending wedding.
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Sitting around the campfire with Jack up on Brokeback Mountain, Ennis lets it be known that he won't be wifeless for much longer:
"Me and Alma, we'll be gettin' married when I come down off this mountain."
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Chapter 658!!
Travelling on the Interstate(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Chapter14/011935M.jpg)
More Locations
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While in Juarez, Mexico, Jack looked for activities that aren't in guide books.
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There is no evidence that Jack bartered with the man that he met and walked away with in the alley in Juarez.
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While drinking beer at a bar in Signal, Jack told Ennis that 42 of Aguirre's sheep had been casualties of lightning strikes the previous summer.
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One of Dubois' food establishments was suspected of contributing to gut cramps.
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The ethnic makeup of Juarez was mostly Hispanic.
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Although minimal words were exchanged, the feedback that Jack received from the young man in the alley in Juarez was positive, and thus, they walked away together.
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Jack and Ennis had a glorious time reconnecting at the Motel Siesta.
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On Brokeback Jack sang “Water-Walking Jesus,” which set off distant coyote howls.
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Brokeback Mountain is in Wyoming, which borders the state of Idaho on its western edge.
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Ennis, who grew up around Sage, Wyoming, was longsighted "enough to dislike reading anything except Hamley's saddle catalogs."
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Per the story, Ennis's parents had taken out more than one mortgage on the ranch in Sage, WY. Two, in fact.
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In Wyoming, in the summer, the night air was nippy on Brokeback and Ennis was audibly shivering; hearing this, Jack invited him to sleep in the tent.
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LaShawn outtalked everyone at the table at the Childress Benefit Dinner.
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To Lashawn, there couldn't have been a pokier place than Childress.
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After saying goodbye to Jack at the end of their summer on Brokeback, Ennis found himself retching miserably in a nondescript alley in Signal.
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Jack's invitation to sleep in the tent was a sensible one, given the nippy night air up on Brokeback.
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Filled with sorrow and bitterness after the post-divorce mix-up, Jack started trekking south of the border.
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At the Motel Siesta, story Ennis told Jack about Earl's ultraviolent murder and how he had been taken by his father to view the poor man's corpse.
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Ennis stood up woozily as he acceded to Jack's suggestion to come sleep in the tent, and get out of the nippy night air up on Brokeback.
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Round 659!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LightningFlat/NDVD_1843.jpg)
Image courtesy of Toast
Even More Places and Destinations
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After trekking south of the border, Jack sadly perused the alleys of Juarez, looking for the one with the peso-driven prostitutes.
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"In May of 1983 they spent a few cold days at a series of little icebound, no-name high lakes, then worked across into the Hail Strew River drainage." "Jack and Ennis passed a joint back and forth, the fire burning late, Jack restless and bitching about the cold, poking the flames with a stick, twisting the dial of the transistor radio until the batteries died."
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What Jack remembered and craved in a way he could neither help nor understand was the time that distant summer on Brokeback when Ennis had come up behind him and pulled him close, the silent embrace satisfying some shared and sexless hunger.
They had stood that way for a long time in front of the fire, its burning tossing ruddy chunks of light, the shadow of their bodies a single column against the rock. The minutes ticked by from the round watch in Ennis's pocket, from the sticks in the fire settling into coals. Stars bit through the wavy heat layers above the fire. Ennis's breath came slow and quiet, he hummed, rocked a little in the sparklight and Jack leaned against the steady heartbeat, the vibrations of the humming like faint electricity....
[story]
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"In May of 1983 they spent a few cold days at a series of little icebound, no-name high lakes, then worked across into the Hail Strew River drainage."
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At the Childress Rodeo grounds, Lureen entices Jack into the backseat.
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"Del Mar divorce granted, this 6th day of November, 1975," said the judge in the Wyoming courtroom, finalizing the dissolution of Ennis and Alma's marriage.
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"In May of 1983 they spent a few cold days at a series of little icebound, no-name high lakes, then worked across into the Hail Strew River drainage."
"The horses drank and Jack dismounted, scooped icy water up in his hand, crystalline drops falling from his fingers," his mouth and chin glistened with wet.
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In Signal, "A dust plume rises and hazes the air with fine grit."
(from the screenplay, p. 27)
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After their parents are killed in a vehicular accident, Ennis and his older brother and sister inherit twenty-four dollars in cash and a two-mortgage ranch close to Sage, Wyoming.
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Over the years, Jack logged thousands of miles on the interstate during the many long trips from Childress, Texas, to Riverton, Wyoming.
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
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One would be able to find ketchup, mustard, and mayonnaise in the condiments aisle in Monroe's grocery store in Riverton, WY.
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When Ennis brings the girls to Monroe's grocery store, baby Jenny is wearing a fleece jacket with a nondetachable hood.
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Ennis was the sole occupant of a "nearly-empty trailer, an homage to plains life minimalism" in Riverton.
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At Monroe's grocery store, the jars of peanuts were stacked in a precise arrangement on the shelf at the end of the condiments aisle.
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A highway mileage sign reflects that Jack is 68 miles from Juarez, a Mexican city located on the Rio Grande.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/012217M.jpg)
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Filled with sorrow and bitterness after the post-divorce mix-up, Jack started straying south of the border.
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Filled with sorrow and bitterness after the post-divorce mix-up, Jack started straying south to Texas's border with Mexico.
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On the outskirts of Riverton, Ennis worked on a road crew with Timmy, smoothing the uneven hot tar with a rake.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h243/lnicoll/Maine/BM_0577.jpg)
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At the trailhead to Brokeback Mountain, the Basque warned Ennis about letting the sheep stray and about ordering soup:
"Don't let 'em stray. Joe'll have your ass, if you do. Only thing, don't never order soup. Them soup boxes are hard to pack."
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Round 660!(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ledger_williams_brokeback_mountain.jpg)
The "I Do" RoundPosts will include an unplayed word as well as
some form of the word "do"
(do, does, did, doing, don't, doesn't, didn't, done)
or, in the alternative,
a word that starts with "d-o-," such as "door" or "doubt."
Please remember that speculation is NOT allowed;
we're talking about what is or what was, not what might have been.
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The attendants of the wedding chuckled uncomfortably at the minister's attempt to lighten the mood - "You may kiss the bride. If you don't, I will."
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Lureen said, "Bobby if you don't eat your dinner, I'm gonna have to turn off that television," looking at the bowlful of food on the table in front of her son.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h243/lnicoll/Maine/BM_1055.jpg)
(screenplay, p. 65)
=aside=Elomelo
Welcome! I'm a fairly new player too...just active this past week. Good to have you here.
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After Aguirre made it clear what they could and could not do up on Brokeback, Jack and Ennis headed to a bar and started chugging beer.
=aside=Elomelo
Welcome to the game. A most impressive attempt.
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Discouraged when Ennis doesn't have any interest in attending Saturday night's church social, Alma says, "I think it'd be nice."
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/alma.jpg)
=aside= elemelo, et al.
Just when I was thinking the new theme
was a dud, elemelo shows up and posts
"attempt," making my night. Well done,
elemelo!
:)
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Jack sings along with the radio in his truck, "Old worn out suit and shoes, I don't pay no union dues," his arms moving in time with the music in exaggerated gestures.
(screenplay, p. 61)
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While Lashawn continued her frivolous chatter, she and Jack danced to Teddy Thompson singing "I Don't Want to Say Goodbye".
=aside Fran
Don't be blue; this round ain't no dud!
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"You don't think I'm too fast, do you?" asks Lureen, while making goo-goo eyes at Jack.
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"That foreman, he owes me," said Ennis heatedly, donning his hat as he rushed out the door.
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After Ennis said: "He's from Texas", Alma asked inquisitively: "Texans don't drink coffee?"
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In the kitchen, when Alma lobs accusations of non-angling activity, Ennis responds, "Don't mean nothin'."
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As the del Mars look for a place to sit at the Fourth of July celebration, Ennis suggests they move closer, but Alma disagrees, saying, "Let's don't, Jenny'll get scared."
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"Then why don't you? Why don't you let me be? It's because of you, Jack, that I'm like this. I'm nothin'. I'm nowhere," said Ennis, speaking aloud the noxious thoughts that had clouded his mind.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h243/lnicoll/Maine/BM_1243.jpg)
(screenplay, p. 83)
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When Jack obliges Lashawn with an offer to dance, she replies, "Thank you for askin' me to dance; Randall never does."
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Jack's mother asked Ennis pleasantly: “Want some coffee, don’t you? Piece a cherry cake?”
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While at the Motel Siesta, story Ennis inquired, "You do it with other guys? Jack?" Jack replied, "Shit no."
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"...that dozy embrace solidified in his memory as the single moment of artless, charmed happiness in their separate and difficult lives."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h243/lnicoll/Maine/BM_1277.jpg)
(screenplay, p. 84)
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Jack didn't know where Ennis was living after his divorce, so he had to ask about ten different townspeople for directions.
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At the beginning of TS1, Ennis delivers a line that is practically unintelligible: "What are you doin'?"
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Biker #1 did say, "Woooeee...look at this crowd!"
(screenplay, p. 36)
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Round 661!
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A Continuation of the "I Do" Theme
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Down in Texas Jack's father-in-law died and Lureen, who inherited the farm equipment business, showed a skill for management and hard deals. Jack found himself with a vague managerial title, traveling to stock and agricultural machinery shows. He had some money now and found ways to spend it on his buying trips. A little Texas accent flavored his sentences, "cow" twisted into "kyow" and "wife" coming out as "waf." He'd had his front teeth filed down and capped, said he'd felt no pain, and to finish the job grew a heavy mustache.
[story]
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At Thanksgiving dinner, Jack Twist and his father-in-law bicker over what to do about Bobby's preference for watching football on TV instead of eating his meal.
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Aguirre said, "Ain't much you can do down there neither. Not unless you can cure pneumonia."
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The disagreement between Jack and LD about what should be done with the TV was much ado about nothing.
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The minister encourages Ennis to kiss the bride by saying: "You may kiss the bride. If you don't, I will."
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Jack said, "I don't know. I don't know what the Pentecost is...Mama never explained it. I guess it's when the world ends and fellas like you and me march off to hell."
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After Cassie asked, "What do you do, Ennis del Mar?" Ennis told her that he had been gelding calves earlier that day.
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The spat between the stud duck and Jack raised some hackles, especially when L.D. remarked to Lureen, "Hell, we don't eat with our eyes. You want your son to grow up to be a man, don't you, daughter?"
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LD instigates the stud duck spat with Jack when he turns on the TV, saying, "Hell, we don't eat with our eyes. You want your son to grow up to be a man, don't you, daughter?"
=aside= Meryl
Thanks.
Hey, aren't those Jensen's hAckles? ;)
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During the dozy embrace, Ennis, dredging up a phrase from a long-ago memory, says to Jack, "Come on now, you're sleepin' on your feet like a horse."
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Jack watches Ennis leave, mesmerized by his memory of the dozy embrace.
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The dozy embrace served to nourish Jack's memory.
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Jack's memory of the dozy embrace outlasted the hard times between Ennis and himself.
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INT: TEXAS: NEWSOME FARM AND RANCH: DAY: 1969:
Two dour FARMERS are watching JACK demonstrate a fancy air-
conditioned tractor.
JACK, who can drive anything, is doing a fine job of putting
the tractor through its paces, but there's an air of boyish
inanity about him. LUREEN, sales binders in hand, passes
behind the farmers as they exchange glances.
FARMER #1
Didn't that piss-ant used to ride the
bulls?
FARMER #2
He used to try....
[screenplay]
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In response to Ennis's question, "You got a better idea?" Jack remarked, "I did, once."
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When Alma suggests that Ennis take precautions when making love to her, "he said no to that, said he would be happy to leave her alone if she didn’t want any more of his kids."
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Joe Aguirre doesn't waste time asking Ennis if he has a timepiece; instead, he just takes out a cheap watch, sets it, and tosses it in Ennis's direction.
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As Ennis dashed out of the tent he unfurled the blanket and wrapped it around his shoulders; he gasped in amazement as he didn't expect to see snow on the ground on this August morning.
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As Ennis dashed out of the tent he saw fit to wrap the blanket around his shoulders; he gasped in amazement as he didn't expect to see snow on the ground on this August morning.
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Round 662!
I do! I do! I do!
More doing and don'ting...
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As Ennis dashed out of the tent he unfurled the blanket and wrapped it around his shoulders; he gasped in amazement as he didn't expect to see snow on the ground on this August morning.
=aside= Leslie and Paul
Thanks.
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While at the Motel Siesta, story Jack tells Ennis, "I ain't no broke-dick rider but I don't got the bucks a ride out this slump I'm in and I don't got the bones a keep gettin' wrecked."
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Part of Ennis died a little and didn't believe what he saw as he looked at the eviscerated coyote the day after his first night with Jack; the carcass was nothing but carrion for the eagles and other raptors that flew over the high altitude of the mountain.
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After Jack shaved his whiskers, he donned his hat and ogled Ennis.
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In response to Cassie's question, "What do you do, Ennis del Mar?" Ennis said that he had been emasculating calves earlier that day.
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Ticked off by Ennis's brusque manner and silly reason for Jack not to come upstairs the morning after the Siesta Motel, Alma made a flippant reply: "Texans don't drink coffee?"
=aside=Paul
Nice pic of Mr. Ackles!
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Jack grooved to the music on the radio in his truck, "Old worn out suit and shoes, I don't pay no union dues."
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"What're you doin'?" Ennis asked Cassie before he heeded her request for a foot rub.
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"I wish I knew how to quit you," is Jack's way of saying to Ennis that he doesn't know how to bridge the impasse in their relationship.
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No longer keeping her suspicions to herself, Alma lashes out at Ennis, saying, "Don't try to fool me no more, Ennis. I know what it means. Jack Twist? Jack Nasty. You didn't go up there to fish. You and him...."
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In her maternalistic way, Ma Twist asked Ennis to come back and see them again, and then led him out the door.
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The lariat that Jack tossed around Ennis's ankles looked like a noose; Ennis didn't respond positively to Jack's attempt to lighten the mood with a playful overture.
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Ennis had his doubts as to whether or not Jack's death was the result of an accidental occurrence.
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“Jack, I got a work. Them earlier days I used a quit the jobs. You got a wife with money, a good job. You forget how it is bein broke all the time. You ever hear a child support? I been payin' out for years and got more to go. Let me tell you, I can’t quit this one. And I can’t get the time off. It was tough gettin this time—some a them late heifers is still calvin. You don’t leave then. You don’t. Scrope is a hell-raiser and he raised hell about me takin the week. I don’t blame him. He probly ain’t got a night’s sleep since I left. The trade-off was August. You got a better idea?”
[story]
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Ennis and Alma moved into Riverton and began renting an apartment over the laundromat; even though Alma had said she could "fix it up real nice," in the movie, it didn't look like she did much in the way of interior decorating.
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"I doubt there's nothin now we can do," said Ennis. "What I'm sayin, Jack, I built a life up in them years. Love my little girls. Alma? It ain't her fault. You got your baby and wife, that place in Texas. You and me can't hardly be decent together if what happened back there" -- he jerked his head in the direction of the apartment -- "grabs on us like that. We do that in the wrong place we'll be dead. There's no reins on this one. It scares the piss out a me."
[story]
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Jack displayed his toothful smile while singing along to "King of the Road": "...old worn-out suit and shoes, I don't pay no union dues..."
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After the Thanksgiving fiasco with Alma, Ennis unburdens himself somewhat to Jack the next time they meet: "You ever get the feelin', I don't know, when you're in town, and someone looks at you, suspicious...like he knows. And then you get out on the pavement, and everyone, lookin' at you, and maybe they all know, too?"
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"Well, you’re goin a go where you look. Army didn’t get you?" The thunder sounded far to the east, moving from them in its red wreaths of light.
[story]
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Round 663!!
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Examples of Anger and Annoyance
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Ennis angrily stormed out the door after Alma spilled the beans about his "fishing trips" with Jack Nasty.
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At first, Ennis brushed off Alma's comments when she asked him why he wasn't getting married again; but then his anger mounted when she confronted him with her knowledge of "Jack Nasty."
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Ennis became enraged when Alma accused him of being carnally involved with Jack Nasty.
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Ennis's anger mounted after Alma defiled Jack's name: "Jack Twist? Jack Nasty."
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Until she lashed out at him, Ennis didn't realize the extent of Alma's knowledge about his relationship with Jack.
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Jack had taken flak from L.D. for years until he threatened to knock his "ignorant ass into next week."
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Ennis took offence when Alma was goading him about Jack Nasty.
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Ennis got so angry when Alma was goading him about Jack Nasty, he came within a hairsbreadth of hitting her.
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After Alma brought up Ennis's "fishing trips", he irately said: "Now you listen to me, you don't know nothin' about it."
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Ennis was red with lividity at being goaded by Alma about his proclivities with Jack Nasty.
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Alma was monopolizing the conversation with her comments about the creel case, her note, and Jack Nasty, until Ennis finally lost his temper and verbally threatened her.
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Even though Alma had prepared supper and left it on the stove and was heading off to work an extra shift at the store, Ennis was nowise pleased.
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During Thanksgiving dinner, Alma was jealous of the outpouring of affection for Ennis from Jenny and Alma Jr.
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Alma had plenteous reasons to be angry that Thanksgiving.
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Alma was righteous in her indignation, as she ran through the list of Ennis's transgressions and sins.
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"You still go fishin with that Jack Twist?"
"Some." He thought she'd take the pattern off the plate with the scraping.
"You know," she said, and from her tone he knew something was coming, "I used to wonder how come you never brought any trouts home. Always said you caught plenty. So one time I got your creel case open the night before you went on one a your little trips -- price tag still on it after five years -- and I tied a note on the end of the line. It said, hello Ennis, bring some fish home, love, Alma. And then you come back and said you'd caught a bunch a browns and ate them up. Remember? I looked in the case when I got a chance and there was my note still tied there and that line hadn't touched water in its life." As though the word "water" had called out its domestic cousin, she twisted the faucet, sluiced the plates.
"That doen't mean nothin."
"Don't lie, don't try to fool me, Ennis. I know what it means. Jack Twist? Jack Nasty. You and him --"
She'd overstepped his line. He seized her wrist; tears sprang and rolled, a dish clattered.
[story]
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After being outed by Alma in the kitchen, Ennis was thunderously mad, and went out into the snow for a quick, dirty fight.
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Alma uniformly cataloged Ennis's sins: the fishing trips, time with Jack Nasty, the creel case--as Ennis's anger mounted.
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The wrath of Jack at the lake when Ennis broke the news that he wouldn't be able to meet in August was rapidly followed by the even greater wrath of Ennis at Jack's admission that he'd been to Mexico.
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Round 664!
He Stormed Out That Door!!
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More Bitterness, Wrath, and Anger
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The wrath of Jack at the lake when Ennis broke the news that he wouldn't be able to meet in August was rapidly followed by the even greater wrath of Ennis at Jack's admission that he'd been to Mexico.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks.
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Jack wasn't going to just stand there and let Ennis berate him for making trips to Mexico or for needing something that he didn't hardly ever get.
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From the Screenplay:
Jack's mother has just invited Ennis to go up to Jack's room which she kept like it was when he was a boy.
...ENNIS sees the closet. Gets up, walks over to it.
A shallow cavity with a wooden rod braced across it, a faded cretonne curtain on a string half-open, closing the closet off from the rest of the room. ....
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At the lake, when Jack lashed out at Ennis in anger and bitterness, Ennis had no difficulty giving it right back to him.
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Alma's biting comments were enraging to Ennis.
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After Alma's biting comments about "Jack Nasty", Ennis furiously stormed out the door.
=aside= winterhug
Welcome to Bettermost and welcome to the game.
Hope to see you again.
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When Alma said she would call for Monroe, her voice became shrill; Ennis's voice in response was grating.
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Ennis doesn't take kindly to the news that Jack has been cavorting with hustlers down in Mexico: "I'm gonna tell you this one time, Jack fuckin' Twist. And I ain't foolin'. What I don't know, all them things that I don't know, could get you killed if I come to know them. I ain't jokin'."
=aside= winterhug
I second Sandy's welcome.
Thanks for joining us!
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At the Lake Scene, Ennis's anger turns to incapacitating sadness.
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Alma used her knowledge of Jack and Ennis's relationship as leverage in her argument, hoping to gain the upper hand.
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When Jack mentions the word Mexico, it takes some time for Ennis to show the full extent of his anger.
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Jack made a point of mentioning his and Ennis's nonidentical sexual needs:
"Count the damn few times we been together in twenty years. Measure the fuckin short leash you keep me on, then ask me about Mexico and then tell me you'll kill me for needin it and not hardly never gettin it. You go no fuckin idea how bad it gets. I'm not you. I can't make it on a couple a high-altitude fucks once or twice a year."
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Overcoming her prior silence on the topic, Alma vented her anger when she told Ennis of the note she had tied to the end of his fishing line.
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At Thanksgiving, Alma and Ennis had different purposes: he was trying not to be a sad daddy, but Alma decided this was the moment to mention Jack Nasty.
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Jack, tired of spending nights in a pup tent that smelled like cat piss or worse, cursed Joe Aguirre for the rapacity that made him bend the Forest Service rules.
def: greed
=aside=winterhug
Welcome!
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"You know," she said, and from her tone he knew something was coming. "I used to wonder how come you never brought any trouts home. Always said you caught plenty. So one time I got your creel case open the night before you went on one a your little trips -- price tag still on it after five years -- and I tied a note on the end of the line. It said, hello Ennis, bring some fish home, love, Alma. And then you come back and said you'd caught a bunch a browns and ate them up. Remember? I looked in the case when I got a chance and there was my note still tied there and that line hadn't touched water in its life." As though the word "water" had called out its domestic cousin, she twisted the faucet, sluiced the plates.
[story]
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The bitterness and anger Jack felt after the post-divorce mixup was the reason he started to traipse around the alleys of Mexico.
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The bikers were unpopular in the crowd of locals and Ennis made sure to let them know that they, with their slop-bucket mouths, were not welcome.
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In the Thanksgiving kitchen, Alma kept up her wounding remarks, and the "Jack Nasty" comment was like rubbing in salt.
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Round 665!
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Posts will include an unplayed word as well as
one of the words found in Alma's note to Ennis.
For ease of play, the note word may be contained in a longer word:
something, Alma's, fishing, handsome
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Orphaned while still a boy, Ennis was accustomed to hard work and privation.
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Alma tied the note to Ennis's fishing line, bound and determined to confirm her suspicions about what went on on his fishing trips with Jack.
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Alma wrote a catchy note to try to catch Ennis, to see if he really went with Jack to catch fish.
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Up on Brokeback, Ennis's reserved demeanor contrasts with Jack's talkative and whiny nature.
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Upon returning home after the first night of their reunion, Alma extended an invitation for Jack to come inside and have some coffee.
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At the end of their last fishing trip, Jack and Ennis fought bitterly, then Ennis fell to his knees and broke down in tears.
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A galvanic reaction occurred while Jack was upstairs in Ennis and Alma's apartment:
“You got a kid?” said Jack. His shaking hand grazed Ennis’s hand, electrical current snapped between them.
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In Monroe's homely little house, Alma confronted Ennis about his fishing trips.
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Alma's instructive note failed to bring home to Ennis his peril in being found out by his wife.
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Ennis's work commitments necessitate lengthening the time between fishing trips.
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Ennis felt that Alma was maligning Jack when she referred to him as "Jack Nasty."
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As they lay down together in the tent, Ennis's hand grazed Jack's nipple.
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Things began to overheat in the kitchen when Alma told Ennis her suspicions about his fishing trips.
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Things began to percolate in the kitchen when Alma told Ennis her suspicions about his fishing trips.
=aside=Paul
Thanks.
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Things began to reverberate in the kitchen when Alma told Ennis her suspicions about his fishing trips.
=aside=Paul, Sandy
Thanks.
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Things simmered in the kitchen just before Alma told Ennis her suspicions about his fishing trips.
=aside=Paul, Sandy, Leslie
;D
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Things got really hot in the kitchen after Alma made a trashy comment about Jack.
=aside=
Happy Easter!
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Up on Brokeback, Ennis was uncharacteristically talkative when he told Jack the story of how he "came to end up here."
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Things got steamy in the kitchen when Alma no longer withholds her suspicions about Ennis's fishing trips.
=aside=
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Round 666!
Bring Home Some Fish!(http://www.elmspuzzles.com/gallery/Brent/trout.jpg)
More Words From Alma's Note
Hello Ennis,
Bring some fish home.
Love, Alma
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Resorting to physical abuse after his ex-wife "overstepped his line," Ennis seized Alma's wrist and gave her "a burning bracelet."
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Ennis boils when Alma brings some heat to the kitchen conversation.
=aside=
Happy Easter?!
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It took many years to bring herself to do it, but in the end Alma proved she was no chicken when it came to fishing for the truth about Ennis's trips with Jack.
=aside=Players
Happy Easter!
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Ennis's discomfort increases when Alma mentions the note that she had tied to his fishing line.
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When Ennis took the shirts from the Twist Ranch and hung them in his closet, they transformed from ephemera into artifacts.
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Alma started becoming suspicious of Ennis when he came home fishless from his "fishing trips."
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While Ennis and Alma were arguing about fishless fishing trips, Monroe was looking gutless in the next room.
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Jack was hewing wood when Joe Aguirre rode up, bringing him some news from Mrs. Twist.
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In Alma's mind, Ennis's creel case, with its unread note and the fishing line that never touched water, was the icon of all that went wrong in their marriage.
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Things got steamy in the kitchen when Alma started lashing out at Ennis about his fishless "fishing trips."
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After Jack's suggestion of moving to Texas, Ennis railed at him, mumping under his breath, "Jack Fuckin' Twist, he's got it all figured out..."
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Ennis inadvertently woke up Jack when his teeth started chattering uncontrollably during the nippiest point of the night.
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As Jack drove north to Ennis's house, divorce postcard in hand, he seemed happy and optimistic about their impending reunion.
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Alma passively allowed Ennis to roll her over and do quickly what she hated.
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Things came to a roiling boil in the kitchen when Alma discussed fishless fishing trips.
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Prior to the roiling boil in the kitchen when Alma discussed fishless fishing trips, tensions simmered and sputtered just below the surface during Thanksgiving dinner.
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Prior to the roiling boil in the kitchen when Alma discussed fishless fishing trips, tensions simmered just below the surface during Thanksgiving dinner.
=aside= Paul and Leslie
Thanks.
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Things get steamy in the kitchen when Alma brings up the matter of the unread note attached to Ennis's unused fishing line.
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Ennis watches Jack as he brings out an old tin cup, peers at himself in the sideview mirror, and proceeds to shave off his whiskers with a battered old razor.
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Round 667!
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Jack's Postcard to Ennis: Part 1
Posts will include an unplayed word
as well as one of the words found
in the first sentence of the postcard:
Friend this letter is long over due.
For ease of play, the postcard word may be part of a longer word:
sister, boyfriend, overshadow
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In his postcard to Ennis, Jack was referring to their longstanding apartness.
=aside=
Anyone else a little disoriented with the change in fora?
I keep overscrolling.
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Ennis's mood brightens considerably at the sight of his fishin' buddy's truck pulling up.
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As Aguirre took a long view of Jack and Ennis through his binoculars, he saw two friends playfully roughhousing, rolling over each other in the dirt, appearing happy and carefree.
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Jack finally, distantly communicates to his long-lost friend.
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While they watched over the sheep, Jack told Ennis that what happened between them was no one else's business but theirs.
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As Aguirre took a long view of Jack and Ennis through his binoculars, he saw two friends freely roughhousing, rolling over each other in the dirt, appearing happy and carefree.
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Jack's postcard to his friend is grammarless in places.
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Height is usually hereditary; Alma Jr. inherited her "beanpole length" from Ennis.
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Watching Jack and Ennis through the long view of his binoculars, Aguirre could have taken on the role of interrupter; instead, he waited until Ennis had ridden away from camp and Jack was alone.
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After receiving the postcard from his long-lost friend, Ennis made up a last-moment fib to tell Alma: "We was fishin' buddies."
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Joe Aguirre maximized security for his herd by having his herder ignore one very specific Forest Service rule.
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Lureen nourishes Bobby from a bottle and is delighted with the two whole boxes of formula from L.D. and Fayette on the day they visited.
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Jack's old black truck, while not quite obsolete, certainly looked like it was long over due for a replacement.
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Jack went down to Texas to pursue his rodeo dreams.
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Jack's old black truck, while not quite obsolete, certainly looked like it was long over due for a replacement.
=aside= Leslie
Great sentence!
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Jack's shabby old black truck, while not quite obsolete, certainly looked like it was long over due for a replacement.
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Ennis thought that he had tricked Alma into thinking that he and his friend Jack were fishing buddies.
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Ennis held his old friend's postcard before his unbelieving eyes and rejoiced inwardly.
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Jack made the long trip from Childress to Riverton in his new pickup truck, one equipped with whitewall tires.
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Round 668!
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Jack's Postcard to Ennis: Part 2
Posts will include an unplayed word
as well as one of the following words:
Coming through on the 24th
For ease of play, the postcard word may be part of a longer word:
among, homecoming, themselves
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With his fancy new red truck and duds, Jack came through on the 24th as an arrivé.
{def: a person who has swiftly gained wealth, status, success, or fame.}
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Jack came through on the 24th in his fancy new red truck, which was definitely brighter and shinier than his old black one.
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After getting hot and bothered from their passionate embrace, Jack and Ennis controlled their emotions in front of Alma.
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Jack comes through on the 24th, delighting Ennis with his presence.
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When Jack came through on the 24th, he stood enticingly close to Ennis on the crowded landing, while Ennis tried to maintain his composure and introduce his old friend to Alma.
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When Jack came through on the 24th, he stood enticingly close to Ennis on the crowded landing, such that electricity could be faintly felt.
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Fayette and L.D. fuss over the new addition to the family with grandparental pride, reveling in the fact that baby Bobby is "the spittin' image of his grandpa."
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When Ennis hesitates to kiss the bride, the minister offers to do it himself.
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When Jack came through on the 24th, he stood enticingly close to Ennis on the crowded landing, while Ennis tried to maintain his composure and introduce his old friend to Alma.
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When Jack came through on the 24th, he stood enticingly close to Ennis , who felt the landing's vibrations from Jack's nerves.
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Jack had married "the prettiest little gal in Childress, Texas," whose father just happened to be a farm-equipment mogul.
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Trying not to look overly interested in Ennis's nudeness, Jack concentrated on peeling the potatoes.
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The odometer on Jack's truck spun through the miles as he headed north to "come through on the 24th."
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Pursuing his dream for a steamy reunion, Jack kept his promise and came through on the 24th.
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After divorcing Ennis, Alma married Monroe and provided him with a ready-made family.
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When Jack came through on the 24th, Alma was shocked by the passionate greeting that Ennis had given him.
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When Jack came through on the 24th, and Alma observed the passionate greeting between Ennis and he, she realized she had no training to deal with this situation.
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Unfortunately, Ennis was never able to unlearn the lesson his father had taught him with regard to poor Earl.
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When Jack came through on the 24th, both his whitewalls and his pearly whites were shining.
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Round 669!
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Jack's Postcard to Ennis: Part 3
Posts will include an unplayed word
as well as one of the following words:
Drop me a line
For ease of play, the postcard word may be part of a longer word:
mean, linear, about
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After she "overstepped his line," Ennis treated Alma abusively by seizing her wrist and giving her "a burning bracelet."
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"Here she comes, ladies and gentlemen, look at her fly," says the announcer as Lureen, on a fine, expensive quarter horse, runs the barrels at the rodeo.
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Ennis responded to Jack's request to drop him a line by sending his two-word card: "you bet".
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The last time they were together before the reunion, Jack felt that Ennis was distancing himself from him.
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When Ennis asked Jack about the Army, Jack said, "Too busted up." In other words, he didn't meet basic eligibility criteria for induction.
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Jack confronts Ennis about the futility of their situation:
"Tell you what, we could of had a good life together, a fuckin' real good life, had us a place of our own. But you didn't want it, Ennis, so what we got now is Brokeback Mountain. Everything built on that. It's all we got, boy, fuckin' all, so I hope you know that if you don't never know the rest. You count the damn few times we've been together in nearly twenty years. Measure the fuckin' short leash you keep me on, then ask me about Mexico and then tell me you'll kill me for needin' somethin' I don't never hardly get. You got no idea how bad it gets. And I'm not you. I can't make it on a couple of high-altitude fucks once or twice a year. You are too much for me, Ennis, you son of a whoreson bitch. I wish I knew how to quit you."
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A spark gleamed in Ennis' eye when he said to Jack: "You may be a sinner, but I haven't had the opportunity."
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When he dropped in on Joe Aguirre in 1964, Jack didn't realize that he had a snowball in hell's chance of getting rehired.
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Jack dropped in on Joe Aguirre in 1964 to make an inquiry about a job and to find out if Ennis had been around.
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Alma got an eyeful when she opened the apartment door and discovered Ennis and Jack locking lips in the stairwell.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks.
=aside= players
I'm heading to where it's warm for a few days.
I just may drop you a line.
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After Ennis read Jack's postcard with the request, "Drop me a line," it didn't take much in the way of mental machinations for him to compose the two word reply, "You bet."
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Story Ennis wore worn boots, jeans, and shirts summer and winter but added a canvas coat in nippier weather.
=aside= Sandy
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Have a great trip.
We'll miss you.
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For Ennis to respond to Jack's request to drop me a line, a simple outlay of the cost of a postcard was all it took.
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Sharing quiet post-coital moments at the Siesta Motel, Ennis is pensive when he says, "I doubt there's nothin' we can do. I'm stuck with what I got here."
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Joe Aguirre took the time to ride up to Brokeback Mountain to relay the news about Uncle Harold's medical condition.
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Ennis dropped the ball when he ignored Cassie, the sender of notes.
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At their reunion, there was a tingle of excitement in the air between Jack and Ennis.
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In an attempt to lighten the mood, Ennis exaggerates how untraveled he is:
"Hell, Jack, you know me. 'Bout all the travelin' I ever done is goin' around the coffeepot, lookin' for the handle."
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Ennis was wallowing in sadness, sitting on the grassy knoll, when Jack approached: "Time to get goin', cowboy."
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Round 670!
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Jack's Postcard to Ennis: Part 4
Posts will include an unplayed word
as well as one of the following words:
say if your there
Jack
For ease of play, the postcard word may be part of a longer word:
saying, yourself, thereabout
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At the Siesta, when Jack suggested they take a few days to go fishing in the mountains, Ennis was not averse to the idea.
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Jack ended up marrying a brash rodeo queen named Lureen Newsome.
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Jack chanted "Water-Walkin' Jesus" in a meditative pose.
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For the first few years that he was married, Ennis dutifully played the role of husband and father, saying and doing what was expected of him.
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Ennis said emptily, "It's because of you, Jack, I'm like this. I'm nothin'. I'm nowhere."
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Jack replied to Ennis with flippancy, "pretty good with a can opener."
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At the reunion, Ennis grabbed Jack and kissed him passionately, leaving him gasping there at the bottom of the stairs while he went up to rejoin Alma.
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Out of all the eligible guys in Childress, Lureen handpicks Jack.
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Alma used the time when they were alone in the kitchen to interrogate Ennis about his marriage plans and his relationship with Jack.
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"You seen this?" Jack asked after Ennis told him of the luridness of Earl's story.
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After Ennis killed the elk, Jack was concerned about getting caught with evidence of their misdeed:
"Let's get a move on. Don't want the Game and Fish to catch us with no elk."
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_0424.jpg)
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Jack navigated his way to Ennis's line cabin by asking ten different people in Riverton where Ennis was living.
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A bit of an aside, but ment to send positive energy Paul's way today as he sloggs thru it:
Paul wished either Jack or Ennis was there to OPEN the door for him so he didn't have to sit down a big box of stuff.
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On his post-divorce journey, Jack's feelings oscillated from delight to despair.
=aside= Truman
Thanks for the wishes. I wouldn't mind having Jack or Ennis around during my move! My stuff sure don't fit in a paper bag or a sugar sack LOL.
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Before Jack got there, story Ennis was pacing back and forth and "looking down into a street pale with dust" while Alma "was saying something about taking his friend to the Knife & Fork for supper."
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After shooting the elk, Ennis falls back from the ricochet motion of the gun, while Jack slaps him on the back and says "Oooeee!"
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After shooting the elk, Ennis falls back from the recoil of the gun, while Jack slaps him on the back and says "Oooeee!"
=aside= Leslie
Thanks.
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Ennis says goodbye to Alma Jr. and then waits as she moves past the thick-set hedges, down the private walkway, and up the wooden stairway leading to the front door of her house.
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After many years of holding her tongue, Alma, feeling relatively safe with her new husband in the next room, undertakes to get the truth from Ennis about his trips with Jack Twist:
"I looked in the case first chance I got and there was my note still tied there....Don't try to fool me no more, Ennis, I know what it means. Jack Twist? Jack Nasty. You didn't go up there to fish."
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Ennis says goodbye to Alma Jr. and then waits as she moves past the thick-set hedges, down the private walkway, and up the wooden stairway leading to the front door of her house.
=aside= Players
Happy April Fool's Day!
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Round 671!
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Another Postcard for Ennis: Part 1
Posts will include an unplayed word
as well as one of the following words:
Ennis, see you in a couple weeks....
For ease of play, the postcard word may be part of a longer word:
seem, rein, original
And, because it's April Fools' Day, let's play the alphabet in reverse order:
W U T S R P O N M L I H G F E D C B A
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Consuming too much whiskey next to the fire with Jack left Ennis feeling woozy and confused.
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Story Jack told Ennis that his father-in-law was ungenerous, even towards his own daughter:
"Lureen? There's some serious money there. Her old man's got it. Got this farm-machinery business. Course he don't let her have none a the money, and he hates my fuckin guts...."
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Alma read Ennis's postcard with a twinge of fear and loathing.
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After reading, "Ennis, see you in a couple weeks," Ennis looks forward to seeing Jack.
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When Alma Jr. was nine and Francine seven, Alma reassessed her life and decided that she would be better off without Ennis in it.
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In his postcard to Ennis , Jack was plotting their next escapade.
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Timmy's obtuseness, coupled with a chatty nature, made him a rather trying companion for Ennis during the summer weeks working on the county roads.
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Ennis had wanted to be a sophomore -- he felt the word carried a kind of distinction -- but he never got further than the ninth grade.
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Ennis was a quiet and close-mouthed man, not given to alot of malarkey and idle chatter, unlike his more outgoing friend Jack.
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Knowing it portends another "fishing trip", Alma loathes seeing Jack's latest postcard to Ennis.
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Ennis is a quiet and close-mouthed man, not given to a lot of malarkey and idle chatter, unlike his more outgoing friend Jack.
=aside= Leslie
Thanks.
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Ennis's comment about a "low startle point" was made in reference to the high-strung temperament of Jack's horse.
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Ennis suffered a gut-wrenching reaction as he was leaving Signal.
=aside= Fran
Thanks for the well wishes.
=aside= players
It's good to be back, even if things seem upside down.
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No doubt about it, Lureen, a sexually forthright rodeo queen, was definitely in a hurry that night.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_1793.jpg)
=aside= Sandy
Welcome back!!!
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When Ennis and Jack are told to come down from Brokeback a few weeks early, Ennis is angry that he won't receive his earnings for the month.
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Feeling downhearted after a disappointing visit with Ennis, Jack headed down to Mexico.
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Jack, disappointed after his visit with Ennis, played the cad and headed down to Mexico.
=aside= Sandy
Welcome back; a few things have changed lately.
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When Ennis was camp cook up on Brokeback Mountain, he used the salt shaker liberally, trying to counteract the bland taste of the food.
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While sitting astraddle a horse with a low startle point, Jack tells Ennis, "I doubt there's a filly that can throw me."
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Round 672!
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Another Postcard for Ennis: Part 2
Posts will include an unplayed word
as well as one of the following words:
...fish should be jumping. Jack
For ease of play, the postcard word may be part of a longer word:
fishing, hellbent, shellfish
Don't let the word "should" throw you. Speculation is not allowed.
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Ennis attempted to downplay Alma's remark about her note still being tied to his fishing line when he said: "That don't mean nothin', Alma."
=aside= Elaine and Patrick
Thanks.
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"Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed" would not be an accurate description of Ennis on the morning after his first night with Jack in the tent.
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The stamp on Jack's postcard to Ennis -- the one bearing the message "See you in a couple weeks... fish should be jumping" -- had a postal value of six cents.
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Alma discovered that Ennis's fishing line was untouched by water and by Ennis.
=aside= Sir William
The tattoo is great!
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Jack sent postcards to Ennis to announce their not-often "fishing" engagements.
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In Alma's estimation of the situation, the jumping fish that Jack and Ennis never caught were never fried in a frypan.
=aside=Jude Quinn
Thank you! I love it!
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Jack didn't want Wyoming Game and Fish, a governmental agency, to catch Ennis and him with the dead elk.
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By witnessing the reunion kiss, Alma, who was hitherto unaware of Ennis's feelings for Jack, began fishing for clues.
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It slowly dawned on Alma that, improbable as it seemed, Jack and Ennis's fishing trips had very little to do with fishing.
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Lumberjack-style shirts appear to be the uniform of the day for two members of the road crew.
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Jack masked his sorrow when he realized that he had misinterpreted the meaning of the post-divorce postcard.
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Leslie Nicoll, known by the nickname MaineWriter (and today, Sir William Thatcher), likes to imagine salacious details of Jack and Ennis's fishing trips, especially the trips where the the fish are jumping.
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During the introductions outside of Joe Aguirre's trailer, Ennis clasped Jack's outstretched hand.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_0137.jpg)
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Alma is fishing for meaning in the postcard's fishy content.
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In the evenings, by the campfire, Jack regaled Ennis by playing his harmonica, telling jokes, and singing off key.
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A six-cent stamp was affixed to the postcard bearing the message: "See you in a couple weeks... fish should be jumping."
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2408.jpg)
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Because Ennis had a tendency to quit jobs, he had to tighten his belt, except for when he was on was of his fishing trips with Jack.
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After reading the fishy postcard, Alma unaccountably plops it back on the kitchen table.
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Jack married into a well-fixed family.
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Round 673!
The Hot or Cold Round
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Posts will include an unplayed word
as well as the word "hot" or "cold."
For ease of play, the "hot" or "cold"
may be contained in longer words:
hottest, shot, colder, scolded
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Ennis was attempting to come in from the cold, when he staggered into the tent and reclined next to Jack.
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When Alma wanted to smarten up and go to the church social, Ennis gave her the cold shoulder, as he was more interested in beers and Kojak.
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Much to Alma's dismay, Ennis became hotheaded and confrontational after the bikers ignored his request to keep it down.
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On a cold, dark night up on Brokeback, Jack and Ennis debated the merits of rodeoing and "ridin' some piece a stock for eight seconds."
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Ennis took things to extremes by giving Alma a "burning bracelet" after she had scolded him about his "fishing trips."
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Ennis's father's head is deliberately out of frame in the Earl scene, which was shot in Dorothy, Alberta.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2314.jpg) (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2316.jpg)
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Jack wet his bandana in the hot water in the pot and then touched it to the cut on Ennis's forehead, while Ennis took a big gulp from the bottle of whiskey.
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Ennis and Jack tended the secret of their passion for each other like a hothouse flower, its fragility making it all the more precious.
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At the Fourth of July celebration, two ill-bred bikers were making lewd comments within earshot of the del Mar family.
def. = rude; impolite
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_1656.jpg)
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Ennis lazied around all day, smoking and drinking cold beer, waiting for Jack to show up for their reunion.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_457.jpg)
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As they forded the cold mountain stream, Ennis was riding a dark mahogany brown horse.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h243/lnicoll/Maine/BM_1112.jpg)
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Earl's cold-blooded murder was motivated by certain individuals' nonacceptance of his relationship with Rich.
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Ennis outperformed Jack at marksmanship, as evidenced when he killed the elk with one shot.
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A cold, snowy morning on Brokeback portended the future for Jack and Ennis, both in the short- and long-term.
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Ennis used Earl's cold-blooded murder as his rationale for denying himself a "sweet life" with Jack.
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Only a short time into his renewed affair with Jack, Ennis considered himself a seasoned liar, not realizing that Alma had seen what she had seen and looked on his fabrications with a cold eye.
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On the third morning there were the clouds Ennis had expected, a gray racer out of the West, a bar of darkness driving wind before it and small flakes. It faded after an hour into tender spring snow that heaped wet and heavy. By nightfall it had turned colder. Jack and Ennis passed a joint back and forth, the fire burning late, Jack restless and bitching about the cold, poking the flames with a stick, twisting the dial of the transistor radio until the batteries died.
[story]
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It was a cold, snowy night in November and there was unrest in the kitchen after the Thanksgiving meal.
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With some well-chosen words, Jack takes a shot at convincing Ennis that they belong together: "You know, it could be like this, just like this, always."
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Round 674!
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The "hot or cold" theme continues.
Words containing "hot" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/hot/)
Words containing "cold" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/cold/)
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Jack accommodated Ennis when he was "dizzy drunk on all fours one cold hour when the moon had notched past two", by providing him with an extra blanket so he could "grab forty winks."
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Ennis shot Jack a baleful glare when Jack lassoed Ennis's boots.
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Ennis coldcocked Biker #1 with a powerful kick.
def. = knocked unconscious
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Much to Alma's dismay, Ennis became hotheaded and confrontational after the bikers ignored his request to keep it down.
=aside= Elaine
Thank you. :)
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When Alma realized why she was excluded from socializing with Ennis and his friend Jack, she became cold towards both of them.
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Ennis got hot under the collar when Alma agreed to work as a fill-in at the grocery store because she wouldn't be around to serve him his dinner.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2373.jpg)
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After leaving Aguirre's office, Jack and Ennis went to the closest bar and started gulping down cold beer.
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Ennis hotheadedly called out to Alma to serve dinner.
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After eating the hot turkey dinner, things turned cold in the kitchen when Alma began interrogating Ennis about his affairs with Jack.
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After Ennis scolded him for belittling his life with Alma, Jack decided to put his plans for a 'sweet life' in limbo.
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Lureen's voice was as cold as ice when she told Ennis that she thought Brokeback Mountain might be a made-up place "where the bluebirds sing and there's a whiskey spring."
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Ennis heard Lureen's not-so-warm voice "slip-sliding down the wire"; in fact, it was "cold as snow".
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Even though the bikers outnumbered Ennis, he became hotheaded and confrontational after they ignored his request to keep it down.
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When Jack lassoed Ennis's cowboy boots, he thought it was just a harmless prank; but when Ennis shot him a baleful glare, he realized otherwise.
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At the Fourth of July celebration, two loudmouthed bikers were making raunchy comments within earshot of the del Mar family.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/F__KYou.jpg)
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Lureen's cold-as-snow voice slip-slid down the wire to Ennis's phone booth.
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Come to think, how did you manage the shot of Ennis’ elk? Was it hit with an anesthetic dart?
The elk was shot with a tranquilizer dart on an elk farm.
Interview with Pierre Tremblay,
Brokeback Mountain First Assistant Director (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Interviews/Tremblay/Tremblay.html)
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While hot under the collar, Jack momentarily admits to wanting to end his unshakable connection to Ennis:
"I wish I knew how to quit you."
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"Ennis stands as if heartshot, face gray and deep-lined"...and then he moves woodenly towards Jack, falling to his knees.
(at the lake, the part in quotes is in the screenplay, p. 83)
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Round 675
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One Last Time for Hot and ColdWords containing "hot" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/hot/)
Words containing "cold" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/cold/)
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Jack tried to accommodate Ennis when he was "dizzy drunk on all fours one cold hour when the moon had notched past two", by providing him with an extra blanket so he could "grab forty winks."
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Ennis had reflexively cold-cocked Jack as they tussled before leaving the mountain; the latter left Signal with a black-and blue mark on his face.
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Ennis had reflexively cold-cocked Jack as they tussled before leaving the mountain; the latter left Signal with a black-and-blue contusion on his face.
contusion: bruise
=aside=Elaine
Thanks!
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Things got a little hot under the collar during the tussle, and Ennis doled out a dirty punch.
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Ennis tried to express his feelings about the previous night by saying: "It's a one shot thing we got goin' here."
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Earl's cold-blooded attackers committed a felony.
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Lureen, dressed in white with garish jewelry, gave LaShawn a cold stare at the Childress Benefit Dance.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h243/lnicoll/Maine/BM_1151.jpg)
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Much to Alma's dismay, Ennis became hotheaded and confrontational after they ignored his request to keep it down.
=aside= Elaine
Thanks again.
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Earl's cold-blooded murder was motivated by certain individuals' nonacceptance of his relationship with Rich.
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After bringing down the sheep, Jack and Ennis lazed around smoking while Aguirre scolded them for being "never no good".
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Lureen, dressed in white with garish jewelry, gave LaShawn a cold, mirthless stare at the Childress Benefit Dance.
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Prior to Earl's cold-blooded murder, some busy-bodies in Sage thought that Earl and Rich's relationship was something worth noising about.
def. = to spread (a report, rumor, etc.) about, around, etc.
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L.D. was acting like a big shot at Thanksgiving dinner until Jack outmatched him at his own game.
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During the cold evenings up on Brokeback, Jack listened and slowly pieced together the fragments of Ennis's life, from the bits of information that Ennis reluctantly shared.
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Ennis had reflexively cold-cocked Jack as they tussled before leaving the mountain.
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Feeling cold and bitter after the post-divorce mix-up, Jack strayed south of the border.
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Up in the mountains, summer days are warm, not hot and humid; even so, Jack and Ennis were both shirtless as they teased each other.
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Jack was struck by the unceremoniousness of the coldcocking he received from Ennis.
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Joe Aguirre exited his Rambler, a vehicle equipped with wind-wing windows, and then reached back in to retrieve a thermos of hot coffee.
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Round 676!
The Light or Dark Round
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Posts will include an unplayed word
as well as the word "light" or "dark."For ease of play, the "light" or "dark"
may be contained in longer words.Words that contain "light" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/light/)
Words that contain "dark" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/dark/)
This one's for Toast, wherever he may be.
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Jack and Ennis started to become acquainted after leaving Aguirre's ofifice; "they found a bar and drank beer through the afternoon, Jack telling Ennis about a lightning storm on the mountain the year before that killed forty-two sheep, the peculiar stink of them and the way they bloated, the need for plenty of whiskey up there."
=aside= Elaine
Nice round announcement and a nice tribute to Toast.
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Alma's face blanched as she watched her husband kiss his friend Jack in the bright light of day.
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Alma had a caught-off-guard look on her face when she viewed Ennis kissing Jack in the light of day.
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Jack told Ennis about the time his father had beaten the living daylights out of him for missing the toilet.
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In the dark light of the Siesta Motel, Jack confided in Ennis that he red-lined it to Riverton expressly for one reason: "to get into this again."
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Ennis hurried down the flight of stairs to greet Jack after not seeing him for four years.
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L.D. delighted in belittling his grandson's father.
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In the light of the campfire, Jack and Ennis ate heartily, enjoying the meat of the elk that Ennis had shot.
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Jack told Ennis about the time his father had ill-treated him when he beat the living daylights out of him for missing the toilet.
=aside= Elaine
Thanks.
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Some homophobic, unenlightened people had delighted in making Earl and Rich the laughingstocks of town.
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After TS1, in the light of day, Jack meekly said to Ennis, "See you for supper".
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"They never talked about the sex, let it happen, at first only in the tent at night, then in the full daylight with the hot sun striking down, and at evening in the fire glow, quick, rough, laughing and snorting," hardly noiseless, "but saying not a goddam word except once Ennis said, “I’m not no queer,” and Jack jumped in with “Me neither. A one-shot thing. Nobody’s business but ours.”
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Ennis's mood darkens when he tells Jack about the once-overs he feels the people in town are giving him:
"You ever get the feelin, I don't know, when you're in town, and someone looks at you, suspicious... like he knows, and then you get out on the pavement, and everyone, lookin' at you, and maybe they all know too?"
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An example of the genius of Ang Lee in combining opposites and angles: The darkening mood of the film is expressed perfectly by the perpendicular position of Ennis and Jack on the mountain in broad daylight; their oneness was equally well illustrated later by their parallel position in the dozy embrace by firelight.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/MountainsideDuo.jpg)
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From the dozy embrace scene: "Ennis's breath came slow and quiet, he hummed," rocking "a little in the sparklight and Jack leaned against the steady heartbeat..."
=aside= Meryl
Great observation. Spoken like a true director!
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In the soft light lof the little church, Ennis looked solemn as he and Alma were married.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h243/lnicoll/Maine/BM_0566.jpg)
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Despite the predators and the lightning, more than three-fourths of Joe Aguirre's sheep survived their time on the summer range the previous summer.
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Alma decided to change her plight when she divorced Ennis because of "his disinclination to step out and have any fun, his yearning for low-paid, long-houred ranch work, his propensity to roll to the wall and sleep as soon as he hit the bed," and his unreliability in getting a permanent job.
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In the dark light of the Siesta Motel, Jack asked, "What are we gonna do now?" and Ennis paused before answering, weighing his words carefully.
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Round 677!
The Light or Dark Round Part II
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Posts will include an unplayed word
as well as the word "light" or "dark."
Words that contain "light" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/light/)
Words that contain "dark" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/dark/)
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Lit by the warm fire tossing "ruddy chunks of light," Jack relaxes in Ennis's embrace, standing adoze while "leaning against the steady heartbeat."
def. = in a state of dozing
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An observant poster on IMDb noted the similarities between the Twist home and this painting by Hammershoi, noting how the light bled through the windows to create a distinctive atmosphere.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/InteriorwithaladyHammershoi.jpg)
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Aside=Paul
Thanks! :-*
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After Ennis decided to grab forty winks on the ground cloth and ride out at first light, at Jack's urging, he managed to crawl inside the tent shivering with cold.
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I had a dark moment this morning looking at pictures of Heath on the set; I despaired at seeing pictures of a happy, smiling Ennis. :(
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/Penthesilea06/Heath/cap805.jpg)
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During Jack's first summer working for Joe Aguirre, lightning killed 42 sheep and he thought he'd asphyxiate from the egregious odor.
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After Ennis decided to grab forty winks on the ground cloth and ride out at first light, at Jack's urging, he floundered into the tent shivering with cold.
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For a few weeks up on Brokeback, Ennis was gloriously happy: "Ennis, riding...in the treacherous, drunken light, thought he'd never had such a good time, felt he could paw the white out of the moon."
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Jack arrives in Riverton for the reunion, and a truth comes to light: Ennis still harbors deep feelings for him.
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Ennis became ill-natured when Alma tried to shed some light on his "fishing trips" with Jack.
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Standing at her laundry-laden clothesline in the Wyoming sunlight, Alma smiled at the sight of her young husband's pickup truck coming down the road.
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Sunlight brightens the elder Twists' meagerly adorned kitchen.
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"As it did go. They never talked about the sex, let it happen, at first only in the tent at night, then in the full daylight with the hot sun striking down, and at evening in the fire glow, quick, rough, laughing and snorting, no lack of noises," but a nonadmission of what was happening.
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Sunlight was shining through the windows as the "jolly minister" officiated at Ennis's and Alma's wedding.
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Jack told Ennis about a lightning storm on the mountain the preceding summer that killed 42 sheep.
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Much to their surprise and delight, Jack and Ennis resumed where they had left off at Brokeback four years earlier.
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Up on the mountain, Jack watched the full moon shining down on the sheep while the light from Ennis's campfire beckoned to him over the dark miles.
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Despite the predators and the lightning, more than three-quarters of Joe Aguirre's sheep survived their time on the summer range the previous summer.
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Before Ennis was ready to head back to Signal and Jack up to Lightning Flat, Ennis brought up the subject he had been unready to bring up all week: "that likely he couldn’t get away again until November, after they’d shipped stock and before winter feeding started."
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The whitewash on the walls of the Twist house reflected the sunlight during Ennis's visit.
=aside= Gang
I'm a little preoccupied with moving, so I won't be around too much.
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Round 678!
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In honor of Paul's move, we have:
The "All Work" and "No Play" Round
Posts will include a new word and the word:all, work, no, or play
The specified words may be contained in longer words:calling, housework, piano, playing
Words containing "all" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/all/)
Words containing "work" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/work/)
Words containing "no" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/no/)
Words containing "play" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/play/)
=aside= Paul
You know what they say about all work and no play.
:)
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When Alma said "Jack Nasty" in an acerbic tone, it was clear that she was not playing around about what she meant.
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The boys had boundless energy when they were erotically playing post-TS2.
=aside= Fran
Thanks for the round! I look just like that fellow amongst the boxes LOL.
I'm determined not to be a dull boy!
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The role of Jimbo, the rodeo clown, was played by Tom Carey.
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Once he left Brokeback, Ennis appeared downtrodden throughout the rest of the movie.
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Ennis wanted a sexually exclusive relationship with Jack and was devastated when he found out about Mexico.
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Jack ended up in Childress, Texas, where he worked at Newsome Farm Equipment, a family-owned business.
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While the music played in the background, LaShawn gushed as she told Jack and Lureen all about her new life in Childress with Randall.
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"Jack pulled a squall ing burr out of the harmonica, flattened a little from a fall off the skittish bay mare, and Ennis had a good raspy voice; a few nights they mangled their way through some songs. Ennis knew the salty words to “Strawberry Roan.” Jack tried a Carl Perkins song, bawling “What I say-ay-ay,” , but he favored a sad hymn “Water-Walking Jesus,” which he "sang at dirge slowness" while distant coyotes howled.
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Ennis, afraid that Jack might become infected with some intestinal parasite after he saw him scoop river water up in his hand, "crystalline drops falling from his fingers, his mouth and chin glistening with wet," cautioned him about beaver fever.
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Jack was trying to be anything but a dull boy, as he allowed the blued-eyed limpidity of his gaze to play over Jimbo, but it didn't work.
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After her divorce, Alma married the mild-mannered grocer that she met at the place where she worked.
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The first night in the tent Jack and Ennis needfully lunged at each other and the second night wasn't much different; eventually, their intimacy became more playful.
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Jack told Ennis about his stress fracture, an overuse injury:
"...the arm bone here, you know how bullridin you're always leverin it off your thigh? -- and she gives a little ever time you do it. Even if you tape it good you break it a little goddamn bit at a time."
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Jack and Ennis's days on Brokeback were filled with playfulness.
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Ennis felt that it was a ripoff, getting cheated out of a month's pay, for their work on the mountain all summer.
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When the summer's work had ended early, Jack offered to spare Ennis a loan, but it didn't play well with him.
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Jack and Ennis had several playful tussles on the mountain until just before leaving, when Ennis doled out a dirty punch.
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Alma had been asked to work an extra shift so the grocery store wouldn't be understaffed.
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On their trips away from the workaday world, Jack and Ennis could choose not to play the roles all husbands were expected to fall into.
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Round 679!
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The "All Work" and "No Play" Round continues.
Words containing "all" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/all/)
Words containing "work" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/work/)
Words containing "no" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/no/)
Words containing "play" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/play/)
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"If you pair of deuces are lookin' for work, I suggest you get your scrawny asses in here, pronto," admonished Aguirre. Jack and Ennis did not waste any time at all doing as he asked; they could tell he was not playing around.
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Jack had filled out through the shoulders and hams; Ennis stayed as lean as a clothespole, stepped around in worn boots, jeans and shirts summer and winter. A benign growth appeared on his eyelid and gave it a drooping appearance; a broken nose healed crooked.
[story]
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Although they tried to conceal their embrace, Jack and Ennis were unaware of how flagrantly they were displaying the real nature of their relationship to the watching Alma.
=aside = Meryl
Thanks from a while ago.
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To Alma, Ennis became duller over the years, by always working and never playing.
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Because he could not express his feelings for Jack, Ennis married Alma as planned and tried to find happiness in a hetersexual existence.
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Having had the chance of working and then playing together on Brokeback, Jack and Ennis's love flourished.
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When the bikers' trashy talk galled him, Ennis blew a gasket.
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In the alley, Ennis pounded the wall and retched; he was helpless to control his raging emotions.
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Alma inspected Ennis's fishing line the first chance she got and discovered that her note was still tied there.
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While Alma was busy feeding the children, Ennis was lazying around all day, smoking and drinking beer, waiting for Jack to show up for their reunion.
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This image displays the millwork around the Del Mars' kitchen window.
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Ennis noticed that powdered milk, one of of the nonperishables he had requested, had not been supplied.
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Jack was very obliging when Lureen wanted to get the ball rolling in the back seat of the car.
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Ennis's mention of the Tetons momentarily cast a pall over Alma Jr.'s wedding announcement.
=clarification=
Please forgive the unfortunate homonym. :-*
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The first summer Jack worked for Joe Aguirre herding sheep, roughly 25 percent of the herd perished.
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“I didn’t know where in the hell you was,” said Ennis. “Four years. I about give up on you. I figured you was sore about that punch.”
“Friend,” said Jack, “I was in Texas rodeoin. How I met Lureen. Look over on that chair.”
On the back of a soiled orange chair he saw the shine of a buckle. “Bull ridin?”
[story]
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Jimbo's work entailed play-acting in front of bulls all night and almost getting trampled in the process.
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Once Ennis began having to pay child support, he could no longer underwork. That's what in the hell happened a August.
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Jack's father wasn't playing when he whupped Jack with his belt.
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Round 680!
The Final Postcard: Part 1
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Posts will include an unplayed word as well as
at least one of the following:
Jack how about November 7 for you
The specified word may be part of a longer word:
youthful, whereabouts, shower
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"Jack, I got a work. Them earlier days I used a quit the jobs. You got a wife with money, a good job. You forget how it is bein broke all the time. You ever hear a child suport? I been payin out for years and got more to go. Let me tell you, I can't quit this one. And I can't get the time off. It was tough gettin this time -- some a them late heifers is still calvin. You don't leave then. You don't. Stoutamire is a hell-raiser and he raised hell about me takin the week. I don't blame him. He probly ain't got a night's sleep since I left. The trade-off was August. You got a better idea?"
"I did once." The tone was bitter and accusatory.
[story]
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“You won’t catch me again,” said Jack. “Listen. I’m thinkin, tell you what, if you and me had a little ranch together, little cow-and-calf operation, your horses, it’d be some sweet life. Like I said, I’m gettin out a rodeo. I ain’t no broke dick rider but I don’t got the bucks a ride out this slump I’m in and I don’t got the bones a keep gettin wrecked. I got it figured, got this plan Ennis, how we can do it, you and me. Lureen’s old man, you bet he’d give me a bunch if I’d get lost. Already more or less said it—”
[story]
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Ennis was forced to cancel his November 7 trip to Pine Creek, due to Jack's unexpected and untimely death.
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Joe Aguirre made a daytime visit to the main camp to tell Jack about his uncle Harold.
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Lureen brought about her barrel-racing win with dash and eclat, impressing Jack and losing her hat all at once.
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Ennis signed his postcard in a formal fashion, using his full name.
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Ennis had heard through the grapevine about what there was in Mexico for boys like Jack.
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Alma watched helplessly as her husband and his lover were in the throes of forbidden passion.
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In his last postcard to Jack, Ennis inscribed his full name.
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For five days story Ennis and a Chilean sheepherder worked laboriously to untangle the mixed sheep.
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Feeling forlorn and lonely after the post-divorce mix-up, Jack strayed south of the border.
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For Ennis, the bikers were a couple of ne'er-do-wells who needed to be shown some manners.
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For five days story Ennis and a Chilean sheepherder worked at untangling the mixed sheep, the job onerously difficult due to the worn and faint paint brands.
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Alma was petty and small-minded when talking to Ennis about his relationship with Jack.
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Ennis recoiled in disbelief at the word "deceased" on his postcard to Jack.
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Ennis didn't know about the accident for months until his postcard to Jack saying that November still looked like the first chance came back stamped DECEASED.
[story]
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Ennis had always been terrified of the tire-iron guys and when his November 7 postcard to Jack came back, stamped "deceased," he became terrified once again.
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The sight of the returned postcard served to unhinge Ennis with grief over Jack.
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Shortly after Jack invited him into the tent, Ennis's defenses (along with his knees) weakened.
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Round 681!
The Final Postcard: Part 2
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Posts will include an unplayed word as well as
at least one of the following:
I can meet you at Pine Creek. Ennis Del Mar
The specified word may be part of a longer word:
youthful, cancel, meeting
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The hollow ringing began again in the next room, and as if he were answering it, Ennis picked up the phone on the bedside table, dialed his own number.
[story]
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The Basque suggested to Ennis that they order cans of beans instead of boxes of soup, because the soup was bulky and hard to pack.
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Ennis and Jack tried to take cover in the hidden staircase for the purpose of some passionate kissing.
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Ennis exclaimed, "Jack Fuckin' Twist!" before he began his descent down the stairs.
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One can see the delight and euphoria on Ennis's face as he exclaims "Jack fuckin' Twist" and begins his quick march down the stairs.
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Joe Aguirre's fundamental rule of keeping things on the Q.T. was later applied to the long, clandestine relationship between Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist.
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After breaking the seal on a bottle of whiskey, Jack gulped some down and said, “That’s one a the two things I need right now,” capped it and tossed it to Ennis.
[story]
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"Ennis' conflict of following his desire or being a part of the larger, homoerotically denied world is both heartbreaking and familiar. His is a tragedy born from a society that rejects love in unfamiliar variations...."
-- Matthew Kennedy, Bright Lights Film Journal (http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/51/brokebackmatt.htm)
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Jack saying to Ennis, "A little calf and cow operation...it could be a sweet life," was a somewhat idealized view of the future.
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As soon as their eyes meet, Ennis lopes down the stairs to embrace Jack.
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While preparing for Brokeback Mountain, costume designer Marit Allen studied Richard Avedon’s photographs of the American West.
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Jack was much needier than Ennis when it came to "needing somethin' I don't hardly never get."
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Lashawn managed to overdo the chatter while dancing with Jack.
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While hailstones pelted down and thunder boomed, Jack shouted to Ennis, "You'll get pitched off your mount in a storm like this, wish you hadn't tried it. Close it up!"
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Jack dreamed of a respectable life with Ennis--running a small cow and calf operation--but Ennis wasn't willing to meet him halfway on the idea.
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After breaking the seal on a bottle of whiskey, Jack swigged some down and said, “That’s one a the two things I need right now,” capped it and tossed it to Ennis.
=aside= Jude
Thanks.
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Joe Aguirre's sheep had been transported by truck and unloaded at the trailhead to Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennis looked at the postcard stamped DECEASED and realized it was very uninformative regarding the circumstances of Jack's death.
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Ennis felt his inhibitions weaken shortly after Jack invited him into the tent.
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Round 682!
THE UP OR DOWN ROUND!
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Posts will include an unplayed word
as well as the word "up" or "down."
Words that contain "up" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/up)
Words that contain "down" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/down)
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Joe Aguirre looked at the milling sheep and said acidly, "Some a these never went up there with you."
=compliment= Sandy
Great theme!
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Ennis was smiling brightly as he ran down the steps to meet Jack at their reunion, then swept him up into his arms for a fierce kiss.
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Ennis covers up the true nature of his relationship with Jack when he tells Alma that he and Jack were fishin' buddies.
=aside= Fran
Thanks. It's good to have Fran back.
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Their very first morning together, Ennis and Jack downed some beer, and commenced to courting.
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=Thanks= Toast
for this marvelous image
Hey - you all probably already realized, but I just discovered - Toast hasn't been here since February?! Could someone PM me if you know why?
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After meeting with Aguirre, Jack and Ennis bellied up to the bar in Signal in plenty of time to down the early-bird special.
=aside=Elle
;D
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Ennis told Alma that he and Jack were fishing buddies, fibbing to cover up the true nature of their relationship.
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Ennis's mood was gloomy on the day they went down from Brokeback, although Jack tried to lighten things up by playing with a lariat.
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Ennis, reeling from Old Man Twist's revelation of another man in Jack's life, was heartened by Mrs. Twist's sympathetic invitation to go up to Jack's old room.
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On Thanksgiving Day Jack found he could no longer put up with his insufferable father-in-law's "stud duck" routine.
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In one way, Alma was rather lenient about Ennis's affair with Jack. She could have ripped up Jack's postcards, for example, but didn't.
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After getting down in the backseat, Lureen found Jack quite marriable.
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Ennis had just finished adhering numbers to his mailbox when his nineteen-year-old daughter pulled up in a Z28.
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Ennis tells Jack of his goal of owning his own place, then comments, "Me and Alma, we'll be gettin' married when I come down off this mountain."
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Jack got pretty used to putting up with putdowns by his father in law.
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Jack came up with an incorrect explanation of the Pentecost; he confused it with Judgment Day, the day of reckoning.
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"Dumbass mule!" cried Ennis after the incident with the bear down at the creek, inferring that his equine companion was a simpleton at best.
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Each lamb up on Brokeback was the result of when a ram did tup a ewe.
Def.: v. tr. To copulate with (a ewe). Used of a ram.
Update - because I wasn't really sure if those lambs were actually the result of tupping, or of artificial insemination, I did some quick Googling on the history of sheep AI in the early 1960s, and now know more than I want to about AI in domesticated animals. But I did find a satisfying sentence in a section exclusively about goats and sheep*, that I'm going to go with:
"Because of the difficulty of insemination, general management and low value per animal, AI, particularly of sheep, is not widespread."
* The history of artificial insemination: Selected notes and notables, by R. H. Foote, Department of Animal Science, Cornell University
http://www.asas.org/symposia/esupp2/Footehist.pdf
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Thumbs up or thumbs down for Lureen's bleached blonde hair? Personally, I thought it was unattractive.
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EXT: WYOMING: HILL: WINTER: DAY: 1964:
ENNIS and ALMA are in a toboggan, about to slide down the hill.
They start down, ALMA squeals in delight; ENNIS whoops it up.
At the bottom, the toboggan turns over. ENNIS stands.
ENNIS
You all right?
ALMA takes his hand. Pulls him down into the snow.
Very young, they laugh, throw snow on each other.
[screenplay]
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=aside= Elle
An awesome "T"! Thanks for taking the time
to do the research.
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Round 683!
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The "up or down" theme continues.
Words that contain "up" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/up)
Words that contain "down" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/down)
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Joe Aguirre looked at the milling sheep and said antagonistically, "Some a these never went up there with you."
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
Great round!
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When Ennis saw Jack's truck drive up, he blasted out the door and dashed down the stairs to greet his old friend.
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To emphasize that this year there would be a crackdown to avoid last year's problems, Aguirre tossed a timepiece to Ennis.
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On the dance floor, Lashawn told Jack that if he and Lureen hadn't come down the road when they had, she and Randall might still be stuck there in that "dern" pickup.
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While Ennis was emphasizing his wish that Jack's harmonica be broken in two, Jack was cracking up.
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Jack and Lureen were squirming up and down in the back seat, demonstrating their youthful flexibility.
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After Jack breaks the seal on a bottle of whiskey and gulps some down, he says, “That’s one a the two things I need right now.”
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Down in Texas Jack's father-in-law died, leaving Lureen heir to the farm equipment business.
=aside= Sandy
Welcome back!
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LD's farm machinery business was handed down as Lureen's inheritance.
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Ennis lightheartedly said that he was sending up a prayer of thanks for Jack's forgetting to bring the harmonica.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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When competing as a bull rider, Jack showed he had a lot of moxie, getting right up after he was thrown. However, we have no evidence that he actually ever drank down a bottle of Moxie, either in the story or the movie.
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Jack's extra blanket wasn't enough to keep Ennis's teeth from chattering one nippingly cold night up on Brokeback.
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Ennis spent all day waiting for Jack to show up for their reunion, occupying his time by smoking and drinking.
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Upon L.D.'s making an issue of the state of the television set, Jack proffers the suggestion that he sit down immediately lest he get a certain part of his anatomy whupped.
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At the Twist house, Ennis went upstairs to Jack's bedroom and found the two shirts, hanging together down at the end of the closet. He fingered them gently, two precious relics from their summer up on Brokeback.
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While they were downing beer at a bar in Signal, Jack told Ennis about the stench from the forty-two zapped sheep.
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Ennis had just finished affixing stick-on numbers to his new mailbox when Alma Jr., the elder of his teenaged daughters, pulled up in a Z28.
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The wrath of Ennis came down upon Alma when she upbraided him about the real nature of his relationship with Jack.
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"The tea-colored river ran fast with snowmelt, a scarf of bubbles at every high rock, pools and setbacks streaming. The ochre-branched willows swayed stiffly, pollened catkins like yellow thumbprints. The horses drank and Jack dismounted, scooped icy water up in his hand, crystalline drops falling from his fingers, his mouth and chin glistening with wet."
[story]
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Round 684!
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The "up or down" theme continues.
Words that contain "up" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/up)
Words that contain "down" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/down)
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Jack came sputtering down the road in his antique truck, then began sizing up Ennis.
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Jack came sputtering down the road in his antique, belching truck, then began sizing up Ennis.
=aside=Paul
Thanks!
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Joe Aguirre rides up to the main camp to tell Jack that chances are his uncle Harold won't survive his bout with pneumonia. (But he does.)
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Several dressings-down pepper the movie, two of which are delivered by Joe Aguirre:
"Some of these never went up there with you. The count ain't what I'd hoped for neither. You ranch stiffs ain't never no good."
"Twist, you guys wasn't gettin' paid to let the dogs baby-sit the sheep while you stemmed the rose. Get the hell out of my trailer."
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Ennis was being upfront with Jack when he emphasized that, "It's a one-shot thing we got goin' on here."
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At the Twist house, Ennis went upstairs to Jack's bedroom and found the two shirts, hanging together down at the end of the closet. He fingered them gently, two precious relics from their summer up on Brokeback.
=aside=Leslie
Thanks. ;)
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Alma squealed in delight and Ennis whooped it up as their toboggan glided down the hill.
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Ennis had many hang-ups about his sexuality.
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Despite consistently wearing different colored shirts when together (see below), Ennis and Jack were the only other members of each other's ingroup.
From Wikipedia:
In sociology, an ingroup is a social group towards which an individual feels loyalty and respect, usually due to membership in the group. This loyalty often manifests itself as an ingroup bias. Commonly encountered ingroups include family members, people of the same race, culture or religion, and so on. Research demonstrates that people often privilege ingroup members over outgroup members even when the ingroup has no actual social standing; for instance, a group of people with the same color shirts, when the other group has another color of shirt.
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When Ennis told Jack they could not meet up until November, he lengthened the interval in which they would be apart.
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Before TS2, Ennis mulls things over by the fire, but eventually musters up the courage to enter the tent.
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After the fire died down, Ennis's teeth chattered from the nipping cold.
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When Jack brought up "a sweet life" and "a cow and calf operation" he was obliquely proposing to Ennis, who, with his tale of Rich and Earl, quickly turned him down.
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When Ennis told Jack he hadn't had the opportunity to be a sinner, he was implying that he hadn't had any prenuptial sex.
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After TS2 went down, Jack and Ennis were up for a little roughhousing.
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Ennis fried up a couple of elk steaks for supper, salting them heavily in the process.
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The thought of a couple of guys living together terrifies Ennis.
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From the top of Brokeback, the mountains undulated off toward the horizon. :-X
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Alma squealed in delight and Ennis whooped it up as they tobogganed down the hill.
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=aside= Truman
Welcome back! :)
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Round 685!
The "High or Low" Round
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Posts will include an unplayed word
as well as the word "high" or "low."
"High" and "low" may be contained in longer words:
Words containing "high" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/high/)
Words containing "low" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/low/)
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Aguirre looked askance at Jack and Ennis as he lowered his binoculars from his eyes.
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Very hurt by their breakup, Cassie took the high road and told Ennis: "Girls don't fall in love with fun."
=aside= Truman
Good to see you again - beautiful picture.
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Three- or four-year-old Jack had apparently missed the toilet, and OMT had blown up about it, becoming crazily enraged.
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In the flashback scene, Jack and Ennis slowly, dozily embraced.
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In the flashback scene, Jack remembers Ennis slowly, dozily embracing him.
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
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Famished and expecting dinner, Jack wonders where his fellow sheep herder is.
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Jack's chin glistens with river water, as Ennis hopes he doesn't come down with a high temperature from beaver fever.
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When Jack and Ennis got high on beers in Signal, they consumed a nutritious portion of hops.
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Jack found "a couple a high-altitude fucks once or twice a year" insufficient.
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According to USA Today -
"Three movies in the last three years — An Unfinished Life starring Robert Redford and Jennifer Lopez (J-Lo) in 2003, Brokeback Mountain in 2004 and Flicka in 2005 — had stories set in Wyoming but were not primarily filmed in the state."
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2006-01-30-brokeback-tourism_x.htm
;D
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The bikers were a couple of lowlives who wanted to get high.
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Paul, present owner of Lureen's red hat, has described it as "high-end Texas millinery."
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A fat-bodied, narrow-necked vase is on display in the lower of the two wall recesses in Jack and Lureen's dining room.
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Ennis allowed the passion he was feeling toward Jack to overtake him on the reunion staircase.
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While Jack eschewed beans when possible, Ennis would plow into them with gusto.
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Junior had a certain glow about her when she visited Ennis to tell him about her engagement to Kurt, a roustabout for the oil company.
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The sooty bulk of the mountain paled slowly until it was the same color as the smoke from Ennis's breakfast fire.
[story]
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They seized each other by the shoulders, hugged mightily, squeezing the breath out of each other, saying son of a bitch, son of a bitch; then, and as easily as the right key turns the lock tumblers, their mouths came together, and hard, Jack’s big teeth bringing blood, his hat falling to the floor, stubble rasping, wet saliva welling, and the door opening and Alma looking out for a few seconds at Ennis’s straining shoulders and shutting the door again and still they clinched, pressing chest and groin and thigh and leg together, treading on each other’s toes until they pulled apart to breathe and Ennis, not big on endearments, said what he said to his horses and daughters, “Little darlin.”
[story]
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After parting from Ennis, Jack was on his uppers for the years he worked the rodeo circuit; however, once he met Lureen, he entered a higher tax bracket.
Def: On one's uppers = reduced to poverty
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Up on Brokeback, Jack was Ennis's workfellow.
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Round 686!
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The "high or low" round continues.
Words containing "high" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/high/)
Words containing "low" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/low/)
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Correctly assuming that Ennis wasn't in possession of a watch, Joe Aguirre "took a cheap round ticker on a braided cord from a box on a high shelf, wound and set it, tossed it to him as if he weren't worth the reach."
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L.D. Newsome, Jack's blowhard of a father-in-law, was not high on his list of favorite people.
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There were many couples and families at the Fourth of July picinic within earshot of the bikers' lowbred remarks.
=aside= Fran
Nice round announcement.
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With his "I ain't got no work for you," Joe Aguirre dealt a deathblow to any hopes Jack had of herding sheep for Farm and Ranch Employment -- with Ennis if he was lucky -- in the summer of 1964.
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=aside= Sandy
Thanks. I just fixed a typo.
It was: The "high" and "how" round continues.
:)
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Jack had a low opinion of the eatables available on Brokeback, preferring to get high on the potables instead.
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Ennis was following his father's advice when he got K.E. "in the outhouse, jumped him on the stairs, come over to his pillow in the night while he was sleepin and pasted him damn good."
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Since the del Mars hadn't ever taken a family vacation, Ennis's fishing getaways with Jack helped put Alma "in a long, slow dive."
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The slow but sure conversion of Jack from co-worker to hottie came as a surprise to Ennis, but ultimately a happy one.
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Jack was insufficiently satisfied with "a couple a high-altitude fucks once or twice a year"
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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Mary Liboiron's hair was styled in a high updo in the scene where Fayette and L.D. met their new grandson.
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Jack and Lureen magnanimously offered a lift to Randall and Lashawn following the breakdown of their pickup on the way to the benefit dance.
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Following the interview with Aguirre, Jack and Ennis headed to the nearest bar.
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"In an age when the fight over gay marriage still rages, Brokeback Mountain, the tale of two men who are scarcely even allowed to imagine being together, asks, through the very purity with which it touches us: When it comes to love, what sort of world do we really want?"
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1136099,00.html)
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Following L.D.'s first contradiction of his wishes regarding the TV, Jack took the high road and remained calm; however, when the cantankerous old coot made a purposeful step in the same direction, Jack offered to lay him low.
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Alma became increasing resentful toward Ennis because of "the embrace she had glimpsed, Ennis's fishing trips once or twice a year with Jack Twist and never a vacation with her and the girls, his disinclination to step out and have any fun, his yearning for low paid, long-houred ranch work, his propensity to roll to the wall and sleep as soon as he hit the bed, his failure to look for a decent permanent job with the county or the power company, put her in a long, slow dive and when Alma Jr. was nine and Francine seven she said, what am I doin' hangin' around with him, divorced Ennis and married the Riverton grocer."
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Ennis, high-arched nose and narrow face, was scruffy and a little cave-chested, balanced a small torso on long, caliper legs, possessed a muscular and supple body made for the horse and for fighting. His reflexes were uncommonly quick and he was farsighted enough to dislike reading anything except Hamley's saddle catalog.
[story]
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Jack had the low-startle-point horse between his thighs.
=aside= Players
I experienced many highs on my trip; the only low was the dollar!
Missed you all! :-*
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Ennis allowed himself to experience unhindered passion in the reunion kiss.
=aside= Paul
Welcome back. We missed you too.
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According to the end credits, the following individuals worked as wranglers in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain:
Cam Sutherland
Dwight Beard
Dusty Bews
Allen Bruisedhead
Wright Bruisedhead
Randy Dye
Don Gillespie
Clinton Holmes
Alby King
Dale Montgomery
Shawn Wells
=aside= Paul
Welcome back. Seeing "southendmd"
again brightened my day!
:)
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Round 687!
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The "old or new" round.
Posts will include an unplayed word as
well as the word "old" or "new."
Words containing "old" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/old/)
Words containing "new" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/new/)
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Alma was tired of lonesome old ranches, and wanted new accommodations in town.
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Lying abed in the Siesta Motel, Jack and Ennis felt the mountains beckon, inviting them to taste their old freedom again, if only for a few days.
=aside=Paul
Welcome back; glad you had a high old time! 8)
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The room stank of semen and smoke and sweat and whiskey, of old carpet and sour hay, saddle leather, shit and cheap soap.
[story]
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The tea-colored river ran fast with snowmelt, a scarf of bubbles at every high rock, pools and setbacks streaming. The ochre-branched willows swayed stiffly, pollened catkins like yellow thumbprints. The horses drank and Jack dismounted, scooped icy water up in his hand, crystalline drops falling from his fingers, his mouth and chin glistening with wet.
“Get beaver fever doin that,” said Ennis, then, “Good enough place,” looking at the level bench above the river, two or three fire rings from old hunting camps. A sloping meadow rose behind the bench, protected by a stand of lodgepole. There was plenty of dry wood. They set up camp without saying much, picketed the horses in the meadow. Jack broke the seal on a bottle of whiskey, took a long, hot swallow, exhaled forcefully, said, “That’s one a the two things I need right now,” capped it and tossed it to Ennis.
[story]
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Jack broke the seal on a new bottle of whiskey, took a long, hot swallow, took a forceful exhalation, said, “That’s one a the two things I need right now,” capped it and tossed it to Ennis.
[paraphrased from the story]
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Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana turned Annie Proulx's short story into a richly told feature-length screenplay.
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Ennis and Jack celebrated their reunion getaway by plunging off a cliff into a cold mountain lake.
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Ennis dredged up an old hackneyed but still useable phrase from the childhood time before his mother died, said, "Time to hit the hay, cowboy. I got a go. Come on, you're sleepin on your feet like a horse."
[paraphrased from story]
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Jack was shaking involuntarily as he made small talk with Alma, telling her about his wife and eight-month-old son down in Childress.
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Old Man Newsome rather suddenly lost his lofty manner when Jack told him he was about to knock his unlettered derriere into next week.
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Monroe tried to minimize the mess on his messed-up floor when he told Alma not to worry about it.
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Fayette Newsome seems to prefer high necklines.
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In Lightning Flat, Ennis sat across the table from old-timer John C. Twist.
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Jack told Alma a little bit about his personal life: "I got a boy. Eight months old. Smiles a lot. I married the prettiest little gal in Childress, Texas. Lureen."
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Ennis told Alma Jr. regarding her wedding that he reckoned they could find themselves a new cowboy.
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They had a high-time supper by the fire, a can of beans each, fried potatoes and a quart of whiskey on shares, sat with their backs against a log, boot soles and copper jeans rivets hot, swapping the bottle while the lavender sky emptied of color and the chill air drained down, drinking, smoking cigarettes, getting up every now and then to piss, firelight throwing a sparkle in the arched stream, tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, talking horses and rodeo, roughstock events, wrecks and injuries sustained, the submarine Thresher lost two months earlier with all hands and how it must have been in the last doomed minutes, dogs each had owned and known, the draft, Jack's home ranch where his father and mother held on, Ennis's family place folded years ago after his folks died, the older brother in Signal and a married sister in Casper.
[story]
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David Trimble's character the Basque was surprised by Ennis's new request for soup, as beans were getting old to Jack.
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Old man Twist made Ennis feel unwelcome in his home.
"The old man sat silent, his hands folded on the plastic tablecloth, staring at Ennis with an angry, knowing expression."
[story]
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"One of my oldest friends, Tom Watkin, with whom I once published a rural newspaper, read and commented on the story as it developed. I thought too much about this story. It was supposed to be Ennis who had dreams about Jack but I had dreams about both of them."
-- Annie Proulx, in "Getting Movied," Story to Screenplay
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Round 688!
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More "Old" or "New"
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Words containing "new" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/new/)
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Jack remembered the old, cold time on the mountain when Ennis grabbed him by the armful.
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Jack was feeling more than brotherly love when he invited Ennis to come out of the cold into the tent.
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"Yeah. I made three fuckin thousand dollars that year. Fuckin starved. Had to borrow everthing but a toothbrush from other guys. Drove grooves across Texas. Half the time under that cunt truck fixin it. Anyway, I didn't never think about losin. Lureen? There's some serious money there. Her old mean's got it. Got this farm machinery business. Course he don't let her have none a the money, and he hates my fuckin guts, so it's a hard go now but one a these days--"
[story]
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Some time in the summer, Jack and Ennis led the droves of sheep to new pasture.
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Jack broke the seal on a new bottle of whiskey, took a long, hot swallow, forcefully exhaling, saying, “That’s one a the two things I need right now,” capped it and tossed it to Ennis.
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
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The black GMC half-ton pickup featured in Brokeback Mountain was offered for auction on eBay, where it sold for $60,100.00.
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Ennis and Jack started their new gig on Brokeback with a handshake followed by a couple of cold ones at the bar in Signal.
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Lureen and eventually Bobby would become heirs to the Newsome farm equipment business.
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On Thanksgiving Day Jack suffered yet another indignity when L.D., "older but no kinder," grabbed the carving tools right out of his hands.
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Watching the boys kiss limitlessly was a new and unwelcome experience for Alma.
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Because Jack and Ennis were victimized by society, the complexities in their relationship were manifold.
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The USS Thresher disaster was one newsworthy event discussed by Jack and Ennis during the summer of '63.
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Alma never okayed Ennis's trips with Jack, but she knew he would go with or without her approval.
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It was payback time for Jack when he told old man Newsome that he would knock his "ignorant ass into next week."
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The reunion kiss renewed Jack and Ennis's passion.
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The stale coffee is boiling up but he catches it before it goes over the side, pours it into a stained cup and blows on the black liquid, lets a panel of the dream slide forward. If he does not force his attention on it, it might stoke the day, rewarm that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong.
[story]
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For many years after Brokeback, Ennis tried tricking himself into thinking Jack was just his oldest, closest friend, but in the end he realized he was his one true love.
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Ennis was unconsolably sad, contemplating the loss of his old friend and lover.
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"A story of love, loss and landscape, Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain balances expressiveness and restraint. In part, it is a grand, romantic narrative (the story of a relationship between two men that is in the tradition, somehow, of what was once called in Hollywood a 'woman's picture'). But it's also a story of withholding, renunciation and deeply felt pain."
-- Philippa Hawker, The Age (http://www.theage.com.au/news/film-reviews/brokeback-mountain/2006/01/25/1138066857144.html)
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Round 689!
Even More "Old" or "New"
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"Lureen's old man wouldn't give me a dime if I dropped it, except one way."
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Words containing "new" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/new/)
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Jack and Ennis's relationship started anew after their four-year reunion.
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Alma barely blinked when she saw the boys boldly embracing.
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Uncle Harold survived a life-threatening medical crisis.
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Jack and Ennis renewed all the old feelings they had for each other in the dismal room at the Motel Siesta.
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Ennis told Alma he would probably suffer electrification if he were ever to work for the power company.
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Joe Aguirre told Ennis, his herder, to be down at the bridge each Friday at noon with the mules and his next-week list.
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After they brought the sheep down, Aguirre made it clear he thought Ennis and Jack were just a couple of goldbrickers.
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After Alma divorced Ennis, she married Monroe and set up a new household.
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After the reunion, Ennis told Jack it took him about a year to figure out that the dry heaves he'd had on the day they parted were due to more than having eaten something indigestible in Dubois.
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Mary Liboiron played Fayette Newsome.
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Cassie boldly thrust her feet in Ennis's lap, hoping to get them massaged.
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Alma brought in the mail, including a sales circular on newsprint.
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Old Man Twist and LD Newsome were a couple of boorish old-timers.
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On the third morning there were the clouds Ennis had expected, a gray racer out of the West, a bar of darkness driving wind before it and small flakes. It faded after an hour into tender spring snow that heaped wet and heavy. By nightfall it had turned colder. Jack and Ennis passed a joint back and forth, the fire burning late, Jack restless and bitching about the cold, poking the flames with a stick, twisting the dial of the transistor radio until the batteries died.
[story]
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Lureen said she would have relayed news of Jack's death to Ennis if she had known his name and address.
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Both Old Man Twist and LD Newsome tried to be studlier than thou, but they were actually quacks.
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Even though Earl and Rich "was pretty tough old birds," they were considered a couple of twits by their neighbors.
=aside=Paul
:laugh:
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Unluckily for Ennis and Jack, Joe Aguirre decided to bring the sheep down early because a new storm was moving in from the Pacific.
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Ennis's resistance weakens when he comes out of the cold into the tent.
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Round 690!
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The "day or night" round.
Posts will include an unplayed word as
well as the word "day" or "night."
Words containing "day" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/day/)
Words containing "night" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/night/)
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Gradually, over the course of that first summer, tent time became an all-night event.
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In the dozy embrace, Jack leans against Ennis's beating heart. In the story, Ennis rides off into the night darkness; whereas in the film, it appears to be day.
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They fended off the night for an hour with the yellow kerosene lamp and around ten Ennis rode Cigar Butt, a good night horse, through the glimmering frost back to the sheep, carrying leftover biscuits, a jar of jam and a jar of coffee with him for the next day saying he'd save a trip, stay out until supper.
[story]
=aside= Sandy
Kudos on the announcement!
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After Ennis and Jack finished their daylong work on Brokeback, they relaxed by drinking, smoking and eventually loving at night.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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On their wedding day, an ecclesiast oddly referred to as "Jolly Minister" married Ennis and Alma.
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The fire flickers as Ennis decides to enter Jack's tent that night.
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L.D. Newsome had gobs of money:
"Lureen? There's some serious money there. Her old man's got it. Got this farm machinery business. Course he don't let her have none a the money, and he hates my fuckin guts, so it's a hard go now but one a these days--"
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There are two holidays celebrated in the film: Thanksgiving and The Fourth of July.
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Ennis was intransigent when it came to spending the rest of his days with Jack.
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On their latter-day trips, Ennis and Jack never went back to Brokeback Mountain.
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Joe Aguirre told Ennis that somebody with supplies would meet him down at the bridge on Fridays at midday.
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Joe Aguirre told Ennis that somebody with supplies would meet him down at the bridge on Fridays at noonday.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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The delivery of groceries by Monsieur Le Basque was a one-day-a-week happening.
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Ennis met up with the Basque at the bridge on Friday at the prearranged time.
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On the third morning there were the clouds Ennis had expected, a gray racer out of the West, a bar of darkness driving wind before it and small flakes. It faded after an hour into tender spring snow that heaped wet and heavy. By nightfall it had turned colder. Jack and Ennis passed a joint back and forth, the fire burning late, Jack restless and bitching about the cold, poking the flames with a stick, twisting the dial of the transistor radio until the batteries died.
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As Junior got out of the truck, Ennis reminded her he'd pick her up on Sunday after church.
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They believed themselves invisible, not knowing Joe Aguirre had watched them through his 10x42 binoculars for ten minutes one day, waiting until they'd buttoned up their jeans, waiting until Ennis rode back to the sheep, before bringing up the message that Jack's people had sent word that his uncle Harold was in the hospital with pneumonia and expected not to make it. Though he did.
[story]
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Jack responded angrily and unhappily when Ennis told him they would have to skip August, saying: “November. What in hell happened a August? Tell you what, we said August, nine, ten days..."
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Ennis felt the stress of the weekdays' obligations and liked to kick back on Saturday; church social be damned.
=aside= Players
Have a good Memorial Day weekend!
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Round 691!
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Photo by Carlos Rodolfo Weick
More "day" or "night"
Posts will include an unplayed word as
well as the word "day" or "night."
Words containing "day" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/day/)
Words containing "night" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/night/)
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One night Jack told Ennis about the affair he supposedly was having:
"I kind of got this thing goin' with a ranch foreman's wife over in Childress. Expect to get shot by Lureen or the husband every time I slip off to see her."
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Jack came lagging in late one afternoon, drank his two bottles of beer cooled in a wet sack on the shady side of the tent, ate two bowls of stew, four of Ennis’s stone biscuits, a can of peaches, rolled a smoke, watched the sun drop.
“I’m commutin four hours a day,” he said morosely. “Come in for breakfast, go back to the sheep, evenin get embedded down, come in for supper, go back to the sheep, spend half the night jumpin up and checkin for coyotes. By rights I should be spendin the night here. Aguirre got no right a make me do this.”
[story]
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The night of TS2, Jack was cradling Ennis in his arms.
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On Thanksgiving Day Alma utilized her yellow sink drainer.
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When Jack arrives for the reunion, Ennis tells Alma he expects to be gone all night.
"Alma,” he said. “Jack and me is goin out and get a drink. Might not get back tonight, we get drinkin and talkin.”
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The day after the reunion, Jack and Ennis posed as fishermen.
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On the day Fayette and L.D. delivered the baby formula, both agreed that little Bobby was the spitting image of his granddad.
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Our Boys had a heyday up on Brokeback.
n. - The time of triumph and exultation; hence, joy, high spirits, frolicsomeness; wildness.
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Jack and Ennis spent one cold night passing and inhaling a joint.
=aside= Elle
Great "H."
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After the lust-powered first night in the tent, Jack and Ennis met on the mountain in the famous "I ain't queer" scene; in this scene, Rodrigo used the day-for-night technique.
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Jack's complaints while working up on Brokeback included the four hours a day spent commuting and the malodor of the pup tent.
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The Newsomes' behavior on Thanksgiving day was rude and boorish.
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On the day they met, Jack told Ennis about the odoriferosity of the zapped sheep.
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After the nighttime temperature plummeted, Ennis decided that he'd be better off sleeping in the tent with Jack.
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Lureen rounded the last barrel and raced out of the arena on the day of her event at the rodeo.
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On the day they met, Jack told Ennis about the smelliness of the zapped sheep.
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On Oscar night 2006, Brokeback Mountain nominee Heath Ledger looked classically elegant in a Dunhill bespoke tuxedo.
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On the day they met, Jack told Ennis about how unagreeably smelly the zapped sheep were.
(Thanks Paul)
(Fran, the Round announcement image is amazing.)
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Jack told Ennis about the day he whiffed 42 zapped sheep, and wished he hadn't tried.
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Round 692!
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Even more "day" or "night"
(because I finally figured out how to do screen captures!)
Posts will include an unplayed word as
well as the word "day" or "night."
Words containing "day" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/day/)
Words containing "night" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/night/)
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It was Randall and Lashawn's good fortune that Jack and Lureen were also attending the benefit dinner that night and could offer them a ride.
=aside= Elle
Thanks.
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Soon after Bobby's original birthday, Fayette eagerly pushes Lureen to not breastfeed by buying 120 cans of formula.
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Late in the day, when Jack finally arrives for their reunion, he and Ennis share a crushing, clinging embrace.
=aside= Fran
Great job with the screen captures.
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For Oscar night, Brokeback Mountain nominee Heath Ledger chose a luxurious single-buttoned tuxedo with matte silk peak lapels from Dunhill.
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=aside= Sandy
Thanks!
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Although Alma wanted a night out, Ennis was inclined to eschew an evening with the fire-and-brimstone crowd.
=aside= Fran
Love the round announcement!
Can you teach me to screen-cap?
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Ennis had thought they had at least another fortnight on the mountain and was aghast to find it not so.
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While gabby Lashawn went to the ladies' room with Lureen, Randall and Jack waited outside, taking in the night air.
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=aside= Paul
Thanks. Your "L" is lust-powered post made me
think of that Buzz Image video. I'd be happy to
walk you through screen capturing, but I've got
a Mac... and you don't.
:)
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The sheep drifted after Jack and Ennis spent one hail-laden night together in the tent.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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Joe Aguirre made a daytime visit to tell Jack about his uncle Harold's illness.
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Ennis's late-night "hammerin'" woke up Jack.
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The day Aguirre came up to Brokeback, he meddled into the boys' affairs.
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As their first day on Brokeback turned nightward, Jack headed off to sleep with the sheep.
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When Jack and Ennis were herding sheep up on Brokeback Mountain, the once-a-week delivery of supplies took place on Fridays at noon.
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One the day he spied on the boys, Aguirre showed one of his many peculiarities of behavior.
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When the bikers made their off-color remarks the day of the Fourth of July Picnic, many of the spectators turned pale.
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They fended off the night for an hour with the yellow kerosene lamp and around ten Ennis rode Cigar Butt, a good night horse, through the glimmering frost back to the sheep, carrying leftover biscuits, a jar of jam and a jar of coffee with him for the next day saying he'd save a trip, stay out until supper.
[story]
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Jack felt the thumping of Ennis's heart before he rode off into the night.
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Jack's unhappiness about the post-divorce mixup prompted him to spend his nights in Mexico.
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On the night of the fireworks demonstration, Ennis was carrying baby Jenny and a wicker picnic basket.
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Round 693!
They never talked about the sex, let it happen,
at first only in the tent at night,
then in the full daylight with the hot sun striking down....
Yes, even more "day" or "night"!
Posts will include an unplayed word as
well as the word "day" or "night."
Words containing "day" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/day/)
Words containing "night" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/night/)
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An early script notes that Jack and Ennis slept in Jack's truck on the day they met; Jack slept, but Ennis pulled an all-nighter.
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Going up, the day was fine, but the trail deep-drifted and slopping wet at the margins. They left it to wind through a slashy cut, leading the horses through brittle branch wood, Jack lifting his head in the heated noon to take the air scented with resinous lodgepole, the dry needle duff and hot rock, bitter juniper crushed beneath the horses’ hooves. Ennis, weather-eyed, looked west for the heated cumulus that might come up on such a day, but the boneless blue was so deep, said Jack, that he might drown looking up.
[story]
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On the day Jack and Ennis brought the sheep down, "the wind combed the grass and drew from the damaged krummholz and slit rock a bestial drone."
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The day after the night of TS1, Ennis looked a bit drawn.
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Tired of another day of eating beans, Jack suggested killing a sheep to chew on; Ennis eschewed the idea saying: "What if Aguirre finds out? We're supposed to guard the sheep, not eat 'em."
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After the horses were loaded into the trailer, Jack mentioned that he was heading up to his folks' place for a day or two.
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"We're supposed to guard the sheep, not eat 'em," grumped Ennis the night he came home late with(out) the groceries.
=comment=
How come we're down the bottom again?
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Ennis had a hang-up about being seen in broad daylight with Jack.
=aside= Paul
It feels like we're going up and down the mountain.
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Mr. del Mar was trying to instill his own homophobic values and prejudices in his impressionable sons the day he brought them to view Earl's mutilated corpse.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2316.jpg)
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Ennis had to accept that the August snowstorm was lamentably the boys' last day on the mountain.
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Going up, the day was fine, but the trail deep-drifted and slopping wet at the margins. They left it to wind through a slashy cut, leading the horses through brittle branch wood, Jack lifting his head in the heated noon to take the air scented with resinous lodgepole, the dry needle duff and hot rock, bitter juniper crushed beneath the horses’ hooves. Ennis, weather-eyed, looked west for the heated cumulus that might come up on such a day, but the boneless blue was so deep, said Jack, that he might drown looking up.
[story]
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On a certain wedding day, both the minister and the groom were wearing neckties.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/CMCapture1-1.png) (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/CMCapture2-1.png)
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On the day they met, Jack told Ennis of the odoriferousness of forty-two zapped sheep.
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During one of the nights after they reunited, Ennis poked fun at Jack's harmonica playing by saying that he was sending up a prayer of thanks that he forgot to bring the harmonica.
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Brokeback Mountain reportedly grossed $83,043,761 domestically and $95,017,205 abroad. Its theatrical run lasted 133 days.
Box Office Mojo (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=brokebackmountain.htm)
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Alma wanted a little nightlife, but Ennis wasn't interested in Saturday's activities.
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JACK
(friendly)
Me and my partner here, we got us a
summer's worth a drinkin' to do today.
Reckon we're gonna need that extra hour.
BARTENDER
(repeats)
Told you...we open at ten.
The WAITRESS glares at the BARTENDER.
WAITRESS
Aw, lay off 'em, Royce. They're just buttons.
ROYCE shrugs.
WAITRESS
(cont'd—friendly, too)
You boys have a seat.
[2003 screenplay]
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"In fact I did most of the 'writing' while I was driving. The most difficult scene was the paragraph where, on the mountain, Ennis holds Jack and rocks back and forth, humming, the moment mixed with childhood loss and his refusal to admit he was holding a man. This paragraph took forever to get right and I played Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny's 'Spiritual' from the album Beyond Missouri Sky (Short Stories) uncountable times trying to get the words. I was trying to write the inchoate feelings of Jack and Ennis, the sad impossibility of their liaison, which for me was expressed in that music. To this day, I cannot hear that truck without Jack and Ennis appearing before me. The scraps that feed a story come from many cupboards."
-- Annie Proulx, "Getting Movied," Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay
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On that fateful day in 1962, Jack whiffs the indescribable scent of forty-two zapped sheep.
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Round 694!
(http://www.whogivesashirt.ca/pictures/EM7501103.JPG)
"Near" or "Far"
Posts will include an unplayed word as
well as the word "near" or "far."
Words containing "near" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/near/)
Words containing "far" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/far/)
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A few couples dance on the small floor near the jukebox to The Eagles "Already Gone". The TV above the bar is tuned to "Diff'rent Strokes". Ennis sits at a booth by himself, a few empties in front of him. "Already Gone" ends. ... [screenplay]
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Jack's boasting and fanfaronade about his equestrian skills were later belied by his bent harmonica.
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Although Jack and Ennis were usually far apart, each tried to cherish the other in his own way.
=aside= Sandy
Great round announcement!
I cherish Grover!
=aside= Elle
Wow, what a post! And that's no boast!
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Heath and Jake were given stunt doubles for the scene where Ennis and Jack leap from a cliff into a mountain lake, but Heath opted to do the jump himself, clearly recognizable even in the far shot.
=aside=Paul
Remember how that raft guy had me going about being Jake's double? ;D
=aside=Players
I won't be around much til July; leaving tomorrow to do a job.
Keep the tent warm! :-*
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In an early version of the bar scene where Ennis meets Cassie, Ennis is sitting in a booth by himself while a few couples dance on the small floor near the jukebox to The Eagles' "Already Gone."
=aside= Sandy
Thanks.
=aside= Meryl
I'm wishing you success with
your new project.
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Down in Texas Jack’s father-in-law died and Lureen, who inherited the farm-equipment business, showed a skill for management and hard deals. [story]
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
=aside= Meryl
I also wish you success with your job. The tent will be ready for you when you get back.
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The divorce postcard goosed Jack into wanting to be nearer to Ennis.
=aside= Meryl
We'll miss you!
I know you'll direct a fabulous Carmen!
(It is Carmen, isn't it? :-\)
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During an interview to promote Scary Movie 4 (http://www.femail.com.au/anna-faris-scary-movie4-interview.htm), Anna Faris, who played Lashawn in Brokeback Mountain, was asked why she had returned to Scary Movie territory. She replied, jokingly, "Well, I have to tell you, I like to say that I do silly, fun projects like Brokeback Mountain so I can do heavier projects like Scary Movie 4."
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In an attempt to implant the idea in his sons' heads that homosexuality was a sin that deserved a death sentence, Ennis's father brought them near the corpse of the unfortunate Earl for a first-hand look.
=aside=Paul, Fran and Sandy
Thanks for the good wishes! :-*
This one's Magic Flute, Paul. Carmen is in the fall. 8)
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While sitting near each other at the "gonna snow" lake, Jack and Ennis bragged about women, each pretending to be the lothario.
=aside= Meryl
Hmm, Lothario would be more Don Giovanni , I suppose.
Have a great Zauberflote !!
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Anna Faris was cast as motormouthed Lashawn Malone in Brokeback Mountain.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/LaShawn1.jpg)
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Sitting at a table near the dance floor at the Benefit dance, LaShawn natters away to her husband and the Twists.
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Ennis thought he could outsmart Alma by telling her that Jack was his fishing buddy; it was far from the truth.
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Uncle Harold was near death, and the prognosis was poor.
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After being near death with a poor prognosis, Uncle Harold recovered.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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The shofar that is blown on Pentecost is known as the "first shofar." Each horned sheep* up on Brokeback provided the opportunity for two shofars.
*(Though traditionally, a shofar would have been made of a ram's horn, this is not mandatory.)
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"Ang Lee films bear such scant resemblance to each other that it is hard to believe that they were fashioned by the same man. Brokeback Mountain is as far removed from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as it is possible to get. There is not a single splashy effect in this bony western, yet it is easily the most affecting cinema the Asian auteur has made."
-- James Christopher, The Times (http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article784924.ece)
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Aguirre told Jack that his uncle's health was far from good.
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Jack told Ennis that after whiffing the forty-two zapped sheep, he was nearly asphyxiated.
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Round 695!
(http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~cema/courses/CSE5910/lectureFiles/images/lect5a/RedBlueNearFar.gif)
More "Near" or "Far"
Posts will include an unplayed word as
well as the word "near" or "far."
Words containing "near" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/near/)
Words containing "far" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/far/)
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After assigning the herder job to Jack, Joe Aguirre said that he wanted him to sleep near the sheep to help reduce predator loss.
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During the time Jack was far away from Ennis and rodeoing in Texas, he was so poor he borrowed everything from the other guys but a toothbrush.
=aside= Fran
Cool round announcement!
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After a night of carousing, Ennis thought it was too far to go back to the sheep and decided to grab forty winks in the main camp.
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While sitting around the campfire, Jack and Ennis talked about history's deadliest submarine disaster and how it must have been in the last doomed minutes for the nearly 130 people on board.
=aside= Paul
You mean Sandy.
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As the early-season snow storm came nearer, the boys would become farther apart.
=aside= Fran
Whoops.
=aside= Sandy
Cool round announcement!
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After saying farewell to Jack at the end of their summer on Brokeback, Ennis found himself retching in an alley in Signal.
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
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After nearly seven years, Brokeback Mountain was finally greenlighted to become a major motion picture.
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In hindsight, Ennis realized that he never should have let Jack get far from him.
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Uncle Harold's illness was thought to be incurable, and he was near death.
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Ennis comments on the lopsidedness of the tent as Jack reclines nearby.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_0663.jpg)
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In the post-divorce faux-reunion scene, Ennis motioned to Jack to come near the truck and meet his girls.
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Heartbroken Jack took refuge in the faraway alleys of Juarez with the nightwalkers.
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Stricken with pneumonia and near death, Uncle Harold made an odds-defying recovery.
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In this scene, Ennis's and Jake's pharynges were quite near each other.
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=aside= M. le Docteur
Merci bien pour l'image.
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Uncle Harold's doctors said he was near death, but he eventually recovers.
=aside= Elle
De rien!
Ta poste est phar out.
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"I knew how to ride a horse. I know how to.... It's kind of second nature to me. I can split a log. I kind of grew up on farms. It was very comfortable. I just slotted into that quite easily."
-- Heath Ledger, on his time at "cowboy camp,"
in the BBM DVD bonus feature "On Being a Cowboy"
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Jack thought that on the Pentecost, he and Ennis would march off to tarnation; Ennis knew he himself was far from that.
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Ennis found Jack's going to Mexico nearly unforgivable.
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"The [Brokeback Mountain] trailer has aired in art house theaters, as might be expected. But it has also run with mainstream fare, from the chick flick 'In Her Shoes' to the biopic 'Walk the Line.' [James] Schamus says a friend saw it at a screening of 'Rent' and reported that the audience applauded. [Ang] Lee saw the trailer at a recent Calgary Flames game, not far from where the filming took place; the hockey crowd, he said, was 'very quiet.'"
-- Joanna Weiss, The Boston Globe
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Round 696!
(http://www.photomediagroup.com/archive/2005-summer/img/dm-mojave.jpg)
One More "Near" or "Far"
Posts will include an unplayed word as
well as the word "near" or "far."
Words containing "near" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/near/)
Words containing "far" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/far/)
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The assemblage of guests at Ennis and Alma's wedding came from near and far, but mostly near in all likelihood.
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Sitting near LaShawn at the Benefit Dance, Lureen boasted about being Kappa Phi (and not Tri Delt),
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While seated at a table near the dance floor at the benefit dinner, Lashawn mentioned that her collegiate experience at SMU had included pledging Tri Delt.
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According to Lashawn, both Jack and Randall were far from being a dancer; neither one had a smidgen of rhythm.
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LaShawn's earshrift was directed at all sitting near her at the table.
:)
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Jack had a faraway look in his eyes when he danced with Lureen for the first time.
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When Jack and Randall were sitting so near each other on the dance hall bench, they overheard Lashawn mention that despite the gainfulness of Randall's employment, she could spend far more on clothes.
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"Brokeback Mountain is not quite the period piece that some would like to imagine. America's squeaky closet doors may have swung open far enough for a gay rodeo circuit to flourish. But let's not kid ourselves. In large segments of American society, especially in sports and the military, those doors remain sealed."
-- Stephen Holden, The New York Times
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Uncle Harold was in a state of extreme ill-being and was near death.
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The inspiration for BBM came to Annie when she was near an older cowboy in the Mint Bar in Sheridan, WY, whom she described as short on life's luxuries and watching the young men playing pool.
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With its microwave oven and dishwasher, Lureen's kitchen was far more modern than Mrs. Twist's.
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Lureen navigates which direction she and Jack were going in the backseat of her daddy's car by getting nearer to Jack.
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To show he was far from being a f*ck-up rodeo cowboy, Jack engaged in outré antics by showing Ennis his mock-rodeo-mating dance. Ennis wasn't nearly convinced.
=aside= Players
I'll be away for a week, but not too far, and only sporadically checking in when I can.
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Lashawn (played by Anna Faris) said, "Pardon us," and then she and Jack made their way over to the dance floor.
=aside= Paul
Have a great trip! Hope the weather cooperates.
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Alma was in a state of near despair and was reduced to tears after seeing Ennis and Jack ride off together.
=aside= Paul
Have a great time. We'll miss you.
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Quite uncheery, Aguirre was near sneery.
=aside= Paul
How are your own outré antics going? :)
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"When signs of an early blizzard cut short their summer employment, Ennis and Jack go their separate ways; Ennis's farewell is a simple 'See you around.' Both, though, are torn up. Ennis marries his girlfriend, Alma (Michelle Williams), and they have two daughters. Jack meets and marries Lureen (Anne Hathaway), a Texan rodeo queen, with whom he has a son, and joins her father's farm-equipment business."
-- Stephen Holden, The New York Times (http://movies.nytimes.com/2005/12/09/movies/09brok.html)
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Ennis was from around Sage, near the Utah-Wyoming line.
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Despite making his well-intended trip all the way from Texas, Jack had driven far for nearly nothing.
=aside= Players
Thanks, I had a great week, my entrée was outré.
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Round 697!
(http://www.woodencourse.com/images/in_n_out_logo.jpg)
How about an "in" 'n' "out" round?
Post an unplayed word and a word containing "in" and/or "out" ("burger" is entirely optional).
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Marty Antonini played Timmy, Ennis's talkative co-worker on the road crew.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_1437.jpg)
=aside= Paul
Welcome back! Great announcement!
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Even though he was a beginner, Ennis didn't need an instruction manual to give a perfect performance.
=aside= Paul
It's good to have you in the game again.
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Ennis shaved the whiskers off of his chin while Jack showed what a can opener was all about.
=thanks=
Good to be back!
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"...Ennis never got to be more than a rough-cut ranch hand and Jack Twist chose rodeo as an expression of cowboy. Neither of them was ever a top hand, and they met herding sheep, animals most real cowpokes despise."
-- Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay, "Getting Movied"
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Ennis's fear of people finding out his secret was his most enisling characteristic.
=aside= Paul
Welcome back, Friend. :-*
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Ennis to Jack: "What if Aguirre finds out? We're supposed to guard the sheep, not eat 'em."
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The end credits for BBM include the name of Gloria Wright, the casting assistant.
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The boys checked each other out while Aguirre was haranguing them about breaking the forest service rules.
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Jack found the intervals between "fishing trips" almost intolerable.
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Upon learning that Ennis was divorced, Jack drove to Wyoming, convinced his long-hoped-for wish was about to come true.
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Ennis was minimizing his hurt on leaving Jack; soon, the gut cramps let the hurt out.
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Because Ennis was shivering from the nippiness of the mountain air, he accepted Jack's invitation to sleep in the tent.
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"In such isolated high country, away from opprobrious comment and watchful eyes, I thought it would be plausible for the characters to get into a sexual situation. That's nothing new or out of the ordinary; livestock workers have a blunt and full understanding of the sexual behaviors of man and beast."
-- Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain: From Story to Screenplay, "Getting Movied"
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Despite their feeling invisible on the mountain, it was Aguirre's eyes that probed the boys' goings on.
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Ennis resented Alma's low-blow insinuations about his "fishing trips" with Jack Twist.
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A few weeks later on the Saturday he threw all Stoutamire's dirty horse blankets into the back of his pickup and took them down to the Quik Stop Car Wash to turn the high-pressure spray on them.
[story]
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Jack touted his can-opening abilities.
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When Ennis found out about Jack going to Mexico, he became enraged and almost unforgiving.
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"Sometime in early 1997 the story took shape. One night in a bar upstate I had noticed an older ranch hand, maybe in his late sixties, obviously short on the world's luxury goods...."
-- Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain: From Story to Screenplay, "Getting Movied"
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Round 698!
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The "in" or "out" theme continues.
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Jack and Ennis had to carry all their camping accoutrements with them.
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Jack told Ennis about how he nearly starved when he was rodeoing in Texas, borrowing everything from the other guys except a toothbrush.
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The closet was a shallow cavity with a wooden rod braced across, a faded cretonne curtain on a string closing it off from the rest of the room.
[story]
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Ennis made quite a din whilst entering the tent in TS1.
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While at the bar in Signal, Jack told Ennis that a plentiful supply of whiskey on the mountain was essential.
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Brokeback Mountain became Focus Features' top-grossing release, making $178 million worldwide at the box office.
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To Alma, the reunion kiss was a total gross-out; the rest of us were simply engrossed. Focus was engrossed by the gross.
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After the reunion, Jack and Ennis went back to their lonely lives in their separate households.
=aside= Paul
Loved your "gross" post.
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Invariably in every interview, [Heath] Ledger would be asked what it was like to "play" gay. I remember thinking at the time that his answers were amazingly mature for a straight man in his mid-20's.
In an interview with The Windy City Times, when asked about kissing another man, Ledger replied, "I know how to love someone, and I know how to kiss someone, so it's quite simple, you just do the same thing. That's the point, isn't it? It's not really different -- you're still doing the exact same thing."
And when told he was brave and courageous for playing a gay role, he responded, "No, it's brave to be a firefighter, it's courageous to be an NYPD officer. I'm an actor; I'm observing, investigating and portraying a form of love and life."
-- Addison Ore (http://www.gotriad.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080221/GTCOM01/158461180/-1/gtcom01), Go Triad
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While shoveling asphalt, Ennis had to listen to that lout Timmy.
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Monroe minimizes the mess on his messed-up floor, hoping it would let him mess around with Alma.
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Invariably in every interview, [Heath] Ledger would be asked what it was like to "play" gay. I remember thinking at the time that his answers were amazingly mature for a straight man in his mid-20's.
In an interview with The Windy City Times, when asked about kissing another man, Ledger replied, "I know how to love someone, and I know how to kiss someone, so it's quite simple, you just do the same thing. That's the point, isn't it? It's not really different -- you're still doing the exact same thing."
And when told he was brave and courageous for playing a gay role, he responded, "No, it's brave to be a firefighter, it's courageous to be an NYPD officer. I'm an actor; I'm observing, investigating and portraying a form of love and life."
-- Addison Ore (http://www.gotriad.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080221/GTCOM01/158461180/-1/gtcom01), Go Triad
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Lureen tried to outdo Lashawn, by sorority and by hairdo.
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Lureen was surrounded by pinkness holding her new baby boy.
(http://oxoniensis-art.com/caps/brokeback/brokeback_440.jpg)
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EXT: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, WYOMING: LATE AFTERNOON: 1963:
JACK and ENNIS'S herd of sheep, reconstituted as best they can, moves along the high treeless slope of Brokeback Mountain, kept in order and in motion by the dogs.
[screenplay]
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Ennis shouted after her, but Alma was determined to take that extra shift.
=aside=
Happy Canada Day!
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At the benefit dance, Lureen was touting her membership in Kappa Phi (and not Tri Delt).
=aside=
(http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/pubfiles/CanadaDay.gif)
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"Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain, based on a short story by Annie Proulx and in a slowly expanding release around the country, is the critical favorite for 2005. About the star-crossed love between Ennis del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), which begins in the summer of 1963 as they tend sheep together on Brokeback Mountain, equally fawning critics can’t seem to decide whether it’s a gay-cowboy flick or a universal study in thwarted love. The marketing has been aimed heavily at women; some men, viewing the film in George Costanza mode, may find themselves instinctively reassuring others of their unblemished records of staunch heterosexuality."
-- Thomas Hibbs (http://www.nationalreview.com/hibbs/hibbs200601060725.asp), National Review Online
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Alma's kitchen outing of Ennis prompted his walkout of the Thanksgiving gathering.
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Round 699!
The "Over" or "Under" Round!
(http://www.marthejocelyn.com/images/mjocelyn-340-Over_under_cove.jpg)
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When questioned by Ennis, Jack angrily admits that he had gone over the border to Mexico: "Hell yes, I been. Where's the fuckin' problem?"
=aside= Paul
Very nice round announcement.
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"...they found Earl dead in a irrigation ditch. They'd took a tire iron to him, spurred him up, drug him around by his dick until it pulled off, just bloody pulp. What the tire iron done looked like pieces a burned tomatoes all over him, nose tore down from skiddin on gravel."
[story]
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Drowsy and under the influence of whiskey, Ennis careened into Jack's tent.
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Feeling downbeat and depressed after the post-divorce mixup, Jack was pushed over the borderline.
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"When word first reached us that, after the critical opprobrium heaped on Hulk, Ang Lee was turning his attention to what was only ever described in the press as a 'gay Western', we thought he’d taken leave of his senses — and, indeed, sensibility. A director with a remarkably broad palette, Lee had trademarked a devastating understatement in films as controlled and anguished as The Ice Storm, while Crouching Tiger revealed his magic touch extended to action too. Now there was a sense that maybe he was about to overreach himself...."
-- Damon Wise, Empire Online (http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?DVDID=117231)
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Ennis subscribed to the fallacy that he weren't queer, but he was soon in over his head.
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Ennis was never able to recover from the gruesome sight he witnessed at age 9.
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"Yeah. I made three fuckin thousand dollars that year. Fuckin starved. Had to borrow everthing but a toothbrush from other guys. Drove grooves across Texas. Half the time under that cunt truck fixin it. Anyway, I didn't never think about losin. Lureen? There's some serious money there. Her old man's got it. Got this farm machinery business. Course he don't let her have none a the money, and he hates my fuckin guts, so it's a hard go now but one a these days --"
[story]
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After leaving Jack at the end of the summer, Ennis was ill-prepared to understand the depth of his feelings.
=aside=
I"ll be ill-prepared to play, with no internet access for a few days.
Happy Independence Day!
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Alma was in shock to see her husband and his friend in a lovers' embrace.
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"Christ, he licked the stuffin out a me, knocked me down on the bathroom floor, whipped me with his belt. I thought he was killin me. Then he says, 'You want a know what it's like with piss all over the place? I'll learn you,' and he pulls it out and lets go all over me, soaked me, then he throws a towel at me and makes me mop up the floor, take my clothes off and warsh them in the bathtub, warsh out the towel...."
[story]
=aside= Sandy
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Congratulations!!!! |
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When Aguirre ordered the boys to sleep with the sheep to limit predator loss, they felt they were being nickeled and dimed into performing their jobs under Forest Service radar.
=aside=Sandy
CONGRATS ON 4,000 POSTS!
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Because Ennis overdrank and was too dizzy to even stand, he decided to grab forty winks on the ground cloth and ride out at first light.
=aside=
Thanks Fran and Meryl. That was very thoughtful.
And Meryl, welcome back.
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Hoping to protect his sheep from coyotes and other predators, Joe Aguirre put Jack under strict orders to sleep in a pup tent near the herd.
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Earl's murderers may never have been identified, but Ennis knew his father was aware of the answer to the riddle and held him under suspicion of participating in the crime himself.
=aside=Sandy
Thanks, it's nice to be back :)
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“I guess,” said Ennis, slipping his hand up her blouse sleeve and stirring the silky armpit hair, fingers moving down her ribs to the jelly breast, the round belly and knee and up into the wet gap all the way to the north pole or the equator depending which way you thought you were sailing, working at it until she shuddered and bucked against his hand and he rolled her over, did quickly what she hated.
[story]
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Ennis tells Alma Jr. that on June 5th he's supposed to be on a roundup over near the Teton Mountains.
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The elder Twists lived in an unprepossessing ranch house whose heyday, like that of its owners, was long over.
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Jack wiped away the tears from his eyes after the post-divorce misunderstanding.
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The marriage between Alma and Ennis was torn asunder when Junior was nine and Francine was seven.
=aside= Sandy
Happy 4,000 lovely, witty posts!
=aside= Meryl
Welcome back, Madame Directrix!
=aside= Players
Can you believe, 700 rounds?!
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An excerpt from an Associated Press article (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8EFD8M01&show_article=1):
'Brokeback Mountain' Leads Globe Nods
Dec 13 10:01 AM US/Eastern
By DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writer
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - The cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain" led Golden Globe contenders Tuesday with seven nominations, among them best dramatic picture and honors for actors Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams and director Ang Lee, positioning itself as a key Academy Awards competitor.
=aside= Players
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An excerpt from an Associated Press article (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8EFD8M01&show_article=1) covering the Golden Globe nominations:
'Brokeback Mountain' Leads Globe Nods
Dec 13 10:01 AM US/Eastern
By DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writer
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - The cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain" led Golden Globe contenders Tuesday with seven nominations, among them best dramatic picture and honors for actors Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams and director Ang Lee, positioning itself as a key Academy Awards competitor.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
=aside= Players
Congratulations on reaching
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Jack spent the entire decade of the seventies travelling back and forth to Wyoming.
=comment=
Hot pink looks better than just pink.
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The buzz built up the following week, when the L.A. Film Critics and the N.Y. Film Critics voted the Western love story Best Picture and Ang Lee Best Director. The two groups have seldom chosen the same picture, but this year, there's seems to be consensus. In between the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the largest (200) group of journalists in the country, announced its nominations and again "Brokeback Mountain" was the leader of the pack.
Then came the big coup, the Golden Globe nominations, announced December 13, in which "Brokeback Mountain" swept the largest (seven) number of nominations: Picture, Director, Screenplay (Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana), Actor (Heath Ledger), Supporting Actress (Michelle Williams), and even the music categories.
-- Film critic Emanuel Levy (http://www.emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=593)
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After they bid their painful farewells in 1963, Ennis and Jack couldn't restrain themselves during their reunion in 1967.
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In the divorce courtroom in 1975, Ennis looked glummer than the rest.
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An excerpt from an Associated Press article (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8EFD8M01&show_article=1):
'Brokeback Mountain' Leads Globe Nods
Dec 13 10:01 AM US/Eastern
By DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writer
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - The cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain" led Golden Globe contenders Tuesday with seven nominations, among them best dramatic picture and honors for actors Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams and director Ang Lee, positioning itself as a key Academy Awards competitor.
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In 1967 Alma witnessed what she considered an illicit kiss between her husband and his lover.
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In 1975, the licit marriage between Ennis and Alma became kaput.
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The belief that Hollywood loves nothing more than a minority was given a boost yesterday when the gay cowboy drama "Brokeback Mountain" topped the list of nominations for the Golden Globe awards. The film, made by the genre-hopping director Ang Lee, received seven nominations, including best drama, director, actor, supporting actress, screenplay, score and song.
-- Dan Glaister, The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/dec/14/film.oscars2006)
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Ennis, in Seventh Heaven at Jack's arrival, proved himself nimbler than ever as he ran down the stairs two at a time to greet him.
=aside=Players
CONGRATS ON 700 SUPERLATIVE ROUNDS! :D
=aside=Paul
CONGRATS ON BECOMING A MOD! 8)
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Ennis was overjoyed to see Jack at their reunion in 1967.
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The end credits for Brokeback Mountain list the names of its seven production assistants:
Sean Finnan
Dan Kuzmenko
Evan Godfrey
Cameron Dales
Tyler Flewelling
Mark Gamache
Naomi Robinson
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At exactly 27 minutes into the film, the radiant full moon appears, floating serenely over the first tent scene.
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An excerpt from an Associated Press article:
'Brokeback Mountain' (http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8EFD8M01&show_article=1) Leads Globe Nods
Dec 13 10:01 AM US/Eastern
By DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writer
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - The cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain" led Golden Globe contenders Tuesday with seven nominations, among them best dramatic picture and honors for actors Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams and director Ang Lee, positioning itself as a key Academy Awards competitor.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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The end credits for Brokeback Mountain list the names of its seven production assistants:
Sean Finnan
Dan Kuzmenko
Evan Godfrey
Cameron Dales
Tyler Flewelling
Mark Gamache
Naomi Robinson
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Throughout the seventies, Jack was unfailing in his commitment to fishing trips.
=aside= Meryl
Great to have you back, co-mod!
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Alma and Ennis's marriage worsened over the years resulting in divorce in 1975.
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"In Brokeback Mountain, the Australian-born Heath Ledger turns in one of the finest performances of his career."
-- Mark Sells, The Reel Deal (http://www.oregonherald.com/reviews/mark-sells/reviews/brokebackmountain.html)
=aside= Sandy
I LOVE the dancing numbers!!!
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While Jack was out "fishing", Lureen boned up on her adding machine skills.
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Jack, tired of spending lonely nights in a pup tent that smelled like cat piss or worse, cursed Joe Aguirre for bending the Forest Service rules.
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"Thrown together, lonely and frustrated, Ennis and Jack find that their relationship has grown deeper and fiercer than friendship and they have sex. It is a glorious, revelatory experience, and safe from society's disapproval on that remote Arcadian spot, they are at one with their own natures and with nature itself."
-- Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian (http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,,1680094,00.html)
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Ennis's paranoia led him to believe that his affair with Jack was everyone's business.
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At least one fluorescent light fixture was turned on in Monroe and Alma's kitchen.
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=aside=
Thanks to Toast for the picture.
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In his review of Brokeback Mountain, movie critic Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian (http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,,1680094,00.html) wrote that Jake Gyllenhaal "has matured into one of the most charismatic actors of his generation."
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Ennis stopped Jack from hugging him when he arrived unannounced after the divorce, ostensibily because he wasn't alone, but also hinting at his discomfort.
=aside=Paul
Thanks, co-mod, it's great to be back! 8)
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While Ennis drummed on the coffeepot, Jack intoned the words to "Water-Walking Jesus".
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The end credits for Brokeback Mountain show Quentin Lowry as one of the "Jack stunt doubles."
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As the years went on, Jack's concerns were increasingly those of the moneyed class.
= aside = players
Dang, sorry to have missed the 7 round! I sure used to love Mark Spitz back when. :)
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After years of submitting to L.D. in family matters, Jack stopped playing the nebbish on one fateful Thanksgiving.
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Ennis wanted to believe that what happened the prior night in Tent Scene I was a one-night thing.
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It appears that John C. Twist and his wife only had one child: a son named Jack who predeceased them before his fortieth birthday.
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Ennis firmly asked Biker #2 if he would care to have his dental appendages redone.
=aside= Elle
Moneyed is brilliant!
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"Bunch a other things, fuckin busted ribs, sprains and pains, torn ligaments. See, it ain’t like it was in my daddy’s time. It’s guys with money go to college, trained athaletes. You got to have some money to rodeo now..."
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Tony Brown was one of several individuals given "special thanks" in the end credits for Brokeback Mountain.
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Early in his career, Jack was one unmoneyed bullrider.
=aside= Elle
Cheers!
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The end credits for Brokeback Mountain list Wendy M. Craig as one of the costume supervisors.
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Post should include some form of the number two such as:
the two mortages on Ennis's parents ranch
two five-dollar bills in Ennis's tobacco can
the Thresher lost two months earlier
the moon notched past two
the two of them on the mountain flying in the bitter, euphoric air...
or numbers like 24, 1972 or
the 42 zapped sheet
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The end credits list two editors for Brokeback Mountain: Geraldine Peroni and Dylan Tichenor, ACE.
=FYI=
ACE after a film editor's name means that he or she is a member of the American Cinema Editors, an honorary society of motion picture editors founded in 1950. Film editors are voted into membership on the basis of their professional achievements, their dedication to the education of others and their commitment to the craft of editing.
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For all Jack's skills as a herder, of the two cowboys he was a bit more of a bungler, especially when it came to opening cans or shooting coyotes.
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The coffee can's contents consisted of 24 clams.
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After Jack followed the lead of the two horses and drank from the tea-colored river, Ennis cautioned him about getting beaver fever, a disease caused by the flagellate protozoan Giardia lamblia.
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This Friday, July 11th, 2008, at 9pm, Eastern and Pacific, on the E! network, the E! True Hollywood Story premieres its episode about Heath Ledger, star of Brokeback Mountain.
http://www.eonline.com/on/shows/ths/episodes/index.jsp
=aside= players
The weirdest coincidence - I realized that the word network has "two" in it, and that there is an "E!" network that hadn't been played. So I went Googling to find something BBM-related from E! and found this - that tomorrow they are premiering this show about Heath. How weird is that?
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Proulx, 70, in town recently for the premiere of Ang Lee's film adaptation of "Brokeback Mountain," says that while she was "blown away" by the movie, she doesn't welcome the return of Ennis and Jack to the forefront of her consciousness.
"Put yourself in my place," the author says. "An elderly, white, straight female, trying to write about two 19-year-old gay kids in 1963. What kind of imaginative leap do you think was necessary? Profound, extreme, large. To get into those guys' heads and actions took a lot of 16-hour days, and never thinking about anything else and living a zombie life. That's what I had to do. I really needed an exorcist to get rid of those characters. And they roared back when I saw the film."
Emdashes (http://emdashes.com/2005/12/original-brokeback-mountain-on.php)
=aside= Elle
That is unbelievable - what an amazing coincidence. And kudos to you for realizing the word "network" has the word "two" in it.
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After Jack followed the lead of the two horses and drank from the tea-colored river, Ennis cautioned him about getting beaver fever, a disease caused by the flagellate protozoan Giardia lamblia.
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In addition to four 2006 BAFTA awards to BBM ,the best acting award went to Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote , and best costume design to Coleen Atwood for Memoirs of a Geisha .
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Film Independent's 2006 Independent Spirit Awards were held - as usual - in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica. The award show which bills itself as the coolest of the bunch attracted lots of big names from the world of indie films, including a lot of Oscar nominees.
The last major award show before the Academy Awards pretty much toed the line when it came to handing out the big trophies. "Brokeback Mountain" took home the Best Feature award and director Ang Lee scored the Best Director trophy.
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=aside= Paul
Another clever use of "two."
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After Jack followed the lead of the two horses and drank from the tea-colored river, Ennis cautioned him about getting beaver fever, a disease caused by the flagellate protozoan Giardia lamblia.
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After Jack followed the lead of the two horses and drank from the tea-colored river, Ennis cautioned him about getting beaver fever, a disease caused by the microscopic parasite Giardia lamblia.
=thanks=
Fran and Sandy.
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This Friday, July 11th, 2008, at 9pm, Eastern and Pacific, on the E! network, the E! True Hollywood Story premieres its episode about Heath Ledger, star of Brokeback Mountain.
http://www.eonline.com/on/shows/ths/episodes/index.jsp (http://www.eonline.com/on/shows/ths/episodes/index.jsp)
=aside= Elle
Thanks.
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After Jack followed the lead of the two horses and drank from the tea-colored river, Ennis cautioned him about getting beaver fever, a disease caused by the microscopic organism Giardia lamblia.
=comment=
I love Google!!!
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After Jack followed the lead of the two horses and drank from the tea-colored river, Ennis cautioned him about getting beaver fever, a disease caused by the microscopic parasite Giardia lamblia.
=aside=
Here's the famous little critter:
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Jack's reappearance in Ennis's life four years after Brokeback radically altered the Del Mar marriage, turning Ennis into an untrustworthy husband literally overnight.
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The sheep trucks and horse trailers unloaded at the trailhead and a bandy-legged Basque showed Ennis how to pack the mules, two packs and a riding load on each animal ring-lashed with double diamonds and secured with half hitches, telling him, "Don't never order soup. Them boxes a soup are real bad to pack."
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For Ennis, a trip way out into the middle of nowhere was a twofer - he could be in the nature that he loved AND be with Jack.
=comment=
What I really wanted to write was that a post by Paul is a twofer - great content and great visuals!
Update: I meant the Ennis and Jack videos, but the giardia's nice too.
:)
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Jack's reappearance in Ennis's life four years after Brokeback radically altered the Del Mar marriage, turning Ennis into an untrustworthy husband literally overnight.
=aside= Meryl
Brilliant! And thanks!
=aside= Elle
:-*
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After Jack followed the lead of the two horses and drank from the tea-colored river, Ennis cautioned him about getting beaver fever, a waterborne disease.
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As ardently as Jack pressed him, Ennis never yielded on his threeping to live separately.
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As beamingly as Jack pressed him, Ennis never yielded on his threeping to live separately.
=aside= Elle
Wow, I am thrice impressed!
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The New York City Opera plans to premiere Brokeback Mountain in 2013.
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'Mountain' takes Golden Globe for dramatic picture
Gregg Kilday
Jan 17, 2006
The thwarted romance of "Brokeback Mountain" seduced the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., which awarded the movie four trophies Monday night at the 63rd annual Golden Globe Awards, including best motion picture drama.
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As enduringly as Jack pressed him, Ennis never yielded on his threeping to live separately.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks!
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From a review (http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/brokebackmountain.html) of the Brokeback Mountain HD DVD at High-Def Digest:
With still no audio commentary, deleted scenes or substantial making-of footage offered, only three new (but slim) featurettes are the highlights. Perhaps the most relevant is the 14-minute "A Groundbreaking Success." The usual assortment of film critics and historians are trotted out to proclaim "Brokeback" a classic, as well as what looks comments new and old from cast and crew (the Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal chats seem fresh, while Ang Lee's interview in particular appears dated). Unfortunately, at only 14 minutes, this barely scratches the surface. I recently read interviews with Ledger and Gyllenhaal, both of whom say they still get letters from fans whose lives were changed by the film. Where is this kind of emotional material? How about some genuinely insightful perspective on how "Brokeback" has influenced the political landscape for gays and lesbians in America? Or the backlash against the film? "Brokeback Mountain" is the kind of hot-button movie tailor-made for a substantial documentary, but sadly, this isn't it.
Next we have "Music from the Mountain," which is a nice 11-minute look at the making of the film's score, although I only really liked it because of the vibrant personality of composer Gustavo Santaolalla. And the guy did, after all, win an Oscar, so he certainly deserves his own featurette.
Finally, "Impressions from the Film" is total fluff -- a nearly 3-minute montage of movie stills over excerpts from Santaolalla's score. How about a real still gallery, with never-before-seen production and publicity photos? Maybe Universal is saving that for the next special edition?
=aside= Paul
Congratulations on hitting
5,000!!!!!
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'Mountain' takes Golden Globe for dramatic picture
Gregg Kilday
Jan 17, 2006
The thwarted romance of "Brokeback Mountain" seduced the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., which awarded the movie four trophies Monday night at the 63rd annual Golden Globe Awards, including best motion picture drama.
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Although Jack was a hankerer for the sweet life, Ennis never yielded on his threeping to live separately.
=aside= Fran
Thanks!
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Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay includes three essays offering insight into how Annie Proulx's short story was turned into an award-winning screenplay and film.
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Three lustrous full moons trace the story of "Brokeback Mountain," as explained by CaseyCornelius in the old IMDb thread "Brokeback and the Number Three (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,10834.0.html)":
Three Full Moons
by - CaseyCornelius (Wed Apr 5 2006 23:57:05 )
UPDATED Sat May 13 2006 06:47:07
As stated in numerous previous threads regarding the Chinese symbols in Brokeback, the full moon is indicative of friends or lovers united in either physical proximity or in spirit from a great distance [in that they both view the same moon].
1 Jack up on Brokeback tending the sheep underneath a full moon looks down to the dark face of the mountain to seek out Ennis as night fire in the far distance. I see this as the first distinct visual cue of a desire of one of them for the other - ie. Jack begins to 'fall in love'.
2 The night of the first tent scene - 'nuff said.
3 Following the Riverton reunion Ennis gazes up into the sky lit by stars and the full moon and prompts Jack's query as to whether there is anything interesting up there in heaven. Aside from Ennis's wisecrack about sending up a prayer of thanks for Jack forgetting to bring his harmonica, it is SO touching that the reality is that heaven is not above - the two of them have found it in each other's company and embrace. The stars above are ratifying the holiness of their union.
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The thwarted romance of "Brokeback Mountain" seduced the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., which awarded the movie four trophies Monday night at the 63rd annual Golden Globe Awards, including best motion picture drama.
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From a review (http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/brokebackmountain.html) of the Brokeback Mountain HD DVD at High-Def Digest:
With still no audio commentary, deleted scenes or substantial making-of footage offered, only three new (but slim) featurettes are the highlights. Perhaps the most relevant is the 14-minute "A Groundbreaking Success." The usual assortment of film critics and historians are trotted out to proclaim "Brokeback" a classic, as well as what looks comments new and old from cast and crew (the Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal chats seem fresh, while Ang Lee's interview in particular appears dated). Unfortunately, at only 14 minutes, this barely scratches the surface. I recently read interviews with Ledger and Gyllenhaal, both of whom say they still get letters from fans whose lives were changed by the film. Where is this kind of emotional material? How about some genuinely insightful perspective on how "Brokeback" has influenced the political landscape for gays and lesbians in America? Or the backlash against the film? "Brokeback Mountain" is the kind of hot-button movie tailor-made for a substantial documentary, but sadly, this isn't it.
Next we have "Music from the Mountain," which is a nice 11-minute look at the making of the film's score, although I only really liked it because of the vibrant personality of composer Gustavo Santaolalla. And the guy did, after all, win an Oscar, so he certainly deserves his own featurette.
Finally, "Impressions from the Film" is total fluff -- a nearly 3-minute montage of movie stills over excerpts from Santaolalla's score. How about a real still gallery, with never-before-seen production and publicity photos? Maybe Universal is saving that for the next special edition?
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You are ALL really sumpn!
:-*
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In a society that mostly condemns and ostracizes homosexuals, Jack and Ennis manage to have a long-term relationship, meeting two or three times a year "way the hell out in the back of nowhere."
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Brokeback Mountain received many awards including three Academy Awards and the Producers Guild of America award.
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2005 was a banner year for Heath Ledger, with starring roles in three high-profile movies -- The Brothers Grimm, Brokeback Mountain, and Casanova -- in competition at the Venice Film Festival.
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Jack waved off any of Lureen's suspicions she may have had about his fishing trips that occurred two, three times a year.
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Jack said he nearly starved on his three-thousand-dollars-a-year income when he was rodeoing in Texas.
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'Brokeback' wins top PGA Award (http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2006/01/23/Brokeback_wins_top_PGA_Award/UPI-39061138044410/)
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Ang Lee's gay cowboy movie, "Brokeback Mountain," furthered its Oscar chances by taking the top award from the Producers Guild of America.
Producers Diana Ossana and James Schamus took top honors during the 17th annual awards at the Universal Hilton Sunday night, beating out "Capote," "Crash," Good night, and Good Luck" and "Walk the Line," the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
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As Ennis took leave of Jack in 1963, he appeared to be waffling about replying to Jack's hint at coming back the next summer, but he finally said only "Well, see you around, I guess."
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Posts will included an unplayed word as well as
the number "four" or "4".
Hints: the Fourth of July scene, the four-year reunion in 1964, the $24 left by Ennis's parents, Jack's four-hour commute....
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The fourth of July celebration was marred by the shenanigans of two anarchic bikers.
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At the Fourth of July celebration, two obnoxious, bigmouthed bikers were making lewd comments within earshot of Ennis and his family.
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While tending to his bathroom needs, three- or four-year-old Jack often had difficulty accessing the adult-sized commode.
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The Fourth of July celebration was interrupted by two bikers who dared to deride Ennis.
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More than four thousand Brokies are members of the BBM-related website ennisjack.com.
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There are sterling performances from the central foursome. Anne Hathaway ('The Princess Diaries') excels in her portrayal of Lureen's journey from cutie-pie to hard case while Michelle Williams ('Dawson's Creek') is a revelation, bottling all her pain and resentment over the years until she just can't take it anymore. Jake Gyllenhaal plays the flamboyant Jack with tenderness and hard-earned toughness but it is Heath Ledger's Ennis that is truly heartrending. His painfully internalised performance is epitomised by his clipped mutter, as if afraid too much will fall out if he opens his mouth any wider.
RTE Entertaiment (http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/0105/brokebackmountain.html)
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At the 2006 Academy Awards, four of the five films up for best picture -- "Crash," "Capote," "Good Night, and Good Luck" and favorite "Brokeback Mountain" -- were indies.
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Jack thought that his four-hour commute was a big hassle.
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At the 2006 Academy Awards, four of the five films up for best picture -- "Crash," "Capote," "Good Night, and Good Luck" and favorite "Brokeback Mountain" -- were indies.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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At the 2006 Academy Awards, four of the five films up for best picture -- "Crash," "Capote," "Good Night, and Good Luck" and favorite "Brokeback Mountain" -- were indies.
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Gordon MacIvor, economic development officer for the Town of Fort Macleod, Alberta, helped the crew gain access to key filming sites including the laundry apartment, Cassie's bar, the Greyhound station, the courthouse, and the Fourth of July baseball diamond site.
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Jack had to put up with the noxiously overwhelming smell of 42 zapped sheep.
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Jack had to put up with the obnoxiously overwhelming smell of 42 zapped sheep.
=aside=Fran
Thanks! :)
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Brokeback Mountain won the Producers Guild Of America (PGA) award for best movie of the year. It beat out four other movies - "Capote," "Crash," "Good Night, and Good Luck" and "Walk the Line" to earn the award.
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Jack had to put up with the reeky smell of 42 zapped sheep.
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The ranch was a meagre little place, leafy spurge taking over. The stock was too far distant for him to see their condition, only that they were black baldies. A porch stretched across the front of the tiny brown stucco house, four rooms, two down, two up.
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Travis McConnell is listed in the credits as trainee assistant director along with four other assistant directors.
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Jack and Ennis were mostly unbothered by visitors up on Brokeback, their only company being of the four-footed variety.
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During the filming of Brokeback Mountain, Dwayne Wiley was one of the four individuals serving as "Ennis stunt doubles."
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Ennis Del Mar wakes before five, wind rocking the trailer...
Ennis's tobacco can with the two five-dollar bills inside
Joe Aguirre's "goddamn near twenty-five percent loss"
the five miserable days spent untangling sheep
He saw she was pregnant, about four, five months, he guessed.
the price tag still on the creel case after five years
15-year-old Bobby "couldn't hardly read"
2005: the year BBM was released
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Keanna Dubé is the actress who played Alma Jr. at the age of five.
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At Thanksgiving, Ennis could tell by Alma's ballooning appearance that she was four, five months pregnant.
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New York City Opera has commissioned Charles Wuorinen to compose an opera based on Annie Proulx's short story "Brokeback Mountain," which was adapted into the 2005 film.
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"Seeing the film disturbed me. I felt that, just as the ancient Egyptians had removed a corpse's brain through the nostril with a slender hook before mummification, the cast and crew of this film, from the director down, had gotten into my mind and pulled out images."
Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay E. Annie Proulx (Scribner 2005) (http://dementedslinkybrain.blogspot.com/2006/02/brokeback-mountain-story-to-screenplay.html)
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"Seeing the film disturbed me. I felt that, just as the ancient Egyptians had removed a corpse's brain through the nostril with a slender hook before mummification, the cast and crew of this film, from the director down, had gotten into my mind and pulled out images."
Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay E. Annie Proulx (Scribner 2005) (http://dementedslinkybrain.blogspot.com/2006/02/brokeback-mountain-story-to-screenplay.html)
=thanks= Sandy
:)
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An excerpt from Box Office Mojo's Q&A with Jack Foley, Focus Features' distribution chief (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/features/?id=1986), dated January 18, 2006:
Box Office Mojo: How is ["Brokeback Mountain"] performing?
Foley: Superbly. That whole rollout process was designed to establish more momentum. It's doing phenomenally well. For example, the strategy in Kansas City -- and I used to live there -- was a very aggressive approach. We took it to Westport, and at the same time we went into affluent Johnson County and we played the Glenwood Fine Arts and AMC's megaplex in Olathe, Kansas, and it did $35,000 there that weekend and we never came out of there. I deliberately took that approach in Kansas City to perk up the artsy community. I experiment. If it hadn't worked, I'd have slowed down.
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Brokeback Mountain won 4 Golden Globes at the award ceremony honoring films released in the year 2005.
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Brokeback Mountain, in competition with other films released in 2005, was honored with four Golden Globes.
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The best-picture race at the 78th Academy Awards was an indie-dominated contest: four of the five nominated films -- "Crash," "Capote," "Good Night, and Good Luck" and favorite "Brokeback Mountain" -- were produced outside of the Hollywood studio system.
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Ennis told Jack he was saving up for a ranch and had two fivers lodged in a tobacco can.
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An excerpt from Box Office Mojo's Q&A with Jack Foley, Focus Features' distribution chief (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/features/?id=1986), dated January 18, 2006:
Box Office Mojo: How is ["Brokeback Mountain"] performing?
Foley: Superbly. That whole rollout process was designed to establish more momentum. It's doing phenomenally well. For example, the strategy in Kansas City -- and I used to live there -- was a very aggressive approach. We took it to Westport, and at the same time we went into affluent Johnson County and we played the Glenwood Fine Arts and AMC's megaplex in Olathe, Kansas, and it did $35,000 there that weekend and we never came out of there. I deliberately took that approach in Kansas City to perk up the artsy community. I experiment. If it hadn't worked, I'd have slowed down.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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On December 23, 2005, NPR's "Day to Day" featured an interview with director Ang Lee about his new movie, "Brokeback Mountain."
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After the hailstorm, Jack and Ennis had to spend five frustrating days disentangling the Chilean ovines from Aguirre's ovines.
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At Thanksgiving, Ennis could tell that Alma was four, five months preggers.
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Focus Features had planned a slow rollout for "Brokeback Mountain, and on December 9, 2005, the film opened in just five theaters in three cities with large gay populations -- New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
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"Seeing the film disturbed me. I felt that, just as the ancient Egyptians had removed a corpse's brain through the nostril with a slender hook before mummification, the cast and crew of this film, from the director down, had gotten into my mind and pulled out images."
Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay E. Annie Proulx (Scribner 2005) (http://dementedslinkybrain.blogspot.com/2006/02/brokeback-mountain-story-to-screenplay.html)
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"Driven by poverty and lack of opportunity to brave the mountain’s terrifying beauty and dangers, the boys develop a camaraderie that is heightened when they succumb to a moment of sexual passion."
From Two recent films: Brokeback Mountain and Walk the Line, by Joanne Laurier and David Walsh, published 5 January 2006
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/jan2006/film-j05.shtml
Coincidentally, Chrissi just posted this in the Heath Heath Heath thread: the star of Brokeback Mountain, and the star of Walk the Line together at the SAG awards 2006.
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/Penthesilea06/Heath2/01-29-06insidesag018.jpg)
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On January 6, 2006, "Brokeback Mountain" opened in select major cities in the UK, with a BBFC classification of 15 (suitable only for viewers 15 years or older).
BBFC = British Board of Film Classification
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After Alma started inquiring about Ennis's fishing trips telling him that the price tag was still on his creel case after five years, Ennis became increasingly angry. As the arguing escalated, and Alma said she was going to yell for Monroe, Ennis "gave another wrench that left her with a burning bracelet..."
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Dad got tired a me come bawlin in the house and when I was about six he set me down and says, Ennis, you got a problem and you got a fix it or it's goin a be with you until you're ninety and K.E.'s ninety three.
In 1963, when he met Jack Twist, Ennis was engaged to Alma Beers.
Jack reached for the .30 .06 but there was no need;
The reunion - 1967
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The 1967 reunion kiss was altogether too passionate for words; later, Jack and Ennis got in the altogether at the Motel
Six Siesta.
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"Ang Lee's multi-Golden Globe nominated feature Brokeback Mountain, starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal ponied up a heap of cash over the weekend, spectacularly bursting the six-figure average threshold. The critically lauded film grossed $547,425 from just five screens in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, averaging a whopping $109,485, the biggest screen average included in the history of this column."
-- Brian Brooks, Rentrak Theatrical (http://www.indiewire.com/biz/2005/12/brokeback_mount.html)
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After seeing Brokeback Mountain perform strongly in a handful of conservative test cities last weekend, Focus Features has decided to accelerate its expansion schedule for the gay cowboy romance. Brokeback, which set a per-theater box-office record over the weekend for any non-IMAX movie released in more than 50 theaters, is expected to move onto 300-400 screens by Jan. 6. It currently is playing in 69 theaters and had been expected to expand to 250 on Jan. 13.
IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443295/news?year=2005)
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The 1967 reunion showed the definitive onscreen kiss.
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A director's chair from Brokeback Mountain emblazoned with Heath Ledger's name was one of many items up for bid on June 16, 2008, in Los Angeles at Bonhams & Butterfields' auction of entertainment memorabilia.
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The winning bid appears to have been $1,680.
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During the summer of 1963, 2 men discover their futures in Brokeback Mountain, Wyoming. It’s where they met and it’s where they found themselves.
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The 1967 reunion kiss was marked by its passion and by its gruffness.
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At sixes and sevens over the tangled sheep, a harried Ennis and a crabby Jack worked long to get them sorted out.
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As Alma hurried off to work an extra shift, Ennis used indelicate language within earshot of six-year-old Alma Jr. and four-year-old Jenny.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2368.jpg)
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In 1967 at their reunion, Ennis and Jack spent their time lavishing each other with affection.
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At sixes and sevens over the mingled sheep, a harried Ennis and a crabby Jack worked long to get them sorted out.
=aside= Elle
Thanks, you're a perfect 10.
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Wednesday July 16, 2008
Heath Ledger, You Got Us Good (http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/news-features/features/heath.html)
By Nathaniel Rogers
As excitement mounts for The Dark Knight and Heath Ledger as the Joker, we take a look back at Ledger's towering performance as Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain.
It’s been only six months since the rising star Heath Ledger died of an accidental and toxic mix of prescription pills in New York City. He was 28 years old. What a difference half a year makes. From his death on January 22nd, 2008 to the opening of his last completed film, The Dark Knight, on July 18th he’s been transformed in the media from promising young actor to everyone’s favorite young actor. He’s now unarguably the doomed icon of this generation.
Ledger has been frequently eulogized in the past six months but he’s been oddly present, too; it’s as if he’s been watching the chaos of public mourning and contributing to it with intermittent peeks at his anarchic performance as "The Joker". This odd double exposure of canonized and living actor didn’t happen through exploitative Hollywood maneuvering but simple economics. How do you stop a moving train? Tent pole scheduling is serious business and Knight was already well en route to its July berth when tragedy stuck. Ledger, too, was already earmarked — or grin-marked if you will — as that film’s principal visual marketing hook.
For all the current hoopla surrounding his intense take on a classic character, when the smoke clears, the Joker won't be the definitive Heath Ledger performance, the one that people remember him for in years to come. His astonishing creation of Ennis Del Mar is the one. His complete immersion into that self-loathing cowboy forever lost on Brokeback Mountain would have ensured his place in film history even if he had lived a long uneventful life as a working actor afterwards. The actor’s tragic demise only sped his classic work to its natural destination....
=aside= Meryl
Thanks for posting this article.
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On March 9, 2006, Brokeback Mountain made the news yet again when a press release was sent to more than 400 media outlets announcing that nearly $26,000 had been raised for an ad to be posted in the Daily Variety on March 10, 2006.[40] This $26,000 had been raised by just over 600 fans through an online donations site, affiliated with a non-studio-sponsored online forum which is devoted to the film and the book.[41] The story was quickly picked up by several outlets including Yahoo!, The Advocate, and The New York Times.[42][43][44] The ad served as a simple show of fan support despite its losing the Best Picture Oscar.[45]
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain)
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In TS2, Ennis prudishly enters the tent, hat in hand, only to be greeted by the lovely Jack and his six-pack.
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During the summer of '63, Jack and Ennis's supplies were replenished on a weekly basis.
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Jack and Ennis began their relationship in the early Sixties and continued it until the early Eighties.
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On that night in 1966 when Lureen decided Jack was the one for her, she didn't tiptoe around the subject, asking him directly, "What are you waiting for, cowboy, a matin' call?"
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"Brokeback Mountain" was well received in Montana. In Kalispell, the film drew 576 ticket purchasers over its first weekend. It was also the No. 1 draw during opening weekends in Helena and Whitefish, beating out "Big Momma's House 2," "Nanny McPhee." and "Underworld" -- the three top box-office draws nationwide.
Montanans not turning backs on "Brokeback" (http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2006/02/04/news/local/news03.txt)
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In TS2, Ennis enters the tent, well-placed hat in hand, only to be greeted by the lovely Jack and his six-pack.
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The reunion - 1967
...and when Alma Jr. was nine and Francine seven she said, what am I doin hangin around with him, divorced Ennis and married the Riverton grocer.
...Alma Jr. a shy seventeen-year-old with his beanpole length...
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The 71st New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2005, were given on 12 December 2005 at the Algonquin Hotel, New York, USA.
Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain won 3 awards: Best Film, Actor (Heath Ledger) and Director. A History of Violence starring Viggo Mortensen won 2 awards, both for Supporting Performances by William Hurt and Maria Bello. Best Actress was voted Reese Witherspoon for her role in Walk the Line (she would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Actress).
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Film_Critics_Circle_Awards_2005)
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"Brokeback'' -- an odds-on favorite to clean up in Academy Award nominations, including best picture, on Tuesday -- is not just an art-house favorite or a cultural statement or a milestone in filmmaking. It is a bona fide hit making money in places, and with audiences, that make an East Bay movie house look like the Cannes Film Festival.
As of Sunday, the latest day for which figures were available, "Brokeback Mountain" had appeared in 1,196 theaters and earned $42.1 million in seven weeks. For a movie that cost just $14 million to make, that's already some serious profit.
-- C.W. Nevius, SFGate (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/28/BAGMFGUAEP1.DTL)
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Leaning over his new mailbox, a cigarette clamped between his lips, Ennis carefully attached the numbers 1 and 7 to its side.
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"...and when Alma Jr. was nine and Francine seven she said, what am I doin hangin' around with him..."--Alma, on divorcing Ennis.
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Elizabeth Greenberg is one of seven people listed in the credits as part of the Casting Department.
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"Brokeback" Actor Not Happy, Nor Gay
By Joal Ryan
Fri, 24 Mar 2006 02:30:00 PM PST
Randy Quaid signed up for a gay cowboy movie, not a universal love story.
That's the gist of a new lawsuit by the familiar-faced actor who alleges in a $10 million lawsuit that he was the victim of a "movie-laundering" scheme by the studio division behind Brokeback Mountain.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Los Angeles, accuses the filmmakers of getting Quaid to cut his seven-figure asking price by portraying Brokeback as a "low-budget, art-house movie with no prospect of making money." Only later, it says, did Quaid learn Brokeback was a Hollywood-backed production with a budget worth "millions more" than he'd been told.
E! Online (http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=c81b3019-b8f8-4c1e-a09b-3224f2d0f68b&entry=index)
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While Ennis is at sixes and sevens about the tent, Jack guffaws about the flattened harmonica.
=comment=
The world guffaws to think Quaid believes he would get seven figures for anything!!
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Michael Hausman is listed in the credits as one of seven executive producers, three of whom were uncredited.
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Brokeback Mountain truck perfect vehicle to see Alberta scenery
Last Updated: Monday, July 24, 2006 | 1:53 PM ET
CBC Arts
The scenery featured in the 2005 movie Brokeback Mountain continues to win rave reviews, this time from two American men on a tour of Alberta in the truck featured in the film.
Bob and Jeff Welsh, a father and son from Indiana, won an auction on eBay for a tour of the Brokeback Mountain sites in the 1950 pickup truck used in the movie.
"Great scenery ... lot of friendly people and absolutely stunning," Jeff Walsh said after spending Saturday touring the Kananaskis area where the mountain scenes were shot. "It was really interesting now that on some of the scenes we've looked at how close they were to the roads. So you know there was just a couple of scenes where we had to walk off on a trail and not for a great distance," he told CBC Radio.
Rob Freeman of Bragg Creek bought the vintage truck driven by Jake Gyllenhaal in the movie from a teenager from Pincher Creek, Alta., for $70,000.
He restored it and offered to take two people on a tour of all the spots in Alberta where the movie was shot.
Full story here: cbc.ca (http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/07/24/brokeback-truck.html)
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While Ennis was at sixes and sevens about the tent, Jack found his broken-harmonica comment laughable.
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Michael Hausman is listed in the credits as one of seven executive producers, three of whom were uncredited.
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According to Variety (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117936280.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&s=h&p=0), 18.7 million viewers tuned in to NBC to watch the 63rd Golden Globe Awards, where "Brokeback Mountain" won the top awards.
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Lureen's Thanksgiving dinner served to ostentate her fabulous seventies decor.
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When one opens the IMDb Brokeback Mountain page, Valerie Planche's name is the seventh one listed.
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According to Rotten Tomatoes, Brokeback Mountain has an 87% rating.
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The Twist-Newsome house was decorated in high seventies decor, complete with mauve velvet chairs, mod wallpaper and animal skin rugs.
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Sometime in 1978, Ennis stopped into the Wolf Ears Bar and had a close encounter with Cassie Cartwright, a curvy young waitress tarted up in platform sandals and a mustard-colored tank top.
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"Just as Ennis can't forsake secret squeeze Jack in the critically praised love story, the avalanche of jokes, parodies and quips inspired by the winner of four Golden Globes shows no signs of abating almost seven weeks after opening in theaters."
-- Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2006-01-25-brokeback-humor-cover_x.html)
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Brokeback Worthwhile
Brokeback Mountain is recommended, a "thumbs-up." I'm paying it about the highest compliment you're going to hear me accord a movie: it's still growing on me, more than a day after I saw it. There is much to savor.
Brokeback is about a great romantic love. Two "straight" young cowboys named Ennis and Jack fall for each other and begin a secret love affair while tending sheep one summer. The summer ends, they move far away from each other, each goes on to marry, and their subsequent rendezvous, as "fishing buddies," are spaced years apart.
To effectively maintain a "straight" facade in 1970s Wyoming, as we're reminded in the explosive confrontation between Ennis and the ex-wife who suspects his secret, is literally a matter of life or death. The thrill of danger enhances the sweetness of love.
Karen Armstead, In The Diaspora (http://inthediaspora.blogspot.com/2006/01/brokeback-worthwhile_30.html)
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Ennis said the kind of riding that interested him lasted longer than eight seconds and had some point to it.
"I got a boy," said Jack. "Eight months old.
The road to Lightning Flat went through desolate country past a dozen abandoned ranches distributed over the plain at eight and ten mile intervals, houses sitting blank eyed in the weeds, corral fences down.
In May of 1983 they spent a few cold days at a series of little icebound, no name high lakes, then worked across into the Hail Strew River drainage.
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Though no one knows what the affreightment for the large semi-truck at the beginning of the movie Brokeback Mountain was for, Brokeback Mountain lovers agree it deposited some precious, long-legged cargo on its brief roadside stop in Signal, Wyoming.
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After recovering from the reunion kiss, Jack mentioned that his boy's age was eight months.
=aside= Elle
Very impressive!
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"On Tuesday, the story of two romantically involved male ranch hands -- which already has won best picture honors from the Golden Globes (drama), Broadcast Film Critics Association and New York Film Critics Circle -- crowned its status as Oscar front-runner by leading all films with eight nominations for the 78th annual Academy Awards."
-- Todd Leopold, CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/31/oscar.nominations/index.html)
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The morning after their first night in the tent, a thoughtful Jack wrang out Ennis's dripping shirt in the stream, his eyes searching for him on the heights.
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Jack, shaking on the floorboard, told Ennis and Alma that he has an eight-month-old boy who smiles a lot.
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"On Tuesday, the story of two romantically involved male ranch hands -- which already has won best picture honors from the Golden Globes (drama), Broadcast Film Critics Association and New York Film Critics Circle -- crowned its status as Oscar front-runner by leading all films with eight nominations for the 78th annual Academy Awards."
-- Todd Leopold, CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/31/oscar.nominations/index.html)
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After recovering from the reunion kiss, Jack mentions that his eight-month-old son is a grinner.
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Jack and Ennis climbed new heights with their passionate romance on Brokeback Mountain.
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"Brokeback Mountain," Ang Lee's beautifully lensed and impeccably crafted love story, was nominated for eight Academy Awards.
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"Brokeback Mountain," Ang Lee's beautifully lensed and impeccably crafted love story, was nominated for eight Academy Awards.
=aside= Sandy oops, Fran
I couldn't resist!
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Brokeback Mountain will lead this year’s list of Academy Award with eight nominations, including those for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor Heath Ledger and supporting players Jake Gyllenhaal and Michelle Williams. The 78th annual Academy Awards will be broadcast live on ABC from Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre on Sunday, March 5.
The Celebrity Blog (http://www.thecelebrityblog.com/2006/01/brokeback-mountain-eight-oscar-nominations/)
=aside= Paul
I think you mean Fran.
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According to Variety (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117936280.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&s=h&p=0), 18.7 million viewers tuned in to watch NBC's live broadcast of the 63rd Golden Globe Awards, where "Brokeback Mountain" won the top awards.
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Slim as Lureen is, you might not expect L.D. to be carrying so much overweight.
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Many reviewers had predicted that Brokeback Mountain, with eight nominations, would win Best Picture of the Year at the 78th Academy Awards.
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Looking down from the height of his second-floor apartment, Ennis saw Jack get out of his truck and flash him a rakish grin.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Jackreuniongrin.jpg)
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Nimble Ennis practices sleight of foot - one moment the slopbucket-mouthed biker's standing on both feet, the next, he's sprawled on the ground.
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While Jack was a trembler on the stairway, he managed to convey that his grinning son was eight months old.
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Ennis felt the weight of his father's legacy again when Jack came back into his life, knowing the old man would accuse him of commiting an unclean act.
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In the weeks before the 78th annual Academy Awards, Brokeback Mountain producer Diana Ossana already suspected what few outside Hollywood could imagine: Her film was going to lose the Best Picture race. ''Several people told me they knew a lot of Academy voters who just refused to see the film,'' says Ossana, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Larry McMurtry. This tragic love story between two men had dominated the critics' awards and banked $178 million worldwide. It even captivated sellout crowds in states like Oklahoma and Ohio — just not, apparently, in Academy screening rooms. ''What are they afraid of?'' McMurtry asked Ossana. ''It's just a movie.''
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They was a joke even though they was pretty tough old birds. I was what, nine years old, and they found Earl dead in a irrigation ditch.
... and when Alma, Jr., was nine and Francine seven she said, What am I doin, hangin around with him, divorced Ennis,
and married the Riverton grocer.
"November. What in hell happened a August? Tell you what, we said August, nine, ten days.
He was only thirty nine.
In 1963, when he met Jack Twist, Ennis was engaged to Alma Beers.
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At the Twist Thanksgiving, where everyone was dressed to the nines, Jack offered to propel LD's asininity into the following week.
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No matter how distant their marriage became, Jack never ceased to respect Lureen's braininess.
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Ennis delighted in the corniness of Jack's mock rodeo mating dance.
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On the way up the mountain, Jack devised a way to carry one of the blue heeler pups in his coat, for he loved a little canine.
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Ennis and Alma on their irreversible descent through the eburnine snow:
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=adoration=all
You all are sumpn. :-*
(For he loved a little canine....) :)
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=adoration=all
You all are sumpn. :-*
(For he loved a little canine....) :)
=Aside=Elle
Adoration backatcha, Elle. The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.* :-*
*J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers
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Cassie tried using her feminine wiles on Ennis while dancing with him in the bar.
=aside= Players
You all are amazing.
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Through stinging tears, Ennis regarded the graininess of the Brokeback Mountain postcard.
=comment=
It's the mutual admiration society! Cheers!
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Most, but not all, Brokies agree that wringing it out a hunderd times refers to Ennis's horniness for Jack.
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Jack finally stood up to L.D.'s insults and asinine remarks when he told him that he would knock his "ignorant ass into next week."
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In "Blood on the red carpet (http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/mar/11/awardsandprizes.oscars2006)," Annie Proulx opined on the looniness of the 78th Academy Awards, where "conservative heffalump academy voters" found "Trash" more deserving of the Best Picture Oscar than "Brokeback Mountain."
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At the age of nineteen, Junior, raised on the doctrines of Methodism, chose to be married in the Methodist Church in Riverton.
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In the short story "Brokeback Mountain," the ninetieth word is "full."
"Ennis Del Mar wakes before five, wind rocking the trailer, hissing in
around the aluminum door and window frames. The shirts hanging
on a nail shudder slightly in the draft. He gets up, scratching the grey
wedge of belly and pubic hair, shuffles to the gas burner, pours
leftover coffee in a chipped enamel pan; the flame swathes it in blue.
He turns on the tap and urinates in the sink, pulls on his shirt and
jeans, his worn boots, stamping the heels against the floor to get
them full on."
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Lureen thought Brokeback Mountain was a place melodious with oscinine sounds and redolent of flowing whiskey.
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=aside= Elle
Happy Alberta Pilgrimage Anniversary to you!
Love the siggie pic. :-*
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"Whoa, whoa, whoa. It ain't goin a be that way. We can't. I'm stuck with what I got, caught in my own loop. Can't get out of it. Jack, I don't want a be like them guys you see around sometimes. And I don't want a be dead. There was these two old guys ranched together down home, Earl and Rich -- Dad would pass a remark when he seen them. They was a joke even though they was pretty tough old bids. I was what, nine years old and they found Earl dead in a irrigation ditch. They'd took a tire iron to him, spurred him up, drug him around by his dick until it pulled off, just bloody pulp. What the tire iron done looked like pieces a burned tomatoes all over him, nose tore down from skiddin on gravel."
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Aguirre finally gave Jack and Ennis the okay to come inside the trailer, remarking on the scrawniness of their derriers: "If you pair of deuces are lookin' for work, I suggest you get your scrawny asses in here, pronto."
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Aguirre finally gave Jack and Ennis the okay to come inside the trailer, remarking on the scrawniness of their derrieres.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks for setting me up!
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Ennis and Alma tobogganed down a hill in Wyoming on a winter day in 1964.
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Lureen showed off and then took off her ultrafeminine lingerie in the backseat of her daddy's car.
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Old Man Twist let Ennis know right away that he was no wimp, glowering at him in his best saturnine manner.
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Round
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Posts will included an unplayed word as well as
the number "ten" or "10".
If he does not force his attention on it, . . .
They fended off the night for an hour with the yellow kerosene lamp, and around ten Ennis rode Cigar Butt . . .
They believed themselves invisible, not knowing Joe Aguirre had watched them through his 10x42 binoculars for ten minutes one day . . .
"November. What in hell happened a August? Tell you what, we said August, nine, ten days.
". . . pitch a pup tent on the Q.T. with the sheep, out a
sight, and he's goin a sleep there.
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From MSN Movies (http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie-photos/brokeback-mountain/?vpid=586196):
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Heath Ledger and Michelle Willams attend the premiere of
"Brokeback Mountain" at Fox Studios in Sydney on Jan. 13, 2006.
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Ennis brightened considerably when Jack pulled up in his red truck.
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Jack consistently pursued the "sweet life" just as Ennis consistently resisted it.
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With murderous intent, Earl's attackers committed deplorable acts of violence.
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Jack tried to enlighten Ennis on the virtues of the sweet life.
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After Tent Scene I, Jack and Ennis would fasten and unfasten buttons and belt buckles all summer long.
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Over the years, Lureen's business skills greatened the family's wealth.
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Earl's attackers intentionally targeted his penis while carrying out their hateful acts of savagery.
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If Alma hadn't seen what she had seen, she would have tended to think the idea of Ennis and Jack being lovers was highly implausible.
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While singing around the campfire, Jack and Ennis were listeners of distant coyote yips.
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After Jack's death, Ennis would wake sometimes in grief and find that his tears had moistened his pillow.
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Before Aguirre showed up, Jack tried to neaten up by giving himself a not-so-close shave in the nick of time.
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At the Childress Dance Hall, Lureen the ostentator bragged about her sorority ties.
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Ennis was unwilling to live with Jack because of the potential danger such an arrangement might entail.
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Rotten Tomatoes gave Brokeback Mountain an 87% rating on their tomatometer.
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Jack preferred elk to beans as mountain sustenance.
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The end credits for Brokeback Mountain list John Tench as Roughneck #2.
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Joe Aguirre may have intended to say a word to the boys about stemming the rose while the sheep went untended, but instead contented himself with lecturing Jack when he showed up asking for work the next summer.
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Ennis carried up the mountain some coffee, some jam, and Jack's wheaten biscuits.
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Round 711!
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Months of The Year
Posts will include any month of the year and may be part of a longer word such as mayhem.
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Ang Lee: "It could be my wishful thinking, but if the feelings we’re portraying are real, if the actors believing what they’re playing appear to be real, and emotion is created with the audiences watching, then maybe issues won’t be [had]. Biases might disappear when you look into the heart of people. I hope that’s the case with our love story."
Interview for Brokeback Mountain (http://bahcecikdevekusu.com/movies/2005/mountain.htm)
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In Times Online, in December 2005, Jake remembered with tears in his eyes about the time he saw the film with his parents: 'Gyllenhaal arranged a special screening of Brokeback for his parents recently, and by the end of it they were in a heap, like a collapsed scrum. "They were both in tears," he says, looking decidedly glum again, before immediately brightening up. "Hey, maybe they were crying out of embarrassment."' I doubt that, Jake - and thanks to a good friend for reminding me and us of the link for this favourite interview.
Jake Gyllenhaal - Out There
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Wet, Dark and Wild (http://wetdarkandwild.blogspot.com/2007/07/brokeback-tears-rendition-truffles-and.html)
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Ennis had trouble concealing the hurt that was the premature August ending of their blissful summer.
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"Well, if I got lucky, that harmonica would've broke in two," said Ennis, after marching around the tent, while Jack dimpled , chuckling to himself.
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Brokeback Mountain began screening at the Enzian Theater in Maitland, Florida, on January 6, 2006.
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Because of the post-divorce mixup sometime after November of 1975, Jack started frequenting the bars and prostitutes in Mexico.
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On December 7, 2006, the Brokeback Mountain soundtrack was nominated for a Grammy Award.
=aside= Fran
;)
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On January 6, 2006, Brokeback Mountain began screening at three theaters in the Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) area: Cinema Center 12, Regal Cinemas Harrisburg Stadium 14, and Midtown Cinema.
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Jack's initial postcard to Ennis was postmarked September, 1967.
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It was with lachrymosity that Ennis read the word "deceased" on the postcard promising a next meeting on November 7 at Pine Creek.
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In mid-September of 2005, Brokeback Mountain was greeted with enthusiasm from audiences and critics alike at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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'Brokeback Mountain' is every bit as good as you've wished, while 'Narnia' is more engaging than you might expect.
Published on December 15, 2005
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=aside= Fran
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On 7,000 outstanding posts.
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After Ennis divorced in November of 1976, Jack was crestfallen to find that all his hopes of a revival of the sweet life idea were overthrown.
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ON 7,000 POSTS!
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Ennis's father polluted his young mind when he marched him and his brother down to see Earl's body.
=congrats= Fran
On 7,000 insightful posts.
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Searchworks, Inc., Roxanne Mayweather, and Suzanne Shelton were responsible for obtaining "additional clearances" for Brokeback Mountain.
=aside= Sandy, Meryl, Paul
Thank you, thank you, and thank you!!!
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In May of 1983 they spent a few cold days at a series of little icebound, no name high lakes, then worked across into the Hail Strew River drainage.
[story]
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Lying in bed in the Siesta Motel, Jack filled Ennis in on what had happened in his life between August of '63 and September of '67, tweaking the story to avoid telling him the real reason he didn't go back to work for Joe Aguirre.
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On March 23, 2006, Randy Quaid filed a lawsuit for $10 million plus punitive damages against Focus Features (Universal's indy unit), Del Mar Productions, James Schamus and David Linde, alleging that they had intentionally and negligently misrepresented Brokeback Mountain as being, "a low-budget, art house film with no prospect of making any money" in order to secure his professional acting services at a considerably lower rate than his typical fee. Quaid subsequently dropped the suit.
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During the last fishing trip in May, conversation turned from Don Wroe to weightier topics.
=aside=
I'll be away for a few days, likely becoming a little weightier myself. :)
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Round 712!
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Posts will contain any unplayed word as well as one of the following:
week, weekend, or end.
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AP: Were you trying to accomplish something specific with this story?
Proulx: No. It was just another story when I started writing it. I had no idea it was going to even end up on the screen. I didn't even think it was going to be published when I was first working on it because the subject matter was not in the usual ruts in the literary road.
Annie Proulx tells the story behind "Brokeback Mountain" (http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid23486.asp)
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"In its opening three-day weekend, Brokeback Mountain grossed $8,272 in Billings."
-- Joe Nickell, Missoulian (http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2006/02/04/news/local/news03.txt)
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=aside= Sandy
Love the fishin' buddies!
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In the lakeside argument, as Jack continues his crescendoing, we come to realize that Ennis, on the other hand, begins to diminuendo.
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In the lakeside argument, as Jack continues his crescendoing, we come to realize that Ennis, on the other hand, begins to diminuendo.
=aside= Elle
Thanks for a great post.
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Ennis endangers Joe Aguirre's herd when he spends the whole night with Jack in the main camp.
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When Ennis didn't return with the week's groceries, Jack thought he would have to fend for himself.
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A few old AMPAS dinosaurs like Ernest Borgnine and Tony Curtis couldn't get past the genders of Ennis and Jack.
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Jack tolerated L.D.'s harassing behavior at Thanksgiving up to a point but in the end refused to bend, offering to levitate his hind end into the following week.
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The bikers had no intention of cleaning up their insult-filled remarks at the Independence Day picnic until Ennis bared his teeth.
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Tthe bank ended up taking the del Mar ranch after the surviving children couldn't make the payments on the loans.
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Ma Twist mends Ennis's grief with her motherly touch.
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It has been documented in a published phenomenon known as "Brokie fever," that the neverendingness of Brokie devotion proves to sometimes be an overdependence difficult to balance with the rest of life, but if one can find that balance, the resplendencies of the Brokie life make the surrender completely worthwhile.
:)
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Lashawn, who has no resistance when it comes to clothes, admitted to overspending while she was working at Neiman Marcus.
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Jack was taken aback by the pendulousness of Lureen's upper frontals.
=aside= Elle
I surrender!
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Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry adapted Annie's story into a beautifully rendered screenplay.
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Wendy M. Craig is listed as Costume Supervisor: USA in the credits of Brokeback Mountain.
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Brokeback Mountain had a 19-week domestic theatrical run.
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OMT was unbendable in his resolve to bury Jack's ashes in the family plot.
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Jack and Ennis wended their way up the mountain.
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Round 713!
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Posts will contain any unplayed word as well as either the words "begin" or "end."
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Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee's epic movie about the enduring romance between two ranch hands, had its North American premiere at the 30th annual Toronto International Film Festival.
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Jack, tired of spending lonely nights in a pup tent that smelled like cat piss or worse, cursed Joe Aguirre for bending the Forest Service rules.
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After Aguirre ended their interview by chucking them out of his trailer, Jack and Ennis got on with the beginnings of a working relationship.
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Ennis's disillusioned wife ended up divorcing him and marrying the Riverton grocer.
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Alma chose not to endure her marriage to Ennis any longer.
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Ennis found it difficult fending off Cassie's advances.
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Still nursing their wounds over the Brokeback Mountain Best Picture Oscar loss, a group called The Ultimate Brokeback Forum is raising money for support ads for the movie. According to their March 9 press release:
"Only one major organization did not name Brokeback Mountain as Best Picture," says campaign chair Peter Greyson...In part, this one snub for Best Picture was why those involved with the campaign wanted to send a clear message that Brokeback Mountain was embraced by people around the world as well as highlight their gratitude for the film and remind people of the spirit of the film as expressed by Ang Lee: "[Jack and Ennis] taught all of us who made Brokeback Mountain so much about not just all the gay men and women whose love is denied by society, but just as important, the greatness of love itself."
"Brokeback Campaign", Risky Business Blog (http://www.riskybusinessblog.com/brokeback_mountain/index.html)
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Years on years they worked their way through the high meadows and mountain drainages, horse-packing into the Big Horns, Medicine Bows, south end of the Gallatins, Absarokas, Granites, Owl Creeks, the Bridger-Teton Range, the Freezeouts and the Shirleys, Ferrises and the Rattlesnakes, Salt River Range, into the Wind Rivers over and again, the Sierra Madres, Gros Ventres, the Washakies, Laramies, but never returning to Brokeback.
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Aguirre told the boys to bring 'em down because of the impending storm.
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Brokeback Mountains screenwriters, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, have given Proulx’s tale a breath and a scope that has been missing from screenplays since the days of Giant and Broken Arrow and The Big Country. The characters, especially the wives who are barely mentioned in the short story, come to exuberant life on the screen. Ang Lee has a knack for developing character and using surroundings as a way to reflect and to reveal character. The players are not subordinated to the rolling hills and the mountain animals, as they were in such films as Dances With Wolves and Legends of the Fall. You didn’t need actors in those movies; the cinematographers and the animal trainers did all the work. Lee lets his actors do the work, and they all triumph.
Movie Review by Sheri McMurray
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A prediction from Anne Thompson of The Hollywood Reporter (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001477928):
"Becoming an Oscar contender should push Brokeback into must-see territory, as it did Philadelphia."
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The scene in the kitchen after Thanksgiving dinner begins with Alma's nosiness about Ennis's relationship with Jack and ends with raised voices and a hasty exit.
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The bikers were unconcerned about offending anyone with their filthy remarks, so Ennis mopped up the floor with them.
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Jack was taken aback by Lureen's upper frontals, which she pendulously presented to him in the backseat of LD's car.
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Naturally aged piñatas shipped from Mexico are among the many props that help lend realism to the Juarez scene.
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Considering Old Man Twists' saturnine expression and unwelcoming body language, it wasn't surprising that he never extended a hand toward Ennis in greeting.
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The New York Times had an article describing how Western fashions depicted in the film, “Brokeback Mountain,” were the newest trend sweeping through the fashion world.
SO "Brokeback Mountain" did not win the All-Around Champion award at the Oscar rodeo after all, despite odds in its favor. Its upset on Sunday is the stuff of cowboy legend, if not quite the Alamo. But the movie can lay claim to an achievement that no other film of 2005 can. With its representation of two plain cowboys who fell in love in plain old Western wear, it hit the fashion bull's-eye. Cowboy boots, snap-button shirts and big ol' belt buckles — standards that have come and gone several times before — are striding back into style.
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Fashion Goes West (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/09/fashion/thursdaystyles/09COWBOYS.html?_r=1&oref=slogin)
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Lashawn spoke unendingly, even while dancing.
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Joe Aguirre hired herders to watchfully tend his sheep during the summer grazing.
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ROUND 714!
Much Ado about Brokeback
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Each poste, writ in the style of Her Majesty the Queene, shall confyne itselfe to a Brokebackian subjecte and contayne an unplay'd word.
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Jack: This sustenance dilemma is indeed dire. Mayhaps I shall dispatch a member of our ovine herd.
Ennis: Fie! And if perchance Aguirre should discover this? In sooth, we are meant to shield these sheep, not consume them.
Jack: Art addlepated? Surely they number a thousand.
Ennis: I shall continue to consume but legumes.
Jack: Nor will I!
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Ennis: Verily, I am no knavish bugger!
Jack: Nay, dear sir, nor I.
=aside= Duchess of Meryl
Zounds! A bonny round announcement!
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Alas, poor Jack, he knew these canakins well.
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Jack:
What if it betided that thou and I had a smallish cot in another clime, a modest cow-and-calf establishment, 'twould be a dulcet existence. 'Struth, Lureen's ancient sire, verily wouldst he give me a ready downpayment were I to remove myself to an obscure province. Aye indeed, he hath by greater or lesser means already giv'n promise of it.
Ennis:
Nevertheless, as I already advised you, it shall never betide.
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Jack: O friend mine, that is surely the most thou hast spake in a fortnight.
Ennis: I'faith, it hast been a year e'er I have thusly spake.
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Alma to Ennis at Thanksgiving:
There's no trust,
No faith, no honesty in men; all perjured,
All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers.
Ah, where was my man? give me some aqua vitae:
These griefs, these woes, these sorrows make me old.
Shame come to you!
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Ennis (upon on being observed by a rudely staring denizen of Signal):
Thou viperous ill-bred varlet! At what the feck dost thou gawp, hey?
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Ennis, "ran on full throttle", thusly played it to the hilt.
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In August Ennis spent the whole night in the main camp inarked throughout the tempest in the confines of the two-person tent.
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Ennis: Lo and behold: Jack
Frederick Feckin' Twist!
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Jack (to L.D. on Thanksgiving): Sirrah, thou mewling miscreant, sittest thyself down else I shall hurl thy hindquarters into the fortnight hence!
=compliment= Meryl
What an outstanding round announcement!
You really outdid yourself.
=aside= Paul
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mrs. Twist: Woulds't fancy a mite of cherry duff and a bowl of coffee?
Ennis: I thank thee, no, good dame. Mayhap a sup of coffee, but I find I must forego duff for the nonce.
=aside=Fran and Paul
Thanks for the compliments. It was fun to do. ;D
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Jack to Ennis: Thou art an onion-eyed puttock! Would that I had sufficient knowledge to take my leave of thee.
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Jack to Ennis: Thou art an onion-eyed puttock! Would that I had sufficient knowledge to take my leave of thee.
=aside= Paul
"I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks."
=aside= Meryl
Splendid job, gramercy.
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Ennis: Thou churlish, swag-bellied, tickle-brained rogue! Woulds't care to ingurgitate the half of thy feckin' teeth?
Biker #2: Prithee not this night, my good fellow. Indeed, I would most whole-heartedly rather not.
=aside=Sandy
Gramercy backatcha! ;D
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Jack (whilst flinging a member of the ovine herd): Fie on Aguirre!
Ennis: Fie on Aguire, verily, aye, sir, but what if we must be in the employ of such a scurvy scroyle such as he, hence from now? We must come to a satisfactory solution, Sir Jack.
=aside= Fran
Thou art welcome!
=aside= Sandy
Thanks for the R+J and 12th Night references! Thou dost rock!
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Jack (to L.D. on Thanksgiving): Sirrah, thou mewling miscreant, sittest thyself down else I shall hurl thy hindquarters into the fortnight hence!
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Lureen: Young Robert, if thou dost unmindfully neglect the provender laid before you, I shall be compelled to put a stop to the entertaynment provided by the magickal box.
Bobby: Wherefore, Madame? In sooth, I shall be partaking of this banquet's remains a fortnight hence.
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Alma: Wherefore didst thou not procure forth the fruit of the sea? Thou knowest how I and thy offspring take pleasure in such victuals...
Jack Twist? Jack Unseemly! Thou didst not travel for to angle; rather thou didst engage in buggery!
Get thee to a fishery!
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ROUND 715!
BROKEBACK ON THE MAP
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When Jack and Ennis were just apple-cheeked lads, they lived in Lightning Flat and Sage, Wyoming, respectively.
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During a visit to New York, Annie Proulx met Ang Lee for the first time in a funky boîte far downtown and, to her great relief, there was a positive connection.
=aside= Meryl
Great idea for a round!
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The train going through the town of Cowley, Alberta, the stand-in for Signal, Wyoming, famously had no caboose, a small goof in the film.
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After leaving Brokeback, Jack looks for rodeo jobs in Texas while Ennis drifts from job to job in Wyoming.
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After receiving via postcard the earth-shaking news of Jack's death, Ennis made a long-distance phone call to Jack's house in Childress, Texas, hoping against hope that he would answer the phone.
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As Ennis washes the coffeepot and looks up to see Jack herding sheep, we see a shot of Mount Inflexible in Alberta's Kananaskis Country on a day when cloud shadows flickered over its rugged, tree-studded surface.
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After the post-divorce* mixup, Jack started to gallivant around Juarez, Mexico.
*Alma divorced Ennis because she felt that something was rotten in the state of Denmark.
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Over the years Jack and Ennis horse-packed into the Big Horns, Medicine Bows, south end of the Gallatins, Absarokas, Granites, Owl Creeks, the Bridger-Teton Range, the Freezeouts and the Shirleys, Ferrises and the Rattlesnakes, Salt River Range, into the Wind Rivers over and again, the Sierra Madres, Gros Ventres, the Washakies, and Laramies but never returned to Brokeback Mountain.
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Upper Kananaskis Lake was witness to the inferno of emotions that was the final lake scene.
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Highway 742, running south from Canmore, Alberta, links a number of sites from the movie, including those nicknamed Mountain Highway/Riding Lake, Jack Ascending, Gonna Snow Lake and Campsite #2.
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"Brokeback" is a masterfully made film - that much has never been questioned. The issue with the film has always been grounded in whether America is ready to accept - without question or awkward smiles - a gay love story.
'Brokeback' stays vital
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Annie P. tells us that the naissance of the idea for Brokeback Mountain occured at the Mint Bar in Sheridan, Wyoming.
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In "Climbing Brokeback Mountain," Diana Ossana writes about how seeing Brokeback Mountain in finished form at a private screening at the Loft Theatre in Tucson, Arizona, was "a kind of out-of-body experience" for her:
"In spite of what I already knew about Brokeback Mountain, I was not at all prepared for the emotional tidal wave that swept over me: there I sat, having lived with these characters for over eight years -- they had been more real to me at times than the corporeal -- and I felt as if I were being introduced to them for the first time. After the credits rolled and the lights came up, everyone just sat there. The women were crying; the men were silent. No one spoke until we wandered outside."
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On February 10, 2006, James Hagengruber wrote on SpokesmanReview.com:
Conservative pundits, including Bill O'Reilly, predicted "Brokeback Mountain" would flop in cowboy country.
Not so, according to the film's distributor. Although this isn't exactly the wild West, "Brokeback Mountain" opened in first place at many area theaters, including sellout or near-sellout crowds in Spokane and small-town Idaho theaters in Sandpoint and Moscow.
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Rockyford's rodeo grounds stood in for Childress, TX.
=comment=
green + red = brown
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William Arnold of the Seattle Post Intelligencer wrote an article entitled "Gay-themed 'Brokeback Mountain' celebrates the diversity in human nature." Article (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/252230_brokeback16q.html)
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Like their sheep-herding counterparts in real-life Wyoming, Jack and Ennis drove their ewes up above the timberline into the "great flowery meadows and the coursing, endless wind."
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Utah's theatre snub can't bridle "Brokeback Mountain"
The Megaplex 17 at Jordan Commons in the Salt Lake City suburb of Sandy decided to pull director Ang Lee's cowboy love story at the last minute on Thursday night, despite having agreed to play the picture. The theater is owned by Larry H. Miller, who also owns the Utah Jazz, a National Basketball Association team.
"It's the most despicable practice that any exhibitor can do," Focus' head of distribution, Jack Foley, told Box Office Mojo. "It was a flagrant dismissal of a commitment, and without even a phone call. So I'm not in business with him anymore. It's a breach of contract. It's unethical. We can sue him."
Calls to the Megaplex 17 resulted in "no comments" in regards to why Brokeback Mountain was yanked. "You're not going to get any comment from us on that," said Dale Harvey, General Manager for Megaplex Theatres.
--boxofficemojo, January 9, 2006
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NEW YORK (AP) _ The New York City Opera commissioned Charles Wuorinen to compose an opera based on "Brokeback Mountain," the 1997 short story by Annie Proulx that became the basis for a 2005 movie that won three Academy Awards.
The opera is scheduled to premiere in spring 2013, City Opera said Sunday. It will be City Opera's second Wuorinen premiere, following "Haroun and the Sea of Stories," which was based on a Salman Rushdie novel and opened in October 2004.
"Ever since encountering Annie Proulx's extraordinary story I have wanted to make an opera on it, and it gives me great joy that Gerard Mortier and New York City Opera have given me the opportunity to do so," Wuorinen said in a statement.
"Brokeback Mountain" is a cowboy romance about two ranch-hand buddies who start a homosexual affair when they meet on the fictional mountain in 1963.
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Round 716!
Getting Down to Basics!
Each Post Should Include Some Kind of Food, Shelter or Clothing
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Annie Proulx and Ang Lee made sure that Jack and Ennis were beloved by readers and moviegoers for their emotional story, but their sharp cowboy hats, cool Western shirts, macho boots and ass-hugging jeans had their effect, too.
=aside=Sandy
Cool topic! 8)
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"Ennis, please, no more damn lonesome ranches for us," she said, sitting on his lap, wrapping her thin, freckled arms around him. "Let's get a place here in town?"
"I guess," said Ennis, slipping his hand up her blouse sleeve and stirring the silky armpit hair, then easing her down, fingers moving up her ribs to the jelly breast, over the round belly and knee and up into the wet gap all the way to the north pole or the equator depending which way you thought you were sailing, working at it until she shuddered and bucked against his hand and he rolled her over, did quickly what she hated. They stayed in the little apartment which he favored because it could be left at any time.
[story]
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Some of the off-the-rack clothes used in the film were from Wrangler, Rockmount and Carhartt.
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Lureen's and Alma's styles of dress were diametrically opposed: one looked sharp, the other flat.
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Ennis's pajama bottoms had an elasticized waistband.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks.
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Alma had a penchant for frowsy housecoats.
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Q: Is that Mrs. Twist in the front yard, and is that Ennis in the background pointing up at the house's gable?
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A: No, it's our lovely Meryl and Paul!
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Alma had a penchant for frowsy housecoats.
=aside= Paul
Thank you!
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Jack will always be remembered for his indigo-hued denim shirt.
=comment=
When we were at the Twist house, the angle of the sun made it look like the light was coming from Jack's bedroom.
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At their two encampments on Brokeback and on later fishin' trips, Ennis and Jack always set up logs near the fire, the better to sit, chat and chew.
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An excerpt from Marit Allen's obituary in The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2007/dec/01/guardianobituaries.obituaries):
Marit Allen, who has died aged 66 of a brain aneurism, pulled off a powerful use of movie-costume-as-character in the scene in Brokeback Mountain (2005) in which a lone drifter discovers, in the family homestead of his dead lover, the shirts they wore while cowboying together long before: shabby denim and weary cotton wrapped in each other's arms.
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Jack's childhood bedroom had an appearance of neatness and orderliness.
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Jack complained that the pup tent reeked odoriferously of feline micturation, or worse.
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While partaking in a Thanksgiving feast at the home of his ex-wife and her new husband, Ennis tried not to be a sad daddy.
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Jack and Ennis were poor ranchers who came from opposite corners of the state.
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When a hailstorm blew up suddenly on Brokeback, Jack found it easy to convince Ennis to come under the sheltering roof of the tent, and, as a matter of course, into his sheltering arms.
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Finding tents from the ’70s that looked brand new proved difficult for set decorator Patricia Cuccia until she found a local Alberta tentmaker who was able to recreate tents of that decade.
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Jack complained to Ennis of the unfitness of the smelly pup tent.
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Jack would've done anything for Ennis including giving him the shirt off his back.
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Round 717!
More
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While talking on the phone in what the screenplay describes as her "spotless, tacky nouveau riche living room," Lureen's face conveys an array of conflicting emotions.
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By the time of Thanksgiving dinner, Alma's belly had ballooned with baby.
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When Jack offered to buy him a beer, Jimbo climbed on his high horse and said: "No thanks, cowboy. If I was to let every rodeo hand I pulled a bull off of buy me liquor, I'd been an alcoholic long ago...."
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The screenplay describes the interior decorating in Lureen and Jack's living room as "tacky nouveau riche."
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Photo courtesy of Paul Carson via FindingBrokeback.com
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Jack found elk, even the drip-drying kind, to be more esculent than beans.
{def: edible}
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The ranch was a meagre little place, leafy spurge taking over. The stock was too far distant for him to see their condition, only that they were black baldies. A porch stretched across the front of the tiny brown stucco house, four rooms, two down, two up.
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The black baldies -- black cows with white faces -- that Ennis sees as he approaches the Twist farmhouse are genetically unique. This appearance occurs when a Hereford is crossed with a solid black breed, usually an Angus.
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Baldyl)
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There are several houseplants in Jack and Lureen's living room.
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Photo courtesy of findingbrokeback.com
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Exasperated at hearing Ennis shivering as he slowly turned into a human icicle, Jack called out from the tent "Stop your hammerin' and git in here!"
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With a whiskey bottle and his hat in hand, Jack livens things up with a pretend bull ride around the campfire.
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Next to the drip-drying elk are two meat-eating cowboys.
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The interior of the Twist’s home was flashier but much neater than the del Mar's.
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Dressed in a open-necked shirt and blue jeans, Ennis awaits Jack's arrival.
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After breakfast at their first campsite on Brokeback, Jack watches soberly as Ennis grips the pommel of his saddle, mounts quickly and heads up the mountain to take over the job of herder.
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In the prologue, Ennis was reheating stale coffee while hoping that his dream about Jack Twist "might stoke the day, rewarm that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong."
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"Ennis, please, no more damn lonesome ranches for us," she said, sitting on his lap, wrapping her thin, freckled arms around him. "Let's get a place here in town?"
"I guess," said Ennis, slipping his hand up her blouse sleeve and stirring the silky armpit hair, then easing her down, fingers moving up her ribs to the jelly breast, over the round belly and knee and up into the wet gap all the way to the north pole or the equator depending which way you thought you were sailing, working at it until she shuddered and bucked against his hand and he rolled her over, did quickly what she hated. They stayed in the little apartment which he favored because it could be left at any time.
[story]
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Before leaving to go down the mountain, Jack playfully roped Ennis, toppling him to the ground; however, he soon regretted it, finding himself with a bruised cheek and a bloody shirt.
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Ennis decided it was too late to go back to the sheep, so he tried to sleep, untented, on the ground cloth.
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From People's Daily Online (http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200603/07/eng20060307_248515.html):
Ang Lee bags Best Director for 'Brokeback Mountain'
TAINAN: There are no horses. Men don't wear cowboy hats. And pickup trucks don't rumble down dusty roads.
Director Ang Lee's hometown in southern part of Taiwan Province is worlds away from the panoramic American West on display in "Brokeback Mountain" for which he won the Oscar for best director on Sunday.
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Round 718!
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The theme continues.
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Story Ennis like the Riverton apartment's circumstances: it could be left at any time.
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Ennis' Riverton apartment had at least two bedrooms - his and Alma's and the girls'.
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While Jack is searching for his blue parka, Lureen says: "New model comin' in this week, remember? You're the best combine salesman we got. You're the only combine salesman, in fact."
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Story Ennis like the Riverton apartment's circumstances: he could desert it at any time.
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In the prologue, "Ennis Del Mar wakes before five, wind rocking the trailer, hissing in around the aluminum door and window frames." He turns on the tap and evacuates into the sink.
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The road to Lightning Flat went through desolate country past a dozen abandoned ranches distributed over the plain at eight- and ten-mile intervals, houses sitting blank=eyed in the weeds, corral fences down.
[story]
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After Ennis put a well-aimed bullet into the unsuspecting elk, he turned to Jack, grumping, "Was gettin' tired of your dumb ass missin'."
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Alma held a job at the grocery store and did the housekeeping.
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After spending a passionate night with Jack in Tent Scene I, Ennis insists: ''I ain't no queer."
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As the "extras costumer" for Brokeback Mountain, Leslie Tufts was responsible for approving the clothing worn by the men, women, and children who served as background actors.
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Alma had to hold down a job and deal with the maintenance of the household.
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Both Alma and Lureen wear nightgowns in the film - one looks like flannel, the other looks like silk.
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As the costume designer for Brokeback Mountain, Marit Allen oversaw the selection of clothing worn by the actors.
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There were two blue parkas for sale at the ebay BBM auction in October 2006.
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The elk that was drip-drying by the fire could be reheated and used for many more meals.
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Ennis went back to ranch work, hired on here and there, not getting much ahead but glad enough to be around stock again, free to drop things, quit if he had to, and go into the mountains at short notice. He had no serious hard feelings, just a vague sense of getting shortchanged, and showed it was all right by taking Thanksgiving dinner with Alma and her grocer and the kids, sitting between his girls and talking horses to them, telling jokes, trying not to be a sad daddy.
[story]
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Jack sat drinking whiskey with Ennis outside the tent, tickling his tonsils with a boisterous rendition of "Water Walking Jesus."
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While peeling potatoes, Jack tried to appear as cool as a cucumber by ignoring Ennis' unclothed body.
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Jack sits drinking whiskey with Ennis outside the tent, and warbles a rendition of "Water Walking Jesus."
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=aside= Meryl
Thanks!
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The Cowboy Etiquette Round!
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[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cxupha1CbM&feature=related[/youtube]
Buckaroos and Buckarettes!
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The well-mannered buckaroo shouts out a congratulatory message -- perhaps a jubilant "ooooeee" -- after witnessing the successful hunting of an antlered elk.
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Aspiring buckarettes will find it edifying to study the stylish garb, confident demeanor and impeccable taste in buckaroos displayed by Miss Lureen Newsome.
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The polite Buckaroo knows it is always correct to push one's long-lost paramour into the nearest stairwell before administering a fond embrace. Please see below.
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While seeking employment from a foreman known to have a dyspeptic disposition, the well-mannered buckaroo shows respect by removing his cowboy hat and standing at least five feet away.
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When attempting to urge your buckaroo to attend a Saturday night gathering with uplifting, moral companions for his own edification, it is perhaps not a good idea to ask him while he is comfortably ensconced in front of a television set imbibing beer.
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=aside=Paul
Thanks for the great topic!
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When greeting one's long-lost Buckaroo
There are some formalities one may eschew
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When experiencing post-divorce rejection, the well-mannered buckaroo gets back in his car, shows his hurt when his lover can't see him, drives another 14 hours and gallivants around Juarez, Mexico.
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If a cowboy colleague has successfully shot an elk or other game animal, it is appropriate to give a hearty shove (perhaps even accompanied by a "who-whee").
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The well-mannered Buckaroo is always eager to help clear the Thanksgiving dinner plates; however, things may get nasty if an ex-spouse inconsiderately accuses him of buggery.
=aside= Laura
Great to see you here!
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When a post-divorce misunderstanding has put him in a low-spirited state of mind, the well-mannered buckaroo gets back in his vehicle, shows his hurt when his lover can't see him, and heads for Juarez, Mexico.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks.
=aside= Laura
Welcome back!
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When sitting down at a table during mealtime, the well-mannered buckaroo should take his hat off unless there is nowhere to safely lay the hat.
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=aside= Toast
Thanks.
=aside= Laura
Nice to see you here.
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When faced with the noxiousness of a squirrelly, chattering Texan, the wel-mannered buckaroo will ask her to dance and then flirt with her husband.
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When a fellow buckaroo has opened up about his orphanhood or other sad details of his life, the well-mannered buckaroo will respond empathetically, saying something along these lines: "Shit. That's hard."
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The well-mannered buckaroo needs very little persuasion to take advantage of the opportunity of becoming a sinner.
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At times, a Buckaroo concerned with rectitude may decide to doff his hat modestly.
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A buckarette wishing to hint at her sophisticated background would be well advised not to refer to her hosts' chosen place of residence as "a pokey little place."
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When visiting a heavily touristed place like Juarez, Mexico, the well-mannered buckaroo makes sure to get a souvenir that's right up his alley.
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A Buckarette intent on uxorial pursuits would do well to first ascertain whether the
prey gentleman in question is, in fact, the marrying kind.
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A well-mannered buckaroo knows it's proper to peruse a fellow buckaroo surreptitiously, as in a rear-view mirror whilst shaving, for staring would be rude.
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Round 720!
Cowboy Etiquette, Take 2
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0rTV6kU-HQ[/youtube]
The Hackamore brothers say:
"...Just remember: never, at the dining table, would you ever serve up family secrets."
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Aspiring buckaroos would do well to sit at the feet of the Hackamore brothers to absorb their wisdom, especially their oft repeated message: "Never squat on your spurs!"
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When misfortune or adversity befalls him -- be it the stench from 42 lightning-zapped sheep or a fall from a horse -- the experienced buckaroo knows that plenty of whiskey will make things all better.
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When a shy buckaroo wants to get on the good side of his fellow buckaroo, cracking jokes about his harmonica playing will surely get him to crack a smile.
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The well-mannered buckaroo knows it takes a deft hand to peel potatoes whilst pretending not to look at a nearby buckaroo in the buff.
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A high-time supper by a fire, followed by a quart of whiskey shared with a handsome conversationalist, will surely enrapture a buckeroo and leave him feeling as though he could paw the white out of the moon.
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When a buckaroo tries to simulate fornication with his former buckaroo lover, he may have to go by way of the north pole or the equator, then flip his spouse over and do quickly what she hates.
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When voicing a grievance against an employer, the well-mannered buckaroo will do so whilst flinging one of the livestock in his care.
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While entertaining a fellow buckaroo with a pretend bull ride around a campfire, the well-mannered buckaroo will let out a horselaugh or two.
def. = a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing [syn: hee-haw, ha-ha, haw-haw]
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A buckaroo who wishes to spread good will among his companions soon learns that a friendly grin can be infectious.
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Whilst in the backseat of her father's car, the well-mannered lingerie-clad buckarette will query her buckaroo regarding the speed of her courting.
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Every buckaroo knows that the presence of the right companion can turn mealtimes into great social events.
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Before embarking on a career as a bull rider, a prudent buckaroo will ask himself whether he might mind netting only $2,000 a year in prize money.
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Whilst one-upping a dinner companion regarding her low-class sorority, the well-mannered buckarette will do so with a smile.
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A well-groomed buckaroo who prefers to travel light can manage with just two pairs of jeans, two shirts, a jacket, a cowboy hat, and a pair of boots as long as there's a water source nearby.
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In intemperate weather, a considerate buckaroo will not give a second thought to whether his tent is sufficiently roomy when faced with the question of inviting a fellow buckaroo to share it.
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After inviting a shivering cowboy to share your tent, the well-mannered buckaroo should offer warmth by pulling the cowboy's hand to his groinage area.
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The adventurous buckaroo has better things to do than standing around tying knots all day.
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A starving young buckaroo bull rider might well be justified in sensing that his career has taken an upturn when he catches the eye of the daughter of a very successful farm equipment, I mean big farm equipment, dealer.
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The well-mannered buckaroo knows that to warble a religious song is likely to bring up the subject of sinning.
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Round 721!
The Family Values Round!
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Please post an unplayed word in the context of any sort of family relationship.
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While Monroe cleaned up the broken jars, Alma went to see about leaving Alma Jr. and Jenny in their aunt's care.
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Considering Ennis's feelings for Jack at the end of the summer, it was interesting that Ang Lee cut immediately from Ennis barfing in the alley to Ennis kissing his new wife.
=aside=Paul
Very au courant theme ;)
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After the Del Mar divorce was granted, Alma became the custodial parent.
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While making small talk with Alma, Jack described Lureen, his wife, as "the prettiest little gal in Childress, Texas."
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At the end of the film, Ennis had a touching moment with his elder daughter.
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Ennis never saw himself as having or wanting a familial relationship with Jack.
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As the toboggan glides down the hill, Ennis's wife squeals in delight.
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L. D. Newsome had a hatful of reasons why his daughter shouldn't marry Jack Twist, but in the end he had to settle for being his father-in-law.
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Jack had to listen to the inanities of another man's wife when he danced with Lashawn.
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Horror washes over nine-year-old Ennis's face as he and his brother become aware of the mutilated body lying lifelessly in the irrigation ditch.
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Lureen, deciding that Jack was acting all too missish about approaching her in the bar, took matters into her own hands and introduced herself to her future husband.
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Ennis inquired as to the normality of relations between Jack and his wife.
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Jack told Ennis that he planned to overwinter at his daddy's place and then maybe head out for Texas in the spring unless something better (perhaps an invitation from Ennis) or something worse (a draft notice) came along.
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When it came to parenting the young offspring of the Twist family, there were two schools of thought re combining dinner with televised football.
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Jack and Ennis spent Thanksgiving with their respective relations rather than with each other.
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Ennis sat at the kitchen table with Jack's father. Jack's mother, stout and careful in her movements as though recovering from an operation, said, "Want some coffee, don't you? Piece a cherry cake?"
[story]
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In the years following Ennis's reunion with Jack, Alma changed gradually from a docile, patient wife into a discontented termagant.
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With wife and kids nearby, Ennis took on the bikers, underscoring his explosive nature.
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While the wives were finishing up in the powder room, Randall talked to Jack about a womanless weekend of drinking and fishing down at Roy Taylor's cabin on Lake Kemp.
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Round 722!
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The Family Values Round: Take 2!
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Jack's father-in-law proved himself an asshat, as demonstrated by his obnoxious behavior at Thanksgiving dinner.
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Son-in-law Jack responded to asshat LD's behavior with bombast.
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Asshat L.D. wasn't about to sit back and watch his son-in-law carve that Thanksgiving turkey, so he grabbed the carving tools right out of his hands.
:)
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Asshat L.D. wasn't about to sit back and watch his son-in-law dickering with that Thanksgiving turkey, so he grabbed the carving tools right out of his hands.
=aside=Fran
;)
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Asshat L.D. wasn't about to sit back and watch his son-in-law carve that Thanksgiving turkey, so he grabs the carving tools right out of his hands, and exclaims that he is the stud duck.
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Jack can envision his asshat father-in-law readily forking over a bunch of money in exchange for his getting out of Lureen's life.
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Once a free spirit, playing grab-ass with Ennis in the euphoric, bitter air, Jack now sits listening to his asshat father-in-law's hot air - til he can't take it no more.
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Asshat LD kept harking back to his idea that his grandson should watch football during dinner.
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Asshat L.D. irked both his daughter and his son-in-law when he turned the television set back on.
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Lumping together the roles of stud duck and child-rearing expert, asshat L.D. succeeded in irking both his daughter and son-in-law.
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As he muddles the roles of stud duck and child-rearing expert, asshat L.D. succeeds in irking both his daughter and son-in-law.
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Jack was nicknamed "Rodeo" by his asshat father-in-law, L.D. Newsome.
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Asshat L.D. succeeds in irking both his daughter and son-in-law with the offensiveness of his behavior at Thanksgiving dinner.
=aside= players
It's good to be back.
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Asshat L.D. succeeds in irking both his daughter and son-in-law with the pomposity of his behavior at Thanksgiving dinner.
=aside= Sandy
Missed you big time!
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Trying hard to be a gracious host, Jack relinquishes the carving tools to his asshat father-in-law.
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=aside= Sandy
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Jack's father-in-law proved himself an asshat of singular distinction by his behavior at Thanksgiving dinner.
=aside=Sandy
Nice to have you back :D
Now it's my turn: Will be in Arizona and Colorado
for a week, starting tomorrow. Will be comin' back
through on the 24th... 8)
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Asshat L.D. succeeds in irking both his daughter and son-in-law with the turpitude of his behavior at Thanksgiving dinner.
=aside= Meryl
Have a blast out west!
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Jack's uncensored response to his asshat father-in-law's obnoxious behavior on Thanksgiving Day:
"Now you sit down, you old son of a bitch! This is my house! This is my child! And you're my guest! So sit the hell down, or I'll knock your ignorant ass into next week...."
=aside=
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Jack responded with well-founded anger to his asshat father-in-law's obnoxious behavior on Thanksgiving Day.
=aside= Paul, Fran and Meryl
Thank you for the welcome back. I missed all of you.
=aside= Meryl
Have a wild, western trip!(http://images.buzzillions.com/images_products/08/90/roper_western_inlay_boots_snip_toe_women_reviews_550435_50.jpg)
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Round 723!
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The Family Values Round: Take 3!
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The asshat's behavior at Thanksgiving was deplorable to the whole family.
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Jack's asshat father-in-law belittles him every chance he gets.
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After cutting his asshat father-in-law down to size, Jack carves the Thanksgiving turkey.
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Asshat LD behaved despicably in front of the whole mishpocha.
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Bobby found televised football more engrossing than the Thanksgiving feast his mother had prepared.
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After many years of biting her tongue, Alma gave her ex-husband a tongue-lashing about his "fishing trips"; he replied with a forked tongue by saying: "It don't mean nothing."
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Asshat LD misbehaved in front of the whole family, becoming the grinch who stole Thanksgiving.
=aside= Sandy
You still got it!
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On Thanksgiving Day Jack showed his asshat father-in-law that he was no longer willing to put up with his high-and-mighty behavior.
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Jack's response to his asshat father-in-law's irksome behavior on Thanksgiving Day wiped the smirk off his face.
=aside= Paul
Thanks, but it sure gets harder when the pickings are so slim.
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Jack speaks back to asshat LD as his son lazes over his, um, meal.
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Mum's the word for L.D.'s wife in the Thanksgiving scene; Mary Liboiron has no lines.
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Ennis's nose got out of joint when his ex-wife started to nosily ask him if he still went fishing with Jack Twist; he felt that she should have kept her nose out of it.
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Asshat LD tried to one-up his son-in-law one too many times.
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Ennis recognized in Jack's father "a not uncommon type with the hard need to be the stud duck in the pond."
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Jack related better to the one person who was not related to him - Ennis - than to any of his relations, incuding his wife and son.
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Asshat LD tried to one-up his son-in-law one too many times.
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The road to Jack's folks' ranch "went through desolate country past a dozen abandoned ranches distributed over the plain at eight- and ten-mile intervals."
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Jack was able to enjoy the finer things in life, which previously would have been unaffordable, after marrying his wife.
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Subtle flirting was going on between Jack and Randall during their wives' sorority discussion.
=aside= Fran
I love your new siggie pic; it's looks "toasty".
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Round 724!
BBM Anatomy
Please post an unplayed word and any part of the anatomy, including "embedded" words such as allegedly or disarmed.
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EXT: WYOMING: HIGHWAY: SPRING: DAY: 1964:
ENNIS, in a dozer cap, shovels asphalt behind an asphalt
dumper. Sweat blooms from his T-shirt collar. Sagebrush
tall along the highway, swaying in the hot wind.
ENNIS'S co-worker, TIMMY, a fat, bespectacled, annoyingly
loquacious middle-aged man with a bad case of plumber's
butt, works alongside him.
[screenplay]
=aside= Paul
Yes, it's a Toast creation. :)
Great theme!
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L.D. belittled Jack for the last time at Thanksgiving after Jack threatened to harm him by knocking his "ignorant ass into next week."
=aside= Paul
Charming theme.
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Jack's rodeo mating dance may have been mock, but he ended up falling on his coccyx.
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EXT: WYOMING: HIGHWAY: SPRING: DAY: 1964:
ENNIS, in a dozer cap, shovels asphalt behind an asphalt
dumper. Sweat blooms from his T-shirt collar. Sagebrush
tall along the highway, swaying in the hot wind.
ENNIS'S co-worker, TIMMY, a fat, bespectacled, annoyingly
loquacious middle-aged man with a bad case of plumber's
butt, works alongside him.
[screenplay]
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After Jack marries Lureen, he earns his living by working as a salesman at Newsome Farm Equipment.
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While Jack was getting down in the backseat, Lureen was displaying her upper frontals.
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Ennis and Alma's Thanksgiving go-around got physical when Ennis grabbed Alma's wrist and twisted it.
def. = a heated argument or struggle
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After Ennis harms biker #1, he says to biker #2: "What about it? Wanna swallow 'bout half your teeth?"
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When Ennis heads off to the mountains with Jack, Alma is holding Alma Jr. on her iliac crest (hip).
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Ennis and his fellow road crew laborers broke their backs shoveling asphalt.
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The Twists and Randall were all subjected to LaShawn's motormouth at the benefit dance.
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Jack and Lureen necked in the backseat of LD's car.
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Ennis presses his face into the fabric of Jack's old shirt and breathes in deeply, hoping his olfaction will detect "the faintest smoke and mountain sage and salty sweet stink of Jack."
def. sense of smell
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Ennis presses his face into the fabric of Jack's old shirt and breathes in deeply, hoping his olfaction will detect "the faintest smoke and mountain sage and salty sweet stink of Jack."
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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Prior to flicking his belt, Jack proves that his renal system is functioning well.
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The dried blood on the sleeve was his own blood, a gushing nosebleed on the last afternoon on the mountain when Jack, in their contortionistic grappling and wrestling, had slammed Ennis's nose hard with his knee.
[story]
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They seized each other by the shoulders, hugged mightily, squeezing the breath out of each other, saying son of a bitch, son of a bitch; then, and as easily as the right key turns the lock tumblers, their mouths came together, and hard, Jack's big teeth bringing blood, his hat falling to the floor, stubble rasping, wet saliva welling, and the door opening and Alma looking out for a few seconds at Ennis's straining shoulders and shutting the door again and still they clinched, pressing chest and groin and thigh and leg together, treading on each other's toes until they pulled apart to breathe and Ennis, not big on endearments, said what he said to his horses and daughters, "Little darlin."
[story]
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Ennis made good use of his urethral secretions, also known as the clear slick.
=aside= Y'all
I'll be off to Don Wroe's for a few days.
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Jack purses his lips into a small open circle and demonstrates that "King of the Road" is a whistleable tune.
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Round 725!
BBM Anatomy: Take 2!
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More body parts....
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Alma did some gentle arm-twisting to get Ennis to move into town.
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Ennis disapproved less of the bikers' bibulous ways than of their foul-mouthed observations on the availability of "pussy on the hoof" in various States of the Union.
=aside=Fran
I'm back! Sorry to interrupt your nap. I'll tiptoe away. ;D
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Around that time Jack began to appear in his dreams, Jack as he had first seen him, curly-headed and smiling and bucktoothed, talking about getting up off his pockets and into the control zone, but the can of beans with the spoon handle jutting out and balanced on the log was there as well, in a cartoon shape and lurid colors that gave the dreams a flavor of comic obscenity.
[story]
=aside= Meryl
Thank you. :-*
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Again the ranch is on the market and they've shipped out the last of the horses, paid everybody off the day before, the owner saying, "Give em to the real estate shark, I'm out a here," dropping the keys in Ennis's hand. He might have to stay with his married daughter until he picks up another job, yet he is suffused with a sense of pleasure because he had dreamt of Jack Tiwst.
[paraphrased from the story]
=aside= Meryl
Welcome back.
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Ready to embark on the long climb up Brokeback, Jack told Ennis, "Let's git, unless you wanna stand around tyin' knots all day."
=aside=Sandy and Fran
It's great to be back! :)
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Alma, ready to do some gentle arm-twisting, wraps her arms around Ennis as he sits on the edge of their full-size bed.
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Jack's relationship with Lureen becomes intimate as he gropes his way in the backseat of the car.
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L.D. tried to strong-arm his daughter into giving up her plans to marry a bull-riding rodeo hack, but she was the clear winner.
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Ennis presses his face into the fabric of Jack's old shirt and inbreathes deeply, "hoping for the faintest smoke and mountain sage and salty sweet stink of Jack."
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On Brokeback, Jack and Ennis had a diet that consisted largely of legumes.
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Ennis, not a mincer of words, asked a simple question of Biker #2: "Wanna swallow about half your fuckin' teeth?"
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With his right hand, Ennis closes the trailer door that had the "J. AGUIRRE" nameplate above its window.
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Alma watched openmouthed but kept her mouth shut as Jack and Ennis embraced during their reunion.
def: with eyes or mouth open in surprise
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The result of Jack's mock-rodeo mating dance was that he fell onto his posterior.
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INT: WYOMING: DEL MAR RANCH HOUSE: CHILDREN'S BEDROOM: DAY:
1966:
ENNIS walks over to the bassinet where baby JENNY is
wheezing, coughing, crying.
He picks up JENNY and cradles her.
Two-year-old ALMA JR., runny nose, gets out of her little bed
and toddles over to her daddy, cries, hugs his leg as he
rocks JENNY.
[screenplay]
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"I guess," said Ennis, slipping his hand up her blouse sleeve and stirring the silky armpit hair, fingers moving down her ribs to the jelly breast, the round belly and knee and up into the wet gap all the way to the north pole or the equator depending which way you thought you were sailing, working at it until she shuddered and bucked against his hand and he rolled her over, did quickly what she hated.
[story]
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While Lureen was exposing her upper frontals, Jack was likely thinking of his cowboy on the titular Brokeback Mountain.
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Joe Aguirre raises his 10x42 binoculars to his eyes to unobtrusively observe Jack and Ennis.
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Lureen was a healthy wench with a healthy appetite for handsome young cowboys.
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Round 726!
The Money and Finance Round
Please post an unplayed word and any word related to money or finances such as account, rich, poor, balance,
credit, gains, etc.
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Two of Jack's biggest assets were his good looks and his winning personality.
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Jack had trouble balancing himself whilst performing his mock-rodeo mating dance, and landed on one of his assets.
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Around that time Jack began to appear in his dreams, Jack as he had first seen him, curly-headed and smiling and bucktoothed, talking about getting up off his pockets and into the control zone, but the can of beans with the spoon handle jutting out and balanced on the log was there as well, in a cartoon shape and lurid colors that gave the dreams a flavor of comic obscenity.
[story]
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When it came to the farm equipment business, L.D. considered Jack a deficit, crediting Lureen with the talent to run it in his stead.
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The peso-driven prostitutes had a policy of no refunds or exchanges.
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Child support payments to the tune of $250 a month leave newly divorced Ennis financially strapped.
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L. D. was sure that Jack was a golddigger out to marry Lureen for her money.
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Jack was hedging his bets when he golddug Lureen.
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"Lover" isn't a word Ennis and Jack ever utter. Instead they call each other "friend." When they kiss, their teeth hit. Respect for some burdensome ideal of masculine struggle underlies and at the same time undercuts their ability to love each other: an idea that Ledger in particular brings home by investing his performance with the deadpan, reticent tenderness of Hollywood Western stars from the 1950s. His stoicism drives the movie, and nowhere more movingly than when he utters its signature line: "If you can't fix it you've got to stand it."
-- David Leavitt, Slate (http://www.slate.com/id/2131865/)
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Jack was completely emotionally invested in Ennis, which contributed to the longevity of their relationship.
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When it was time to bring down the sheep, Jack offered Ennis a monetary loan; Ennis wasn't buying.
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Jack railed about Aguirre's nickel-and-diming ways, like saving a few bucks by making him sleep with the sheep.
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Lashawn admitted to Lureen that she had overspent while working at Neiman Marcus:
"...where clothes is concerned, honey, I got no resistance, I was spending more than I made, more probably than Randall ever will make...."
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Lashawn liked to spend her money on pricey clothes at Neiman Marcus.
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Following the reunion, Jack wanted to reinvest in the relationship, but Ennis wouldn't make a deposit.
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"You won't catch me again," said Jack. "Listen, I'm thinkin, tell you what, if you and me had a little ranch together, little cow and calf operation, your horses, it'd be some sweet life. Like I said, I'm gettin out a rodeo. I ain't no broke-dick rider but I don't got the bucks a ride out this slump I'm in...."
[story]
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Jack's income increases significantly after he trades in the rodeo life for that of a farm equipment salesman.
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Mrs. Twist could see that Ennis was not unaffected by Old Man Twist's attempt to discredit Jack's dream of moving back to the ranch with another man.
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Jack's rodeo winnings were either $2,000 or $3,000 a year, depending on the film or the story.
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Let's roll 'em again!
Another Money Round!
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Alma took a job at the grocery store to augment the family income.
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Jack's marriage to Lureen was a real bonanza to the starving young bull rider, whose previous income had been only two or three thousand dollars a year.
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"One thing never changed: The brilliant charge of their infrequent couplings was darkened by the sense of time flying, never enough time, never enough."
[story]
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Alma eventually faced a sad truth: her investment in her marriage was no longer paying dividends.
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Both Alma and Lureen were earners in their respective families.
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Lureen handled Newsome Farm Equipment's finances.
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Lureen's rings glittered on her moneyed hand as she held the telephone and told Ennis the sad tale of Jack's demise.
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Joe Aguirre inadvertently brings Jack and Ennis together by hiring them to look after his livestock.
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Following the reunion, Jack wanted to invest more in their future, but Ennis wouldn't make a deposit.
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Jack's marriage to Lureen proved to be very lucrative for him.
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Ennis is required to make child support payments to Alma until Alma Jr. and Jenny turn 18, the age of majority.
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Aguirre was more than just a niggard with his praise for his employees; he simply didn't praise them at all.
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LaShawn had a tendency to overspend when she was working at Neiman Marcus.
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When it came -- thirty cents -- he pinned it up in his trailer, brass-headed tack in each corner. Below it he drove a nail and on the nail he hung the wire hanger and the two old shirts suspended from it. He stepped back and looked at the ensemble through a few stinging tears.
[story]
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Newsome Farm Equipment was reaping in the profits as quickly as Lureen could put them in her adding machine.
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Lashawn Malone had a well-earned reputation for being a spendthrift when it came to clothes.
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Up on Brokeback, Jack and Ennis formed a bond of friendship based on mutual trust and respect.
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A sweet life with the man he loves is an unattainable goal for poor Jack.
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Lashawn Malone had a well-earned reputation for being a spendthrift when it came to clothes.
=aside= Meryl
Well done!
=aside= Fran
So sorry about your Cubs. :(
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Put In Your Two Cents Worth!
Another Money Round
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Ennis felt that the stakes were much too high to move in with Jack and wouldn't ante up.
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When it came -- thirty cents -- he pinned it up in his trailer, brass-headed tack in each corner. Below it he drove a nail and on the nail he hung the wire hanger and the two old shirts suspended from it. He stepped back and looked at the ensemble through a few stinging tears.
[story]
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When Jack offered Ennis a loan, Ennis had to assure Jack that he wasn't cashless.
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When Jack offered Ennis a loan, Ennis didn't want to be in his debt.
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In July of 1972, Jack used a six-cent Dwight D. Eisenhower stamp as postage.
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Aguirre financed the Brokeback summer, hoping for less than a 25% loss.
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When it became obvious that Jimbo was not interested in Jack's offer of a beer, Jack, feeling like his back was against the wall, threw a greenback down on the bar and headed for the exit.
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"Twist, you guys wasn't gettin' paid to leave the dogs baby-sit the sheep while you stemmed the rose. Now get the hell out of my trailer," Joe Aguirre ordered harshly.
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Both Jack and Ennis were used to hard work and privation, and were used to making do with the inexpensive things in life.
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After his marriage, Jack was lucratively employed as a salesman at Newsome Farm Equipment.
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Jack used a six-cent stamp as postage when mailing a postcard to Ennis in July of 1972.
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Story Ennis was numismatically impecunious, with only two five-dollar bills in a tobacco tin.
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LaShawn outspent her earnings when she worked at Neiman Marcus.
"...where clothes is concerned, honey, I got no resistance, I was spending more than I made, more probably than Randall ever will make...."
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Jack used a six-cent stamp as postage when mailing a postcard to Ennis in July of 1972.
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Jack wanted to reap the benefits of a sweet life with Ennis.
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LaShawn was a big $pender when she worked at Neiman Marcus.
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Ennis used brass-headed tacks to pin up the thirty-cent postcard of Brokeback Mountain.
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Both Jack and Ennis came from underprivileged backgrounds.
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The Jolly Minister withdrew his offer to kiss the bride, since the groom lived up to his part of the bargain.
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Round 729!
The Debate Round!
Please post an unplayed word in the context of a debate, question, argument, etc.
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Interviewer Ethan Aames of Cinema Confidential posed this question to Heath Ledger regarding his work in Brokeback Mountain:
"Everyone is talking about your speech in the film. How did you come up with that style?"
Here is Heath's answer:
"For one, it was something I remembered about Australian ranch-hands; they always liked talking like this. But I think it in Australia, it’s just to keep flies out of your mouth, but it was something very clenched about it. When I found this accent, I had to find a regional accent and my mouth was moving everywhere when I got it, but that was part of physicalizing his battle and it was an extension of what was within him. I just tried to that and as many as those aspects as possible."
Interview (http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0512291)
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Ennis's paranoid rants turned into a bickering match in the "Maybe Texas" scene.
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The post-Oscars debate: Why Brokeback lost
The Oscars opened the closet door to gay-themed films but shut it almost as quickly.
"Brokeback Mountain," the much-ballyhooed favorite about two gay cowboys, won best director for Ang Lee on Sunday but stunningly lost the best picture prize to race drama "Crash." Additionally Philip Seymour Hoffman won best actor for playing gay novelist Truman Capote in "Capote."
The victory for "Crash" suggested Oscar voters were more comfortable with a tale that exploited the seamy underbelly of racial conflict in contemporary Los Angeles than with a heartbreaking tale of love between two married men.
"Perhaps the truth really is, Americans don't want cowboys to be gay," said Larry McMurtry, 69, who shared an Oscar for best adapted screenplay with Diana Ossana for "Brokeback."
No overtly gay love story has ever won a best picture award and, as of Monday morning, none has. The big question going into the Oscars was whether Hollywood, often in the forefront of social issues, would break another taboo.
"Film buffs and the politically minded will be arguing this morning about whether the Best Picture Oscar to 'Crash' was really for the film's merit or just a cop-out by the Motion Picture Academy so it wouldn't have to give the prize to 'Brokeback Mountain,"' said Washington Post critic Tom Shales.
Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan saw "Brokeback's" failure as a sign that Hollywood was not yet ready to grant the topic of homosexual love mainstream respectability.
"Despite all the magazine covers it graced, despite all the red-state theaters it made good money in, despite (or maybe because of) all the jokes late-night talk show hosts made about it, you could not take the pulse of the industry without realizing that 'Brokeback Mountain' made a number of people distinctly uncomfortable," he said, adding:
"So for people who were discomfited by 'Brokeback Mountain' but wanted to be able to look themselves in the mirror and feel like they were good, productive liberals, 'Crash' provided the perfect safe harbor."
Yahoo Movies (http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/news/reuters/20060306/765.html)
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The post-Oscars debate: Why Brokeback lost
The Oscars opened the closet door to gay-themed films but shut it almost as quickly.
"Brokeback Mountain," the much-ballyhooed favorite about two gay cowboys, won best director for Ang Lee on Sunday but stunningly lost the best picture prize to race drama "Crash." Additionally Philip Seymour Hoffman won best actor for playing gay novelist Truman Capote in "Capote."
Yahoo Movies (http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/news/reuters/20060306/765.html)
=aside= Sandy
Thanks.
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Jack and Ennis debated the merits of a life together; Jack's entreaty went unheeded.
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After reining in his anger for many years, Jack was ready to have it out with Ennis, firing back an angry retort to his Mexico question: "Hell yes, I been to Mexico. Is that a fuckin' problem?"
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When Alma asked Ennis: "You still go fishin with that Jack Twist?", he replied with suspicious guardedness: "Some."
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When Ennis yelled at Alma to come back and put supper on the table, she did not heed his request.
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After successfully immobilizing Biker #1 with a well-placed kick, Ennis asked Biker #1, "What about it? Wanna swallow 'bout half your teeth?"
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When Jack showed up at Aguirre's office asking about work for the next summer, he got a lecture about stemming the rose whle the sheep went untended.
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Jack and Ennis argued about moving to Texas, but the point was moot.
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The roughneck outside the Black'n' Blue Eagle bar was surprised at being attacked by a nutball who stepped in front of his truck, but he answered by joining enthusiastically in the ensuing contest.
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Comedian Larry David sparked debate when he wrote a tongue-in-cheek op-ed column for The New York Times saying he could not bring himself to see Brokeback Mountain for fear he would turn gay.
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Jack was almost pleading with Ennis when he said: "Tell you what... truth is, sometimes I miss you so bad I can hardly stand it."; Ennis can't manage a response.
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Jack was almost pleading with Ennis when he said: "Tell you what... truth is, sometimes I miss you so much I can hardly stand it."; Ennis had trouble responding.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks!
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Comedian Larry David sparked debate when he wrote a tongue-in-cheek op-ed column for The New York Times saying he could not bring himself to see Brokeback Mountain for fear he would turn gay.
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When Jack showed up at Ennis's cabin post-divorce, he sensed the answer to his question soon enough: Ennis telegraphed his discomfort by his stand-offish behavior and a troubled look at a passing truck.
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Jack laid out his case when said: "Tell you what... truth is, sometimes I miss you so much I can hardly stand it."; Ennis, however, was unresponsive.
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Man Without a Country
Chinese pride works in mysterious ways. "Brokeback Mountain" was banned in mainland China, and state media censored parts of Mr. Lee's award acceptance speech. "They're very proud of me winning the Oscar. They're just not allowed to show it because of homosexuality," Mr. Lee explains.
"Life is full of contradictions, and they live with that," he says. "Hardly anybody says that we are not proud of you because we cannot show your film, or if we're proud of you we have to overthrow everything that exists. Nobody thinks and acts like that. They look at you and smile with goodwill."
Mr. Lee touches on a larger dilemma faced by foreign businesses struggling with mainland censorship--Google is one well-known example. Is it better to stand on principle and push back against the communist government? Or do you play by Beijing's rules, arguing that this approach will ultimately get more information into China?
"Do I hold a grudge against them because they cannot show 'Brokeback Mountain' publicly?" Mr. Lee asks, with a hint of defiance. "That's just," he laughs, "that's life!" He elaborates, and in doing so weighs in on a much wider debate: "I'm not going to not make a movie there because of that.
The Wall Street Journal (http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/?id=110010932)
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Round 730!
More Debating!
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Interviewer Ethan Aames of Cinema Confidential posed this question to Heath Ledger regarding his work in Brokeback Mountain:
"Everyone is talking about your speech in the film. How did you come up with that style?"
Here is Heath's answer:
"For one, it was something I remembered about Australian ranch-hands; they always liked talking like this. But I think it in Australia, it’s just to keep flies out of your mouth, but it was something very clenched about it. When I found this accent, I had to find a regional accent and my mouth was moving everywhere when I got it, but that was part of physicalizing his battle and it was an extension of what was within him. I just tried to that and as many as those aspects as possible."
Interview (http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0512291)
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While arguing with Ennis, Alma blamed him for cavorting with Jack Nasty.
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While arguing with Ennis, Alma blamed him for cavorting with Jack Nasty.
=aside= Paul
Great word. Thanks.
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After Jack called Ennis on his refusal to leave Alma -- "You and Alma, that's a life?" -- Ennis defended Alma by saying, "You shut up about Alma. This ain't her fault."
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Ennis responded angrily to Alma's entreatment about his cavorting with Jack Nasty.
=aside= Sandy
Always happy to set you up.
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After years of silence, when Alma finally accuses Ennis of cavorting with Jack Nasty, he responds "Don't mean nothin'."
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After getting a negative answer from Jimbo, Jack conceded defeat and resolved to walk out with dignity despite his gimpy bull-rider's leg.
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Ennis was hell-fired mad when Alma accused him of cavorting with Jack Nasty.
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Ennis gets mad as hell when Alma interrogates him about his cavorting with Jack Nasty.
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The logos for Greyhound and Coca-Cola appear in the scene where Cassie confronts Ennis at the bus station.
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Ennis gets madder and madder as Alma interrogates him about his cavorting with Jack Nasty.
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Jack's proposal to Ennis of the little cow and calf operation was met with negativism.
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Now that Annie Proulx's short story Brokeback Mountain is being turned into an opera, Andrew Druckenbrod, the classical music critic for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, has opined that he has "a sinking feeling" that Charles Wuorinen may not be the right composer for the project.
Link (http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/classical/archive/2008/06/26/breaking-brokeback-mountain.aspx)
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Alma's accusations of Ennis's cavorting with Jack Twist propelled the argument towards violence.
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After years of silence, when Alma finally accuses Ennis of cavorting with Jack Nasty, he responds "Don't mean nothin'."
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INT: OUTSIDE LIGHTNING FLAT: WYOMING: TWIST HOMESTEAD: HOUSE:
KITCHEN: DAY: 1982:
ENNIS is back downstairs, his hat in his hand, standing in
the kitchen.
JACK'S MOTHER places the two shirts in a paper sack for
ENNIS.
JOHN TWIST still sits at the table, stiff and angry as ever.
JOHN TWIST
Tell you what, we got a family plot and
he's goin' in it.
ENNIS, resigned to this fact, nods at the old man as if he
understands.
[screenplay]
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Alma let out a terrific cry at Ennis's violent reaction to her accusation that he was cavorting with Jack Twist.
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Jack told Ennis about the unbearableness of being apart from him: "Tell you what... truth is, sometimes I miss you so much I can hardly stand it."; Ennis, however, was unresponsive.
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Alma reveals details of her upcoming special day: "Wedding'll be June fifth at the Methodist Church. Jenny's singing, and Monroe's gonna cater the reception."
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Round 731!
The "Focus on Lureen" Round
In honor of Anne Hathaway's wonderful new film
"Rachel Getting Married",
Let's dedicate a round to her work in BBM.
Please play an unplayed word in any context involving Lureen or Anne.
(http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/080813/20-must-see-movies/rachel-getting-married_l.jpg)
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Lureen adamantly propelled Jack into the backseat before checking her speedometer.
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"Alma, who sees the couple's tempestuous kiss, is shattered. Lureen, though unaware, matures into tight brittleness without ever fully understanding the causes of her husband's neglect."
Yawning Bread, Brokeback Mountain in Singapore
(http://www.yawningbread.org/apdx_2006/imp-260.htm)
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"Alma, who sees the couple's tempestuous kiss, is shattered. Lureen, though unaware, matures into tight brittleness without ever fully understanding the causes of her husband's neglect."
Yawning Bread, Brokeback Mountain in Singapore (http://www.yawningbread.org/apdx_2006/imp-260.htm)
=aside= Sandy
Thanks!
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While Lureen was seemingly good at running the family business, she could be derelict when it came to attending to Bobby's education.
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Lureen exposes her lingere and what was underneath in the backseat of her daddy's car.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/LacyLureen.jpg)
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Beautiful Anne Hathaway is best known for her family-oriented roles in "The Princess Diaries" and "Ella Enchanted." But the Brooklyn-born actress has diversified her resume immensely this year with her roles in "Havoc" and the movie that is on the tip of everyone's tongues nowadays, "Brokeback Mountain."
-- Ethan Aames, Cinema Confidential (http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0512201)
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Lureen gambolled over to Jack in the "Matin' Call" bar.
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In 1978, Lureen does her best feathery flip to copy Farrah Fawcett's wispy hairstyle.
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An excerpt from Ethan Aames's interview with Anne Hathaway (http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0512201) on Brokeback Mountain:
Q: What do you think will happen to the world at large if this film gets an Oscar nomination?
ANNE: I think it’s a huge step forward. More important than the Oscar nomination is that more people will see the film. What I think is going to be a huge indicator of the effect the film made is the DVD sales because what a lot of people won’t support publicly, they will definitely want to check out privately. The Oscars would be great, but for Hollywood to reward this sort of thing is not that far a leap. What I think will make a difference is the viewership of the film. I don’t care how people see it, whether in theaters or in their own homes. I just want people to give it a chance because the thing that I’m most proud of in the film and the thing it accomplishes the best is that it portrays a gay relationship without using any stereotypes. At last, gay people are reflected as human beings.
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Lureen lugged Jack into the backseat before checking her speedometer.
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Lureen describes the details of Jack's death to Ennis in an unemotional monotone.
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Beautiful Anne Hathaway is best known for her family-oriented roles in "The Princess Diaries" and "Ella Enchanted." But the Brooklyn-born actress has diversified her resume immensely this year with her roles in "Havoc" and the movie that is on the tip of everyone's tongues nowadays, "Brokeback Mountain."
-- Ethan Aames, Cinema Confidential (http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0512201)
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On the subject of sororities, Lureen one-upped Lashawn.
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Lureen is perplexed as to why husbands don't never dance with their wives.
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Lureen successfully rounded the last barrel and raced out of the arena on her expensive quarter horse.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_1684.jpg)
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Lureen lugged Jack into the backseat before checking her speedometer.
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An excerpt from Christina M. Hinke's interview with Anne Hathaway. (http://christinahinke.com/hathaway.htm)
Q: What experiences did you take from making that film (Brokeback Mountain)?
AH: It really taught me the importance of trusting your environment. Obviously Ang Lee knows more than me. It's OK. I understand that and have accepted that. And I really trusted him and trusted the producers, because he had worked with them, I've seen their work. It showed me really the importance of trusting the work that people do around you. I can be a bit of a control freak, particularly with my characters and that was kind of this amazing experience where I came in and as opposed to maybe pouncing on everyone and saying no I think the character is this way and this way and this way. I listened to what everyone had to say first and found out that actually our instincts were often the same and we could actually enrich each others understanding of the character by collaborating.
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As Ennis listened to Lureen describe Jack's accidental death, he sensed that what she was telling him was untrue.
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Lureen waffles in the backseat of LD's car: should she shag the handsome cowboy or put the brakes on?
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In honor of Matilda Rose Ledger's third birthday, let's have a round about the kids of BBM.
(http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2007/07/23-End%20of%20Month/heath-ledger-matilda.jpg)
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Bobby's refusal to eat his cereal on Thanksgiving Day further aggravates the football-viewing situation.
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Ennis used the endearing term "little darlin'" in reference to his beloved daughters, his horses, and Jack.
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Ennis and Jack talk about their children:
"I used a want a boy for a kid," said Ennis, undoing buttons, "but just got little girls."
"I didn't want none a either kind," said Jack. "But fuck-all has worked the way I wanted. Nothin never come to my hand the right way."
--short story
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Ennis's daughters, Jack, and his horses were what was nearest and dearest to his heart.
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As they play outside on the swings, Alma Jr. and Jenny are earwitnesses to some of their parents' argument.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2358.jpg)
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Ennis frequently expresses and demonstrates his fondness for his little girls.
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When Alma Jr. tell Ennis about her upcoming wedding, she has made the transition from girlhood to young womanhood.
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Alma's pregnancy resulted in a half-brother or -sister for Alma Jr. and Jenny.
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Jenny and Junior gave an in-synch response of "Hi/Hello" to Jack when Ennis introduced them.
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After the confrontation between Jack and L.D. ended, Bobby still had to eat his lumpy cereal, like it or lump it.
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Bobby is the youngest member of the Twist family.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2695.jpg)
=aside=
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/HappyHalloweenAnimatedPumpkins.gif)
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Ennis was a good American father, into good American values, especially when he wiped the snotty little noses of his little nippers. You betcha!
=aside=
Happy Halloween!
(even if it is, you know, pagan and all)
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Bobby was overexaggerating when he said he'd be eating leftovers for the next two weeks.
=aside=
(http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh271/myspacemega/graphics/cat/Halloween-Comments/Happy-Halloween-Comments.gif)
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The Court ordered Ennis to make monthly payments to Alma for the support of Alma Jr. and Jenny.
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Ennis told Alma that if she didn't want any more of his kids, he would be happy to leave her alone from the task of reproducing.
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Alma and the girls stare at Ennis, stunned and wide-eyed: they have witnessed a kind of fury in him that they have never seen before.
[screenplay]
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INT: WYOMING: DEL MAR RANCH HOUSE: CHILDREN'S BEDROOM: DAY:
1966:
ENNIS walks over to the bassinet where baby JENNY is
wheezing, coughing, crying.
He picks up JENNY and cradles her.
Two-year-old ALMA JR., runny nose, gets out of her little bed
and toddles over to her daddy, cries, hugs his leg as he
rocks JENNY.
[screenplay]
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At the fourth of July celebration, Ennis unravels in anger in front of his wife and kids.
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INT: WYOMING: DEL MAR RANCH HOUSE: CHILDREN'S BEDROOM: DAY:
1966:
ENNIS walks over to the bassinet where baby JENNY is
wheezing, coughing, crying.
He picks up JENNY and cradles her.
Two-year-old ALMA JR., runny nose, gets out of her little bed
and toddles over to her daddy, cries, hugs his leg as he
rocks JENNY.
[screenplay]
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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Round 733!
(http://www.noas-art.com/calendar/noas-art.2008calendar.november.jpg)
Any Event That Happened During the Month of November
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After inquiring of Ennis if he still went fishing with Jack, Alma proceeded to accuse him of having a sexual relationship with Jack.
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After inquiring of Ennis if he still went fishing with Jack, Alma proceeded to accuse them of being buggers; following this, Ennis quickly buggered off.
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The del Mar divorce was granted on November 6, 1975 in a Wyoming courtroom.
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Ennis and Alma's marriage was legally dissolved on November 6, 1975, in a Wyoming courtroom.
=aside= Sandy
:)
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Ennis and Alma's marriage was legally eradicated on November 6, 1975, in a Wyoming courtroom.
=aside= Sandy and Fran
:)
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The judge finalizes Ennis and Alma's divorce on November 6, 1975.
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Ennis guesstimated that Alma was four or five months pregnant when he took Thanksgiving dinner with her, Monroe, and the kids.
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After hoisting his gavel, the judge legally dissolved
Ennis and Alma's marriage on November 6, 1975.
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Alma's comments about the "fishing trips" with Jack Nasty infuriated Ennis.
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Accompanied by their respective lawyers, Ennis and Alma appeared in divorce court on November 6, 1975.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2564.jpg)
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After finishing her milk and clearing the Thanksgiving dishes, Alma began milking Ennis for details: "You still go fishing with Jack Twist?"
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Ennis tried to treat his fishing trips and Jack Nasty as nonissues.
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A judge declared Ennis and Alma's marriage officially over on November 6, 1975.
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A judge pounded his gavel and declared Ennis and Alma's marriage officially over on November 6, 1975.
=aside=
See you later, Palinator!
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/palinator-1.jpg)
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Alma officially renounced Ennis by divorcing him on November 6, 1975.
=aside=
So long Palinator. Change has come!
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A court stenographer was present in the courtroom to make a word-for-word written record of Ennis and Alma's divorce hearing.
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After hoisting his gavel, the judge legally terminated Ennis and Alma's marriage on November 6, 1975.
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Ennis and Alma became legally unhitched on November 6, 1975.
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The court stenographer was responsible for making a word-for-word transcript of everything spoken in the courtroom during Ennis and Alma's divorce hearing.
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Round 734!
(http://images.cafepress.com/product/208261243v2_350x350_November.jpg)
November Continued
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Accompanied by their respective attorneys, Ennis and Alma appeared in divorce court on November 6, 1975.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2564.jpg)
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After Thanksgiving dinner, Alma spent her time with Ennis blaming him for his dalliance with Jack Nasty.
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The court reporter recorded every word spoken in the courtroom during Ennis and Alma's divorce hearing.
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On November 6, 1975, Ennis and Alma became divorcés.
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On Novemeber 6, 1975, Alma and Ennis became ex-spouses.
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Ennis and Alma appeared in court on November 6, 1975, for the finalization of their divorce.
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With his gavel's stroke, the judge finalized the divorce of Ennis and Alma on November 6, 1975.
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After years of being angry and heartsick, Alma got her divorce from Ennis on November 6, 1975.
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Before granting the del Mar divorce on November 6, 1975, the judge awarded custody of Alma Jr. and Jenny to Alma and imposed monthly child support payments in the amount of $125 per child on Ennis.
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Jack's last postcard, labeled "deceased", suggested meeting at Pine Creek on November 7. :'(
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After the divorce on November 6, 1975, Ennis was no longer a part of a multi-person household.
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Ennis's nonfulfillment of Alma's marital expectations helped pave the way for the couple's appearance in divorce court on November 6, 1975.
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The delMar divorce took place on November 6, 1975, and the judge sat on his bench to officiate.
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Before granting the del Mar divorce on November 6, 1975, the judge imposed a monthly child support payment in the amount of $125 per child on Ennis.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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An excerpt from the del Mar divorce ruling dated November 6, 1975, follows:
...Custody of the two minor children, Alma Jr. and Jennifer del Mar, is awarded to plaintiff. Defendnant is ordered to pay child support to the plaintiff in the sum of 125 per month, for each of the minor children until they reach the age of 18 years....
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The judge's ruling of November 6, 1975 meant that Ennis would be supporting his children to the tune of $125 each per month.
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Alma and Ennis's divorce on November 6, 1975 was the termination of twelve years of marriage.
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The court reporter present in the courtroom on November 6, 1975, utilizes a stenotype machine to make a verbatim record of the del Mar divorce proceeding.
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While listening to the judge finalize his divorce on November 6, 1975, Ennis wells up with tears.
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Round 735!
(http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1pD1UQb10sVYpdM3G0szYxGyCu1T7eqU6NELB0spR6Hc2FVK8k7Rq44dFJwB3eUnURFihrna2SkBc)
All About The Parents!
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Neither L.D. nor OMT appreciated any of Jack's accomplishments.
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He stood up, said, you bet he'd like to see Jack's room, recalled one of Jack's stories about this old man. Jack was dick-clipped and the old man was not; it bothered the son who had discovered the anatomical disconformity during a hard scene. He had been about three or four, he said, always late getting to the toilet, struggling with buttons, the seat, the height of the thing and often as not left the surroundings sprinkled down. The old man blew up about it and this one time worked into a crazy rage. "Christ, he licked the stuffin out a me, knocked me down on the bathroom floor, whipped me with his belt. I thought he was killin me. Then he says, 'You want a know what it's like with piss all over the place? I'll learn you,' and he pulls it out and lets go all over me, soaked me, then he throws a towel at me and makes me mop up the floor, take my clothes off and warsh them in the bathtub, warsh out the towel...."
[story]
=aside= Sandy
Great theme!
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As part of the divorce settlement, Ennis had to pay for his children's welfare.
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He stood up, said, you bet he'd like to see Jack's room, recalled one of Jack's stories about this old man. Jack was dick-clipped and the old man was not; it bothered the son who had discovered the anatomical disconformity during a hard scene. He had been about three or four, he said, always late getting to the toilet, struggling with buttons, the seat, the height of the thing and often as not left the surroundings sprinkled down. The old man blew up about it and this one time worked into a crazy rage. "Christ, he licked the stuffin out a me, knocked me down on the bathroom floor, whipped me with his belt. I thought he was killin me. Then he says, 'You want a know what it's like with piss all over the place? I'll learn you,' and he pulls it out and lets go all over me, soaked me, then he throws a towel at me and makes me mop up the floor, take my clothes off and warsh them in the bathtub, warsh out the towel...."
[story]
=aside= Fran
Thanks. :)
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As a result of Mr. del Mar's bringing his sons to see Earl's corpse lying in the irrigation ditch, a shockingly dreadful sight became permanently entrenched in Ennis's memory.
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While the girls watched figure skating, Ennis and Alma got into a little fracas in the kitchen.
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Ma Twist showed her generosity by allowing Ennis to take the two precious shirts.
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Ma Twist helpfully provided Ennis with a paper sack for the two precious shirts.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_3783.jpg)
=aside= Sandy
:)
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Ma Twist's gift of the precious shirts was done with inarticulacy.
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Ma Twist understood that the gift of the two precious shirts represented a love of a lifetime.
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Ennis and Alma exchange marriage vows in December and proceed to go forth and multiply.
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OMT was noncompliant with Ennis's request to bring Jack's ashes to Brokeback Mountain.
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OMT behaved outlandishly when Ennis requested about bringing Jack's ashes to Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennis is unable to move past his father's negative feelings about homosexuality and constantly fears the public's opinion of his secret life.
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Ennis retrieved the precious shirts and Ma Twist graciously gave them up.
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Ma Twist was extremely supportive of Ennis's taking the precious shirts.
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By advising Ennis to fight dirty until K.E. gets the message, Mr. del Mar teaches his younger son that physical force is the way to fix problems.
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OMT displayed his unyieldingness on the question of releasing Jack's ashes to Ennis.
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On Thanksgiving, Jack was going to break bread with his not very well-bred father-in-law.
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Round 736!
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6b/Parents.jpg)
More Parenting!
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As Ennis physically assaulted one of the obnoxious bikers, Alma made sure that Alma Jr. and Jenny were a safe distance away.
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On Thanksgiving, Jack was going to break bread with his poorly bred father-in-law.
=aside=Sandy
Thanks, and amazing movie poster!
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L.D. tried to upend Jack's position as turkey carver, but Jack regained the title.
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During a traumatic toilet-training incident, Jack noticed that he had been cut differently than his father, who "had some extra material."
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LD extracted the carving implements from Jack, but Jack extracted his revenge.
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After dinner, Alma Jr. and Jenny run after their fed-up father who is storming out the door so he can hit the sauce.
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Jack noticed that his father was genitally intact while he had been cut differently, "like you'd crop a ear or scorch a brand."
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Ma Newsome sat hushed and hairsprayed during the Thanksgiving debacle.
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Alma Jr. tried not to impose upon her father when she asked if she could come and stay with him.
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Alma became Ennis's lawfully wedded wife in December of 1963, and she was pregnant with his child by mid-January.
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Ma Twist demonstrated her maternalism when she tried to comfort Ennis.
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L.D. and his grandson both acted like nudniks at Thanksgiving dinner.
def: a bothersome person; a pest.
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Angered by remarks made by the mother of his two children on Thanksgiving, Ennis was in such a hurry to get to the Black & Blue Eagle bar that he failed to check for oncoming traffic while crossing the street.
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Ma Twist acted parentally towards Ennis.
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Jack had to survive Thanksgiving dinner with his rude relatives.
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Once Alma married Monroe, her daughters by Ennis became Monroe's stepdaughters.
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Jack taught his son to drive some big machinery when he was still very young.
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L.D. told Lureen that it was unmanly for boys not to watch football.
You want your son to grow up to be a man,
don't you, daughter?
(direct look at Jack)
Boys should watch football.
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In light of the del Mar family's economic woes, Alma wanted Ennis to take precautions so that Alma Jr. and Jenny would not get a new brother or sister.
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Round 737!
Ring! Ring! Ring!
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/telephone.jpg)
The hollow ringing began again in the next room, and as if he were answering
it, Ennis picked up the phone on the bedside table, dialed his own number.
Each post will include the word "ring" and an unplayed word.
The "ring" may be contained in a longer word.
Words containing "ring" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/ring/)
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Alma was good at airing dirty laundry, both literally and figuratively.
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When Ennis wasn't with Jack, he led a relatively boring life.
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After a brief courtship, Jack and Lureen exchanged wedding rings, becoming husband and wife.
=comment=
I just added this to the announcement:
Words containing "ring" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/ring/)
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Normally reticent Ennis showed his daringness when he planted a big wet one on Jack.
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During their years together, Ennis and Jack spent time exploring "The Big Horns, the Medicine Bows, the south end of the Gallatins, the Absarokas, the Granites, the Owl Creeks, the Bridger Teton Range, the Freezeouts and the Shirleys, the Ferrises and the Rattlesnakes, the Salt River range, into the Wind Rivers over and again, the Sierra Madres, the Gros Ventres, the Washakies, the Laramies, but never returning to Brokeback."
=aside= Fran
Thanks for the "ring" link.
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"Get beaver fever doin that," said Ennis, then, "Good enough place," looking at the level bench above the river, two or three fire-rings from old hunting camps. A sloping meadow rose behind the bench, protected by a stand of lodgepole. There was plenty of dry wood. They set up camp without saying much, picketed the horses in the meadow. Jack broke the seal on a bottle of whiskey, took a long, hot swallow, exhaled forcefully, said, "That's one a the two things I need right now," capped and tossed it to Ennis.
[story]
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It was glaringly obvious to Alma that something was amiss when she glared at her husband kissing Jack Twist.
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In August Ennis spent the whole night hunkering down with Jack in the main camp during a blowy hailstorm.
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During TS1 Ennis discovers that Jack's bedroll is indeed big enough for two.
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Lureen looked leeringly at Jack the night of their double victories.
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While Ennis was working at odd jobs, Alma spent her days cooking, cleaning and mothering her two girls.
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Ennis told Cassie that earlier in the day he had been neutering calves.
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"Riding Horses" is the music playing when Jack and Ennis are overing the stream.
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Ennis's aloof posturing says more about him than the few words he does manage to speak.
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Although Jack was looking for work in the summer of 1964, Joe Aguirre was not interested in rehiring him.
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Ennis did his husbandly duty, siring two daughters along the way.
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Jack felt that he couldn't mention living together without triggering a cheap shot from Ennis.
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"Ledger, in short, is phenomenal as Ennis, the sort of pensive individual who’s so reluctant to speak that it appears as if uttering a syllable is as strenuous for him as lifting a refrigerator is to the rest of us."
-- Matt Brunson, Connect Savannah Online (http://www.connectsavannah.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A1950)
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Desperate from Ennis's post-divorce rejection, Jack went whoring in Juarez.
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Round 738!
"He called Jack's number in Childress..."
Another ringing round
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/brokebackmtn_ennisphone.jpg)
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At the rodeo and later in the bar, Jack attracted the admiring glances of Lureen.
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Ennis Del Mar wakes before five, wind rocking the trailer, hissing in around the aluminum door and window frames. The shirts hanging on a nail shudder slightly in the draft. He gets up, scratching the grey wedge of belly and pubic hair, shuffles to the gas burner, pours leftover coffee in a chipped enamel pan; the flame swathes it in blue. He turns on the tap and urinates in the sink, pulls on his shirt and jeans, his worn boots, stamping the heels against the floor to get them full on. The wind booms down the curved length of the trailer and under its roaring passage he can hear the scratching of fine gravel and sand. It could be bad on the highway with the horse trailer.
[story]
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Story Ma Twist was using a sharp, serrated implement for coring apples.
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Jack finally stood up to his domineering father-in-law at Thanksgiving.
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Ennis spends the whole night in the main camp, endangering the welfare of the sheep.
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Aguirre rode up to Brokeback to deliver news to Jack and to see how the sheep were faring.
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Both families celebrated Thanksgiving in their own way at their respective gatherings.
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Worn paint brands proved to be a hindering factor when it came time to separate the Chilean sheep from Joe Aguirre's herd.
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Lureen explained to Ennis that, after interring half of Jack's ashes in Texas, the other half was sent up to his folks in Wyoming.
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When Jack showed up asking about work for the next summer, Aguirre started lecturing about stemming the rose whle the sheep went untended.
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At age nine, Ennis faced the harsh reality that some people -- including his own father -- could justify murdering a gay man for his lifestyle.
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The first evening on the mountain, Jack took his night-faring ride up to the sheep.
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Jack was finally able to carve the Thanksgiving turkey after outmaneuvering his father-in-law for control of the TV.
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On their final trip to the mountains, Jack told Ennis that he had been philandering with the wife of a rancher down the road in Childress for the past few months.
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Ennis was roaringly drunk the night of TS1.
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Mr. Gyllenhaal's more aggressive Jack is equally dynamic, his mournful-dog eyes at variance with his carefree stance and swaggering manner.
GuideLive (http://www.guidelive.com/portal/page?_pageid=33,97283&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&item_id=38959)
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Jimbo distracted the slobbering bull to keep it from trampling Jack.
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Jack was untiring in his wish for a sweet life with Ennis.
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After the summer spent on Brokeback, Jack wintered at his parents' place then headed out for Texas in the spring.
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Round 739!
A Tribute to Ang!!
(http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-03/06/xin_4403030612592321841312.jpg) (http://www.wyomingseminary.org/pai/images/quotes_ang_lee.jpg)
Each post will include the word "ang"
and an unplayed word.
The "ang" may be contained in a longer word.
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In his review of Brokeback Mountain, (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051215/REVIEWS/51019006/1023) film critic Roger Ebert wrote that Ang Lee "respects the entire arc of his story, right down to the lonely conclusion."
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Ennis's postcard suggesting a November 7 meeting at Pine Creek boomeranged, stamped "deceased".
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Ennis took an instant dislike to the two strangers who sat down behind his family for the fireworks, getting up ready to deliver a cauliflower ear or worse when they persisted with their slopbucket language.
=aside=Players
Missed you all while I was up North! :-*
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Ennis and Jack let the elk meat dangle on the drying rack.
=aside= Meryl
Welcome back to the lower 48. We missed you.
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Aguirre made it clear he thought the boys endangered the sheep whilst stemming the rose.
=welcome back= Meryl
Did she have a good time up North?
I don't know; Alaska.
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Peter Travers (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/6169704/brokeback_mountain), the film critic for Rolling Stone, described Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain as a "defiantly erotic love story about two Wyoming ranch hands and the external and internal forces that drive them from desire to denial."
=aside= Meryl
Missed you. Glad you're back.
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Directing a film is a very difficult thing to do well. It is, after all, an artistic endeavor. Unlike most art, however, film directing requires a gang of a couple hundred people to “help out” in various capacities. On top of that, the director must be able to adjust to inconceivable conditions that arise while filming occurs: for example, bad weather (not just rain; sometimes it’s hail, snow, tornados, forest fires), bad health (one or more of the cast or key shooting crew), personality conflicts, mechanical / technical failure (from cameras breaking down to scratches on the negative), all of which I have personally experienced on projects.
Interview with Pierre Tremblay,
Brokeback Mountain First Assistant Director (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Interviews/Tremblay/Tremblay.html)
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After Ennis lost interest, Cassie felt like a hanger-on.
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In the final scene of Brokeback Mountain, the shirts have been interchanged; Ennis's shirt is now covering Jack's.
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Through the years, Ennis would deny his feelings about Jack, while Jack would languish for the sweet life.
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Unwilling to "make it on a couple of high-altitude fucks once or twice a year," Jack made his way to Juarez and a mangy alley frequented by peso-driven male prostitutes.
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Jack was was showing off the newfangledness of the new combine to the Texan guys.
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Using a washboard, Alma washes clothes the oldfangled way.
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Jack and Ennis would always prearrange their "fishing trips."
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Ennis thought nothing of rearranging his life to meet up with Jack.
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In 1963 when he met Jack Twist, Ennis was engaged to Alma Beers. Both Jack and Ennis claimed to be saving money for a small spread; in Ennis's case that meant a tobacco can with two five-dollar bills inside. That spring, hungry for any job, each had signed up with Farm and Ranch Employment -- they came together on paper as herder and camp tender for the same sheep operation north of Signal. The summer range lay above the tree line on Forest Service land on Brokeback Mountain. It would be Jack Twist's second summer on the mountain, Ennis's first. Neither of them was twenty.
[story]
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The unforgettable twang of two notes played on a guitar begins the journey of Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist in Brokeback Mountain.
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For five days Ennis and a Chilean sheepherder worked at untangling the mixed sheep.
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Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain received widespread acclaim following its September 2005 screening at the Venice and Toronto film festivals.
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Round 740!
A Tribute to Ang -- Part 2!!
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Each post will include the word "ang" and an unplayed word.
The "ang" may be contained in a longer word.
Words containing "ang" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/ang/)
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Ennis displayed his angriness at the Fourth of July picnic and in front of the Black and Blue Bar, among others.
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Lureen was wearing baubles, bangles and beads at the Benefit dance.
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Untangling the mixed sheep was certainly an arduous task for Jack, Ennis, and the Chilean sheepherders.
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The baubles, bangles and beads were dangling off of Lureen at the Benefit dance.
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Ennis and Alma grew increasingly estranged which eventually led to their divorce.
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When Ennis told Jack his dad thought all rodeo guys were "fuckups," Jack suddenly broke out in a wild fandango, meant to be an imitation of his bullriding prowess.
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Ennis believes that three assailants ganged up on Jack, beating him to death with a tire iron.
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Aguirre harangues Jack when he returns looking for employment, and Ennis.
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Ennis's nonverbal communication conveyed the intangibles of emotion and desire.
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Joe Aguirre's sheepherders and the Chilean sheepherders spoke different languages, which made the job of untangling the mixed sheep even more difficult.
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The hailstorm managed to mangle the order of the sheep, thus requiring untangling in different languages.
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Singaporean cinemagoers will be able to watch Ang Lee's feted cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain uncut from tomorrow, despite the island republic's definition of gay sex as an act of gross indecency punishable by a maximum of two years in jail.
Granted, only over-21s will be able to watch it in cinemas and promotional material will carry a consumer advisory saying "mature theme, sexual scenes", but some are already hailing the move as a sign of loosening censorship in the notoriously tightly controlled city state.
(http://static.guim.co.uk/static/65729/original/zones/culture/images/logo.gif) (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2006/feb/15/news)
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At a formal dinner, the tablecloth overhang is supposed to be about 10 to 15 inches; the overhang of Lureen and Jack's tablecloth appears to fall within that range.
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Jack and Ennis were prearranging their rendezvous.
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On the off chance that a ranger from the Forest Service might be snooping around, Aguirre instructed the to herder to "Pitch a pup tent on the Q.T. with the sheep....no fire, don't leave no sign."
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They shook hands in the choky little trailer office in front of a table littered with scribbled papers, a Bakelite ashtray brimming with stubs. The venetian blinds hung askew and admitted a triangle of white light, the shadow of the foreman's hand moving into it. Joe Aguirre, wavy hair the color of cigarette ash and parted down the middle, gave them his point of view.
[story]
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When Alma asked Ennis about his "fishing trips", he created a tangle of lies.
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At the Lake Scene, Jack lamented the unchangeability of Ennis's mind.
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"What am I doin' hangin' around with him?" wondered Alma, after enduring years of marital woe.
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Round 741!
It's That Time Again!!!
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Another Thanksgiving Round!
Monroe Thanksgiving photo courtesy of Toast.
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Neither family survived Thanksgiving without angering some of the hosts and some of the guests.
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As the Twists and the Monroes were bellying up to their respective Thanksgiving tables, they were unaware of the post-feast bellyaches in store for them.
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In the wake of Monroe's electrifying job carving the turkey, things got charged in the kitchen.
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Much to Lureen's dismay, the televised football game distracts Bobby from eating his Thanksgiving dinner.
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L.D. displayed empathy towards Bobby's plight and turned the TV back on, with the comment "Boys should watch football."
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Even without an electric carving knife, the Twist family's Thanksgiving was just as charged as Monroe's.
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Ennis's story about his "saddle bronc career" delighted his daughters but failed to improve his ex-wife's grouchy mood.
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Jack harangued LD at the climax of the Thanksgiving TV football extravaganza.
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The TV football extravaganza prior to ingestion of their Thanksgiving dinner made the Twists' digestion of it a bit more difficult.
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Lureen had the laborious job of cooking a three-hour turkey.
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Jack is able to manipulate the carving knife safely by firmly gripping the handle.
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Fayette narrows her eyes in response to Jack's lashing of LD.
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Jack outplayed L.D. at his own game.
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Although she was a witness to it, Fayette Newsome did not participate in the Thanksgiving altercation.
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Thanksgiving in both Childress and Wyoming involved more than the ruffling of some feathers.
=Happy Thanksgiving, Players=
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Monroe acted like his electric carving knife was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
=Happy Thanksgiving=
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Alma, who was in the second trimester of her pregnancy and showing, wore a maternity dress on Thanksgiving Day.
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Monroe's unmanliness was evidenced by his use of the not-so-butch electric carving knife.
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L.D. thought that men who didn't watch football were wimps.
=aside=
Do we want another Thanksgiving round?
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Round 742!
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Yet Another Thanksgiving Round!
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"You didn't go up there to fish. You and him...." Alma said accusingly.
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"Sit down, you ol' sonofabitch!" Jack bellowed.
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After Alma cut to the chase about Ennis's fishing trips, Ennis cut and ran, while his daughters chased after him.
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After dessert Alma "got [Ennis] off in the kitchen, scraped the plates and said she worried about him and he ought to get married again."
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Until Alma brought up the fishing-with-Jack-Nasty issue, Ennis had evaded it for years.
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Because Alma thought that Ennis's fishing stories kept getting fishier, she decided she had bigger fish to fry.
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Seated at the dinner table, Bobby finds himself surrounded by grown-ups.
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At the Thanksgiving table, Jack expressed his anger by being a haranguer.
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After ingesting Thanksgiving dinner, Ennis bit the hand that fed him.
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Monroe, Alma, Ennis, and the girls feasted on one of the legions of turkeys slaughtered for the Thanksgiving holiday.
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While Ennis told about his saddle bronc career, a milk-drinking Alma was seething.
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Monroe's electric carving knife was a novelty item that provided some comic relief.
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Rectangular tableclothes covered Monroe and Alma's oval dining room table.
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Once she had him in the kitchen, Alma called Ennis on his years of prevarications concerning his fishing trips.
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Alma thought she had rested her case about Ennis and his "fishing trips"; Ennis just wanted her to give it a rest.
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"You know," she said, and from her tone he knew something was coming, "I used to wonder how come you never brought any trouts home. Always said you caught plenty. So one time I got your creel case open the night before you went on one a your little trips -- price tag still on it after five years -- and I tied a note on the end of the line. It said, hello Ennis, bring some fish home, love, Alma. And then you come back and said you'd caught a bunch a browns and ate them up. Remember? I looked in the case when I got a chance and there was my note still tied there and that line hadn't touched water in its life." As though the word "water" had called out its domestic cousin she twisted the faucet, sluiced the plates.
[story]
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After dessert, Alma got Ennis in the kitchen, sluiced the plates and trotted out the old line so often used by ex-wives: "You ought to get married again."
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After being tongue-lashed by Jack, LD unnervingly sat his ignorant ass down.
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L.D. made it clear that he believed that any man who didn't watch football was wimpish.
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Round 743!
The Five Senses
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Posts must include any unplayed word
plus any of the five senses.
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After many years of holding his tongue, Jack let Ennis hear how he really felt about abstinence from male sex: "I can't make it on a couple of high-altitude fucks once or twice a year."
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=aside=Sandy
Nice theme 8)
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Jack reaches for his bandanna after he sees that Ennis's temple is bleeding.
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After lots of passionate touching and caressing, Ennis introduced Jack to Alma: "Alma, this is Jack Twist. Jack, my wife, Alma." His chest was heaving. He could smell Jack - the intensely familiar odor of cigarettes, musky sweat, and a faint sweetness like grass, and with it the rushing cold of the mountain.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks. I'm touched.
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Jack didn't care for the taste of beans, but Ennis found them delicious. Mmmm.
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Mrs. Twist was entirely gracious and hospitable when Ennis paid a visit to Lightning Flat to see about Jack's ashes.
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Monroe heard a crash, then arrived at the end of the aisle to find Alma in a fluster and peanuts all over the floor.
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While Jack tired of beans, Ennis reveled in the gustatory delights of the humble legume.
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Jack and Ennis enjoyed what they tasted after smoking the herbal plant marijuana.
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Temporary identification marks called paint brands are clearly visible on Joe Aguirre's sheep early in the summer.
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Most of Riverton could hear Ennis yelling after Alma in his loudest voice.
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Ennis saw Jack pull up in his truck, ran out to the balcony, yelled "Jack Fuckin Twist," then pulled him into a passionate kiss, muffling any reply he might have been contemplating.
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Jack and Ennis enjoyed tasting their nonvegetarian meal of elk.
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Wait till Jack sees that Ennis has brought along the oft-eaten food of their special summer: BetterMost beans!
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Jack complained of the cat-piss-like perturbation of his olfactory sensitivities whilst dwelling in the pup tent.
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Ennis got ripping mad when he heard Alma refer to Jack as Jack Nasty.
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In his dark camp Jack sees Ennis "as night fire, a red spark on the huge black mass of mountain."
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The reunion kiss was "omnisensory": tactile, olfactory, visual, auditory and gustatory.
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Bobby's cereal went untasted until his father gave his grandfather a taste of his own medicine.
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In TS2 Ennis hears Jack's whispery voice and is reassured: "It's all right. It's all right."
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Round 744!
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The Five Senses: Take 2!
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Ennis's auditory sense was assaulted by Jack's harmonica playing.
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Monroe and the girls didn't seem to hear Alma when she was blabbing about Ennis and his fishing trips, until it got nasty.
=aside= Fran
Great round announcement.
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At the mention of Mexico, Ennis smelled a rat, and it soon became a point of contention between him and Jack.
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While at the bar in Signal, Jack told Ennis about the previous summer's lightning storm and the peculiar smell of the 42 decomposing sheep carcasses.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks. I was inspired by your
excellent theme.
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The "omnisensual" reunion kiss was redolent of the most exquisite ecstasy.
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When Jack sees that Ennis is hurt after the bear incident, he fondly reaches out to touch him.
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Joe Aguirre was not amused when he saw Jack and Ennis goofing off instead of tending to the sheep.
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Jack and Ennis had heard about history's deadliest submarine disaster, the loss of the USS Thresher, and talked about it two months later while up on Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennis's remark that it's a one shot thing became irrelevant when he reached out to touch Jack that night in the tent.
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Ennis, having chosen not to march in lockstep with his dad on the issue of homosexuality, imagined him at the door of the Siesta Motel, ready to offer him a taste of the tire iron.
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The reunion kiss involved more than just touching when Jack and Ennis began to maul each other.
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During the daytime hours Jack had to keep the pup tent rolled up and out of sight so that the Forest Service wouldn't discover his noncompliance with their regulations.
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Jack's outgoingness didn't prevent him from hearing what Ennis had to say.
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Ma Twist was very perceptive: she touched Ennis's shoulder in condolence.
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Four years later Jack drives to Riverton to see Ennis, and their passion is reignited.
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Jack went to the seedy border town of Juarez where he heard the prostitute's greeting of "senor?"
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The dozy embrace was the most touchy-feely scene in the film.
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"You'll see Ledger overwhelmed and retching with unnamable emotions again in Brokeback Mountain, and remember again his terrific, visceral economy as a performer."
-- Jonathan Kiefer (http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A48075), Charleston City Paper
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Jack's choice of wording of his postcards to Ennis was meant to be misleading to anyone else who saw them.
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Round 745!
"You fill up my senses."
Senses--Take 3
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The audibility of Ennis's threats to the bikers was evident even above the noise of the fireworks.
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Jack saw fit to offer assistance in the form of his shirt sleeve after he accidentally made Ennis's nose bleed.
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=aside= Paul
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkGS263lGsQ&feature=related[/youtube]
"Annie's Song"
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Jack could see the possibility of his dream becoming reality, but Ennis thought he was just chasing rainbows.
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Jack had heard one too many of L.D.'s dogmatic pronouncements when he decided to stand up to him at Thanksgiving.
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Lureen saw an eyefilling sight when she laid her eyes on the handsome cowboy holding her dusty red hat.
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"Crammed together -- and tipsy -- in a tent one night, Jack absent-mindedly draws Ennis’ arm around him as he sleeps. Ennis reacts so violently to this advance it’s as if he’s fending off a chemical reaction in himself, a combustive brew of internal paradox that propels him to fight off Jack’s touch with a ferocity equaled by how frantically he unlatches his own belt buckle and shoves Jack to the ground."
-- Violet Glaze (http://www.citypaper.com/film/review.asp?rid=9732), Baltimore City Paper
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Because Ennis was out of touch with his emotions, he didn't realize until much later the extent of the gloom he was feeling about having to leave Brokeback.
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Jack tried using his healing touch with Ennis on several occasions; on several occasions, Ennis resisted.
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Ennis's type of visual impairment -- farsightedness -- makes him "dislike reading anything except Hamley's saddle catalog."
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Aguirre was an unseen looker-on, spying on Jack and Ennis for ten minutes one day.
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When Ennis heard Alma ask him to wipe Jenny's nose, he shouted back, "If I had three hands I could," then modulated his tone to hush the babies.
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Ennis couldn't help but hear the screaming of his daughters, who were secreting nasally.
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The following musical compositions can be heard on the Brokeback Mountain soundtrack CD:
"Opening" - Gustavo Santaolalla - 1:31
"He Was a Friend of Mine" - Willie Nelson - 4:42
"Brokeback Mountain I" - Gustavo Santaolalla - 2:32
"A Love That Will Never Grow Old" - Emmylou Harris - 3:20
"King of the Road" - Teddy Thompson & Rufus Wainwright - 2:53
"Snow" - Gustavo Santaolalla - 1:18
"The Devil's Right Hand" - Steve Earle - 2:34
"No One's Gonna Love You Like Me" - Mary McBride - 3:06
"Brokeback Mountain II" - Gustavo Santaolalla - 1:59
"I Don't Want To Say Goodbye" - Teddy Thompson - 3:12
"I Will Never Let You Go" - Jackie Greene - 1:55
"Riding Horses" - Gustavo Santaolalla - 1:24
"An Angel Went Up In Flames" - The Gas Band - 2:36
"It's So Easy" - Linda Ronstadt - 2:27
"Brokeback Mountain III" - Gustavo Santaolalla - 2:14
"The Maker Makes" - Rufus Wainwright - 3:50
"The Wings" - Gustavo Santaolalla - 1:52
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After Jack and Ennis touched base with each other at the reunion, they started participating in several "fishing trips" a year.
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Aguirre's retinas were permanently scarred by the sight of Jack and Ennis cavorting outside the tent.
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They had stood that way for a long time in front of the fire, its burning tossing ruddy chunks of light, the shadow of their bodies a single column against the rock. The minutes ticked by from the round watch in Ennis's pocket, from the sticks in the fire settling into coals. Stars bit through the wavy heat layers above the fire. Ennis's breath came slow and quiet, he hummed, rocked a little in the sparklight and Jack leaned against the steady heartbeat, the vibrations of the humming like faint electricity and, standing, he fell into sleep that was not sleep but something else drowsy and tranced until Ennis, dredging up a rusty but still useable phrase from the childhood time before his mother died, said, "Time to hit the hay, cowboy. I got a go. Come on, you're sleepin on your feet like a horse," and gave Jack a shake, a push, and went off in the darkness. Jack heard his spurs tremble as he mounted, the words "see you tomorrow," and the horse's shuddering snort, grind of hoof on stone.
[story]
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While Lureen and LaShawn apply a makeup touch-up, Randall is making Jack an offer to stay in touch.
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Ennis's "if he shows" fears of not seeing the long-lost Jack were unfounded.
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As Jack walks over to the television set, movie viewers briefly see that Clue, Parker Brothers' (now Hasbro's) popular "whodunit" board game, has not been put away.
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Round 746!
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The Senses - Take 4
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Since Ennis had abstained from ever having sex with another man, Jack touched on a nerve when he told Ennis he had been to Mexico.
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Ennis kept himself blinded to Jack's enduring love, until he saw the shirts.
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As Jack walks over to the television set, movie viewers briefly see that Clue, Parker Brothers' (now Hasbro's) popular "whodunit" board game, has not been put away.
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The excitement of seeing Jack relieved the dreariness of Ennis's life.
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Jack questioned how effectual the practice of having the herder sleep with the sheep was, especially as it involved getting almost no sleep, smelling eau de cat piss all night, and shivering for lack of a fire.
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Ennis foresaw his future when he said to Jack, "There ain't no reins on this one".
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Jack and Ennis tasted food from several, if not all, of the various food groups.
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Ennis has just finished seating Jenny and Alma Jr. inside his truck when he hears a horn honking. Surprise! It's Jack.
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The pair-up of Jack with Ennis, like two chemicals interacting, formed a simmering brew that eventually exploded in a kiss seen round the world.
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As soon as it became lightsome, Ennis ventured out of the pup tent and saw that it had been snowing.
=aside=
First snow of the season here today!
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''A stirring meditation on love and loss, of truth and denial" are the words one moviegoer used to describe Brokeback Mountain after seeing it screened at the Loews Cineplex in Georgetown.
Preview of 'Brokeback Mountain' (http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=1882)
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In order to hear the phone when they were in the bedroom, Jack and Lureen had a princess phone on the nightstand.
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Ennis's olfactories were working just fine when he smelled the familiar scent of Jack at the reunion scene.
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On the floor of Jack's closet, Ennis saw a pair of worn packer boots, which he thought he remembered.
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When Jack and Ennis see each other "the morning after", they agree that it was a one-shot thing, but then surrender to their growing passion for the remainder of the summer.
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At the reunion scene, when Ennis was smelling Jack--" the intensely familiar odor of cigarettes, musky sweat and a faint sweetness like grass," it brought back "the rushing cold of the mountain".
{story}
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Four years later, Jack comes to Riverton to see Ennis and they rediscover in an instant what they've always known: they love each other.
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When Ennis sees the two shirts, he starts to understand the extent of his unrealized love for Jack.
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While sitting at the Twist kitchen table, Ennis felt the welcomeness of Ma Twist's touch.
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Round 747!
"...next thing you know, I was flyin' through the air."
Please post an unplayed word along with the word fly or air.
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Tension fills the air after Joe Aguirre accuses Jack of letting the dogs baby-sit the sheep while he and Ennis "stemmed the rose."
=aside= Paul
A first-class theme!
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Cassie tried to attract Ennis by dancing voluptuously in a bouncy yellow tube top and flinging her long blonde hair.
=comment=
A blast from the past. I can't believe "blonde" was never used.
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LD thought he was chairing the Thanksgiving dinner, but he was promptly seated by Jack.
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Ennis had no way to get to school when his pickup truck fell into disrepair.
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Alma evades confronting Ennis about what she saw on the stairs until after they are divorced.
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Jack tested out his idea of a sweet life together, but Ennis didn't find it to be flyable.
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Jack, who "can't cook worth a shit," is fairly good with one kitchen gizmo: the can opener.
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After the summer on Brokeback, Jack sought out partners in a haphazard fashion, becoming a barfly of sorts as he waited for an opportunity to make friends with guys like Jimbo.
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Alcohol impaired Ennis's ability to stand the night of TS1, leaving him "dizzy drunk on all fours."
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Annie's description of their mountain lair: "There were only the two of them on the mountain flying in the euphoric, bitter air, looking down on the hawk's back and the crawling lights of vehicles on the plain below, suspended above ordinary affairs and distant from tame ranch dogs barking in the dark hours.
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Victor Reyes and Lachlan Mackintosh played a pair of Chilean sheepherders in the film Brokeback Mountain.
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There was a pair of nightstands in Jack and Lureen's bedroom.
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Jack and Ennis took advantage of the open-airness of Campsite #2 by horsing around.
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In the film version of Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain, Ennis and Jack, the "pair of deuces going nowhere," were portrayed by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal.
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Arriving home at the lonesome ranch house, Ennis heard his daughters making a racket in the bedroom and flew to offer comfort to the pair.
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Ennis accepted Ma Twist's iinvitation, and headed up to Jack's room stair by stair.
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He neglected to add that the foreman had leaned back in his squeaky wooden tilt chair, said, Twist, you guys wasn't gettin paid to leave the dogs baby-sit the sheep while you stemmed the rose, and declined to rehire him.
[story]
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Jack felt that he was being treated unfairly when Aguirre told him to pitch a pup tent on the q.t., out of sight, and sleep with the sheep.
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Jack and Ennis enjoyed a nice elk chop in close proximity to the well-aired elk jerky.
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Round 748!
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Words containing "fly" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/fly/)
Words containing "air" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/air/)
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After Jack threatened to knock his "ignorant ass into next week" if he didn't sit down, L.D. was so started that he automatically obeyed, returning to his chair.
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As time goes on, Lureen's teased hair gets blonder and blonder.
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Annie Proulx has said that she is chiefly interested in writing about rural areas and economic determinism.
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"It's because of you, Jack, that I'm like this. I'm nothin'. I'm nowhere," said Ennis despairingly.
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The ectoplasmic form of Ennis's father briefly haunted the room at the Siesta Motel where the pair of lovers lay talking over the significance of their reunion.
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While tightly coiffed on horseback, Lureen sported more flyaway hair in the Mating Call Bar.
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Film historian and movie memorabilia collector Tom Gregory purchased Jack and Ennis's entwined cowboy shirts for $101,100.51 on eBay. Gregory has called the pair of shirts "the ruby slippers of our time" and has vowed to never separate them.
"Ten things you didn't know about Brokeback Mountain" (http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/20/article_5777.php)
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Lureen's hairstyles become more and more extreme as time went on.
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All that whiskey was impairing Ennis's ability to go up to the sheep.
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Ennis is briefly shown adding a liberal amount of salt to the elk meat.
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When he arrived home from work, Ennis was quick to succor his bairns as they mewled fitfully in the back bedroom.
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Jack and Ennis enjoyed their nondairy dinner of elk and whiskey.
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One of the film's goofs is a jet airplane overflying while Jack is singing the praises of the big combine thingie.
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As they flew through the euphoric, bitter air on Brokeback, something besides coffee was percolating between Jack and Ennis.
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Jack told Ennis that while he was driving across Texas, he spent half his time making repairs to his truck.
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When he arrived home from work, Ennis was quick to succor his bairns as they mewled fitfully in the back bedroom.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks, I had to look up bairns!
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At the end of the season, Jack and Ennis came down from the mountain, and, dismissing what had transpired as a "one-shot thing," the pair went their separate ways.
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When he came down the stairs, Ennis's unfeigned grief at Jack's loss led Mrs. Twist to immediately acquiesce to his unspoken request to take the shirts home with him.
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Lureen's hairdo resembled that of well-known actress Farrah Fawcett.
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Round 749!
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"Like I said, Alma and me's gettin' married in December."
Please post an unplayed word along with the word "wed."
Words containing "wed" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/wed)
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One can't help but be awed by Rodrigo's stunning cinematography.
=aside= Fran and Sandy
Although "awed" came to mind right away, those lists are wonderful!
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After years of bottling up her pain and resentment, Alma finally divorced Ennis and wed Monroe, the Riverton grocer.
=aside= Sandy
Great theme!
=aside= Paul
Yes, the answer list is pretty awesome!
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After Jack and Ennis renewed their relationship, Jack talked about his idea of a little cow and calf operation until the cows came home, but Ennis cowered at the idea.
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Aguirre disallowed the use of any fire whilst qting in the pup tent.
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When Jack received Ennis's message about the divorce, he endowed it with more meaning than Ennis intended.
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Further than this, Brokeback Mountain is the story of how most of our lives, gay and straight, are defined by one moment in which things go gloriously and naturally right, when everything falls into place, but which is then infected by the bacilli of wrongness. Ennis and Jack, flawed as they are, do their best to resist the encroachment of that infection; they fight not just against bigotry, but dullness and mediocrity. Their story is not tragic, but heroic.
(http://static.guim.co.uk/static/66877/original/zones/culture/images/logo.gif) (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2006/jan/06/3)
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Jack guffawed in response to Ennis's casting of aspersions on his harmonica.
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Noy Thrupkaew (http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=hollywoods_comingout) reviewed Brokeback Mountain in The American Prospect, praising Heath Ledger's portrayal of Ennis:
Ledger gives an unnerving and wholly heartbreaking performance, his Hollywood good looks suddenly drawn in, shoulders hunched, hooded eyes gazing over the hills. Ennis has a rich vocabulary of grunts and little else. When he does speak, his words reveal a tormented tenderness, in sharp contrast to the garrulous, breezy charm of Gyllenhaal's Jack Twist.
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After Jack showed up for their four-year reunion, he and Ennis start to meet infrequently for what they called "fishing trips."
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After years of strained marriage, it was lawed that Ennis and Alma were now unwed.
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Ennis and Jack are doomed to have no youth or to have only the epiphany of youth, hugged to their bosoms like a premonition of death.
Everyone should see this gay Western, which makes a mockery of that description.
It glamorises nothing. It serves no cause. It is a stark and sad film from a great director with two superb performances, and a slow and encompassing sense of the sap and sorrow of life. It creates a truer image of things than you expect to see these days. It's a story about little people, ordinary people, who are mowed down like grass by the thing that makes them individuals and are not less heroic or less tragic for the choices they make.
-- Peter Craven (http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/men-in-chaps/2006/01/20/1137553745576.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2), The Age
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Jack and Ennis chewed and swallowed several vegetables from the nightshade family, including potatoes and tomatoes.
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Sitting by the campfire, Jack and Ennis "mangled their way through some songs;" Jack bellowed a Carl Perkins song and Ennis, a few octaves lower, lent his "good raspy voice" to "Strawberry Roan."
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On December 6, 2005, Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams showed up at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square Theatre for the New York City premiere of Brokeback Mountain.
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Alma reviewed her options and decided to unwed Ennis.
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Sitting by the campfire, Jack and Ennis "mangled their way through some songs;" Jack bellowed a Carl Perkins song "but he favored a sad hymn, Water Walking Jesus, learned from his mother, who believed in the Pentecost, and that he sang at dirge slowness, setting off distant coyote yips."
=aside= Meryl :)
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With his acclaimed performance as introverted, tight-lipped Ennis del Mar, Heath Ledger showed the world the depth of his acting talent.
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Ennis was initially not wedded to the idea that his unwedded daughter would soon wed.
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When he learned that Jack had been going to Mexico for the purpose of dipping his wick, Ennis narrowed his eyes and spoke venomously: "What I don't know, all them things I don't know...could get you killed if I should come to know them."
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The "WED" Round Continued
Words containing "wed" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/wed)
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After spending a passionate night with Jack in Tent Scene I, Ennis avowed that he "ain't no queer."
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The blue heelers bowwowed to keep the sheep in line, as they streamed up the mountain.
=comment=
Nice color, Sandy, it's fuschia, but it's spelled "fuchsia" on the color wheel, otherwise it comes out black. Apparently, both spellings are allowed!
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When interviewed about his film Brokeback Mountain, director Ang Lee said that he had no doubts about Heath Ledger’s suitablility for the part of Ennis del Mar: "He’s the person that’s the best to carry that western brooding mood -- elegiac and fearful and violent, all the complexities, all the poetic qualities."
"Star evolves from dude to lonely, gay cowboy" (http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=18&art_id=8594&sid=5612444&con_type=1)
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After spending a passionate night with Jack in Tent Scene I, Ennis disavowed that he was "queer."
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Cassie elbowed her way over to Ennis, who had things other than dancing on his mind.
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Thanksgiving turned into a night fraught with high drama after Alma showed Ennis that she finally had the courage to confront him about his relationship with Jack.
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Monroe showed everyone at the table how good he was at operating his cool kitchen gadget - the electric carving knife.
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While Jack "yeehawed", the mules "heehawed".
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Joe Aguirre secretly viewed Jack and Ennis one day while they were indulging their passions.
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As Ennis greeted Jack at the bottom of the stairs, his desire for him overflowed, resulting in an impulsive, passionate liplock.
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Aside=Paul
While Jack "yeehawed", the mules "heehawed".
Ver,' ver' good! :)
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In the dozy embrace passage, Ennis calls up an old, mildewed phrase from his childhood: time to hit the hay, cowboy.
=aside= Meryl
Woowee! Thanks.
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Jack was living a life of nonconformity, but after many disappointments, he decided to wed Lureen.
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L.D. Newsome set himself up as some kind of oracle on child-rearing when he avowed "Boys should watch football."
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On September 2, 2005, Brokeback Mountain premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where it wowed festivalgoers and reviewers.
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Jack and Ennis resowed their affection for each other at the reunion scene.
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After Jack and Ennis resowed their affection for each other, the sexual energy between Ennis and Alma slowed down because Ennis became slow on the draw.
=aside= Paul
:)
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Noy Thrupkaew (http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=hollywoods_comingout) reviewed Brokeback Mountain in The American Prospect, praising Heath Ledger's portrayal of Ennis:
Ledger gives an unnerving and wholly heartbreaking performance, his Hollywood good looks suddenly drawn in, shoulders hunched, hooded eyes gazing over the hills. Ennis has a rich vocabulary of grunts and little else. When he does speak, his words reveal a tormented tenderness, in sharp contrast to the garrulous, breezy charm of Gyllenhaal's Jack Twist.
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Some viewers believe that Ennis's unthawed heart eventually melted when he discovered the preserved shirts.
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Cassie untied the laces of her espadrille wedges and put her feet in Ennis's unsuspecting lap.
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Round 751!
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"Old Brokeback got us good!"
Each post will include the word "good"
as well as an unplayed word.
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The rodeo announcer had good things to say about Jack's bull ride: "Oh boy... let's see what the judges say... that sure looked like the winning ride to me."
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Ennis on how he took his father's advice and bopped KE: I got him in the outhouse, jumped him on the stairs, come over to his pillow in the night while he was sleepin and pasted him damn good. {story}
=aside= Fran
Ver' good idea for a round!
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Because Jack told Ennis he was "pretty good with a can opener", they would be consuming lots of canned food.
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Some moviegoers had themselves a good cry while watching Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee's doom-laden tale of loss and regret.
=aside= Paul
Thanks!
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In an interview for ugo.com (http://www.ugo.com/channels/girlfriends/features/annehathaway/), Anne Hathaway spoke with Daniel Robert Epstein:
UGO:Your character was the most fashionable one in the movie. Did you work with the costume designer?
ANNE: Yeah, we all worked with her. Lureen liked to be the center of attention. She was wild. She was a predator. She's a tough girl, but she's definitely a daddy's girl from Texas. She wanted to look good. So she was kind of doing her small town version of the big styles of the time.
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In an interview for ugo.com, Anne Hathaway spoke with Daniel Robert Epstein:
UGO:Your character was the most fashionable one in the movie. Did you work with the costume designer?
ANNE: Yeah, we all worked with her. Lureen liked to be the center of attention. She was wild. She was a predator. She's a tough girl, but she's definitely a daddy's girl from Texas. She wanted to look good. So she was kind of doing her small town version of the big styles of the time.
=aside= Meryl
Thank you.
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Ma Twist the hostess offered Ennis a cup of coffee and a goody: a piece of cherry cake.
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Anne Hathaway shed her goody-goody image when she appeared topless in the films Havoc and Brokeback Mountain.
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After they had indulged in a night of whiskey and passionate sex in the Hotel Siesta, Jack said to Ennis: "Christ, it got to be all that time a yours a horseback makes it so goddam good."
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Jack warned Ennis that he couldn't cook work a damn, but that he would have no problem with the legume-filled cans, because he was pretty good with a can opener.
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"Old Brokeback got us good," said Jack, referencing the memorable summer he and Ennis had shared four years earlier.
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As much as Jack talked about having a good life together, Ennis remained noncommitted.
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L.D.'s officious interference in Jack's parenting efforts earned him a good dressing down in front of his family.
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An excerpt from Ed Hulse's editorial review of Brokeback Mountain (http://video.barnesandnoble.com/DVD/Brokeback-Mountain/Heath-Ledger/e/025192631528) at Barnes & Noble:
Contrary to the hoopla generated by the film's attackers and defenders alike, Brokeback is neither a deconstruction of the "macho cowboy" myth nor an endorsement of the gay lifestyle. It does dwell on the secret sorrow that all too often accompanies closeted same-sex romances, and it doesn't shy away from depicting the damage done to the lovers' families. Michelle Williams, Ledger's real-life significant other, delivers a tightly controlled, heartbreakingly poignant portrayal as Ennis's wife, who is devastated by her accidental discovery of her husband's secret love life. Anne Hathaway is nearly as good as the pampered, willful daddy's girl who marries down-and-out rodeo rider Jack and takes him into the family business.
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Jack and Ennis sat talking by the fire about such things as horses and rodeo, rough stock events, wrecks and injuries sustained, while respecting each other's opinions. Ennis riding back to the sheep, "thought he'd never had such a good time, felt he could paw the white out of the moon."
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Ennis on how he took his father's advice and smacked KE: I got him in the outhouse, jumped him on the stairs, come over to his pillow in the night while he was sleepin and pasted him damn good. {story}
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Despite the risk of being permanently typecast or having assumptions made about their own private lives, Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal had the good sense to take on the roles of Ennis and Jack in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain.
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After the Oscar nominations came out, Graham Fuller of the Guardian UK assessed the favourites' chances, while their panel of experts suggested who they think deserve to win the biggest prizes.
Actor: Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman are both note-perfect as Cash and Capote respectively. Heath Ledger must be a favourite for Brokeback Mountain. Russell Crowe impressed me in the underrated Cinderella Man, and David Strathairn is terrific in Good Night, and Good Luck. I think that A History of Violence showed Viggo Mortensen to be the new De Niro, but I appear to be alone in this.
(http://static.guim.co.uk/static/67029/original/zones/culture/images/logo.gif) (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2006/jan/29/awardsandprizes.oscars2006)
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Cassie wangles an answer, and Junior responds with, "You're good enough".
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Round 752!
The Jake Round!
In honor of Jake's birthday, please post an unplayed word along with "Jake" or "Jack".
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Hollywood.com: You've said that making Jarhead changed your perspective on the military. Did Brokeback Mountain change your perspective on anything?
Jake Gyllenhaal: I wanted you to say, "Did it change your perspective on gay cowboys?" [Laughs] It's very hard to make this experience into a literal one. I think it's about the struggles of two people dealing with intimacy, ultimately. And at the same time, you don't have this ideal idea of love. This thing that you see in movies all the time is, "Oh, it's supposed to happen between these two people." Particularly a guy and a girl -- you are supposed to get the girl, you are supposed to lose the girl, and you are supposed to get the girl again. And when you get the girl again then the whole thing is all good. Then we talk about how sometimes you wake up the next morning, and you are brushing your teeth together, but we don't ever usually talk about that in movies. And when we do it's with a guy and a girl but this was like putting it in an environment where we had never seen it before. If I learned anything, I think it's just when you're working with Ang Lee there is a real benevolence in everything he does. I remember when I saw Sense and Sensibility -- my Mom always says that I walked out saying, "I feel so clean." And I think you walk out of this film feeling kind of devastated in a lot of ways, but also feeling like a real sense of benevolence. And I think the process of making the film produced that, too. I mean, yes, he manipulated us. Yes, in a way, he very gently abused us, but I walked out of this experience going, "There is a real kind of benevolence." If Heath [Ledger] and I could do it, then it should be okay for the real people who are really doing this to do it.
Jake Gyllenhaal: Finding His Way Up 'Brokeback Mountain' (http://www.hollywood.com/feature/Jake_Gyllenhaal_Finding_His_Way_Up_Brokeback_Mountain/3473442)
=aside= Paul
Excellent theme, especially
in light of Jake's b-day!
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Jack's birthplace was Lightning Flat, Wyoming. Jake's birthplace was Los Angeles, CA.
=birthday greetings=
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While Jack is a native Wyomingite, Jake is a native Californian.
=aside= Sandy
Nice montage!
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In 1963, Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), a couple of dirt-poor ranch hands, take a job guarding a flock of sheep on Brokeback Mountain, a pristine jutting vista nestled in the lush Wyoming wilderness.
-- Owen Gleiberman (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1136099,00.html), Entertainment Weekly
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Jake is environmentally conscious, recycles regularly, and said in an interview that he spends $400 a year to have trees planted in a Mozambique forest, partly to promote the Future Forests program.
Wikipedia
=aside= Paul
Thanks, but I can't take credit for it.
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Jake played Douglas Freeman in the film Rendition.
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The casting of Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain sparked the formation of many fan websites whose members are known familiarly as "Gyllenhaalics."
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[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUKF695eTFY[/youtube]
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Jake played the role of Homer Hickam in October Sky.
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Jake's inaugural film role was as Danny Robbins, son to Billy Crystal, in City Slickers.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynr2tZ_RoLE[/youtube]
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Jake's frequent companion in the 2001 movie "Donnie Darko" was a giant leporid.
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In 2002, Jake co-starred with Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon in Moonlight Mile.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUkoWDWaBI0[/youtube]
Trailer: 2:28
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Jake's new film Nailed is due out in 2009.
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(With Jessica Biel)
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Jake was awarded the 2002 London Evening Standard Theate Award for Outstanding Newcomer for his performance in This is Our Youth at the Garrick Theatre in London, England.
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According to IMDb, Jake appeared in three major motion pictures released in 2005: Jarhead, Proof, and Brokeback Mountain..
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Jake played Douglas Freeman in the film Rendition.
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Jake played the part of Anthony Swofford in the film Jarhead.
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Jake's Jack Twist didn't tap-dance around the issue when it came to saying what he wanted from Ennis: "What if you and me had a little ranch together somewhere, little cow-and-calf operation, it'd be some sweet life."
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Jake is attached to an Untitled Moon Project due out in 2010.
Plot: An action film centered around one crew's expedition to the moon during a time of frenzied interest in lunar colonization.
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Jake narrates The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, an animated film which tells the story of Phillipe Petit's walk between the Twin Towers in 1974.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ynvT1zOvkI[/youtube]
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Round 753!
The Jake and/or Jack theme continues.
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Never enough Jake, never enough!(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/jake_gyllenhaal.jpg)
Never enough Jack, never enough!
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Jake played the role of Jordan in the film Lovely and Amazing.
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Jake played Jimmy Livingston in Bubble Boy.
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Jake will play Tommy Cahill in Jim Sheridan's love-triangle film Brothers, which is based on Susanne Bier's 2004 film.
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Jake played the role of Donnie Darko in the film with the same name.
(http://www.filmfestivals.com/pixus/festivals/generic/Donnie%20Darko.jpg)
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IMDb personal quotation: Jake on the one role that got away: "I'd have to say Ewan McGregor's part in Moulin Rouge! (2001). It was soooo close. I sang and everything. I went through months of auditions. It was between me, Heath Ledger and Ewan. I think it came down to age and where people were in their careers. I was the youngest and the least known. I would hope it didn't have anything to do with talent. Maybe it did".
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In Sam Mendes' Jarhead, Jake stars as Tony Swofford, a young man who discovers that the First Gulf War isn't everything he expected it to be.
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Jake played the role of Robert Graysmith in the film Zodiac.
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Jake played the role of Homer Hickam in the film October Sky.
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As the offspring of producer/writer Naomi Foner and director Stephen Gyllenhaal, it is not surprising that Jake Gyllenhaal has been acting since childhood. Raised in Los Angeles, Gyllenhaal acted in school plays and made his winsome screen debut when he was in the fifth grade, playing Billy Crystal's son in the blockbuster summer comedy "City Slickers" (1991). Keeping it in the family while acting with some of the industry's most notable talents, Gyllenhaal subsequently appeared in his parents' 1993 adaptation of the novel "A Dangerous Woman" with Debra Winger, and played Robin Williams' son in a 1994 episode of TV's "Homicide" that was directed by his father.
moviefone: Jake Gyllenhaal Biography (http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/jake-gyllenhaal/1798333/biography)
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Jake played the role of Jordan in the film Lovely and Amazing.
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Jake played Joe Nast (not Nasty LOL) in Moonlight Mile.
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Jack Twist received his second most famous nickname in this scene from the screenplay of Brokeback Mountain:
ALMA (turns on him): Don't try to fool me no more, Ennis, I know what it means. Jack Twist?
ENNIS: Alma...
ALMA: Jack Nasty. You didn't go up there to fish. You and him...
Ennis grabs her wrist and twists it.
ENNIS: Now you listen to me. You don't know nothin' about it.
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=Aside=Paul
Thanks :)
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When choosing roles, Jake was averse to taking the easy teen-flick route; instead, he preferred off-center work.
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Jake played the role of Pilot Kelson in the film Highway.
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Jake played Danny Robbins in City Slickers.
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Jack slid his cold hand between Ennis's legs, said he was worried about his boy who was, no doubt about it, dyslexic or something, couldn't get anything right, fifteen years old and couldn't handly read, he could see it though goddamn Lureen wouldn't admit to it and pretended the kid was o.k., refused to get any bitchin kind a help about it.
[story]
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Jake will play the role of Tommy Cahill in the upcoming film Brothers.
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IMDb trivia: Jake spent two years at Columbia University, where one of his professors was Robert Thurman, Uma Thurman's father.
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Jake played Robin Williams' son in a 1994 episode of the TV show "Homicide" that was directed by his father.
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Round 754!!
Let's celebrate the holidays with food and drink!
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Please post an unplayed word
along with a reference to a food or a drink.
Thank you Toast, wherever you are, for the pictures.
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On Brokeback, straight whiskey was Jack and Ennis's choice of aperitif as well as their during and after dinner drink.
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In the Jimbo bar, there was a bevy of cowboys imbibing a brewed beverage.
=Cheers!= A toast to all our lovely players, past and present!
Happy Holidays!
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Mrs. Twist cored apples with a sharp, serrated instrument.
=aside= Players
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Ennis must have thought that Cassie's wine was quite drinkable, since he used it to toast Alma Jr. on her upcoming wedding.
=aside= Players
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On Thanksgiving, Lureen was the embodiment of the good wife and mother, spending three hours fixing a big turkey dinner.
=aside=Players
Peace and Joy to you this holiday season!
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Ennis walked over to the fridge, opened it, and took out a half-empty bottle of cheap white wine, a legacy of Cassie.
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After Ennis gobbles up Alma's turkey at Thanksgiving, she made him eat dirt.
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Although he was carving turkey, stud duck LD gave a ham-handed performance.
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L.D. demonstrates rudeness and inconsideration when he takes the carving tools out of Jack's hands and declares that he's going to carve the turkey.
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While waiting for Jack to show up, Ennis lunched liquidly on beer after beer.
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Ennis munches away on beans while Jack bitches about stuff.
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As Ennis hurried to the Black n' Blue Eagle to down a much-needed drink, he bumped into an angry roughneck who punched him right in the nozzle.
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"Time plays cruel tricks on the characters of Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee's adaptation of an Annie Proulx short story. Some days promise to last forever. Others get lost in the between-scenes sweep of years. And whatever its speed, time always heads in the same direction, drawing its protagonists away from the promise of the past."
Keith Phipps of The Onion
=aside=
I know, I know.
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"Time plays cruel tricks on the characters of Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee's adaptation of an Annie Proulx short story. Some days promise to last forever. Others get lost in the between-scenes sweep of years. And whatever its speed, time always heads in the same direction, drawing its protagonists away from the promise of the past."
-- Keith Phipps of The Onion
=aside= Sandy
Thanks!
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Although they were two "tough old birds," Earl and Rich were looked upon by their neighbors as rum fellows.
Def: odd, strange, queer
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In the 2003 version of the screenplay, Jack sips tequila out of a shot glass in a cantina.
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In the 2003 version of the screenplay, Jack sips tequila out of a shot glass in a cantina.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks again.
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Jack remarked on the unsuitability of beans as a comestible.
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After Jack wolfs down "two bowls of stew, four of Ennis's stone biscuits, (and) a can of peaches," he complains to Ennis: "I'm commutin four hours a day."
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Round 755!!
"Never enough time, never enough."
The Time Round.
In Honor of The New Year.
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Each post must include any of the following words:
"time", "month", "day", "hour" or "year."
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Ennis was nervously anticipating Jack’s arrival, and spending the time smoking and drinking.
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Jack came back to Aguirre's trailer a year later, only to listen to him bloviate about stemming the rose.
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"But by the time the 134 minutes of Brokeback Mountain have ticked by, the stark, craggy poetry of its beginning feels like a faraway, rearview-mirror memory -- an echo of the way Jack, after first meeting Ennis, surreptitiously scrutinizes him in a car's side mirror."
-- Stephanie Zacharek (http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/movies/review/2005/12/09/brokeback/), Salon
=aside=
Happy New Year, everyone!!!
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The day that Jack met Lureen, he watched as her red cowboy hat flew off her head, then picked it up, dusted it off and gave it to her with a smile she wouldn't soon forget.
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=aside=Players
Happy New Year!
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Jack remembered and craved the time when Ennis embraces him and sends him off to bed with an "I gotta go. See you in the mornin'."
=aside= My embraceable players
Happy New Year!
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During that fateful summer of 1963, Ennis "thought he never had such a good time, felt he could paw the white out of the moon."
=aside= players
Happy New Year!
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Ang Lee signed on to direct the screen version of Brokeback Mountain, ending speculation that openly gay director Gus Van Sant -- whose name had been attached to the project for years -- would eventually helm the gay love story.
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Ang Lee signed on to direct the screen version of Brokeback Mountain, ending speculation that openly gay director Gus Van Sant -- whose name had been attached to the project for years -- would eventually helm the gay love story.
=aside= Fran
Thanks! Watch out for avanlanches!
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Ennis didn't know about the accident for months; when he got the postcard, he called, and Lureen's little Texas voice came slip-siding down the wire, cold as icicles.
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When Ennis and Jack left Brokeback, they had no long-range plans to see each other; little did they know they would meet up in four years.
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The boys had several months' time between fishin' trips.
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A couple of nanoseconds was all the time it took for Ennis to feel the shock of the word "DECEASED" on the returned postcard.
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The following day after TS1, Ennis dismissed what had happened as a one-nighter.
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After four long years, the sight of Jack had Ennis pouncing down the stairs.
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Jack is able to regain control of the carving tools on Thanksgiving Day.
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Throughout, "Brokeback Mountain" unfolds with the inevitability of the changing seasons, taking its time to develop its characters -- and their fateful connection. Lee and cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto ("Amores Perros," "21 Grams") use the movie's stark surroundings to reflect Jack and Ennis' rocky relationship. As a consequence, "Brokeback Mountain" reveals its laconic characters and their conflicts through action -- and attitude --more than through the terse, tangy dialogue, much of it lifted directly from Proulx's story.
reviewjournal.com (http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Dec-30-Fri-2005/weekly/5041572.html)
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Annie comments on the timeliness of the boys' meeting: "they came together on paper..."
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"For years, Brokeback was known in Hollywood as one of the 'great unproduced' screenplays. Producers were simply afraid of its subject and strong emotions, which may explain why it took eight years for the story to reach the big screen."
-- Emanuel Levy (http://www.emanuellevy.com/search/details.cfm?id=408), Cinema 24/7
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When they were apart, Ennis and Jack spent most of their waking hours thinking about each other.
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Round 756!
The Time Round Part 2
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Jack anticipated that he may not see Ennis for years, and swiped his shirt.
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In Jack's closet Ennis discovered one of his own personal belongings; the old shirt he thought he had lost years earlier had apparently been swiped by Jack.
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Orson Welles once wrote, "We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone." As humans, we all have the need for love - to find someone who inspires us, comforts us, and fulfills us. And it is that yearning, that desire to create such an illusion, that echoes throughout Ang Lee's adaptation of Annie Proulx's moving short story, "Brokeback Mountain."
Mark Sells - The Reel Deal (http://www.oregonherald.com/reviews/mark-sells/reviews/brokebackmountain.html)
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Just about the time Ennis was feeling he had all his ducks in a row, Jack reappeared in his life and blew them all to hell in a minute.
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Jack's return was an endangerment to Ennis's day-to-day routine.
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Jack tried to make a favorable impression upon Ennis from the very first time he laid eyes on him.
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It became gapingly obvious to Joe Aguirre that the boys had found a way to make the time pass up there on Brokeback Mountain.
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Aguirre told Jack through half-narrowed eyes that he and Ennis had sure found a way to make the time pass.
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"Instead, director Ang Lee's film is a poignant, heartbreaking and startlingly romantic exploration of the years-long relationship between two rugged young ranch hands, the taciturn and closed-off Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and the open-hearted, longing Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) as they struggle to both indulge and disguise the intense feelings they share in a more repressive American West."
'Brokeback Mountain': Interviews From The Film to Beat This Year (http://www.hollywood.com/feature/Brokeback_Mountain_Interviews_From_The_Film_to_Beat_This_Year/3473439)
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Earl, whose sexual orientation made him a local laughingstock, was found dead in an irrigation ditch one day.
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The day the boys left Signal for their separate homes, Ennis monkeyed around under the hood of Jack's truck to help get it started after months of inactivity.
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After months of loneliness, Jack met Lureen at a local nightspot.
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Ennis allowed his fear of social repercussions to outbalance his desire to spend the rest of his days with Jack: "Two guys livin' together? No way."
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On the night of their first meeting, Randall and Jack sent tentative signals to each other that then got stronger when their wives left them to get prettied up.
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Jack slid his cold hand between Ennis's legs, said he was worried about his boy who was, no doubt about it, dyslexic or something, couldn't get anything right, fifteen years old and couldn't handly read, he could see it though goddamn Lureen wouldn't admit to it and pretended the kid was o.k., refused to get any bitchin kind a help about it.
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It only took a few seconds' time to realize the attraction between Jack and Ennis.
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On a summer day in 1963, the thousand sheep, the dogs, the horses, Jack, Ennis, and the pack mules slowly trooped into the flowering meadows of the mountainside.
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And while the film never states its message outright — and Lee himself will tell you that it has no social agenda — the sheer beauty of his creation is enough to follow the emotional momentum to its logical conclusion: that powerful love in any form is something rare, and to be cherished.
It is also, for the most part, accidental, sparked suddenly between the two leads, Ennis del Mar (Ledger) and rodeo rider Jack Twist (Gyllenhaal), when an especially frigid night on the mountain pushes them into the same tent. Their affection for one another is spontaneous and unthinking at times, and at others ravenous and addictive. Their chemistry is thick and natural, leaving the audience with a persistent case of the butterflies.
(http://daily.stanford.edu/images/mast.225.png) (http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2005/12/8/8216brokeback8217IsALoveStoryOfMountainousProportions)
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In an attempt to pass the time, Jack waltzed Lashawn around the benefit dance floor for a couple of loquacious rounds.
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Round 757!
The New Year is still young.
Let's do another time round!
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Alma responded to Ennis's announcement that he and Jack were heading up to the mountains for a day or two by inquiring, "You sure that foreman won't fire you for takin' off?"
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While Cassie boogied to the jukebox tune, Ennis shuffled shyly, just trying to keep time.
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Jack was complaining to Ennis that he commutes four hours a day.
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After the four-year reunion, Ennis and Jack decide to get together periodically up in the mountains.
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During their last meeting, Jack remembered the happy time on Brokeback when Ennis's arms were encircling him from behind.
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After four years, Ennis was friskier than Jack could have imagined.
=aside=
Welcome back, Sandy! :-*
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Actress Anne Hathaway shed her G-rated image in the year 2005 when she appeared nude in the films Havoc and Brokeback Mountain.
=aside= Sandy
Missed you. Glad you're back.
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Seeing each other a few times a year at best, Ennis and Jack spend the rest of their time half-heartedly living up to society's expectations by marrying and having kids.
Fulldls.com (http://www.fulldls.com/torrent-movies-843129.html)
=aside= Fran and Paul
Thank you.
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A few years into her marriage with Ennis, Alma made an increment to the family funds by taking a job at Monroe's grocery.
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An excerpt from a letter written by Diana Ossana in response to an Advocate.com exclusive commentary (http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid24445.asp):
"This was a low-budget film. We worked 16-hour days, often seven days a week, while in production. More than 80% of our story takes place outside, and the weather in Alberta tends to the extreme year-round."
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Ennis waited until the last minute to tell Jack that he would not be able to get away in August.
=birthday greetings= Fran
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Hope you enjoy every minute of the day.
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Although frantically happy on the birth of Bobby, on the day they visited, LD's purported resemblance nonplusses Jack, who retrieves the formula.
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=aside= Fran
Happy Birthday!
=aside= Players
For fun, check out Rounds 633 and 634, starting on page 1622!
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After optioning Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain with their own money, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana spent three months writing the screenplay.
=aside= Sandy and Paul
Thanks for remembering my
birthday!
633 and 634 sure bring back
many happy memories.
:)
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President Chen Shui-bian yesterday used the Oscar nominated movie Brokeback Mountain as an analogy to describe relations between the US and Taiwan, stressing the importance of both sides seeking ways to reconcile and cooperate with one another to reach the common pursuit of a "great new world."
Although Brokeback Mountain revolved around the issue of same-sex relationships, its most profound lesson transcends the love affairs in the movie, Chen said.
"It motivates us to understand that all of us are bound to make a difficult decision in life; yet we must strive to dispel prejudice, create trust, uphold mutual respect, and seek ways to reconcile and cooperate with one another, because only by so doing can we together reach the frontier of a `great new world,'" he said.
During the speech, Chen also reiterated the importance of the government's new cross-strait economic policy of "active management, effective opening."
Pressed to comment on Chen's analogy, Ma said last night that for US-Taiwan relations to be like the characters in Brokeback Mountain, both parties needed to trust each other.
The two main characters in the movie knew what the other was thinking and doing at all times, and did not spring "surprises" on each other, Ma said.
Chang Yun-ping,(http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/logoicons/TTlogo.gif) (http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2006/02/24/2003294381)
=aside= Fran
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Jack and Ennis had a ripsnorting good time around the campfire most nights, swapping stories, singing songs and sipping whiskey.
=aside=Fran
Hope you had a Frantastic birthday! :-*
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Ennis lay spread-eagled, spent and wet, breathing deep, still half tumescent, Jack blowing forceful cigarette clouds like whale spouts, and Jack said, "Christ, it got a be all that time a yours ahorseback makes it so goddamn good.
[story]
=aside= Meryl
Thanks. Yes, I did.
=aside= Paul
Show-off!!!!! (But once again I'm impressed.) :)
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Although frantically happy on the birth of Bobby, on the day they visited, LD torments Jack and sends him on a formulaic errand.
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When Ennis suggested that Jack might not be happy with his choice of a certain low-startle-point ungulate as his mount, he merely replied, "I doubt there's a filly that can throw me. Let's get, 'less you wanna stand around and tie knots all day."
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While Jack was waltzing with LaShawn at the Benefit Dance, Randall was thinking about two-timing LaShawn with Jack.
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Round 758!
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In honor of two very special days, January 10th and January 12th --
which just so happen to be the birthdays of the dedicated ABCs mods --
each post will include an unplayed word as well as one or more of the following:
January, 10, 12, ten, twelve, tenth, twelfth
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Jack and Ennis come together on paper as herder and camp tender for the same sheep operation after they apply for jobs at Farm and Ranch Employment.
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Ennis and Alma got down to work in the bridebed, and by January, Alma was pregnant.
=celebration=
Two special mods--born two days apart!
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Ennis had to contend with the slop-mouth bikers at the Fourth of July celebration.
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
=aside= Fran
Great round announcement.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZzPONg1Kuk[/youtube]
Kool & The Gang - Celebration
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After a slow rollout in select cities, Brokeback Mountain went into major distribution nationwide in late January of 2006.
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
=aside= To the soon-to-be birthday girl
Yahoo!
:)
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Ennis and Alma got down to work in the bridebed, and by January, Alma was enceinte.
=Happy Birthday!= Sandy
Hope your day is full of surprises. :-*
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Ennis and Alma got down to work in the bridebed, and by January, Alma's fertility was not in question.
=aside= Sandy
Have a letter perfect (http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Letters/b.gif)(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Letters/i.gif)(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Letters/r.gif)(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Letters/t.gif)(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Letters/h.gif)(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Letters/d.gif)(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Letters/a.gif)(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Letters/y.gif) ! 8)
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Jack was grooving to the music that he was listening to on the radio in his truck: "Old worn out suit and shoes, I don't pay no union dues."
=aside= Paul and Fran
Thanks. Oh, to be the same age as Sandra Bullock.
=aside= Meryl
Thank you. Love the Scrabble Birthday.
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Around 10 p.m. Ennis rode Cigar Butt back to the sheep, carrying leftover biscuits and a jar of jam to satisfy his hunger as well as a jar of coffee to keep himself hydrated since he didn't plan to return to the main camp until supper the next day.
=aside= Sandy
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After Ennis had come on a bear, Jack wanted to give intensive care.
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Ennis said that his lateness was because he had come on a bear.
=aside= Fran
Thanks for the birthday Scrabble board. It's great.
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A suburban Salt Lake City multiplex owned by Larry Miller, who also owns the Utah Jazz basketball team, captured national attention when it abruptly changed its screening plans and decided not to show the film Brokeback Mountain.
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In TS2, Jack neatens up the tent before Ennis decides to enter.
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The ornateness of the Twist's decorating style is in sharp contrast to that of the del Mar's.
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On January 28, 2006, Ang Lee was awarded the Directors Guild of America's top prize -- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film -- for Brokeback Mountain.
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When it came to job retention, Ennis was lacking.
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Down in Texas Jack's father in law died and Lureen, who inherited the farm equipment business, showed a skill for management and hard deals. Jack found himself with a vague managerial title, travelling to stock and agricultural machinery shows. He had some money now and found ways to spend it on his buying trips. A little Texas accent flavored his sentences, "cow" twisted into "kyow" and "wife" coming out as "waf." He'd had his front teeth filed down, set with steel plugs, and capped, said he'd felt no pain, wore Texas suits and a tall white hat.
[story]
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Francine's asthma was just one of the reasons that Ennis and Alma became tenants of a small apartment over a laundry in Riverton.
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Ennis insisted on the untenability of a sweet life together with Jack.
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When Ennis awoke during the early season snow storm, he found himself surrounded by whiteness.
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Round 759!
The Birthday Round Continued
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Each post will include an unplayed word as well as one or more of the following:
January, 10, 12, ten, twelve, tenth, twelfth
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"Brokeback Mountain gets erotic juice from some sexy horseplay, to be sure, but it’s also charged up by Lee’s interest in the faces of his actors — Ennis’s explosiveness that night in the tent is more potent for the desperate slow burn Ledger does throughout the picture, and if Gyllenhaal’s guilelessness feels a little like affectation, it turns out to be part of Jack’s charm. In more ways than one, he’s a contemporary cowboy trapped in old-fashioned environs, and Lee’s camera studies the winsome openness that Ennis is drawn to precisely because it’s the opposite of everything he is."
-- Bryant Frazer, Deep-Focus.com (http://www.deep-focus.com/dfweblog/2005/12/brokeback_mountain.html)
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Jack and Ennis had to batten down the hatches when the hail storm hit.
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Brokeback Mountain was the top contender for the 2006 Academy Awards.
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In the solitude of Brokeback Mountain, Joe Aguirre's sheep herder and his camp tender discover a quiet affection for each other.
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Jimbo and his clown colleagues, legs working like eggbeaters, sped all around the contentious Sleepy, distracting him so Jack could to redline it to safety.
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At the end of the story, Ennis opens his own closet to reveal that he has hung the two shirts reversed, with his plaid shirt hugging Jacks blue shirt. They hang inside the door beneath a postcard of Brokeback Mountain. Ennis carefully fastens the top button of Jacks shirt. With tears in his eyes, Ennis mutters, "Jack, I swear..". Ennis carefully fastens the top button of Jack's shirt, and with tears in his eyes mutters, "Jack, I swear...."
Reach Information on Jack Twist (http://www.reachinformation.com/define/Jack_Twist.aspx)
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Student loads college hopes on "Brokeback" truck (http://www.redorbit.com/news/entertainment/445825/student_loads_college_hopes_on_brokeback_truck/)
By Danny Glenwright
TORONTO (Reuters) - A half-ton pick-up truck used in the award-winning gay Western "Brokeback Mountain" is up for sale, and the seller, a Canadian high school student, hopes the proceeds will help pay his way through college.
Matthew Kennedy said he bought the black, 1950 GMC truck last year at an auction of vehicles used in the movie because he liked its looks, and only decided to sell when he realized the amount of attention the film was garnering.
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Ennis hastens down the stairs at the sight of Jack F---in' Twist. Who wouldn't?
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Ennis' marriage to Alma bottoms out because of his inattentiveness, never taking a vacation with her and the girls, and doing "what she hated".
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The first time Diana Ossana saw Brokeback Mountain in finished form up on the big screen was when she and a group of close friends and family attended a private screening of the film at The Loft Cinema in Tucson a year after shooting was over.
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Ennis managed to do some moistening, with the help of a little spit and the clear slick.
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Because Ennis found the environment on Brokeback to be nonthreatening, he was able to open up and talk about himself, remarking: "... that's the most I've spoke in a year."
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The death of "Brokeback Mountain" star Heath Ledger on January 22, 2008, drew outpourings of grief from New York to Hollywood to Perth.
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By neglecting her, Ennis stopped pretending with Cassie--he got his message across.
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Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal both turn in career best performances, but it is Ledger who will probably garner the most at tention and may earn himself a gold trophy. His turn as Ennis is resolute and realistic. He captures the humble Ennis with grace, particularly in a scene when his character chooses to try and distance himself more and more from Jack. Gyllenhaal is just as impressive in his transformation, with it all coming together in a heartbreaking monologue late in the film. Magnificent supporting work is turned in by Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway, with Williams emerging as a true dramatic force.
From The Balcony (http://www.fromthebalcony.com/reviews.php?id=159)
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So now he knew it had been the tire iron. He stood up, said, you bet he'd like to see Jack's room, recalled one of Jack's stories about this old man. Jack was dick-clipped and the old man was not; it bothered the son who had discovered the anatomical disconformity during a hard scene. He had been about three or four, he said, always late getting to the toilet, struggling with buttons, the seat, the height of the thing and often as not left the surroundings sprinkled down. The old man blew up about it and this one time worked into a crazy rage. The old man blew up about it and this one time worked into a crazy rage. "Christ, he licked the stuffin out a me, knocked me down on the bathroom floor, whipped me with his belt. I thought he was killin me. Then he says, 'You want a know what it's like with piss all over the place? I'll learn you,' and he pulls it out and lets go all over me, soaked me, then he throws a towel at me and makes me mop up the floor, take my clothes off and warsh them in the bathtub, warsh out the towel, I'm bawlin and blubberin. But while he was hosin me down I seen he had some extra material that I was missin. I seen they'd cut me different like you'd crop a ear or scorch a brand. No way to get it right with him after that."
[story]
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In the dozy embrace scene, Ennis tightens his tough yet tender hold on Jack.
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Once Lureen decides to take the brakes off, she unbuttons her blouse, unfastens her bra and makes sure her daddy has the car back by midnight.
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..."Brokeback Mountain" (for which Lee won his second best-director Oscar) is perhaps his warmest, most emotionally involving film to date -- a weepie that comes by those tears honestly.
"Ang Lee director profile" (from Times Online, October 12, 2007) (http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/directors/article2568623.ece)
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Round 760!
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as well as one (or more) of the following:
king, of, the, road
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Ennis didn't want any whispers abroad about his relationship with Jack, who had been asking around town for him, so he nervously watched the road for spying neighbors.
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Although he was hot and bothered, Jack kept his cool while Ennis bathed in the hot water.
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"But while he was hosin me down I seen he had some extra material that I was missin. I seen they'd cut me different like you'd crop a ear or scorch a brand. No way to get it right with him after that."
[story]
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Shortly after they turned off the road, Jack and Ennis gave themselves a good dunking.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zw84m7aC3A[/youtube]
Rufus and Teddy (2:08)
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Brokeback is the story of two lonely men, embarking on an unexpected love affair.
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Brokeback Mountain was produced and distributed by Focus Features, the independent filmmaking arm of Universal Studios.
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With his big-ass binoculars, Aguirre was gawking at Jack and Ennis.
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Ennis was a hardworking rancher who had fallen on hard times and could sometimes appear hard as nails.
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Daniel Brown constructed scenes from the film Brokeback Mountain by interlocking Lego bricks.
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See additional scenes here (http://destinationdaniel.smugmug.com/gallery/1213678#56772264_GFvio).
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When Ennis heard that Jack had been asking for him in town, he started to worry that folks would be linking them together in their minds.
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While Jack and Ennis were busy merrymaking, Aguirre was spying, not so merrily.
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The noisemaking got out of hand at the Fourth of July Celebration after the slop-mouth bikers made their foul-mouthed observations.
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Ricardo Olinger was an art department trainee on the film Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennis and family had planned on picnicking at the Fourth of July celebration, but were rudely interrupted.
=Happy Inauguration Day!=
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Jack drove fourteen hours each way in his roadworthy pickup to see Ennis.
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In December Ennis married Alma Beers and had her pregnant by mid-January. He picked up a few short-lived ranch jobs, then settled in as a wrangler on the old Elwood Hi-Top place north of Lost Cabin in Washakie County. He was still working there in September when Alma Jr., as he called his daughter, was born and their bedroom was full of the smell of old blood and milk and baby shit, and the sounds were of squalling and sucking and Alma's sleepy groans, all reassuring of fecundity and life's continuance to one who worked with livestock.
[story]
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After so many rejections, Jack's hopes of a life with Ennis started tanking.
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It wasn't long after Lureen had gotten her hooks into Jack, that she was unhooking her bra in the back seat of her daddy's car.
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Luckily for Jack and Ennis, the big tent was sturdy enough to withstand the effects of the hailstorm.
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Round 761!
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More "King of The Road"
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After Alma was attacking Ennis at Thanksgiving, Ennis decided to hit the road.
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Because Ennis was too drunk to go back to the sheep, he decided to bunk down by the fire at the campsite.
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In the closet hung two pairs of jeans crease-ironed and folded neatly over wire hangers, on the floor a pair of worn packer boots he thought he remembered.
[story]
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On their last day on Brokeback, Jack and Ennis were duking it out down the hill.
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Serving the spare, economic style of Annie Proulx's story in his making of Brokeback Mountain was echt Ang Lee.
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Three- or four-year-old Jack had had trouble with the seat and the height of the toilet and "often as not left the surroundings sprinkled down."
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The love story depicted in Brokeback Mountain is as traditional as that depicted in Casablanca, Romeo & Juliet, or Gone with the Wind, but instead of war, family rivalry, or the general bitchiness of one of the characters getting in the way, societal prejudice is the culprit. This is not to say that the film explicitly attempts to make some sort of statement about gay rights or social injustice. If anything, the film’s unswerving focus on the relationship, treating it with the same narrative respect reserved for Rhett and Scarlett or Harry and Sally, is a statement in and of itself. That Lee, Ledger, and everyone else involved are in top form elevates this film from mere gimmick to a work of universal substance, earning its heartbreak every step of the way.
David Thomas, Filmcritic.com (http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Brokeback-Mountain)
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Bold rodeo queen Lureen was into handpicking her favorite handsome cowboy suitors.
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Regarding his "sleep with the sheep" instruction, Joe Aguirre was mainly interested in keeping predator loss to a minimum and only incidentally in the herder's comfort.
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Jack's shirt seems heavy, and Ennis sees that there is another shirt hidden inside it: his own long-gone shirt from those Brokeback days.
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Jack drove fourteen hours for nothing after mistaking Ennis's postcard as an invitation to begin a life together.
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After her formulaic delivery of the 120 cans, Fayette's part became nonspeaking.
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Despite being one of the most highly anticipated movies of the year, "Brokeback Mountain" has had a hard time disassociating itself from an oft-repeated "South Park" quote: "Independent films are those black-and-white hippie movies -- they're always about gay cowboys eating pudding."
-- Louis Peitzman, The Daily Californian (http://www.dailycal.org/article/20702/beyond_gay_cowboys)
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Jack found slim pickings for working in the rodeo for a living.
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The day Lureen first flashed him her pretty red-lipped smile, Jack didn't realize he was taking the first step down the road to the rest of his life.
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Following TS2, the boys gradually began shirking their sheeply duties.
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"Though Jack and Ennis are both dirt-poor cowboys, they couldn’t be more dissimilar in temperament -- Jack an outgoing rodeo showman with little to show but his bumps and scrapes, and Ennis a taciturn cowpoke trying to earn money to get married in the fall."
-- Marjorie Baumgarten, The Austin Chronicle (http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Calendar/Film?Film=oid%3A319812)
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"Ennis jerked his hand away as though he'd touched fire, got to his knees", and for a long intense moment, he and Jack stared unblinkingly at each other.
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Ennis took a stab at wisecracking when he told Jack, "I think my Dad was right."
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Round 762!
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"He Was A Friend of Mine"
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The Brokeback Mountain soundtrack features music from the film's original score by Gustavo Santaolalla as well as a number of songs, both new and old, from a stellar lineup of artists including Willie Nelson ("He Was a Friend of Mine"), Rufus Wainwright ("The Maker Makes"), Steve Earle ("The Devil's Right Hand"), Emmylou Harris ("A Love That Will Never Grow Old"), and Linda Ronstadt (It's So Easy").
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Cassie showed up at the bus station coffee shop with her new boyfriend, Carl, who "even talks."
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Alma was confused by the chumminess of Jack and her husband.
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"Bittersweet and achingly sublime without being maudlin or melodramatic, Brokeback Mountain is devastating in its depiction of how life doesn't, and sometimes can't, always turn out the way you would like it to."
-- Dustin Putman, TheMovieBoy.com (http://www.themovieboy.com/reviews/b/05_brokebackmtn.htm)
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"Ang Lee has become for me the eminent cinematic storyteller of tragic, forbidden love. I don't know if any other liiving movie director has the mastery of this genre that Lee has. But more than the genre, he just has an incredible ability to understand and communicate the pathos of a story, that which makes it essential for the telling."
urlgreyhot (http://urlgreyhot.com/personal/weblog/brokeback_mountain/)
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It was difficult watching the friends' parting at the end of the summer.
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Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, generate a real sense of passion in Brokeback Mountain.
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Alma was able to create a sense of hominess in the small apartment above the laundromat.
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Ennis was afraid to call what he and Jack did that first night in the tent a homosexual act, lest he be thought, ipso facto, a queer.
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There was a particular luminescense to Rodrigo's cinematography.
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An excerpt from Heath Ledger's bio (http://www.hwwilson.com/Currentbio/cover_bios/cover_bio_HeathLedger.htm):
[Heath] had read Proulx's story and the screenplay adaptation, by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, and found both deeply moving. "I truly had a lump in my throat, but . . . these manufactured fears started to bleed into my response to the script -- 'Oh, this is risky,' that sort of thing," he explained. "But then that just started to fade away and I thought . . . 'What exactly am I risking?' I didn't feel like I had a career to risk, and I'm a little ruthless about it anyway. If it went away based upon a creative choice I made, then it's not really an industry I want to be in."
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Jack's mother was one of the few nonsmokers in the film.
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It was overdetermined that the boys would have to separate at the end of the summer.
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One of the reasons that Alma wanted to move to town was so the girls could have playmates.
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Jack didn't mind comprising the roominess inside the tent in order for Ennis to "quit hammerin'."
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The steaminess of TS2 was surpassed only by the reunion kiss.
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After carefully aiming his rifle at a big coyote, Jack was unable to hit his target.
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Alma had only one good look at the underminer of her relationship with Ennis, a soft-spoken cowboy who tipped his hat to her and said "Pleased to meet you, ma'am."
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Ennis whitewashes the truth when he tells Alma Jack and he was fishin' buddies.
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Round 763!
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"He Was A Friend of Mine" Part 2
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he, was, friend, of, mine
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Ennis was apprehensive about his up-and-coming encounter with Jack in Tent Scene 2.
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Ennis was unaware that Alma Jr. had changed boyfriends; he thought she was still dating Troy.
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Ennis's parents cashed in on the not-so-curvy road, but they didn't leave the kids much cash.
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At the bus station, Cassie was trying to find out from Ennis why he ditched her.
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"Apart from anything else, Ledger and Gyllenhaal are expected to age, in the course of the film, the better part of 20 years and they manage this -- in a way the film manages to make look effortless -- by the way they are weighed down by the constancy of their sorrows and their unswerving sense of something so central to them that it would be sentimental to call it happiness."
-- Peter Craven, The Age (http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/men-in-chaps/2006/01/20/1137553745576.html?page=5)
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Once out of Aguirre's office, Jack greeted Ennis friendlily.
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Aguirre discovered that all was not a bed of roses when he watched Jack and Ennis as they goofed off instead of tending to the sheep.
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After stopping to buy a bottle of whiskey, Jack and Ennis hightail it to the Motel Siesta.
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Insofar as can be ascertained, Jack swiped Ennis's shirt on their last day together that summer.
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Jack and Ennis's unfilled longings eventually tear them apart.
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"Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee's much-anticipated modern Western, is an extremely subtle and touching love story about two cowboys, splendidly played by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal."
-- Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7 (http://www.emanuellevy.com/search/details.cfm?id=408)
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Jack and the prostitute strolled down the netherworldly alley.
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Ennis thought he was outsmarting Alma when he told her he'd "caught a bunch a browns and ate them up", but the line backfired.
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Jack met the male prostitute's gaze and nodded in agreement.
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In their respective marriages, Ennis and his friend Jack produced three charming little rugrats: Alma, Jr., Jenny and Bobby.
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After the post-divorce mixup, Jack took refuge in the slimy alleys of Juarez.
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'Twas the night of TS2 and all through the tent, Jack was preparing the bedroll, for an evening well spent.
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"Apart from anything else, Ledger and Gyllenhaal are expected to age, in the course of the film, the better part of 20 years and they manage this -- in a way the film manages to make look effortless -- by the way they are weighed down by the constancy of their sorrows and their unswerving sense of something so central to them that it would be sentimental to call it happiness."
-- Peter Craven, The Age (http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/men-in-chaps/2006/01/20/1137553745576.html?page=5)
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Ennis gave himself a good washup, washing everything he could reach.
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Round 764!
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Each post will include an unplayed word
as well as one (or more) of the following:
don't, leave, no, sign
words containing "leave (http://www.morewords.com/contains/leave/)"
words containing "no (http://www.morewords.com/contains/no/)"
words containing "sign (http://www.morewords.com/contains/sign/)"
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Aguirre decided to assign Jack to the herder role and told him, "don't leave no sign..."
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Annie Proulx recently complained that she is being bombarded with pornographic Brokeback Mountain fan literature from countless people who don't get the message that if you can't fix it, you've got to stand it.
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It was during the summer of 1963 on Brokeback that the bodies and souls of Ennis and Jack cleaved, and no one was able to break them asunder. But as is the case for so many important events in life, as Marilynne Robinson skillfully points out in Gilead, the revelatory character of it only dawns on us several years later.
Bill Long 1/19/06 (http://www.drbilllong.com/CurrentEventsVI/Brokeback.html)
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Ennis's "fishin' buddy" fib was designed to fool Alma.
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Dylan Tichenor took the job of editing Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain after Geraldine Peroni passed away.
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Jack didn't have to resign himself to eating beans, after Ennis shot the juicy, flavorful elk.
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Aguirre, witnessing the hijinks and gropings outside the tent, was more interested in the fact that there was no sign of anyone baby-sitting the sheep except the dogs.
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At the 78th Academy Awards presentation, Ang Lee was awarded Hollywood's top honor for filmmakers for his direction of Brokeback Mountain.
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When Alma suggests that they take Jack to a restaurant, Ennis made the seemingly innocuous comments that "Jack ain't the restaurant type" and they'd probably go out drinking even if he shows.
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A professor of linguistics at the University of Albany, describing one theory of the meaning of "stemming the rose," writes: "We don't know what Proulx intended, but this fits the context quite well and is consistent with other English (and French) idioms involving roses and stems."
http://www.articlearchives.com/935034-1.html
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Jack defends his much-needed trips to Mexico:
"Measure the fuckin' short leash you keep me on, then ask me about Mexico and then tell me you'll kill me for needin' somethin' I don't never hardly get. You got no idea how bad it gets. And I'm not you. I can't make it on a couple of high-altitude fucks once or twice a year."
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After four years of noncommunication, Ennis received a postcard from Jack saying he was coming through on the 24th.
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When Jack sings, distant coyotes offer an onomatopoeia with their "yip" reply.
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"By seemingly renouncing overt politics, [Brokeback Mountain] makes a case for tolerance and understanding far more effectively than a film with a more direct agenda."
-- Rob Vaux, Flipside Movie Emporium (http://www.flipsidemovies.com/brokebackmountain.html)
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After Cassie confronts Ennis in the bus station, he says to her resignedly: “I guess I was never much fun anyway.”
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Lureen signals to Jack that she might be interested.
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"By seemingly renouncing overt politics, [Brokeback Mountain] makes a case for tolerance and understanding far more effectively than a film with a more direct agenda."
-- Rob Vaux, Flipside Movie Emporium (http://www.flipsidemovies.com/brokebackmountain.html)
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When Alma told Ennis that his fishing line had never touched water and his creel case had always remained unopened, he replied: "That don't mean nothin."
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After TS1, the wind winnowed in Cigar Butt's mane, while Ennis winnowed out his confusing thoughts.
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Round 765!
"Boys should watch football."
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Another Football Round !!
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While the televised football game played in the background, Jack assisted Lureen in carrying the Thanksgiving feast to the dinner table.
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Jack intercepted L.D. from boss*ing everyone around when he said: "Sit down, you old son of a bitch! This is my house! This is my child! And you're my guest! So sit the hell down, or I'll knock your ignorant ass into next week...."
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Jack's comment to LD, along with Lureen's reaction, provided a small sense of comedy to an otherwise serious film.
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When Ennis received the first postcard from Jack, he was delirious with passion.
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As the disagreement escalates over whether or not Bobby should be allowed to watch football during dinner, Jack reaches the point of no turning back and finally tells off L.D.
=aside= Herr Kaiser
Welcome to the ABCs game!
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The footballers held more interest for Bobby than whatever he was eating.
=Wilkommen= HK
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The boys watched the progress of their grass-fed flock, judging when the time was right to move them to a new pasturage.
=aside=HK
Welcome to the game 8)
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Ennis' postcard-straightening final scene promises his commitment henceforth with the words "I swear".
=aside=All
thanks for the welcome! (vielen dank, herr southbendmd!)
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Jack showed independence by telling off old LD.
=aside= HK
Bitte sehr, but it's southendmd, without the "b". I'm in Massachusetts, not Indiana LOL.
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Once football was no longer a distraction, Bobby gripped his spoon left-handedly and began eating whatever was in his bowl.
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L.D. defied his host by making multiple attempts to turn the television set back on to watch the football game.
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=aside= HK
Welcome to the game.
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LD lumbered over to the TV like the neanderthal he is.
{def: (often lowercase) Informal. a. an unenlightened or ignorant person; barbarian.
b. a reactionary; a person with very old-fashioned ideas.}
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L.D. offends Jack by turning the football game back on after Jack has just turned it off.
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Jack and his father-in-law had a patchy relationship, what with L.D.'s opposition to Lureen's marriage, followed by episodes like the Thanksgiving football game.
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Jack broke up the back-and-forth TV routine with his wicked invective.
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INT: CHILDRESS, TEXAS: JACK & LUREEN'S HOUSE: THANKSGIVING: DAY: 1977:
JACK and LUREEN'S home. Wall-to-wall carpeting, fairly luxurious, particularly in comparison to ENNIS'S life. Many photos of LUREEN winning barrel-racing trophies. One of JACK, the one taken in the arena the day they met.
JACK, LUREEN, BOBBY, age ten, LUREEN'S long-suffering MOTHER and L.D. NEWSOME, JACK's prick of a father-in-law. The table is set for a full Thanksgiving dinner, huge turkey and all the trimmings. As everyone shuffles into their places at the table, WE HEAR the TV in the background. Football game.
[screenplay]
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Bobby was more interested in seeing which team scored a touchdown than he was in eating his cereal.
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Following Jack's verbal victory, Lureen gave an unintentional little smile, but quickly caught herself.
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Lureen was secretly pleased when Jack wielded courage and stood up to her father on Thanksgiving Day.
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Round 766!
It's So Easy
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Jack was much more adventuresome in life and in love than fearful Ennis.
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While Jack and Ennis both bared their behinds, both Alma and Lureen bared their bosoms.
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From Time Out London (http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/83318/brokeback-mountain.html):
"...what ultimately makes Brokeback Mountain a radical project is that it's set to become the first bona fide, well-made and commercially successful gay weepie to emerge from Hollywood."
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The bikers engaged in disorderly conduct.
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Ennis held Jack in his embosoming embrace.
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From Time Out London (http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/83318/brokeback-mountain.html):
"...what ultimately makes Brokeback Mountain a radical project is that it's set to become the first bona fide, well-made and commercially successful gay weepie to emerge from Hollywood."
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The game was almost up for Ennis and Jack when Aguirre, spying through his binoculars, caught them gamesomely frolicking.
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Jack told Ennis that LD would pay him handsomely to take a hike.
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In a seedy alley in Juarez, it's easy for Jack to hire someone for impersonal sex.
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It was sadly easy for Aquirre to display a loathsomeness attitude toward Jack when he sought information about beloved Ennis.
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Ennis thought that Alma was being meddlesome when she started asking him about his fishing trips with "Jack Nasty." (Alma probably thought she deserved a medal for putting up with Ennis for so long.)
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Jack bitched about the noisomeness of the pup tent's eau-de-cat-piss odor.
{def: the quality of being noxious.}
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Both Jack and Ennis married women with marriages that almost had a planned obsolescence factor.
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"The social prejudices that rip through the foundation of Brokeback Mountain turn love itself into the destroyer, a kind so forbidden that even speaking its very name is a moral transgression of the worst kind imaginable."
-- Peter M. Bracke, High-Def Digest (http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/505/brokebackmountain.html)
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Story Jack's boots were "holed beyond repair", and in need of a good resoling .
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Towards the end of his life, Jack took up the ways of a sot; as Lureen told Ennis, her husband "drank a lot."
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Ennis troublesomely told Jack that he would not be able to meet in August like they had originally planned.
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An excerpt from the Associated Press's telephone interview with Annie Proulx (http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid23486.asp):
AP: You've said this story took twice as long to write as a novel. Why?
Proulx: Because I had to imagine my way into the minds of two uneducated, rough-spoken, uninformed young men, and that takes some doing if you happen to be an elderly female person. I spent a great deal of time thinking about each character and the balance of the story, working it out, trying to do it in a fair kind of way.
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The weatherperson that Aguirre listened to caused him to cut short Ennis and Jack's summer on BBM
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Round 767!
"It's So Easy": Part 2!
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tBeqxKKseA[/youtube]
Each post will include an unplayed word
as well as one (or more) of the following:
it's, so, easy
words containing "so (http://www.morewords.com/contains/so/)"
words containing "easy (http://www.morewords.com/contains/easy/)"
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Lureen took on the role of aggressor when she started calling the shots by asking Jack for a "matin' call", and then telling him she had to call it a day by midnight.
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Annie Proulx's response (http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid23486.asp) to the question: "Do you think straight men will watch this movie?"
"They are watching this movie. Of course, why wouldn't they watch it? Straight men fall in love. Not necessarily with each other or with a gay man. My son-in-law, who prides himself on being a Bud-drinking, NRA-member redneck, liked the movie so much, he went to it twice. Straight men are seeing it, and they're not having any problem with it. The only people who would have problems with it are people who are very insecure about themselves and their own sexuality and who would be putting up a defense, and that's usually young men who haven't figured things out yet. Jack and Ennis would probably have trouble with this movie."
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The jeans Ennis found in Jack's closet were creasy from Ma Twist's ironing.
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Ennis experienced cognitive dissonance due to his sense of need to maintain his family position while at the same time wishing he was with Jack.
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"[Ang] Lee stages the picture with an enraptured tranquillity that lets each emotion shine through. At times, it's a bit too tranquil, especially in the episodic second half, but when Brokeback Mountain takes off, it soars."
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1136099,00.html)
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He Was a Friend of Mine is a traditional folk song in which the singer laments the death of a friend.
It has been recorded by Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Dave Van Ronk, Bobby Bare, Mercury Rev, The Mitchell Trio, Willie Nelson, Nanci Griffith and Cat Power. The version recorded by Willie Nelson was used in the film Brokeback Mountain and is credited to Dylan, who arranged an early version of the tune in 1962 (available on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991).
(http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:in3raPDtSMbYPM:http://ithinked.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/wikipedia-logo.png) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Was_a_Friend_of_Mine)
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The reunion kiss was a gladsome sight, but not for Alma.
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Jack hatches a plan for Ennis and him to live together:
"What if you and me had a little ranch somewhere, a little cow-and-calf operation...."
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Ennis felt Jack's demands on his time and attention were insolvable issues.
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Jack took to lassoing Ennis on their last day on the mountain.
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"Usually I deal in obedient characters who do what they are told, but Jack and Ennis soon seemed more vivid than many of the flesh-and-blood people around me and there emerged an antiphonal back-and-forth relationship between writer and character. I've heard other writers mention this experience but it was the first time for me."
-- Annie Proulx, in "Getting Movied"
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Ennis became very annoyed at Alma's nettlesome questions about his fishing trips with "Jack Nasty."
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Lashawn felt she was oversophisticated for "a pokey little place like Childress".
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"Some are certain to champion Brokeback Mountain as a political landmark film due to the seriousness and purity of its same-sex love and the fact that two recognizable 'A-list' actors are cast in the leads. Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger are no John Waynes, but that's a good thing for this project. Gyllenhaal and Ledger demonstrate that they can act!"
-- John Nesbit, Old School Reviews (http://www.oldschoolreviews.com/rev_2000/brokeback_mountain.htm)
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Because Jack couldn't "make it on a couple of high altitude f*cks once or twice a year", he had to resort to going to the seedy alleys of Juarez.
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Lashawn chattered on in her singsongy voice.
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"Peering down through the years at the power of that Brokeback Mountain summer on the lives of Ennis and Jack, Lee delivers a virtually forensic vision of desire, denial and emotional cost. The depth of Ennis and Jack's attachment to one another gives their lives meaning and drains all other meaning out of them, rendering the men both enriched and destitute emotionally. If Brokeback Mountain never shies away from the sexual truth of that attachment, it doesn't settle for the merely explicit either. It's a great love story, pure and simple. And simultaneously the story of a great love that's broken and warped in the torture chamber of a society's intolerance and threats, an individual's fear and repression."
-- B Ruby Rich, The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2005/sep/23/3)
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Jack thought Aguirre was being unreasonable when he told him pitch a pup tent and sleep with the sheep on the q.t.
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Cassie told Ennis of the wearisomeness of her waitressing job.
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Round 768!
"A Love That Will Never Grow Old"
(http://cdn.goldenglobes.org/slideimages/page_4071137489954.jpg)
Please play a new word along with, or including, one of the above words.
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"A Love That Will Never Grow Old," written by Argentine composer Gustavo Santaolalla and English lyricist Bernie Taupin, was deemed ineligible for an "Original Song" Oscar because its use in Brokeback Mountain was partially obscured by dialogue.
=aside= Paul
Great announcement!
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As the night got colder, Jack got bolder and invited Ennis to warm up inside the tent.
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As the night got colder, Jack got bolder and invited Ennis to warm up inside the tent.
=aside= Fran
Thanks!
=aside= Sandy
Thanks!
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"A Love That Will Never Grow Old," written by Argentine composer Gustavo Santaolalla and English lyricist Bernie Taupin, was deemed ineligible for an "Original Song" Oscar because its use in Brokeback Mountain was partially obscured by dialogue.
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Orson Welles once wrote, "We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone." As humans, we all have the need for love - to find someone who inspires us, comforts us, and fulfills us. And it is that yearning, that desire to create such an illusion, that echoes throughout Ang Lee's adaptation of Annie Proulx's moving short story, "Brokeback Mountain."
Mark Sells, The Reel Deal (http://www.oregonherald.com/reviews/mark-sells/reviews/brokebackmountain.html)
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On Brokeback Mountain, Jack welcomed lonely Ennis into the fold.
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When a stranger stared at him as he gagged in the alley, Ennis growled: "What the fuck are you looking at?"
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"THE first scene Heath Ledger shot was the hardest -- and it’s one of the most wrenching in Brokeback Mountain. Over dishes after a depressing Thanksgiving, his ex-wife, played by his real-life girlfriend, Michelle Williams, confronts him with the knowledge that she knows about his affair with his friend Jack Twist, played by Jake Gyllenhaal. It’s a shocking moment in the film, one in which a lifetime of charades is suddenly dropped and the wounds of both parties exposed.
"'We’re both in our late 30s and 40s [in that scene], and I know the differences are subtle, but if that’s the first thing you’re going to shoot, you have to have the story that happens before already played out in your head,' says Ledger, 26. 'I guess that’s why Ang scheduled it that way, he forced us into studying harder.'"
-- Rachel Abramowitz, Los Angeles Times (http://articles.latimes.com/2006/mar/05/entertainment/ca-sceneledger5)
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The insular, ingrown world of rural Wyoming was ingrained in Ennis.
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Until his dad decided to grow a pair and lambaste his grandpa for going against his parental dictates, Bobby wasn't sold on the idea of eating his dinner.
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On Monday (Sunday in the US), the multitudes will be watching to see whether "Brokeback Mountain" will win best picture, whether that nice Reese Witherspoon can claim best actress and how Jon Stewart compares with legendary host Billy Crystal.
Triumphs and disasters at the Oscars (http://www.smh.com.au/news/oscars-2006/triumphs-and-disasters-at-the-oscars/2006/03/02/1141191770468.html?page=4)
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The gossipy bartender gave Jack the lowdown on Lureen Newsome's father: "Her dad sells farm equipment. I mean big farm equipment. Hundred-thousand-dollar tractors, shit like that."
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Jack's father was an out-of-touch oldtimer.
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"He’s also very set in his ways. He prepares you so much that he doesn’t cloud you with direction. There are not many instructions; it’s always just crisp and clear. He also doesn’t patronise you by slapping you on the back after every scene and saying 'that was great, that was great… let’s try one more.' In fact, he never compliments you at all. Yet, it makes you try harder -- and you do end up doing better."
-- Heath Ledger (http://www.webwombat.com.au/entertainment/movies/heath-ledger-int.htm) on working with director Ang Lee
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Q:Brokeback Mountain combines two themes that you have dealt with in earlier films – same sex relationships in The Wedding Banquet and the West in Ride with the Devil. What made you want to revisit them in Brokeback Mountain?
Ang Lee: Well, Annie Proulx’s writing…it’s a great story. Purely, I was moved by it. I was introduced to the material by James Schamus, and he said to take a look. I got choked up when I read the short story, and I then I read the script; it sounded reasonable. Of course, the realistic western was still not quite familiar to me. The idea of the illusion of love that is Brokeback Mountain was very evoking for me, it felt existential. When the emotion lands, when they take off their shirts. So to me, it’s a great story, a great piece of American West writing. And it haunted me. I went ahead and did The Hulk and didn’t even do ( Brokeback Mountain ), and it just stuck with me and refused to leave.
Interview with Brokeback Mountain Director Ang Lee
by Gregg Shapiro, December 9, 2005 (http://sex.ncu.edu.tw/members/ho/study/2006spring_oraltraining/st2006s_oraltraining-anglee2.htm)
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Jack and Ennis like to swill both beer and whiskey.
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Ang Lee said that Brokeback Mountain was shot in Canada "because it was cheaper and because of the tax breaks."
Brokeback Mountain's Director, Ang Lee, at the Wyoming Premier (http://www.etravelblackboard.com/showarticle.asp?id=46629&nav=21&suc=&cid=&email=&news=)
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At Thanksgiving dinner, L.D. tried unsuccessfully to uphold his reputation as the stud duck.
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When it came to love, Jack was a dreamer, and Ennis was a withholder.
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Round 769!
Still ageless! Take two: "A Love That Will Never Grow Old"
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/jake/brokebackmtn_jackcryingpostdivorce.jpg)
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Ennis was unable to get ahold of the situation he found himself in once Jack reopened their friendship.
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When the night was at its coldest, Jack was at his boldest and invited Ennis to warm up inside the tent.
=aside= HK
You really have caught on very quickly.
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"It is our strong belief that the actors who read our screenplay and ultimately did not take the parts were dissuaded by their various representatives, in the mistaken belief that it would be 'career suicide' to take on the roles. As we’ve said before, Heath Ledger actively pursued his role. Even after Heath and Jake committed to their roles, rumors floated around Hollywood, triggered by noncreative types, that they were committing 'career suicide,' which is eye-rolling ridiculous."
-- Diana Ossana, "My Time on Brokeback Mountain" (http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid24445.asp)
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It was discouragingly sad to see Jack so moved to tears as he drove away from Ennis' cold-shoulder meeting and "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" resounded in his ears.
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Jack was emboldened to drive up to Wyoming unnanounced, but was quickly rebuffed.
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After Cassie was swept off her feet, she gained a firm foothold by placing her feet in Ennis's lap.
=congrats= Paul
On 7,000 wonderful, witty, insightful posts.
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In his rodeo days, Jack could never have been thought a likely prospect for a career selling giant combines to wheat growers.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/NewsomeFarmEquipment.jpg)
=congrats=Paul
7,000! (http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Emoticons/applausesmiley.gif)
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"In France, Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain was called Le secret de Brokeback Mountain (The Secret of Brokeback Mountain). According to Philippe Hellmann, CEO of UGC PH, the company that distributed the film in France, the alteration was practical; Brokeback Mountain was difficult for the French to pronounce, and inserting 'Le secret' gave them something to latch on to."
-- Jon Frosch, "Titles a la Francaise" (http://www.thefanzine.com/print.php?id=71)
=aside= Paul
Congrats on reaching 7,000!!!!!!!
:)
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Ministering angel Jack helped the sheep with the ingrowing thorn.
=thanks= Players
Cheers from sunny SoBe!
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On Brokeback, Jack and Ennis showed their affection more through roughhousing than by being lovey-dovey.
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"Annie Proulx's 1997 short story movingly compressed the long-arc love story of two loner ranch hands into 30 tight pages."
-- Todd McCarthy, Variety (http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_review/VE1117928059.html?nav=reviews&categoryid=1986&cs=)
=aside= Players
We're at 1,900 pages!
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We hear Emmylou sing the song as Jack laments his never-to-be-fulfilled dream of a sweet life with Ennis.
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The oldsters at both the Childress and Riverton Thanksgiving gatherings proved to the youngsters that growing up did not mean never having to say you're sorry.
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"A Love That Will Never Grow Old", with music by composer Gustavo Santaolalla and lyrics by Bernie Taupin, was performed by singer Emmylou Harris.
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The plot of Brokeback Mountain revolves around the complex relationship of rodeo cowboy Jack Twist and ranch hand Ennis del Mar, two teenagers who met and fell in love while herding sheep on the titular mountain in 1963.
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Jack and Ennis mostly swilled beer and whiskey whilst conversing.
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After L.D. remarked to Lureen: "You want your son to grow up to be a man, don't you?", Jack threatened to knock his "ignorant ass into next week."
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An excerpt from the Associated Press's telephone interview with Annie Proulx (http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid23486.asp):
AP: You've said this story took twice as long to write as a novel. Why?
Proulx: Because I had to imagine my way into the minds of two uneducated, rough-spoken, uninformed young men, and that takes some doing if you happen to be an elderly female person. I spent a great deal of time thinking about each character and the balance of the story, working it out, trying to do it in a fair kind of way.
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Willie's vesion of "He Was a Friend of Mine" is heard during the closing credits.
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Round 770!
"The Devil's Right Hand"
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-bVM6yoYHE[/youtube]
Each post will include an unplayed word
as well as one (or more) of the following:
the, devil's, right, hand
words containing "the (http://www.morewords.com/contains/the/)"
words containing "right (http://www.morewords.com/contains/right/)"
words containing "hand (http://www.morewords.com/contains/hand/)"
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From The Leading Men Collection: Jake Gyllenhaal: Close-Up with Hat (Brokeback Mountain) Autographed Photo
This one-of-a-kind, autographed photo was signed by Jake Gyllenhaal and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and guarantee. It is an authentic autographed photograph, not one of those knock-off pre-printed photos with the autograph as part of the photographic print or laser print. The authenticated signature is bold and clear. The quality of the photograph itself is good, typical of glossy publicity photos. Unless specifically noted, any glare, fuzziness or pixelation that you see in this listing is on the "photo of the photo", not the photo product you are purchasing. If you're interested in this autographed photo of this sexy star, you should think about buying it while it is still here. Once it is gone, it is gone forever.
(http://www.leadingmen.shoppingcartsplus.com/i//JakeG-P02_1.jpg)
(http://www.leadingmen.shoppingcartsplus.com/f/design/t_header_left.gif?1234526486218) (http://www.leadingmen.shoppingcartsplus.com/catalog/item/6724347/5231389.htm)
=aside= Fran
Nice round announcement.
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"Always drawn to opposites, [Ang] Lee balances the film's grasp of the fleeting with reminders of nature's patterns and eternal rhythms. There's an austere, almost abstract beauty to the horizontal tree line; the verticality of tall, thin pines; and the flock of sheep heading downhill like a water droplet. And the campsite the two men retreat to is an uncommon thing in film: a believable paradise."
-- Sarah Kerr, Condé Nast Traveler (http://www.concierge.com/cntraveler/articles/10428)
=aside= Sandy
Thanks.
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A modest chandelier hangs over the Monroes' dining table.
=aside= Fran
You're very handy with the round announcements!
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Alma was filled with shock and dismay upon discovering Jack and Ennis in a passionate embrace on the stairway.
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Screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana faithfully retain the tone and the particulars of Annie Proulx's short story, elaborating mainly in the areas of the separate family lives Jack and Ennis pursue while apart.
=aside= Paul
Thanks!
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To Alma, the reunion kiss was a frightful sight to behold.
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The Fourth of July Picnic was a large crowd gatherer.
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"Quickly and inevitably 'gay cowboy movie' has become the ubiquitous shorthand description for Brokeback Mountain."
-- Shaun Huston, PopMatters (http://www.popmatters.com/film/features/060224-brokebackmountain.shtml)
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Aguirre thought he had an ironhanded control over the sheep situation.
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Jack and Ennis wrote their postcards to each other in longhand.
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Screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana faithfully retain the tone and the particulars of Annie Proulx's short story, elaborating mainly in the areas of the separate family lives Jack and Ennis pursue while apart.
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Ennis rejected Jack's openhandedness for his offer of a loan because he didn't want Jack to gain the upper hand.
def: generosity
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The BBM posthemorrhagic caper: Jack stole Ennis's shirt some time after the nosebleed incident, but when?
=aside= Players
Sorry, I know it's silly; I plead too much sun.
Back to chilly Boston--that's a 40-50 degree swing!
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"I was attracted to climbing a mountain, doing something I hadn't done before. I knew that if I could accomplish this story and represent this style of love, this form of love, then I would come out of this movie with a real sense of accomplishment which I've felt I've lacked in the past. And with other films, I come out going, 'Yeah, well, okay, you know, I did it.' But this was really gonna test me. And I'd have to, in order to play him, I'd have to present him in a more mature performance. And I would have to mature as a person."
-- Heath Ledger (http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s1533015.htm)
=aside= Paul
Glad to hear you soaked up some sun.
Welcome back.
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The four-year reunion helped to rebuild and strengthen the bond between Ennis and Jack.
=aside= Paul
No sympathy from me. Welcome back.
=congrats= Fran
On 8,000 letter-perfect posts.
(http://www.bumpnstick.com/images/thumbnails/tn_Letter_perfect.jpg)
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When Aguirre reappeared to tell Jack his uncle didn't die after all, he also ordered that the sheep be brought down, thus truncating the boys' summer idyll.
=congrats=Fran
8,000 Frantastic posts! 8)
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As evidenced by his dumbass missin', Jack was unhandy with a gun.
=aside= Fran
Wow, 8,000 posts of utter Frantasticity!
You sure are handy with a keyboard!
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In Ang Lee's well-cast Brokeback Mountain, Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal performed admirably in the roles of Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist.
=aside= Sandy, Meryl, and Paul
Thank you!
:)
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The film Brokeback Mountain is an adaptation of Annie Proulx's no-holds-barred 1997 short story.
=comment=
Here's the replacement "N".
Round 771 is next.
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Round 771!
"The Devil's Right Hand" Continued
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41C3QW5G84L._SS500_.jpg)
Each post will include an unplayed word
as well as one (or more) of the following:
the, devil's, right, hand
words containing "the (http://www.morewords.com/contains/the/)"
words containing "right (http://www.morewords.com/contains/right/)"
words containing "hand (http://www.morewords.com/contains/hand/)"
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Ennis responded apathetically to Cassie in the bus station saying: “I guess I was never much fun anyway.”
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Ennis got upset when Jack badmouthed Alma: "You shut up about Alma; this ain't her fault".
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Heath Ledger, on choosing the role of Ennis del Mar (http://www.popentertainment.com/ledger.htm):
"It's obviously the most complex and internal character that I have been offered to play. It would take a more matured performance out of me to complete this character. It was the perfect script; it was the perfect director. It was a story that hadn't been told, which is extremely rare in this industry or anywhere really. I think the story of love, in general, is a little recycled and it's a little stale. And this hadn't been put to script. I think it was really rare. I thought I'd be crazy to turn it down."
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Alma made the shocking discovery that her husband was passionately kissing another man.
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Aguirre treated his ranchhands with his own brand of evenhandedness: he was mean to everybody.
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Unlike Lureen, Jack could see that there was something wrong with their fifteen-year-old son, who "couldn't get anything right."
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There was no geothermal heat to warm Ennis as he slept outside Jack's tent, causing him to venture inside.
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Ennis acted like Jack's offer of a loan was a handout.
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An excerpt from the Heath Ledger bio (http://www.hwwilson.com/Currentbio/cover_bios/cover_bio_HeathLedger.htm) at Current Biography:
Impressed by [Heath] Ledger's performance in Monster's Ball, [Ang] Lee offered him the part of [Ennis] del Mar. "When I met [Ledger], the moment I saw him, that was it," Lee told Rachel Abramowitz. "He's the person that's the best to carry that western brooding mood -- elegiac and fearful and violent, all the complexities, all the poetic qualities." But the actor was initially unsure about the project. "There was this kind of industry-manufactured fear and risk factor that was surrounding the script," Ledger told Steven Rea for Knight Ridder, as reprinted in the Bradenton (Florida) Herald (January 8, 2006). He had read [Annie] Proulx's story and the screenplay adaptation, by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, and found both deeply moving. "I truly had a lump in my throat, but . . . these manufactured fears started to bleed into my response to the script -- 'Oh, this is risky,' that sort of thing," he explained. "But then that just started to fade away and I thought . . . 'What exactly am I risking?' I didn't feel like I had a career to risk, and I'm a little ruthless about it anyway. If it went away based upon a creative choice I made, then it's not really an industry I want to be in."
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Taciturn Ennis made a lighthearted moment when he cast aspersions on Jack's harmonica playing.
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Monroe sold groceries and other merchandise in his store.
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A baby's crying and the smell of dirty nappies reassured Ennis, a ranch hand familiar with the sounds and smells of new life in the livestock pen.
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Jack nodded approvingly at the offhandedness of Ennis's "I ain't yet had the opportunity" comment.
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Jack accidentally kneed Ennis in the nose, causing it to bleed profusely.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_1286.jpg)
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Jack was rightfully angry about L.D.'s trying to gain the upper hand at Thanksgiving dinner.
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At the Thanksgiving table, Alma seethed while Ennis tried not to be a sad daddy.
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During Ennis's visit to Lightning Flat, he discovered that Jack was, in fact, responsible for the theft of his old shirt.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_3758-1.jpg)
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OMT spoke unsympathetically to Ennis about Jack.
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Jack played weatherman when he said "Gonna snow tonight for sure".
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Round 772!
The Maker Makes Round--Part 1
"One more chain I break..."
(http://tods2tods.canalblog.com/images/Rufus_Wainwright_1.sized1.jpg)
Please post an unplayed word along with these words or words containing these words:
the
maker
makes
one
more
chain
I
break
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From China Youth Connection (http://www.cycnet.com/cms/2004/cycenglish/culture/Cultural/200601/t20060123_46168.htm):
Director Ang Lee said Saturday he thinks Asian audiences are generally more accepting of gay subject matter than Americans, after a movie theater in the US state of Utah owned by a Mormon abruptly pulled his new film, the gay cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain."
Lee noted one of his previous movies about a gay couple, "The Wedding Banquet," received a less restrictive categorization in his Taiwan than in the US. "Actually, if you compare the two, I think Asian society is more open," he said at an event promoting "Brokeback Mountain" in Hong Kong.
=compliment= Paul
Great photo of Rufus.
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Ennis suffered a kind of emotional breakdown upon leaving Brokeback.
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Jack was hoping Ennis could break out of the chains of denial that bound him.
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Extras on the "Brokeback Mountain: 2-Disc Collector's Edition" include the previous featurettes from the first DVD as well as eight collectible postcards, a brief montage set to music, and a new featurette entitled "A Groundbreaking Success," which features interviews with the cast, crew, and cultural commentators.
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Ennis' emotions and sense of morality enchained him to a lifestyle that made loneliness his closest friend.
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Ennis would miss Jack forevermore.
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From Risky Biz Blog (http://www.riskybusinessblog.com/2006/02/brokeback_break.html):
"From a New Yorker cover to Taipei president Chen Shui-bian, Brokeback Mountain continues to break into the wider global culture."
See: Climb Every Brokeback (http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/blog/2006/02/climb-every-brokeback.php)
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Because of the cold way Ennis treated Cassie, she regard him as a heartbreaker.
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Of all the icebreakers Jack could have used, he just wordlessly slung himself over the back of his pickup.
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The end credits for Ang Lee's groundbreaking film Brokeback Mountain list Mary Lou Green as the hair department head.
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The makers of Jack Twist's plaid, tan, blood-stained shirt worn in the movie were Rockmount Ranch Wear in Denver.
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Aguirre treated Jack and Ennis as nonentities.
=Happy Birthday= Meryl
Cheers to the High Priestess, ABC player extraordinaire, co-mod deluxe, and friend!
(http://www.namhaflorist.com/pic/bday/NH-BD-247.jpg)
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Brokeback was like an otherworld experience for Jack and Ennis, "when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong."
=birthday greetings= Meryl
Hope your day is wonderful.
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Cafe Press makes and sells a package of eight Brokeback postcards for $7.99.
http://cards.cafepress.com/item/also-available-brokeback-postcard-postcards-8pk/44589264
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=aside=Paul and Sandy
Thanks for the pretty roses and birthday wishes! :-*
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Earl and Rich, two old guys who ranched together, were rumored to be gay.
=aside= Meryl
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Happy_Birthday.png)
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Ennis was seething with rage when he found out that Jack had gone to Mexico
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When it came to self-expression, glib phrases did not run trippingly off the tongue for Ennis; however, he put more eloquence in a "Hunh" than most people ever could.
=aside=Fran
Thanks for the birthday greetings! :-*
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The Jordan Commons Megaplex in suburban Salt Lake City, Utah, reneged on its licensing agreement with Focus Features when it decided not to allow Ang Lee's groundbreaking film Brokeback Mountain to unspool there.
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Alma commented on the woebegoneness of their "lonesome, old ranch".
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Round 773!
The Maker Makes Round--Part 2
"One more notch I scratch..."
(In honor of Player Meryl, who is celebrating another notch today!)
(http://www.tomsheehan.co.uk/images/rufus_wainwright_2.jpg)
Please post an unplayed word along with these words or words containing these words:
the
maker
makes
one
more
notch
I
scratch
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“Brokeback Mountain” has aspects that make it unique as a mainstream release in terms of subject matter, but that’s not the main reason to see it. The primary recommendation here is that it is a love story that is gripping, intelligent and has a lot of insight about what people will and won’t give up for what means most to them. It’s also, for those who appreciate the aesthetic here, very sexy.
(http://www.avrev.com/images/stories/logo.jpg) (http://www.avrev.com/theatrical-movie-reviews/theatrical/brokeback-mountain-2005.html)
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According to Verve Music Group (http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist/releases/default.aspx?pid=11401&aid=2786), the atmosphere of the top-notch Brokeback Mountain soundtrack "is marked by a down-home blend of folk, bluegrass, and country sounds."
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Aguirre condoned unlawful behavior on the mountain.
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Ennis was being dishonest when he tried to pull the wool over Alma's eyes by telling her that Jack was a fishing buddy.
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Diana Ossana: "When Marit [Allen] showed me photographs of Heath and Jake in wardrobe, they looked so real, so much like the characters we had envisioned, that I had to go outside and compose myself."
Interview for Brokeback Mountain (http://bahcecikdevekusu.com/movies/2005/mountain.htm)
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Jack and Ennis fashioned an elk-meat-drip-dryer out of sticks.
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Lureen was wearing pearl gemstones at the Benefit Dance.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Groomed.jpg)
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"Brokeback Mountain's future in the heartland will offer a classic test of whether what the movie business considers its best work will be embraced by audiences whose values may be more conservative than Hollywood’s."
-- Robert W. Welkos and Elaine Kutka, Los Angeles Times (http://articles.latimes.com/2005/dec/14/entertainment/et-brokeback14)
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Jack gave an impassioned speech at the Lake Scene.
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"Strangers and loners, isolated geographically and emotionally from the rest of the world, they learn to bond as soul mates. One night in the sub-zero cold, huddled together for warmth under a horse blanket, they also find each other physically, and the emotional impact of their first sexual encounter opens a floodgate of need, release, desire, shame and violence that haunts them for the next two decades."
(http://www.observer.com/sites/all/themes/obs_2007/img/logonew.png) (http://www.observer.com/node/38046)
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In Ang Lee, Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry found a director who'd be willing to make their movie on a modest budget.
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While much whiskey was needed up on the mountain, Jack eventually found beans to be nonessential.
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"Great films are great films, and great songs are great songs. Oh, I am happy that Gustavo Santaolalla won for his wrenching, spare, and beautiful score of Brokeback. What is it about this music that so uncannily connects with the story? Every pitch, every overtone, every interval seems perfectly matched to the core of the drama. The piece that's called "The Wings" on the soundtrack breaks my heart. As only music can, it carries all the sadness, the loneliness, the longing . . ."
Of The Kosmos (http://ofthekosmos.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html)
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Larry McMurtry on the short story Brokeback Mountain:
"It is one of the finest short stories I’ve read. The place, the landscape, the men and the way they speak are drawn precisely and convincingly."
Interview for Brokeback Mountain (http://bahcecikdevekusu.com/movies/2005/mountain.htm)
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Jack and Ennis rationed the whiskey on shares.
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When Ennis gets the first postcard from Jack, he scratches two words on it--"You bet"-- and puts it in the mail pronto.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Youbetpostcard.jpg)
=aside=Paul
Thanks for noting my notch ;)
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Diana Ossana, in her own tenacious way, convinced Larry McMurtry to read Brokeback Mountain, even though he really doesn't read fiction anymore.
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At Thanksgiving dinner, Alma brought up the unmentioned topic of Ennis's fishing trips.
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Metaphorically speaking, Jack was used to getting the short ends of the wishbones.
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Round 774!
The Maker Makes Round--Part 3
"One more smile I fake..."
(http://musicremedy.com/webfiles/artists/RufusWainwright/RufusWainwright-03-big.jpg)
Please post an unplayed word along with these words or words containing these words:
the
maker
makes
one
more
smile
I
fake
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"It makes no difference that these characters were both men, instead of a man and a woman, because Gyllenhaal and Ledger captivate all viewers by seizing every moment together and displaying their intense attachment for each other."
-- Chadd Webb, 411mania.com
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After Thanksgiving dinner, Alma told Ennis that his "fishing trips" were a bunch of baloney.
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Ennis clamored his way into TS1.
=aside=
Here's the full view of Rufus in lederhosen:
(http://media.monstersandcritics.com/articles/1282079/article_images/rufus450.jpg)
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Diana Ossana: "As powerful as the story and script were, with good parts for actors, I knew that it would take actors who were smart and brave to commit to this and go places emotionally that they’d never gone before -- and a director who would understand this, and who would be willing to make this challenging movie on a modest budget. I never really lost faith, but I didn’t think it would take seven years. I think I was more frustrated by the fact that people wouldn’t truly commit. They’d read it, they’d love it, they’d waver or anguish about it -- and then something that paid more money or whatever would come along, and they’d just let it go. And then I’d simply press on, contacting more directors and actors, sending it to people to read and to consider."
Interview for Brokeback Mountain (http://bahcecikdevekusu.com/movies/2005/mountain.htm)
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Jack erroneously thought that Ennis's divorce would change their relationship.
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Alma was festooned with flowers on her wedding day.
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Holding his newly awarded gold-plated statuette in triumph, Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee smiles for the cameras at the 78th Academy Awards presentation.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Ang-Lee-4079-1.jpg)
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In response to Ennis' father's claims that rodeo cowboys were all f***-ups, Jack humored Ennis by performing his mock-rodeo mating dance.
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After his blow-up with Jack at the lake, Ennis went home and broke off his fake relationship with Cassie, preferring solitude to ignobly bolstering her hopes of eventual marriage.
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Anne Hathaway appeared topless in Brokeback Mountain and in one other film, the little-known Havoc.
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Aguirre was a pretty rude character; moreover, he was a bit of a voyeur.
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Ennis' response to Jack's admission that he 'sometimes misses him so much he can hardly stand it' appeared nonemotional at the moment.
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Ennis discovered that one of the sheep had been outfoxed, so to speak, by a coyote.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_0943.jpg)
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Hoping against hope, Ennis phoned Jack's number in Childress.
=aside=
Fran made a funny!!
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Mirror.co.uk.news has an article entitled "The Real Rhinestone Cowboys", The true life story of growing up gay on Brokeback mountain.
mirror.co.uk (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16562678&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=the-real-rhinestone-cowboys--name_page.html)
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Lureen had the money and called the shots.
[story]
=aside= Paul
;D
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The Twists met the Malones at a toney affair at the Childress Benefit Dance in 1978.
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After Thanksgiving dinner Alma brought up what was, until then, the unquestioned subject of Ennis's "fishing trips."
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Diana Ossana, on the difficulty of finding lead actors and a director for Brokeback Mountain:
"I never really lost faith, but I didn’t think it would take seven years. I think I
was more frustrated by the fact that people wouldn’t truly commit. They’d
read it, they’d love it, they’d waver or anguish about it – and then something
that paid more money or whatever would come along, and they’d just let it go."
Production Notes (http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/brokeback_mountain/notes.pdf)
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Texans don't...
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(http://www.hermann-uwe.de/files/images/small_cup_of_coffee.preview.jpg)
Use your imagination--what don't Texans do...
(Idea courtesy of Meryl)
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Texans don't drink coffee, nor do they require of their grandsons the abnegation of a Thanksgiving Day football game in favor of a clean plate.
=aside=Paul
Thanks!
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Texas don't drink coffee, but they ask that their cowboy paramour brushes his teeth once in a blue moon.
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Texans don't drink coffee, but they do drive for 14 hours in hopes of getting their out-of-state lovers to commit to "a sweet life."
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Texans don't drink coffee, but will consume stronger drinkables while saying to their lovers: "That's one a the two things I need right now."
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Texans don't drink coffee, but they try to entertain themselves by singing "King of the Road" whilst driving fourteen hours to Wyoming.
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Texans don't drink coffee, but they do head for Mexico when they're in the mood and their lovers are frustratingly unavailable.
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Texans don't drink coffee, but believe that their lovers' fears of a "sweet life" are groundless.
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Texans don't drink coffee, but they're not above risking a case of hiccups and getting dizzy drunk on all fours before heading up to check on them sheep.
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Texans don't drink coffee so they're better able to tell inane stories to their wives as to why they can't fish in Texas.
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Texans don't drink coffee, but they do loiter in Mexican alleys when the need arises.
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Texans don't drink coffee, but they do misplace their blue parkas.
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Texans don't drink coffee, but are certainly not, and probably don't trust, nondrinkers.
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Texans don't drink coffee 'cause they'd rather have a beer when listening to oldies like "It's So Easy to Fall in Love".
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Texans don't drink coffee, 'cause they'd rather pop open a cold one.
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Texans don't drink coffee 'cause they'd rather have a beer when listening to Linda Ronstadt's remake of Buddy Holly's "It's So Easy to Fall in Love."
=aside= HK
Thanks.
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Texans don't drink coffee 'cause they'd rather be sipping whiskey straight from the bottle.
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Texans don't drink coffee, perhaps because they are anything but teetotalers.
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Texans don't drink coffee, but they know that beer soon metamorphoses into urine.
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Texans don't drink coffee so bored wives of cowboys on the loose can measure the alcohol content of their wine with their vinometer.
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Texans don't drink coffee, but love their whiskey-sipping nights.
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ANOTHER ROUND OF TEXANS!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/HowtoBeTexan.jpg)
WHAT ELSE DON'T TEXANS DO?
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Texans don't drink coffee, but they do pay for sex if the need arises during the weekend their lovers have got the kids.
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
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Texans don't drink coffee, but they belabor the point when they've lost their parka.
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Texans don't drink coffee, but they boost their energy with caffeine-free beverages such as whiskey and beer.
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Texans don't drink coffee. Cause they don't care for demitasse cups.
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Texans don't drink coffee 'cause white wine goes better with a turkey entrée.
=aside= Janice
Nice to see you here.
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Texans don't drink coffee and have only the foggiest notion of how to cook, starting with how to use a can opener.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Jackwithcanopener.jpg)
=aside=Janice
Hi! :)
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Texans don't drink coffee, but become Mexican-alley-prowling gringos when the need arises.
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Texans don't drink coffee, but they are known to hurl expletives.
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Texans don't drink coffee so they don't lose time when contemplating ignoble backstreet-events when the need arises.
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Texans don't drink coffee because they would rather set out for the local bar.
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Texans don't drink coffee 'cause otherwise they'd have to have yet another awkward encounter with their lover's mate.
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Texans don't drink coffee, 'cause they don't want their cowboy paramour's wife nosing around in their business.
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Texans don't drink coffee because it may cause them to overindulge in converstations with inlaws.
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Texans don't drink coffee, 'cause they don't want their cowboy paramour's wife nosing around in their business.
=aside= Paul
Thanks. :)
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Texans don't drink coffee, 'cause it might interfere with their native romanticism.
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Texans don't drink coffee, but they do sip whiskey.
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Texans don't drink coffee because the trappings that accompany the endeavor are far more complicated than a bottle of beer.
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Texans don't drink coffee 'cause they don't want to cause their lover's wife undue alarm, because they are shaking with exceitement.
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Texans don't drink coffee but will lay down good wampum for a bottle of whiskey.
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ROUND 777!
THE LATIN ROUND
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Each reply must include an unplayed word and a Latin phrase
List of Latin phrases here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_(full)[b)
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"One of the most striking aspects of Ang Lee's achievement in Brokeback Mountain -- one aspect of many -- is the way he squares unwavering verisimilitude with visuals of remarkable beauty and finesse. Almost every frame, though rigorously controlled by its mandate of realism, is beautifully assembled -- the textural duplication of sheep's wool in the fleecy coulisses of the pines that frame their ascent when Ennis and Jack shift camp, for instance, or the rhythmic multiplication across frames of the ogee line -- first in the termination of the cliff toward which the sheep are moving in the first aerial shot of them, then in Ennis's hat brim, then in the escarpment edge in the shot that follows (Jack removing thorns from a sheep) and then in the unfocused branch across the following scene. One could point and analyse these beauties ad infinitum, and one could also write at length about the way the nicety of the period detail anchors the experience...."
-- Rodney Stenning Edgecombe, Film Criticism (http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-30686573_ITM)
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One could say that Jack and Ennis lived by the phrase "bibo ergo sum"--"I drink, therefore I am".
=aside= Meryl
Great idea for a round! But, I'm having flashbacks to eighth grade...
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Even though Alma dreaded another pregnancy, Ennis was not in favor of using rubbers or practicing coitus interruptus, saying he would be happy to leave her alone if she didn't want any more of his kids.
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"One of the most striking aspects of Ang Lee's achievement in Brokeback Mountain -- one aspect of many -- is the way he squares unwavering verisimilitude with visuals of remarkable beauty and finesse. Almost every frame, though rigorously controlled by its mandate of realism, is beautifully assembled -- the textural duplication of sheep's wool in the fleecy coulisses of the pines that frame their ascent when Ennis and Jack shift camp, for instance, or the rhythmic multiplication across frames of the ogee line -- first in the termination of the cliff toward which the sheep are moving in the first aerial shot of them, then in Ennis's hat brim, then in the escarpment edge in the shot that follows (Jack removing thorns from a sheep) and then in the unfocused branch across the following scene. One could point and analyse these beauties ad infinitum, and one could also write at length about the way the nicety of the period detail anchors the experience...."
-- Rodney Stenning Edgecombe, Film Criticism (http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-30686573_ITM)
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In their quest to embody the characters created so vividly by Annie Proulx, Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry wrote much of the screenplay's dialogue ipsissima verba, i.e., word for word, from the short story.
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Ennis believed in the philosohy of felis qvi nihil debet, happy [is] he who owes nothing.
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When Aguirre told the poor sap on the other end of the phone, "Not on your fucking life", he was invoking Caesar Augustus's phrase "ad Kalendas Graecas".
Note: The phrase means "never" and is similar to phrases like "when pigs fly". The Kalends (also written Calends) were specific days of the Roman calendar, not of the Greek, and so the "Greek Kalends" would never occur.
--Wiki
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After Thanksgiving dinner, Alma was all friendly calmness as she spoke with Ennis; however, once she entered the terra incognita of his true relationship with Jack, she became a screaming harpy in short order.
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Ennis' intuitiveness about his relationship with Jack after Jack died, the issues with Jack's family, and those with his own family suggest that Ennis had evolved to a state of credo ut intelligam...I believe so that I may understand.
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When story Jack refers to "trained athaletes" and "crushed vertebrates", he is committing a lapsus linguae, or linguistic mistake.
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Brokeback Mountain is another magnum opus, or great work of art, for director Ang Lee.
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When Jack did his mock-rodeo dance, he was thinking: "nemo saltat sobrius", nobody dances sober.
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Ennis obsequiously sent a prayer up to heaven when he and Jack talked on the creek bank, with a laus deo (praise to God) that Jack did not have his harmonica.
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When Cassie asked Ennis where he'd been, he could have answered, "passim", that is, "here and there".
=comment=
Passim is also the name of a popular folk music club in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
(http://graphics.boston.com/images/ae/venue_photos/clubpassim.jpg)
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Poor Earl was well beyond the state of rigor mortis when Ennis's father brought him and K.D. out to have a look at him.
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According to Jack, whiskey in plentiful amounts is a sine qua non when herding sheep up on Brokeback.
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Jack's lament: tempus fugit.
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After TSI, Jack and Ennis had the rest of the summer to test the theory that usus magister est optimus - practice makes perfect.
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ars longa vita brevis. To whittle gave Ennis continuity.
(art is long, life is short)
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ROUND 778!
LATIN REDUX
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List of Latin phrases here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_(full))
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Lashawn is an alumna of SMU.
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Ennis's comment to Jack: "We're supposed to guard the sheep, not eat 'em," comes close to the Latin phrase "boni pastoris est tondere pecus non deglubere, "It is of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to flay them.
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Despite the cowboy hats, Jack and Ennis were humble sheep herders and ranch hands--cucullus non facit monachum ("the hood does not make the monk").
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Linda Higgins, one of the dramatis personae of Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain, gets no mention in the film version.
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Annie Proulx's "Brokeback Mountain", editio princeps (first edition), first printing and signed by the author is for sale at a price of $600.00 at vintagememorabilia.com (http://www.vintagememorabilia.com/index.cfm/page/brokeback-mountain-signed-autographed-annie-proulx-signed-first-edition-book)
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Ennis's creed: finis vitae sed non amoris--the end of life is not the end of love.
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Fans of Brokeback Mountain, watching the Lake Scene argument, share Jack's solemn expression as Ennis drives away, knowing that graviora manent, the worst is yet to come.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/JackpartinglookatLake.jpg)
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Annus horribilis -- for Ennis, this is the year he became an orphan.
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On Brokeback Mountain, Jack and Ennis were "flying in the bitter, euphoric air"--iuventuti nil arduum, that is, to the young nothing is difficult.
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After Jack died, Ennis became a laudator temporis acti, a praiser of time past.
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Poor Earl was well beyond the state of rigor mortis when Ennis's father brought him and K.D. out to have a look at him.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks.
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Jimbo's reaction to Jack's friendly overture: noli me tangere (don't touch).
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When Alma pronounced "Jack Nasty", she was adding oil to the fire: oleum camino.
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Post coitus in the Siesta Motel, Ennis and Jack enjoyed a cigarette and Jack said: "Christ, it got to be all that time a yours a horseback makes it so goddam good."
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In refusing Jack's proposal of a sweet life, Ennis advised him to respice finem, to consider the end, namely death.
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Ennis in the trailer, viewing Jack's shrine: sunt lacrimae rerum, there are tears for things.
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When Brokeback Mountain was originally published in The New Yorker, the italicized prologue was omitted in toto.
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Ennis was acting ultra vires (without authority), when he ignored Forest Service rules and killed an elk.
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Jack's wisdom: vir prudens non contra ventum mingit, a wise man doesn't pee against the wind.
=aside=
Ain't no Ws in Latin!
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Round 779!
The "All I really need to know, I learned on Brokeback Mountain" Round!
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Flick your belt buckle to casually call attention to your latest bull-riding accomplishment.
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Even though you have told your lover that it is a one-shot thing, you quickly change your mind when you see your gorgeous lover and realize that spicy romance beckons.
=aside= Paul
Great idea for a theme.
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BBM teaches that beans and beer may be cheaper, but elk and whiskey make you frisky.
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If you are dispatched to the mountains to work as a sheep herder, you just might fall in love.
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A one-handed belt removal makes it edifyingly clear which direction you're goin'.
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When you see a handsome cowboy and start falling feetfirst, drag him onto the dance floor before he gets cold feet.
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When your wife's gaffer makes a gaffe at a family dinner, a few well-placed words may be necessary to take care of the situation.
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When being approached by hair-flinging hussies, make a bee-line to the men's room.
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In the event your marital indiscretions are discovered, expect to be shot.
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When you're having the time of your life and you're dizzy drunk, lag behind until it is "too late to go out to them damn sheep."
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The cowboy who mingles soon finds his spur jingles.
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When the one you love is has an issue with too many meals consisting of beans, it helps to be an accomplished nimrod.
Def: A hunter
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If you don't know all the words to a song on the radio, just sing the overword.
def. = the refrain of a song
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Upon seeing your long-lost paramour, push him into the nearest stairwell and give him a kiss that will change the rest of his life.
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The key to refraining from looking at one's paramour whilst bathing is to concentrate on the potato peeling.
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Bedrolls are surely big enough for two.
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When your soon-to-be lover temptingly asks you to come in from the cold, be prepared to get hot and bothered.
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BBM lesson #17: unbuckling can lead to....snuggling.
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You can quiet a whiny co-worker by agreeing to switch jobs with him.
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Round 780!
"All I Really Need to Know
I Learned on Brokeback Mountain": Part 2!
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When breaking Forest Service rules, such as killing an elk, it helps to have an accomplice.
=aside= Fran
Great job with the book cover.
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When hitchhiking to a summer job, it helps to have broken-in boots.
=aside= Fran
Kudos to you, photoshopper extraordinaire!
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Staying atop a bay mare with a low startle point may turn out to be more challenging than you think.
=aside= Sandy and Paul
The wonders of Photobucket!
Thanks, guys.
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You can try your damnedest to keep your sheep together, but odds are your boss will still call it a loss.
=aside=Fran
Photobucket or Photoshop?
At any rate, nice work!
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When your wife asks if your "friend" would like to go to one of the local eateries, tell her that he's not the restaurant type.
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If you accidentally flatten your harmonica, say, in a fall off a skittish horse, expect the sound to be affected.
=aside= Meryl
Photobucket. I'm low-tech.
:)
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When guffawing over your mock-rodeo-mating dance, you may lose your balance.
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If you are a brooding, taciturn rancher, the cowboy with the happy-go-lucky attitude and swaggering manner will change your life forever.
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The threat of an incoming storm can put an early end to a summer job.
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Lengthy time ahorseback leads to litheness of limb.
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If you smile a bit too warmly on a rodeo colleague in a bar, he might run away, lest you slip him a Mickey.
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Nondrinkers will probably not survive a summer on Brokeback Mountain.
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The oddments in a boyhood room can sum up a life.
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Preserve your memories; with the possible exception of a couple of old shirts, they may be all that's left you.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M24Yhd7N91s&feature=related[/youtube]
"Old Friends/Bookends" - Simon & Garfunkel
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Resisting the temptation to join your soon-to-be lover in his bedroll when it's freezing cold outside, results in uncontrollable clacking of the jaw.
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Resisting the temptation to join your soon-to-be lover in his bedroll when it's freezing cold outside, results in uncontrollable clacking of the jaw.
=aside= Sandy
Th-th-th-thanks.
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Sucking on toothpicks will not make you look cool.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_1466.jpg)
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When you want your soon-to be lover to yell “gun’s goin off,” unbuckle your belt, shove your pants down, and get down to business.
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Winking at a handsome cowboy is a good way to lure him into the backseat of Daddy's car.
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Round 781!
A Music Round!
Post an unplayed word, along with a song title that somehow relates to our BBM
(http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/thinktank/ttap_music/images/ttap_music_15.jpg)
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The announcer's words at the rodeo in Electra, Texas:
"Let 'em rip and snort, boys. Jack Twist, hangin' on for dear life. And down he goes! Watch out there, fella! He's comin' for you. Send in the clowns!"
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA6YXuagiuU&feature=related[/youtube]
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Jack was singing the blues driving to Mexico, after the post-divorce mixup.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoCiKtRc9kw[/youtube]
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Although Jack crooned along to "King of the Road", he was thinking "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man of Mine".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wold-BKJBsU[/youtube]
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While confronting Ennis at the coffee shop, Cassie finds it impossible to remain dry-eyed; before long, here come those tears again."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V05shTgDV_M[/youtube]
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After their reunion escapade , Jack was thinking he wanted Ennis to come away with me.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBKcKQHZXks[/youtube]
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Whatever marital felicity Ennis and Alma shared, it eventually ended in "D-I-V-O-R-C-E".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPYZxIg2HsI[/youtube]
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Ennis gladly makes a trip to Lightning Flat to tell the elder Twists that he would be proud to take Jack's ashes up to Brokeback Mountain; after all, that's what friends are for.
def. = in a willing manner
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtGF2m102Wg&feature=related[/youtube]
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After the way that Cassie was hurtfully treated by Ennis, she just "Hurt So Bad."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5WqPSDvjoA[/youtube]
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After Alma's concern that Ennis consider marrying again, his infelicitous response was, "Once Burned, Twice Shy".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoLsGgK-UbE[/youtube]
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To season the elk meat, Ennis used the salt shaker liberally.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7ollCaSTAg[/youtube]
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While masticating the hot, delicious elk meat, Jack and Ennis were in tune with "Food Glorious Food."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdqrGJybsCQ[/youtube]
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Because Ennis nips in the bud any hope of getting together upon leaving Brokeback by saying: "Guess I'll see you around, hunh.", Jack thought "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jexNsBjz1r8[/youtube]
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When Ennis steps out of the big rig, he's carrying all he owns in a paper bag; he's got "Plenty o' Nothin'".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giVGv_dnmdY[/youtube]
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While Jack was gently prodding Ennis to consider joining him in the sweet life, he was singing to himself "Working on a Dream."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x_TpslzEew[/youtube]
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Ennis reproves Jack for "all them things" he does south of the border.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZYPa6tI43Q[/youtube]
=aside= Paul
I'm really LOVING this round. What a
great theme!
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While Jack and Ennis were dozily spooning, Ennis could be humming "Embraceable You".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYumC4_QdXw[/youtube]
=reply= Fran
Thanks. I'm loving it too.
(Salt Shaker!!)
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During the summer of his teenage romance, Jack had the complex feelings of A Teenager In Love.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-Xvgv92GBc&NR=1[/youtube]
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Jack sets off distant coyote yips with his untrained voice when he sings "Water-Walking Jesus."
def. = not disciplined or conditioned or made adept by training; "an untrained voice"; "untrained troops"; "young minds untrained in the habit of concentration"
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGRyRfp_PwE[/youtube]
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After he wrenches himself from the reunion grip, Ennis's gaze on Jack says, "You Look Marvelous".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZl3gGV4H6c[/youtube]
"Dahling, I love dancing. Dancing to me is like standing still. Only faster."
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Round 782!
A Music Round: Part 2!
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/FlyingMusicalNotes.gif)
Post an unplayed word, along with a song title
that somehow relates to our BBM.
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Ennis looked at Jack in astonishment when he heard about the 42 lightning-zapped sheep.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5njyzcqeOo[/youtube]
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Ennis used brute force to silence two drunken brutes at the Independence Day celebration.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKFnSPsU6a0&feature=related[/youtube]
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In TS1, Ennis chucked caution to the wind and wordlessly expressed, "I Want Your Sex".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3geeZpWVnr4[/youtube]
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Ennis, in a state of drunkenness from sipping on a "whiskey bottle" all night, said: I'll roll up out here and grab forty winks, ride out at first light."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICrur9dMoiA&feature=related[/youtube]
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"Ledger embodies his character by evoking a dominant, physical persona, constantly exuding physical strength and character as a substitute for intimate connection; his words are terse, his movements precise."
-- Todd Konrad, Independent Film Quarterly (http://www.independentfilmquarterly.com/ifq/reviews/universal-brokeback-mountain.htm)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow1gS3m1ckM&feature=related[/youtube]
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By the firelight's glow, Ennis hummed a "Lullabye".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbi5ikKMbAU[/youtube]
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Ennis was being a good-mannered guest when he helped clear away the dishes and the "cold turkey" after Thanksgiving dinner.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtcUEP6goZ0[/youtube]
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Poor Jack! Too much of his hard-earned money is either going to the taxman or being eaten up by inflation.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct8HYm10tlI[/youtube]
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But while Gyllenhaal is engaging as the more free-wheeling of the two, Ledger is powerfully impressive as a frightened, limited man ill-equipped to deal with what life throws at him. Mumbling, looking down, internalizing everything, Ledger's Ennis at times looks as though he's going to explode from his inchoate "Feelings."
--Todd McCarthy in Variety (http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_review/VE1117928059.html?nav=reviews07&categoryid=1986&cs=1)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyBcHUe4WeQ[/youtube]
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Ennis's liquor-induced performance in TS1 was so good that he didn't seem at all like a virgin.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIVU2snA-yU&feature=related[/youtube]
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Lizzie McGovern and Susan Montalbetti are listed as breakdown artists in the end credits for Brokeback Mountain.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3leLdAN7PdM[/youtube]
"I love you, yes, I do, I do...."
=request=
Please, please, please could we do
lots more song rounds.
:)
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Ennis was "Afraid" that folks on the street would think he was a bit nelly and asked Jack if he ever felt that way, too.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9XSEzO_Cyo[/youtube]
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Knowing that she was doing "This Woman's Work" by herself, Alma eventually outgrew her marriage to Ennis.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3dnFmwQy04[/youtube]
(I love this song.)
=reply= Fran
Yes, Yes, Yes we can!
The possibilties are endless.
Glad you all like it!
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It's as if Jack is saying Don't rain on my parade when he says: '"Call Alma up and tell her you're goin. Come on, Ennis, you just shot my airplane out a the sky - give me somethin a go on. This ain't no little thing that's happenin here."'
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAVlk4F2qkw[/youtube]
=aside= Fran and Paul
I agree. Let the music play.
(http://www.msncontentplus.cn/winks/images/Music-Notes.png)
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Brokeback Mountain faithfully reproduces the angst-ridden drama of the original short story by Annie Proulx.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baGsvqdMPdk&feature=relatedI[/youtube]
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After drinking with Jack by the fire, Ennis felt he could flyyy through the "Stratosphere" and paw the white out of the moon.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPZ47_qMqYA[/youtube]
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The bikers were a couple of troublemakers looking for trouble.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwGHQ6WyQFU[/youtube]
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Ennis describes his and Jack's feelings for each other as something uncontrollable:
"You and me can't hardly be decent together if what happened back there grabs on us like that. We do that in the wrong place we'll be dead. There's no reins on this one. It scares the piss out a me."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDTi_La94Uo[/youtube]
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Although Ennis waltzes in and out of his life, Jack's attitude was I'm never never gonna give you up.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYw30Gb_e1w[/youtube]
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Round 783!
I got the music in me!
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ucjtmAtGpI[/youtube]
Post an unplayed word, along with a song title
that somehow relates to our BBM.
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Jack and Ennis shared friendship, love, and passion in their amazing 20-year romance.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyyoIWIB_-E[/youtube]
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Elks Lodge 129 is one of the buildings Ennis drives past on his way home from work.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture6-21.png)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oksv4y3rOmE[/youtube]
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Caught between the crunch of love and fear, Ennis maneuvered his own mad world.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4[/youtube]
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The following summer after Brokeback Jack was a drifter and a poor lonesome cowboy.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYzZPsK78Gg[/youtube]
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Engulfed with disappointment after driving 1,200 miles north for nothing, Jack decides to take the long way home.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u-qwaGQzoI&feature=related[/youtube]
"When you look through the years and see what you could have been,
oh, what you might have been, if you had had more time."
=aside= Paul
I love "Mad World."
Cool video, too.
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When Aguirre used August's big storm as the reason to "bring 'em down," Ennis accused him of trying to flimflam them out of a month's pay.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQTsW6TGAUE[/youtube]
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LaShawn chattered about her school days at the benefit dance, boasting that she was a graduate of SMU and pledged Tri Delt.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeVm4JnHPg0&feature=related[/youtube]
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This Variety article (http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117937184.html?nav=news&categoryid=1985&cs=1&s=h&p=0) about the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' new song rules explains why Emmylou Harris's "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" was not eligible for Oscar consideration.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxRqSQOBN5w[/youtube]
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After the impulsivity of TS1, both Jack and Ennis know how it would go, and so it goes.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtS6H7JU2pE[/youtube]
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Ennis was being very loverlike when he called Jack "little darling."
Def: like or in the manner of a lover
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iuli43kaXYw&feature=related[/youtube]
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The end credits for Brokeback Mountain show:
Music Legal and Clearances by
Clearances by
Additional Clearances by | Christine Bergren
Jennifer Pray
Now Clear This Research
Jay Floyd
Michelle Dunta
Searchworks, Inc.
Roxanne Mayweather
Suzanne Shelton |
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LjdW9YQvNg[/youtube]
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Although Ennis was mostly nonreligious, at the reunion campsite, he says to Jack, "I say a little prayer of thanks".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STKkWj2WpWM[/youtube]
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Ennis felt that Jack was being outrageously unfaithful upon learing that he had been to Mexico.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWU-SXcLPXI[/youtube]
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"I have a feeling this film will play well in blue states, moderately well in red states and just thrive on DVD. What people aren't willing to do publicly, they are sometimes willing to do privately."
-- Anne Hathaway
'Brokeback Mountain' seeks to rise above stereotype (http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2005/12/15/14156/)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhOap2Vldaw&feature=related[/youtube]
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When it came to rendering payment for Jack and Ennis's work on Brokeback, the grumpy Aguirre implied they were getting money for nothing.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehl_VQuKRTc[/youtube]
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Jack swiftly headed for the door after Jimbo turned down his offer for a beer and hinted that he should "Hit the Road Jack."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST8z3cuHi5g[/youtube]
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Charles May, Cody Klepper, Terry Marsh, and Edssel Hilchie are listed as locations scouts in the end credits for Brokeback Mountain.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5YLkiqseSI&feature=related[/youtube]
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Jack was moving upwards in the rodeo community; Lureen must have thought he'd hit the big time.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvl30tbq7wA[/youtube]
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As soon as Ennis saw Jack pull up, he was out the door quick as a wink and on the stairway to heaven.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9TGj2jrJk8[/youtube]
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Round 784!
Listen to the Music
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ojOCjBvUY&playnext_from=PL&feature=PlayList&p=3CC94482164BD7DB&playnext=1&index=58[/youtube]
Post an unplayed word, along with a song title
that somehow relates to our BBM.[/color] [/size]
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Ennis to Cassie at the coffee shop: "I was probably no fun anyways, was I?"
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ucQ-2poNhk[/youtube]
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After finding his blue parka, Jack was bolting on his flight of fancy to Ennis.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1OgQgr8628[/youtube]
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Ennis wasn't much of a churchgoer and wasn't interested when Alma mentioned steppin' out to go to the church social.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0FyGeaC_mI&feature=related[/youtube]
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Lucky for Alma, Ennis was dependable when it came to making his child support payments.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmMLmqmOVqE[/youtube]
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The passion of TS1 demanded an encore, because boys think about sex.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZnEkfXuW3w[/youtube]
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The summer of 1963 was a felicitous one for Ennis and Jack, because they had found someone to love.
def: Marked by happiness or good fortune
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVR38mm4Hzg[/youtube]
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As he viewed the gambols of Jack and Ennis through his binoculars, it was clear that Joe Aguirre had them pegged as a pair of nasty boys.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh_gaaUiNs8[/youtube]
=aside=
As I exited my first viewing of "Brokeback Mountain,"
this song was playing on the theater's speaker system. ;D
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"Not unlike Larry McMurtry’s fiction, Brokeback Mountain revolves around the myth of the West as inherited by male heroes and the mythless household created and maintained by women."
-- Juan A. Tarancón, Cinema, Culture & Society (http://ccs.filmculture.net/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQFuNHCMF2Y[/youtube]
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Isolated from the rest of society on Brokeback Mountain, they boys thought themselves invincible.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH1P1UO7Oqs[/youtube]
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Ennis seemed to have an easier time handling their lengthy separations after their "fishing trips" than Jack, who went home to his uptown girl.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xWfCXiyvCA[/youtube]
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Lizzie McGovern and Susan Montalbetti are credited as breakdown artists in the end credits for Brokeback Mountain.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnMBmOiRTxY&feature=related[/youtube]
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Jack and Ennis only brought what they needed; the nonessentials stayed off the mountains, because the best things in life are free.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=938DUvtFbxU[/youtube]
"The moon belongs to everyone..."
=aside= Fran
Thanks! You're essential.
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Jack eventually outgrows living with his parents and decides he's movin' out.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as1sA4LZucM&feature=related[/youtube]
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One thing is certain for Ennis and Jack: the pained partings after each tryst; sometimes love hurts.
=aside= Paul
Speaking of essential...
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ICnk-gWx8A&feature=related[/youtube]
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At the end of the Lake Scene, Jack is reminiscing about the dozy embrace and the way we were.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNEcQS4tXgQ[/youtube]
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"Well, you're goin a go where you look. Army didn't get you?" The thunder sounded far to the east, moving from them in its red wreaths of light."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYPSZiE0OAs[/youtube]
=aside=
Until I can think of something better.
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Shane Pollitt, Greg Schlosser, Quentin Lowry, and Jody Turner are listed as Jack stunt doubles in the end credits for Brokeback Mountain.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k4PBNWUQEo[/youtube]
"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make."
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What underlies the reunion scene? Shut up and kiss me!
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U62lIUEbcZM[/youtube]
Mr. Paul Walker :P
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In August Jack and Ennis were weather-bound and the "sheep took off west and got among a herd in another allotment", because of the stormy weather.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCG3kJtQBKo[/youtube]
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Round 785!
Don't Stop The Music!
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsRWpK4pf90[/youtube]
Post an unplayed word, along with a song title
that somehow relates to BBM. [/size]
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Richard Brouillet, Alain DuPerron, Clair Hein, and Fred Norgard worked as scenic carpenters on the film Brokeback Mountain.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loz3N9CTjbQ&feature=related[/youtube]
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Story Jack bestowed high praise on Ennis for all his time a-horseback: nobody does it better.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZBCcY0nJao[/youtube]
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Brokeback Mountain, which has won cudos and enough awards worldwide to fill a saddlebag (including three Oscars), is far from the so-called gay cowboy movie. Rather, it is an intense, emotionally raw and riveting account of two young men who, despite every personal expectation and social more known to them, fall in love. In the American west of the early 1960s, these two strangers take lowly jobs herding sheep on a stunning Wyoming mountain. It's a lonely life they've chosen, one that affords little human interaction. But something clicks between them, and their lives are changed forever.
(http://www.bluecoupe.com/images/BCLogo.gif) (http://www.bluecoupe.com/DVD/starcrossed.html)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBe85UKa1GQ[/youtube]
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Dwayne Wiley, Greg Schlosser, Christian Fraser, and Tyler Thompson are listed as "Ennis Stunt Doubles" in the end credits for Brokeback Mountain.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFM5ybyMrTs[/youtube]
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As Jack redlines it to Riverton after Ennis's divorce, he's thinking along the lines of a song by Enya: "May it be."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SehiMM4ADrE&feature=related[/youtube]
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After a night of heavy drinking, Ennis was ready to flake out on the ground cloth instead of going back to the sheep.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lphghSeOKHU[/youtube]
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With their God-given good looks, Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal look nothing like Annie Proulx's "scruffy and a little cave-chested" Ennis del Mar and her small, bucktoothed Jack Twist.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpnZO0prsVI[/youtube]
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Jack's efforts at achieving the sweet life with Ennis were hamstrung by Ennis's insistence on being secret lovers.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgbI3gscv_o[/youtube]
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Aguirre referred to, what he considered Jack and Ennis's indiscretion, as stemming the rose.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR6okRuOLc8[/youtube]
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Alberta Boot Company, now located at 50 50th Avenue South, in Calgary, has fitted the casts of several locally shot westerns -- Shanghai Noon, Legends of the Fall, Texas Rangers, and Brokeback Mountain -- with cowboy boots.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23w53gbtSBo[/youtube]
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The modulation of Lureen's voice from "Daddy." to "Daddy!" signaled how ticked off she was with L.D.'s behavior.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAs_68uYQRI[/youtube]
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Ennis's various work commitments necessitate that he and Jack spend more time so far away from each other.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcnP5CjOy1Y[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fveEU8NAhcc[/youtube]
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A frequently parodied one-liner from Brokeback Mountain is Jack's "I wish I knew how to quit you."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYKYka-PNt0[/youtube]
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When Ennis posted the "you bet" postcard, he was thinking, when will i see you again.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yio9zi_GPPs[/youtube]
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Jack was trying to reassure Ennis in TS2 by letting him know that everything is gonna be alright, when he said "s'alright, s'alright."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Ww8dWnLds&feature=related[/youtube]
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He was working there in September when Alma Jr., as he called his daughter, was born and their bedroom was full of the smell of old blood and milk and baby shit, and the sounds were of squalling and sucking and Alma's sleepy groans, all reassuring of fecundity and life's continuance to one who worked with livestock.
[story]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iknEJf9cPeY[/youtube]
"Remember how the stars stole the night away...."
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The summer range lay above the tree line on Forest Service land on Brokeback Mountain. (story) That is, where it was treeless.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWcIPKfTeas[/youtube]
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Jack tried to express to Ennis his unwavering hope that someday we'll be together.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ll-bm28UfA[/youtube]
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EXT: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, WYOMING: CAMP: EARLY EVENING: 1963:
The tent is a little lopsided, but finally up. ENNIS is
trying to adjust a tent pole. JACK is sitting by the fire,
playing a slightly damaged harmonica, squalling out some
old rodeo tune. A whiskey bottle sits next to him.
ENNIS
Tent don't look right.
JACK stops playing, glances over at ENNIS and the tent.
JACK
It ain't goin' nowhere. Let it be.
(starts up again on the
harmonica)
ENNIS
(amused)
That harmonica don't sound quite right.
JACK
That's 'cause it got kinda flattened when
that mare threw me.
ENNIS
I thought you said that mare couldn't
throw you.
JACK
She got lucky.
ENNIS
If I was lucky, that harmonica woulda
broke in two.
[screenplay]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsSy_V7ggSU[/youtube]
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Round 786!
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlO5vUS5KnU[/youtube]
Yiddish with Dick and Jane Ennis and Jack
Each post will include an unplayed word as well as a Yiddish word.
The unplayed word may be the Yiddish word.
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That alter kocker OMT didn't know from manners when he spit into his coffe cup, toi toi.
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Jack said he nearly starved, eating chazzerei, because he was paid bupkis when he was rodeoing in Texas.
=aside= Fran
The round announcement is mekheye.
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Chmalyeh! Ennis knocked Biker #1 out cold.
=aside= Sandy
Dank.
:)
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Poor older Ennis had only dreck for furniture in his little trailer.
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Jack thought that Ennis was so eingeshparht about living together, like trying to get a donkey up a ladder!
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One night Ennis became so farshnoshket on whiskey that he could hardly stand.
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Ennis got all farklempt when he figured out that Jack was the gonif who stole his farcockteh shmata of a shirt. Oy swear.
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The bikers were a couple of loud-mouthed hulyens until Ennis threatened to give them a loch in kop.
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Jack kvetched about the ipish of the pup tent.
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Ennis sported a lichticheh expression when he saw Jack's shana punim for the first time in four years.
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Ennis was on his way to the menner vash tsimmer when Cassie grabbed him and started to hetsken zich.
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Proud grandparents L.D. and Fayette fussed over baby Bobby, shepping naches.
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Lureen was a bit oysgeputst in her red outfit, but she found Jack to be geshmak.
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Ennis was about to plotz with excitement when he saw his old khaver drive up to the vesh firme.
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Jack told Ennis he had married a reich shaineh maidel.
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L.D. and Fayette agreed that their shtik naches was the spittin' image of his zaideh.
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Before he got thrown off on his tokhes, Jack managed to stay on Sleepy long enough to win the bull-riding event.
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Because of the post-divorce mixup, Jack drove 1200 miles umzist.
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It was widely assumed -- by both liberal and conservative commentators -- that Brokeback Mountain would be a durkhfall in America's generally Republican "red states."
The sermon on the mountain (http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000CAFB0.htm)
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Round 787!
More Brokeback Yiddish
(http://storms.typepad.com/booklust/images/oy.jpg)
Each post will include an unplayed word as well as a Yiddish word.
The unplayed word may be the Yiddish word.
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That nice altetshke Mrs. Twist offered Ennis a cup coffee and a bissel cherry cake. Essen!
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While Jack and Ennis started to become acquainted after leaving Aguirre's ofifice, Jack emphasized the need for plenty of bronfen on the mounain.
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The chossen-kalleh posed for a traditional wedding photo.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/DelMarWeddingslide_21.jpg)
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The last day on the mountain found Ennis all dershlogn, sitting on his tokhes and farshartsn.
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Ennis was so entoisht because of the post-divorce mixup that he drove to Mexico and hooked up with a koorvah.
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The 42 lightning-zapped sheep were so farshtunken that Jack thought he'd asphyxiate from the shtunk.
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Jack's kvetch: never genug time, never genug.
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Ennis refused Jack's offer of a loan, kvetching that he wasn't in the hekdish.
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Bobby beefed about having to eat Thanksgiving ibbergerblibbernis for the next two weeks.
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Alma Jr. was a lange loksch at seventeen -- with her father's beanpole length.
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Ennis thought that living with Jack was a mishuggeneh idea.
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OMT was a nishtgutnick without any manners.
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Oy! Why was TS2 so short?
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Speaking of TS2, I was plotzing when Jack showed his pupik!
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LaShawn was a shikseh who had a tendency to reden on a moss.
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While waiting for Jack to arrive for the four-year reunion, Ennis had shpilkes.
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Jack sure told off that old trombenik LD.
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Jack's umshteller of a father-in-law exclaimed that he was the stud duck.
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The jolly preacher attempted to play the wag when Ennis and Alma veren ferherret, offering to give the kale a kush if Ennis didn't.
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Round 788!
A Red, White, and Blue Round!
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Each post will include an unplayed word as well
as the word "red," "white," or "blue."
Words containing "red" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/red/)
Words containing "white" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/white/)
Words containing " blue" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/blue/)
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Story Jack referred to the azure-hued sky as "boneless blue".
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Gustavo Santaolalla’s score was haunting and gorgeously bluesy according to Dennis Grunes.
gruneswordpress.com (http://grunes.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/brokeback-mountain-ang-lee-2005/)
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Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal co-starred in Brokeback Mountain, the acclaimed film centered around two young men who meet and fall in love in Wyoming.
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Seeing poor Rich deterred Ennis from coming out in full color.
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Alma became embittered over Ennis's failure to live up to her expectations as a husband and eventually divorced him.
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Brokeback Mountain fared well when it came to Oscar nominations; it received eight.
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Story Jack's rodeo buddy was gored by a "horn dipstick, and that was all she wrote".
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In August, Jack and Ennis hunkered down in the main tent during the hailstorm.
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Busted ribs, sprains and pains, torn ligaments, and a broken leg are among the injuries Jack incurred during his bullriding career.
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Aguirre lectured the boys on his way of getting around the Forest Service.
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As the rain dripped down over their hats and mackintoshes, the boys looked blue while Aguirre saw red.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Ranchstiffs.jpg)
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The New York Daily News' Jack Matthews, in handicapping the film's Academy Awards potential, wrote that "Brokeback" "may be too much for red-state audiences, but it gives the liberal-leaning Academy a great chance to stick its thumb in conservatives' eyes."
-- Wyatt Buchanan and Steven Winn, SFGate (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/09/MNGHEG5GN91.DTL&feed=rss.news)
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After TS1, Ennis was overtired and therefore overslept.
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After marrying Lureen, Jack prospered and was no longer in the red.
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The end credits for Brokeback Mountain show that Ken Zilka played Roughneck #1 and that John Tench played Roughneck #2.
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Lureen shouldered her way through the cowboys to get a better view of bull-riding Jack.
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Jack's dislike of beans triggered Ennis's shooting of the Elk.
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Ennis was surprised to find his long-lost, unlaundered shirt from his Brokeback days hidden inside Jack's blue denim shirt.
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Ennis woke one morning to see a whitish glow outside the pup tent and was astonished to find the mountain covered with snow.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Ennispuptentsnow.jpg)
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Round 789!
WWJD?
(What Would Jack Do?)
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If faced with adversity, Jack would try, try, try.
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If feeling down, Jack would boost his spirits with a little whiskey and a little sex.
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If given a choice between cremation or burial, Jack would choose cremation and request that his ashes be scattered on Brokeback Mountain.
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If feeling depressed, Jack would daydream about his favorite cowboy and plan their next fishin' trip.
=aside=Paul
Nice theme! 8)
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If the thought of having any more beans is no longer endurable, Jack would complain enough so that his soon-to-be lover would kill an elk in an effort to please him.
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If faced with the fishiest of friends, Jack would find a fashion to flirt.
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If a handsome co-worker was too drunk to ride back to his pup tent, Jack would gladly lend him a blanket but suggest that he might be better off in Jack's tent once the fire guttered out.
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If forced to judge the hunkiness of a possible lover, Jack would of course use Ennis as his gold standard.
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If being all busted up impairs a bullriding career, Jack would get out while he could still walk.
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If a blowy hailstorm was imminent, Jack would be quick to help lug the camping gear to a spot where it wouldn't get blown away.
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If in the presence of a mumbling cowboy, Jack would listen attentively and interpret.
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If feeling lonely and practically starving while driving grooves across Texas, Jack would go to one of the local nightspots and wait for a girl with serious money to ask him: "What are you waitin' for, cowboy, a matin' call?"
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If an old pickup desperately in need of an overhaul ever stopped running while he was driving it across Texas, Jack would try to fix it himself.
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If asked about the Pentecost's mysteries, Jack would plead ignorance and then make something up.
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When a first-time lover tries to set the record straight by saying: "I ain't no queer.", Jack would respond by saying: "Me neither.", and hope they get another opportunity.
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If curious about a handsome stranger and not wanting to be obvious about it, Jack would use his truck's side-view mirror -- perhaps while shaving -- to discretely size him up.
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If he had to butcher a fine, fresh elk, Jack would cook up some thick steaks for supper and hang thin-sliced pieces of the meat out to dry for consumption later.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/elkeating.jpg)
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If he wanted to impress his cowboy companion, Jack would have urinated and then flicked his belt buckle.
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If your sexy coworker is bathing in the nude, Jack would wisely concentrate on peeling potatoes while trying not to sneak a peak.
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Round 790!!
WWED?
(http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/still/brokeback_mountain01.jpg)
(What Would Ennis Do?)
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If in an angry mood in front of the kids, Ennis would vent by kicking an ashcan.
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If faced with bullying brutes' bad behavior, Ennis would knock their blocks off.
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If faced with a couple of foul-mouthed bikers, Ennis would coldcock one of them and ask the other if he wanted to lose half his f**kin' teeth.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/IndDayEnnis5.jpg)
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Even if his spouse disapproved, Ennis would keep going up to the mountains with his "fishin' buddy."
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If alone in a tent during a rainstorm, Ennis would whittle away with both equinity and equanimity.
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If it feels like living in a fishbowl when people are around, Ennis would go to the middle of nowhere to be with his "fishin' buddy."
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If dragged to the dance floor, Ennis would do his own thing and not try to mimic the gyrations of his dance partner.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2970.jpg)
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If dragged to the dance floor, Ennis would do his own thing and not try to mimic that hussy's gyrations.
=aside= Fran
;)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUG79S1YHmM[/youtube]
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If at a loss as to how to handle parting at the end of the summer, Ennis would sulk and then inflict a knock-down blow onto his lover.
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If deciding what to wear for a long-dreamed-of reunion with a lover, Ennis would pick his best shirt.
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If viewing his cowboy partner mocking a rodeo ride, Ennis would deadpan his response.
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If waiting for a visit from a long-lost lover, Ennis would wear his nicest shirt and drink and smoke all day until he arrived.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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If an unknown passerby was staring at him with open-eyed curiosity, Ennis would growl, "What the fuck you lookin' at, huh?"
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_1402.jpg)
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If an unknown passerby was staring at him with open-eyed curiosity, Ennis would growl, "What the fuck you lookin' at, huh?"
=aside= Fran
You keep setting us up! Thanks again.
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If his ex-wife referred to his lover as "Jack Nasty" on Thanksgiving day, Ennis would storm out the door, head for the nearest bar, and get the stuffing beaten out of him.
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If his wife were to ask him if the guy who wrote him a postcard was somebody he'd cowboy'd with, Ennis would scotch that idea by saying they were fishin' buddies.
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If a talky member of a road crew was bending his ear, Ennis would tune him out.
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If a much-liked co-worker constantly complains about having to eat beans, Ennis would usefully implement his shooting skills by killing an elk.
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If outed in the kitchen, Ennis would depart and take a wicked whupping outside a bar.
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Round 791!
WWAD?
What Would Alma Do?
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If a steady stream of long-houred, low-paying jobs was an issue, Alma would advise applying for work at the power company.
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If one of her children knocked over a display of peanuts in breakable glass jars, Alma would take up her boss's offer to clean up the mess.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/monroe/Monroe.jpg)
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If she found herself discouraged with her marriage, Alma would take up with the neatly coiffured grocer.
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Even if she disliked anal sex, Alma would consider it part of her marital duties.
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If her Saturday nights' entertainment consists of knitting and watching Kojack, while her husband lounges on the sofa drinking beer, Alma would try to enliven their social life by suggesting that they smarten up and head over to the church social.
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Even if her budget didn't include much for new clothes, Alma would get on with taking care of her family and not obsess about looking like a frump.
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If the note she left on her husband's fishing line went unread, Alma would no longer gullibly accept his fish tales.
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If outing her husband in the kitchen, Alma would fear the hot-tempered Ennis and yell for Monroe.
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If her ex-husband is a guest at Thanksgiving dinner, Alma would raise his ire by bringing up his fishing tales and his nasty fishing buddy.
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If she ever got tired of living on a lonesome old ranch, Alma would talk her husband into leasing an apartment in town.
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If first seen as a milk-swilling divorcée, Alma would settle the score with a nasty repartée.
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If frustrated with her husband for his nonparticipation in anything fun, his failure to look for a permanent job, and his fishing trips once or twice a year, Alma would divorce him and marry the town grocer.
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If kitchen counter space was limited, Alma would utilize an over-the-sink dish drainer.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture10-5.png)
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If Alma found Ennis's fishing trips problematic, she would tie a note to the end of his line.
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If Alma couldn't be all rah-rah over Ennis's ranch jobs, she would still keep an eye out for other work he could do that would bring in more money.
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If asked, Alma would work extra shifts at the grocery store.
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If she were to see her tongue-wrestling husband busy on the stairs, Alma would simply stare and shut the door.
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If left alone in the kitchen with her ex-husband after Thanksgiving dinner, Alma would attack him and his fishing buddy with the uttermost insult - "Jack Nasty."
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If she was wearied out from lack of sleep when her husband stayed out all night, Alma would pour herself a cup of coffee and wait anxiously for him to come home.
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Round 792!
WWLD?
What Would Lureen Do?
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If her husband were insulted as a pissant, Lureen would sit quietly in assent.
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If going to a benefit dance, Lureen would be dressed to the nines, bejeweled, and sporting a Farrah Fawcett hairdo.
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If she wanted to join a sorority, Lureen would pledge a chapter.
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If she wanted to join a sorority, Lureen would pledge Kappa Phi rather than Tri Delt.
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If she saw a handsome cowboy sitting alone at the bar, Lureen would try to ensnare him by letting go of the brakes in the backseat of her daddy's car.
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If she wanted to join a social organization where membership was limited to females, Lureen would pledge Kappa Phi.
=question=
Is Kappa Phi a sorority?
Is that the full name?
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If Lureen were at a benefit shindig, she would gripe about husbands never dancing with their wives.
=reply=
Yes, it appears to be.
www.kappaphi.org (http://www.kappaphi.org)
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If Lureen didn't care for grey glints in her naturally dark hair, she would see the benefit in sporting a halo of platinum locks instead.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Lureenplatinum.jpg)
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If her husband took off on fishing trips several times a year with an unknown fishing buddy, Lureen would immerse herself in her work, hunting for extra zeroes.
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If her husband was flirting across the table, Lureen would laughably refer to husbands who never dance with their wives.
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If things were proceeding a mite fast in the backseat, Lureen would say, "You don't think I'm too fast, do you? Maybe we should put the brakes on."
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If she meets a handsome cowboy who is stuck in nowheresville without any money, Lureen would marry him and give him a job in her daddy's business.
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If faced with the orneriest of daddies flipping the TV on, Lureen would call after him.
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If things were progressing a mite fast in the backseat, Lureen would say, "You don't think I'm too fast, do you? Maybe we should put the brakes on."
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If she thought her husband wasn't dancing to her tune, Lureen would remark that husbands never want to dance with their wives.
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If her husband gave her father some sass, Lureen would let go a little smile.
=aside= Players
Happy April Fools' Day!
(http://www.daily-word-of-life.com/DailyWord/April_Fools_Day2.gif)
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If Jack told her it was her turn to deal with their son's teacher, Lureen would relunctantly agree to call the school about a tutor for Bobby.
=aside= Players
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture10-6.png)
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If the handsome cowboy she was eying took a backseat to her lead, Lureen would do her utmost to get him in the backseat of her daddy's car.
=aside= Players
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If she were concerned about her husband's waywardness, Lureen might simply immerse herself in her work.
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Round 793!
WWJAD?
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What Would Joe Aguirre Do?
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If he wanted to show his employees who was boss, Joe Aguirre would speak in an assertive voice.
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If an employee of his wants to be rehired for the following summer, Joe Aguirre would make it clear that he didn't want the dogs babysitting the sheep while said employee was "stemming the rose."
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If he wanted to show much disdain towards the rose-stemmer, Aguirre would chaw on a toothpick and give him a withering look.
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If he found it necessary to ride up to the main camp on horseback to deliver a message, Joe Aguirre would deliver it without dismounting.
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If he hired a couple of sheepherders for the summer, Joe Aguirre would call them a "pair of deuces," letting them know he held them in low esteem.
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If Aguirre wanted his own way, he would tell the boys how to flout the law.
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If Jack Twist, one of the goof-offs from the summer of '63, ever showed up at his trailer looking for work, Joe Aguirre would not rehire him.
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If hired as a herder, Aguirre would instruct him to pitch a pup tent to sleep with the sheep and keep it hush-hush.
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If he wanted to get off the phone, Aguirre would iterate his displeasure in the negatory.
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If he thought a particular Forest Service rule was too limitative, Joe Aguirre would find a way to work around it.
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If he hired an employee as herder, Aguirre would expect him to monitor the sheep around-the-clock, requiring him to sleep with the sheep.
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If he wanted to get off the phone, Aguirre would iterate his displeasure negativistically.
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If he was giving instructions to his herder, Joe Aguirre would tell him to pitch a one-person tent on the q.t., out of sight, and sleep with the sheep, "hunderd percent."
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If he came to relay the news of an employee's uncle's illness, Joe Aguirre, with his 10x42 binoculars, would gawk at said employee and lover, as if he were watching a peep show.
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If dissatisfied with the job done by his two philandering employees, Joe Aguirre would give the rapscallions a piece of his mind.
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If he wanted to spy on his employees, Joe Aguirre would use his 10x42 binoculars.
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If a trespasser were to go up to the Farm and Ranch Employment office, Aguirre would warn him with his sign: "Trespassers will be shot! Survivors will be shot again!!"
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If Aguirre thought there was more rose stemmin' than sheep heardin' goin' on, he would send them into unemployment.
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If Joe Aguirre were concerned about getting the most bang for his buck on the mountain, he would become a wonk on Forest Service rules and regulations.
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Round 794!
WWCD?
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What Would Cassie Do?
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If she saw a handsome cowboy on his way to the men's room, Cassie would try to allure him by dragging him to the dance floor and shaking the "funk out of her ass."
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If she saw a handsome cowboy on his way to the men's room, Cassie would fling her hair and shake her boobs at him.
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If the topic of animal castration ever came up in conversation, Cassie would wrinkle up her nose and shiver.
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If she saw a handsome cowboy on his way to the men's room, Cassie would try to dazzle him by flinging her hair and shaking the "funk out of her ass."
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If she saw a handsome cowboy on his way to the men's room, Cassie, having estimated her chances in advance, would charmingly divert him to the dance floor.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Cassie3.jpg)
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If she saw a handsome cowboy on his way to the men's room, Cassie would flirtingly fling her hair at him.
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If a handsome cowboy was willing to give her tired, aching feet a foot rub, Cassie would be gladder than glad.
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If she saw a handsome cowboy on his way to the men's room, she would get into full hair-tossing mode while gyrating to the music.
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If she saw a handsome cowboy on his way to the men's room, she would insistently drag him to the dance floor.
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If a handsome cowboy was heading in her direction, love-seeking Cassie would seize the opportunity and ask him to dance.
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If she saw a handsome cowboy on his way to the men's room, Cassie would make sure he wasn't adverse to giving foot massages.
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If she saw a handsome cowboy on his way to the men's room, Cassie would begin navigating him toward the dance floor.
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If her old boyfriend admitted that he probably hadn't been any fun, Cassie would openheartedly reply, "Girls don't fall in love with fun!"
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If she saw a handsome cowboy on his way to the men's room, Cassie would make sure he would engage in a little foot pampering.
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If she saw a handsome cowboy on his way to the men's room, Cassie would route him right over to the dance floor.
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If a handsome cowboy mentioned that he had been castratin' calves earlier, Cassie would wrinkle up her nose and shiver.
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If she were to tiresomely wait on drunks demandin' beer after beer, Cassie would welcome the opportunity to drag the handsome cowboy, on his way to the men's room, to the dance floor.
=aside= Players
I'm heading to someplace warm - Florida - until the end of the week. I may have Internet access for short periods of time. Hope you all have a good week.
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If she saw a handsome cowboy on his way to the men's room, Cassie would undercut this task and drag him to the dance floor.
=aside= Sandy
Enjoy the sun!
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If her feet hurt from too much dancing, Cassie would remove her wedge-heeled shoes and ask her dance partner for a foot rub.
=aside= Sandy
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture7-17-1.png)
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Round 795!
WWBD?
What Would Bobby Do?
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When asked to employ his alimentary canal in the digestion of his dinner rather than watch football, Bobby would simply say, "Why Mama? I'm gonna be eatin' this food for the next two weeks!"
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If asked to eat his dinner, Bobby would display his behavioral problems and whine to his mother.
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If he wanted to dress up for a holiday dinner, Bobby would wear a child-sized bolo tie.
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When asked to devour his dinner with due diligence, Bobby would continue dithering until his daddy looked dour.
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If asked to eat his dinner, Bobby would complain about the fortnight's duration of the edibles' remains which he will be required to consume.
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If his mother threatened to turn off the television if he didn't start eating his dinner, Bobby would ask why and then complain about what he estimated to be a fortnight's worth of leftovers.
=aside= Paul
Thanks for the "F".
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If someone were to compliment him on how nicely his powder blue shirt complements the gentian chair in which he is sitting, Bobby would be nonplussed, preferring to lend his thoughts to the merits of watching football over eating his dinner.
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If he was a good boy, his Daddy Jack might give Bobby a handless ride on a fancy-ass tractor.
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If he wanted to please his mother, Bobby would use his left hand to pick up his spoon, grip it with his thumb, index, and middle fingers, and start eating whatever was in his bowl.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2746-1.jpg)
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If his mother looked at him meaningfully after his father's outburst at L.D., Bobby would start lapping up his food without further ado.
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If Bobby wanted to sulk through Thanksgiving, he would do so whilst sitting on a magenta-colored dining chair.
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If he watched plenty of NFL and NCAA football games, perhaps Bobby would grow up to be his grandfather L.D.'s definition of a man.
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If asked to eat his dinner rather than watch football, Bobby would overexaggerate by saying, "Why Mama? I'm gonna be eatin' this food for the next two weeks!"
=aside= Players
Thanks for the well wishes, but we didn't get too much sun. It was cool, so good shopping weather.
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If his mother tried to make Thanksgiving more peachy, Bobby would give in, pick up his spoon, and eat his cereal and peaches.
=aside= Sandy
Welcome back!
Glad you're doing your part for the economy!
Missed you.
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If his father made it clear that the TV was to remain off, Bobby would redirect his attention to eating his dinner.
=aside= Sandy
Welcome back!
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If asked to eat his dinner rather than watch football, Bobby would make it clear that he wasn't going to starve, since there were two-weeks worth of leftovers.
=aside= Paul and Fran
Thanks for the welcome back. Missed you too.
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If asked to eat his dinner rather than watch football, Bobby would make it clear that he wasn't going to starve, since there were two-weeks' worth of leftovers.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks for the "T".
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If his father upheld his "finish your meal and then you can watch the game" position, Bobby would pout and so would his grandpa L.D.
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If his father held fast and didn't waffle on his decision about turning off the TV, Bobby would obediently eat his dinner.
=aside=Sandy
Glad you had a nice getaway 8)
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Round 796!
WWLDD?
What Would LD Do?
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/brokebackmtn_ldthanksgiving.jpg)
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If his ass's intelligence was questioned, LD would sit down on it.
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If he didn't want to be thought of as an insufferable bore, L.D. would act like a selfish boor.
=aside= Meryl
Thank you.
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If he wanted Lureen and the car home by midnight, L.D. would impose a curfew.
=aside=
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/easter2-1.jpg)
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If met with derision from his son-in-law, LD would make the decision to be seated.
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If he didn't want to entail harm to his ass, L.D. would sit down with his tail between his legs.
=aside=
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/njugle/easter.jpg)
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If he wanted to keep his daughter close after she married, L.D. would make her husband a full-time employee of Newsome Farm Equipment.
=aside= Sandy
That's got to be my favorite Easter
greeting!
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If he wasn't confident that rodeo gigs would support his daughter in the style she was accustomed to, L.D. would offer his son-in-law a job selling farm machinery.
=aside=Players
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Catchall/bunny1.jpg)
Happy Easter!
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If LD didn't sit down, his uneducated posterior would be hurtling toward next week.
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While trying to uphold his reputation as stud duck, L.D. would succeed in irking both his daughter and son-in-law.
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If, while parked on that less-traveled country road, Lureen and Jack limited foreplay and got right down to the nitty-gritty, L.D. would have his daughter home by midnight.
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If, while parked on that less-traveled country road, Lureen and Jack limited foreplay and got right down to the nitty-gritty, L.D. would have his daughter home by midnight's hour.
=thanks= Fran
:)
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If he wanted to get on the good side of his grandson, L.D. would make sure that they both acted like a couple of nitwits as far as watching football during Thanksgiving dinner.
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If -- oops! -- two boxes of formula were mistakenly left in the car, L.D. would make Rodeo get them.
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If his posterior's intelligence was questioned, LD would sit down on it.
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If his grandson's dad refused to let him watch men on TV scrambling for a pigskin-covered object, despite its distracting from a celebratory meal, L.D. would wax rhapsodic on the virtue of boys watching football.
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If his daughter's husband ever threatened to knock his ignorant ass into next week if he didn't sit the hell down, L.D. would be so startled that he'd automatically obey.
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If he wanted to prove his stud-duckitude, LD would tear the carving tools away from Jack.
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If LD didn't sit down, his unintellectual posterior would be hurtling toward next week.
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
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If he wanted to reinforce Jack's well-grounded suspicions that he did, in fact, hate his guts, L.D. would continue to demean him and insult him every chance he could.
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Round 797!
WWMD?
What Would Monroe Do?
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/monroe/Monroe.jpg)
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If Alma's daughter knocked over a bunch of peanut jars, Monroe would do his best in accomodating the situation.
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If one of Alma's children knocked over a display of peanuts causing significant breakage, Monroe would offer to clean up the mess.
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If he became a stepfather to Alma Jr. and Jenny, Monroe would assist Alma and Ennis with co-parenting.
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If one of Alma's children knocked over a display of peanuts, Monroe would be displaying his Jolly-Green-Giant best to pick up the pieces.
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Being a decent guy, Monroe would hide his emergent love for married Alma, though it wouldn't stop him from being super-friendly and accommodating should her daughter knock over a display of peanuts.
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If in the presence of his wife's ex-husband, Monroe would wear a smug facial expression.
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If he were to marry Alma, Monroe would surround her with comfort and grandness in a way Ennis could not.
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If he were to marry Alma, Monroe would be her helpmate, except when she was being confronted by her ex-husband in the kitchen.
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If he wanted to go forth and multiply, Monroe would impregnate Alma.
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If his wife were outing her ex in the kitchen, Monroe would busy himself with double Lutzes and triple Axels.
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If his wife's ex-husband was getting all of the attention, Monroe would demonstrate his expertise in manipulating an electric carving knife.
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If his wife was confronting her ex about marital no-nos in the kitchen, Monroe would remain in the living room and busy himself with Lutzes and Axels.
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
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If things were overheating with Alma in the kitchen, Monroe would play it cool whilst watching ice skating.
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If things were overheating during Ennis's postprandial conversation with Alma in the kitchen, Monroe would play it cool whilst watching ice skating.
=aside=Paul
Thanks ;)
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If things were overheating with Alma in the kitchen, Monroe would play it cool whilst watching ice skating, regardless of what was going on in the kitchen.
=aside= Paul and Meryl
Thanks.
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If his wife were outing her ex in the kitchen, Monroe would busy himself with Salchows, double Lutzes and triple Axels.
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If engrossed in a televised figure-skating competition, Monroe would pay no attention to the tirade in the kitchen.
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If engrossed in a televised figure-skating competition, Monroe would remain undeterred by the tirade in the kitchen.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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Despite the wigging out going on in the kitchen, Monroe would play it cool whilst watching ice skating.
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Round 798!
WWJD?
What Would Junior Do?
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/brokebackmtn_girlsswing.jpg)
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If she were announcing her wedding to Kurt, Junior would hope that her Daddy would be there.
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If asked by Cassie if her daddy was ever gonna see fit to settle down again, Junior would begrudgingly reply that she didn't know and then suggest that maybe he wasn't the marrying kind.
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If she had to compete with her father's girlfriend for his attention, Junior would tell her that maybe her daddy wasn't the marrying kind.
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If she were asked by her daddy's girlfriend her opinion of her chances, Junior would disdainfully reply, "You're good enough".
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If her dad mistakenly thought she was still seeing Troy, her ex-boyfriend, Junior bring him up to speed.
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If she were asked by her daddy's girlfriend her opinion of her chances, Junior would speak with frankness when she says, "You're good enough."
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
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If Cassie were to ask about her chances with Ennis, Junior would reply to the girlfriend's question with, "You're good enough".
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If, after the new baby came, Alma and Monroe were being "awful strict" on her, Junior would hesitatingly suggest to Ennis that perhaps she should move in with him.
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If she thought she was being rude when answering her father's girlfriend's questions, Alma Jr. would apologize for her impoliteness.
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If Junior were used to the litanies of excuses from her father, she would say about her wedding, "I was hopin' you'd be there".
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If, on second thought, Ennis decided that his daughter's wedding was more important than a roundup, Junior would change the disappointed look on her mobile, expressive face.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_3875.jpg)
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_3889.jpg)
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If she thought she was being rude when answering her father's girlfriend's questions, Alma Jr. would apologize for her not-so-nice remarks.
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If, on second thought, Ennis decided that his daughter's wedding should override attending a roundup, Junior would instantly change the disappointed look on her expressive face.
=aside= Fran
Thanks back atcha.
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If her father's girlfriend was wondering whether or not she was making any progress in becoming the next Mrs. del Mar, Junior would suggest that perhaps her father wasn't the marrying kind.
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If her father told her he might not be able to make her wedding because of a roundup, Alma Jr. would look very disappointed, resulting in his changing his mind.
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If she didn't need a push, Junior would just keep on swinging.
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If her father ever lost his temper with her mother, Junior would stay out of it.
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If she were very disappointed because her father told her he might not be able to make her wedding, she would feel totally uplifted when he changed his mind.
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If she invited her Dad to her wedding, Junior would partake of his well-aged wine as a toast.
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Round 799!
WWTSD?
What would the sheep do?
(http://goldenstate.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/sheep.jpg)
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If filmed as they flowed into the flowering meadows of the mountainside, the sheep would help Rodrigo Prieto create artful cinematography.
=aside= Paul
The sheep?!? LOL This could be the best round yet!
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If the sheep were unloaded at the trailhead to Brokeback Mountain, they would gently bleat so that the sound filled the air.
=aside= Paul
What a sense of humor you have!!
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If the mixed-up sheep were being flung hither and thither by Jack, they would possibly wish they were back in Chile.
=aside= Players
I'm a baaaaad man!
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If dead and decaying, the sheep would have a peculiar stink.
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If a bad lightning storm electrocutes forty-two sheep, they would give off an odor that would almost asphyxiate their herder.
=aside= Paul
You're a wolf in sheep's clothing.
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If the sheep noticed the fleecy lining on Jack's coat, they would consider him a kindred spirit.
=aside= Sandy
(http://lh4.google.com/nazareneuk/R1EZ_rBwuZI/AAAAAAAABWY/5QAduJptxXY/s400/wolf_in_sheeps_clothing.gif.jpg)
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If in a graze-worthy meadow, the sheep would graze.
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If forty-two sheep were zapped in an electric lightning storm, they would give off an odor that would almost asphyxiate their herdsman.
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If forty-two sheep were zapped in an electric lightning storm, they would give off an odor that would insinuate itself into the nostrils and perhaps the very clothing of their herdsman.
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If an electric storm were to hit the mountain, forty-two lightning-zapped sheep would perfume the air.
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If Louis Morin, Brokeback Mountain's visual effects supervisor, performed to Ang Lee's expectations, the CGI sheep would blend seamlessly with the live sheep.
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If forty-two sheep were zapped in an electric lightning storm, they would give off a nauseating odor that would almost asphyxiate their herder.
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If forty-two members of the genus Ovis were zapped by lightning, they would give off an odor that would almost asphyxiate their herdsman.
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If an electric storm were to hit the mountain, forty-two lightning-zapped sheep would perfume the air.
=aside= Paul
Thanks!
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If Louis Morin, Brokeback Mountain's visual effects supervisor, performed to Ang Lee's expectations, the real sheep would blend seamlessly on screen with the 3-D sheep replications.
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If forty-two sheep were zapped in an electric lightning storm, they would give off a stinking odor that would almost asphyxiate their herder.
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If forty-two sheep were zapped in an electric lightning storm, they would give off an odor that would insinuate itself into the nasal passages and trachea of the shepherd.
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If forty-two unlucky sheep were zapped in an electric lightning storm, they would give off an odor that would almost asphyxiate their herder.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks.
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If forty-two unlucky sheep were zapped in an electric lightning storm, they would give off an odor that their herder barely withstood.
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We proudly announce
(drumroll, please)
Round 800!
WWAPD?
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/proulx.jpg)
What would Annie Proulx do?
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If Annie Proulx were to critique the Academy Awards, she would refer to the local Angelenos as "somewhat dim".
=congrats= All Players
On 800 sweet rounds!
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If bombarded with a torrent of "pornish" Brokeback fan fiction, Annie Proulx would bemoan the fact that some people just "don't get the message that if you can't fix it, you've got to stand it."
=congrats=
800! Who woulda thunk it?
:)
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If Annie Proulx were to write about Brokeback fan fiction, she would say, "There are countless people out there who think the story is open range to explore their fantasies and to correct what they see as an unbearably disappointing story."
=congrats= players
On 800 challenging, fun-filled, mind-boggling, beautiful rounds.
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If Annie were asked about why people were hungry for a story such as "Brokeback Mountain", she would reply:
"Because it's a love story and there's hardly much love around these days. I think people are sick of divisiveness, hate-mongering, disasters, war, loss; and need and want a reminder that sometimes love comes along that is strong and permanent, and that it can happen to anyone."
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If she had to vent after her Brokeback Mountain Oscar hopes were dashed by Crash, Annie Proulx would write an essay entitled "Blood on the red carpet."
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If Annie Proulx were to write about Brokeback fan fiction, she would say: "There are countless people out there who think the story is open range to explore their fantasies and to correct what they see as an unbearably disappointing story."
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If Annie were to critique the Academy Awards, she would refer to the statuettes as "magic gold-coated gelded godlings".
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If Brokeback Mountain ended up losing the "Best Picture" Oscar to Crash, Annie would opine that it was because the latter was "a safe pick of 'controversial film' for the heffalumps."
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If bombarded with an insupportable torrent of "pornish" Brokeback fan fiction, Annie Proulx would bemoan the fact that some people just "don't get the message that if you can't fix it, you've got to stand it."
=aside=Fran
Thanks :)
=congrats=All Players
800 and still going strong! 8)
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If she had to vent after her Brokeback Mountain Oscar hopes were dashed by Crash, Annie Proulx would say: "And rumour has it that Lions Gate inundated the academy voters with DVD copies of Trash - excuse me - Crash a few weeks before the ballot deadline."
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If bombarded with a torrent of ghastly manuscripts and "pornish" rewrites of Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx would bemoan the fact that some people just "don't get the message that if you can't fix it, you've got to stand it."
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If she had to vent after her Brokeback Mountain Oscar hopes were dashed, Annie would write: "When Jack Nicholson said best picture went to Crash, there was a gasp of shock, and then applause from many - the choice was a hit with the home team since the film is set in Los Angeles."
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If asked if there are writers she admires who have written about the West or writers who have influenced her, Annie Proulx would write: "I don't know about the 'influence' situation but there are many, many fiction writers whose work I enjoy and admire. The list includes Aidan Higgins, James Welch, J. F. Powers, Barbara Baynton, Dermot Healy, Nathaneal West, Tim Gautreaux, Graham Greene, William H. Gass, George Higgins, Michael Ondaatje, Cathie Pelletier and many, many more. Once, stuck on the tarmac for an hour I made a list of favorites which ran to more than 60 names, but I don't think that is what you want just now. Of course the list changes constantly."
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If bombarded with a torrent of "pornish" Brokeback fan fiction, Annie Proulx would bemoan the fact that some people just "don't get the message that if you can't fix it, you've got to stand it."
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If she had to vent after her Brokeback Mountain Oscar hopes were dashed, Annie would write: "Roughly 6,000 film industry voters, most in the Los Angeles area, many living cloistered lives behind wrought-iron gates or in deluxe rest-homes, out of touch not only with the shifting larger culture and the yeasty ferment that is America these days, but also out of touch with their own segregated city, decide which films are good."
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If she had to vent after her Brokeback Mountain Oscar hopes were dashed, Annie would write: "Roughly 6,000 film industry voters, most in the Los Angeles area, many living cloistered lives behind wrought-iron gates or in deluxe rest-homes, out of touch not only with the shifting larger culture and the yeasty ferment that is America these days, but also out of touch with their own segregated city, decide which films are good."
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If The New York Times accepted Brokeback Mountain for publication, Annie Proulx would be pleasantly surprised.
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If some fans lamented the dearth of under-canvas action and sent her pornish rewrites, Annie would refer to them as a source of constant irritation in her private life.
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If she had to vent after her Brokeback Mountain Oscar hopes were dashed by Crash, Annie Proulx would say: "On the sidewalk stood hordes of the righteous, some leaning forward like wind-bent grasses, the better to deliver their imprecations against gays and fags to the open windows of the limos - the windows open by order of the security people - creeping toward the Kodak Theater for the 78th Academy Awards. Others held up sturdy, professionally crafted signs expressing the same hatred."
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Round 801!
WWALD?
(http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Celebrities/A_F/An_Ap/Ang_Lee/ang-lee10.jpg)
What Would Ang Lee Do?
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If asked to contrast Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, Ang Lee would say, "They're both gay, but Jack is more knowing and less denying. In a way he's the all-American boy -- dreamy and romantic, adventurous. On the other hand, Ennis has no vocabulary to understand what he feels. He's self-loathing and in denial -- he denies even his own existence. There's something poignant and beautiful about him, but also tragic. To me, Ennis stands for the conservative side of America. He's the biggest homophobe in the whole movie -- culturally and psychologically -- but by the time he admits his feelings, it's too late."
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If asked to say when and where he was birthed, Ang Lee would reply, "On October 23, 1954, in Pingtung, Taiwan."
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If, as a young director, no one sent him scripts, Ang would concoct them himself.
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If asked to contrast Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, Ang Lee would say, "They're both gay, but Jack is more knowing and less denying. In a way, he's the all-American boy...."
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If Ang Lee were going to make a Western film, he would lean on documentaries about rodeos, the photography of Richard Avedon and Western experts Proulx and McMurtry, who took the director around their haunts in Wyoming and Texas.
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If asked about the friable quality of human existence, Ang Lee would likely cite his experience growing up in Taiwan:
"My father's family were liquidated during the Cultural Revolution in China because they were landowners. He was the only one to escape. I was born and brought up in Taiwan. But you absorb the trauma. My parents had no sense of security. It was as if the world could turn against them at any moment."
def = fragile
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If directing Brokeback Mountain earned him an Oscar -- or, per Annie Proulx, one of those "magic gold-coated gelded godlings" -- Ang Lee would thank the fictional characters of Ennis and Jack in his acceptance speech.
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If Ang Lee made a movie about a homosexual relationship, he would direct one of the characters to have an emotional candour that heightens his vulnerability.
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If Ang were asked about his inclusion of TS2/SNIT, he would say, "I need to add another tent scene and I don't even know if she [Annie] like it. I always had this theory that she would hate it. To confirm that they commit to the love, so it's reasonable for the next 20 years they are going back. I think in movies, in cinema language, you have to see them committed. In a book, it's in the writing and you don't see it. I explained it to her in terms of hands-off. Once you make the movie, it's your work. I explained to her, that your writing is very hard to translate into cinema and she just smiled and said, 'That's your problem' (laughing)."
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If presenter Tom Hanks announced, "...and the Oscar goes to Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain," director Ang Lee would have big hugs for both his wife, Jane Lin, and co-producer James Schamus before heading to the podium to accept his award.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPGQHRKFf-I&feature=PlayList&p=0CE8FEFCDF6CC91E&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4[/youtube]
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If Ang Lee were asked if he knew that Milos Forman shared the honor of having won the Director's Guild of America Award more than once with him, he would reply "Yes."
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If Ang Lee were asked in 1997 how he has grown as a filmmaker, he would reply: "I started out with three personal films. But what you know about, your neighborhood, can be very limiting, I think. That's why I wouldn't make ten films like that. Because my life growing up was pretty boring, I want to play, I want to stretch, explore. Every time I make a new film now, I think it's going to be a flop, that my number is up, and I like that. I don't want to fall, but I do want to see where the edge is - that's my attitude toward film. But I don't want to be a slave to moviemaking. I'll do what I have to do to make it work, but once a film is done, it's time to move one notch higher. To me, directing is about learning, life is about learning. Learning is not a way of getting your goal - it's the goal itself. It's the texture to life."
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If Ang Lee made a film based on a short story about two ranch hands in love, he would honor the open-endedness of the original story, leaving the ambiguities in place.
=congrats=All Players
Over the last two days, I caught up on two months' worth of ABCs. My Gosh, you were fantastic - Latin! Yiddish! Music videos! I mustn't absent myself for so long again.
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If presenter Tom Hanks announced, "...and the Oscar goes to Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain," director Ang Lee would have big hugs for both his wife, Jane Lin, and co-producer James Schamus before heading to the podium to accept his award.
=aside= Elle
Long time no "C".
Welcome back.
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If Ang were concerned about the reasonableness of Jack and Ennis's twenty-year commitment, he would "confirm that they commit to the love" and thus include a TS2.
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If Ang Lee were asked about Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal’s Chemistry Onscreen, he would reply: “The chemistry I pretty much played in my head because nobody sees. I didn’t see it. I just imagined they were a good couple. I cast Heath very much as the short story required. I did something quite different with Jake. In the novel, he is even stronger, bulkier, shorter, very rough. And Jake, of course, is more like a city boy. I think he is a good romantic lead and I think he is a good counterpart to Heath."
=aside= Elle
Good to see you around this neck of the woods.
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If, on March 17, 2009, Taiwanese director Ang Lee had been asked, "clearly, you don't shy away from provocative subjects... when do you plan to bring the story of Taiwan to the screen?" His answer would have been that when he found the right story, he would film it. He would have added, "I hope I don't disappoint you."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h257/Ellemeno_2006/ang_9530_rt.jpg)
During the Q&A session, Taiwanese American author Shawna Yang Ryan, lined up to ask Ang Lee, "clearly, you don't shy away from provocative subjects... when do you plan to bring the story of Taiwan to the screen?" His answer was simply that when he found the right story, he would film it. He added, "I hope I don't disappoint you."
http://spotlight.taiwaneseamerican.org/2009/03/ang-lee-lust-caution-special-screening.html
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If he had to describe what had attracted him to directing Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee would say, "I think the unfamiliarity was very attractive to me. I wanted to shoot a straight, mainstream, somehow offbeat [movie with a] realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population, even to a lot of Americans I know from the cities, from Hollywood movies, television. That unfamiliar [world] is centered, almost anchoring America. That conservative side, that mystery -- it's becoming more and more aware to us every day. That's really haunting with this particular material. It's both haunting, evoking, and [it] distilled the idea of a romantic story to me. A very pure form—that makes it very attractive to me."
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If Ang were to win an Oscar for best director, he would make a wisecrack whilst holding the statuette: "I wish I knew how to quit you".
=aside= Elle
Long time no ABC!
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Round 802!
WWLMD?
(http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/mcmurtry.jpg)
What Would Larry McMurtry Do?
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If asked to discuss the adaptation of Annie Proulx's 11-page short story into a two-hour film, Larry McMurtry would compare adapting the story to hiking a mountain: a challenge, but well worth it. McMurtry says it's the best material he's ever worked with as a screenwriter.
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If Larry McMurtry watched the movie Monster's Ball, he would end up thinking that Heath Ledger would make the perfect Ennis.
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If Larry McMurtry were to try his hand at executive producing again after Brokeback Mountain, he would wait til the production of the mini-series based on his own novel, Comanche Moon.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h257/Ellemeno_2006/post-429246-1202007413.jpg)
=aside= all players
Thanks for the welcome back, Everybody.
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If Larry McMurtry were to write an intelligent, romantic novel of the mythic west titled Lonesome Dove, he would win the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
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If Annie Proulx, Larry McMurtry, and Diana Ossana had to write essays for Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay, Larry would write "Adapting Brokeback Mountain."
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If asked where he was born, Larry would reply: Wichita Falls, Texas.
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If Larry McMurtry won an award from The Writers Guild of America, he would win best adapted screenplay, with Diana Ossana, for Brokeback Mountain.
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If Larry McMurtry were asked what tool he uses to compose his novels and screenplays, he would say, "My typewriter is a Hermes 3000, surely one of the noblest instruments of European genius. And, ladies and gentlemen, can you believe it? It's kept me for 30 years out of the dry embrace of the computer."
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0573505/bio
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h257/Ellemeno_2006/2619329174_c8d163541e.jpg)
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If asked why he read Annie's Proulx's Brokeback Mountain since he no longer reads short fiction, Larry McMurtry would say it was because of Diana Ossana's insistence.
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If he wrote a novel called "Lonesome Dove" that focused on the relationship of several retired Texas Rangers and their adventures driving a cattle herd from Texas to Montana, Larry McMurtry would win the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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If Larry McMurtry were to try his hand at executive producing again after Brokeback Mountain, he would wait til the production of the mini-series based on his own novel, Comanche Moon.
=aside= Elle
Thanks.
I imagined Larry's typewriter might have come from here:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2328/2365784982_743b14f04a.jpg?v=0)
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If asked what tool he uses to compose his novels and screenplays, Larry McMurtry would say, "My typewriter is a Hermes 3000, surely one of the noblest instruments of European genius."
=aside= Elle
Thanks.
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If Larry McMurtry were to write Film Flam: Essays On Hollywood, which looks at the movie industry and gives us the truth about the moguls, fads, flops, and box-office hits, he would write "with an outsider's irony of the industry and an insider's experience."
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If Larry McMurtry were to hear that Ang Lee wanted to flesh out Annie Proulx's story in the screenplay with a scene where the boys pucker up and share a kiss in their tent, he would write the SNIT with his colleague Diana Ossana.
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If writing about "lyrical pastoralism" with regard to Brokeback Mountain, Larry McMurtry would write, "Ang Lee is a reluctant, even an unwilling pastoralist. He gets as much of the grit of the towns as he can into the picture, but since it is to the mountains that the two lovers go for their brief reunions, the landscape itself poeticizes their union more than the director probably would have liked."
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If Larry were to write the novels "The Last Picture Show" and "Boone's Lick", he would also write their screenplays.
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If he had stopped reading short fiction many years ago, Larry McMurty would feel like he was practically forced to look at Annie Proulx's short story when Diana Ossana presented him with a tattered copy of The New Yorker.
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If Larry McMurtry decided to attend the 78th Annual Academy Awards, he would show up dressed somewhat unconventionally.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/LarryMcMurtryDianaOssanaJamesSchamu.jpg)
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If Larry McMurtry had been born, it would have been in Wichita Falls, Texas, on June 3rd, 1936.
(http://www.soberjack.com/ImagesFromTheRoad%5CWichitaFalls3.JPG)
The falls in Wichita Falls
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Round 803!
WWDOD?
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What Would Diana Ossana Do?
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If asked by The Advocate about the years of meetings with Hollywood types who said the movie would never be made, Diana Ossana would say: “Larry and I never lost faith in our screenplay. I would get frustrated at times when people would tell us, ‘It’s the best script I’ve ever read.’ If that’s true, I’d think, then commit. Come on! Let’s do this thing.”
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If Diana enjoyed writing Brokeback Mountain with Larry, she would follow it up by cowriting the screenplay to Boone's Pick.
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If Diana Ossana were to become writing partners with Larry McMurtry, their collaboration would begin in 1992, with the semi-fictionalized biography Pretty Boy Floyd.
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If her manager was unreceptive to the idea of adapting Brokeback Mountain for film, Diana Ossana would recall D.H. Lawrence's "never trust the teller, trust the tale" and tell said manager to please just read the story.
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If Diana were to go to the Oscars, she would wear an electric-blue gown.
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If Diana Ossana were to become writing partners with Larry McMurtry, their collaboration would begin in 1992, with the partially fictionalized biography Pretty Boy Floyd.
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If Diana Ossana wanted to respond to an Advocate.com commentary by Charles Karel Bouley II (http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid23334.asp), who wrote that he was tired of the media calling Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal "brave" for acting in Brokeback Mountain, she would write him a letter (http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid24445.asp) and grant Advocate.com permission to reprint it unedited and in its entirety.
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If Diana were to go to the Oscars, she would wear an electric-blue haute couture gown.
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=aside=Paul
Thanks :)
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If she needed some inspiring whilst on the set, Diana would always carry a copy of Annie's story with her.
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If her manager was unreceptive to the idea of adapting Brokeback Mountain for film, Diana Ossana would recall D.H. Lawrence's "never trust the teller, trust the tale" and tell said manager to please just read the story.
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If asked what her reaction was to reading Annie Proulx's short story, Diana Ossana would say: "I’m a straight female from the Midwest. I read that story and was so floored by it—all I could imagine was seeing it as a film.”
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If, in 1994, Hollywood had tried to do a remake of the US TV series, "Father Knows Best," Diana Ossana would have temporarily worked on the project for Universal, before the project moved on to Nickelodeon, sans Diana.
"Hollywood has long been attracted to the idea of making a film out of the series that starred Robert Young. "Father Knows Best" began on NBC radio in 1949, moved to TV in 1954 and ran until 1960, when Young called it quits even though the show was peaking in popularity.
Universal tried to make a film in 1994 with a script by "Brokeback Mountain" scribes Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, with Young serving as a consultant. That didn't pan out, and the project was refashioned as a comedy in 2003 by Paramount and Nickelodeon, which once had Tim Allen attached to play the dad.
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If Diana Ossana wished to opine about Brokeback Mountain as a Western, she would say, "Brokeback Mountain is not so much a Western as it is a story about the West. The media and the film industry tend to talk about how the Western is out of vogue or in vogue -- but it never goes out, really, because it's America's history, it's our heritage. That is why we continue, to this day, to connect with the Western: the good ones are compelling, true-to-life stories, with raw, flawed, human characters mostly operating in a harsh, unforgiving landscape."
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If she were asked how she met Larry McMurtry - the only writing partner she has had for a produced screenplay - she would say at an all-you-can-eat catfish restaurant in Tucson in 1985.
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Before she knew it was refashioned as a comedy by Paramount and Nickelodeon, Diana would have worked with Larry on a script for "Father Knows Best".
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If asked why casting the roles of Ennis and Jack was so difficult, Diana Ossana would say, "It is our strong belief that the actors who read our screenplay and ultimately did not take the parts were dissuaded by their various representatives, in the mistaken belief that it would be 'career suicide' to take on the roles."
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If Diana Ossana asked where Brokeback Mountain would be showing when it came to St. Louis and was informed that it would be playing exclusively at the Tivoli for the first week, she would reply that the Tivoli is the first movie theater she ever went to as a child (she saw Moby Dick there). She would go on to say: “Oh, it’s a great theater.”
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If Michael Costigan said her work with Larry was known as "one of the great unproduced screenplays", Diana would respond, "I knew that it would take actors who were smart and brave to commit to this and go places emotionally that they'd never gone before - and a director who would understand this, and who would be willing to make this challenging movie on a modest budget. I never really lost faith, but I didn't think it would take seven years."
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If asked to describe the people who worked on Brokeback Mountain, Diana Ossana would describe them as "a brilliant crew, experienced, talented people who had worked with notables such as Martin Scorsese, Milos Forman, Stanley Kubrick, Robert Altman, David Cronenberg, Andy Warhol, Sergio Leone, Oliver Stone, and Jim Jarmusch. They were from all over the world: North America, Taiwan, Australia, Mexico. South America, England, Italy."
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Round 804!
WWHLD?
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What would Heath Ledger do?
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If he were nominated for numerous awards for his portrayal of Ennis del Mar in Brokeback Mountain, Heath Ledger would win the 2005 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and the 2006 Best Actor award from the Australian Film Institute.
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If Heath wanted to challenge himself, he would wow the world by playing the Joker, nemesis to Batman.
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If Heath Ledger wanted a break from the sadness and hard discipline of "Brokeback Mountain," he would accept Casanova as his next role, enjoying the sunshine and plentiful pasta in Venice, Italy, during the film shoot.
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If Heath had played the role of Dan in Candy, he would have struggled to shoot the miscarriage scene. "I don't usually get disturbed by scenes, but that was really tough. In between takes I was running off and calling Michelle, telling her I loved her. I didn't want to jinx my own personal life with this scene."
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http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/ledger%20struggled%20with%20miscarriage%20scene_06_04_2006
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If Heath starred as Tony in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, he would have an assistant played by Michael Eklund.
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If asked how it was playing a gay character in Brokeback Mountain, Heath Ledger would say, "I hate to call it 'daring' or 'brave'; firefighters are daring and brave. I’m acting. I didn’t get hurt, and I’m not mentally wounded from this experience."
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If Heath Ledger had directed his first full-length film, it would have been The Queen's Gambit, based on the novel by Walter Tevis.
:'(
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If Heath wanted to star in The Four Feathers , he would play Harry Feversham.
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If asked a question about what kind of mindset a straight person needs to be in to see Brokeback Mountain, Heath Ledger would say, "Anyone who fears this... they are not going to come out of the movie and suddenly... it's not a disease. It's not contagious. They should understand that it's a story of pure love. They don't have to be a hero. They don't have to be brave like us. I guess a little bit of maturity is being asked for because society has been immature in the past."
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If Heath decided to move into Manhattan, he would choose 421 Broome St., an apartment building adjacent to a Nanette Lepore store.
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Photo by Meryl.
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If Heath decided to move into Manhattan, he would choose 421 Broome St., an apartment building adjacent to a Nanette Lepore store.
=aside= Elle
Merci! I'll take Manhattan.
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If, after a series of not-so-spectacular studio features, Heath Ledger wanted to take on a different and daring role, he would sign on to play Ennis in Brokeback Mountain.
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If Heath Ledger walked out of his apartment at 421 Broome Street, he would have laid eyes almost immediately on the restaurant L'Orange Bleue.
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If Heath wanted to co-star with Verne Troyer, just as Jake did in Bubble Boy, he would play Tony to Verne's Percy in Imaginarium.
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If asked what had attracted him to appearing in Brokeback Mountain, Heath Ledger would say, "Firstly, I thought the script was beautiful. I feel like most of the scripts for movies or books I've read concerning love are recycled and a little stale, and I thought this was a very fresh and complex version of a story of love."
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If asked what it was like to play the role of Ennis del Mar in Brokeback Mountain, Heath Ledger would say: “It was really tough, I wasn’t open to it in a yoohoo let’s go for it kind of way. I don’t think Jake was either, but we were really open to telling this story. I thought it was a fresh approach to telling a story of love. It was the most intriguing character I’d read, this homophobic man in love with another man who is struggling against the attitudes deeply planted within him.”
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If Heath were offered the lead in A Knight's Tale, he would play Sir William Thatcher.
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If joking about Brokeback Mountain, Heath Ledger would say, "I never drew upon my love for Michelle. Um, my love for [Jake's character] is very different."
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If he gave an interview to The Observer UK, Heath Ledger would talk quickly and with a worldly intelligence about far too many topics to fit in one article. He would talk about how much he admired Terry Gilliam and his excitement at doing Gilliam's next film. He would talk about skateboarding through his Brooklyn neighbourhood. He would talk about playing chess, about learning accents for movies, about directing music videos, about living a nomadic existence, about his restless search to challenge and surpass himself.
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Round 805!
WWJGD?
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What would Jake Gyllenhaal do?
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If Jake were to host the TV show Saturday Night Live, his performance as Frank O'Connor would be captured on DVD in Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler (2009).
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If Jake wanted to do some television, and didn't mind some nepotism, he would play Matt Ellison on "Homicide: Life on the Street", in an episode entitled "Bop Gun", directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal (1994).
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Apparently, this episode, with Robin Williams, was named one of the top 100 TV episodes of all time by Time Magazine.
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If asked how he and Heath Ledger approached the intimate scenes in Brokeback Mountain, Jake Gyllenhaal would say, "To me, the physical stuff was easy. It's a choreography. It's a dance. That's how we did it... So for me, it was just getting the steps right for the camera."
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If Jake were to play royalty, it would be as Prince Dastan in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010).
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If Jake wanted to have a little fun on television, he would do several guest-spots on "Ellen".
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If asked if he had a certain longing for loneliness considering his roles in Brokeback Mountain and Jarhead, Jake Gyllenhaal would say, "I don't know if it's a longing for it, it's just something that I relate to. I didn't realize, either, that it was going to be that lonely until we got out there. Both Jarhead and Brokeback Mountain, the topography of both of the areas was desert and flatland and then huge mountains. It was nothing but nature around and your own mind. So I don't know if I really understood that that's what it was going to be. When you read the script, you're like, 'Oh, cool. I get to ride horses!' -- and then you're like alone for three months."
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If Jake were to give interviews, he would agree to be on the show Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004).
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If Jake were to appear in a film directed by his father and also starring his sister, he would play the part of Jake/ Blue Kahan in the film Homegrown (1998).
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If Jake wanted practice for the big 2006 awards year, he would present at The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards in 2005.
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=aside= Players
I'm heading off to NYC soon; not sure about computer availability.
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If asked whether the experience of making Brokeback Mountain had changed his perspective on anything in particular, Jake Gyllenhaal would say, "You know, it's very hard to make this experience into a literal one, or the movie into a literal one. I think it's about the struggles of two people dealing with intimacy, ultimately. But what I learned from the movie was that you don't have this ideal idea of love, like this thing that you see in movies all the time... We don't usually talk about that in movies, and when we do, it's with a guy and a girl. But this was like putting it in an environment where we had never seen it before. If I learned anything, I think it's [that] working with Ang Lee, there's a real benevolence in everything he does. I think you walk out of this film feeling kind of devastated in a lot of ways, but also feeling a real sense of benevolence. And I think the process of making the film produced that, too."
=aside= Paul
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If Jake were to have a sister, she would be named Maggie.
=aside= Paul
Have a great trip.
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If Jake had three movie projects "in development," one of them would be a biopic of Joe Namath, with Jake "inexplicably" cast as the New York Jets quarterback with rock star status.
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"Jake Gyllenhaal Inexplicably Cast As Joe Namath"
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/11/jake_gyllenhaal_inexplicably_c.html
=aside= Paul
Have fun Namathing it up in New York!
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If given the opportunity to act in Brokeback Mountain, Jake Gyllenhaal would do his best to portray the undeniable opposites-attract chemistry between Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar.
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If Jake took an activist role in supporting various political and social causes, he would appear in Rock the Vote advertising, campaign for the Democratic Party in the 2004 election, and promote environmental causes and the American Civil Liberties Union.
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If Jake were going to be born to Naomi Foner, he would have her Russian Ashkenazi Jewish heritage.
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Naomi Foner
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If jokingly asked if he or Heath Ledger had had a shot of vodka prior to their intimate Brokeback Mountain scenes, Jake Gyllenhaal would laugh and say, "Uh, Heath did, I think, but not me."
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If Jake were to take on some surprising projects that fans might not expect, he would narrate an animated film for children called The Man Who Walked Between The Towers, inspired by the true story of Philippe Petit and his daring 1974 high wire walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ynvT1zOvkI[/youtube]
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If while working as a lifeguard, Jake happened on a swimmer distressed at having been stung by a jellyfish, Jake would respond like any quick-thinking urinator would, by peeing on the swimmer's leg to relieve the sting.
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If describing his onscreen chemistry with Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain, Jake Gyllenhaal would say, "For Heath and I, I think it's a friendship and a trust that, as actors, we were going to go someplace that we both were afraid of, and we knew that we were. And we just trusted each other. And I think, in that trust, there was a chemistry and there was a real connection. And just being straight, we didn't have that complication that you usually have when you're working with someone who's a female... He was a great guy, and we were just kind of friends from the beginning, and we both admired what it took to play both the characters we were playing. And we knew, at a certain point, we only had each other. Because we never knew how people were going to respond to the movie, we kind of just joined up and said, "F*ck 'em, let's go for it." And we did. And I think you probably see that. And that's a lot of the chemistry... And at a certain point, it's pretty mundane and pretty cold on a set no matter what you're doing or who you're doing it with."
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Round 806!
WWJSD?
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What would James Schamus do?
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If James Schamus and Ang Lee were forced to deal with numerous filmmaking hardships during the filming of Brokeback Mountain such as an uncertain audience reception, Schamus would alleviate Lee’s practical fears about finding an audience. Schamus said: “[I told Ang] Don’t worry, we will find the audience…just shoot whatever you want.”
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If James Schamus were going to executive produce a film after his work on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), it would be Buffalo Soldiers (2001), directed by Gregor Jordan, between his directing of Two Hands (1999) and Ned Kelly (2003).
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If asked whether Heath and Jake's appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show was the first time they had done publicity together, James Schamus would say, "They were together in Toronto and have done [magazine] covers together. I agree it's great to see their dynamic as people as well as actors. It's so warm. I've distributed and made a lot of movies and oftentimes [at] the awards and the press junkets the dynamic can be less than pleasant. [This cast's dynamic] really has a kind of family feeling to it. Oprah is really such a gigantic cultural moment for this movie, so it was great to have those guys do it together."
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If James Schamus were to receive numerous honors and tributes, he would receive the NBC Screenwriter Tribute at the 2002 Nantucket Film Festival as well as with the Writers Guild of America, East's 2003 Richard B. Jablow Award for devoted service to the Guild.
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If James Schamus were going to write the screenplay for the movie Taking Woodstock (2009), it would be based on the book of the same name by Elliot Tiber.
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If asked about the arrangements that had to be made so that Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal could do a joint appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show to help promote Brokeback Mountain, James Schamus would say, "It was hard scheduling because Jake is in the middle of shooting another movie. Jake has literally been working seven days a week on the Fincher film (Zodiac). We got him out of a day of shooting to make sure they were together."
=aside= Paul
Welcome back!
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If Annie were writing Brokeback Mountain in 1997, James would be producing Arresting Gena with Good Machine.
=aside= Players
Thanks for the wishes.
NYC was a blast!
FYI, Meryl leaves for the great Southwest today.
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If James Schamus let it be known what his other accomplishments were besides producing and screenwriting, he would say: a published film historian, holding a faculty position at Columbia University, and currently the head of the film company Focus Features.
=aside= Paul
The weekend probably felt like a New York minute.
=aside= Meryl
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If James Schamus wanted to say something nice about his Brokeback Mountain experience, he would say, "This was probably the most pleasant film shoot that Ang and I have ever worked on. There was almost an inverse proportion between our lack of money and the abundance of spirit in our crew and cast."
=aside= Meryl
Have a nice trip!
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If James Schamus had wanted to executive produce a film about a gay Turkish 17 year old, he would have chosen to work on Lola + Bilidikid (1999).
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If James wanted to executive produce a film exploring dysfunctional families at Thanksgiving, he would start with The Myth of Fingerprints.
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If The Hollywood Reporter published an article which appeared to second-guess the marketing minds of the "Milk" filmmakers since, unlike "Brokeback Mountain," the film was not screened at festivals, Focus Features CEO James Schamus would set the record straight with the following letter to the editor:
To the Editor:
Slow news day, eh? As the CEO of Focus Features, I read with interest your October 28 front page article "Politics? Focus won't 'Milk' it," about our marketing of director Gus Van Sant's film about Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to major public office in America. The author's thesis is simple: because the film was not, like "Brokeback Mountain," screened at festivals, Focus is somehow hiding the film and is thus avoiding openly presenting its political content. That's a pretty serious charge, especially made by a reporter who did not call us to get his facts, so to speak, straight.
First of all, to the charge of "hiding" the film (for which, given its post-production schedule, we have only had finished prints at hand for a couple of weeks - a fact conveniently missed by your reporter), I can only say that I happen to be writing this while on my way to the airport for a flight to San Francisco, where we shall world-premiere the film tonight at the Castro Theatre, across the street from the storefront where Harvey began his political career. We determined early on that the only appropriate place for the world premiere of “Milk” was San Francisco. The event is a benefit for four LGBT youth groups; our benefit committee is chaired by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, and includes every major LGBT leader in Northern California and virtually every major statewide elected official, including Senator Barbara Boxer, Assemblyman Mark Leno, and Treasurer José Cisneros. The premiere is timed to the final week before a crucial election, one which includes an anti-gay state proposition much like the one Harvey Milk vanquished 30 years ago. The after-screening gathering will be held at San Francisco's City Hall, and today has been proclaimed "Focus Features Day" by the Mayor – who clearly didn't get The Hollywood Reporter in time to understand our underhanded, apolitical approach to marketing the film.
Immediately on the heels of the premiere, a series of word-of-mouth screenings will be held over the next few weeks in every major city across the country. We will also be holding premieres of "Milk" in New York, Los Angeles, and Portland.
But if a journalist is to write about our marketing campaign, might he consider actually talking about...our marketing campaign? The trailer for "Milk," for example (see it for yourself at www.milkthemovie.com) is, not just in my opinion, probably the most inspiring piece of movie marketing about genuine (as well as out) politics ever created. It has been the most explosively received and appreciated trailer in the history of our company, posted on hundreds of sites, and played and playing in theaters nationwide in front of more than a dozen movies.
Following the debut of that trailer way back on September 12, our marketing campaign mobilized an early online media push timed to all four presidential race debates – the mornings after, we had specially commissioned "Milk" ad buys on the political pages of the websites of The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio, The Huffington Post, and many more. Our banner ads and 60-second spots were all about the film and what it and Harvey represent. Speaking of which, beyond the trailer, check out the rest of our website; it's already filled with scores of stories from people across the country, linking their own lives to Harvey Milk's transformational politics.
I expect that more thorough journalism on our "Milk" campaign will be published in THR soon.
James Schamus
New York City
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If James Schamus were to hold an executive position in a film company, he would be CEO of Focus Features, the arthouse offshoot of Universal Pictures.
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If James wanted to work with Todd Haynes, he would executive produce the art-house film Poison.
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If James Schamus wished to address accusations that the publicity strategy for Brokeback Mountain has made a conscious effort to "de-gay" and play up the heterosexual aspects of the movie, particularly the "For Your Consideration" ads in industry trade magazines, he would respond as follow:
I think it's a measure of the film's success that there is this real sense of ownership (and examination) of everything we do. I think these kinds of discussions are legitimate. On the other hand, I gotta say, from day one, when we first started to make the movie we said we will never apologize for this movie. It's what it is. At its core it's a gay romance. From the moment the trailer's finished, you know what this movie's about. From the very first images of it. We never ever, ever wanted to step away from it or apologize for what this movie was. And I think we've stayed really true to that, every step of the way with this campaign.
At the same time, this movie is epic in its emotional scope, and part of that is that the relationships encompass the entirety of these guys' lives. And their experiences include the characters that are played by Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway, who, by the way, deserve their Oscar nominations.
I don't ever want to misrepresent the film as only being about the so-called controversy surrounding its central relationship. I want to represent the story's entirety. Ang always pays extra careful attention to every piece of the emotional dynamic, which includes these marriages and includes these children and includes their whole lives. Not to mention some things that really aren't discussed, which are in many ways revolutionary, which are class issues. You don't see working class characters portrayed in mainstream American cinema that often. So all these dynamics add into what is still absolutely the central dynamic — their relationship.
[There were] a few paragraphs of post-Globes coverage in the New York Times. [The writer] Sharon Waxman created this impression that because of some "resistance" we're meeting with the "broader public" we've started putting ads in the papers that emphasize the heterosexual relationships. Which is complete and utter bullsh*t. It's unbelievable.
In fact, up till now, we've had two months, almost two months of advertising in main markets like New York and Los Angeles, and so when we started to refresh the campaign in just New York and L.A. and include a broader scope of imagery, just a couple of times, Waxman called that out as if we're going into Kansas and Wyoming and trying to fool people [as to] what the movie's about. In fact, from day one, we have said we are going to market this movie the same way in Little Rock as we do in New York City.
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If James Schamus had had a hankering for being interviewed by Peter Guber (ex-studio chief at Columbia Pictures and ex-CEO of Sony Pictures) and Peter Bart (editor in chief of Variety since 1989), he would have gone on their TV interview show, Sunday Morning Shootout, in 2007.
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If James Schamus were to executive-produce several Good Machine features that won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, he would executive-produce Edward Burns' The Brothers McMullen, Tom Noonan's What Happened Was..., and Todd Haynes' Poison.
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If asked how he thought Brokeback Mountain would be received "out there in the sticks," James Schamus would say, "I honestly don't know. The film is a kind of trade-off, in some ways, because it pretty much refuses the mantle of the traditional Western, while at the same time, wholeheartedly embracing the American West. But while I don't want to undersell the film, or insist on its ridiculous frugality, we did make this epic by rubbing two nickels together. So if even a couple of ranchers in Butte, Montana, wander into the cinema by mistake, we'll be in profit."
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If James was interested in a strange film about Levittown, he would produce Wonderland with Good Machine.
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Round 807!
WWGSD?
What Would Gustavo Santaolalla Do?
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If Gustavo Santaolalla had been born, it would have been in Argentina.
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If Gustavo Santaolalla were to score Brokeback Mountain, he would do it before the movie was shot, composing the score on the basis of the script and the story and his meeting with Ang Lee.
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If Gustav Santaolalla had collaborated with Argentine Composer Osvaldo Golijov, he would have worked with him on several projects commissioned by soprano Dawn Upshaw. These include the opera, Ainadamar, based on the murder of Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca, and Ayre, a collection of folk songs, in which Santaolalla plays with a group that calls itself The Andalucian Dogs.
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If Gustavo worked in films he would have his own page at the Internet Movie Database, with 23 photos of himself, and a URL of http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0763395/.
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If Gustavo were interested in scoring for television, he would do so for shows such as "24" and "Entourage".
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If Gustavo Santaolalla appeared at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo for an interview with Brazilian film critic Rubens Ewald Filho, he would treat the audience to some selections from the Brokeback Mountain score.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJvckputhig[/youtube]
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If Gustavo Santaolalla were to perform as a solo artist, he would record three albums. His first self-titled album broke new ground by incorporating the "eighties" sound into rock in Argentina for the first time. He was joined by Lerner and the Willy Iturry-Alfredo Toth rhythm section, who were two-thirds of the band GIT. His second album, titled Gas, was released in 1995. His most recent solo album, titled Ronroco (1998), contained several tracks with the characteristic sound of the charango, a folk string instrument, that poured into what constituted his next significant endeavor: music for movies.
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If Gustavo had written a piece for solo charango called "Iguazu," he would have agreed to allow the piece to be used in The Insider by Michael Mann, Collateral also by Michael Mann, Babel by Alejandro González Iñárritu, a 2007 Vodafone TV commercial, as well as the HBO TV series Deadwood.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfusxHokCDg[/youtube]
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If Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain), Alberto Iglesias (The Constant Gardener), John Williams (Memoirs of a Geisha and Munich), and Dario Marianelli (Pride & Prejudice) received Academy Award nominations in the "best original score" category in 2006, Gustavo Santaolalla would go home with the Oscar.
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If he had composed a soundtrack as part of the "Journeys" Campaign, he would have done it for the Louis Vuitton film "Where will life take you?" directed by Bruno Aveillan.
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If Gustavo had wanted to win the 2005 BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music, he would have written the music for The Motorcycle Diaries.
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If, as predicted by the majority of movie critics at newspapers, magazines, and online blogs, Gustavo Santaolallo was awarded the "best original score" Oscar for Brokeback Mountain, he would give a gracious acceptance speech with warm thank-yous to his musical collaborators and to director Ang Lee.
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If Gustavo were to write both the score and the songs for Brokeback Mountain, he would write "No One's Gonna Love You Like Me".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwKl7rtBLnQ[/youtube]
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If Gustav Santaolalla transferred his efforts to film soundtracks in the late 1990s, he would have produced albums for the films Amores Perros, 21 Grams and The Motorcycle Diaries.
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If creating a score for the film Brokeback Mountain, Gustavo Santaolalla would compose "Opening," "Brokeback Mountain 1," "Brokeback Mountain 2," "Brokeback Mountain 3," "Snow," "Riding Horses," and "The Wings."
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If Gustavo had written music for Brokeback Mountain, some of his songs would be transcribed for simple piano, guitar and voice in the Brokeback Mountain songbook.
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If in 1982 he returned to Argentina to record a solo work - with a new sound- very influenced by the American pop trends of the time, called "Santaolalla", Gustavo would team up with Argentine bassist Alfredo Toth and keyboardist Alejandro Lerner. (IMDb)
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If, rather unsurprisingly (based on how well the Brokeback Mountain soundtrack was received), Gustavo Santaolalla was among the composers honored with Academy Award nominations in 2006, he would go on to win the "best original score" Oscar.
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If Gustavo were to feature his song "Picking Berries", he would do so in the film Into the Wild.
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Round 808!
WWRPD?
What would Rodrigo Prieto Do?
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If he wanted to go to Cannes this week, Rodrigo would shoot Pedro Almadovar's latest film, Los abrazos rotos (Broken Embraces).
(http://microcritic.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/los-abrazos-rotos.jpg)
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If hired as the cinematographer for Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain, Rodrigo Prieto would succeed in beautifully capturing the awe-inspiring vistas of the Canadian locations standing in for Wyoming.
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If Rodrigo Prieto were to do a cameo in the film Brokeback Mounain, he would play a Mexican prostitute in an alley in Juarez.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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If Rodrigo Prieto were to do a cameo in the film Brokeback Mounain, he would play a dinero-driven prostitute in a Juarez alley.
=aside= Fran & Sandy
Thanks.
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If being interviewed by Jack Egan of Variety about Brokeback Mountain, Rodrigo Prieto would say that as soon as he read the script, he knew he had to be a part of the project.
=aside= Sandy and Paul
Brokeback Mounain?
;)
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If Rodrigo Prieto were the cinematographer for the film Frida, he would have worked with other Mexicans such as Salma Hayek and Diego Luna.
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If Rodrigo wanted to reminisce about family achievements, he would remember that his grandpappy was mayor of Mexico City.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Prieto
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If Brokeback Mountain cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto took time from his incredibly hectic schedule in early 2007 to talk with Jennifer M. Wood of MovieMaker magazine, he would tell her: "The best compliment I could receive on my work is: 'What a great movie you worked on!' This means the cinematography doesn't stand out from the film but rather enhances the storytelling in ways that the audience doesn't notice."
Hidden Agenda (http://www.moviemaker.com/cinematography/article/hidden_agenda_2729/)
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If Rodrigo Prieto were known for his moody lighting, he would speak with Interview magazine, upon the release of his latest film, State of Play, starring Russell Crowe, about all of his temperaments.
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If Rodrigo wanted to work with Oliver Stone, he would shoot an episode of Stone's TV show "America Undercover" called "Looking for Fidel".
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If talking about Michelle Williams' sledding mishap during the filming of Brokeback Mountain, which resulted in a badly twisted knee, Rodrigo Prieto would say, "We were only on our third day and we temporarily lost our main actress -- so we had to reschedule."
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If Rodrigo Prieto had been asked how his visions with director Alejandro Inarritu (Amores Perros, 21 Grams, etc.) coincide, he would say: "Alejandro is a very complete director. He truly understands the medium and knows how to use the elements at his disposal to narrate his films: the performances, the sound, the music, the editing, the production design, and of course, the cinematography. We started working together some years before Amores Perros on TV commercials. We have a creative partnership where we sit down and share our ideas on how to shoot any given scene. We shotlist as much of the film as we can in pre-production and then adapt to the situation on the set. The camerawork on his films is very intuitive, and that is why I do the operating, so I can react to the performances and the rhythm of the scene as we go. He allows me complete freedom to use my instincts with the camera, adjusting for new takes whenever necessary."
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If Rodrigo wanted to appear in Brokeback Mountain, he would do a one-scene cameo as the dinero-driven prostitute.
=thanks=
Fran. :)
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If director of photography Rodrigo Prieto wanted to be sure that Brokeback Mountain had the look and feel of a classic Western, he would pore over the photographs in Richard Avedon's "In the American West," as would director Ang Lee and costume designer Marit Allen.
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If Rodrigo Prieto were asked when in the process of making a movie does he start thinking as a cinematographer, he would reply: " On the second read, specific visual ideas start popping into my mind. I do research, which entails looking at photography and art books for examples of framing, texture, color, and lighting that could be relevant to specific scenes in the storyline."
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If Rodrigo wanted to do a thriller, he would shoot Sobrenatural, described thusly: "Only the very best quality films, like this one, can keep you engrossed through long sequences with no dialogue with only the power of images, thrilling you without any gore whatsoever. None. The subjective camera angles produce such a feeling of terror and uncertainty, you don't need any gore." (IMDb)
(http://powxxa.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pCTKLklSrpn-NO0jVY4sn3hLxuNkkyKl3Fe5QtrYg3aEfGtxjzStO16hy7klQiBFSj3PjndkKbgI/Sobrenatural.JPG)
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If asked, "When in the process of making a movie do you start thinking as a cinematographer?" Rodrigo Prieto would reply: "On the second read, specific visual ideas start popping into my mind. I do research, which entails looking at photography and art books for examples of framing, texture, color, and lighting that could be relevant to specific scenes in the storyline."
=aside= Sandy
Thanks.
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If Rodrigo wanted to work with Oliver Stone, he would shoot an episode of Stone's TV show "America Undercover" called "Looking for Fidel."
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
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If Rodrigo did oustanding work on filming Brokeback Mountain, he would win the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for best cinematography.
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Round 809!
WWMWD?
What Would Michelle Williams Do?
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If Michelle badly twisted her knee during the filming of the the tobogganing scene, she would be taken to the hospital by ambulance.
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When asked about why she likes living in Brooklyn, Michelle Williams would say, “I could go on and on. The first time I went to Brooklyn I remember getting out of the train and feeling so disoriented because there was all this sky. I didn’t know how I had traveled so quickly to a land that was obviously so remote. I looked for ages to find the right place in Manhattan and people said ‘Well, what about Brooklyn?’ I said, ‘I didn’t move to New York to live in Brooklyn.’ But then I wanted a garden and that was only going to be possible in Brooklyn. Now I really wouldn’t go back to Manhattan. The neighborhood that we live in is just amazing. I never thought that I would have that living in New York City.”
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If Michelle wanted to co-star with Heath post-BBM, she would play Coco in I'm Not There.
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If Michelle Williams performed to Ang Lee's expectations, she would give moviegoers a true appreciation for Alma and her dilemma and loss.
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If she were to appear on the 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in 1999, she would be a Presenter of Television's Most Memorable Moment #1: Friends: Ross & Rachel Get Married.
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If Michelle wanted to work in a film with a very frugal budget, she would play the title role in Wendy and Lucy, which was made for $200,000.
(http://fataculture.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/wendy-and-lucy-poster.jpg)
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If asked why she thought Alma stayed with Ennis for as long as she did even after she found out his secret, Michelle Williams would say, "I think she loves him. It takes a long time for her fantasy -- for the reality to catch up with her fantasy. For so many reasons she still stays with him. She’s really attached to this idea of a husband, and a family, and something that lasts. Everything that came before her was lasting, her great-grandparents, her grandparents, her parents. Everybody had something that lasted whether or not it was good -- you know, you stuck it out. I mean Jack and Ennis even talked about something like that but that was, you know, people weren’t getting divorced willy-nilly back then. What would she do? Where would she go? How would she be provided for? What would happen if people found out? Would her, how would her girls’ lives be affected? My mind just starts to pinball when I think about all the reasons...."
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If Michelle Williams appeared in the film Imaginary Heroes, she would play the part of Penny Travis.
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If Michelle Williams appeared in the film Imaginary Heroes, she would play the part of Penny Travis.
=thanks=
Frandy!
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If Michelle Williams decided that it would better for her acting career to do small roles in independent films rather than use her popularity from playing Jen Lindley on TV's Dawson's Creek to be in big-budgeted studio films, she would appear in Imaginary Heroes, Me Without You, and the critically acclaimed The Station Agent.
=aside= Paul
Don't you mean Sandy?
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If Michelle Williams had a daughter, she would name her Matilda.
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If Michelle wanted to co-star with Heath post-BBM, she would play Coco in I'm Not There.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hjn13zAMnQs/SKJXq5yr0kI/AAAAAAAAANQ/OdvENUNGVCA/s400/99043therecelebutopia11cm5.jpg)
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If on-set nude paparazzi photos of Heath Ledger (taken while he was filming a skinny-dipping scene for Brokeback Mountain) were posted on the Internet, Michelle Williams would voice her disgust by saying, "Those bastards. I know how hurt he was by it -- for a lot of reasons. You feel let down by the people who are supposed to be protecting you and who are creating a safe working environment. You're aghast that there are people out there who could profit on such a private moment. The thing that's a shame about it is that I remember him coming back from that day at work. He was feeling exuberant -- and enlivened. Then, to have that taken away from him. All of a sudden it was this public moment. That's just such a shame. That's such a bummer."
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If Michelle Williams had a roommate while filming Prozac Nation in 2001, she would have roomed with Christina Ricci.
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If Michelle Williams had a roommate while filming Prozac Nation in 2001, she would have roomed with Christina Ricci.
=thanks=
Sandy! It is, Sandy, isn't it??
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If taking on the role of Alma in Brokeback Mountain, Michelle Williams would play a young woman who struggles with the fact that her husband Ennis is secretly in love with another man.
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If she were asked about working on her film Timemaster, Michelle Williams would say: "It was so awful. We turn the 'M' upside down and called it Timewaster."
=aside= Paul
Last time I checked it was Sandy, but I'm beginning to like the name Frandy.
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If Michelle were to co-star with Heath in I'm Not There, she would be almost unrecognizable as Coco
Riverton Rivington.
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If Michelle Williams took on the role of Alma, the wronged wife in Brokeback Mountain, she would deliver a critically acclaimed performance.
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Round 810!
WWAHD?
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What would Anne Hathaway do?
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If she were very reluctant to take on the role of Jane Austen in Becoming Jane (2007) as she didn't think she would be suited for the role, Anne Hathaway would be persuaded to take on the role by Ang Lee, who was directing her in Brokeback Mountain and who also directed Sense and Sensibility.
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If Anne had attended the 2005 Venice Film Festival, she would have been interviewed on the Spanish show Venecia 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero, by Carlos Boyero himself, star of the 1980 short, Tunait is de nait.
=aside=
Say the name of that short movie with a Spanish accent to see what it means in English!
:)
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If Anne were to star in a forgettable film, she would play Claire Summers in Passengers (2008).
(http://moviestudio.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/passengers1_large.jpg)
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If Anne Hathaway wanted to shed her Disney princess image and diversify her acting CV, she would choose edgier roles in movies like Havoc and Brokeback Mountain.
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If Anne Hathaway were to star in film Ella Enchanted, she would play the title role.
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If Anne were to be in a film set to be released in 2010, she would star in The Fiancé.
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If Anne Hathaway wanted to shed her goody-two-shoes image and diversify her acting CV, she would choose edgier roles in movies like Havoc and Brokeback Mountain.
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If Annie Hathaway were to appear in a film about the exotic Tongan islands during the 1950's, whe would play the part of Jean Sabin in The Other Side of Heaven.
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If Anne was busy filming The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, she would miss playing the ingénue's role in Phantom of the Opera.
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If asked if Brokeback Mountain was a "new beginning" for her career, Anne Hathaway would respond: "Oh no, no no. I don’t want to think about it as any grand terms, and I don’t want to be looking at my career in hindsight already. This was a really liberating role for me and it taught me a lot of things about the excellence of what filmmaking can achieve. I’m certainly learning a lot from it, but, no, I’m not ready to start labeling anything. I’m always looking for the next job, frankly. That’s where I’m at right now; I want to know what I’m doing next year."
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If Anne Hathaway had role models, she would choose Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet and Meryl Streep.
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If Anne Hathaway had wanted to make a movie with Christopher Plummer seven years before Heath Ledger would, she would have chosen a role in Nicholas Nickleby.
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If asked if she thought the sexual content of Brokeback Mountain was overhyped, Anne Hathaway would say, "The thing I like about it is I think it's pretty evenly distributed throughout the film in both men and women. Usually us girls bear the unfair share of it. I don't think that there's anything shocking about it. I think it's very real and tastefully done. I didn't feel uncomfortable about it. Maybe it was shocking for my dad, but that's just because of me. I do think it's overhyped. The thing that really emerges from the film is that the men have such love for each other. Even as their sexual relationship slackens, their intimacy deepens. The film becomes about the fact that they have a connection together that they don't share with anyone else."
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If she were told to gain weight for The Devils Wears Prada, Anne Hathaway would gain 10 pounds (bringing her weight to 130) only to be told afterward that she would have to lose 10 pounds and they would pad her for the "fat scenes." After production, Anne was presented with the padding which she jokingly refers to as "Andy's ass.".
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If Anne wanted a Best Actress Oscar nomination, she would play Kym in Rachel Getting Married.
(http://www3.timeoutny.com/newyork/theframeup/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/rachel.jpg)
=aside=
Happy Memorial Day weekend, all.
I'll likely be internet-less.
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If commenting on working with director Ang Lee on Brokeback Mountain, Anne Hathaway would say, "He won’t let things not be truthful in his films. He understands the importance of subtlety. This was interesting for me because my background is largely from comedy, where you can get away with not necessarily having the most honest moments on film. In this story, dealing with these big emotions, if we went over the top with them then we would lose exactly what we were trying to do."
=aside= Paul
Enjoy the weekend!
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Anne Hathaway appeared topless in Brokeback Mountain and in one other film, the little-known Havoc.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
=aside= Players
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If she were undismayed by the forgettableness of Passengers and the bad reviews for Bride Wars, Anne Hathaway would move on to many more projects, including 2010's Alice in Wonderland.
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If the role of Lureen Newsome in Brokeback Mountain called for increasingly lighter hair, Anne Hathaway would wear wigs rather than bleach her naturally dark hair.
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Round 811!
WWRQD?
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What Would Randy Quaid Do?
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If Randy Quaid were to praise Heath Ledger, he would say: "His performance in Brokeback was one of the all-time great performances on film."
=aside= Meryl
Welcome back.
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If Randy Quaid wanted to brag a bit, he would mention his bid for Oscar recognition in 1974, when he was nominated for his performance in The Last Detail.
=aside=Sandy
Thanks, it's good to be back 8)
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If, while working out in a gym, Randy Quaid picked up a copy of The New Yorker and started reading Brokeback Mountain, he would be so taken with the story that he would swipe the magazine so that he could finish reading it at home.
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If he played the same character as his brother Dennis, Randy Quaid would play the part of Doc Holiday in the movie Purgatory (1999) (TV), while Dennis played Doc in the movie Wyatt Earp (1994).
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If Randy Quaid were to appear in four Larry McMurtry films, in the second, Texasville (1990), his character, Lester Marlow, would utter the line, "Marylou likes excitement. She says I'm not exciting any more."
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If Randy Quaid came to believe that he had been tricked into accepting a tiny fee for playing the part of Joe Aguirre in Brokeback Mountain, he would file a lawsuit seeking $10 million in damages, a lawsuit which he would later drop.
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If Randy Quaid were to appear in the film Goya's Ghosts, he would play the part of King Carlos IV,
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If Randy Quaid were to go to college in the same town he was born in, he would attend the University of Houston.
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If Randy Quaid came to believe that the producers of Brokeback Mountain had tricked him into accepting a small role for almost no money, he would file a lawsuit seeking $10 million, plus punitive damages, as well as restitution for ill-gotten gains.
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If Randy Quaid earned a Golden Globe, he would have received it for portraying Lyndon Johnson.
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If Randy Quaid wanted to start acting, his first role would be Lester Marlow in Larry McMurtry's The Last Picture Show.
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If Randy Quaid were to participate in the TV mini-series "Texas Ranch House" (2006), it would be as Narrator.
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If Randy Quaid wanted a starring role in an off-Broadway production, he would play Frank in Sam Shepard's The God of Hell.
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If he appeared in the TV Movie Elvis, Randy Quaid would play the part of "Colonel" Tom Parker, a former carnival barker with a murky past. The New York Times said "Mr. Quaid is riveting as the bully of Graceland."
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If Randy's behavior were to get a little out of control, he would be banned for life from Equity.
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Randy Quaid's Antics Lead to Banishment from Union
If the would-be Broadway-bound musical Lone Star Love is half as entertaining as the backstage drama, then sign us up: Randy Quaid, the show’s former star, has been banned from the Actors' Equity union for life because of abusive, lewd and just plain crazy behavior during the show’s Seattle run. Quaid has also been fined $81,572, which equals two weeks pay for the cast of the $6.5 million show; producers claim they had to prematurely close because of Quaid’s hi jinks. The Post’s Michael Riedel got the rap sheet:
Quaid hit an actor on the back of the head four times during performances. When the stage manager told him to stop, he smacked the actor again.
Another actor was warned that if he made direct eye contact with Quaid onstage, he'd be fired.
Quaid made "sexually inappropriate" comments onstage, repeatedly referring to an actress' musical instruments as her "gynecological instruments."
The couple tried to rewrite the script, to eliminate characters.
Randy "felt free" to change blocking, lyrics and lines during performances, and repeatedly failed to show up for note sessions and rehearsals.
Quaid says the actors are part of a “pinko-commie organization” trying to destroy him. And it gets even better: Sources tell TMZ that Quaid’s wife Evi turned up at the Equity hearing for Quaid and “berated several Equity staff members, including a 76-year-old receptionist whom she allegedly kicked in the shins, drawing blood.” Evi says Equity staffers broke her finger while trying to bar her from the meeting; others say she was a screaming lunatic raving about a “Nazi plot” against her husband. (Are they commies or Nazis? Try to stay on message, Quaids.)
Riedel also hears that Evi e-mailed several actors in Lone Star Love, threatening to sue them unless they dropped the charges: “You have one last chance to stop this onerous campaign or else you will be drawn into a legal quagmire.” And she's even been on a calling campaign against the Commie Nazis; one actor reports trying to end an angry telephone harangue from Evi by saying, “I'd like to terminate this call.” Evi allegedly responded, “I'd like to terminate your existence on this planet.”
gothamist.com/2008/02/07/randy_quaids_an.php (http://gothamist.com/2008/02/07/randy_quaids_an.php)
and this...
Randy Quaid fined, banned for life by actors' union over Seattle imbroglio
Randy Quaid has been banned for life from Actors' Equity Association as the result of fellow actors' official complaints about his behavior...
By Misha Berson
Seattle Times theater critic
Randy Quaid has been banned for life from Actors' Equity Association as the result of fellow actors' official complaints about his behavior during the 2007 run of "Lone Star Love" at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre, reported The New York Post and Reuters this week.
The Post reported that he was fined $81,572 by the union for his actions here, the equivalent of two weeks' salary for the cast; all 26 members of the cast brought charges against Quaid, reported the Post, maintaining that he "physically and verbally abused his fellow performers and that his oddball behavior forced the show to close."
Rumors about Quaid's backstage behavior and that of his wife, Evi Quaid, circulated throughout the theater community during the 5th Avenue's September stand of "Lone Star Love." Citing illness, Quaid missed the final week of performances for the show, a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" that received lukewarm reviews.
5th Avenue Theatre artistic director David Armstrong told The Seattle Times last fall that he took the unusual, somewhat surprising step of making some remarks critical of Quaid's professionalism at the show's final performance here. "I wanted to acknowledge the [rest of the] company, who were a class act," Armstrong said. "They worked very hard under very, very difficult conditions."
Equity's ruling was decided in Los Angeles by a five-member hearing committee, said Equity spokeswoman Maria Somma, who would not comment on specifics of the case but did say the ruling can be appealed.
Reacting to Equity's decision, Quaid said, "I am guilty of only one thing: Giving a performance that elicited a response so deeply felt by the actors and producers with little experience of my creative process that they actually think I am Falstaff."
A planned run on Broadway of "Lone Star Love" was canceled immediately after the rocky Seattle run. The New York Post also reported that on Jan. 25, after actors from the show filed the Equity charges against Quaid, Evi Quaid appeared at Equity's offices in Los Angeles and demanded documents for the hearing. There was a physical altercation, which resulted in four Equity staffers getting temporary restraining orders against Evi Quaid, and Evi Quaid obtaining a restraining order against Equity, according to documents filed by the parties in California Superior Court.
--The Seattle Times
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If, while working out in a gym, Randy Quaid picked up a copy of The New Yorker and started reading Brokeback Mountain, he would be so taken with the story that he would swipe the magazine so that he could finish reading it at home.
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If Randy Quaid played the part of a toxic waste expert and cannibal who tells his son "Eat your meat" in the film Parents, he would get a Hubbie Award Nomination for Best Actor.
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If Randy were to indulge in repeated unprofessional behavior during a show's run, he would be banned for life from Equity.
=aside=Paul
Thanks :)
(What a maroon!)
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If Randy Quaid came to believe that he had been duped by the producers of Brokeback Mountain, he would have his attorneys file a complaint alleging that fraud and misrepresentation led him to waive his usual actor compensation, including profit participation, when signing on to play the role of Joe Aguirre.
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Round 812!
A Music Round!
Post an unplayed word, along with a song title that somehow relates to our BBM
(for hints, see the original music rounds #781 through 785 starting on page 1923)
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While the tale of Jack and Ennis may spawn many anthems, the reunion kiss scene begs for "Happy Days Are Here Again".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf53oFb4IKA[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3yAoLHzsLE[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwzPWkXjQqc[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYSToJUGzS4[/youtube]
=aside= Fran
For you!!
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Jack and Ennis did some badass singing around the campfire as their friendship on Brokeback deepened.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-IYHt-Z2WE[/youtube]
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Cassie: "Carl? Yeah, Carl's nice. He even talks."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKpx4asbkj0&feature=related[/youtube]
=aside= Paul
:-*
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Alma doubted that Ennis was fishin' in the dark when he went on his fishing trips.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh3ml8gzrd4&feature=related[/youtube]
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The mountain had the power to enthrall Jack and Ennis; and, oh what a thrill.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDs4BeLUiuc[/youtube]
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"After a series of not-so-spectacular studio features over the past few years, Heath Ledger has taken his career in stride by taking on a different and daring role in the form of Ennis in Brokeback Mountain."
-- Ethan Aames (http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0512291), Cinema Confidential
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDkF2kVVAZA&feature=related[/youtube]
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The bartender, who liked to gossip, gave Jack the lowdown on Lureen Newsome's father: "Her dad sells farm equipment. I mean big farm equipment. Hundred-thousand-dollar tractors, shit like that."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afBdFyE7PeE&feature=related[/youtube]
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Ennis and Jack's first night in the tent together found Jack engaging in the same behavior attributed to Tommy James' "baby" in "Hanky Panky."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLKkppWdFUc[/youtube]
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Jack dreamed of the sweet life, but it was just an illusion.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G64LgaaVrlQ[/youtube]
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"Gyllenhaal is nearly as good, although Jack's character is all surface, nothing hidden. Even the manly mustache he grows later in life is a transparent disguise of masculinity. Jack exists primarily as our guide to Ennis' soul, a slightly more liberated motivator of his submerged feelings. It's a tricky position for any actor, but Gyllenhaal handles it well."
(http://www.tampabay.com/universal/graphics/logos/tbcom-stacked.gif) (http://www.sptimes.com/2006/01/05/Weekend/_Brokeback_Mountain__.shtml)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH5ZE3N8cxU[/youtube]
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An excerpt from Ethan Aames's interview with Anne Hathaway (http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0512201) about Brokeback Mountain:
Q: "Did you have conversations about Ang in regards to the evolution of your character?"
ANNE: "Oh yeah. I had a lot of conversations with Ang about what would have happened in between, say, these three years. What would have happened in between these five years and you would say that they got promoted here, and they bought a new house here. Once we decided what had happened, I just went out and said, 'Here’s where they are. Here’s when they moved. Here’s when they join [a] country club. Here’s when she might have had a miscarriage.' That’s part of the fun of it as an actor, to create a life that nobody knows about."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uanVGjHCAHA[/youtube]
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As Jack left Signal, and glanced at Ennis in the rear-view mirror, his face said "ne me quitte pas".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_es9fo75ZE[/youtube]
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Jack was still obsessed with Ennis, after meeting Lureen, his uptown girl.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F-nt7aC_JQ&feature=PlayList&p=65981EC5625000AC&index=13[/youtube]
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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.
ALMA JR. looks around the nearly empty 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=6Zt315k3Z9I&feature=related[/youtube]
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After midnight in the tent, things started to shake, rattle and roll.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Feq_Nt3nM[/youtube]
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In TS2 after Ennis entered the tent, Jack held him tenderly and spoke to him very softly.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaK5tSm-H58[/youtube]
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After leaving Brokeback, rootless Jack drifted around the rodeo circuit like one of the tumbleweeds in the old cowboy song.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37vqyQ8CIgU[/youtube]
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An excerpt from an interview of Michelle Williams (http://www.ugo.com/channels/girlfriends/features/michellewilliams/) by Daniel Robert Epstein for UGO Entertainment:
UGO: Why do you think [Alma] took so long to leave her husband after she found out about his secret relationship?
MICHELLE: She's from a generation where nobody got a divorce, especially not in that town. What allowed her to finally get herself free of the relationship was that she found this other man, Monroe. I think a lot of it was a financial decision. She couldn't leave Ennis and support two daughters by herself. Monroe is safe and soft and would never hurt her the way that she had been hurt, plus he would provide for her family. She gets out of it but just barely. I think she's a miserable, broken, uglier woman for it, she just barely got out. She's not happy about it, she'll always love Ennis.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLh-m1Z_feY[/youtube]
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Jack was trying to reassure Ennis in TS2 by letting him know that everything would be okay, when he whispered "s'alright, s'alright."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNM8VBeecYU[/youtube]
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Round 813!
Another Music Round!
Post an unplayed word,
along with a song title that somehow relates to our BBM
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc149/bytemover/JUKEBOX4.gif)
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When the boys parted in Signal, Ennis said, "Guess I'll see you around", aka "adios, au revoir, auf wiedersehen".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMvqPffzDMQ[/youtube]
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Based on the short story by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain was adapted for the screen by the team of Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL8Y53GL8jo[/youtube]
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Whether Jack was or wasn't with Ennis, he constantly thought about him.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOfJ4-u2ty0[/youtube]
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If Jack gave an offering of whiskey, Ennis would answer, "danke schoen".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyCQ6vKqgnU[/youtube]
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By choosing roles in edgier films like Havoc and Brokeback Mountain, Anne Hathaway was able to break away from her "Disney princess" image.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb4acvJpktc[/youtube]
I watch the distant lights along the runway
Disappear into the evening sky
Oh, you know I'm with you on your journey
Never could say goodbye.
It's not the sun you're trying to find
Something else is on your mind
You need a little space and time to break away
It's not the place you're going to
It's just a phase you're going through
Though I won't stop you, I don't want you to...
Break away, fly across your ocean
Break away, time has come for you
Break away, fly across your ocean
Break away, time has come...
For you to waken in another country
Greet the morning under foreign skies
Leaving me to face another Monday
It's not easy to get by....
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At first Ennis states “You know I ain’t queer” after they have made love for the first time, and Jack replies the same, but this is because of how frustrated and terrified the two are at what has occurred. Jack wants the two of them have a good life together, and he becomes fearless as to the consequences. Jack is a gregarious individual who is more disposed to acknowledge that he is gay. He marries Lureen, and starts a family with her, but he refuses to deny that he needs the companionship of a male. Jake Gyllenhaal blows his performance in Jarhead right out of the desert. As the audience watches the two men age, it is apparent that Gyllenhaal’s progression from a young rodeo cowboy to a middle-aged farm equipment seller is especially fascinating and genuine. When Jack says ”You have no idea how bad it gets”, he is referring to how much he misses Ennis. Unlike Ennis, he is not afraid to vocalize his feelings, and a sentence like that can apply to any relationship. Any person that has been in a long distance relationship will be able to relate to that very line.
(http://www.411mania.com/images/logo_main.gif) (http://www.411mania.com/movies/film_reviews/8897/Brokeback-Mountain-Review.htm)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWH01DBJxlo[/youtube]
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Late, one Juarez evening, Jack, on the prowl, thought, "gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RJPV7oIiR8[/youtube]
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"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 (http://www.culturewars.org.uk/2006-01/brokeback.htm)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfTRJ3ZtluM&feature=related[/youtube]
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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]
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Even after the love has gone, Ennis lovelessly has sex with Alma.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR4Ovy3LarE[/youtube]
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"[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 (http://movies.ign.com/articles/675/675510p1.html)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmoHQ2DC3zo[/youtube]
Seems like without tenderness there's something missing....
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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.)
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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.
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Although Jack tried his best to convince Ennis to share his dream of a "sweet life," Ennis found Jack's arguments unpersuasive.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNkP-lOZxrk[/youtube]
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Jack woke up from a sound sleep, and before you know it, wham--he was implying "i'm your man".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6JkbTegpMI[/youtube]
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Round 814!
Another Music Round!
Post an unplayed word,
along with a song title that somehow relates to our BBM
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/382467192_4ee4dc21e2.jpg)
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In TS2, it was clear how much Jack adores Ennis when he tenderly embraces him, thinking "I want you."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhOc0V-ES40[/youtube]
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From the Production Notes for Brokeback Mountain (http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/brokeback_mountain/notes.pdf):
Judy Becker: Ang and I, and Rodrigo, talked about how the towns would be a strong contrast to the mountains – colorless and cluttered. We didn’t have the resources to build a huge amount of the sets. The biggest challenge was finding the right locations. During prep, when we found an apartment and a diner that I could transform into the places that I had envisioned in my head and discussed with Ang, that was a great feeling.
I did an enormous amount of research, both into the periods and the locales. The 1967 supermarket sequence, for example, was a very specific process; researching what products were available, what the labels looked like, what the advertising looked like, what the supermarket looked like.
I looked at imagery of small towns. One thing that struck me, which Ang and I discussed early on, was that although the movie takes place mostly in the 1960s and 1970s, the towns still looked like they could be in earlier decades. We went to Wyoming and Texas to do some research and, even now, so much detail and architecture is left over from pre-World War II. Change happened very, very slowly in small towns in the West.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eDkAG3R0h8[/youtube]
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Heath was interested in chess's pleasures.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeBRtIR5RH0[/youtube]
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While Jack gets ready to come down from the mountain, Heath dillydallies, thinking, "I don't want to say goodbye."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqp9_ZekVHE[/youtube]
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An excerpt from Ethan Aames's interview with Heath Ledger (http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0512291) for Cinema Confidential:
Q: What was the biggest challenge in figuring out Ennis?
HEATH: Well, the challenging thing for me I think was in preproduction, figuring out what to do with so little time. I guess the aging process was probably what I thought was one of the important aspects, because without that, the whole story goes up sh*t creek without a paddle. And also, it had to be so subtle the aging process. Physically aging between 18 and 40 is fairly slim and subtle, and also for Ennis, the character I was playing; he didn’t really evolve emotionally either within that age at the time. I used my accent to voice the tone of the voice at the beginning of the film when he’s younger; it’s pitched a little higher and it’s a little more useful and energetic and enthusiastic and it slowly kinda gets deeper and deeper and raspier and more fixed and tighter towards the end. I thought that was just a subtle vehicle I could use to age.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29T1ZcCrsm0[/youtube]
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Ennis could never understand Jack's fascination with a sweet life together.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqqBs6kkzHE[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDPjG4leifk[/youtube]
(From the ridiculous to the sublime.)
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After Brokeback, Jack grubbed around Texas without any money, looking for work.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl6NfQyNLto[/youtube]
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From Ethan Aames's interview with Michelle Williams for Cinema Confidential (http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0512302):
Q: But do you think she could've saved their marriage had she said something the first time she saw Ennis and Jack kiss?
MICHELLE: Hmm, that’s interesting. [pause] It’s hard for me to deal with shoulda versus coulda because I don’t see it as a choose-your-own-adventure ending. I feel it was -- it’s the only way you saw, it’s the only one possible outcome. But I don’t know. That’s hard for me to imagine. I can’t imagine that it would have saved their marriage. It certainly wouldn’t have made him stop loving Jack.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE5f4hVMCew&feature=related[/youtube]
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Ennis broke down after Jack finally laid the insubstantial nature of their long relationship before him: "It's because of you, Jack, that I'm like this. I'm nothin'. I'm nowhere."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY8paOcA_F8[/youtube]
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When story Ennis was at his loneliest, he dreamed a little dream of Jack.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZPmZ64m3_4[/youtube]
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"After reading the story the first time, it became clear that there was no reason why Ang Lee's adaptation shouldn't succeed, at least on a script level. Proulx's brusque prose details the passing of years with brevity and elegance -- each intense emotion is given just enough breath to burst with life. The rough-spoken love story of Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, two men ultimately kept apart by fear, takes the possibilities promised by a vast expanse of Western landscape and reveals how meaningless they are if left unpursued. It's a powerful piece of work. It is also a complete and thorough treatment for a movie."
(http://www.bookslut.com/images/logonew.gif)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joFBsYpxkys[/youtube]
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Brokeback Mountain was banned from cinema screenings in most nations in the Middle East.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV__njYFhc4&feature=related[/youtube]
"Everything (everything) will be just fine
Everything (everything) will be all right (all right)...."
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Although Cassie continued to make overtures to Ennis, she soon realized it was "game over".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqi4C36AaTw[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSsR_7OHsjc[/youtube]
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Ennis told Jack that after they had split up that summer, he had gut cramps so bad that he almost puked. He said it took him a year to figure out it was because he should never have let him out of his sight, but it was too late then by a long, long while.
[youtube=425,350][youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPeVbEg1DHE[/youtube][/youtube]
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"Brokeback Mountain has had little effect on my writing life but is the source of constant irritation in my private life. There are countless people out there who think the story is open range to explore their fantasies and to correct what they see as an unbearably disappointing story. They constantly send ghastly manuscripts and pornish rewrites of the story to me, expecting me to reply with praise and applause for 'fixing' the story. They certainly don’t get the message that if you can’t fix it you’ve got to stand it."
-- Annie Proulx
Return to the Range (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122065020058105139.html)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq-ZmAYLeB8[/youtube]
"All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am...."
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When Ennis returned hiss affections, Jack thought, "s'wonderful"!
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c59Osjwews4[/youtube]
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Ennis and Jack were being less than truthful about the feelings they had for each other on Brokeback, but when it came time to leave, Jack thought: "Hey, that's no way to say goodbye."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jexNsBjz1r8&feature=related[/youtube]
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'Brokeback Mountain' gallops to head of Oscars race
by Marc Lavine
LOS ANGELES, Jan 22, 2006 (AFP) - Gay cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain" has left its competition in the dust, surging to the front of the Oscars race just as voters cast their ballots for next week's Academy Awards nominations.
Taiwanese director Ang Lee's story of forbidden macho love in 1960s Wyoming got a huge boost by reining in four Golden Globe Awards, Hollywood's second-highest plaudits, just five days before polls were to close ahead of the January 31 unveiling of nominees for the 78th annual Oscars.
Full report (http://pdfs.island.lk/2006/01/24/p13.pdf)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xkGd4N50ZY[/youtube]
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When Ennis returned hiss affections, Jack thought, "wunderbar"!
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=205BqSO6lwk[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Ag6ViEPn4[/youtube]
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Round 815!
One More Music Round!
Post an unplayed word,
along with a song title that somehow relates to our BBM
(http://www.uea.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.3518.1160398920!music%20scroll.jpg)
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Ennis became very anxious when Jack came to visit, thinking "everybody knows", after Jack said he asked all over town about him.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhjQH1FSDm0[/youtube]
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Ennis phones Lureen to find out about Jack, and while she is telling him about the accident, he imagines Jack being murdered by gay bashers.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY75gGrw-MI[/youtube]
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Taking his role as celebrant of the marriage of Ennis and Alma a bit too far, the jolly minister told Ennis to kiss his bride, adding: "And if you don't, I will!"
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Kf1ATjl9A[/youtube]
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Brokeback Mountain by Taiwanese-born, American-educated director Ang Lee follows the relationship of two young men who forge an intense connection that spans 20 years. It is a liaison ultimately destroyed by social taboos, bound up with the locale and the historical period.
(http://www.wsws.org/images/title.png) (http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/jan2006/film-j05.shtml)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pzKKX-v0uk&feature=related[/youtube]
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"[Ang] Lee and company handle the particulars of the tale with the requisite meticulousness and exquisite taste that marks all the director’s films. But, as Lee showed in The Ice Storm, for him discretion does not equal evasion. There’s no wiggle room as far as the situation Gyllenhaal’s Jack Twist and Ledger’s Ennis Del Mar find themselves in -- they are lovers, not two guys who got a little chilly on a long Rocky Mountain evening."
-- Glenn Kenny, Premiere.com (http://www.premiere.com/Review/Movies/Brokeback-Mountain)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TIGxcghQzY[/youtube]
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The thought that people on the street were able to sense his tainted love for Jack made Ennis get all funky.
Def: panicky, frightened
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ6zkW1khfw&feature=rec-HM-r2[/youtube]
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Ennis entered the tent holding his hat with his rough hands and grimy fingernails.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92B4K8zbE3U[/youtube]
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According to the end credits for Brokeback Mountain, legal services were provided by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, Robert Darwell, and Michael Holland.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OH7NhwZlj4[/youtube]
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The boys' conversations were full of invectiveness and dirty talk.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SVmQMPaLMQ[/youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SVmQMPaLMQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SVmQMPaLMQ)
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After the post-divorce mixup, Jack lonesomely drove south of the border down Mexico way.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXEpJEnbhO4[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWU-SXcLPXI[/youtube]
=aside= Paul
I adored Gilda. Thanks for this.
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Beth Moran is listed as the assistant editor in the end credits for Brokeback Mountain.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emsQZ69OUE4[/youtube]
=comment=
I always thought the name of this song was
"Death" -- Death, I hear you callin', but I
can't come home right now.... LOL
=aside= Paul
Thanks from me, too, for the Gilda Radner video.
I saw her live in Chicago many, many years ago
during her "Live from New York" tour and your
posting of "Let's Talk Dirty to the Animals" made
me think of that. For me, the best part was when
the audience joined Lisa Loopner in singing "The
Way We Were." A sheet of paper with the lyrics had
been included in the program, so we all knew the
words. Imagine an entire audience singing along
with Gilda. It was awesome! The souvenir program
was a Gilda Radner paper doll with different outfits
you could cut out. I still have it.
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Because of the niggardliness of Ennis's wages, Alma would have to work hard for the money.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhHwo3pxOB8[/youtube]
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When LaShawn worked at Neiman Marcus, she would outspend the money she earned on clothes.
[youtube=425,350]
[/youtube]
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An excerpt from an NPR "Day to Day" broadcast:
Derek Rath: The wide-open plains of Brokeback Mountain were a perfect match for Gustavo's approach to the soundtrack.
Gustavo Santaolalla: The environment of the story, you know, called for something spacious....
The Sounds of 'Brokeback Mountain' (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5044116)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaXIOanHlGc[/youtube]
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Actually, I think a movie about two guys mooning and snogging at a campfire does exist: Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho. So is Brokeback truly the filmic revolution that so many (including many here at EW) claim it is? This isn't exactly new territory. What about the Oscar props already given to another cowboy romance-tragedy, Boys Don't Cry, and John Schlesinger's meditative lovers' merry-go-round, Sunday Bloody Sunday, from way back in 1971?
Rasslin' over "Brokeback Mountain" (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1181063,00.html)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Ft9zJWNIg[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rZbvi6Tj6E[/youtube]
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Alma scrubbed the dirty laundry using a washboard.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2PxAIAI1QQ[/youtube]
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Jack, Lureen, L.D., Fayette, and Bobby participate in the time-honored tradition of eating turkey on Thanksgiving Day, as do Ennis, Alma, Monroe, Alma Jr., and Jenny.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRdfX7ut8gw[/youtube]
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Joe Aguirre wasn't unduly concerned about the job the boys were doing on the mountain until he realized one morning that the dogs, not Jack and Ennis, were babysitting the sheep.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6n9ZVIuQP4[/youtube]
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One morning in the pup tent, Ennis wakens to a blowy snowstorm.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMCO7Ro4tRI[/youtube]
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Round 816!
One More Round For the Road!
(http://www.lynyrdskynyrd.com/images/albums_large/onemorefromtheroad.jpg)
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Ennis showed his antisocial nature when he preferred lying down, drinking beer and watching TV to going to the church social.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MumDkR0FT0c[/youtube]
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"A big-haired and bare-chested turn in Brokeback Mountain accelerated [Anne Hathaway's] transition to serious leading roles."
-- Patrick Huguenin (http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2008/06/15/2008-06-15_anne_hathaway_is_a_cool_number_in_get_sm.html), New York Daily News
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFy-yzj02FE&feature=PlayList&p=E89CCEE6C05C7E13&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=10[/youtube]
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Ennis had to chuckle when Jack tried to demonstrate bull-riding and ended up crashing down amid the pots and pans.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJH-haJyS-A[/youtube]
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Feeling very despondent after the post-divorce mixup, Jack was crying in his truck as he drove away.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE9AwR0awVQ[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cc8TI1KomU&feature=related[/youtube]
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Review: Brilliant 'Brokeback' (http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/09/review.brokeback/index.html)
Groundbreaking film one of best of the year
By Paul Clinton
For CNN.com
Friday, December 9, 2005
(CNN) -- The script for "Brokeback Mountain," based on the short story by Annie Proulx, was called the best non-produced screenplay in Hollywood as it floated for seven years through the executive suites of all the major studios. It had also gained the odious nickname of "the gay cowboy movie," which made the film toxic to many.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkIytHD5v9c[/youtube]
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When she married Ennis, Alma was still in the flower of her youth.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWqup5t1FHU[/youtube]
(interesting to see the staging here)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNBKfNo9Pu0[/youtube]
(better audio)
=aside= Sandy
Two for one!
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-EiKPrAOHA[/youtube]
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As Ennis drove away from the lake for the last time, the ghostlike memory of their embrace by the fire many years before floated before Jack's eyes.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxtvHxQllzM[/youtube]
=aside=Sandy
Thanks for the lovely Roy Orbison "Crying"
Did you catch Bruce Springsteen on guitar? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0500183/
=aside=Paul
Pretty duet! (I've sometimes wanted to tell certain singers to go fly a kite) ;) ;D
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"A big-haired and bare-chested turn in Brokeback Mountain accelerated [Anne Hathaway's] transition to serious leading roles."
-- Patrick Huguenin (http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2008/06/15/2008-06-15_anne_hathaway_is_a_cool_number_in_get_sm.html), New York Daily News
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yrs9JtswsQ[/youtube]
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"Annie Proulx' short story, Brokeback Mountain, appeared unheralded in The New Yorker Magazine in 1997 and immediately became a modern classic--a brilliant, poetic love story between two cowboys in the western United States. (Begining in 1963, before the emergence of the broad-based gay rights movement earmarked by the Stonewall riots, the depiction of homophobia at that time seems not to have dated at all.) Nonjudgmental and sympathetic, Proulx' story, romantic but never descending into the sentimental, showed the sad impact of irrational homopohbia on the lives of two men who happen to be gay. That, as cowboys, they are iconic of all that is masculine America adds a decidedly deliberate level of irony."
(http://www.culturevulture.net/movies/images/culturevulture_logo_jpeg.jpg) (http://www.culturevulture.net/movies/Brokeback.htm)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxEazBfPVFg[/youtube]
=aside= Paul
Thanks for the duet. It's lovely.
=aside= Meryl
I own Black and White Night and never get tired of watching it. All the band members seemed to have idolized Roy. They also play it on PBS quite often.
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When Alma Jr. visited Ennis, she interrupted his lonelihood.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFxbIYF6cmw[/youtube]
(Is that intro in Finnish? Just a guess.)
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Jack wanted more than anything to map out his and Ennis's future along the lines of a sweet life together, but Ennis always came back with "you can't do that."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlW3SolhcIo[/youtube]
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Jack and Ennis had already celebrated their nineteenth birthdays when they met on Brokeback.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vMCDJi-_Po&feature=related[/youtube]
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In a published article (http://www.dopsychotherapy.com/0406_papers_brokeback.pdf) entitled "A Touch of Brokeback Mountain in All Men," San Francisco author, sex therapist, and psychologist David Ortmann asks, "If cowboys are the rugged, archetypal pioneers steeped in old Western folklore, how fitting is it that a movie about two cowboys and their life-long love for each other is one of the most pioneering works on the film landscape today?"
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7-10JylGZ8[/youtube]
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After observing Ennis and the reunion kiss, Alma wondered whether she had to police every breath he took.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rygpvh5bV4[/youtube]
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Ennis was extremely responsive to Jack's advances during those summer nights on Brokeback.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZeeELBWkJc [/youtube]
=aside= Paul
Love your stinging wit.
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The meadow stones glowed white-green and a flinty wind worked over the meadow, scraped the fire low, then ruffled it into yellow silk sashes.
[story]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYuyar-rrNY[/youtube]
Look at the stars, look how they shine for you
And all the things you do, yeah, they were all yellow....
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When Ennis is on the mountain, the boundaries are blurred, and there's no other way but to give in to his passion.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2_IwvA6pY8[/youtube]
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The undefinable feelings Jack had for Ennis that summer on Brokeback left him helplessly hoping they would be together again.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArczUVXrODQ[/youtube]
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Fourteen-year-old Ennis was truckin' to high school in a vehicle that needed to have its heater, windshield wipers, and tires repaired or replaced.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPNgjA4i6gM[/youtube]
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Round 817!
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The "It's all about me" Round.
Each post will include an unplayed word
as well as the word "me".
The "me" may be part of a longer word.
Words containing "me (http://www.morewords.com/contains/me/)"
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Jack's reunion meeting with Ennis was satisfying in ways he didn't anticipate.
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When it came to "dating", Jack received advice from two different barmen.
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Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain closely follows the acclaimed short story by Annie Proulx.
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Throughout the film, we follow the development of the relationship between Ennis and Jack.
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After leaving Jack in signal, Ennis engages in emesis.
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While speaking at an AIDS charity gala on January 31, 2008, Kate Mara, who played Heath Ledger's onscreen daughter in Brokeback Mountain and formed a close friendship with him on set, spoke of her grief following his untimely death: "I got the chance to spend some time with him, and he talked a lot about his family, because I have the same name as his sister. It is so sad, and I just hope his family [is] given the chance to grieve."
Ledger's Brokeback Mountain daughter grieves (http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/ledgers%20brokeback%20mountain%20daughter%20grieves_1058173)
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L.D. equated watching football games with virility.
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While speaking to Lureen, Ennis imagines anonymous henchmen beating Jack.
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"Movie buffs familiar with Chinese film will also note how Brokeback Mountain is rich in understated communication that's popular in Asian movies. There's the incremental buildup to the cowboys' love affair -- fleeting glances fraught with subsumed passion, minute gestures of heart-wrenching tenderness."
-- CRI Online, Ang Lee Brings Chinese Style to "Brokeback" (http://english.cri.cn/349/2006/03/04/
[email protected])
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When Alma asked Ennis if his friend would like some coffee, he gave the lame excuse of: "He's from Texas."
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Ennis, quick to anger, lashed out at two meathead bikers sitting near his family at the Fourth of July fireworks.
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"Thankfully the nation's critics and, for the most part, the accepting movie-going public, have looked beyond the late-night TV jokes and simplistic 'gay cowboy movie' moniker to accept director Ang Lee's great film for what it is, a profoundly moving and intensely personal melodrama."
-- Adam Suraf, In Review (http://www.dunkirkma.net/inreview/archives/brokeback_mountain.html)
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When LaShawn worked at Neiman Marcus, she was outspending her income on clothes.
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Ennis was shocked to see his postcard to Jack stamped "Deceased" and was soon phoning his wife in Texas in the vain hope that there'd been some mistake.
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Michelle Williams: I met Joy (Ellison) in Billings, Montana, and we drove down to Riverton, Wyoming. I soaked up the atmosphere and looked at people and places. It was so wonderful to be on a project where they allowed you to do that. I’ve never come across that [before]; "Yeah, sure, take a rental car, follow whatever path you want for a couple of days, get what you can, and come back to us." It was great.
Brokeback Mountain Production Notes (http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/brokeback_mountain/notes.pdf)
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Jack lived with the hope that someday he and Ennis would be together.
=aside= players
Sorry, coudn't resist.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXGz8i0I2L0[/youtube]
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On the day they met, both Jack and Lureen won their respective rodeo tournaments.
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Ang Lee Brings Chinese Style to "Brokeback" (http://english.cri.cn/349/2006/03/04/[email protected])
TAIPEI, Mar 3 (AP) -- He's spent most of his adult life in the West, where he's now one of Hollywood's top directors -- and a favorite to win an Academy Award on Sunday.
But Ang Lee still has his gentle smile and shy, modest demeanor -- the classic traits of a Chinese gentleman.
His Chineseness also shows through in his movies, especially in "Brokeback Mountain," which might win him the best director award at the Oscars. The Taiwan-born Lee would be the first Asian to get the honor.
In many ways, the movie seems distinctly un-Chinese, focusing on the gay relationship between two cowboys in the rugged American West. But the film also has themes popular in Chinese cinema, like the repression of the true self in a conservative society.
=reply= Sandy
:)
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The morning after TS1, Ennis knew something was wrong when heard the barking of a blue healer, only to find him whimpering beside the carcass of a dead ewe.
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Round 818!
It's Another
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Round!
Each post will include an unplayed word
as well as the word "me".
The "me" may be part of a longer word.
Words containing "me (http://www.morewords.com/contains/me/)"
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Brokeback Mountain won an Oscar for Ang Lee for best achievement in directing.
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"Usually I deal in obedient characters who do what they are told, but Jack and Ennis soon seemed more vivid than many of the flesh-and-blood people around me and there emerged an antiphonal back-and-forth relationship between writer and character."
-- Annie Proulx, "Getting Movied"
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Alma confirmed her suspicions about Ennis's fishing trips after tying a note to his fishing line.
=aside= players
I'm going to be seeing Pat Metheny and Gurton Burton tonight.
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Despite being rejected, Jack was a bit of a daydreamer.
=aside= Sandy
Did the show merit much praise?
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"Proulx’s tale is hardly the most promising material for a motion picture; with the spare prose and lack of dialogue among a number of potential stumbling blocks, but the finished screenplay is a marvel. It fills in the gaps which Proulx left in her story - such as cause of Jack’s black eye or his trip to Mexico, which are only alluded to - and beefs up Jack’s personal life and relationships in order to add a sense of balance to a tale which was initially heavily weighted towards Ennis’ point of view. Fortunately these additions are seamlessly blended into a narrative which flows beautifully and effortlessly builds to its moving climax."
Phil on Film (http://philonfilm.blogspot.com/2006/01/review-brokeback-mountain.html)
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"Usually I deal in obedient characters who do what they are told, but Jack and Ennis soon seemed more vivid than many of the flesh-and-blood people around me and there emerged an antiphonal back-and-forth relationship between writer and character."
-- Annie Proulx, "Getting Movied"
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Alma used a washboard to get the grime and grease out of the dirty laundry.
=aside= Paul
Yes it merited a lot of praise, except that it was about 100 degrees in there, since Pat likes it hot.
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While Jack and Ennis had wanderlust, Lureen and Alma were homebodies.
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"Sometime in early 1997 the story took shape. One night in a bar upstate I had noticed an older ranch hand, maybe in his late sixties, obviously short on the world's luxury goods. Although spruced up for Friday night his clothes were a little ragged, boots stained and worn. I had seen him around, working cows, helping with sheep, taking orders from a ranch manager. He was thin and lean, muscular in a stringy kind of way. He leaned against the back wall and his eyes were fastened not on the dozens of handsome and flashing women in the room but on the young cowboys playing pool. Maybe he was following the game, maybe he knew the players, maybe one was his son or nephew, but there was something in his expression, a kind of bitter longing, that made me wonder if he was country gay. Then I began to consider what it might have been like for him -- not the real person against the wall, but for any ill-informed, confused, not-sure-of-what-he-was-feeling youth growing up in homophobic rural Wyoming."
-- Annie Proulx, "Getting Movied"
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Ennis drives by an Elks lodge on his way home from work.
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Although she knew the true nature of Ennis's relationship to his friend Jack for some years, Alma felt muzzled by her fear of confronting him about it.
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"Bud" and "friend" were so of the nicknames Jack and Ennis used for each other.
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"The complicating factor was that [Ennis and Jack] both fell into once-in-a-lifetime love."
-- Annie Proulx, "Getting Movied"
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If she saw a handsome cowboy on his way to the men's room, Cassie would bare her soles so he could pamper her feet.
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The shirt-within-a-shirt was a bittersweet remembrance of Jack.
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Ennis del Mar wakes before five, wind rocking the trailer, hissing in around the aluminum door and window frames. The shirts hanging on a nail shudder slightly in the draft. He gets up, scratching the grey wedge of belly and pubic hair, shuffles to the gas burner, pours leftover coffee in a chipped enamel pan; the flame swathes it in blue.
[story]
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After their passionate meet-up at the Siesta Motel, Jack is downcast when Ennis tramples on his hopes for a sweet life.
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Larry McMurtry and Brokeback Mountain
Born almost 70 years ago in Wichita Falls, Texas into a family of cowboys and ranchers, Larry McMurtry has re-defined our vision of the American West. In place of the undefined open spaces and allegorical action of the conventional western, McMurtry has been giving us a real west, rooted in the particulars of the landscape and its people. In place of the mythic narratives familiar from so many movies and TV shows, he has given us a new narrative, more earthbound but no less grand.
McMurtry and his writing partner Diana Ossana will be paying a rare visit to the Walter Reade to discuss their adaptation of E. Annie Proulx’s short story Brokeback Mountain, following a screening of this highly acclaimed new film. Directed by Ang Lee and starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain is, in McMurtry and Ossana’s own words, “a raw, powerful story of two young men, a Wyoming ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy, who meet in the summer of 1963 sheepherding in the harsh, high grasslands of contemporary Wyoming and form an unorthodox yet life-long bond — by turns ecstatic, bitter and conflicted.”
Film Socity of Lincoln Center (http://filmlinc.com/special/events/brokeback.htm)
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Ennis's home state is Wyoming; he is a Wyomingite.
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Round 819!
The "It's All About Us" Round
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Each post will include an unplayed word
as well as the word "us".
The "us" may be part of a longer word.
Words containing "us" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/us/)
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The abusiveness of OMT was described in the story, but was not included in the film.
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When Jack felt that Ennis was brushing him off after the post-divorce mixup, he felt a wave of sadness sweep over him.
=aside= Fran
Great round announcement.
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"As a director, Ang Lee has always been very conscious of the role music plays in his movies, and Brokeback Mountain is no exception. The movie's pace is deliberate, its passion muted, its language sparse. To complement that feel, and indeed to generate it, Lee turned to Santaolalla to write both songs and score. Brokeback Mountain is one of those rare instances where the film was shot to the music; Lee has said that every evening during filming, he listened to Santaolalla's music to make sure he was getting the right mood. This close cooperation between director and composer is unique and resulted in an intimate marriage onscreen."
-- Andrew Granade, SoundtrackNet (http://www.soundtrack.net/albums/database/?id=3958)
=reply= Sandy
I had some creative fun with Photobucket.
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Ennis ducked Cassie's comments about the notes she'd left at his place by focusing on her latest boyfriend, Carl.
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Jack fussed over Ennis's head wound.
=whoops=
How does that go again? A-B-C-D-E, oh yeah.
Sorry, gang.
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"When word emerged that an operatic version of Brokeback Mountain is in the works, with a score by Charles Wuorinen, a lot of people in the classical music world weren’t sure what to think."
-- Matthew Westphal, SanFranciscoSentinel.com (http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=13675)
Next letter: "G"
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When Ennis saw Jack pull up in his truck for their four-year reunion, he greeted him with a gush of affection.
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When Jack questioned whether Alma and he had much of a life together, Ennis made him hush up with "You shut up about Alma. This ain't her fault."
=aside=Sandy
;)
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The watercolor illustrations for Annie's Close Range were done by Denver aritst William Matthews.
(http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/graphics/proulxcr.jpg)
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"Cooke S4/i lenses have been the lens of choice for a number of major film releases, from very visually motivated films like Brokeback Mountain and Oh Brother Where Art Thou to blockbusters like Casino Royale, Harry Potter, Live Free or Die Hard and Iron Man."
-- Wade McDonald, 4kdp.com (http://newsite.4kdp.com/index.php/techmenu/techprodmenu/4-cooke-s4i-lenses)
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Annie Proulx said that the most difficult scene to write was that of Ennis holding Jack and rocking him back and forth, "humming, the moment mixed with childhood loss and his refusal to admit he was holding a man." She was greatly influenced by the music 'Spiritual' by Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny from the album Beyond The Missouri Sky and listened to it countless times in order to get the words right.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtSpiF5q-Cg[/youtube]
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Rather than get sad, Ennis got nauseated at parting with Jack.
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Feeling that they must obey societal norms, Ennis and Jack marry women and have children.
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After years of being a pushover, Alma finally got up the courage to divorce Ennis and marry Monroe, the village grocer.
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Ennis tried to fool Alma with the ruse of going on fishing trips with Jack.
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The string of spare horses included a mouse-colored grullo whose looks Ennis liked.
[story]
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Ennis, furious after his Thanksgiving fight with Alma, bolted from the house, picked a fight with a roughneck and got brutally beaten about the face and trunk.
=aside=Players
Congrats on 2,000 wordy pages! 8)
(Next player gets to be Post #20,000!)
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Brokeback Mountain ushered in a new era in excellent filmmaking.
=Congrats= Dear Players
As we usher in 20,000 excellent posts!
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"How much self-control can you exercise when it comes to true love? Can you hold back showing your love for decades, knowing that your heart, body, and soul will weaken with the passing of time? Can you wait for your love to be reciprocated for decades, knowing that your wait may be futile?
"Ang Lee's movies move us so effectively often because they capture the strengths and weaknesses of the human heart and the tragedies emerging from the lack of control over or the overzealous control of one's emotions. We are victims of the power of love as it conquers not just our hearts but minds. Societal and familial constraints are powerful forces that can thwart the course of true love. Love fights back, sometimes successfully, often not. The great obstacle in the path of love is ultimately the self. We inflict pain on ourselves and others as readily as we love."
-- Marilyn Lim, MTVAsia.com (http://www.mtvasia.com/Review/Movie/M20060216001390.html)
=aside= Players
Well done!!!!
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Round 820!
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In Honor of Our 20,000th Post, A Tribute to BetterMost
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Play an unplayed word as well as the word Better or the word Most.
Words containing "most" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/most).
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Jack and Ennis spent most afternoons on Brokeback guarding the sheep and tending the camp, with a little time set aside for some R & R.
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc149/bytemover/congratulations_graphics_7.gif) players
on 20,000 incredible posts. We just keep getting better and better.
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Between Jimbo and Lureen, Jack had bettered his time on the bulls.
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"Proulx's story worked because it seemed to almost refuse to be political -- and yet calling it a fantasy was too much of a stretch because the tale was written in a style that was very gritty, real, and with utterly believable consequences. The result was a simple, powerful and universal fable of a beautiful but tragic love affair between two ordinary people in an unforgiving society...."
-- Garth Franklin, DarkHorizons.com (http://www.darkhorizons.com/reviews/134/Brokeback-Mountain)
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Jake Gyllenhaal's Jack Twist was better-looking than the boy Annie Proulx described in her story, his Hollywood-handsome dimples being a case in point; however, most viewers of the movie had no complaints.
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=aside=Players
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Upon seeing Jack after four years, Ennis dragged him to the endmost stair of a hidden staircase that was perfect for kissing.
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"There are three new bonus materials on the Collector's Edition DVD set, but their total run time is only 31 minutes. The most compelling of these is the 11-minute featurette on the film's Oscar-winning music, which was mostly written by Gustavo Santaolalla before Ang Lee even started shooting."
-- Ivana Redwine, About.com (http://homevideo.about.com/od/capsulerevi3/gr/BrokbckMDVDCEda.htm)
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To get Jack in the proper position, Ennis grabbed him by the lapel, and guided him hithermost.
=tribute=
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYx3BR2aJA4[/youtube]
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Because Cigar Butt was spooked by the bear, he reared up on his hindmost legs, throwing Ennis to the ground; Ennis, however, didn't bear a grudge, but Jack, hungry as a bear, had to grin and bear it.
=aside= Elle
Thanks for the tribute.
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Ennis was a tortured soul who had difficulty expressing his innermost feelings.
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That summer of 1963 found Jack and Ennis herding sheep, on the lowermost rung of the cowboy ladder.
=cartoon tribute=
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsxn6fwLEk0[/youtube]
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When Ennis looks at the shrine in Jack's honor, his eyes moisten up and he utters the most heartfelt line he has ever said: "Jack, I swear."
=aside= Paul
Great cartoon tribute.
=aside= Fran
The answer list is a beautiful thing.
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On January 13, 2006, Brokeback Mountain, one of the most highly anticipated films of the season, was playing in 700 theaters across the nation.
=reply= Sandy
It sure is.
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The Twist house in Lightning Flat was on the outermost corner of Wyoming, on the Montana border.
=aside= Fran
Gorgeous new answer list! Thanks.
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The practicality of Jack's always being the one to drive fourteen hours to meet his fishin' buddy escaped Lureen, but she thought better of continuing to badger her husband about it.
=aside=Fran
Ditto about the answer list. Magnifique! 8)
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James Schamus: The wonder of the boys’ performances is how they relate and grow off each other as the film progresses. We see them age over the course of two decades, and watch the weight of their experience accumulate sometimes in the most quiet, intimate ways as their relationship changes.
Brokeback Mountain Production Notes (http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/brokeback_mountain/notes.pdf)
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When Jack was a little randy, he would venture to Texas's southernmost border.
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Ennis greeted Jack from the topmost stair before he began his descent down to greet him.
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Anne Hathaway: An actor friend of mine said, "Read this script." I did, and it was a heartbreaking and very real love story. I thought, "I’ve got to be a part of this."
I went to a bookstore and found Close Range. I read Brokeback Mountain first and then went back and read the rest of the stories. Annie Proulx revealed a part of American history to me that I didn’t know existed.
There’s a line in the short story, and the screenplay: "If you can’t fix it, you gotta stand it." Although the story is Ennis and Jack’s, and they’re the best example of it, that line really applies to all the characters in the movie; it’s a human truth.
This screenplay shows that not having the freedom to be who you are doesn’t just affect you; it affects the people that you let into your life. I didn’t know this [at first], but "Ennis" means "island." Ennis is a man unto himself, and he keeps to himself the most of anybody in Brokeback Mountain -- and that still affects people. He can’t access his emotions and be with the person he loves most in the entire world.
Brokeback Mountain Production Notes (http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/brokeback_mountain/notes.pdf)
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Heath was from the westernmost region of his country, known as Western Australia.
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ROUND 821!
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WE CONTINUE OUR TRIBUTE TO BETTERMOST
Prettiest little site in Wyoming!
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Jack felt that his father treated him like he had an abnormality because he was dick clipped and the old man was not, almost like the old man felt he was better than him.
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James Schamus: The wonder of the boys’ performances is how they relate and grow off each other as the film progresses. We see them age over the course of two decades, and watch the weight of their experience accumulate sometimes in the most quiet, intimate ways as their relationship changes.
Brokeback Mountain Production Notes (http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/brokeback_mountain/notes.pdf)
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Ennis decided that canning beans in favor of soup would get the most attention from Jack, and, apparently, the Basque.
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Most of the people at the Four of July picnic overheard the drunken bikers' conversation, debasing women.
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Larry McMultry said that Brokeback Mountain led to his attending his first awards show, the Golden Globes: "I've never been to an awards show of any kind until then. I've been nominated for Oscars and stuff; I just didn't go. I never wanted to go. Still don't, actually. But this movie is special. It's up there with Terms of Endearment -- at least as good, maybe better."
Brokeback's big secrets (http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Brokeback's%20big%20secrets:%20was%20Jack%20really%20gay-bashed?%20Will%20Ennis%20love...-a0143009613)
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Making a profit was foremost in Aguirre's mind.
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Ennis wanted to be better educated, but the furthest he got was the ninth grade.
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Randy Quaid: In 1997, I was in a gym, on a treadmill, and I was looking for something to read. I saw a copy of The New Yorker, opened it up, and started reading this story. I was just so taken with it that I swiped the magazine, took it home, and finished the story. I think what impacted me the most was the fact that we’re all alone in this world, and we all have that same human need for love -- to find somebody that fulfills us.
Brokeback Mountain Production Notes (http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/brokeback_mountain/notes.pdf)
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Ennis was a tortured soul who had difficulty expressing his inmost feelings.
=aside= Fran
:)
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Ennis and Cassie were the leftmost couple dancing to the juke box during their afternoon out with Junior.
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In the midst of an unsafe time and culture, Jack and Ennis fell in love in their only real place of refuge - Brokeback - after which life never got any better.
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Brokeback Mountain's opening -- which was, in almost every way, cautious, low-profile, and carefully protected -- was followed by astonishing first-weekend grosses: more than $109,000 per theater -- the highest per-screen average ever recorded for a non-animated picture.
Selling 'Brokeback': A Tough Mountain to Climb (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5187145)
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As Aguirre raised his binoculars for a better view, Ennis outmuscled Jack during a playful tussle outside their tent.
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James Schamus: The wonder of the boys’ performances is how they relate and grow off each other as the film progresses. We see them age over the course of two decades, and watch the weight of their experience accumulate sometimes in the most quiet, intimate ways as their relationship changes.
Brokeback Mountain Production Notes (http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/brokeback_mountain/notes.pdf)
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James Schamus: This was probably the most pleasant film shoot that Ang and I have ever worked on. There was almost an inverse proportion between our lack of money and the abundance of spirit in our crew and cast. Everything was done simply -- not only because we didn’t have the budget but also because, artistically, everything needed to be honest, direct, and clear... from the rawness and vulnerability of our actors to the presence of the natural environment.
Brokeback Mountain Production Notes (http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/brokeback_mountain/notes.pdf)
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Ennis and Jack spooned in the blue tent; that was the most affectionate we see in their later lives.
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While working a job on the county roads, Ennis judged it better to remain silent in the face of Timmy's barrage of small talk, confining himself to wiping the trickles of sweat from his brow.
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Ennis wanted to protect his little girls from the unwholesome conversation of the bikers:
Biker #1: Woooeee... look at this crowd! There's bound to be lots of pussy on the hoof in a crowd like this.
Biker #2: All swelled up with patriotic feeling and ready to be humped like a frog.
Biker #1: Where do you think the most pussy's at -- Las Vegas or California?
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Heath's home town of Perth is on the westmost coast of Australia.
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Round 822!
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The superlative may be the unplayed word.
[Superlative adjectives include words like worst, best, most,
best, least, biggest, smallest, nicest, and meanest.]
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Schamus Stresses ‘Brokeback’ Is More Than a Gay Cowboy Flick
Co-President of Focus Features and “Brokeback” speaks at HFA
Begun as a 1997 short story in “The New Yorker” written by Annie Proulx, “Brokeback Mountain” is inspired by a nuanced encounter Proulx had while sitting in a Midwestern bar. During a trip to Laramie, Wyo. in 1997—ironically the same town that would capture national attention only one year later, when Matthew Shepard died as a result of a gay hate crime—Proulx saw a man sitting at the bar, watching other guys play pool. “She saw something in his eyes that most people didn’t see, and that’s how the story began,” Schamus said.
As soon as the script was finished and released into the Hollywood scene, the calls came flooding in from people who wanted to audition. “This was the easiest film we’ve ever had to cast,” Shamus said ...
During pre-production, Schamus says he alleviated Lee’s practical fears about finding an audience. “[I told Ang] Don’t worry, we will find the audience…just shoot whatever you want,” Schamus said.
The Harvard Crimson (http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=510647)
=aside= Fran
Nice Round announcement
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"Film buffs and the politically minded, meanwhile, will be arguing this morning about whether the Best Picture Oscar to 'Crash' was really for the film's merit or just a cop-out by the Motion Picture Academy so it wouldn't have to give the prize to 'Brokeback Mountain,' a movie about two cowboys who fall reluctantly but passionately in love."
-- Tom Shales, The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/06/AR2006030600029.html)
=reply= Sandy
Thanks.
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Jack was at his cuddliest in TS2.
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Jack tried his darndest to convince Ennis to share his dream of a "sweet life."
=(http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/bhs/lib/bhs/congrats.gif)= Paul
On 8,000 edgy, excellent posts.
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An excerpt from Jeff Otto's joint interview of Matt Damon and Heath Ledger (http://movies.ign.com/articles/644/644232p3.html):
Q: How was your experience on Brokeback Mountain?
LEDGER: I mean, look, it was kinda like signing up for boot camp for I don't even know how mahy weeks I was out there, 15 weeks or something, but it was tough. It was a lonely experience, but it was definitely a real sense of accomplishment once I finished. It scared me s**tless. I was absolutely -- I had so much fear for the project and the story and, you know, had to be brave. I definitely came out thinking, "F**k, I can do anything," you know? It was a beautiful story, a beautiful script.
Q: Can you elaborate on what scared you?
LEDGER: You know, the idea I had to make out with Jake Gyllenhaal for one, which, just wasn't the easiest thing to do.
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Finding love was the farthest thing on their minds when Jack and Ennis went up the mountain to herd sheep.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks!
Happy Fourth, gang, I'll probably be far from computer access.
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Jack Twist made his entrance in "Brokeback Mountain" in the grungiest old pickup truck imaginable.
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=aside=Fran
Nice idea for a round 8)
=aside=Paul et al
Hope you have a fab Fourth! :D
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Once Joe Aguirre told him to get the hell out of his trailer, Jack beat the hastiest of retreats.
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=reply= Meryl
Actually, "superlatives" was Paul's idea.
BTW, "comparatives" is waiting in the wings.
=aside= Paul
Congrats on reaching 8,000!
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Ennis gave Alma the inanest of excuses as to why Jack didn't come inside for coffee: "He's from Texas."
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Ennis gave Alma the lamest of excuses as to why Jack didn't come inside for coffee: "He's from Texas."
=aside= Sandy
Thanks.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
=Happy Fourth= Everybody!
I hacked into somebody's wireless after all!
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The fashionable Lureen and Jack wore the matchiest outfits of anyone in "Brokeback Mountain."
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Interview with Director Ang Lee
by Jeff Yang
It's easy to see how the titular ridgeline of Ang Lee's new cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain" got its name. Its silhouette is interrupted with a sharp, unexpected cleft, as if shattered by a giant's hammer. What's left behind is two lonely peaks, separated above by an impossible, impassable distance -- but they are joined together below the horizon.
It's a perfect symbol for the film's star-crossed gay lovers. And it's an equally good one for its enigmatic director, Ang Lee. The adage has it that no man is an island, but Lee is, his friends and colleagues agree, at the very least something of a peninsula -- connected by just the narrowest of land bridges to the Hollywood machine that feeds him and purposefully removed from the mainstream social whirl of his adopted home, America.
CJKDramas.com (http://www.runboard.com/bcjkdramasincalifornia.f16.t168845)
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The "Texans don't drink coffee?" comment was one of the oddest in the film.
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With both the Forest Service and Joe Aguirre proctoring their daily activities, Jack and Ennis found themselves in the uneasiest of positions.
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This month's W magazine features an interview with Jake Gyllenhaal in which he talks about his upcoming movies Jarhead and Brokeback Mountain. Issue hits NYC newsstands today and the rest of the nation very soon. Below you'll find an excerpt:
In a scene destined to be this year’s boldest cinematic taboo-breaker, Ennis del Mar (Ledger) and Jack Twist (Gyllenhaal) surprise themselves one night by consummating their crush during a wordless encounter in their moonlit pup tent. After Jack makes the first move, Ennis, with very little fanfare and even less tenderness, puts Jack on all fours and takes him from behind. Lee recalls that the scene required 13 takes spanning one very long day. “I was very proud of Jake,” he says. “What he does with that scene is very moving, very real, with a lot of emotion and a lot of excitement.”
“Uh, I don’t really remember much of that day,” says Gyllenhaal, laughing. He spent much of it cutting the tension by joking with Ledger about who was going to do what to whom. “It’s one of the riskiest things I’ve done in my career,” Gyllenhaal says, likening the experience to jumping into a very cold lake. “At a certain point you just take a deep breath and dive in. And then the water’s freezing, and you jump out as fast as you can.”
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Jack was at his snazziest when he asked Lashawn to dance.
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"Brokeback Mountain is one of the most beautifully photographed movies of the year, and Lee knows how to frame shots that exude emotion rather than simply relying on the characters to provide it alone. His contrasts between impossibly romantic Brokeback Mountain panoramas and the colorless earth tones of small-town Wyoming life help the viewer feel what these characters yearn for and what they feel they have to settle for."
-- Jonathan Cribbs, Diamondback Online (http://media.www.diamondbackonline.com/media/storage/paper873/news/2005/12/15/Diversions/Ledger.Gyllenhaal.Go.For.Broke-2323852.shtml)
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"Undoubtedly breathtaking in its picturesque mode, Brokeback Mountain is a tranquil treat that's strangely incomplete because we're left wondering what would become of the love affair had these pair of wranglers been allowed to wallow in their preferred skin. Lee and his cinematic handlers (particularly cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (21 Grams) and composer Gustavo Santaolalla) concoct an extraordinary piece of cinema that visually pleases the naked eye and creates a wistful spirit. Artistically realized and drenched in skillful sentimentality, Mountain delivers one of the unlikeliest resourceful love stories filled with unassuming silent rage while tapping into a sympathetic pulse."
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Ennis gave Alma his weakest excuse: "He's from Texas".
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James Schamus: The wonder of the boys’ performances is how they relate and grow off each other as the film progresses. We see them age over the course of two decades and watch the weight of their experience accumulate sometimes in the most quiet, intimate ways as their relationship changes.
Brokeback Mountain Production Notes (http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/brokeback_mountain/notes.pdf)
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Lureen was at her blondest during the "phone call from Ennis" scene.
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When Jack turned up to apply for a third summer of work on Brokeback, Joe Aguirre gave him the coolest reception possible.
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The direst moment in Ennis's childhood was the visit to the irrigation ditch.
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Dressed in his best shirt in anticipation of Jack's arrival, Ennis takes a drag on his cigarette and then exhales.
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Ennis had wanted to be better educated, but the furthest he got in school was the ninth grade.
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Lureen wore her grooviest shirt during the "phone call with Ennis" scene.
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Larry McMurtry concluded his Oscar acceptance speech by saying, "And finally I’m going to thank all the booksellers of the world. Remember, Brokeback Mountain was a book before it was a movie. From the humblest paperback exchange to the masters of the great bookshops of the world. All are contributors to the survival of the culture of the book."
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L.D.'s inexcusable behavior at Thanksgiving dinner prompted one of the rarest things on record in the Twist family: Rodeo raising his voice to the Stud Duck.
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Between the Signal parting and the reunion kiss was the boys' longest separation.
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In one of Ennis's mellowest moments, he embraced Jack from behind, in what came to be known as the "dozy embrace."
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The bikers' talk about where "the most pussy's at" put a none-too-pleased look on Alma's face.
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When Jack was at his oldest, he overgrew his moustache.
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Ang Lee directed Heath Ledger in his Oscar-nominated role in Brokeback Mountain , where the actor met his ex-girlfriend, Michelle Williams . "Working with Heath was one of the purest joys of my life,” Lee said in a statement to Usmagazine.com . “He brought to the role of Ennis more than any of us could have imagined - a thirst for life, for love, and for truth, and a vulnerability that made everyone who knew him love him.”
showhype.com (http://showhype.com/story/brokeback_mountain_director_working_with_ledger_was/)
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"Brokeback Mountain is one of the most beautifully photographed movies of the year, and Lee knows how to frame shots that exude emotion rather than simply relying on the characters to provide it alone. His contrasts between impossibly romantic Brokeback Mountain panoramas and the colorless earth tones of small-town Wyoming life help the viewer feel what these characters yearn for and what they feel they have to settle for."
-- Jonathan Cribbs, Diamondback Online (http://media.www.diamondbackonline.com/media/storage/paper873/news/2005/12/15/Diversions/Ledger.Gyllenhaal.Go.For.Broke-2323852.shtml)
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The reunion kiss was the strangest thing Alma had ever seen.
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One of the toughest years for Jack was the year he nearly starved because he only made three thousand dollars rodeoing.
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At the Motel Siesta Ennis talked about making what many would consider the unwisest decision of his life:
"Took me about a year a figure out it was that I shouldn't a let you out a my sights. Too late then by a long, long while."
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One of Ennis's wisest decisions was to answer Jack's postcard.
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Round 824!
The Comparatives Round!
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Ennis became angrier and angrier when Alma confronted him about his "fishing trips" with Jack Nasty.
=aside= Fran
One of your greater round announcements.
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"Brokeback may be too polished for some people, too elegantly dispassionate in its study of choked passion. Its final image insists rather bluntly on the closets we build for ourselves. The movie sticks with you, though, as does its belief that love is more important than gender or culture or anything -- that it's important enough to be treasured in secret if necessary. Lee stays true to the cowboy stoicism of Proulx's final lines: 'Nothing could be done about it, and if you can't fix it you've got to stand it.' That's the tragedy here, and the strength."
-- Ty Burr, The Boston Globe (http://www.boston.com/movies/display?display=movie&id=7871)
=reply= Sandy
Thanks.
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Ennis discovered that it was chillier outside the tent, compared to inside.
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The night of TS1 Ennis kept getting drunker until it was too late to go back to the sheep
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Ennis was surprised to discover in Jack's bedroom closet Jack's old shirt from his Brokeback days, a shirt which still had Ennis's own blood encrusted on one of its sleeves. He was even more surprised to discover that his old plaid shirt was hidden inside Jack's shirt, "the pair like two skins, one inside the other, two in one."
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Both Jack and Ennis felt freer on Brokeback Mountain than anywhere else.
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Every time Jack had to eat beans he would get grumpier.
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"A lesser filmmaker might have painted the women as nags or harpies, but Ang allows Ennis’s wife Alma (Michelle Williams) in particular a great deal of poignancy and doesn’t avoid showing the pain that Ennis’s betrayal causes her as well as the children. Jack’s wife Lureen (Anne Hathaway), a rodeo princess and heavy-equipment heiress, is likewise appealing and sympathetic, though less developed as a character and lacking a satisfying character arc."
-- Steven D. Greydanus, DecentFilms.com (http://www.decentfilms.com/sections/reviews/brokebackmountain.html)
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Annie Proulx's short story provides a richer, though perhaps ickier impression of the room at the Siesta Motel than does the close-up shot of Ennis and Jack in the film: "The room stank of semen and smoke and sweat and whiskey, of old carpet and sour hay, saddle leather, shit and cheap soap."
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Ennis's "He's from Texas" excuse was lamer than most of his excuses.
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In one of Ennis's mellower moments, he embraced Jack from behind, in what came to be known as the "dozy embrace."
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An excerpt from a letter (http://www.outsports.com/nfl/2006/0302nflbrokeback.htm) written by Diana Ossana in response to Jim Buzinski's article "Why NFL Said No to Brokeback":
"She left the impression that the NFL was anti-gay and didn't want the footage in the movie," a producer who attended the breakfast told Outsports, on the condition of anonymity."
The above quote says far more about the anonymous producer's viewpoint regarding the NFL's refusal to grant us rights to their footage than it does about mine -- particularly since the producer chose to remain anonymous…
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Earl and Rich's living arrangement seemed odder than it should to some homophobic residents of Sage, Wyoming.
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Jack tended to be pickier than Ennis.
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In the "Jack Nasty" scene, Ennis's face got redder and redder.
=aside= Elle
It's always nicer when you're here.
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They had a high-time supper by the fire, a can of beans each, fried potatoes and a quart of whiskey on shares, sat with their backs against a log, boot soles and copper jeans rivets hot, swapping the bottle while the lavender sky emptied of color and the chill air drained down, drinking, smoking cigarettes, getting up every now and then to piss, firelight throwing a sparkle in the arched stream, tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, talking horses and rodeo, roughstock events, wrecks and injuries sustained, the submarine Thresher lost two months earlier with all hands and how it must have been in the last doomed minutes, dogs each had owned and known, the draft, Jack's home ranch where his father and mother held on, Ennis's family place folded years ago after his folks died, the older brother in Signal and a married sister in Casper.
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Cassie got tearier as the bus station scene progressed.
=aside= Paul
Thankier. Backatier.
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Alma felt that it would have been unwise not to use rubbers because she didn't want any more kids.
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"Jake Gyllenhaal plays the flamboyant Jack with tenderness and hard-earned toughness but it is Heath Ledger's Ennis that is truly heartrending. His painfully internalised performance is epitomised by his clipped mutter, as if afraid too much will fall out if he opens his mouth any wider."
-- Caroline Hennessy, RTÉ Entertainment (http://www.rte.ie/arts/2006/0105/brokebackmountain.html)
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Round 825!
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Comparatives: Part 2!
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What with al his crushed vertebrates and such, Jack was achier before he quit rodeoin'.
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Jack arrived in Signal in an old pickup that had been blacker in its youth, before time and layers of dirt had turned it an antique grey.
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Joy Ellison: Their mouths would be [closed more], which worked well for the characters and the whole feeling, because the bigger picture is an idea of people who can’t communicate. They are in a period of time where, there may be a sexual revolution going on in the country but in that particular part of the country, it’s a much more conservative, bottled-up, and uncommunicative society. It would be very difficult for people to be open and communicative about these things. Ang was particularly careful about all of it.
Brokeback Mountain Production Notes (http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/brokeback_mountain/notes.pdf)
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The slices of elk were getting dryer whilst on the rack.
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Ennis insisted that he "ain't no queer", making it easier to accept what had happened the night before.
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"Heath Ledger, finally delivering on the early promise he showed in decidedly frothier efforts such as 10 Things I Hate About You and A Knight's Tale, plays Ennis Del Mar, a young cowboy who meets Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) in 1963 and slowly, unexpectedly falls in love."
-- Todd Gilchrist, IGN Movies (http://movies.ign.com/articles/675/675510p1.html)
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Young Ennis was gabbier with Jack than without.
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Junior tells Ennis that Alma and Monroe are harsher on her than on Jenny.
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Ennis soon realized that his feelings for Jack were intenser than anything he had ever experienced.
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Some film veterans saw Randy Quaid's $10 million lawsuit against the makers of Brokeback Mountain as a case of sour grapes over a deal that could have been better negotiated for Mr. Quaid.
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Aguirre was meaner to Jack when he came around the following summer looking for work.
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... Quaid and his lover were pretty well off, with the wealth of options that come with not having to worry about basic survival. Jack and Ennis don't have those options: their upbringing and worldviews limit the places they would possibly consider living, and their lack of financial means keeps their options even narrower.
Rating: 4.5/5 GOATS
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Ennis and Alma's bedroom grew darker after Alma moved the lamp's on-off switch to the off position.
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Cassie was pushier when she first met Ennis, dragging him to the dance floor and away from the men's room.
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Jack had a tendency to make riskier choices while Ennis liked to play it safe.
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The next week Joe Aguirre sent word to bring them down -- another, bigger storm was moving in from the Pacific -- and they packed in the game and moved off the mountain with the sheep, stones rolling at their heels, purple cloud crowding in from the west and the metal smell of coming snow pressing them on.
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Although Jack knew a tempest was brewing, he was more determined than ever to speak his mind about the short leash Ennis kept him on.
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As Ennis got drunker, he became the upsetter of campfire utensils.
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Rather than riding back to the sheep in the wee hours in a drunken condition, Ennis decided it would be better to grab forty winks and return to the herd at first light.
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ROUND 826!
GET YOUR RHYMING FIX!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Catchall/Rhymeroundpic.jpg)
Each reply must include an unplayed word and at least two words that rhyme.
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In a FAQ posted on her website, Annie Proulx, she wrote that "Brokeback began as an examination of country homophobia in the land of the Great Pure Noble Cowboy. Years of accumulated observation went into the story.
About the story's main characters, Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, Proulx said they affected her long after the story was published, and the film version rekindled her feelings for them — an attachment that she had previously rejected. In an interview in the Missouri Review, Proulx called the notion of falling in love with fictional characters "repugnant," but in a note on her website she reconsidered her earlier assertion: "There is one lie in [the Missouri Review] interview where I said I had never fallen in love with any of my characters. I think I did fall in love with both Jack and Ennis, or some other strong feeling of connection which has persisted for the eight years since the story was written."
Book Rags (http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain_(short_story))
=aside= Meryl
Sound idea for a round.
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Ennis was snug as a bug in a rug once he joined Jack in the tent.
=aside=Sandy
Thanks! :)
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Jake Church would make his big-screen debut playing Bobby, age 10, in Brokeback Mountain.
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Randall would steal a glance at the Benefit Dance at Jack, who looked so dapper in his leather jacket and tight-fitting pants.
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Youngster Ennis learned empirically that living like Earl did with Rich could mean ending up in a ditch.
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Although Ennis wanted to dismiss it as fluff when Jack's reach touched his stuff, Ennis was gruff, but soon couldn't get enough.
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"[Jack's] courting and marriage to Lureen is, like Ennis’s marriage to Alma (Michelle Williams), an expression of his bisexuality, but
like Ennis he is driven more by the demands of normativity and security -- for Jack, the gambit more or less pays off and he is uneasily integrated into the wealthy Newsome family."
-- Christopher Sharrett, "Death of the Strong, Silent Type: The Achievement of Brokeback Mountain" (http://www.atypon-link.com/INT/doi/pdf/10.1386/fiin.7.1.16?cookieSet=1)
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Jack found that no matter how much pampering and tampering he lavished on it, his "cunt truck" was forever hampering his style.
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Lureen stole the scene with the impressiveness of her performance as rodeo queen.
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Ennis and Jack never move in together despite the latter's repeated requests to do so.
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While Ennis moped, Jack roped, and we coped.
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After Thanksgiving dinner, Ennis thought Alma was nitpicking and they started bickering until he ended up almost kicking the door down.
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Sleepy the bull, a cord tied around his prairie oysters, plunged and pitched, bucked and bitched, and finally ditched the determined Jack Twist.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/JackonSleepy.jpg)
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On their last day on the mountain, Ennis rebukes, puts up his dukes, and later pukes--gadzooks, but it wasn't Dubois' cukes.
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After Jimbo's rebuff, Jack had had enough, but tried to be tough and stormed out in a huff.
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Ennis had never felt such touch
He liked the clutch very much
It became a crutch and got him in dutch
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In the later years, Jack and Ennis were toking, but what was that they're smoking?
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When Jack initiated the sexual contact for which a request was unmakable, he instigated a response from Ennis that was unfakable, leading to a love that was unshakable, but not to hearts that were unbreakable.
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The last day on the mountain Ennis and Jack wrestle and fight, afraid to leave the place where everything seemed right.
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Round 827!
More Rhyming!
(http://www.supergood.ca/blog/uploaded_images/ChadGeranRhymeBookPage9and10-701237.jpg)
Each reply must include an unplayed word and at least two words that rhyme.
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During his visit to Lightning Flat, Ennis discovered that the shirt that should have been in his flour sack had apparently been swiped by Jack.
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On the sheep did Ennis bail, and on the tent did it hail.
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Ennis created a tangle of lies every time he said his goodbyes leaving Alma to surmise the what's and the why's.
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Ennis knew his love for Jack was worth the dearth of mirth he felt while lodged in his last berth, the loneliest trailer on earth.
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Heath: from earth's end, did Perth send.
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While fielding questions about his sexual orientation after his starring role as a gay sheep herder in Brokeback Mountain, Jake Gyllenhaal said, "I can honestly say I've never been attracted to a man sexually, but I don't think I'd be afraid of it if it happened."
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Having spent with a gent in a tent meant Ennis was bent.
=aside= all
This is fun.
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When the hail did hover, the boys ran for cover.
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Aguirre was sure that the boys' indolence, in the form of stemming the rose, working when they chose, and what else the Lord knows, was responsible for the sheep count being at one of its lows.
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OMT was a lowlife who was rude to his wife, caused nothing but strife, and twisted the knife when he told Ennis that Jack said he's going to come up here with a neighbor of his from Texas to help run the ranch.
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Ennis knew his love for Jack was worth the dearth of mirth he felt while lodged in his last berth, the loneliest trailer on earth.
=aside= Meryl
This one was so sweet, I had to repeat!
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After they wed, Alma and Ennis nested in lonesome cabins where social life was dead, tears were shed, babies were bred and Alma got it into her head to move to town instead.
=aside=Paul
Well done, hun! 8)
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Before inviting Ennis to come back, Mrs. Twist placed in a paper sack the overlapping shirts once worn by him and Jack.
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Lureen swallowed her pride and asked the handsome cowboy to go for a ride, got into the backseat while he complied, and shortly thereafter became his bride.
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"I got your card about the divorce," Jack repeated, his hopes seeded, but after Ennis's response, he felt defeated.
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OMT was rude to his wife, caused nothing but strife, and twisted the knife when he told Ennis that Jack said he was going to restart his life by moving to Lightning Flat with a neighbor of his from Texas.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks.
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When he caught a whiff of Jack's drift, Ennis asked him if he'd been to Mexico, which revved up the tiff in a jif.
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After a night of drinking by the fire, Jack was filled with untamed desire which accounted for what would later transpire.
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Jack came to wive it wealthily in
Padua Childress, but to "fish" stealthily in the wilderness.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mYaMqLee7I[/youtube]
"Kiss Me, Kate" by Cole Porter
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Round 828!
Let's Rhyme One More Time!!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Catchall/Rhymeroundpic2.jpg)
Each reply must include an unplayed word and at least two words that rhyme.
-
Leaving Lureen's door ajar, Jack jumped in his car, hitched his wagon to a star and traveled afar (to the music of Rufus's guitar) to surprise Ennis del Mar.
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"In truth, many things act against the prospect of success for this ambitious project. The script was kicking around for almost seven years and even a director as accomplished as Gus van Sant could not find actors who were willing to undertake it. It was budgeted at a level so thrifty that it's a miracle it looks as stylish and painterly as it does. This was likely to be a famously unproduced movie. And yet here it is."
-- Rick Moody, The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2005/dec/17/featuresreviews.guardianreview12)
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After a night in the tent, Ennis gave his consent to repeat the one-shot event when he went back into the tent the next evening.
-
Although Jack thought Ennis's post-divorce excuses were just drivel, he ended up in a snivel.
-
Joe Aguirre, who looked at Ennis and Jack as expendable, ordered the latter to break Forest Service rules and sleep each night with the sheep, out of sight.
-
When the fire went down Ennis nearly froze, so he entered the tent, warmed up, and stemmed the rose.
-
In the years between Brokeback and the reunion, Ennis and Jack's love hung like a gossamer thread between them as each clung to the memory of a place where they were young, had flung caution to the winds, and strung happy days together like a necklace of gems.
-
In the bar Lureen was doughty
In the backseat she was naughty
At the benefit she was haughty
-
Because of the so-called "ick factor," some otherwise intelligent people would be disinclined to see that "gay cowboy movie" by Ang Lee. Their loss.
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After Cassie unties her laces, she places her feet in Ennis's lap, while he braces himself to give her a foot rub.
-
Although Ennis was a maniac in describing his paranoia of folks on the pavement, he later called Jack a brainiac, "You're a real thinker there".
=aside= Players
I'll soon be off for Alberta, to convert a few dollars and see the sights.
-
Though Jack dreamed of a sweet life and the whole enchilada, what he mostly got was a whole lot a nada.
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Jack told Ennis about his stress fracture which was due to repetitive overwork: "The arm bone here, you know how bullridin you're always leverin it off your thigh? -- she gives a little ever time you do it. Even if you tape it good you break it a little goddamn bit at a time."
=aside= Paul
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture12-8.png)
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They started work that summer in a beautiful, peaceful setting, not knowing a lifetime of love is what they'd be getting.
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When they were apart, Ennis's "short leash" continued to rankle in Jack's heart.
=aside=Paul
Have a wonderful time in Alberta! We'll miss you. :-*
-
"Happy to switch but give you warnin I can't cook worth a shit. Pretty good with a can opener."
[story]
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When Ennis found the shrine, his eyes filled with brine, "Jack, I now know I was thine, for thee I shall pine."
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Jack and Ennis part ways to live unrewarding lives, both unhappy with their wives, feeling so deprived, until that day that Jack arrives.
=aside= Paul
(http://carte9.dromadaire.com/dromacartes/10788p.gif)
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"The Oscar-nominated kissing-cowboy saga Brokeback Mountain has provided comedic grist for some of the sharpest wits on the Web, where savvy amateur editors have created dozens of 'mashups' and parodies of the film's trailer by slicing, dicing, and splicing clips from other popular buddy films."
-- Rogene Fisher, ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Oscars2006/story?id=1680323&page=1)
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Round 829!
Let's Rhyme a Fourth Time!
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture11-4.png)
Each reply must include an unplayed word
and at least two words that rhyme.
-
Aguirre rode up while Jack split a log to say Uncle Harold had caught a frog and was sick as a dog and his mom would advocate his taking a jog back home in case Harold went whole hog and lost his grog.
-
Jack with an abdominal bloat
Suggested Texas might be more remote
Ennis made a quote about L.D.'s banknote
While the pot downstream did float
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"The Oscar-nominated kissing-cowboy saga Brokeback Mountain has provided comedic grist for some of the sharpest wits on the Web, where savvy amateur editors have created dozens of 'mashups' and parodies of the film's trailer by slicing, dicing, and splicing clips from other popular buddy films."
-- Rogene Fisher, ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Oscars2006/story?id=1680323&page=1)
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Lashawn could chat about a flat or a frat or this and that, but her hubby and Jack sat there in their hats and thought "What a dingbat!"
-
Jack was the more experienced of the two lovers, but Ennis figured out exactly what to do under the covers.
-
"The Oscar-nominated kissing-cowboy saga Brokeback Mountain has provided comedic grist for some of the sharpest wits on the Web, where savvy amateur editors have created dozens of 'mashups' and parodies of the film's trailer by slicing, dicing, and splicing clips from other popular buddy films."
-- Rogene Fisher, ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Oscars2006/story?id=1680323&page=1)
-
As Ennis grows older, the ghosts of both Jack and his father are wont to haunt him.
-
On Brokeback Ennis could live a hassle-free life, before he had an inquiring wife.
=aside= Fran
You sure got a lot of mileage out of slicing, dicing and splicing.
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From ABC News Entertainment (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Oscars2006/story?id=1680323&page=1):
The Oscar for Best 'Brokeback' Parody Goes to...
From 'Top Gun' to 'SpongeBob,' Trailer Parodies Put Buddy Movies Through the 'Brokeback' Blender
By ROGENE FISHER
March 2, 2006
On the Internet, computer nerds, time travelers, "Top Gun" pilots and SpongeBob himself have all had that "I wish I knew how to quit you!" feeling.
=reply= Sandy
I sure did!
:)
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When young Alma lisped, "Bring me a fish"
Ennis gave her a hug and a squish,
Kissed his wife as she worried, then out the door hurried
To grant Jack's impetuous wish.
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As she burst upon the scene, Jack seemed mildly interested in Lureen, and found himself in the backseat of the car with the rodeo queen.
-
"On the Internet, computer nerds, time travelers, 'Top Gun' pilots and SpongeBob himself have all had that 'I wish I knew how to quit you!' feeling. The Oscar-nominated kissing-cowboy saga 'Brokeback Mountain' has provided comedic grist for some of the sharpest wits on the Web, where savvy amateur editors have created dozens of 'mashups' and parodies of the film's trailer by slicing, dicing, and splicing clips from other popular buddy films."
-- Rogene Fisher, ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Oscars2006/story?id=1680323&page=1)
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"Some critics have accused the filmmakers of creating one-dimensional women characters who torment their husbands rather than understanding or caring for them. This is simply an unfortunate misunderstanding. Alma, for instance, is devoted to Ennis until she accidentally discovers that her husband is having an affair with Jack. Betrayed, she keeps his secret in silence, continues to try to win him, and only when she fails does she leave him. Michelle Williams' performance is truly top-notch and deserves consideration from the critics and nabobs of Hollywood awards."
-- Joel Wendland, Political Affairs (http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/view/2487/1/138/)
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"A one shot thing" was what they called their pact, which later that night they had to retract.
-
Jack and Ennis squared off at the lake, their anger rumbling, emotions jumbling, confidence crumbling and reconciliation fumbling.
-
Like vast clouds of steam from thermal springs in winter the years of things unsaid and now unsayable -- admissions, declarations, shames, guilts, fears -- rose around them.
[story]
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The bikers' tasteless remarks set off sparks in the park on the Fourth of July.
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After almost twenty years on Ennis's short leash, it was unavoidable that Jack's anger would eventually erupt and disrupt the seeming harmony of their relationship.
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"Ennis' life turns out differently. He sticks with ranching, but doesn't seem to be able to earn enough to buy his own property. Just when he gets good work, he quits to run off into the mountains with Jack on one of their trips."
-- Joel Wendland, Political Affairs (http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/view/2487/1/138/)
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Round 830!
Let's Rhyme a Fifth Time!
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture12-9.png)
Each reply must include an unplayed word
and at least two words that rhyme.
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When Ennis saw Jack he was all aglow, as he ran down the stairs to give him a huge hello.
-
Aguirre didn't bat an eye when he ordered Jack to sleep with the sheep, but Jack, holding his hat, smelled a rat, and sure enough, that tent smelled like the piss of a cat. Drat!
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"Brokeback Mountain finds its genius in the juxtaposition of real emotions with a kind of dreamlike denial of the passing of days. But when the bubble of Jack and Ennis' love is eventually punctured, the weight of the comedown feels inextricably time-bound. The ache of the film creeps up on you, and like the players in its romance, you'll only feel its true impact when all hope is beyond lost."
-- Karina Longworth, Cinematical (http://www.cinematical.com/2005/12/09/review-brokeback-mountain/)
=aside= Meryl
Once again you've managed to work in
all the rhyming words associated with the
round announcement... plus one more.
Nicely done.
:)
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The morning after TS1 Ennis left in a daze, feeling some malaise, wondering if this was a passing phase, and delays saying a word until he hears Jack's ok's.
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Lureen was rodeo queen, empress of farm equipment, and princess of prettiness, but Ennis ruled supreme in Jack's heart.
=aside=Fran
Thanks for noticing. I've had lots of fun figuring those out. ;D
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"Gyllenhaal, meanwhile, plays the more flamboyant (if only by a matter of degrees) 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 Entertainment (http://dvd.ign.com/articles/700/700013p1.html)
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In the weeks before filming began on “Brokeback Mountain,” director Ang Lee met individually with each of his actors to impart small bits of guidance about how to handle their roles. With Heath Ledger, the advice was simple.
-IMG-“The main thing I remember Ang telling me was 'stillness,'” Ledger told this publication in an interview this week.
It’s an appropriately Zen imperative from the Taiwanese director, whose work, including 1995's "Sense and Sensibility" and 2000's “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” earned him a reputation for squeezing soulful and intimate performances out of actors in the midst of grandiose settings.
Lee’s advice cuts to the core of Ledger’s character, Ennis Del Mar, a conflicted ranch hand who only feels safe when he’s in the quiet majesty of the Wyoming wilderness and in the arms of his unlikely soul mate, Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal).
Washington Blade.com (http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=3961)
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Having felt the hot singe of passion, Jack and Ennis were as yet only dimly aware that their future happiness, once they left Brokeback, would hinge on finding time to be together, a fact that would also impinge significantly on the happiness of their wives.
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"Ennis is a quiet lug of a ranch hand, so inward-directed that his personality seems to entropy a bit more with every passing frame."
-- Karina Longworth, Cinematical (http://www.cinematical.com/2005/12/09/review-brokeback-mountain/)
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There was a four-year lapse since Ennis had last seen Jack, and they immediately tried to recapture what they had on Brokeback.
-
Jack, to better the food situation,
Eyed the sheep with a cold calculation.
But his bud's aim was true, so instead of lamb stew,
They engaged in some elk mastication.
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"Some critics have accused the filmmakers of creating one-dimensional women characters who torment their husbands rather than understanding or caring for them. This is simply an unfortunate misunderstanding. Alma, for instance, is devoted to Ennis until she accidentally discovers that her husband is having an affair with Jack. Betrayed, she keeps his secret in silence, continues to try to win him, and only when she fails does she leave him. Michelle Williams' performance is truly top-notch and deserves consideration from the critics and nabobs of Hollywood awards."
-- Joel Wendland, Political Affairs (http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/view/2487/1/138/)
def. = bigwigs
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Rumors surface sporadically that BBM will be adapted operatically.
=aside= Players
Alberta was great!
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Prior to their reunion, four years after Brokeback, Ennis had "wrung it out about a hunderd times" while thinking about Jack.
=aside= Paul
Welcome back. Glad you had such a good time.
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The introduction to Andrew L. Urban's "Brokeback Mountain -- Making a Molehill Out of a Mountain" (http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=11372&s=Forum):
The outraged attack by some people on "Brokeback Mountain" for being a "gay Western" is based on blind ignorance, reducing a complex relationship mountain to a gay molehill. Not surprising, since most of the bigots haven’t even seen the film. Andrew L. Urban puts them straight (as it were).
=aside= Paul
Welcome back.
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Rumors are sporadic that BBM will be operatic.
=thanks=
For the welcome.
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When the bikers started trashing and lashing, it was only a matter of minutes until Ennis began mashing and bashing.
=aside=Paul
The Pilgrim returns! Glad you're back in the fold. :-*
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After leaving the bar, Lureen drove her car to a secluded spot so she could bump uglies with Jack.
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When Ennis wanks, he sends up a prayer of thanks.
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Round 831!
The Minor Roles and Bit Parts
There are no small roles...
Each answer must involve one of the lesser roles in BBM
plus an unplayed word.
(http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2005_Brokeback_Mountain/Thumb/005BBM_Dan_McDougall_001.jpg)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/rodeo.jpg)(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/F__KYou.jpg)
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After Jimbo left the bar to join his buddies, and the bartender asked Jack if he had ever roped a calf, Jack's anger-ridden response was: "Do I look like I could afford a fuckin' ropin' horse?"
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/JimboRopinHorse2.jpg)
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Dean Barrett played Bartender #2 in the film Brokeback Mountain.
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Jerry Callaghan played the judge in the divorce scene.
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Valerie Planche, who played the waitress in the scene with Jack and Ennis at the Signal Bar, found that her work was among the deletions that didn't make it into the finished film.
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Steven Cree Molison, who played Biker #2 in Brokeback Mountain, also played a biker in the movie Everything's Gone Green.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-1.png)
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Feeling forsaken, Jack sought the company of a Mexican prostitute, played by Rodrigo Prieto.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Juarez06.jpg)
=aside= Meryl
Thanks for the idea.
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One of the bittiest of bit parts is the Grease Monkey, played by Christian Fraser, who mostly works in the business as a stunt performer.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Jacksmurder.jpg)
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Hannah Stewart played Alma, Jr. at age 3.
=aside=
I've seen every place pictured in this round so far!
The outside of Jimbo's bar is the King Eddy in Calgary.
I had brunch with RouxB in the newly renovated Mexican alley.
The very sad train tracks are just outside Calgary.
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The filmography at IMDb, the Internet Movie Database, for Steffen Cole Moser reflects that he played K.E. del Mar, age 11, in Brokeback Mountain.
=appreciation= Sandy
Thanks for the countless hours you put
in shaping the ABCs game and seeing to
the ever-increasing list of words played.
This game never would have reached
Round 831 -- much less Round 131 --
without your help and dedication, and it
surely wouldn't have been as much fun for
any of us. Thanks for being a super mod
in good times and in bad. I'm hoping against
hope here, but is there any chance you'd
reconsider your decision?
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Casting of extras, the smallest of all minor parts, was done by Alyson Lockwood, who is currently working on Tucker & Dale vs Evil (2009), starring Alan Tudyk, who had seventh billing in A Knight's Tale (2001), with Heath. I wonder if Alyson and Alan have talked about Heath while filming.
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Will Martin played Carl, Cassie's ersatz Ennis substitute.
=thanks= Sandy
For your work and wit as co-mod extraordinaire!
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Biker #1 and Biker #2, two numbskulls with slop-bucket mouths, made the mistake of provoking Ennis at the Fourth of July celebration.
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Ennis and Cassie were almost overshadowed on the dance floor by the tattooed lady and her dance partner.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/cassie/Cassie_4.jpg)
=aside= players
Thanks for the kind words. I'll certainly be more than a bit player.
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Pete Seadon played Farmer #2 in the "pissant" scene.
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Larry Reese played the part of the "Jolly Minister."
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Sarah Hyslop played Alma Jr., age 9-12.
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Jayson Therrien is listed in IMDb as "uncredited bar patron".
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The two bikers were discussing the relative availability of unplucked flowers in Wyomiing and California when Ennis made up his mind to shut their slopbucket mouths.
=aside=Sandy
I'll join the chorus in wishing
you well as a "civilian" and
thanking you for your super
modding of the ABC's. :-*
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According to IMDb, Tyson Wiebe played a spectator in Brokeback Mountain, an uncredited role.
=aside= Paul
Thanks for steering me in the direction
of uncredited roles at IMDb.
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Round 832!
The Woodstock Round!
In honor of Ang's upcoming film "Taking Woodstock" and James's lame deleted hippie scene!
(http://www.leelibros.com/biblioteca/files/images/taking_woodstock.jpg)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Deleted_Scenes/HippieRescueM.jpg)
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Much to the relief of almost everyone involved, the hippie scene was axed.
=aside= Meryl
Thank you.
=aside= Paul
Groovy idea, man.
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JACK gets to the rear of the bus--when he bends over to hook his rope through his bumper, his hat falls off and floats away.
ENNIS expertly gets his horse alongside the bus, looks inside to see a bearded, beaded Dead-head at the wheel, and two beautiful hippie coeds giggling, crowded together in the front seat.
HIPPIE
Guess I overestimated the power of the bug, man!
{script}
(http://www.classicrallies.com/img/pictures/5990_mid.jpg)
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ENNIS expertly gets his horse alongside the bus, looks inside to see a bearded, beaded Dead-head at the wheel, and two beautiful hippie coeds giggling, crowded together in the front seat.
[script]
=aside= Paul
Great theme and announcement!
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... and the bus, music blaring, heads right into the water. Makes it half way across ... stops, water at window-height. Yells are heard.
JACK
(drawing rein)
Hell, better go down and see what’s what.
[script]
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Taking Woodstock features original music by Danny Elfman.
=thanks= Sandy, Fran
I was, like, inspired.
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ENNIS ferries the girls back to shore, heads back to the van.
JACK, frustrated, rides back to the shore, takes off his boots and wades back in with the rope, manages to get it over the bumper.
[script]
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Jack and Ennis goad their horses into the creek and toward the half-submerged van in an attempt to help the hippies out.
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JACK
(annoyed)
My hat’s probably to Laramie by now.
ENNIS
(smile)
Top hands ain’t supposed to love their hats.
JACK ignores this.
{script}
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The horses are none too keen to go into the water ... but ENNIS and JACK insist, spur them in.
[script]
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Remarks:
The full Hippie Scene was one of the most technically demanding scenes in the film. The coordination of the vehicle, the horses, and the rescue logistics, as well as five actors in the water, consumed a tremendous amount of time. Originally scheduled for two days, the ill-fated Hippie Scene took almost a week to shoot. As a consequence, the shooting schedule (and budgets) ran over.
findingbrokeback.com (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Deleted_Scenes/HippieRescue.html)
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Taking Woodstock features Mamie Gummer as Tisha.
(http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/images/column/52109/langtiber1.jpg)
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After going to the trouble and expense of filming the technically demanding hippie scene, Ang Lee determined that it would be a not-included scene.
=comment=
"N" is becoming increasingly difficult.
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After going to the trouble and expense of filming the technically demanding hippie scene, Ang Lee omits it from the film.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
"N" may soon have to go the way of the deleted hippie scene.
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The deleted hippie scene was filmed at Jumping Pound Creek, Alberta.
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From FindingBrokeback.com (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Deleted_Scenes/_Deleted_Scenes_Frame.html):
Remarks:
The rescue complete, Jack and Ennis leave the hippies and their offer of casual sex.
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The notion of Ennis as a redneck is repeated here, not only as fodder for Jack’s "square" joke, but quite possibly with the intent of reminding us that Ennis was particularly vulnerable to adopting society’s prejudices.
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ENNIS ferries the girls back to shore, heads back to the van.
JACK, frustrated, rides back to the shore, takes off his boots and wades back in with the rope, manages to get it over the bumper.
ENNIS goes over to help JACK, who is wading out.
JACK
(annoyed)
My hat’s probably to Laramie by now.
ENNIS
(smile)
Top hands ain’t supposed to love their hats.
[script]
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As his part in the rescue, Ennis puts the two giggling girls on his horse and totes them back to dry land.
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Heath Ledger spoke unflatteringly about the hippie scene, saying that he hoped it never saw the light of day.
=aside= Players
I'm off to Michigan for a long
weekend.
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... and the bus, music blaring, heads right into the water. Makes it half way across ... stops, water at window-height. Yells are heard.
{script}
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Round 833!
The Deleted Signal Gas Station Scene
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Deleted_Scenes/SignalGasStationM.jpg)
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The Signal Gas Station, the old man, and the tractor tire are featured again in two separate places later in the script, in the brief scenes in which the Basque drives Jack and Ennis to, and from, the staging area. (These were also deleted.) David Trimble, who played the Basque, remembers that the most difficult part of shooting these scenes was driving the old truck, which had an archaic manual transmission.
FindingBrokeback.com (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Deleted_Scenes/SignalGasStationP.html)
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David Trimble, who played the Basque, remembers that the most difficult part of shooting these scenes was driving the old truck, which had an archaic manual transmission, which surely made for a bumpy ride.
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From findingbrokeback.com: The most compelling reason for omitting it is that it postpones some of the film’s most artful imagery. The captivating encounter between Jack and Ennis outside Joe Aguirre’s trailer is one of the film’s jewels and, as such, deserved prominent placement.
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From FindingBrokeback.com:
What happened to the Signal Gas Station scene? The most compelling reason for omitting it is that it postpones some of the film’s most artful imagery. The captivating encounter between Jack and Ennis outside Joe Aguirre’s trailer is one of the film’s jewels and, as such, deserved prominent placement. Additionally, the film, like the story upon which it is based, is masterfully tight. By removing this scene, Lee gave Brokeback Mountain added directness and impact.
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Episodes such as the Signal Gas Station, the Hippie Scene and the Twist Cemetery were eventually deleted for artistic reasons by Ang Lee.
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From findingbrokeback: The scene establishes the location as the mountain country of Wyoming and tells us what Ennis is doing there. It emphasizes Ennis’s youth and vulnerability, and explains Joe Aguirre’s role. The image of the huge tire, which appears twice in the scene, is an example of the type of rich, sophisticated foreshadowing that makes the film deeply coherent and meaningful.
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In the Signal Gas Station Scene, Ennis meets up with a garrulous old man.
OLD MAN
Don’t you let that damn Joe Aguirre send you up there with no twenty-two. Coyotes don’t mind a twenty-two. Make sure he gives you a thirty-ought.
Too much talk for ENNIS, who nods his thanks.
[script]
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Ennis told the old man at the gas station that he was from the hinterland town of Sage, right along the Utah border.
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The deleted gastation scene reveals what Larry and Diana were imagining as Ennis's first moments in Signal.
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On the FindingBrokeback.com page devoted to the "Signal Gas Station" deleted scene, there is a link (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=50.850001+N+113.464167+W+(Signal+Gas+Station)&t=k&ll=50.850001,-113.464167&spn=0.06,0.06&t=k) to a Google map of this filming location.
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ENNIS
’Scuse me. Mightin’ you tell me where the Farm and Ranch Employment Office is at?
OLD MAN
(not as sour as he looks, points)
In that trailer house. Three blocks down. You’ll see it.
Ennis nods, tips his hat, starts off.
[script]
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In the deleted gas station scene, the Old Man describes Sage as a nearly-to-Utah kind of town, hardly even in Wyoming.
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Ennis wasn't sure how to reply to the overtalkative old man who ran the Signal gas station.
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From FindingBrokeback.com:
What happened to the Signal Gas Station scene? The most compelling reason for omitting it is that it postpones some of the film’s most artful imagery. The captivating encounter between Jack and Ennis outside Joe Aguirre’s trailer is one of the film’s jewels and, as such, deserved prominent placement. Additionally, the film, like the story upon which it is based, is masterfully tight. By removing this scene, Lee gave Brokeback Mountain added directness and impact.
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Ang Lee felt that the removal of this scene "gave Brokeback Mountain added directness and impact."
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Ennis steps out of the truck, no suitcase, just a grocery sack stuffed with his only shirt and pair of Levi’s.
The truck moves again, almost before he hits the ground, spraying him with dust.
{script}
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ENNIS
’Scuse me. Mightin’ you tell me where the Farm and Ranch Employment Office is at?
OLD MAN
(not as sour as he looks, points)
In that trailer house. Three blocks down. You’ll see it.
Ennis nods, tips his hat, starts off.
OLD MAN
Don’t let that goddamn Joe Aguirre send you up to Brokeback without no thirty-ought. There’s coyote’s up there, they’ll eat your damn sheep and your damn jackass, too. With a thirty-ought, you might hold your own.
ENNIS, surprised by this torrent of words, clears his throat.
[script]
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Ang Lee decided that the Signal Gas Station Scene was unworthy of inclusion in the film.
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Carseland had a well-situated gas station with a Quonset building, according to findingbrokeback.com
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Round 834!
The Deleted Rifle Scene
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Deleted_Scenes/TheRifleM.jpg)
http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Deleted_Scenes/_Deleted_Scenes_Frame.html (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Deleted_Scenes/_Deleted_Scenes_Frame.html)
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Ennis has to refuse Jack's expensive gift, telling him it's out of the question, what with Alma worried about affording nice things for the girls:
You don’t get it. Alma sees this ... You just don’t get it. Alma, me and my shit jobs, then struttin’ home with this in my hands, with her goin’ on about this an’ that we can’t afford for the girls.
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In this deleted scene, Jack bestows Ennis with a limited-edition, custom-finished hunting rifle, which Ennis says he cannot accept.
=aside=
These deleted scenes make for interesting themes.
(Thank heaven for FindingBrokeback.com!)
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JACK
I got somethin’ for you too. I was gonna wait till our last morning.
He gets up, opens a duffle bag, finds a package, a long box.
JACK
C’mon.
ENNIS looks tentative. Then opens the box. It’s a spectacular, custom-finished hunting rifle.
{script}
=aside=
This scene was filmed in Seebe (pronounced "see-bee"), same place as the reunion cliffs.
Unfortunately, one cannot visit there any more--the gate is locked and covered in barbed wire.
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In this deleted scene, Jack gave Ennis a gift which he thought had great desirability - a custom-finished hunting rifle - but Ennis turned it down.
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JACK
I got somethin’ for you too. I was gonna wait till our last morning.
He gets up, opens a duffle bag, finds a package, a long box.
JACK
C’mon.
ENNIS looks tentative. Then opens the box. It’s a spectacular, custom finished hunting rifle.
JACK
That’s gold plate on the back there. See the engraving. Limited edition.
[script]
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The deleted Rifle Scene actually contains a fart joke:
JACK
Beans.
ENNIS
And I’m gonna fix ’em just the way you like ’em, spoon ’em cold straight from the can.
JACK smiles.
JACK
I’ll eat ’em from your hand, if you’re willin’ to breath the consequences after that tent gets zippered up tonight.
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FindingBrokeback.com commented on the exchange of gifts in the Rifle Scene: Jack brought a flashy rifle and Ennis brought beans, reviving one of the film’s most memorable symbols. In a meeting of the extraordinary and the plain, confidence encounters fear. Jack suggests, Ennis rejects.
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FindingBrokeback.com provides detailed directions to anyone interested in visiting the filming location for the Rifle Scene:
From Hwy 1 (Trans-Canada Hwy), take Seebe Exit 114A, pass the “Leaving Bow Valley Provincial Park” sign, cross the bridge, and take an immediate right (hairpin) turn, cross the one-lane bridge and proceed to the first gate. Walk approximately 1.1 km through the deserted town of Seebe to another gate, then proceed 0.2 km to the top of the hill, cross the cattle guard (“Texas gate”) and turn left. Pass the two orange posts and then follow the road tracks to the left down to the river. The site is approximately 150 yards to the right (north) of the crest, near the river.
[Alternately, from Buffalo Paddock, turn left (west) onto 1A, proceed 8.8 km, turn left (south) onto 1X, go 2.1 km, turn left at the “Seebe” sign, cross the one-lane bridge, and proceed as above.]
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Jack’s gift of an expensive firearm illustrates his newfound prosperity and persistence. In rejecting the gift, Ennis underscores the intense financial burdens and family pressures he feels.
--findingbrokeback.com
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From FindingBrokeback.com
Travel Directions to The Rifle Scene:
From Hwy 1 (Trans-Canada Hwy), take Seebe Exit 114A, pass the “Leaving Bow Valley Provincial Park” sign, cross the bridge, and take an immediate right (hairpin) turn, cross the one-lane bridge and proceed to the first gate. Walk approximately 1.1 km through the deserted town of Seebe to another gate, then proceed 0.2 km to the top of the hill, cross the cattle guard (“Texas gate”) and turn left. Pass the two orange posts and then follow the road tracks to the left down to the river. The site is approximately 150 yards to the right (north) of the crest, near the river.
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Jack proved he was anything but mingy when it came to bestowing gifts on his loved one, but Ennis couldn't take advantage of his generosity.
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The Rifle Scene takes place in 1973; Ennis is still married to Alma, and obviously Alma Jr. and Jenny are still in their nonage.
def. = the period during which one is legally underage
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Jack’s gift of an expensive firearm illustrates his newfound prosperity, while Ennis's rejection of the gift underscores how overburdened he is financially and with family pressures.
[paraphrased from findingbrokeback.com]
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Travel directions from findingbrokeback.com: From Hwy 1 (Trans-Canada Hwy), take Seebe Exit 114A, pass the “Leaving Bow Valley Provincial Park” sign, cross the bridge, and take an immediate right (hairpin) turn, cross the one-lane bridge and proceed to the first gate. Walk approximately 1.1 km through the deserted town of Seebe to another gate, then proceed 0.2 km to the top of the hill, cross the cattle guard (“Texas gate”) and turn left. Pass the two orange posts and then follow the road tracks to the left down to the river. The site is approximately 150 yards to the right (north) of the crest, near the river.
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Ennis didn't accept Jack's expensive gift partly because he knew Alma would rag on him about it:
You don’t get it. Alma sees this ... You just don’t get it. Alma, me and my shit jobs, then struttin’ home with this in my hands, with her goin’ on about this an’ that we can’t afford for the girls.
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JACK
I got somethin’ for you too. I was gonna wait till our last morning.
He gets up, opens a duffle bag, finds a package, a long box.
JACK
C’mon.
ENNIS looks tentative. Then opens the box. It’s a spectacular, custom finished hunting rifle.
JACK
That’s gold plate on the back there. See the engraving. Limited edition.
[etc. -- he points out all the features]
ENNIS is stunned.
[script]
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In this deleted scene, Ennis opens up a long, triple-hinged box and discovers a custom-finished hunting rifle inside, a present from Jack.
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When it came to Jack's gift, Ennis was stuck being untactful no matter what he chose--refusing Jack's kindness or offending Alma's sense of propriety.
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Jack wagered that Ennis would like the hunting rifle, but Ennis knew such luxury would cost him two or three month's wages.
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Round 835!
Miscellaneous Deleted Scenes
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Deleted_Scenes/EnnisAsVetM.jpg)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Deleted_Scenes/SneeringMechanicsM.jpg)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Deleted_Scenes/TruckSceneM.jpg)
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Deleted_Scenes/TwistCemeteryM.jpg)
http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Deleted_Scenes/_Deleted_Scenes_Frame.html (http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Deleted_Scenes/_Deleted_Scenes_Frame.html)
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The Truck Scene
12 INT: SIGNAL, WYOMING: PICKUP TRUCK: MORNING: 1963: 12
We see them pull out of Signal in an Agency pickup driven by a short, silent BASQUE. ENNIS looks hangover [sic], holds his head. JACK, though, is sharp and alert.
They pass the gas station. ENNIS glimpses the same sour old man, sitting on the tractor tire.
[script]
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From FindingBrokeback.com:
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First assistant director Pierre Tremblay was asked to coordinate a number of rodeo scenes for possible use in the film. Many of them failed to make it there, such as this scene which features steer wrestling. Also known as bulldogging, this is an event in which the horse runs alongside the steer and continues on as the wrestler grips the steer’s right horn and hits the ground, bringing the steer to a stop. He then throws the steer off balance and wrestles it to the ground.
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The Twist cemetery scene was deleted:
ENNIS in his pickup, bumping down the washboard road.
Passes the TWIST family plot surrounded by sagging sheep wire, a tiny fenced square on the welling prairie, a few graves and a few tilted gravestones, bright with plastic flowers.
The look on his face makes it clear he doesn’t want to know that JACK is going in there, to be buried forever on the grieving plain.
{script}
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FindingBrokeback.com on the Twist Cemetery Scene:
Why did it never make its way into the film? Some would argue that “less is more.” John Twist’s plainspoken words tell us that there is a family plot and that Jack is going in it; showing us the actual cemetery adds nothing. Another argument for deleting the shot of the plot is that by doing so Lee placed the emphasis of the scene where it should be, the revelation of the shirts, not the disposition of Jack’s ashes.
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At the Twist family plot, a few tilted gravestones mark the locations where the deceased had been entombed in the ground.
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The sneering mechanics aren't fooled by Jack and Randall's attempt at secrecy, figuring them for a couple of feckless perverts.
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The mechanics stare gibingly, presumably at Jack and Randall.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture20-1.png)
In one deleted scene, Ennis sees to a sick Hereford calf.
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FindingBrokeback.com on the removal of the Sneering Mechanics Scene:
“It was removed to add ambiguity; Lee believes that the harder the audience must work, the better the result,” says a reliable source. There are at least three other excellent arguments for deletion of the Sneering Mechanics scene.
1. It elevates “I wish I knew how to quit you,” and the Dozy Embrace, to their rightful place as Jack’s valediction. Absent the Sneering Mechanics scene, we remember Jack as a man deeply in love, who spent his unhappy life struggling to overcome the consequences of hatred and fear. Could there be a higher honor?
2. It has given rise to literally thousands of hours of vigorous discussion and debate about Jack’s fidelity, and the issue of monogamy in general. Fan websites are awash in lengthy arguments over Jack and his “ranch neighbor friend.” Ennis never knew the truth with certainty, and neither will we.
3. Jack’s fate becomes the film’s much-celebrated mystery. Is Lureen telling the truth? When we witness the murder are we seeing what actually happened or is it Ennis’s imagination at work? Perhaps most intriguing of all, why does it matter to us so?
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Findingbrokeback suggests Ang had a less-is-more reason for deleting the cemetery scene: John Twist’s plainspoken words tell us that there is a family plot and that Jack is going in it; showing us the actual cemetery adds nothing.
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FindingBrokeback.com on the removal of the Sneering Mechanics Scene:
“It was removed to add ambiguity; Lee believes that the harder the audience must work, the better the result,” says a reliable source. There are at least three other excellent arguments for deletion of the Sneering Mechanics scene.
1. It elevates “I wish I knew how to quit you,” and the Dozy Embrace, to their rightful place as Jack’s valediction. Absent the Sneering Mechanics scene, we remember Jack as a man deeply in love, who spent his unhappy life struggling to overcome the consequences of hatred and fear. Could there be a higher honor?
2. It has given rise to literally thousands of hours of vigorous discussion and debate about Jack’s fidelity, and the issue of monogamy in general. Fan websites are awash in lengthy arguments over Jack and his “ranch neighbor friend.” Ennis never knew the truth with certainty, and neither will we.
3. Jack’s fate becomes the film’s much-celebrated mystery. Is Lureen telling the truth? When we witness the murder are we seeing what actually happened or is it Ennis’s imagination at work? Perhaps most intriguing of all, why does it matter to us so?
=aside= Sandy
Thanks.
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FindingBrokeback suggests that Ang Lee’s reason for deleting the cemetery scene was the not-so-inspired cemetery prop. "In a film of inspired set design and meticulous set dressing, the cemetery prop is an exception. Indeed, it looks almost as fake as Lureen’s hair and Jack’s moustache. So much work went into the restoration and preparation of the Twist Ranch house that it is easy to understand why the cemetery didn’t receive priority treatment. Lee may well have decided that no cemetery at all was better than a phony cemetery."
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Jack and Randall were unaware that they had become the objects of the sneering mechanics' odium.
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From FindingBrokeback.com:
In a film of inspired set design and meticulous set dressing, the cemetery prop is an exception. Indeed, it looks almost as fake as Lureen’s hair and Jack’s moustache. So much work went into the restoration and preparation of the Twist Ranch house that it is easy to understand why the cemetery didn’t receive priority treatment. Lee may well have decided that no cemetery at all was better than a phony cemetery.
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From FindingBrokeback.com:
Like so many scenes in the film, the Rifle Scene captures much more than it pretends to. True to character, Jack brought a flashy rifle and Ennis brought beans, reviving one of the film’s most memorable symbols. In a meeting of the extraordinary and the plain, confidence encounters fear. Jack suggests, Ennis rejects.
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Scrolling down the "Deleted Scenes" list at findingbrokeback.com will reveal no fewer than ten scenes that wound up on the cutting room floor.
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The deleted cemetery scene was filmed next to the Twist ranch: Follow Hwy 9 (also known as Township Road 282) 6.5 km east from Beiseker to Range Road 252 (watch for the brown “Grande Ole West Villa Ranch” sign). Turn right (south) onto Range Road 252, go 1.6 km. The ranch is behind the overgrown thicket on the east (left) side of the road. (findingbrokeback.com)
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Ang felt that the deleted scenes, for one reason or another, were undeserving of being included in the film.
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In the wintertime of 2006, James Shamus dashed the hopes of anyone expecting to see the deleted scenes from Brokeback Mountain as DVD extras when he said, "They wanted to put in some deleted scenes. There was a discussion about deleted scenes, but quite frankly, as Ang said, 'The reason I deleted them was because I wanted to delete them. So why would I put them in the DVD?'"
Interview With Brokeback Mountain Producer James Schamus (http://www.afterelton.com/people/2006/12/schamus.html)
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Round 836!
The "'Ment' To Be" Round!
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Each post will include an unplayed word as
well as the word part "ment," (which may
be contained in the unplayed word).
Words containing "ment (http://www.morewords.com/contains/ment/)"
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Jack bawled out his version of "Water Walking Jesus" while Ennis provided the accompaniment by banging on the coffeepot.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Waterwalkin.jpg)
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Jack succumbed to the blandishments of rodeo life.
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The color drained from Ennis's face as he listened to OMT make negative comments about Jack.
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Filled with disappointment and discouragement after the post-divorce mix-up, Jack drove to Mexico where he sought some low-class entertainment.
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When Ennis read Jack's first postcard, after telling Alma he rodeos mostly, he added a little embellishment: "We was fishin' buddies".
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Ang Lee lets viewers decide for themselves whether Jack's attackers are real or merely figments of Ennis's imagination.
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Facing Alma after their passionate reunion kiss required strict government of Jack and Ennis's wildly excited emotions.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/reunionaftermath.jpg)
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Ennis feared the harassment he thought he would receive if people found out about his relationship with Jack.
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As part of the divorce decree, Ennis was ordered to pay monthly installments of financial support for Alma Jr. and Jenny to Alma.
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Ennis as vet tends to the calf with his potions and liniments.
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Alma made what had been unmentionable mentionable when she brought up the subject of "Jack Nasty."
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Ennis's disinclination to step out and have any fun with Alma during nonworking hours contributed to the derailment of their marriage.
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When the window that represented Ennis's time with Jack was occluded by his death, Ennis had to face the disappointments of his life more fully than ever before.
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Ennis's father felt that what happened to Earl was appropriate punishment for living with another man.
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Heath Ledger on working with director Ang Lee:
"He created a lonely environment for us, so it bled into our performances. He'd never patronise us with praise, never even say 'Good shot.' He'd just sigh and walk off for the day.
"Early one morning, I was doing a scene, it was extremely cold, my voice was croaky. I hadn't done my voice warm-ups which I usually do religiously. I felt like my lips were frozen and I wasn't speaking properly, which is fine for Ennis because his mouth doesn't move, but I was feeling paranoid afterwards. I ran up to Ang and asked: 'Did it sound okay?' I was desperate for some nod of approval. Ang shuffled his feet, just said, 'Light was good,' and walked away.
"I'd go back to my trailer every night torturing myself, feeling like a failure. But I'd wake up the next morning wanting to defeat him and do better. Then you understand it's directorial manipulation to achieve what the film needs -- and you go with it."
Tale of an untrained homeboy (http://www.smh.com.au/news/heathledger/tale-of-an-untrained-homeboy/2008/01/23/1201024944702.html)
=aside= Players
I'll be away this weekend, but I'd like to suggest
that we do another "ment" round.
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Ennis was disappointed that he didn't receive the shipment of powdered milk and potatoes.
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Throughout his relationship with Jack, Ennis suffered from the tormenting fear of discovery.
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Hannah Stewart's visible microphone cord was far from being unnoticeable; in fact, it's mentioned in the Brokeback Mountain "Goofs" section at IMDb:
- Crew or equipment visible: When Ennis tells Alma that he and Jack are going fishing, he hands Alma Jr. to her. While in her mother's arms, Junior's pajama top hikes up and you can see her microphone cord.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2225.jpg)
Edited to add:
=aside= The Birthday Boy
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Oh, to be 46 again....
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Ennis was plagued by the constant worriment of discovery.
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Round 837!Another "'Ment' To Be" Round!(http://www.customtails.com/champions/MentToBeFamous.jpg)
Each post will include an unplayed word as
well as the word part "ment," (which may
be contained in the unplayed word).
Words containing "ment (http://www.morewords.com/contains/ment/)"
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Ennis responded to Jack's initial postcard with the acknowledgement : "You Bet."
=birthday greetings= Paul
(http://sendingsunshine.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/46-year-old-birthday-cake-card-from-zazzle-com_1249625463551.png?w=300&h=219)
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Heath Ledger on working with director Ang Lee:
"Ang has a superb understanding of the intimacy and internal nature of film acting. His attention to detail is microscopic in pre-production ... think about the way you walk, talk. Then go away, digest it all, spit out a character of your own. Turn up to film, and Ang barely says a word the entire shoot.
"He trusts you to have given birth to the instincts, brain and breath of the character, and instead of directing you, he directs the environment around you to make it believable."
Tale of an untrained homeboy (http://www.smh.com.au/news/heathledger/tale-of-an-untrained-homeboy/2008/01/23/1201024944702.html)
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Monroe directed Ennis to the aisle containing the condimental substances.
=aside= Fran, Sandy
Thanks for the wishes; I'll try to ketchup.
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On Brokeback, Jack and Ennis had several disagreements and spats regarding food.
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As Lureen describes how an exploding truck tire was instrumental in causing Jack's death, Ennis envisions something different.
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The morning after the Siesta Motel, Jack expressed his famishment to Ennis: "I'm starvin'--you want somethin' to eat?"
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Ennis was so god-awfully depressed by his argument with Jack at the lake that he couldn't face poor Cassie and dropped her without a word.
=aside=Paul
Adding my wishes for a happy natal anniversary! (http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Emoticons/clinkbeers.gif)
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An excerpt from the Boldtype review of Cowboy Up (http://boldtype.com/issues/mar2006/index.html), a book of photographs by Arthur Frank, who documents the gritty lives of real cowboys:
"Since Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger climbed into their saddles as the lovelorn herdsmen of Brokeback Mountain, cowboy fetishism has returned with a vengeance. Not that it ever died, mind you -- cowboys have always been the quintessential American studs. Icons of freedom, independence, and bravado, they have been used to sell everything from cigarettes to our [previous] president's legitimacy. All of this only distances the image of the cowboy from the dog-tired men and women who actually ride bulls and herd cows for a living."
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Ennis constantly feared the imperilment of discovery.
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Michelle Williams began falling for Heath Ledger during an early scene in Brokeback Mountain, where they crashed while tobogganing down a hill. Williams tore a ligament in her knee, an injury Ledger blamed on himself. "I felt I always had to look after her after that," Ledger told Rolling Stone.
People.com on Michelle Williams (http://www.people.com/people/michelle_williams)
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From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Tichenor):
[Dylan] Tichenor worked as editor Geraldine Peroni's assistant on several films in the 1990s, including Robert Altman's film The Player (1992). His first credit as an editor was for Altman's Jazz '34 (1996). Following Peroni's death in 2004, Tichenor stepped in to finish his mentor's editing of Brokeback Mountain (directed by Ang Lee).
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Returning to an empty camp and no supper, Jack was lamenting his predicament when the neighing of a horse and a muttered curse announced Ennis's arrival.
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In the Ennis-as-vet deleted scene, he tends to a calf with his box of liniments and ointments.
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Throughout his relationship with Jack, Ennis often found himself in several predicaments, such as: what to tell Alma about his "fishing trips", how to keep his relationship with Jack a secret, and his relationship with Cassie.
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Jennifer Shiman created and produced a 30-second reenactment of Brokeback Mountain.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDbsfawgtpI[/youtube]
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As Jack grew older and led a relatively sedentary lifestyle, his silhouette was augmented by a modest bulge around the middle.
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Jack and LD participated in the great Thanksgiving Day TV on/off tournament.
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Lureen stripped down to a lacy undergarment in the backseat of her daddy's car.
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Heath Ledger on working with director Ang Lee:
"He created a lonely environment for us, so it bled into our performances. He'd never patronise us with praise, never even say 'Good shot.' He'd just sigh and walk off for the day.
"Early one morning, I was doing a scene, it was extremely cold, my voice was croaky. I hadn't done my voice warm-ups which I usually do religiously. I felt like my lips were frozen and I wasn't speaking properly, which is fine for Ennis because his mouth doesn't move, but I was feeling paranoid afterwards. I ran up to Ang and asked: 'Did it sound okay?' I was desperate for some nod of approval. Ang shuffled his feet, just said, 'Light was good,' and walked away.
"I'd go back to my trailer every night torturing myself, feeling like a failure. But I'd wake up the next morning wanting to defeat him and do better. Then you understand it's directorial manipulation to achieve what the film needs -- and you go with it."
Tale of an untrained homeboy (http://www.smh.com.au/news/heathledger/tale-of-an-untrained-homeboy/2008/01/23/1201024944702.html)
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Round 838!
Another "Ment" Round!
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_0108.jpg)
"Forest Service got designated campsites on the allotments. Them
camps can be 3, 4 miles from where we pasture the woollies.
Bad predator loss if there's nobody lookin' after 'em at night."
Each post will include an unplayed word as
well as the word part "ment," (which may
be contained in the unplayed word).
Words containing "ment (http://www.morewords.com/contains/ment/)"
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Ennis bitched about the abridgement of their Brokeback summer.
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Jack and Ennis discovered that eating elk resulted in the betterment of the quality of their meals.
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In a telephone conversation with the Associated Press (http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=38447), Annie Proulx had only complimentary things to say about the performances of Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain:
"I thought they were magnificent, both of them. Jake Gyllenhaal's Jack Twist...wasn't the Jack Twist that I had in mind when I wrote this story. The Jack that I saw was jumpier, homely. But Gyllenhaal's sensitivity and subtleness in this role is just huge. The scenes he's in have a kind of quicksilver feel to them. Heath Ledger is just almost really beyond description as far as I'm concerned. He got inside the story more deeply than I did. All that thinking about the character of Ennis that was so hard for me to get, Ledger just was there. He did indeed move inside the skin of the character, not just in the shirt but inside the person. It was remarkable."
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Ennis pouted over the enforced decampment because of the storm coming in from the Pacific.
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Jack and Ennis tried some experimentation in TS1, then moved on to tender loving in TS2.
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"After showing their initial idyll in the mountains, Brokeback does to its heroes what no movie cowboy wants to have happen: Things change in the world around them. They complete the sheepherding and rejoin society. Ennis mumbles, "This is a one-shot thing we got goin’ on here." Jack mumbles back, "Ain’t nobody’s business but ours." They separate and years go by; they marry -- Jack to a luminous brat (the glowingly smart Anne Hathaway), Ennis to an earnest gal who adores him (the amazingly subtle Michelle Williams) -- but these are fundamentally loveless unions: quiet, piercing betrayals. Jack and Ennis get together every so often, for private "fishing trips" that forge their love and doom it at the same time. The sneaking around and the frustration caused by everything and everyone around them eats away at them when they’re apart."
-- Ken Tucker, New York Magazine (http://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/15224/)
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The Twist's turkey sported a garnishment of thyme.
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The last thing Alma expected from Jack's visit to Riverton was that he would hijack her married happiness practically the first moment he appeared.
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Ennis and Jack seemed to agree that elk was an improvement to their dining options.
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While leaning against his truck Jack stared at Ennis in vampish languishment.
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After he met Jack, Ennis started a twenty-year process of serving the twin monuments of Love and Duty.
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"There is no question that being together is impossible. Apart from the duty Ennis, especially, feels towards his family, there is the very real possibility that if the nature of their relationship were discovered it could get them killed. So they take what they can get, meeting a few times a year for fishing trips in the mountains while trying to maintain their respective lives and relationships. It is an arrangement that becomes progressively more painful as time passes and takes a terrible toll on the men and the women in their lives. The story's tragic outcome is both predictable and heartbreaking."
-- Nancy McDermott, 'They sure did dress nice' (http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000CAF1E.htm[/url)
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There was much contemporary ornamentation in Jack and Lureen's house.
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After the jolly minister made the marriage pronouncement, he offered to kiss the bride if the groom didn't.
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"Proulx's story summarizes large portions of the lives and relationships of Jack and Ennis, leaving much to the reader's imagination. In the screenplay, many of these incidents are spelled out in more detail. The men's marriages and relationships with their wives and wives' families, Jack's sojourns to Mexico, and other elements of their lives when they're not together are given more attention in the movie. Still, the screenplay stays on track with the story as Proulx presents it. Some details are extrapolated or added, but for the most part the screenplay expansion grows organically from the source material. Because Proulx leaves a clear road map for her characters, McMurtry and Ossana were able to fill in the details along that throughline, and did a compelling job of it."
-- Katriena Knight, "Book to Movie: Brokeback Mountain" (http://film-dramas-based-on-books.suite101.com/arti)
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The boys depended on their weekly shipments of whiskey.
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Set against the sweeping vistas of Wyoming and Texas, the film tells the story of two young men—a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy—who meet in the summer of 1963, and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection, one whose complications, joys, and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love. Early one morning in Signal, Wyoming, Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) meet while lining up for employment with local rancher Joe Aguirre (Randy Quaid). The world which Ennis and Jack have been born into is at once changing rapidly and yet scarcely evolving. Both young men seem certain of their set places in the heartland—obtaining steady work, marrying, and raising a family—and yet hunger for something beyond what they can articulate. When Aguirre dispatches them to work as sheepherders up on the majestic Brokeback Mountain, they gravitate towards camaraderie and then a deeper intimacy.
ThemovieInsider.com (http://www.themovieinsider.com/m1507/brokeback-mountain/)
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Ennis's torment increases as he listens to OMT say uncharitable things about Jack.
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Aguirre peered through his binoculars with wilderment.
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Round 839!
It's time for another music round!
Post an unplayed word along with a song title or lyrics and relate them to BBM
For hints, see rounds 781-785 starting on page 1923; also rounds 812-816 starting on page 1985
(http://www.solcomhouse.com/images/Music_Image.jpg)
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Tired of lonesome ranches, Alma found an affordable apartment in town above a laundromat, where she didn't have to use a washboard to do her dirty laundry.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KQCqBDCbIA[/youtube]
=aside= Paul
It's great to be doing another music round.
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"I approached the story believing that these are actually straight guys who fall in love...These are two straight guys who develop this love, this bond. Love binds you, and you see these guys pulling and pulling and tugging and trying to figure out what they want and what they will allow themselves to have."
-- Jake Gyllenhaal (http://men.style.com/details/features/full?id=content_4026&pageNum=2)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yEx4_qXjb0[/youtube]
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The conditions in the tent were a little cramped and when Jack grabbed Ennis's hand and put it you know where, that little tent world went spinning around....
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaGS3Uts704[/youtube]
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At the reunion Ennis said to Jack what he said to those he cared about dearly - his horses and daughters - "Little darlin'."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmT1-jEmK74&NR=1[/youtube]
=aside= stonebiscuit
Welcome to the ABCs. Very impressive post.
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In a Towleroad interview (http://towleroad.typepad.com/towleroad/2006/01/interview_with_.html), James Schamus responds to accusations that Focus Features played up the heterosexual aspects of Brokeback Mountain as a publicity strategy:
"I think it's a measure of the film's success that there is this real sense of ownership (and examination) of everything we do. I think these kinds of discussions are legitimate. On the other hand, I gotta say, from day one, when we first started to make the movie we said we will never apologize for this movie. It's what it is. At its core it's a gay romance. From the moment the trailer's finished, you know what this movie's about. From the very first images of it. We never ever, ever wanted to step away from it or apologize for what this movie was. And I think we've stayed really true to that, every step of the way with this campaign.
"At the same time, this movie is epic in its emotional scope, and part of that is that the relationships encompass the entirety of these guys' lives. And their experiences include the characters that are played by Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway, who, by the way, deserve their Oscar nominations.
"I don't ever want to misrepresent the film as only being about the so-called controversy surrounding its central relationship. I want to represent the story's entirety. Ang always pays extra careful attention to every piece of the emotional dynamic, which includes these marriages and includes these children and includes their whole lives. Not to mention some things that really aren't discussed, which are in many ways revolutionary, which are class issues. You don't see working class characters portrayed in mainstream American cinema that often. So all these dynamics add into what is still absolutely the central dynamic -- their relationship.
"[There were] a few paragraphs of post-Globes coverage in the New York Times. [The writer] Sharon Waxman created this impression that because of some "resistance" we're meeting with the "broader public" we've started putting ads in the papers that emphasize the heterosexual relationships. Which is complete and utter bullsh*t. It's unbelievable.
"In fact, up till now, we've had two months, almost two months of advertising in main markets like New York and Los Angeles, and so when we started to refresh the campaign in just New York and L.A. and include a broader scope of imagery, just a couple of times, Waxman called that out as if we're going into Kansas and Wyoming and trying to fool people [as to] what the movie's about. In fact, from day one, we have said we are going to market this movie the same way in Little Rock as we do in New York City."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntm1YfehK7U[/youtube]
=aside= stonebiscuit
I was very happy to see your post.
Thanks for playing the ABCs game.
:)
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After seeing the boys' reunion kiss, Alma began silently freaking out.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MadI2SeyyAs[/youtube]
=aside= stonebiscuit
Welcome aboard!
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Jack was a gambler who risked evrything for love.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn481KcjvMo[/youtube]
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"Like its protagonists -- who know exactly what they're feeling, even if they can't always express it -- Brokeback Mountain achieves stunning emotional power through heroic restraint."
-- Carol Cling, Las Vegas Review-Journal (http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Dec-30-Fri-2005/weekly/5041572.html)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM_0gNAlJvA&feature=related[/youtube]
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Jack held on to his illusions of a sweet life with Ennis, but they went up in smoke.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI87TtKJI00[/youtube]
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Lureen didn't care about being ladylike in the backseat of her daddy's car, knowing she'd get in trouble if she brought the car home after midnight.
[youtube=425,350]
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In its review of Brokeback Mountain, the Australian e-magazine Cinemaniac notes that the film is rated "M" and contains moderate coarse language, moderate sex scenes, and moderate violence.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpxFhvT_GME[/youtube]
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At the Fourth of July fireworks, Ennis grew enraged when a couple of Neanderthals sat down near his family and proceeded to exercise their slopbucket mouths.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh-rBLdZa80[/youtube]
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Although torn apart by circumstance, distance and desire, there could be no doubt that theirs was an overarching love - a love shared by two cowboys, two guys, two people......
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu-IsXtyNkI[/youtube]
=aside= all
Thanks for the welcome - it's good to be in town :D
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The Brokeback Mountain HD DVD extra "Impressions from the Film" has been described as "nothing more than a couple minutes of promotional stills with music from Brokeback Mountain playing underneath."
DVD Talk (http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/26548/brokeback-mountain/)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me7P9qqBgwI[/youtube]
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After Cassie was rebuffed by Ennis, she wanted him to stop draggin' my heart around.
[youtube=425,350]
&feature=related[/youtube]
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Ennis had no choice but to surrender custody of the girls to Alma.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLOGVgxXzUI[/youtube]
(From "Sunset Boulevard")
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Under the terms of the divorce decree, custody of Alma Jr. and Jennifer was awarded to Alma.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcNjDDMeP9k&feature=related[/youtube]
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Jimbo was getting what he considered undesired attention from the lonesome cowboy and was thinking, "Hit the road, Jack."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Tiz6INF7I[/youtube]
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To Ennis, Jack had a tendency to behave waywardly.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFuzHbM9EEc[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSPLSo3U46Q[/youtube]
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Round 840!
Music! Music! Music!
Post an unplayed word along with a song title or lyrics and relate them to BBM.
(http://www.swapsale.com/JukeBox2.jpg)
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Noticing that the tent could use some adjusting, Ennis states the obvious: "Tent don't look right."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q6q3lh4JSA[/youtube]
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Jack kept hoping for a "sweet life" with Ennis, knowing it might be what a fool believes.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj6PdoZaqCI&feature=PlayList&p=FD990A9D1A2590D6&index=3&playnext=3&playnext_from=PL[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkDkMT4YTUU&feature=PlayList&p=FD990A9D1A2590D6&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1[/youtube]
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Jack's attitude toward Ennis was "Con te partiro", i.e. "I will go with you".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6BCT8t41iA[/youtube]
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An excerpt from an interview with Ang Lee (http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_6597.html):
Q: Can you talk about the lead actors, Heath and Jake, and why each one.
Ang Lee.: I decided quite early on when I took on the project that I would go with younger actors and play towards older. I think I had a better chance to have something younger in a sense and to bank from it in the end of the story than to have someone more sophisticated and try to be young, or even split the difference… because [of] that innocence. So I decided to go with early twenties, and I think these guys are among the best actors. I love to work with good actors, so they were candidates because of that, and I met quite a few of them. Heath struck me as a good actor to carry the Western, the brooding, memorable fear, violence -- a lot of those melancholy mysterious characteristics of the West. I think he was a good man to carry it. Then I had to find a counterpart, and that is Jake. I think he carries the romantic theme, the embrace of romance -- more knowing, bright, positive... almost not [a] cowboy look. The story is purely Western when you read it, but as a movie the genre closes as a romantic love story, so I was more casting the romantic element.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiFOvrDAxxw&feature=related[/youtube]
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Ennis's relationship with "Jack Nasty" became the elephant in the room between him and Alma after she caught them getting a little carried away outside her front door...
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjriiLsnvkg[/youtube]
=aside= Fran
Thanks for posting the link to that interview, nice insight i hadn't seen before.
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After suffering rejections from Ennis and Jimbo, Jack found the attention from Lureen fascinating.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTV3PA_x5XQ[/youtube]
(With George Gershwin himself on piano.)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsgxEI_YR-8[/youtube]
(From the MGM musical "Lady Be Good", 1941. Unbelievable tap dancing by Eleanor Powell!)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXXC-F2DP9E[/youtube]
(Same film, amazing dancers.)
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Upon seeing Jack after his divorce, Ennis thinks that people are gossiping and everybody's talkin' about me.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AzEY6ZqkuE[/youtube]
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From the Brokeback Mountain review at Answers.com (http://www.answers.com/topic/brokeback-mountain):
The American Humane Association raised concerns that animals were treated improperly during filming, alleging that sheep were handled roughly and that an elk appeared to have been "shot on cue," suggesting further that the animal was anesthetized for this purpose, violating standard guidelines for animal handling in the movie industry.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6U4XakchT0[/youtube]
=reply= stonebiscuit
Glad you found it interesting.
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As hard as he tried, Ennis couldn't deny that Jack brought an injection of happiness into his life. This thing had got into his soul and he couldn't give it up.....
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYDemDKgsX8[/youtube]
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Jack spent half of the time, while he was rodeoing, fixing his lemon of a truck.
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From Answers.com (http://www.answers.com/topic/brokeback-mountain):
In an article in American Sexuality Magazine, bisexual activist Amy Andre critiqued the media's avoidance of the use of the term "bisexual" in association with Brokeback Mountain:
"Brokeback Mountain is a not a movie about gay people, and there are no gay people in it. There. I said it. Despite what you may have read in the many reviews that have come out about this new cowboy feature film, Brokeback Mountain is a bisexual picture. Why can't film reviewers say the word 'bisexual' when they see lead characters with sexual and romantic relationships with both men and women? I am unaware of a single review of Brokeback calling the leads what they are -- a sad statement on the invisibility of bisexual experience and the level of biphobia in both the mainstream and gay media."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfjXNGHHsTY[/youtube]
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With everything that Alma witnessed you think she might have fled to a nunnery, instead she decided she'd had enough of those nasty boys and checked out with the grocery boy...
[youtube=425,350]
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Alma was frightened by Ennis's overreaction at the Fourth of July picnic.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEHj8_mzSqk[/youtube]
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"Left alone in a pastoral setting, the taciturn Ledger and the effusive Gyllenhaal form an unlikely friendship that develops into an awkward, passionate love, one they agree can't continue once they come down from the mountain."
-- Keith Phipps, A.V. Club (http://www.avclub.com/articles/brokeback-mountain,4173/)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_GEIEvfDTk[/youtube]
Oh, sh*t, there's a bear,
Could you hand me that shotgun, buddy,
Also that chair.... LOL
=aside= Sandy
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/musical7_th-1.jpg) Hey Sandy girl.... (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/musical7_th-1.jpg)
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Jack's offer of a sweet life with Ennis was revolutionary.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hOKcdZJJFU[/youtube]
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Ennis had been a student, but had to drop out before his his sophomore year of high school because his truck broke down.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYTl-0Nx4Pk[/youtube]
=aside= Fran
:)
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Charles S. Houser's review of Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain (http://www.amazon.com/review/R1HW8ZGY5POGNF):
The movie BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN has not come my town, but I've certainly cued into all the media buzz. So when I saw the little 55-page movie tie-in paperback with Ledger and Gyllenhaal on the cover I made an impulse purchase. In fact, I also bought Campbell Scott's audio CD recording of the story. Whether you experience this story through reading or by listening to Scott's thoughtful, nuanced performance, this is a powerful, poignant, and understated story.
This story about two ranch hands who find love, passion, and companionship while herding sheep one summer, begins in 1963 and continues intermittently for many years, following a predictable trajectory. But its predictability is not the result of inept writing on Proulx's part, but on the tragic nature of two men trapped in a specific time and place. Proulx describes their situation with compassion and is careful to show her readers that these reticient cowboys are not clueless oafs, unreflective and inured to their situation. The poignancy is heightened when we as readers reflect on how little seems to have changed since the time of the story -- not the threat of violence, not the public unwillingness to allow two men to live together as intimate life partners. Proulx speaks with expansive tenderness. This story seems to be her answer to THE LARAMIE PROJECT. "We're not all like that," she seems to be saying. She's an amazing [storyteller] with an astounding gift for poetry and for capturing the way people really speak.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjTB4kFrc5U[/youtube]
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The love between Jack and Ennis was unbridled and unchained.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-fjSdi22aw[/youtube]
Rest in peace, Patrick.
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Alma Jr. and Jenny worshipped their daddy.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBHJqtgo8RA&feature=related[/youtube]
=aside= players
Try calling 832-867-5309. ;)
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Round 841!
One More Time!
Post an unplayed word along with a song title
or lyrics and relate them to BBM.
(http://www.garagehangover.com/images3/ShawkeySeauPlanet45Just.jpg)
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"Love is love, and Brokeback Mountain is a love story. It's a film about two people who find salvation in one another. It's a movie about two people who discover that love knows no boundaries. Love doesn't discriminate. Love knows no gender. Love is real on Brokeback Mountain, and no amount of hatred can take that away."
-- Alex Sandell (http://www.juicycerebellum.com/200602.htm), The Juicy Cerebellum
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG8JxpitqOM&feature=related[/youtube]
=aside= Sandy
:)
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Jack thought he heard the bell of freedom, but Ennis was deaf.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UKvpONl3No[/youtube]
Rest in peace, dear Mary.
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After a simple twist of fate that changed their lives forever, Jack courageously pursued the impossible dream of a life together with Ennis.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEQ14VnPBRw&feature=related[/youtube]
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Rather than be viewed as the dregs of society, Jack and Ennis chose to live a secret life; as to the hereafter, there was some open space between what they knew and what they tried to believe...
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2nKkn9c4M0[/youtube]
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"Wyoming, 1963. Two young drifters turn up at a remote office and get hired to spend the summer together, herding sheep high up on Brokeback Mountain. Suspicious, laconic, stunned by cold and hardship, they don't seem a natural pair -- until, drunk one night, enforced intimacy turns to sexual contact."
-- B Ruby Rich (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2005/sep/23/3), The Guardian
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEMP2GXIoFk[/youtube]
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Ennis thought that Jack was foolhardy in his quest for the "sweet life."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNkP-lOZxrk&feature=related[/youtube]
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Randall Malone came across as most gentlemanlike, but in his eyes he held thoughts for Jack that would shut even Lashawn up.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrzr4R3LpsQ[/youtube]
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"Playing a man prone to downward gazes and half-mumbled sentiments, Ledger seems as afraid of his own desires as he is ashamed of them. His quietness and gift for repression allow him to drift into a conventional American life, and it's a credit to his acting talent that his past work has previously only suggested that he connects the specifics of his character's life to a more iconic image of stoic American manhood: They aren't all gay cowboys, but the world is full of uncomplaining men whose lives fall short of the ones they'd imagined for themselves."
-- Keith Phipps (http://www.avclub.com/articles/brokeback-mountain,4173/), A.V. Club
[youtube=425,350][youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m34xyw8E-Qs&feature=fvw[/youtube][/youtube]
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Tired of being a lonesome traveler, Jack decided to improve his living situation by settling down and marrying Lureen.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5ywcLXv-SA[/youtube]
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Jack finally expressed his lament: "we coulda had a good life together, a real good life".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnlyWGLq-Yc[/youtube]
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"Brokeback Mountain isn’t a film about the politics of morality or the religious implications of homosexuality; it’s a film about love; a condition that can be as forbidden and foreboding for a man and woman of different ethnic backgrounds or social classes in 2009, as it was for two cowboys struggling with their sexuality in the early 1960s."
-- Ben Williams (http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Brokeback-Mountain-Blu-ray-Review/3741/), at Blu-ray.com
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CLGtgovIqc[/youtube]
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What she saw at the four-year reunion along with Ennis's fishing trips niggled away at Alma until she decided it was time for movin' out.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UBpt1dya60[/youtube]
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Optometrists have a legitimate bone to pick with Ang Lee over Brokeback Mountain, as spectacles are scarce as hen's teeth in the film.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWeeE_WaSEc[/youtube]
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From an opinion piece at the Los Angeles Times (http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jan/07/opinion/oe-daum7):
For all their monosyllabism, Jack (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Ennis (Heath Ledger) are fonts of emotion. Sure, they're prone to the usual male-pattern drinking, fighting and marrying women without knowing quite what they're doing, but when it comes to their love for each other, their hearts aren't just on their sleeves, they're pinned to their foreheads.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCxEmLaXZqM[/youtube]
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Ennis sat at the kitchen table with Jack's father. Jack's mother, stout and careful in her movements as though recovering from an operation, said, "Want some coffee, don't you? Piece a cherry cake?"
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gHhne5cUCE&feature=related[/youtube]
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Lureen, according to Jack: she's good at making hard deals in the machinery business.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gbz-Lau5tc[/youtube]
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Ennis accused Jack of trampy behavior in Mexico: "I heard about what they got in Mexico for boys like you."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHZaFbwUHkc[/youtube]
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"Playing a man prone to downward gazes and half-mumbled sentiments, Ledger seems as afraid of his own desires as he is ashamed of them. His quietness and gift for repression allow him to drift into a conventional American life, and it's a credit to his acting talent that his past work has previously only suggested that he connects the specifics of his character's life to a more iconic image of stoic American manhood: They aren't all gay cowboys, but the world is full of uncomplaining men whose lives fall short of the ones they'd imagined for themselves."
-- Keith Phipps (http://www.avclub.com/articles/brokeback-mountain,4173/), A.V. Club
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcACTCj9xm0&feature=related[/youtube]
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Ma Twist gave Ennis a very restrained willkommen.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Perr5aCINY[/youtube]
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Round 842!
"Peak/Pique/Peek" experiences!
Please post an unplayed word plus one of the above.
"Jack resisted sneaking a peek at the cowboy who piqued his interest on the peak of the mountain." (courtesy memento, round 559)
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Ennis achieves a peak experience on the peak of the mountain which left him looking a little peaked the following day.
=aside= Paul
Fun theme.
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Peter Hartlaub and Carolyne Zinko of the San Francisco Chronicle offer theories as to why "Crash" beat "Brokeback Mountain" for best picture (http://www.targetmarketnews.com/storyid03070601.htm):
-- Did the almost unending media drumbeat for "Brokeback Mountain" cause the film to peak in Academy voting-member popularity too early, a scenario exactly opposite that of 2005 winner "Million Dollar Baby," which quietly slipped into theaters in December and benefited from a concentrated barrage of last-minute hype?
=aside= Paul
What Sandy said.
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Jack tried to concentrate on the potato
peeking peeling, but couldn't help but sneak a peek at Ennis's ablutions.
=aside=
This round was inspired by Sandy's lovely and witty post, and our dear Toast's pixelated portrait of one of my favorite scenes.
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Spending time with each other among the peaks of Wyoming was just what the doctor ordered for two cowboys lonesome for the "old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong."
=aside=
Clever Paul, witty Sandy, buttery Toast (http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Emoticons/clinkbeers.gif)
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Jack may have resisted a peek at Ennis while he was peeling potatoes, but he soon got a chance to examine Ennis's entire body.
=aside= players
Glad I could be part of the inspiration for this round.
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Whilst peeling potatoes, Jack had to forfeit a peek at washing-up Ennis.
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When the Hi-Top folded, Ennis and Alma moved to a small apartment in Riverton, Wyoming, gateway to the Wind River Range and Gannett Peak.
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Ennis's co-worker, Timmy, is a heavyset, middle-aged man who works alongside him and speaks incessantly.
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Whilst peeling potatoes, Jack tries inhibiting his desire to take a peek at washing-up Ennis.
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Jack tried his best not to peek while Ennis laved.
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Over the years, Ennis and Jack found refuge and solitude among the chilly peaks of the mountain-filled parts of Wyoming.
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Whilst peeling potatoes, Jack tried his best to observe the no-peeking rule.
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Alberta Film Commissioner Dan Chugg's campaign to bring major film productions to the province reached a new peak after he successfully pitched Alberta's low costs, stunning landscapes, and Oscar-caliber production crews to Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee.
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After having a peak experience on the peak of the mountain, Ennis looked somewhat peaked the following day.
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Jack's rendition of "Water-Walking Jesus" piqued Ennis's interest in religion and such.
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Ennis didn't know about the accident for months until his postcard to Jack saying that November still looked like the first chance came back stamped DECEASED. He called Jack's number in Childress, something he had done only once before when Alma divorced him and Jack had misunderstood the reason for the call, had driven twelve hundred miles north for nothing. This would be all right, Jack would answer, had to answer. But he did not. It was Lureen and she said who? who is this? and when he told her again she said in a level voice yes, Jack was pumping up a flat on the truck out on a back road when the tire blew up. The bead was damaged somehow and the force of the explosion slammed the rim into his face, broke his nose and jaw and knocked him unconscious on his back. By the time someone came along he had drowned in his own blood.
No, he thought, they got him with the tire iron.
"Jack used to mention you," she said. "You're the fishing buddy or the hunting buddy, I know that. Would have let you know," she said, "but I wasn't sure about your name and address. Jack kept most a his friends' addresses in his head. It was a terrible thing. He was only thirty-nine years old."
The huge sadness of the northern plains rolled down on him. He didn't know which way it was, the tire iron or a real accident, blood choking down Jack's throat and nobody to turn him over. Under the wind drone he heard steel slamming off bone, the hollow chatter of a settling tire rim.
"He buried down there?" He wanted to curse her for letting Jack die on the dirt road.
The little Texas voice came slip-sliding down the wire. "We put a stone up. He use to say he wanted to be cremated, ashes scattered on Brokeback Mountain. I didn't know where that was. So he was cremated, like he wanted, and like I say, half his ashes was interred here, and the rest I sent up to his folks. I thought Brokeback Mountain was around where he grew up. But knowing Jack, it might be some pretend place where the bluebirds sing and there's a whiskey spring."
"We herded sheep on Brokeback one summer," said Ennis. He could hardly speak.
"Well, he said it was his place. I thought he meant to get drunk. Drink whiskey up there. He drank a lot."
"His folks still up in Lightnin Flat?"
"Oh yeah. They'll be there until they die. I never met them. They didn't come down for the funeral. You get in touch with them. I suppose they'd appreciate it if his wishes was carried out."
No doubt about it, she was polite but the little voice was cold as snow.
[story]
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While waiting for Aguirre, Jack couldn't resist sneaking a peek or two at the tongue-tied cowboy who piqued his interest.
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The unspeakableness of his emotions caused Ennis to utter many a "hunh" and "hmm," but he got his point across.
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Based on Annie Proulx's short story, Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain provides a deeper peek into the interior workings of the main characters and what they must endure.
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Round 843!
The Four Seasons
Please post an unplayed word plus
a word from one of the four seasons -
summer, fall (autumn), winter, spring.
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At the end of the summer on Brokeback, Ennis hardly acknowledged what had happened, resulting in his getting gut cramps so bad he pulled over and tried to puke.
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Ennis figured he could go fishin', because he had worked through the blusterous blizzard of the last winter.
=aside= Sandy
You're a player for all seasons!
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Once during the summer of '63, Jack arrived at the main camp at chowtime, hungry as hell, and all he found was beans.
=aside= Sandy
Good theme! I like the different
colors for the different seasons, too.
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Upon leaving Brokeback, Jack told Ennis that he was thinking about going to his dad's place, to "give him a hand over the winter, then maybe head out for Texas in the spring."
=aside= Fran and Paul
Thank you. I don't want to fall down on the job.
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Faced with the premature end of summer, and an early winter on its way, Ennis, loathe to admit he had fallen in love, springs on Jack an empty-headed farewell: "Guess, I'll see you around, hunh?"
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During an awkward farewell Jack inquired of his fellow sheepherder, "You gonna do this again next summer?"
=aside= Paul
Showoff Wow!
:)
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Ennis goes through a grab-bag of conflicting emotions after his first sexual encounter with Jack in the summer of '63, but his confidence springs back in short order.
Aside=Players
Fun theme and great posts! 8)
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The memory of that first summer on Brokeback continued to haunt Jack and Ennis.
=aside= Fran
I like a challenge!
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Because Ennis was so inebriated, he decided to fall down on the job by staying at the main camp and grabbing forty winks.
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In the fall of 1977, an artificial peace lily plant enhanced the decor of Jack and Lureen's living room.
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=aside= Paul
Thanks for the clarification
on the type of lily.
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Faced with the premature end of summer, and an early winter on its way, Ennis, loathe to admit he had fallen in love, springs on Jack a farewell, saying merely: "Guess, I'll see you around, hunh?"
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After falling in love during his summer on Brokeback, Ennis got married and started a family with no-so-great expectations.
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Lureen married Jack Twist, the oh-so-handsome bull rider competing in the local rodeo in the summer of 1966.
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Faced with the premature end of summer, and an early winter on its way, Ennis, loathe to admit he had fallen in love, springs on Jack a farewell, saying: "Guess, I'll see you around, hunh?"
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After their stormy spring meeting at the lake, Jack went home to Texas with Ennis's refusal to meet in August rankling in his heart.
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As they descended the slope Ennis felt he was in a slow-motion, but headlong, irreversible fall.
[story]
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Jack and Ennis met during the summer of 1963, before their twentieth birthdays.
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In the spring of 1983, Jack and Ennis argued by the lake, unearthing long-hidden feelings.
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Snow from an early storm in the summer of '63 whitens an extraordinarily beautiful plain.
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Round 844!
The Four Seasons - Part 2
Please post an unplayed word plus
a word indicating one of the four seasons -
summer, fall (autumn), winter, spring.
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In the spring of 1983, Jack and Ennis argued by the lake, unearthing long-hidden feelings.
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
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In the spring of 1983, Jack and Ennis's bantering turned to unearthing long-hidden feelings.
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A cantaloupe ripens in Alma and Monroe's kitchen in the fall of 1977.
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In the summer of 1963 before going up on Brokeback, Joe Aguirre told Jack and Ennis that they would have to divide up the work and sleep in separate camps.
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In the summer of 1963 before going up on Brokeback, Joe Aguirre tried to enforce his rule that they would have to divide up the work and sleep in separate camps.
=thanks= Sandy
:)
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Ennis glared and growled ferociously at a passerby who had paused to see what was going on after seeing him in the alley at the end of the summer.
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Alma gasped as she watched the peanut display fall crashing to the floor, compliments of her cute little namesake.
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Lureen made haste by springing into action in the backseat of her daddy's car.
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Summer on the mountain ended too soon, as the western storms inclemently rolled in.
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Peace lilies added a floral touch to Jack and Lureen's living room in the fall of 1977.
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In the summer of 1963, Ennis didn't have the maturity to know that he had fallen in love.
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The summer evening picnic was interrupted by the ne'er-do-wells' bad behavior.
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After securing summer employment, Jack led the way to the local bar, where he outdrank Ennis.
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Upon leaving Brokeback, Jack told Ennis that he was planning on going to his daddy's place, to give him a hand over the winter, then maybe head out for Texas in the spring.
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In the fall of 1977, Monroe was open to ridicule by using his not-so-butch electric carving knife.
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"That summer," said Ennis. "When we split up after we got paid out I had gut cramps so bad I pulled over and tried to puke, thought I ate somethin bad at that place in Dubois. Took me about a year a figure out it was that I shouldn't a let you out a my sights. Too late then by a long, long while."
[story]
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After years of toeing the line, Jack decided he had enough and drew the line at L.D.'s behavior during the fall of 1977.
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That first summer, an unclad Ennis tempted poor potato-peeling Jack to fall, and hard.
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An excerpt from Ratings Debate Peaks Again with 'Brokeback'' (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,178156,00.html), an article by Catherine Donaldson-Evans from the fall of 2005:
With a modern-day Shakespearean doomed-love tragedy called "Brokeback Mountain" opening this weekend, the debate over this country's ratings system -- handled by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) -- has once again bubbled over like the witches’ cauldron in "Macbeth."
The much-blogged-about, critically acclaimed Ang Lee film starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger is rated R. But its storyline of two male ranch hands who fall for each other in the early ‘60s and keep their relationship a secret has led some to wonder why the movie didn’t get a more restrictive NC-17.
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Round 845!
The Four Seasons - Part 3
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Please post an unplayed word plus
a word indicating one (or more) of the four seasons:
spring, summer, fall (autumn), winter
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During the fall of 1977 Jack and L.D. were arguing about watching football while eating turkey, while Fayette, who was no spring chicken, glared at Jack silently.
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An excerpt from Ratings Debate Peaks Again with 'Brokeback'' (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,178156,00.html), an article by Catherine Donaldson-Evans from the fall of 2005:
With a modern-day Shakespearean doomed-love tragedy called "Brokeback Mountain" opening this weekend, the debate over this country's ratings system -- handled by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) -- has once again bubbled over like the witches' cauldron in "Macbeth."
The much-blogged-about, critically acclaimed Ang Lee film starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger is rated R. But its storyline of two male ranch hands who fall for each other in the early ‘60s and keep their relationship a secret has led some to wonder why the movie didn’t get a more restrictive NC-17.
=thanks= Fran
:)
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An excerpt from Ratings Debate Peaks Again with 'Brokeback'' (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,178156,00.html), an article by Catherine Donaldson-Evans from the fall of 2005:
With a modern-day Shakespearean doomed-love tragedy called "Brokeback Mountain" opening this weekend, the debate over this country's ratings system -- handled by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) -- has once again bubbled over like the witches' cauldron in "Macbeth."
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An excerpt from Ratings Debate Peaks Again with 'Brokeback'' (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,178156,00.html), an article by Catherine Donaldson-Evans from the fall of 2005:
With a modern-day Shakespearean doomed-love tragedy called "Brokeback Mountain" opening this weekend, the debate over this country's ratings system -- handled by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) -- has once again bubbled over like the witches' cauldron in "Macbeth."
=aside= Fran
I second Paul's thanks.
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An excerpt from Ratings Debate Peaks Again with 'Brokeback'' (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,178156,00.html), an article by Catherine Donaldson-Evans from the fall of 2005:
With a modern-day Shakespearean doomed-love tragedy called "Brokeback Mountain" opening this weekend, the debate over this country's ratings system -- handled by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) -- has once again bubbled over like the witches' cauldron in "Macbeth."
=thanks= Fran
Again!
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Clint Morris (http://www.webwombat.com.au/entertainment/movies/brokeback-mountain.htm), a member of the Film Critics Circle of Australia, described Brokeback Mountain as "both a breath of fresh air in a summer full of conventional studio pap and fluffy family fare and a tour de force for its performers who, knock on wood, might have to start pressing their suits in order for the big night at the Kodak Theatre."
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In the summer of 1963 Ennis became a "sinner" with a little guidance from Jack.
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That first summer, an unclad Ennis tempted a half-peeking Jack to fall, and hard.
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During the summer of '63, Jack's uncle Harold was hospitalized with pneumonia, an infection in one or both of his lungs.
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From the article Brokeback Mountain Story to Screenplay Reviewed publishied in the spring of 2009: Essays by the two script writers Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry read almost like love letters addressed to the story itself, and both talk of their reticence and joy in taking Brokeback Mountain from story to screenplay and making one of the seminal films of the new century.
For one, Larry McMurtry had stopped reading short fiction many years before Diana Ossana practically forced him into looking at Annie Proulx's short story when she presented him with a tattered copy of The New Yorker. It's effect on them both, as documented in the book, is a testament to both Proulx's writing and the haunting semblance of life Ennis and Jack take on in reading or being witness to the film, and this is powerfully captured in Brokeback Mountain: Story To Screenplay.
http://modern-american-fiction.suite101.com/article.cfm/brokeback_mountain_story_to_screenplay_reviewed (http://modern-american-fiction.suite101.com/article.cfm/brokeback_mountain_story_to_screenplay_reviewed)
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An excerpt from Ratings Debate Peaks Again with 'Brokeback'' (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,178156,00.html), an article by Catherine Donaldson-Evans from the fall of 2005:
With a modern-day Shakespearean doomed-love tragedy called "Brokeback Mountain" opening this weekend, the debate over this country's ratings system -- handled by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) -- has once again bubbled over like the witches' cauldron in "Macbeth."
=thanks= Fran
And again!
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After opening in U.S. theaters in the fall of 2005, Brokeback Mountain received great praise from both professional and nonprofessional reviewers.
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During the summer of 1963, after their first night of sleeping together, Ennis overslept.
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After opening in U.S. theaters in the fall of 2005, Brokeback Mountain received great praise from both professional and nonprofessional reviewers.
=thanks= Fran
I keep borrowing from you!
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An excerpt from Ratings Debate Peaks Again with 'Brokeback'' (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,178156,00.html), an article by Catherine Donaldson-Evans from the fall of 2005:
With a modern-day Shakespearean doomed-love tragedy called "Brokeback Mountain" opening this weekend, the debate over this country's ratings system -- handled by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) -- has once again bubbled over like the witches' cauldron in "Macbeth."
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Ennis found it hard to believe that a man with Jack's sparkling personality could spring from two such dour people as Mr. and Mrs. John Twist.
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When Alma asked about Jack, Ennis tested the waters by saying that he was a "fishing buddy", hoping she would fall for it hook, line, and sinker.
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One cold night, fueled by whiskey, [Ennis and Jack] couple urgently; and though both vehemently deny that they're "queer," they spend the rest of the summer in an intimate idyll.
-- Christopher Orr, The New Republic (http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/no-mans-land)
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One whiskey-fueled night in the summer of '63 changed the nature of the boys' relationship.
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Round 846!
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In honor of the 12th anniversary of its publication, let's have a round dedicated to the short story.
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In an interview by Planet Jackson Hole, Annie Proulx was asked: "How did you come to write Brokeback Mountain? What inspired the story?"
Annie Proulx: "Brokeback Mountain" was/is one of a number of stories examining rural Western social situations. I was trained as an historian (French Annales school), and most of my writing is focused on rural North American hinterlands. The story was not "inspired," but the result of years of subliminal observation and thought, eventually brought to the point of writing. As I remarked in a 1999 interview with The Missouri Review, Place and history are central to the fiction I write, both in the broad, general sense and in detailed particulars. Rural North America, regional cultures, the images of an ideal and seemingly attainable world the characters cherish in their long views despite the rigid and difficult circumstances of their place and time interest me and are what I write about. I watch for the historical skew between what people have hoped for and who they thought they were and what befell them.
(http://www.planetjh.com/images/logo.gif) (http://www.planetjh.com/music_arts_culture/A_100138.aspx)
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They had stood that way for a long time in front of the fire, its burning tossing ruddy chunks of light, the shadow of their bodies a single column against the rock. The minutes ticked by from the round watch in Ennis's pocket, from the sticks in the fire settling into coals. Stars bit through the wavy heat layers above the fire. Ennis's breath came slow and quiet, he hummed, rocked a little in the sparklight and Jack leaned against the steady heartbeat, the vibrations of the humming like faint electricity and, standing, he fell into sleep that was not sleep but something else drowsy and tranced until Ennis, dredging up a rusty but still useable phrase from the childhood time before his mother died, said, "Time to hit the hay, cowboy. I got a go. Come on, you're sleepin on your feet like a horse," and gave Jack a shake, a push, and went off in the darkness.
[story]
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In an interview by Planet Jackson Hole, Annie Proulx was asked: "How did you come to write Brokeback Mountain? What inspired the story?"
Annie Proulx: "Brokeback Mountain" was/is one of a number of stories examining rural Western social situations. I was trained as an historian (French Annales school), and most of my writing is focused on rural North American hinterlands. The story was not "inspired," but the result of years of subliminal observation and thought, eventually brought to the point of writing. As I remarked in a 1999 interview with The Missouri Review, Place and history are central to the fiction I write, both in the broad, general sense and in detailed particulars. Rural North America, regional cultures, the images of an ideal and seemingly attainable world the characters cherish in their long views despite the rigid and difficult circumstances of their place and time interest me and are what I write about. I watch for the historical skew between what people have hoped for and who they thought they were and what befell them.
(http://www.planetjh.com/images/logo.gif) (http://www.planetjh.com/music_arts_culture/A_100138.aspx)
=thanks= Sandy
:)
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In an Interview by Planet Jackson Hole, Annie Proulx said: "As I remarked in a 1999 interview with The Missouri Review, Place and history are central to the fiction I write, both in the broad, general sense and in detailed particulars."
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Another excerpt from the aforementioned Planet Jackson Hole interview (http://www.planetjh.com/music_arts_culture/A_100138.aspx) with Annie Proulx:
PJH: I think it's clear to anyone who reads "Brokeback Mountain" that above all it's a wrenching, starcrossed love story. It is about two cowboys, but it seems inaccurate to call it gay literature. How do you feel about the film being assailed as gay agitprop emerging from liberal Hollywood? Did you ever intend for the story to be controversial?
AP: Excuse me, but it is NOT a story about "two cowboys." It is a story about two inarticulate, confused Wyoming ranch kids in 1963 who have left home and who find themselves in a personal sexual situation they did not expect, understand, nor can manage. The only work they find is herding sheep for a summer -- some cowboys! Yet both are beguiled by the cowboy myth, as are most people who live in the state, and Ennis tries to be one but never gets beyond ranch-hand work; Jack settles on rodeo as an expression of the Western ideal. It more or less works for him until he becomes a tractor salesman. Their relationship endures for 20 years, never resolved, never faced up to, always haunted by fear and confusion. How different readers take the story is a reflection of their own personal values, attitudes, hang-ups. It is my feeling that a story is not finished until it is read, and that the reader finishes it through his or her life experience, prejudices, world view and thoughts. Far from being "liberal," Hollywood was afraid of the script as were many actors and agents. Of course, I knew the story would be seen as controversial. I doubted it would even be published and was pleased when The New Yorker very quickly accepted it. In the years since the story was published in 1997, I have received many letters from gay and straight men, not a few Wyoming-born. Some said, "You told my story," some said, "That is why I left Wyoming," and a number, from fathers, said, "Now I understand the hell my son went through." I still get these heartbreaking letters.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks.
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From an article (http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-142780158.html) in encyclopedia.com:
You won't find Brokeback Mountain on any Wyoming map. I think of it as rising somewhere in the Bighorn Mountains. West of Buffalo, maybe, or near Cloud Peak.
Brokeback Mountain is, of course, the fictional peak that inspired first an Annie Proulx short story and now the Ang Lee film that has become a surprise hit.
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Annie Proulx described a grief-stricken Ennis upon finding the two shirts in Jack's closet:
The shirt seemed heavy until he saw there was another shirt inside it, the sleeves carefully worked down inside Jack's sleeves. It was his own plaid shirt, lost, he'd thought, long ago in some damn laundry, his dirty shirt, the pocket ripped, buttons missing, stolen by Jack and hidden here inside Jack's own shirt, the pair like two skins, one inside the other, two in one. He pressed his face into the fabric and breathed in slowly through his mouth and nose, hoping for the faintest smoke and mountain sage and salty sweet stink of Jack, but there was no real scent, only the memory of it, the imagined power of Brokeback Mountain of which nothing was left but what he held in his hands.
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An excerpt from a customer review (http://www.amazon.com/Brokeback-Mountain-Major-Motion-Picture/product-reviews/0743271327/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1) at Amazon:
Through all too brief and sporadic encounters disguised as fishing trips, Annie Proulx takes us on a lifelong journey between these two extraordinary men as they continue to be drawn to one another through two decades of passion, turmoil, and confusion. Nothing is ever easy in this tale and Proulx never allows her two heroes to come right out and declare their love for the other, and yet she permits us to know the unspoken truth that lies deep within them. Slowly, with heartbreaking honesty, we become painfully aware that these two men are trapped in a world where their doomed desires for a life together cannot and must not ever be. The story is a contradiction of emotions, for it is at times both tender and gentle and then devastatingly wrenching in its finality.
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Another excerpt from the aforementioned Planet Jackson Hole interview (http://www.planetjh.com/music_arts_culture/A_100138.aspx) with Annie Proulx:
PJH: I think it's clear to anyone who reads "Brokeback Mountain" that above all it's a wrenching, starcrossed love story. It is about two cowboys, but it seems inaccurate to call it gay literature. How do you feel about the film being assailed as gay agitprop emerging from liberal Hollywood? Did you ever intend for the story to be controversial?
AP: Excuse me, but it is NOT a story about "two cowboys." It is a story about two inarticulate, confused Wyoming ranch kids in 1963 who have left home and who find themselves in a personal sexual situation they did not expect, understand, nor can manage. The only work they find is herding sheep for a summer -- some cowboys! Yet both are beguiled by the cowboy myth, as are most people who live in the state, and Ennis tries to be one but never gets beyond ranch-hand work; Jack settles on rodeo as an expression of the Western ideal. It more or less works for him until he becomes a tractor salesman. Their relationship endures for 20 years, never resolved, never faced up to, always haunted by fear and confusion. How different readers take the story is a reflection of their own personal values, attitudes, hang-ups. It is my feeling that a story is not finished until it is read, and that the reader finishes it through his or her life experience, prejudices, world view and thoughts. Far from being "liberal," Hollywood was afraid of the script as were many actors and agents. Of course, I knew the story would be seen as controversial. I doubted it would even be published and was pleased when The New Yorker very quickly accepted it. In the years since the story was published in 1997, I have received many letters from gay and straight men, not a few Wyoming-born. Some said, "You told my story," some said, "That is why I left Wyoming," and a number, from fathers, said, "Now I understand the hell my son went through." I still get these heartbreaking letters.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks.
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And still another excerpt from the aforementioned Planet Jackson Hole interview (http://www.planetjh.com/music_arts_culture/A_100138.aspx) with Annie Proulx:
PJH: Have you seen the film? How much does it resemble your original vision of the story, its landscapes and characters, themes and dramatic moments? Do you feel it accurately represents Wyoming?
AP: I have seen the film. It resembles the written story very closely, and the McMurtry-Ossana enlargement is seamless. I do feel it accurately represents Wyoming some decades in the past. It is not clear to me, at least what the current character of the state is. Some think Wyoming is changing, becoming more aware and tolerant of diversity and differences in people, and there is evidence to support this view. Some think it will not ever change.
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And still another excerpt from the aforementioned Planet Jackson Hole interview (http://www.planetjh.com/music_arts_culture/A_100138.aspx) with Annie Proulx:
PJH: Have you seen the film? How much does it resemble your original vision of the story, its landscapes and characters, themes and dramatic moments? Do you feel it accurately represents Wyoming?
AP: I have seen the film. It resembles the written story very closely, and the McMurtry-Ossana enlargement is seamless. I do feel it accurately represents Wyoming some decades in the past. It is not clear to me, at least what the current character of the state is. Some think Wyoming is changing, becoming more aware and tolerant of diversity and differences in people, and there is evidence to support this view. Some think it will not ever change.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks again.
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One of the more colorful lines in the short story includes the nose-curling phrase "smells like cat piss or worse".
=thanks= Fran
:)
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And still another excerpt from the aforementioned Planet Jackson Hole interview (http://www.planetjh.com/music_arts_culture/A_100138.aspx) with Annie Proulx:
PJH: I understand that some Wyoming folks have criticized you for being a relative newcomer to the state, someone not "local" enough to write about the West. Does this kind of talk faze you at all? Is it always the role of the writer to be something of an outsider, an observer, anyway?
AP: The innocent belief that only people who have been born and brought up in a place can know it well enough to write about it is more folklore than fact. It might seem logical, but it is not the way literature works. Certainly there have been many outstanding regional American writers, but the outsider's eye is invaluable in writing and art, and most American literature has been written by outsiders, including much Western material: Walter Van Tilburg Clark ("The Ox-Bow Incident," "Track of the Cat") came from Maine, Owen Wister ("The Virginian") came from Pennsylvania, Theodore Roosevelt ("The Winning of the West") from New York, Jack Schaeffer ("Shane") had never been west of Toledo when he wrote his novel of the Johnson County war. There is room for both kinds of writers local people and "outsiders." Outsiders certainly do not stop local people from writing whatever they wish. There's a little thing called "freedom of speech" which applies to writing.
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"This heartbreaking love story is as profound as it is relentlessly unsentimental. Life brings two young drifters together, sets them apart and their long agony begins. The genius of the story lies in its edgy dialogue and Proulx's depiction of a simple truth -- powerlessness. It is her best work and also one of the finest American short stories yet written."
-- Eileen Battersby, Irish Times (http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=2-0743275306-0)
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"This heartbreaking love story is as profound as it is relentlessly unsentimental. Life brings two young drifters together, sets them apart and their long agony begins. The genius of the story lies in its edgy dialogue and Proulx's depiction of a simple truth -- powerlessness. It is her best work and also one of the finest American short stories yet written."
-- Eileen Battersby, Irish Times (http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=2-0743275306-0)
=thanks= Fran
:)
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So now he knew it had been the tire iron. He stood up, said, you bet he'd like to see Jack's room, recalled one of Jack's stories about this old man. Jack was dick-clipped and the old man was not; it bothered the son who had discovered the anatomical disconformity during a hard scene. He had been about three or four, he said, always late getting to the toilet, struggling with buttons, the seat, the height of the thing and often as not left the surroundings sprinkled down. The old man blew up about it and this one time worked into a crazy rage. The old man blew up about it and this one time worked into a crazy rage. "Christ, he licked the stuffin out a me, knocked me down on the bathroom floor, whipped me with his belt. I thought he was killin me. Then he says, 'You want a know what it's like with piss all over the place? I'll learn you,' and he pulls it out and lets go all over me, soaked me, then he throws a towel at me and makes me mop up the floor, take my clothes off and warsh them in the bathtub, warsh out the towel, I'm bawlin and blubberin. But while he was hosin me down I seen he had some extra material that I was missin. I seen they'd cut me different like you'd crop a ear or scorch a brand. No way to get it right with him after that.
[story]
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"Whoa, whoa, whoa. It ain't goin a be that way. We can't. I'm stuck with what I got, caught in my own loop. Can't get out of it. Jack, I don't want a be like them guys you see around sometimes. And I don't want a be dead. There was these two old guys ranched together down home, Earl and Rich -- Dad would pass a remark when he seen them. They was a joke even though they was pretty tough old birds. I was what, nine years old and they found Earl dead in a irrigation ditch. They'd took a tire iron to him, spurred him up, drug him around by his dick until it pulled off, just bloody pulp. What the tire iron done looked like pieces a burned tomatoes all over him, nose tore down from skiddin on gravel."
[story]
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This article describes the story as being written unsentimentally:
"This heartbreaking love story is as profound as it is relentlessly unsentimental. Life brings two young drifters together, sets them apart and their long agony begins. The genius of the story lies in its edgy dialogue and Proulx's depiction of a simple truth -- powerlessness. It is her best work and also one of the finest American short stories yet written."
-- Eileen Battersby, Irish Times (http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=2-0743275306-0)
=thanks= Fran
:)
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Michael Knight of the Wall Street Journal said: "Ms. Proulx writes with all the brutal beauty of one of her Wyoming snowstorms. Her people not only "stand" the bad luck and heartbreak that comes their way; they stare it down with astonishing strength."
http://www.litlovers.com/guide_closerange.html (http://www.litlovers.com/guide_closerange.html)
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Round 847!
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2389.jpg)
Each post will include an unplayed word and
one (or more) of the following words:
Newsome, Farm (farm), Equipment (equipment),
quality, reliability, service
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In Brokeback Mountain Graham Beckel plays L.D. Newsome, a farm equipment magnate who never approves of his new son-in-law.
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In Brokeback Mountain Graham Beckel plays L.D. Newsome, a farm equipment magnate who never approves of his new son-in-law.
=aside= Fran
Thanks! And, can you believe this has never been played?
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In Brokeback Mountain Graham Beckel plays L.D. Newsome, a farm equipment magnate who is very critical of his new son-in-law.
=aside= Fran
Thanks also.
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In Brokeback Mountain Graham Beckel plays L.D. Newsome, a farm equipment magnate who dislikes his son-in-law.
=aside= Players
Check out the Q-R-S posts (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,462.msg17559.html#msg17559) from
Round 38.
:)
=reply= Paul
I would have guessed that "Beckel"
was played hundreds of rounds ago.
I wonder how many other "obvious"
ones we've missed.
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Lureen Newsome put the farm equipment's value above that of her husband.
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The gossipy bartender gave Jack the lowdown on Lureen Newsome's father: "Her dad sells farm equipment. I mean big farm equipment. Hundred-thousand-dollar tractors, shit like that."
=aside= players
I think farm was another obvious one that we missed.
Loved the Q-R-S posts from Round 38. Those were the days when we had to fight to post a letter and there were still lots of "Q's" left.
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L.D. and Fayette Newsome have no grandchildren other than their daughter's son, Bobby Twist.
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Lureen and Fayette Newsome watched with bated breath as their husbands threw twin hissy fits in the service of the proper parenting of male offspring.
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The gossipy bartender spoke informatively on Lureen Newsome's father: "Her dad sells farm equipment. I mean big farm equipment. Hundred-thousand-dollar tractors, shit like that."
=aside= players
Loved the QRS posts. Ah, such innocent days!
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Graham Beckel, the actor who played L.D. Newsome in Brokeback Mountain, was born in Old Lyme, Connecticut, on December 22, 1949.
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Lureen Newsome felt that Jack merited a closer look which prompted her to ask him: "What are you waitin' for, cowboy, a matin' call?"
=aside= Paul
Love the Heath/Joker pic.
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Lureen Newsome would nitpick her way through the business, always hunting for extra zeroes.
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Lureen Newsome oozes confidence when she walks up to Jack and says, "What are you waiting for, cowboy. . .a matin' call?"
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokeback-mountain-2005-jake-gyllen.jpg)
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The gossipy bartender gave Jack the lowdown on Lureen Newsome's father's prosperous business: "Her dad sells farm equipment. I mean big farm equipment. Hundred-thousand-dollar tractors, shit like that."
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LD Newsome thought Lureen was reliable to service the farm equipment business.
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Down in Texas Jack's father-in-law died and Lureen, who inherited the farm equipment business, showed a skill for management and hard deals. Jack found himself with a vague managerial title, traveling to stock and agricultural machinery shows. He had some money now and found ways to spend it on his buying trips. A little Texas accent flavored his sentences, "cow" twisted into "kyow" and "wife" coming out as "waf." He'd had his front teeth filed down and capped, said he'd felt no pain, and to finish the job grew a heavy mustache.
[story]
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The gossipy bartender told Jack about L.D. Newsome's farm equipment business, which would eventually turn into Jack's meal ticket.
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When it came to being Newsome Farm Equipment's combine salesman, Jack could be unreliable.
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L.D. Newsome sells high-end farm equipment, undoubtedly some of the best of class in design, materials, and workmanship.
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Round 848!
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Alma/JackPropelBoisterous.jpg)
Each post will include an unplayed word and
one (or more) of the following words:
Newsome, Farm (farm), Equipment (equipment),
quality, reliability, service
=comment=
Thanks to Toast for the picture.
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After Jack stands up to L.D. Newsome at Thanksgiving, Lureen shows her approval by letting go a little smile.
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The quality of the Thanksgiving scene was enhanced by Graham Beckel's performance as LD Newsome.
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According to Lureen, L.D. Newsome has trouble driving the new combines, those farm machines that combine the tasks of harvesting, threshing, and cleaning grain crops.
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Jack decided to make a good impression on Lureen Newsome by dusting off and handing her back her beautiful red hat.
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After equipping himself with the carving implements, LD Newsome and Jack had a quality blow-up.
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L.D. Newsome sells the major equipment used on farms and ranches: tractors, combines, harvesters, and the like.
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Fayette Newsome announced with pride that her newborn grandson is the spittin' image of his grandfather. It seemed that Bobby might have also inherited his grandfather's stubbornness.
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Half-witted LD Newsome fought with Jack over TV football.
=aside= Players
I've been in beautiful NYC visiting our fellow player and High Priestess of Opera!
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In his early infancy, Bobby Twist was the spittin' image of his grandpa, L.D. Newsome.
=reply= Paul
Lucky you!
:)
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While Jack worked for Newsome Farm Equipment, Ennis had a string of long-houred, low-paying jobs.
=reply= Paul
It must have felt like a New York minute.
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Jack managed to obtain a managerial-level position at Newsome Farm Equipment.
=reply= Fran, Sandy
Turns out Meryl's Don Giovanni, Daniel Okulitch, a native Calgarian, was trained starting at the age of 14, by our own CaseyCornelius!
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Noah Tsika's "The Queerness of Country: Brokeback's Soundscape" and Xinghua Li's "From Nature's Love to Natural Love: Brokeback Mountain, Universal Identification, and Gay Politics" are two of the fifteen essays in Jim Stacy's Reading Brokeback Mountain: Essays on the Story and the Film, essays said to vary in quality from excellent to the semiobvious.
From The Celluloid Closet to Brokeback Mountain: The Changing Nature of Queer Film Criticism (http://www.cineaste.com/articles/changing-nature-of-queer-film-criticism.htm)
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Feeling isolated and overworked, Jack cursed Aguirre for breaking Forest Service rules.
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The Newsome Farm Equipment sign plugged the company with a promise of quality, reliability and service.
=aside=Paul
It was great fun hosting Boston's Renaissance Doc in our town! 8)
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After her father died, Lureen became the rightful owner of Newsome Farm Equipment.
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Feeling frustrated after the post-divorce mixup, Jack went to Mexico looking for a prostitute who could provide him with the sexual services he craved.
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The Newsome Farm Equipment Company sign touts itself with a promise of quality, reliability and service.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks for being the Priestess hostess with the mostest!
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Lureen Newsome began to unclothe in a hurry, explaining to Jack that her father expected her to be home with the car by midnight.
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Lureen Newsome used her womanly charms to seduce Jack in the backseat of her daddy's car.
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"What if we had a little cow and calf operation? It'd be a sweet life."
(http://www.divshare.com/img/display/1669696-c6b)
Each post will include an unplayed word and
one (or more) of the following words:
cow, calf, operation, sweet, life
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In one of the deleted scenes, Ennis is set to adminster medicine to a sick calf.
(http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Deleted_Scenes/EnnisAsVetM.jpg)
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Dawn came glassy orange, stained from below by a gelatinous band of pale green. The sooty bulk of the mountain paled slowly until it was the same color as the smoke from Ennis's breakfast fire. The cold air sweetened, banded pebbles and crumbs of soil cast sudden pencil-long shadows and the rearing lodgepole pines below them massed in slabs of somber malachite.
[story]
=aside= Paul
Great theme! Lots of possibilities for words....
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The shelf life of the nuts that crashed to the floor was considerably shortened once they fell off the shelves.
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A sweet life with Ennis was Jack's dreamed-up scheme.
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/bbmjacksweetlife.jpg)
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"I got your card that the divorce came through, so here I am," Jack said expectantly, hoping to finally be able to live his life at Ennis's side.
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Jack would much rather have been poor and living the sweet life with Ennis than living in luxury by selling farming equipment for the Newsomes.
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After relating his hopes of a sweet life, Jack stared gloweringly as Ennis shot it out of the sky.
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Hopefully, Ennis's bosses can find themselves another cowboy for that roundup over near the Tetons.
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Jack improved his lot in life financially when he married Lureen, but felt it left a lot to be desired.
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When he suggested a little cow and calf operation, Jack was hoping Ennis would be his lifemate.
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During her years as Ennis's wife, Alma experienced the pluses as well as the minuses of married life.
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The sweet but dumb Chilean sheep, unconcerned about the nationality of Joe Aguirre's flock, proceeded to get thoroughly entangled with them during the hailstorm.
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It was the operativeness of Ennis's prayer of thanks that allowed Jack to bring up his cow and calf operation idea.
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An excerpt (http://www.amazon.com/Close-Range-Wyoming-Annie-Proulx/dp/product-description/0684852225) from Kirkus Reviews' review of Close Range: Wyoming Stories at Amazon:
And the powerful "Brokeback Mountain" explores with plangent understated compassion the lifelong sexual love between two cowboys destined for separation and the harsh truth that "if you can't fix it, you've got to stand it."
def. = expressing or suggesting sadness; plaintive
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The renewal of Ennis's romance with Jack gave him a new lease on life.
=aside= players
I'm going to Egypt today for three weeks. I hope to visit Bettermost through an internet cafe and perhaps even post a word. I wish you all have a very happy and healthy Thanksgiviing.
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Jack sweetly suggested a sweet life with Ennis.
=aside= Sandy
You're leaving us for Egypt? Tut-tut!
I can't stay in deNile, we'll just have to Cairo on.
Enjoy!
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"After showing their initial idyll in the mountains, Brokeback does to its heroes what no movie cowboy wants to have happen: Things change in the world around them. They complete the sheepherding and rejoin society."
-- Ken Tucker, New York Magazine (http://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/15224/)
=aside= Sandy
Have a great trip. I can't wait to hear
about your camel ride.
:)
=aside= Players
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/thanksgiving.jpg)
Happy Thanksgving!
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To Jack's proposal of a sweet life together, Ennis replied from what he considered an unassailable position: "Bottom line, we're around each other and this thing grabs on to us again in the wrong place, wrong time, we'll be dead."
=aside=Sandy
Hope you enjoy walking riding like an Egyptian! ;D
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Ennis dodged the sweet life with Jack, as he feared wrack and ruin would be the result.
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Round 850!
Sweet Life - Part 2
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2280.jpg)
Each post will include an unplayed word and
one (or more) of the following words:
cow, calf, operation, sweet, life
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"Lee’s fascinated with people whose desires are thwarted by the strictures of society and the sacrifices demanded by tradition. And, in America, no tradition is more venerable than the notion of the laconic, stalwart western hero, the icon that Jack wishes he were and that Ennis falls to by dint of circumstance. It’s part of Ennis’ appeal to Jack that he embodies the cowboy archetype Jack aspires to."
-- Jeremy C. Fox, "That Brokeback Got Me Good" (http://www.pajiba.com/film_reviews/brokeback-mountain.php)
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Independent travellers who want to camp out under a tarp of stars – the very ones featured in Brokeback – or hike along the precise ridge that swirled with 1000 head of sheep, go two-stepping in the exact cowboy bar where Jack first met Lureen (Anne Hathaway), can follow this self-guided trail......The Brokeback crew stayed at several Calgary hotels, namely the Fairmont Palliser, the Hyatt Regency, the Sheraton Suites Calgary Eau Claire and a boutique property, the Kensington Riverside Inn. Favourite restaurants where the cast was spotted include Catch, the Bungalow and Living Room as well as several uptown bars and clubs along 17 Avenue S.W. Solly claims that producer, Ang Lee, loved Peter's Drive-In best of all, “but that speaks to the fact that his sentimental favourite is Dairy Queen, as this was where Ang had his first North American meal after landing in New York where he studied film, after leaving Taiwan.”
http://www1.parkscanadianrockies.com/Travel/TravelTips/36.aspx
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When Ennis was performing castration operations, he was removing the calves' testes. *scrunches up nose like Cassie*
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Jack and Ennis were coworkers, herding sheep and delectably drinking whiskey together.
(hope I got this right)
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Jack's proposal of a sweet life together elicits the following response from Ennis: "Told you, it ain't goin' to be that way."
=aside= Sason
Welcome to the game.
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Jack's proposal of a sweet life together caught Ennis flatfooted.
=aside=Sonia
Great to see you here :)
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Ennis's response to Jack's proposal of a sweet life is one of his glummest.
=aside= Sonja
Sure is sweet having you here!
=aside= Players
Happy Four Effin' Years Anniversary!
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"Despite all the PR money spent on King Kong, maybe the most talked-about movie right now is Brokeback Mountain because in it two hunky young movie stars, Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, play Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, two cowboys who fall in love and stay in love with each other, even though both marry and have families."
-- Alex Chadwick (http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=5066480), host of NPR's Day to Day, on December 23, 2005
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Sad and frustrated in her loneliness, Alma sensed an imbalance in how Ennis felt about her and his cowboy best friend, Jack Twist.
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After Jack offered a sweet life, Ennis recounted his own life-changing event.
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In the summer of '63, two coworkers on Brokeback Mountain sat around the campfire, drinking a type of alcoholic beverage distilled from fermented grain mash: whiskey.
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Unable to persuade Ennis to start up that little cow and calf operation, Jack had to settle for nabbing a few weeks with him here and there.
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Ennis's response to Jack's offer of an oh-so-sweet life was, "Oh, no".
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The fact that a woman'll powder her nose after a party when she's just going home to bed puzzles Jack; he can't understand it for the life of him.
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The four-year reunion of the former coworkers resulted in Jack's proposal of the sweet life.
=aside= players
Thanks for the well wishes. The trip was fantastic. I climbed inside the pyramids, rode a camel, waded in the Dead Sea and climbed over 800 steps in Petra. All that with Sciatica - I'm not sure how I did it, but I'm feeing it now. It's good to be back.
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For Jack, life was a lot sweeter when Ennis was around.
=aside= Sandy
Sure is sweet having you back! Sounds like an awesome trip.
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In a scene that transpires in front of a kitchen sink, Alma grills Ennis, her ex-husband, about a part of his life that he wants to keep private.
=aside= Sandy
Welcome home!
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Thanks for the welcome everyone! :)
Alma's uterus gave life to Alma Jr and Jenny.
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Alma's womb gave life to Alma Jr. and Jenny.
=aside= Sonja
Thanks for the idea!
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Round 851!
Sweet Life - Part 3
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/brokebackmtn_lakejump.jpg)
Each post will include an unplayed word and
one (or more) of the following words:
cow, calf, operation, sweet, life
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When Alma accused Ennis of marital indiscretions with Jack, she brought up the subject of the note she had tied to his fishing line, a line that hadn't touched water in its life.
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Ennis thought he had done a bang-up job of keeping his real relationship with Jack a secret until Alma scared the life out of him with her accusations after Thanksgiving dinner.
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Joe Agguire made it clear to Jack that after observing the boys' careless behavior on Brokeback, he thought they were more than coworkers.
=aside= players
Thanks for the nice welcomes.
=aside= Sonja
Welcome to the game.
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In the summer of '63, two coworkers on Brokeback Mountain sat around the campfire, drinking a type of alcoholic beverage distilled from fermented grain mash: whiskey.
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Jack tried to engineer a sweet life with Ennis.
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Jack felt that he could talk to Ennis about the sweet life until hell freezes over and it wouldn't change his mind.
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Thanks for the welcome memento!
What they had on Brokeback wasn't exactly gourmet food; yet that summer and those shared meals were forever engraved in their memory for the rest of their life.
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Willing to give married life a go, Jack weds a feisty Texan heiress named Lureen.
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Citing his fear of incidents like Earl's murder, Ennis nixed Jack's proposal of a sweet life together.
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Reacting to their recent lives' intersecting, Jack suggested a sweet life together.
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At Thanksiving Monroe manipulates the carving knife after which Alma suggests to Ennis he get a wife and then exposes his double life.
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Ennis turned down Jack's idea of a cow and calf operation, because he was afraid of what the neighbours might think.
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An overeager Jack offered Ennis a sweet life.
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Ennis spent the afternoon smoking and drinking, preoccupied with thoughts of his former coworker's impending visit.
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Jack didn't want to work just any random cow and calf operation, what he wanted was for them to have their own.
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To Jack, the sweetest thing would have been a life with Ennis.
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"The summer ends and both men go off to the rest of their lives. Ennis marries his sweetheart Alma (Michelle Williams), and Jack, moving to Texas, falls into a marriage with Lureen (Anne Hathaway), a rodeo rider with a well-to-do father. They think that what happened on Brokeback Mountain is over, but it is not. For what Ennis and Jack reluctantly come to realize is that, all unawares, they have stumbled into the great love of their lives, with all the problems and complications that implies for themselves and the others in their life. In a profound sense, because of the pressures of the time and place they live in, they are lost whether together or apart, riven by the agonizing longing they feel, by the chances not taken and the choices just out of reach."
-- Kenneth Turan (http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/turan/cl-et-brokeback9dec09,0,186375.story), Los Angeles Times
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Jimbo was ungrateful when the handsome young cowboy offered to buy him a drink for risking life and limb as a rodeo clown.
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Jack's suggestion of a little cow and calf operation was a whoa-nelly moment for Ennis.
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whoa-nelly
??? ???
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??? ???
"whoa" is a command to stop a horse.
("nelly" is the name of the horse!)
"whoa, nelly" means to slow down, or not so fast, usually in response to something not expected.
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"whoa" is a command to stop a horse.
("nelly" is the name of the horse!)
"whoa, nelly" means to slow down, or not so fast, usually in response to something not expected.
I see. Thanks for explaining, Paul.
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Round 852!
The "It's Raining Men" Round!
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGLZqDXau98[/youtube]
Each post will include an unplayed word
and the word "men"
Words containing "men" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/men/)
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Both Ennis and Jack were afraid of abandonment.
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"Adapting a novel frequently requires difficult decisions about compression, winnowing and rewriting. The movie follows Proulx’s story closely, but she breezes over the nearly twenty years of the men’s experiences, stopping only briefly at crucial turning points, referring to others after they’ve passed, and interjecting authorial insights and comments at various junctures."
-- George Sax, "Unhappy Trails: Brokeback Mountain" (http://artvoice.com/issues/v5n1/film_reviews/unhappy_trails)
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Jack's compliments to Jimbo backfired, resulting in disappointment.
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Lureen's business acumen served her well as she totted up the deposits and withdrawals for Newsome Farm Equipment.
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Ennis took exception to Jack's going to Mexico to have sex with other men.
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While Ennis gazed at the firmament, Jack asked him, "Anything interesting up there in heaven?"
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Ennis's quick dispatchment of the two slopbucket-mouthed bikers set the crowd to goggling at more than the fireworks.
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The end credits for Brokeback Mountain reflect that Gerry Hornbeck was responsible for animal management.
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Strangely enough, I've seen a couple of remarks disparaging Lee's use of panoramic shots of the Wyoming mountains, which strikes me as a cavil, either deliberate or blind. I hadn't realized that beautiful scenery was necessarily a bad thing in a film, and place has a distinct relevance to character. It's something that is very hard to capture, a subtle influence that seeps into your bones: your place becomes a necessary part of your identity. Proulx caught it in the diction of her story (in itself revealing of how place shapes people), and Lee captures it in the contrasts between the immensity of the mountain and the intimacy of the scenes between Jack and Ennis: they make a private place where they can be tender and alone together, where they can have their romance, even though, or perhaps because, outside that place is a world that is sometimes too big to comprehend, a world that is incapable of providing the gentleness they need. Rodrigo Prieto's cinematography is not particularly lush: it captures the scale and the hardness of the mountains as well as the banal emptiness of Ennis' life in town. Any beauty in these views belongs to that land, and both Ledger and Gyllenhaal have brought that bigness, that hard and unforgiving beauty, into the characters of Ennis and Jack. (I find a distinct parallel with the photography of Robert Adams and his treatment of humanity against the landscape of the American West.) Both bring an intense physicality, a hunger to their roles, men whose only means of expression seems to be sex or a fist-fight, all of a piece with the extremes of the landscape.
http://www.greenmanreview.com/film/film_brokeback_mountain.html (http://www.greenmanreview.com/film/film_brokeback_mountain.html)
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Gustavo's lovely music for TS2 entitled "Horse Love" is chiefly lentamente, but the acting is con molto passione.
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"Every so often, the men reunite (for 'fishing trips' that fail to fool their wives for long) and head for Brokeback Mountain, the one place they can be themselves. Jack is impatient; he wants to start up a ranch with Ennis and be with him all the time. Ennis, averting his eyes, mumbles about work commitments he can't get out of. There isn't much overt, external homophobia in Brokeback Mountain -- even mean old Joe Aguirre doesn't blow the whistle on the men when he spots them wrestling half-naked, and we feel that if Ennis and Jack had done a better job with the sheep, he would've hired them back no matter what they did at night. The phobia is all internal -- Jack beating his head against Ennis' nightmare of what might happen. Heath Ledger has gotten more interesting in the past couple of years, but this is his finest and most subtly shaded work yet; he makes Ennis a man mentally lashing out at shadows but too afraid even to speak most of the time. He shows us the terror inside the laconic Western hero."
-- Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com (http://efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=12764&reviewer=416)
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Ennis tried to remain calm when John Twist mentioned that Jack has said he was going to come up there and run the ranch with a neighbor's help.
=aside= Paul
You have a new patient.
Happy holidays everyone!!!
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Alma Jr.'s Curt worked with oilmen.
=aside= Sandy
That poor, hopeless confection!
Happy Holidays to all!
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"Ennis' surprise at the affair -- at its inconvenience as much as at its intensity -- reflects a fundamental humbleness that keeps butting up against Jack's willingness to take risks. It's Jack who proposes, over and over, that they start up a ranch together, a plan Ennis counters with pragmatism (not to mention fear), even after his wife, Alma, divorces him. Instead Ennis limits the relationship to fishing and hunting trips two or three times a year. It's as if he believes they don't deserve better."
-- David Leavitt, Slate (http://www.slate.com/id/2131865/nav/tap1/)
=aside= Players
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=aside= Sandy
LOL
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Jack made a last-minute attempt, after bragging about the rancher's wife, to tell Ennis about his lonesomeness when he said: "Tell you what... truth is, sometimes I miss you so bad I can hardly stand it...."
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Stuntmen were sometimes replacing Jake and Heath while shooting Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennis and Jack's transitions from sheepherders in love to husbands and fathers seemed easy enough until the momentous occasion of their reunion four years after Brokeback.
=aside=Players
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Merry Christmas!
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The Lake Scene consisted of the unmentionable things: "admissions, declarations, shames, guilts, fears..."
=aside= Players
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Merry Christmas!
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Ang Lee's exquisite Wyoming-set Brokeback Mountain is an adaptation of Annie Proulx's no-holds-barred 1997 short story about two young men who meet in the summer of 1963 and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection.
=aside= Players
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzlZrqiB4uQ[/youtube]
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Round 853!
It's Raining Men - Part 2
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Each post will include an unplayed word
and the word "men"
Words containing "men" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/men/)
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Ennis first laid eyes on the perfect stranger when they were waiting for their appointment with Aguirre at the Farm and Ranch Employment office.
=aside= players
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When Ennis helped Alma bringing out in the kitchen what was left over from the Thanksgiving bird, she mentioned Jack, and Ennis went mental.
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One summer alone on Brokeback cemented the love between Ennis and Jack.
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The events in Tent Scene I added a whole new dimension to Jack and Ennis's relationship.
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Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx's no-holds-barred 1997 short story about two young men who meet in the summer of 1963 and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection, is an exceptional work of art.
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When Ennis said to Alma, "Once burned..." he fomented trouble.
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Brokeback Mountain is the story of two young men, one who gambled on love and the other who was afraid to.
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Alma thought attending the church social might be more fun than spending yet another humdrum Saturday night in the little apartment over the laundromat.
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In her story, Annie conveys the immense power that the mountain had over Ennis and Jack.
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Dan Kuzmenko is listed in the credits as key location production assistant.
=aside= players
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While heading up to Jack's boyhood bedroom, Ennis recalled one of Jack's stories detailing the physical maltreatment he had suffered at the hands of his father when he was just three or four years old.
=aside= Players
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As for Ennis, nomen est omen; that is, his name, "island in the sea" is fitting.
=aside= Players
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Happy New Year!
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When Alma opened the front door to the apartment over the laundromat, she saw her husband kissing another man. That was not okey in Alma's world view.
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An excerpt from William Leung's "So Queer Yet So Straight: Ang Lee's The Wedding Banquet and Brokeback Mountain" (http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_film_and_video/v060/60.1leung.html):
Alma (Jr.) is both puzzled and amused by her dad's preoccupation with Troy and Kurt. But the reason for Ennis's preoccupation, which perhaps even Ennis himself only registers subconsciously, is his bewilderment that two young people who have known each other for "about a year" should marry at their choosing, while two old people who had loved each other for twenty years should have nothing to show for their love except two shirts in a closet. Ennis's last question, "does he love you?" leaves another question unasked: why is love good enough for Alma and Kurt, when it was not good enough for Ennis and Jack? The film is full of moments like this: they're gone in a blink. But if this conversation is supposed to be a political statement about same-sex marriage, then the statement is so neutral and understated as to have no punch at all, being an expression of Ennis's internal struggle to make sense of his life; yet it is all the more affecting for being so naturalistically and unobtrusively integrated into the narrative.
=aside= Paul
Congrats on passing 9,000!
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Jack told Ennis that liquid refreshment is a must-have when herding sheep on Brokeback.
=aside= Paul
Congrats on
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posts.
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The two boys who met on Brokeback were now men, and their reunion after four years found them fitting together as easily as a fine sword slips into its scabbard.
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Lureen subjected her hair to potentially damaging bleaching treatments.
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Alma was miffed by Ennis's constant underemployment.
=thanks=
:-*
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After driving 14 hours just to be rejected by Ennis, Jack turned right around and, alone in his truck, couldn't refrain from weeping on his way back.
His disappointment was unbearable.
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Round 854!!
"Never enough time, never enough."
In Honor of The New Year, another Time Round.
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Each post must include any of the following words:
"time", "month", "day", "hour" or "year."
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Ennis spends his time smoking and drinking, as he anticipates the arrival of his long-lost lover.
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Ennis told Jack's balding father that he had known Jack for a long time.
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When Lureen talks on the phone with Ennis, she connects, maybe for the first time, Jack's hunting buddy with Brokeback.
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While on Brokeback, Jack and Ennis made good use of their downtime.
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Confidently directed by Ang Lee and featuring sensitive and powerful performances by Jake Gyllenhaal and a breathtaking Heath Ledger, this film is determined to involve us in the naturalness and even inevitability of its epic, complicated love story. What Larry McMurtry (who co-wrote the screenplay with Diana Ossana) said of Pulitzer Prize winner E. Annie Proulx's original short fiction is equally true of the film: "It was a story that had been sitting there for years, waiting to be told."
-- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times (http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/turan/cl-et-brokeback9dec09,0,186375.story)
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When Ennis looked back on the years post-Brokeback, they seemed to be marked by fiascos: his broken marriage, low-paying jobs, failed relationship with Cassie and wranglings with Jack.
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The goddamned snow came a month early that year they were up on Brokeback. Aguirre came by again one day, said it was time to bring'em down.
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From the Los Angeles Times:
Gene Seymour's early Oscar predix (http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/jake_gyllenhaal/)
BEST PICTURE
X - "Brokeback Mountain"
"Capote"
"Crash"
"Good Night, and Good Luck"
"Munich"
The only thing that could brake this juggernaut's momentum -- and it’s by no means unlikely -- is some manner of "Brokeback" fatigue; e.g., people hearing for so long how "great" the movie is and how it can't possibly match the hype and/or heightened expectations after so many months, blah blah blah.
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L.D. tried to intimidate everyone around him, but it was time for a change when Jack gave it right back to him on Thanksgiving Day.
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After years married to Jack, Lureen was lapsing into more and more absurd hairstyles.
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The day began with Ennis and Jack's awkward morning-after encounter.
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Jack and Ennis met in 1963, which was a non-leap year. Alma Jr. was born in 1964, which was a leap year.
=aside= players
I'm getting desperate for N's.
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Lashawn could outtalk any sorority sister any day of the week.
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While at the Motel Siesta, Ennis told Jack that he had pleasured himself "a hunderd times" thinking about him.
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Ennis didn't give a rat's ass about keeping a low profile at the Fourth of July fireworks; when the bikers swore one time too many, he hauled off and let them have it.
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A "couple of high-altitude fucks once or twice a year" might have been sufficient for Ennis, but it certainly wasn't for Jack.
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Lureen excelled at barrel racing, a timed rodeo event.
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Ennis thought that falling in love with Jack was unlikelier than snow in the month of August.
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Up on Brokeback, Jack and Ennis had a seven-day workweek.
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Round 855!
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To celebrate the birthdays of (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)ran and (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)andy,
each post will begin with the letter "F" or "S"
and include an unplayed word.
Please begin your post with one of the following:
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif) or (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)ar from bothered by Jack's affair with the ranch foreman's wife or by Jack's saying that he expects to be shot by either Lureen or the husband, Ennis smiles in amusement and tells Jack that he probably deserves it.
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=aside= Sandy
Nice announcement, fellow birthday girl. :)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)ingle? Yes. Divorced? Yes. Ennis was both, and that was common knowledge in Riverton.
But noone, except Ma Twist, knew the truth about Ennis's civil status; that he was a bereaved man.
=aside= Fran and Sandy
Happy Birthday!!!! :)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif) our years after leaving Brokeback, Ennis is both nervous and excited at the prospect of connecting with his former lover again.
=aside= (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)ran
You deserve the credit for the announcement. Hope your day is Frantastic.
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=aside= (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)ason
Thank you.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)ans of Brokeback Mountain upset by its "Best Picture" Oscar loss bought a full-page ad in Daily Variety to thank the makers of the movie.
Upset 'Brokeback' Fans Advertise Their Feelings (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/13/business/media/13brokeback.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin#)
=aside= Sason and Sandy
Thanks.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)our years later, Ennis expunged all thoughts of Alma and planted a big one on Jack.
=aside= Fran
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)eeling frozen from the bitter cold night, Ennis, still dizzy drunk, flounders into the warm tent.
=aside= (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)ran
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)eeling the effects of the alcohol he has consumed, Ennis staggers groggily toward Jack's tent.
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=aside= Paul and Sandy
Thanks.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)aced with a hailstorm, the boys had to hunker down in the tent.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)eeling angry and confused after coming down from Brokeback, Ennis struck the wall of an alley while making incoherent utterances.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)teven Shayler, Lawrence Gooch, and 21 other individuals worked as drivers on the film Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)tyled and manicured, Lureen tried to keep Jack interested.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)olding the sweater that Alma Jr. left behind, Ennis places it in his closet before neatening his memorial to Jack.
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"(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)hit. That's hard," said Jack after Ennis spoke briefly about how his parents had missed the one curve in the road in 43 miles, orphaning him and his older brother and sister, and how the bank had taken the ranch.
=aside= Sandy, today's birthday girl
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)ishing you a happy birthday.
"You know how me and the girls like fish."
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)afely high up on the mountain, Jack and Ennis thought they would have a protracted period alone together.
=aside= (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)andy
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)inding Ennis's post-divorce home proved no easy task, but Jack finally found him living in a ragtag cabin outside of Riverton.
=aside=Birthday Gals
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SANDY AND FRAN!
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif) eeling frustrated from the lack of stability in their relationship, Jack took a walk on the wild side.
=aside= Fran, Paul, Meryl
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)eeking some TLC, two-year-old Alma Jr. reaches for her daddy.
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=aside= Meryl
That cake looks good enough to eat! Thanks.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)eeking some care for her unwiped nose, two-year-old Alma Jr. reaches for her daddy.
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=aside= Frandy
Hope you both had a good one!
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)eeling somewhat disgusted after Ennis told her he had been castrating calves earlier that day, Cassie wrinkled up her nose and shivered.
=aside= players
Thanks for the fun "F and S" round.
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This round will focus on the letter "A".
Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "A" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.
We're going to have some of Joe Aguirre's sheep
-- they're the ones branded with the letter "A" --
assist us with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)lison Rigby worked as the best boy grip on the film Brokeback Mountain.
From the Glossary at IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/Glossary/B):
Best Boy
AKA: Assistant Chief Lighting Technician, Best Boy Grip, Best Boy Electric
The chief assistant, usually of the gaffer or key grip. In charge of the people and equipment, scheduling the required quantities for each day's work. The term originates from promoting the crew's "best boy" to supervising, allowing the gaffer and key grip to stay on set and carry out the cameraman's lighting needs. The origin of the term is from "pre-union" filming days when the line between Grip and Electric departments was less rigid. When the head of either department needed another body temporarily, he'd go to the head of the other department and ask him to "lend me your BEST boy". By default the 2nd in charge of either department came to be known as best boy. This term may also have been borrowed from early sailing and whaling crews, as sailors were often employed to set up and work rigging in theatres. There are no "best girls" per se; female chief assistants are also called "best boys".
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)fter Monroe mentioned the condiments aisle, Ennis gave a bemused response: "The whu?"
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)fter spending most of his life isolated from everyone, Ennis connected with the person who would be the love of his life during the summer of 1963.
=aside= Fran
Love the sheep.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)fter Jack grows sick of beans, Ennis decides to disregard the Basque's advice about never ordering soup.
=aside= Sandy
Me, too. Hope the paint brands last
through the season round.
:)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)propos of Alma's suggestion that they promote ecumenical unity by attending the Saturday night church social, Ennis was less than enthusiastic.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)s startled as he was from Ennis' punch, Jack would forgive him for it.
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"(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)mong the first images of Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain are a series of shots of men in cowboy hats with heads downturned, their faces wholly obscured by the wide brims. In these opening shots, the cowboy hat, that icon of American manhood, serves as a kind of mask. In a sense, the film suggests, the wearers are hiding behind those hats even when their heads are raised."
-- Steven D. Greydanus (http://www.decentfilms.com/reviews/brokebackmountain.html), DecentFilms.com
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)s the FNIT unfolded, it was difficult to know who was the hornier of them, Jack or Ennis.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)fter coming down from Brokeback, Ennis, angry and confused, struck the wall of an alley and mumbled incoherently to a passing stranger.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)mid all the lauds and pageantry, (Heath) Ledger told MTV News at the conclusion of filming "Brokeback Mountain" that he hoped to use the film as a springboard to future personal growth.
"I mature as an actor as I mature as a person," he said of his newfound acclaim. "I'm hoping to continue to evolve in both areas."
-- Shawn Adler, MTV Movie News (http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1580051/20080122/story.jhtml)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)fter the difficult Lake Scene, Ennis memorably comes up behind Jack to dozily embrace him.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)lma married Monroe after her divorce, a somewhat nerdy man with good electric carving knife skills.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)t Ennis and Alma's wedding, the congregation recited the Our Father.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)fter Aguirre's foul-weather prediction, Jack tried to predict Ennis's mood.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)fter Jack said to Ennis: "Friend, that's more words than you've spoke in the past two weeks," Ennis, rewarding him with a smile, said: "Hell, it's the most I've spoke in a year."
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)round three they swung through a narrow pass to a southeast slope where the strong spring sun had had a chance to work, dropped down to the trail again which lay snowless below them.
[story]
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)s the camera pans high, we see that the mountain teems with sheep.
=aside=
We remember Heath today.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)fter their meeting with Aguirre, Jack and Ennis went to a local bar, where Jack told Ennis about the ungodly odor from the zapped sheep that stunk to high heaven.
=comment=
We remember and miss Heath greatly.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)nnie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain has a Wyoming-based storyline.
=comment=
Definitely a sad anniversary.
=question=
Shall we do a "B" round?
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0035.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0032.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0034.gif)
This round will focus on the letter "B".
Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "B" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.
We're going to have some of the oh-so-talented Chilean sheep
assist us with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)efore he acclimates to Jack's openness, Ennis is bemused.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)ringing the sheep up on Brokeback and herding them the whole summer was hard work. Luckily Jack and Ennis were tough guys, not boychiks.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)rokeback Mountain was cleared for release in Lebanese theaters on March 23, 2006, but not without cuts imposed by local censors.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)efore he was disinclined to go out, Ennis seemed to like the occasional toboggan endeavor.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)efore going into Aguirre's office, Jack's interest was piqued when he examined Ennis in the side-view mirror of his pickup truck.
=aside= Fran
Love the (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)s.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)eyond doubt, Ennis's life would have been a lot more fulfilling had he dared to go for the sweet life with Jack.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)ruce Milward, Doss Griffiths, and 21 other individuals are listed as drivers in the end credits for Brokeback Mountain.
=reply= Sandy
Pretty talented, aren't they?
:)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif) rokeback at #17 Is Highest Gay Film on Times' Top 100 of Decade
The film critics at the Times of London have compiled a list of the the best movies of the decade, and though their rankings are screwy they've included a lot of favorites: Yi Yi, The Beat that my Heart Skipped, Amores Perros, In the Mood for Love, City of God, Gomorrah, Downfall, Under the Sand, Mulholland Drive, The Incredibles, The Queen, Casino Royale, and the gay or Almodóvar films below.
17. Brokeback Mountain
22. Far from Heaven
47. My Summer of Love
53. Milk
56. Volver
75. Talk to Her
http://bandofthebes.typepad.com/bandofthebes/2009/11/brokeback-at-17-is-highest-gay-film-on-times-top-100-of-decade.html (http://bandofthebes.typepad.com/bandofthebes/2009/11/brokeback-at-17-is-highest-gay-film-on-times-top-100-of-decade.html)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)ecause of his fears, Ennis didn't consider Jack's proposal of a sweet life, but had he been a more introspective person, he might have questioned his own choice.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)efore going into Aguirre's office, Jack's interest was piqued by the lean and lank cowboy in the side-view mirror of his pickup truck.
=aside= Sandy
Thank you (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)ery much.
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"(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)eyond any temporary hoopla about 'gay cowboys' and the much-reported consternation in the American heartland over two men kissing and doing whatever else in the world two guys can do together on a cold night in a tent on a mountain, this is, at its core, a hauntingly beautiful yet painful love story."
-- Clarence C commenting on Brokeback Mountain at metacritic.com (http://apps.metacritic.com//movie/usercomments.jsp?id_string=3905:bVf3zZ2KZsINI7cXgonRyA**)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)efore they become intimate, Ennis told Jack that his bachelor days were numbered.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)efore they first spoke, Jack was flirting with Ennis via his oh-so-suave leaning against the truck.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)rokeback Mountain has been described as "a powerfully subtle love story, understated yet involving (http://hoopla.nu/films/brokebackmountain/brokebackmountain.html)."
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)efore getting fresh with each other at the Motel Siesta, Jack and Ennis had a refresher training on the not-so-hidden staircase.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)efore going into Aguirre's office, Jack's interest was piqued by the lean and lank cowboy in the side-view mirror of his pickup truck.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)ull Fighter #3 was played by Mark van Tienhoven.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)efore Lureen starting bleaching her hair which faded unattractively, she was a striking brunette.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)leached-blonde Lureen watched Jack wig out at Thanksgiving.
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858!
This round will focus on the letter "C".
Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "C" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.
We're going to have some of the cows
Jack was envisioning for his sweet life with Ennis
assist us with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)assie wrinkled up her nose and shivered when she found out that Ennis had been altering calves earlier in the day.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)onfronting Ennis in the kitchen after Thanksgiving dinner, Alma started bugging him about "Jack Nasty" and his fishing trips.
=aside= Fran
Love the (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)ows.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)owboys' lives will never be seen in the same light since Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)assie was so overcome with emotion while speaking with Ennis at the diner that her eyes discharged tears.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_3514.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)avorting in the outdoor sun, Jack and Ennis playfully wrestled and then exchanged a few kisses.
=aside=
Is it me or does it feel lower here?
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)avorting in the outdoor sun, Jack and Ennis exchanged a few kisses, as they wore fewer items of clothing.
=aside=
I hope you don't mean that in a Dante-esque manner.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)hristopher Porter and Chris Sprague worked as gaffers on the film Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)oncealing their trysts helped Jack and Ennis avoid the humiliation of being discovered.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)alling Jack "Nasty", Alma infuriates Ennis.
=aside=
Welcome to our new home. I feel lighter already.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)ayla Wolever, who played Jenny, age 11, eats like a lefty in the film Brokeback Mountain.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2756.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)assie felt that Ennis was mistreating her when he left without calling or answering her notes.
=aside= Paul
Is that in addition to your weight loss?
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)ounting the sheep would be very difficult, as they were numbering in the hundreds, or even thousands.
=aside= Sandy
I'm still grazin'!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)arving Lureen's oven-roasted Thanksgiving turkey was a job for the stud duck, thought L.D.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)omparatively, Ennis lived a life of parsimony, whereas Jack did not have to be so frugal.
=aside=
Please PM me if I've messed this up. I found parsimonious in the words played, but not parsimony...Thanks. 8)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)offee was not high on the list of Jack's favorite refreshments.
(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:yPkqoCwj7PkjgM:http://www.thesunblog.com/gourmetgal/Coffee-Posters.jpg)
=aside= Lynne
Welcome to the game. Your post looks perfect to me.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)assie took off her shoes after dancing with Ennis.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2983.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)haracterizing the nature of Jack and Ennis' relationship, Ang Lee employs both the flow and stillness of water to demonstrate its temporal nature.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)arl at first seemed unperturbed when Cassie confronted Ennis in the bus station.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)assie withstands a lot of heartache by being with Ennis.
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859!
We move along to the letter "D".Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "D" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_1961.jpg)
We're going to have the clouds --
the clouds that "had pushed up out of the west,
rolling a little sultry air before them," by noon
on the day of Jack and Ennis's reunion
-- assist us with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)wight Beard and Alby King worked as wranglers on the film Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)wight Beard and Alby King worked as wranglers on the film Brokeback Mountain.
=aside= Fran
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)anke.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)uring clement weather, Jack and Ennis could horse around in the full sun.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)wight Beard, Alby King, and Dusty Bews worked as wranglers on the film Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)uring the promotion of the film of Brokeback Mountain, Proulx spoke about the origins and development of her story. In a FAQ posted on her website, Annie Proulx, she wrote that "Brokeback began as an examination of country homophobia in the land of the Great Pure Noble Cowboy. Years of accumulated observation went into the story." She worked on the story for roughly six months, about twice as long as the time she spends to write a novel, she said.
(http://images.bookrags.com/images/brl_logo.gif) (http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain_%28short_story%29#glamp_size=160x250&glamp_channel=e&glamp_bgcolor=%23FFFFFF&glamp_titlecolor=%23000000&glamp_blogcolor=%23a5a4a4&glam_affiliate_id=172702887)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)espite Ennis's ministrations, his feverish and phlegmy little girls wailed.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)espite Ennis's best efforts, it seems highly unlikely that John Twist will ever be granting him permission to scatter half of Jack's ashes on Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)escribing the coyote that he shot, Ennis said its humongous balls were the size of apples.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)espite Ennis's ministrations, his feverish and phlegmy little infants wailed.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)uval Lang's screen time in Brokeback Mountain was minimal.*
*Duval Lang played the announcer at the Childress rodeo.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)uring Thanksgiving dinner, L.D. acted like a moron with his comments about football and manliness.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)uring their dance together, Jack listened to Lashawn natter away.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)uring an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show to promote Brokeback Mountain, Heath Ledger said, "I still find it personally disappointing that people kind of go out of their way to voice their disgust or their opinions against the ways in which two people choose to love each other. I think that's really unfortunate."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZL6lTcHdD8&NR=1[/youtube]
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)uring his marriage to Alma and his relationship with Cassie, Ennis found that his stolen pleasures with Jack were the sweetest.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)uring their dance together, Jack listened to Lashawn ramble on.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)awn came glassy orange, stained from below by a gelatinous band of pale green.
[story]
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)uring the time Jack was rodeoing in Texas, he was pinching pennnies and tightening his belt until he ended up in the backseat of Lureen's car.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)espite Jack's pleas, Ennis was convinced of the undesirability of a life together.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)uring an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show to promote Brokeback Mountain, Heath Ledger said, "I still find it personally disappointing that people kind of go out of their way to voice their disgust or their opinions against the ways in which two people choose to love each other. I think that's really unfortunate."
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0035.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0033.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0027.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0037.gif)
We move along to the letter "E".Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "E" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_1178.jpg)
We're going to have the snow --
the first snow that came early, on August thirteenth, piling up a foot
-- assist us with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis was having second thoughts about TSI, while the sheep became more of an afterthought.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)ven though he eyed her husband, Jack danced with Lashawn and listened to her blather on.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis cautioned Jack against taking another drink from the tea-colored river, saying, "Get beaver fever doin' that."
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis disregarded the "sleep-with-the-sheep" rule when he decided to grab forty winks on the ground cloth and ride out at first light.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nsuring success was high on Lureen's list.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)rin Flasch is credited for working on the film Brokeback Mountain. She was the Canadian casting assistant.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis and Jack were doomed grooms once they had found each other.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis and Jack tended to heighten their experiences with whiskey.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis's "Jack, I swear" in the final scene of Brokeback Mountain was described by one movie reviewer as "an almost-silent cry from deep in a well of infinite loss."
Brokeback Mountain (http://www.greenmanreview.com/film/film_brokeback_mountain.html)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis either lapsed into silence or exploded with rage when dealing with conflict.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis, frustrated from his fall, stooped so far as to malign the intellectual fortitude of his beasts of burden.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis was acutely nauseous at leaving Jack when they had to come down early from Brokeback.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis was scared that his proclivity toward having sex with a man was observable to folks on the street.
=aside=Players
Looks like you weren't at a loss for words while I was away.
Love the alphabet theme! 8)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis realized, after TS1, that sinning could be very pleasurable.
=aside= Meryl
(http://www.cool-layouts.net/comments/cat/Work%20and%20School/Welcome_Back.gif)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis retained the lean body of his late teens as he aged while Jack "filled out through the shoulders and hams."
=aside= Meryl
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/happy-birthday-colors.jpg)
...and many, many more!
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis, frustrated from his fall, stooped so far as to malign the intellectual fortitude of his beasts of burden.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis, tired of Jack's dumbass missin', trains the sights of his rifle on a big elk and brings him down with one shot.
=aside=Sandy and Fran
Thanks for the welcome back and the birthday wishes! :-*
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis and Jack race to the cliff edge, unclothing themselves as they go.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/brokebackmtn_2243.jpg)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)ven though Jack seemed to yearn for a good relationship with his father his entire life, it didn't seem possible after the bad scene when Old Man Twist gave young Jack a whaling for not hitting the toilet when he peed. >:(
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861!
We move along to the letter "F".
Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "F" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.
Because Alma and the girls like fish,
we're going to have fish assist us with this round,
so be sure to include the following symbol
at the beginning of your post:
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)
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"(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)ishing buddy" was what Ennis told Alma about Jack to appease her curiosity.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)ishing buddies' trips involve rods, but not reels.
=aside= Meryl
Missed you!
=aside= Lynne
Great to see you playing!
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)red Norgard, Clair Hein, Alain DuPerron, and Richard Brouillet worked as scenic carpenters on the film Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)ishing buddies devote time and energy into planning a fishing trip that doesn't involve fishing.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)inding it harder and harder to reconcile their lives together and apart, Jack and Ennis headed into the endgame of their relationship with a blowup on the shores of a serene mountain lake.
=aside=Paul
I missed you, too, bud! :-*
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)or Ennis, the fecund nature of ranch life was satisfying.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)illy-thrown Jack was gravitationally challenged.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)red Dunphy worked as a driver on the film Brokeback Mountain, and Jody Hargraves did, too.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)inding their first sexual encounter impossible to ignore, Jack and Ennis quickly succumbed to the intensification of their physical and emotional relationship.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)lattened by a fall, Jack's harmonica provided some much-needed levity.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)ollowing their argument at the lake, I imagine that Ennis felt a great deal of malaise wondering if Jack would show in November.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)eeling full of beans, Jack enjoyed noodling around on his harmonica.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)ans of Brokeback Mountain were delighted to see Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams, Heath Ledger, and Jake Gyllenhaal promoting the film while gracing Oprah's couch.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)eeling full of beans, Jack the harmonica player enjoyed noodling around.
=aside= Sandy
thanks
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)eeling anxious about Jack's arrival, Ennis needed just one look to have all the old wonderful feelings restored.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)riend this letter is a long time over due. Hope you get it. Heard you was in Riverton. Im coming thru on the 24th, thought Id stop and buy you a beer. Drop me a line if you can, say if your there.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)or Bernie Taupin's lyrics and Gustavo Santaolalla's music to "A Love That Will Never Grow Old", a Golden Globe was awarded.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)inding no words with which to address Jack on the morning after their first night in the tent, Ennis galloped off, still undecided about how to deal with the situation.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)ans of Brokeback Mountain were delighted to see cast members Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams, Heath Ledger, and Jake Gyllenhaal gracing Oprah Winfrey's couch.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/20060127_109_350x263.jpg)
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We move along to the letter "G".Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "G" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_0517.jpg)
We're going to have the water that Ennis used
to "warsh everthing" he could reach assist us
with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)oing along with Ennis's wish to do "what she hated" was Alma's way of appeasing him.
=aside= Fran
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)roovy (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)etting older, Jack's weight balloons.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)etting away to the Kananaskis region of Alberta is now, thanks to Hollywood, a treat enjoyed by Brokies as well as by native Canadians.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)etting tired of devoting herself to a loveless marriage, Alma filed for divorce and married the town grocer, who liked to watch figure skating on TV.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)olden Globe nominee Heath Ledger mastered the Wyoming accent required for the role of Ennis del Mar with Joy Ellison's help.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)ustavo's score was one of the factors leading to the overwhelming success of the film.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)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. :(
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)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?
(http://www.buzzle.com/images/buzzle.jpg) (http://www.buzzle.com/articles/173680.html)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)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 (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122065020058105139.html)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)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.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)radually Ennis was transformed from someone who was moody and distant to someone who was always in the mood.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)iving characters "non-norm names (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122065020058105139.html)" is something Brokeback Mountain writer Annie Proulx says she does as a mnemonic device to aid her readers.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)oing to the bar after Alma's Thanksgiving Day Spectacular, Ennis and his opponent had a quick, dirty fight.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)iving L.D. his comeuppance on Thanksgiving day, Jack peppered his speech with salty language.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)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 (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122065020058105139.html)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)etting ready to take off for the mountains with Jack after their reunion, Ennis stuffs a few things in a bag, avoids Alma's questions and gets out of Dodge fast.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)etting a good look at the tattooed female on the dance floor, Ennis realized she was a marked woman.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/be/Marked_woman_movie_poster.jpg)
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"(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)rease Monkey" is the name of one of the undesirables in the deleted mechanics scene.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)etting as far from Lightning Flat as possible was Jack's dream as a child, likely due to the abusive bastard of a father from whence he came.
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Round 863!
We move along to the letter "H".Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "H" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2377-1.jpg)
We're going to have one of the swings
from the rusty metal swing set
in back of the Riverton laundromat assist us
with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)eath Ledger on how he and Jake Gyllenhaal went about doing the love scenes in Brokeback Mountain:
"The way we looked at it and the way it is is that there are not actually love scenes for the sake of doing a love scene. There are actually stories within each of those moments. The first moment for Ennis was very poignant because it had to be rough; it had to be fighting. He was almost ready to punch him. Once that all settled, it had to be this innate passionate adrenaline. It just takes over him. There’s another moment in the tent where it was really important to show a glimpse of Ennis in a vulnerable state. It is true intimate love they have for each other. It has to set up the tragedy for the story. It set up the freedom of Brokeback Mountain."
INTERVIEW: Heath Ledger on "Brokeback Mountain" (http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0512291)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif) eath's role in Brokeback Mountain would launch his career as a box-office star.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)aving his actors use Wyoming's characteristic colloquial language, Ang Lee provided fans memorable expressions that are fun to use and provide a secret method to identify a Brokie.
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"[(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)eath Ledger's] portrayal of a man who spends his entire life questioning his own decisions, struggling with his life's challenges, and fighting off the bitterness that comes with suppressing his deepest emotions, stands as one of the most emotionally resonating performances in years."
-- Ben Williams, Blu-ray.com (http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Brokeback-Mountain-Blu-ray-Review/3741/)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)eath Ledger on acting: "As actors we're asked to bare our souls and it's just whether or not you're prepared to do that or not. What I get out it is quite therapeutic. I get to scream," he said. " Acting is also a form of escapism. You put on costumes but what you're escaping from most of the time is life, the social world."
Heath Ledger: Edgy and evasive interviewee (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1576376/Heath-Ledger-Edgy-and-evasive-interviewee.html)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)eath's portrayal of Ennis shows the tragedy of letting internalized homophobic fester.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)arvey S. Karten, in his review (http://community.compuserve.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?nav=messages&tsn=1&tid=20540&webtag=ws-showbiz) of Brokeback Mountain at ShowBiz Forum, wrote:
"Brokeback Mountain has been called a 'gay cowboy' movie, which it is, but thematically it’s more. Its principal theme is a common one in literature and cinema, the frustration that arises when people are unwilling or unable to express their true feelings. You repress who you are to such an extent that your life turns into what one character says in Henry Jaglom’s Going Shopping: 'If you don’t do what you are meant to do and avoid taking risks, you’re destined to live with a life of Thursdays.'"
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)eading up the mountain in 1963, neither Jack nor Ennis foresaw the eventual closeness of their relationship, much less the four-year hiccup it would have to weather before resuming under very different circumstances.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)oping to make a connection, Jack was intrigued by the mysterious cowboy who seemed like he was afraid of his own shadow.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)eath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Michelle Williams received positive reviews from Film Journal International's Kevin Lally for their performances in Brokeback Mountain:
"Following his strong performances in Monster's Ball and the underrated Ned Kelly, Brokeback Mountain makes it clear that Heath Ledger is one of the most gifted young actors in movies today. He burrows into the pain, repression and red-hot longing of Ennis with a brilliantly modulated performance that's never showy and always nakedly vulnerable. As the less complex and emotionally scarred Jack, Gyllenhaal has the secondary role, but he fully embodies the character envisioned by Proulx and, like Ledger, commits to this gay character without a trace of self-consciousness. Williams, formerly of 'Dawson's Creek,' is terrifically poignant as Ennis' deceived, neglected wife, and onetime Disney royal Hathaway is perfectly cast as a pampered princess of the Texas kind."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)aving successfully marketed Brokeback Mountain, Focus Features went on to make approximately $180 million worldwide.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)earing a horse nicker in the dark, the waiting Jack got ready to bawl out Ennis for failing to make supper until he noticed the gash on his temple.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)ighly original and emotionally potent, the film tackles a complex subject with grace and understanding. In fact, it's the kind of sensitivity that can only be attributed to experience. And that experience comes from Ang Lee, an Academy Award-winning filmmaker who has repeatedly shown an understanding of character conflict and the hidden complexities within human relationships. Whether it was 1993's The Wedding Banquet, in which a gay New Yorker fakes a marriage to cover up his homosexuality, The Ice Storm, in which a wealthy Connecticut family slowly implodes, or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in which a kung fu master approaches retirement while quietly contemplating revenge, Ang Lee frames his films around his characters first and foremost. And in Brokeback Mountain, Lee strips away all the pizzazz for something that is much more pure -- a rough and tough emotional journey."
-- Mark Sells, The Oregon Herald (http://www.oregonherald.com/reviews/mark-sells/reviews/brokebackmountain.html)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)oping for a reunion with Jack, Ennis created a prevarication involving fishing.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)aving reconnected after four years, Ennis and Jack decided to rearrange their lives so they could gear up for their "fishing trips" a couple of times a year.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)e didn't ask if Ennis had a watch but took a cheap round ticker on a braided cord from a box on a high shelf, wound and set it, tossed it to him as if he weren't worth the reach.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)aving trumped Lashawn's Alpha Phi with her Tri Delt, Lureen was quite pleased with herself.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)aving received the news of Jack's death via postcard, Ennis phoned Lureen and listened to her unemotional account of the circumstances of his death.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)aving just seen his friend knocked unconscious by Ennis's well-timed kick, Biker #2 wisely backed off.
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Round 864!
We move along to the letter "I".Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "I" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_0535.jpg)
We're going to have one of Jack and Ennis's
Brokeback campfires assist us with this round,
so please be sure to include the following
symbol at the beginning of your post:
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)n a profound sense, because of the pressures of the time and place they live in, [Ennis and Jack] are lost whether together or apart, riven by the agonizing longing they feel, by the chances not taken and the choices just out of reach."
-- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times (http://www.calendarlive.com/cl-et-brokeback9dec09,1,7283414.story)
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=aside= Sandy
Your "I" is antigravity! Need some support?
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=aside= Paul
I think I found some support, but I could always use more.
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=aside= Paul, Sandy
Fixed!
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"This is a one-shot thing we got going on here."
"Nobody’s business but ours."
"You know I ain’t queer."
"Me neither."
-- Anthony Lane, The New Yorker (http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/12/12/051212crci_cinema)
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=aside= Fran
Thanks!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)n the backseat of L.D.'s car, Lureen showed her true colors when she stripped down to her revealing lingerie.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif) come up under my brother K.E., three years older'n me, slugged me silly ever day. Dad got tired a me come bawlin in the house and when I was about six he set me down and says, Ennis, you got a problem and you got a fix it or it's gonna be with you until you're ninety and K.E.'s ninety-three. Well, I says, he's bigger'n me. Dad says, you got a take him unawares, don't say nothin to him, make him feel some pain, get out fast and keep doin it until he takes the message. Nothin like hurtin somebody to make him hear good. So I did. I got him in the outhouse, jumped him on the stairs, come over to his pillow in the night while he was sleepin and pasted him damn good. Took about two days. Never had trouble with K.E. since. The lesson was, don't say nothin and get it over with quick."
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Next up is letter "J".Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "J" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture1-4.png)
Ennis's breath came slow and quiet, he hummed,
rocked a little in the sparklight and Jack leaned
against the steady heartbeat....
We're going to have Ennis's steady heartbeat
assist us with this round, so please
be sure to include the following symbol
at the beginning of your post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ack assisted Lureen in getting the Thanksgiving feast to the table.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ack got tired of Bobby's backtalk and L.D.'s tough talk about football and gave L.D. some straight talk about knocking his "ignorant ass into next week."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ack and Ennis conspired to kill an elk without Fish & Game knowing about it.
=aside= Fran
You're such a font fountain of alphabets!
=aside= Sandy
You still got it! Knife, fork, spoon--the whole place setting!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)uggling his schedule each year to allow for fishing trips in Wyoming became a reluctant habit with Jack, who wished Ennis would stop doggedly refusing his offer of a sweet life together.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ames Kendrick of QNetwork Entertainment Portal (http://www.qnetwork.com/index.php?page=review&id=1561) wrote:
"Director Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) draws deep from the currents already running through the Western, using Mexican cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto's exquisitely wrought vistas to suggest transcendence in a world of repression and doubt. Against that backdrop, Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhall give the kind of performances that take a story from a conceit to something that truly gets into your heart. Gyllenhall is the more boyish of the two, full of optimism and therefore more overtly wounded when he runs up against the walls that hold him in. Ledger, in a truly stand-out role, appears at first to be stuck in a rut of coarse mumbling, but as the film progresses, we begin to see fine nuances in his downcast eyes and minimalist speech, ranging from a fierce sense of dignity to an ultimate level of tortured heartbreak."
=reply= Paul
Yeah, you gotta love the animated alphabets.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ack formally introduced himself to Ennis after leaving Aguirre's trailor; Ennis made a half-hearted attempt.
=reply= Paul
Thanks, but I'm wondering if the Knife and Fork was a greasy spoon.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ack's drinking from a mountain stream put him at risk for giardiasis, aka "bever fever".
(http://dogaholics.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/giardia.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ack's father-in-law had heaps of money, and Jack believed he'd gladly give him a bunch of it if he'd get lost.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ack took a one-handed approach to initiating sex with Ennis.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ack tossed his lasso around the pouting Ennis.
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/bbmlassocampsite2.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ames Schamus spoke candidly with Andy Towle about Brokeback Mountain's success, its marketing strategy, and some of the controversy that arose after its release.
Behind Brokeback Mountain: An Interview with Producer James Schamus (http://towleroad.typepad.com/towleroad/2006/01/interview_with_.html)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif) ack's nerviness in initiating sex with Ennis seemed to have touch a nerve.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif) ack's good looks were easy on the optic nerve.
=aside=Paul
I love that lassoing picture. Reminds me of our trip. 8)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ennifer Pray and Christine Bergren were responsible for obtaining rights clearances on the music used in the film Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)oe Agguire told Jack what the responsibilities of the herder were: "Eat your supper, breakfast in camp, but you sleep with the sheep, hundred percent, no fire, don't leave no sign."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ack's news about their having to go down the mountain a month early was met by sullen looks from a very disappointed Ennis.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ames Kendrick of QNetwork Entertainment Portal (http://www.qnetwork.com/index.php?page=review&id=1561) wrote:
"Director Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) draws deep from the currents already running through the Western, using Mexican cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto's exquisitely wrought vistas to suggest transcendence in a world of repression and doubt. Against that backdrop, Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhall give the kind of performances that take a story from a conceit to something that truly gets into your heart. Gyllenhall is the more boyish of the two, full of optimism and therefore more overtly wounded when he runs up against the walls that hold him in. Ledger, in a truly stand-out role, appears at first to be stuck in a rut of coarse mumbling, but as the film progresses, we begin to see fine nuances in his downcast eyes and minimalist speech, ranging from a fierce sense of dignity to an ultimate level of tortured heartbreak."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ack spied with hunger the underfed cowboy leaning against Aguirre's trailer.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ack's invitation prompted Ennis to wobble his way out of the cold into the warmth of the tent.
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Next up is letter (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif).Each post will begin with a word that starts with
the letter "K" and, as usual, include an unplayed word.(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/academy-awards7_030506.jpg)
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana co-wrote
the Oscar-winning screenplay for Brokeback Mountain.
McMurtry uses a Hermes 3000 typewriter for scriptwriting,
while Ossana prefers using a computer. We're going to have the "K"
from her computer keyboard assist us with this round, so please
be sure to include the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)im Olsen and John Adshead worked as key grips on the film Brokeback Mountain.
From IMDb: The key grip works closely with the director of photography and the gaffer to sculpt the desired look of a film by diffusing and cutting the light. The key grip is also in charge of camera movement whether on a dolly, camera crane or mounted on the hood or bumper of a vehicle.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)issing each other on a balmy reunion day, Jack and Ennis sealed the deal.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)nowing what a risk it was, Jack and Ennis were courageous enough to carry on their relationship for almost twenty years.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)evin Trainor is credited with performing the song "I Love Doing Texas with You" in the end credits for Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)issing each other euphorically in the reunion scene brought Alma dysphoria.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)nowing that the idea of a sweet life with Ennis was far-fetched, Jack had to settle for "fishing trips" that were few and far between.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)udos to Rodrigo Prieto, Brokeback Mountain's cinematographer, for a gorgeously photographed film.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)nowing that Aguirre regarded his relationship with Ennis as a heinous offense, Jack neglected to mention the stemming-the-rose comment.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)nowing that he was taking a risk by instigating sex with Ennis, Jack dared to take matters in hand.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)evin Lally's review (http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/reviews/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001614300) of Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain follows:
Annie Proulx's beautiful, delicate short story Brokeback Mountain, which first appeared to wide acclaim in The New Yorker in 1997, has been transformed into a beautiful, delicate movie under the masterly direction of Ang Lee. It's also a landmark in gay cinema, a groundbreaking picture with the power to touch a general audience the way the more didactic Philadelphia did in 1993. The film dares to posit a romantic relationship between two rugged men of the West, and the barriers that thwart their love are the very same that may prevent this excellent picture from reaching a broad demographic.
The film begins in 1963, as two taciturn young men, Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), are hired by a rancher to work as sheepherders for the summer on Wyoming's Brokeback Mountain. Their routine is tedious and lonely, and the two inevitably bond just to alleviate the boredom. One chilly night, after more than a few drinks, Jack persuades Ennis to sleep inside his tent and, as if sparked by an unconscious force, the relationship turns physical. Each denies being "queer" -- "This is a one-shot thing we got going on here," Ennis insists -- but as the season continues, they're unable to resist their powerful attraction.
Ennis has a fiancée, Alma (Michelle Williams), waiting for him at home, and soon after the summer job ends, he marries and begins raising a family. Four years and two daughters later, Ennis receives a postcard from Jack asking if he'd like to get together. ("You bet" is Ennis' terse return reply.) Their passionate reunion, witnessed at the window by Alma, reveals just how much desire -- and how much of themselves -- they've been suppressing.
Jack, too, is now married, to a former Texas rodeo queen, Lureen (Anne Hathaway), and has a young son and a job with Lureen's father. The men's only chance to be alone together is a series of sporadic "fishing trips." The more idealistic Jack dreams of the two of them starting a ranch together, but Ennis can't see past the danger of that kind of setup, having witnessed the aftermath of a homophobic murder while a young child. ("If you can't fix it, you gotta stand it" is his philosophy.) Eventually, Ennis' marriage falls apart, but the demands of child support and earning a decent wage keep his rendezvous with Jack far too infrequent. Their love story ultimately reaches a heartbreaking end that is powerfully translated from Proulx's original text.
The only thing missing from the film is the pleasure of Proulx's eloquent descriptions of the Western landscapes, but it's hard to imagine a more faithful adaptation of this instant-classic short story. Director Lee (Sense and Sensibility; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) isn't afraid to take his time with the initial scenes on Brokeback Mountain, creating a vivid picture of the sheepherding life and making the unconventional relationship that develops between Ennis and Jack seem almost inevitable. Working from a screenplay by another great American author, Larry McMurtry, and his partner Diana Ossana, Lee makes every scene and character feel credible and authentic; that verisimilitude results in so much more than what some pundits are calling "the gay cowboy movie."
Following his strong performances in Monster's Ball and the underrated Ned Kelly, Brokeback Mountain makes it clear that Heath Ledger is one of the most gifted young actors in movies today. He burrows into the pain, repression and red-hot longing of Ennis with a brilliantly modulated performance that's never showy and always nakedly vulnerable. As the less complex and emotionally scarred Jack, Gyllenhaal has the secondary role, but he fully embodies the character envisioned by Proulx and, like Ledger, commits to this gay character without a trace of self-consciousness. Williams, formerly of "Dawson's Creek," is terrifically poignant as Ennis' deceived, neglected wife, and onetime Disney royal Hathaway is perfectly cast as a pampered princess of the Texas kind. Randy Quaid is also a hoot as the mercenary, none-too-friendly rancher who first hires the boys.
Will audiences support Brokeback Mountain, destined to be one of the most acclaimed movies of the year? The only thing they need to fear is a change of heart.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)owtowing to the macho-prone Stud Duck, Jack gave up the carving tools.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)urt was the young man Alma, Jr., had chosen to be her husband, but Ennis was slow to figure that out, naming her old boyfriend Troy as the one he thought she was still dating.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)urt Loder (http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1517801/story.jhtml?newsSection=loder) of MTV on Heath Ledger's performance in Brokeback Mountain:
"But it's Heath Ledger's performance as Ennis -- a man so beaten down by loneliness and poverty that he can barely speak, or raise his eyes from the ground to attempt a conversation -- that raises Brokeback Mountain to the level of tragedy. Ledger has been stuck in some dumb movies in recent years (A Knight's Tale, The Order), but he was an offhand delight as a SoCal stoner in Lords of Dogtown earlier this year, and he frolics hilariously through the upcoming Casanova. Here, though, he stands revealed as an actor of breath-taking gifts, and his final scenes at the end of this movie are the most deeply and grievously moving that I've seen this year. Don't miss them."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)indhearted Ma Twist was providing Ennis with comfort for his own grief.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)eeping his thoughts to himself about Jack's pending arrival, Ennis ruminated about getting a room.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)en Zilka, who played Roughneck #1 in Brokeback Mountain, also served as Randy Quaid's stunt double in the film.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)eeling over with stomach turbulence, Ennis tried tossing his cookies, but just ended up feeling crummy.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)nowing exactly what he wanted, Jack was unafraid to go after it.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)en Tucker (http://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/15224/) of New York Magazine wrote:
"The movie tells us that when pure, strong love gets tamped down and extinguished like a cigarette butt crushed under a boot heel, the result is as immoral and deadly as getting shot in the back. Jack and Ennis are doubly cursed. They can’t be together, and they can’t abide by the code of honor to which men in Westerns aspire, because that code doesn’t allow for these particular emotions. If I’m making it sound as though Brokeback Mountain is a downer, it’s actually a serious piece of art in which great joy can be taken in witnessing the small-miracle performances of Ledger (so eloquent in his mute despair) and Gyllenhaal (so meticulously agonized by his daily compromises). Ang Lee conveys maddening delirium rendered in the way one man’s eyes gaze at another’s, and then look away, and the looking-away amounts to the murder of two souls as surely as if they’d drawn guns and hit each other in the heart."
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Round 867!
We move along to letter "L".Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "L" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.
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We're going to have Ennis's next-week list
assist us with this round, so please
be sure to include the following symbol
at the beginning of your post:
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)iving with Jack was anathema to Ennis.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)iving blissfully on a ranch with Ennis running a cow and calf operation was Jack's idea of the sweet life.
=aside= Fran
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)ove the (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif).
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)auded by critics and laden with awards, Brokeback Mountain captures the passion, heartbreak and regret that mark the lifelong bond between two men.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)ounging against his truck, Jack spied Ennis who returned the look downcastly.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)ying around the house all day waiting for Jack, Ennis didn't lie down on the job when he enthusiatically greeted him.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)eslie Felperin of Film4 (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/author/author-4094/?letter=b&cats=1%2C+2%2C+3%2C+4%2C+5%2C+7%2C+8%2C+12%2C+13%2C+14%2C+16%2C+17%2C+18%2C+19%2C+20%2C+21%2C+22%2C+24%2C+23%2C+26%2C+27&genreid=&switches=) called Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain a "swooning, achingly sad near-masterpiece."
=comment=
I see an "N" word. :)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)onely Jack found life was grander with Ennis.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)ureen spoke haughtily at the benefit dance about her membership in Kappa Phi, while Randall was getting hot and bothered looking at Jack.
=aside= players
I'm off to Panama for a week. Have a happy and healthy Passover and Easter.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)ureen told Ennis that Jack's fatal injuries occurred when the tire he was inflating blew up.
=aside= Sandy
¡Buen viaje, amiga!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)onely Ennis lapped up the feelings of warmth, friendship, and intimacy that he found with Jack on the mountain.
=aside=Sandy
Sounds like fun! Say hi to the Canal for us. ;)
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Today marks the 4th anniversary
of the start of our "ABCs of BBM" Game!!!!
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Quoting Jack once again:
"This ain't no little thing that's happenin' here!"
Thanks to Sandy, Paul, and Meryl
-- :-* :-* :-* --
and all past players for helping
to make this milestone possible.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)ocking lips on the reunion stairs was a major milestone in the lives of Jack and Ennis.
=milestone=
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Four years! Hard to believe we're still here.
Special thanks to Fran and Sandy, and to fellow player Meryl!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)eslie Felperin of Film4 (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/author/author-4094/?letter=b&cats=1%2C+2%2C+3%2C+4%2C+5%2C+7%2C+8%2C+12%2C+13%2C+14%2C+16%2C+17%2C+18%2C+19%2C+20%2C+21%2C+22%2C+24%2C+23%2C+26%2C+27&genreid=&switches=) called Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain a "swooning, achingly sad near-masterpiece."
=reply= Paul
It's been my pleasure. :)
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Today is my four-year anniversary of joining BetterMost! Very special thanks to Fran for inviting me from the hell that was IMDb.
My first post was on April 13, 2006, in round 20, on page 56: "G" is gusto. As in Ennis ate his beans with gusto.
Four years later, we're still playing with gusto!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)onely Ennis had no idea his relationship with Jack would outlast his marriage and all of his other relationships.
=milestone=
Four amazing years. We've outlasted all the naysayers. Special thanks to Fran, Paul and Meryl and all the other players who have made this game a success.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3545/3655879857_b95af7d1fa.jpg)
=milestone= Fran
Congrats. on
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posts.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)ocking lips on the reunion stairs, Jack and Ennis grabbed each other by the pinnae.
{def: ears}
=aside= Sandy
Welcome back!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)arry McMurtry, in his essay "Adapting Brokeback Mountain," wrote:
"The story of the long-frustrated love of Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist slots into the strong, long American tradition of doomed young men: The Great Gatsby, The Sun Also Rises, Miss Lonelyhearts and many others. Except when together, Ennis and Jack are very lonely young men. Though short in compass -- only eleven pages in the New Yorker version -- it echoes as powerfully as a high plains thunderclap."
=aside= Paul
Congratulations on your BetterMost anniversary!
=aside= Sandy
Glad you're back. You were missed.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)ack of sexual satisfaction from only "a couple of high-altitude fucks once or twice a year" pushed Jack over the borderline.
=aside= Fran and Paul
Thanks. The canal was incredible.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)arry McMurtry, in his essay "Adapting Brokeback Mountain," wrote:
"The story of the long-frustrated love of Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist slots into the strong, long American tradition of doomed young men: The Great Gatsby, The Sun Also Rises, Miss Lonelyhearts and many others. Except when together, Ennis and Jack are very lonely young men. Though short in compass -- only eleven pages in the New Yorker version -- it echoes as powerfully as a high plains thunderclap."
=aside= Fran
Thanks!
=aside= Sandy
Can't wait to hear about it, world traveler!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)eft unsettled by Brokeback Mountain's "Best Picture" Oscar loss, participants in an online discussion group known as the Ultimate Brokeback Forum chipped in more than $24,000 to buy a full-page ad in Daily Variety to thank the makers of the movie "for transforming countless lives through the most honored film of the year."
Upset 'Brokeback' Fans Advertise Their Feelings (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/13/business/media/13brokeback.html?_r)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)ying on the cold ground "hammerin", Ennis accepted Jack's invitation and wobbled his way into the tent.
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Round 868!
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ctail1.gif)
We float along to letter "M".Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "M"
and include an unplayed word.
Annie Proulx singled out one "stud duck" in Brokeback Mountain,
Jack's father, John C. Twist:
The old man sat silent, his hands folded on the plastic tablecloth,
staring at Ennis with an angry, knowing expression.
Ennis recognized in him a not uncommon type
with the hard need to be the stud duck in the pond.
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana found yet another,
Jack's father-in-law, L.D. Newsome:
L.D. NEWSOME
Whoa, now, Rodeo...the stud duck does the
carving around here.
A grumpy-looking stud duck has been located
to assist us with this round, so please
be sure to include the following symbol
at the beginning of each post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif)en like LD and OMT were antagonistic to the aims of Jack and Ennis.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif)ichelle Williams on what was going through Alma's head when she saw her husband making out passionately with Jack Twist:
"I think that she saw it and nearly blacked out. It's a miracle that she stayed on her own two feet, and I think that was her struggle for the rest of the scene."
Interview (http://www.ugo.com/channels/girlfriends/features/michellewilliams/default.asp)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif)ichelle Williams gave a critically acclaimed performance in her role as Alma in the film "Brokeback Mountain."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif)ichelle's Alma was ducking when Heath's Ennis threatened to hit her.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif)arit Allen, who has died aged 66 of a brain aneurism, pulled off a powerful use of movie-costume-as-character in the scene in Brokeback Mountain (2005) in which a lone drifter discovers, in the family homestead of his dead lover, the shirts they wore while cowboying together long before: shabby denim and weary cotton wrapped in each other's arms.
"Director Ang Lee could not have entrusted those crucial garments to a better pair of hands. Allen's uncommon strength in supplying costumes for more than 40 productions was in telling a story through clothes. She could run off the major period frock (post-crinoline Scarlett O'Hara for a 1994 TV sequel to Gone with the Wind) along with extreme fantasy (the Incredible Hulk's expanding purple pants in 2003), but they were always grounded in and surrounded by reality."
-- Veronica Horwell, The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2007/dec/01/guardianobituaries.obituaries)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif)oonlight, whiskey and good conversation fueled the beginning of Ennis' and Jack's flirtation.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif)arit Allen's iconic shirts were grungier by the end of the summer on Brokeback.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif)arit Allen, who has died aged 66 of a brain aneurism, pulled off a powerful use of movie-costume-as-character in the scene in Brokeback Mountain (2005) in which a lone drifter discovers, in the family homestead of his dead lover, the shirts they wore while cowboying together long before: shabby denim and weary cotton wrapped in each other's arms."
-- Veronica Horwell, The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2007/dec/01/guardianobituaries.obituaries)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif)onroe's loyalty and skill with a carving knife made up for his lack of intrigue.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif)onroe lamely carved the turkey with the electric knife.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif)arit Allen was the costume designer for Ang Lee's much-heralded film Brokeback Mountain.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif)arit Allen, who has died aged 66 of a brain aneurism, pulled off a powerful use of movie-costume-as-character in the scene in Brokeback Mountain (2005) in which a lone drifter discovers, in the family homestead of his dead lover, the shirts they wore while cowboying together long before: shabby denim and weary cotton wrapped in each other's arms.
Director Ang Lee could not have entrusted those crucial garments to a better pair of hands. Allen's uncommon strength in supplying costumes for more than 40 productions was in telling a story through clothes. She could run off the major period frock (post-crinoline Scarlett O'Hara for a 1994 TV sequel to Gone with the Wind) along with extreme fantasy (the Incredible Hulk's expanding purple pants in 2003), but they were always grounded in and surrounded by reality.
She found her style early. Her Norwegian mother had married her English father just before the second world war. With peace, they resumed their business of smart hotel-keeping, and sent her off for holidays with Norwegian relatives, prosperous yet skilled at crafts. She told the British Library's oral history of fashion that her grandmother taught her to embroider, knit, crochet and sew, and that she helped her spiffy mother decorate the hotel for weddings and dances. At Moreton Hall prep school in Suffolk, Allen's non-uniform wear was not the approved beige kit but bright Nordic separates with red stockings. Her classmates mocked and muddied her. She didn't care."
-- Veronica Horwell, The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2007/dec/01/guardianobituaries.obituaries)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif)arrying Lureen, however ambivalently on Jack's part, meant outlasting Ennis's marriage.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif)arit Allen washed all the Brokeback Mountain jeans with stones and spent hours painting dirt and grime on the cowboy shirts to achieve their worn-in look.
Obituary: Marit Allen (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3018389.ece)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif)onroe's reaction to the spillage incident reveals that he was nuts about Alma.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif)arit Allen, who has died aged 66 of a brain aneurism, pulled off a powerful use of movie-costume-as-character in the scene in Brokeback Mountain (2005) in which a lone drifter discovers, in the family homestead of his dead lover, the shirts they wore while cowboying together long before: shabby denim and weary cotton wrapped in each other's arms.
"Director Ang Lee could not have entrusted those crucial garments to a better pair of hands. Allen's uncommon strength in supplying costumes for more than 40 productions was in telling a story through clothes. She could run off the major period frock (post-crinoline Scarlett O'Hara for a 1994 TV sequel to Gone with the Wind) along with extreme fantasy (the Incredible Hulk's expanding purple pants in 2003), but they were always grounded in and surrounded by reality."
-- Veronica Horwell, The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2007/dec/01/guardianobituaries.obituaries)
=thanks= Fran
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif)arla Touw was the first assistant production coordinator on the film Brokeback Mountain.
According to IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/Glossary/P), the production coordinator is the person responsible for overseeing practical matters such as ordering equipment, getting near-location accommodations for the cast and crew, etc.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif)anaging an act of great self-discipline, Jack continued to concentrate on peeling potatoes while Ennis performed his ablutions sans underoos.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif)uch to Alma's disappointment, Ennis weaseled his way out of taking Jack to the Knife and Fork.
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We move along to the Motel Siesta letter (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif).Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "N" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2108.jpg)
They went off in Jack's truck, bought a bottle of whiskey and within
twenty minutes were in the Motel Siesta jouncing a bed.
We're going to have the "N" from the neon "VACANCY" sign
at the Motel Siesta assist us with this round, so please be sure
to include the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)aomi Robinson was one of the seven production assistants on Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain.
According to IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/Glossary/P), a production assistant is responsible for various odd jobs, which could include such disseparate tasks as running errands, stopping traffic, acting as couriers, fetching items from craft service, etc. Tasks and levels of responsibility can vary greatly, depending on the film, the needs of the rest of the team, and the skills of the individuals PA themselves. Production assistants are often attached to individual actors or filmmakers.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ot knowing his own heart, Ennis had blinders on when it came to Jack.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ot wanting Alma to know what he was doing with Jack, Ennis got creative with his excuses.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ot wanting his lover's last wishes to remain unfulfilled, Ennis paid a visit to Jack's parents after learning of Jack's demise and offered to take his ashes up to Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ever going out on a Saturday night ensured Alma's bitterness toward Ennis.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)eedling Randall for fecklessly trying to fix their pickup with chewing gum and baling wire, Lashawn rewarded the Twists with a sweet smile and plenty of nonstop conversation.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ot only did Premiere Magazine's Glenn Kenny (http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7045474) describe Brokeback Mountain as "one of the truly convincing movies about romantic love to come along in years," he also gave it four out of four stars.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ot allowing herself to be cowed by Lureen's haughtiness, LaShawn continued to be her outgoing, if somewhat overbearing, self.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ot wanting to instigate any trouble, Alma kept quiet about the reunion kiss.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ot wanting to go back to the sheep because he was lightheaded from drinking, Ennis decided to grab forty winks on the ground cloth and head out at first light.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ell Minow, Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/brokeback_mountain/?page=6&critic=columns&sortby=date&name_order=asc&view=#contentReviews), on Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain:
"The story-telling is so plain and straightforward that, like the characters' feelings for one another, at first you do not realize how powerful it is."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ew husbands being in short supply in Riverton, Alma settled for nebbishy Monroe after her marriage with Ennis became untenable.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ot wanting to go back to the sheep because he had overindulged in whiskey, Ennis decided to grab forty winks on the ground cloth and head out at first light.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34" was performed by Philharmonia Slavonica in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain. This was the music for the figure skaters on TV at Alma and Monroe's house.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34" was performed by Philharmonia Slavonica in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain. This was the music for the figure skaters on TV at Alma and Monroe's house.
=aside= Fran
Thanks!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34" was performed by Philharmonia Slavonica in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain. This was the music for the figure skaters on TV at Alma and Monroe's house.
=aside= Fran, Paul
Thanks.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)umerous theories abound as to why Crash beat Brokeback Mountain for the "Best Picture" Oscar:
- Hollywood is filled with aging Academy voters who just weren't ready to support a love story about two gay men.
- The Hollywood-centric themes of race and isolation in Crash as well as its cast of likable actors and actresses caused Los Angeles-dwelling Academy members to favor the movie.
- The media drumbeat for Brokeback Mountain caused the film to peak in Academy voting-member popularity too early.
- Voters simply thought Crash was the better film.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34" is playing during the Thanksgiving Day unhinging of Alma-outed Ennis.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)early knocking over half their equipment with his wild bull-riding demo, Jack had Ennis chuckling at his sheer wackiness.
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We move along along to the letter "O",
"O" as in Oscar!Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "O" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/lee-ang-oscar-2006.jpg) (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/mcmurtry-larry-diana-ossana-oscar-2.jpg) (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/santaolalla-gustavo-oscar-2006.jpg)
Remember when Ang Lee, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana,
and Gustavo Santaolalla struck gold at the 78th Academy Awards?We're going to have some of their Oscar gold
assist us with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of each post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)wen Glieberman began his written review (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1136099,00.html) of Brokeback Mountain for Entertainment Weekly like this:
"Brokeback Mountain is that rare thing, a big Hollywood weeper with a beautiful ache at its center. It's a modern-age Western that turns into a quietly revolutionary love story. In 1963, Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), a couple of dirt-poor ranch hands, take a job guarding a flock of sheep on Brokeback Mountain, a pristine jutting vista nestled in the lush Wyoming wilderness. Ennis, a crusty, taciturn loner with a scowl that might have been carved into his pale face, and Jack, an amateur rodeo rider who has held on to his optimistic boyishness, are youthful anachronisms, relics of the fading days of the Great Plains culture. But they're still cowboys to the core; they've fallen into this life because it feeds something in them."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)wen Glieberman began his written review (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1136099,00.html) of Brokeback Mountain for Entertainment Weekly like this:
"Brokeback Mountain is that rare thing, a big Hollywood weeper with a beautiful ache at its center. It's a modern-age Western that turns into a quietly revolutionary love story. In 1963, Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), a couple of dirt-poor ranch hands, take a job guarding a flock of sheep on Brokeback Mountain, a pristine jutting vista nestled in the lush Wyoming wilderness. Ennis, a crusty, taciturn loner with a scowl that might have been carved into his pale face, and Jack, an amateur rodeo rider who has held on to his optimistic boyishness, are youthful anachronisms, relics of the fading days of the Great Plains culture. But they're still cowboys to the core; they've fallen into this life because it feeds something in them."
=aside= Fran
Thanks again!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)wen Glieberman began his written review (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1136099,00.html) of Brokeback Mountain for Entertainment Weekly like this:
"Brokeback Mountain is that rare thing, a big Hollywood weeper with a beautiful ache at its center. It's a modern-age Western that turns into a quietly revolutionary love story. In 1963, Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), a couple of dirt-poor ranch hands, take a job guarding a flock of sheep on Brokeback Mountain, a pristine jutting vista nestled in the lush Wyoming wilderness. Ennis, a crusty, taciturn loner with a scowl that might have been carved into his pale face, and Jack, an amateur rodeo rider who has held on to his optimistic boyishness, are youthful anachronisms, relics of the fading days of the Great Plains culture. But they're still cowboys to the core; they've fallen into this life because it feeds something in them."
=aside= Fran
You dug up a good 'un. ;)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)nce the job on Brokeback Mountain was over, Ennis parted company with Jack, married Alma, became a father, and settled into a life of monotonous domesticity.
=reply= Paul, Meryl
You're welcome. In a perfect world, the word "dirt-poor"
would have been unplayed.
:)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)ne too many Saturday nights spent by the TV served to embitter Alma.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)nce they were inside the bar, the feisty rodeo queen made her move, and it wasn't long before Jack moved up in the world.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)n Brokeback, the grass-eating herd of ewes moved from pasture to pasture, luxuriating in the abundant summer growth.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)tto Helmig was part of the film crew for Brokeback Mountain. He was the construction buyer.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)n Brokeback Ennis had to face his sexual insecurity head-on.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)n Brokeback, Jack and Ennis were at their lithest whilst wrestling down the hill.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)ne major obstacle standing in the way of Jack's dream of a sweet life with Ennis was Ennis's belief that being with Jack would put both of them in mortal danger.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)n Brokeback Jack and Ennis could nonconform to their hearts' content without worrying about what other people thought.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)ptimizing her chances of getting a date with Ennis, Cassie chose to put her best foot forward.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)n March 9, 2006, Brokeback Mountain made headlines yet again when a press release was sent to more than 400 media outlets announcing that nearly $26,000 had been raised for an ad to be posted in the Daily Variety on March 10, 2006."
Brokeback Mountain at AllExperts (http://en.allexperts.com/e/b/br/brokeback_mountain.htm)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)nce Jack and Ennis decided they wanted a place where they could be intimate, they decided to go to the Motel Siesta where they didn't have to reserve a room.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)ne night experiencing the Motel Siesta's charms led to the first of many fishing trips.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)ne postcard of Brokeback Mountain was all Ennis needed, and when it came, he tacked it up in his trailer, a brass-headed tack in each corner.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)nce they renewed their feelings for each other, Jack and Ennis decided to undertake the risks associated with a long-term relationship.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)n his way back home after Ennis's post-divorce rejection, Jack wiped the wetness of tears from his face and made the decision to head for Juarez instead.
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Round 871!
We move along to the letter "P".Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "P"
and include an unplayed word.
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They believed themselves invisible, not knowing Joe Aguirre had watched them
through his 10x42 binoculars for ten minutes one day, waiting until they'd buttoned
up their jeans, waiting until Ennis rode back to the sheep, before bringing up the
message that Jack's people had sent word that his uncle Harold was in the
hospital with pneumonia and expected not to make it. Though he did....Speaking of Uncle Harold, one of his physicians
has agreed to assist us with this round,
so please be sure to include the following
symbol at the beginning of each post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)at Goettler was the graphic artist for Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)eter McRobbie, who played the part of John Twist, was born in Hawick, Borders, Scotland.
=aside=(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)layers
I guess there are two doctors in the house.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)olitely receiving Ennis at the ranch, Mrs. Twist offered him a collation of coffee and cherry cake.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)eter Orr, Casey Smith, Darrell Croft, Lloyd Pollock, and Ken Hart are credited with performing the traditional song "Battle Hymn of the Republic" in the film Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)anicking from encountering a furred entity, Ennis's mule took off and scattered food everywhere.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)anicking from encountering a furred entity, Ennis's mule took off and scattered food everywhere.
=thanks= Sonja
:-*
=aside= Sandy
The doctor is about to leave the house!
I'll see y'all in a week or so!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)roulx articulates their agony so well - they love each other, but duty and society of the time dictates they should forget each other, raise a family, love their wives. Their only chance to be together is to sneak off on annual fishing and hunting trips - manly pursuits - to evade discovery. The places where their love is consummated are the inhospitable locales Proulx favours for her settings. Just as Quoyle is isolated in the wilds of coastal Newfoundland in The Shipping News, Ennis and Jack retreat physically and socially to the periphery of society. There are only two main characters to speak of but the landscape comes alive in Proulx's writing. A "tea-coloured river ran fast with snowmelt, a scarf of bubbles at every high rock" and dawn is a "glassy orange", and "pollened catkins like yellow thumbprints" hang about in the forest.
It's a tender story, but grippingly told. We can smell the danger all around them. A supervisor may have seen them on the mountain; Ennis' wife Alma suspects them. Jack tells Ennis a gruesome story of two local men he knew who lived the way they wanted to and paid for it. It's a harbinger for their doomed love but neither man wants to take the risk, despite being torn up by his feelings for the other.
--Excerpted from a review in Bibliofemme by Sinead Gleeson
http://www.bibliofemme.com/others/brokeback.shtml
Aside=Paul
Have a wonderful trip, Doc! 8)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)eter Orr, Casey Smith, Darrell Croft, Lloyd Pollock, and Ken Hart are credited with performing the traditional song "Battle Hymn of the Republic" in the film Brokeback Mountain.
=aside= Paul
Have fun. (If you're lucky, the "Q" round will
be over and done with by the time you return.)
:)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)roulx articulates their agony so well - they love each other, but duty and society of the time dictates they should forget each other, raise a family, love their wives. Their only chance to be together is to sneak off on annual fishing and hunting trips - manly pursuits - to evade discovery. The places where their love is consummated are the inhospitable locales Proulx favours for her settings. Just as Quoyle is isolated in the wilds of coastal Newfoundland in The Shipping News, Ennis and Jack retreat physically and socially to the periphery of society. There are only two main characters to speak of but the landscape comes alive in Proulx's writing. A "tea-coloured river ran fast with snowmelt, a scarf of bubbles at every high rock" and dawn is a "glassy orange", and "pollened catkins like yellow thumbprints" hang about in the forest.
--Excerpted from a review in Bibliofemme by Sinead Gleeson
http://www.bibliofemme.com/others/brokeback.shtml
=aside= Meryl
Thank you.
aside=Paul
Have a great trip!!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)ulling at her mother's dress, little Alma made a serious request, lisping, "Mama, I need crayons."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)ierre-Simon Lebrun-Chaput, François Lord, Alexandre Lafortune, Matthew Rouleau, Philippe Sylvain, Robin Tremblay, Bruno-Olivier Laflamme, and Jean-François Lafleur are credited as 3D artists in the end credits for the film Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)ie-focused, Ennis was none-too-friendly when Cassie approached the table.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)rovoked by Alma's accusations, and told to get out when he became belligerent, Ennis realized he had overstayed his welcome.
=aside= Elle
Nice to see you playing again.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)rince of Persia having sparked a number of fresh interviews with Jake Gyllenhaal, The Independent's Leslie O'Toole quoted him as saying:
"Who's to say? I usually make choices based on film-makers and stories, but no matter how good the stories, if you don't have faith in the film-maker it's hard to deliver and give your heart. Ang Lee was a no-brainer but really, whether it's a sort of totally obscure film about two sheep-herders who end up falling in love in Wyoming or a movie like this, it's the people involved who ultimately give you the confidence to do your best work."
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/jake-gyllenhaal-how-a-cult-hero-became-a-hollywood-prince-1972628.html
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)erhaps in recognition of something different about Jack, Jimbo dismissed his advances.
=aside= All
Cheers from the lovely Meno household!
Lucky me, I didn't miss the Q round...
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)ulling over in Signal, the unseen driver let a young man with caliper legs out of his semi.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)ummeling and kicking with a will, an unknown trucker trounced the hapless Ennis outside the Black & Blue Eagle bar.
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Aside=Paul and Elle
Welcome back! Been tired o' missin' yer dumb asses. ;D
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)redatory coyotes were a constant threat to Joe Aguirre's unwary sheep as they grazed on the summer range.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)icking up where they left off four years earlier, Ennis and Jack realize their feelings for each other have gotten stronger, not weaker.
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Round 872!
We move along to the letter "Q".Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "Q"
and include an unplayed word.
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Remember when Cassie was pumping Alma Jr.
for information while Ennis was away from
the table, selecting songs at the jukebox?
We're going to have some of the quarters Ennis stuffed in
the jukebox assist us with this round, so please be sure
to include the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uietly snuggling in the one bed they ever share, Ennis's feelings are exposed, but his annular finger is hidden (except in the full-screen version).
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uarter horses -- the breed of horse Lureen rode at the rodeo -- are quick and balanced, sure-footed and steady, and well suited to the intricate and speedy maneuvers required in barrel racing.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uickly dismounting from Sleepy the bull, Jack dashed to the sidelines amidst the clamoring of excited rodeo fans.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uietly standing on the landing observing the embrace between Jack and Ennis, would disturb Alma for the rest of her marriage.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uietly standing on the landing observing the embrace between Jack and Ennis would disturb Alma evermore.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks!
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uizás, Quizás, Quizás," a song written by Cuban songwriter Osvaldo Farrés, is heard in the scene where Jack picks up the Mexican prostitute.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uitting Ennis was not an option, even as Jack got greyer.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uick reflexes allowed Ennis to broaden his horizons that night in Tent Scene I.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uerulously, Jack retorted that his and Ennis's libidos were incomparable, "I'm not like you, I can't make it on a couple of high-altitude fucks."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uite the whiz in the kitchen, Lureen prepared what appears to be a lipsmackingly delicious Thanksgiving feast in three hours' time.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uickly leaving the scene the morning after, Ennis struggled with a mishmash of emotions.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uickly leaving the scene the morning after, Ennis struggled with a panoply of none-too-familiar emotions.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uestioned by Ennis, Jack found himself obfuscating about the fact that he'd been riding more than bulls.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)ueried by the Associated Press about the performances of Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx was very complimentary, saying:
"I thought they were magnificent, both of them. Jake Gyllenhaal's Jack Twist...wasn't the Jack Twist that I had in mind when I wrote this story. The Jack that I saw was jumpier, homely. But Gyllenhaal's sensitivity and subtleness in this role is just huge. The scenes he's in have a kind of quicksilver feel to them. Heath Ledger is just almost really beyond description as far as I'm concerned. He got inside the story more deeply than I did. All that thinking about the character of Ennis that was so hard for me to get, Ledger just was there. He did indeed move inside the skin of the character, not just in the shirt but inside the person. It was remarkable."
Annie Proulx tells the story behind Brokeback Mountain (http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=38447)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uerying Ma Twist's religiosity, Ennis asks Jack, "What exactly is the Pentecost? My folks--they was Methodist."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uickly mounting the horse, Heath exhibited the sprezzatura required of the actor playing Ennis.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uietly thoughtful, Mrs. Twist was the exact opposite of her loud, obnoxious husband.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uarreling between Jack and Ennis began to heat up when Jack revealed he'd been to Mexico an undetermined number of times.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uaid, playing Aguierre, hit a wasp or some other insect on his neck while he inspected the sheep after they came down from the mountain.
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Round 873!
We move along to the letter "R".Each post will begin with a word that starts
with the letter "R" and include an unplayed word.
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Ennis ran full throttle on all roads whether fence mending or money spending, and
he wanted none of it when Jack seized his left hand and brought it to his erect cock.
Ennis's left hand will assist us with this round,
so please be sure to include the following symbol
at the beginning of your post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)ealizing the astonishing position of his hand, Ennis bolted awake.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)ealizing the astonishing position of his hand, Ennis felt it was like a blast of shock waves.
=aside= Paul
Thank you.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)unning on glibly about the quantity of pussy to be found in various states, the two bikers were cock-sure of their immunity to criticism from disgruntled citizens sitting within earshot.
aside=Sandy
Very clever connection of the left hand to BBM. ;D
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)eading the short story, we know that Proulx specifies Ennis's left hand as the one that launches a hunnerd wring-outs, but in the movie, we distinctly see Ennis's right hand being pulled to its destiny.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)esponding to Jack's initiative led Ennis to espouse same-sex relations.
=aside= Meryl
The credit completely belongs to Fran. She left it for me to post while she is away.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)oundup coming, and not being home, was the reason Ennis didn't want Junior staying with him. Furthermore he wasn't really set up for that.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)ighty tighty, lefty loosey" would be a très gauche saying to apply to the beginning of Tent Scene 1, n'est-ce pas?
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)eflecting on Jack, Ennis thought: "horizontally speaking, he's at his very best."
Credit to "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz hart
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)eaching for his car keys and tossing them to Jack, LD wanted to avoid the inconvenience of getting the boxes in the car himself.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)odrigo Prieto was chosen as the lensman for Brokeback Mountain because Ang Lee wanted someone who could shoot quickly.
Crossing Borders (http://www.dgaquarterly.org/BACKISSUES/Spring2010/DGAInterviewAngLee.aspx)
=aside= Sandy
Thanks for posting the round announcement.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)elaxing against Jack in Tent Scene 2 was manna for Ennis.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)eaching for Ennis's hand was Jack's not-so-subtle way of starting off TS1.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)ed and pink flowers add some oomph to Alma and Monroe's front porch.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)odeo cowboy was what Jack aimed at, whilst Ennis was primarily a ranch hand.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)ebuffing Jack's advances, Jimbo retreated to his pool-playing buddies.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)oberta Maxwell gives a stunning but brief performance as Jack's mother in Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)oyally upset by his argument with Alma, Ennis made a quick exit, trepidatious of an even worse scene in front of Monroe and the girls.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)ebuffing Jack's advances with unwarranted self-importance, Jimbo retreated to his pool-playing buddies.
=aside= Paul
Thank you.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)everse Shot writer Chris Wisniewski on Brokeback Mountain:
"Lee’s film tells the stories of two men: Ennis (Ledger), who feels the burden of repression so strongly that he denies what he wants -- and, potentially, who he is -- and Jack (Gyllenhaal), who feels his identity with a force that cannot be contained. The film aligns itself completely with Ennis’s point of view (not insignificantly, he’s the top in the relationship), and so we see the climactic tragedy at its center through his eyes only. By making that choice, Lee’s film wallows in the very repression that paralyzes its protagonist. Artistically, that might be a valid choice, and it’s worked for Lee before. Politically, though, there’s something dangerous -- at the very least, we can admit, inadequate -- in the way Ennis and, eventually, the film seem to suggest that some things simply must be kept in the closet, for the price of doing otherwise would prove far too high. Gyllenhaal’s Jack Twist would almost certainly disagree -- indeed, with such fervor that he would stake his life on it -- but the film never really gives us that point of view. It’s Ennis’s voice that we hear almost exclusively, reminding us, 'If you can’t fix it, you just gotta stand it.' Fine. In the meantime, I’ll wait for a mainstream gay film that says something truly progressive and courageous, namely: 'If you can’t stand it, you just gotta fix it.'"
Get Over It: Brokeback Mountain (http://www.reverseshot.com/legacy/winter06/yearinreview/goi_brokeback.html)
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Round 874!
We move along to the letter "S".Each post will begin with a word that starts
with the letter "S" and include an unplayed word.
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"I thought Brokeback Mountain was around where he grew up. But knowing Jack,
it might be some pretend place where the bluebirds sing and there's a whiskey spring."
A very active bluebird is going to assist us
with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)tudying the amorousness of the couple on the stairs left Alma speechless.
=aside= Fran
That's a humdinger of a bluebird!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)tone biscuit, the single result of Ennis's attempt to bake.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)ean Finnan, Dan Kuzmenko, Evan Godfrey, Cameron Dales, Tyler Flewelling, Mark Gamache, and Naomi Robinson worked as production assistants on the film Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)tarting out as a rodeo cowboy, Jack performed dismally.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)truggling to stay expressionless, Jack peeled the potatoes while Ennis bathed in the background.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)ean Finnan, Dan Kuzmenko, Evan Godfrey, Cameron Dales, Tyler Flewelling, Mark Gamache, and Naomi Robinson worked as production assistants on the film Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)ean Finnan, Dan Kuzmenko, Evan Godfrey, Cameron Dales, Tyler Flewelling, Mark Gamache, and Naomi Robinson worked as production assistants on the film Brokeback Mountain.
=thanks= Fran
:)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)immering with anger, Jack finally put an end to L.D.'s ham-fisted attempt to overrule his discipline of Bobby during Thanksgiving dinner.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)omewhat embarrassed at how impertinent she had been while answering Cassie's questions, Alma Jr. apologized, saying, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be rude."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)heep probably supplied the lining of Jack's fleecy-lined winter coat.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)tud Duck LD persisted in his maladaptive TV-flipping contest with Jack.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)teven Stowell's essay (http://www.oxonianreview.org/wp/a-gay-love-story/) on Brokeback Mountain in The Oxonian Review includes the following:
On the surface, the film tells a tragic love story in the naturalistic, minimalist style for which Ang Lee is known. While working one summer on the mountain from which the film takes its title, two men, Jack and Ennis, fall in love during an era of brutal homophobia in rural 1960s America, but abandon their relationship in favour of traditional family lives. Several years later, their romance is reignited and the majority of the film explores how their relationships with each other and with their families suffer as a result of the inhibiting society in which they live -- as well as the internal homophobia from which both men suffer. Certainly, seen in this light, the film offers a bleak picture of the way things were and indeed still are for many homosexuals.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)lamming the door behind him after wrenching Alma's wrist, Ennis had outstayed his welcome and headed for the Black and Blue Bar.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)nuggled together four years later, Ennis still did not seem penitent about walloping Jack their last day on the mountain.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)ean Finnan, Dan Kuzmenko, Evan Godfrey, Cameron Dales, Tyler Flewelling, Mark Gamache, and Naomi Robinson worked as production assistants on the film Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)tarting Jack's pickup truck upon leaving Brokeback required Ennis' touch, just like so many other things in Jack's life.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)eeing Jimbo's departure for the pool table as potentially threatening, Jack skedaddled from the bar.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)teven Stowell's essay (http://www.oxonianreview.org/wp/a-gay-love-story/) on Brokeback Mountain in The Oxonian Review starts off like this:
"Brokeback Mountain, the so-called ‘gay cowboy movie’ directed by Ang Lee, starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, and based on the novella by Annie E. Proulx (1997), has been lauded by critics and has won several major awards, including best picture at the Venice International Film Festival, and three Academy Awards. It would be hard to argue that the critical success of the film is unrelated to the current political climate of LGBT issues. As one of the few movies in mainstream American cinema featuring a romance between men, gay rights activists support it for revealing the brutality of homophobia, while religious groups protest the message it promotes. Given the political dimensions of this film, it is relevant to ask whether Brokeback Mountain represents homosexuality positively."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)tuck dancing with a wiggly Cassie, Ennis endured the humiliation.
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Round 875!
The letter "T" is next.Each post will begin with a word that starts
with the letter "T" and include an unplayed word.
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After his second summer on Brokeback ended, Jack drove
grooves across Texas, rodeoin'. He made "three fuckin'
thousand dollars that year. Fuckin' starved. Had to
borrow everthing but a toothbrush from other guys."
Jack's old toothbrush is going to assist us
with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)he toothbrush in the short story appertains to Jack, the one in the movie, to Ennis.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)he brouhaha between Ennis and the slop-bucket-mouthed bikers resulted in Ennis' baring his teeth.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)WO BIKERS approach an area just behind the DEL MAR
family. Around the same age as ENNIS. BIKER #1 has a few teeth
missing. BIKER #2 limps, dragging a clubfoot. Each carries a
half-empty bottle of liquor. Loud, profane, already drunk. Sit
themselves down on the grass behind ENNIS and his family.
[screenplay]
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)orturous memories of what happened to Rich and Earl hung over Ennis like the Sword of Damocles.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)rying to stay calm, Ennis eagerly awaited Jack's arrival. He didn't know what to expect, but the night proved to be quite eventful.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)he few frills on Alma's wedding dress were the only frills at Ennis and Alma's no-frills wedding.
(http://www.webwombat.com.au/entertainment/movies/images/michelle-williams-1.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)he relationship of Ennis and Jack endured for 20 years despite geographic distance.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)rying to decide which one is the handsomer, Jack or Ennis, is almost impossible.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)he four-hour commute on Brokeback inconvenienced Jack, along with the sleep-with-the-sheep order, the smell of the pup tent and having to eat beans every night.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)he Human Rights Campaign, in conjunction with Delivery Agent Inc., the leader in shopping-enabled programming for television shows, motion pictures, sports and music videos, announced today a one-of-a-kind auction to benefit the programs of the nation’s largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights organization. The auction will feature the wardrobe worn by the stars of 2005’s hit movie Brokeback Mountain -- the unforgettable Focus Features film directed by Academy Award winner Ang Lee.
Human Rights Campaign News (http://www.hrc.org/1287.htm)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)he shirts in Jack's closet had been taken care of for many years by Ma Twist.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)he electric carving knife was wielded by a none-too-butch Monroe.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)he Newsomes oohed and aahed when they saw baby Bobby, who they thought was the spittin' image of his grandpa.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)he 42 lightning-zapped sheep had emitted a peculiarly pungent odor.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)he riddles of BBM include: why don't Texans drink coffee?
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)he days Jack and Ennis always remembered were their salad days on Brokeback, when they were young and innocent and ate beans and elk.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)hey were still both teens, Jack and Ennis, when they met on Brokeback the summer of -63.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)reading unsteadily, Ennis heads toward the tent to share Jack's bedroll.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture9-13.png)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)o get to know each other, Jack and Ennis headed to the nearest bar to shoot the breeze while wetting their whistles.
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The letter "U" is next.
Each post will begin with a word that starts
with the letter "U" and include an unplayed word.
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Remember when Biker #2 commented that the crowd attending
the Fourth of July celebration was all swelled up with patriotic feeling?
That patriotic feeling is going to assist us
with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nder the spell of America's birthday, the bikers showed up with their own plans for celebrating.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nbeknownst to Ennis and Jack, Joe Aguirre had engaged in ten minutes of binocular-aided spying while hidden in a dense growth of trees.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nsatisfied with the food situation, Jack and Ennis conspire to kill an elk.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nsatisfying and unimpressive are words to describe the DVDs released thus far. Criterion anyone?
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nlike Ennis, Jack had no difficulty envisioning two men living a "sweet life" together.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nhappy to be living in a pokey little place like Childress, flakey Lashawn wanted to be among the upper crust.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nlike Alma who imagined gussying up for the church social, Ennis preferred a casual Saturday evening.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)p on Brokeback Mountain Joe Aguirre used a pair of high-power binoculars to spy on Ennis and Jack.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)p on Brokeback Jack had to suffer some major and minor inconveniences such as the four-hour commute, the sleep-with-the-sheep order, the smell of the pup tent, and eating beans every night.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)p on Brokeback Jack had to suffer some major and minor conveniences such as having someone to fetch the groceries, heat the beans, and warm those lust-ridden nights.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nique Brokeback Mountain-inspired magnets are available for purchase at CafePress (http://www.cafepress.com/+brokeback-mountain+magnets).
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture13-9.png) (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture11-12.png) (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture14-7.png)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)under the hot sun Timmie is working with his shirt completely unbuttoned, exposing his flabby stomach and his navel.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nsatisfied with Aguirre's rules, they weren't exactly obeying his orders when it came to their sleeping arrangements.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)p on Brokeback, Aguirre had the perspicaciousness to know what was going on.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nable to "make it on a couple a high-altitude fucks once or twice a year," Jack resorts to hiring prostitutes.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nlike anything he would ever experience, "what Jack remembered and craved in a way he could neither help nor understand was the time that distant summer on Brokeback when Ennis had come up behind him and pulled him close, the silent embrace satisfying some shared and sexless hunger."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nder the influence of his growing feelings for Jack, Ennis teases him about his harmonica playing.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nable to "make it on a couple a high-altitude fucks once or twice a year," Jack starts utilizing prostitutes in Mexico.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nable to "make it on a couple a high-altitude fucks once or twice a year," Jack starts utilizing good looking, well-built prostitutes in Mexico.
=aside= Fran
Muchas gracias.
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Round 877!
The letter "V" is next.Each post will begin with a word that starts
with the letter "V" and include an unplayed word.
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Joe Aguirre provided Ennis and Jack with a couple of blue heelers
to help keep the sheep in line on Brokeback Mountain.
Jack's favorite is going to assist us
with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)ows were made, by Ennis and Alma, in front of God Almighty and the whole congregation.
=aside= Yay, I'm first! :D
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)al Brown worked as an accounting clerk for Focus Features' Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)apid Lashawn chitchatted the entire evening at the Benefit Dance.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)enturing to suggest the sweet life, and then hearing Ennis refuse it, was a major drawback for Jack.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)isibly spooked by the black bear, Cigar Butt reared up on his hind legs, causing his rider to tumble earthward.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_0331.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)isibly shaken after Biker #1 got a fistful of Ennis' rage, when Biker#2 was asked: "What about it? Wanna swallow 'bout half your teeth?", he said: "Not tonight, bud...I'd sure rather not."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)acillating between pain and lust, Jack gasps when Ennis enters him at FNIT.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)icky Luzón's review of Brokeback Mountain (http://ccs.filmculture.net/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=38) at Cinema, Culture and Society includes the following:
"Ennis's taciturn but often violent behaviour can only be attributed to a desperate need to hide what he harbours inside. Ever since a traumatic moment in his childhood, he has learnt to hate gays, and thus himself. Jack is the only person that can break down Ennis's guard, gently forcing Ennis's real feelings to come to the surface, which is why Ennis both loves and hates him. It is his helplessness that makes him fight Jack in desperation at several points throughout the film."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)enturing to suggest a sweet life, Jack was met with Ennis's intransigence on the matter.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)enturing into the tent that first night, Ennis thought that a bird in the hand would lead to something that would be just a lark. Boy was he wrong.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)isible wounds were the result of Ennis's encounter with the bear, and Jack wanted to see to it. But Ennis wanted none of his ministrations.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)isibly affected by the postcard which brings news of Jack's plan to visit Riverton in the not-too-distant future, Ennis hurries from the kitchen.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)enturing to stand up to L.D. on Thanksgiving day by threatening to knock his "ignorant ass into next week" if he didn't sit down, Jack felt vindicated when L.D. automatically obeyed, returning to his chair.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)enturing to stand up to L.D. on Thanksgiving day by threatening to knock his "ignorant ass into next week" if he didn't sit down, Jack felt vindicated when L.D. automatically obeyed, plopping into his chair.
=thanks= Sandy
:)
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)isually enthralling and emotionally overpowering" were words used by film critic Rex Reed to describe Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain after seeing it at the Toronto International Film Festival.
TIFF: Thank God It’s Toronto! (http://www.observer.com/node/37627)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)isionary, as it may seem, the minister made a somewhat dubious joke about Ennis maybe not kissing the bride.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)exed and depressed from the post-divorce mixup, Jack headed south of the border where he toured the back alleys of Juarez.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)isually stunning and beautifully acted, the film Brokeback Mountain tells a story of love, fear, torment, loss, regret, and unfathomable grief.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)exed at himself for getting drunk and abandoning the sheep for a night in the tent with Jack, Ennis has his fears confirmed when he hears the barks and whimpers of a blue heeler near the herd.
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Round 878!
The letter "W" is next.
Each post will begin with a word that starts
with the letter "W" and include an unplayed word.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/annie_proulx_1591963783.jpg)
In Brokeback Mountain, author Annie Proulx made mention of
the direction west more times than any other direction:
In August Ennis spent the whole night with Jack in the main camp and in a blowy
hailstorm the sheep took off west and got among a herd in another allotment.
The next week Joe Aguirre sent word to bring them down -- another, bigger storm
was moving in from the Pacific -- and they packed in the game and moved off the
mountain with the sheep, stones rolling at their heels, purple cloud crowding in
from the west and the metal smell of coming snow pressing them on.
The day was hot and clear in the morning, but by noon the clouds had pushed up
out of the west rolling a little sultry air before them.
Ennis, weather-eyed, looked west for the heated cumulus that might come up on
such a day but the boneless blue was so deep, said Jack, that he might drown looking up.
On the third morning there were the clouds Ennis had expected, a grey racer out of
the west, a bar of darkness driving wind before it and small flakes.
The bedroom, at the top of a steep stair that had its own climbing rhythm, was tiny
and hot, afternoon sun pounding through the west window, hitting the narrow
boy's bed against the wall, an ink-stained desk and wooden chair, a b.b. gun
in a hand-whittled rack over the bed.
The direction west is available to assist us
with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)estward went the wayward sheep during August's blowy hailstorm.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hen Jack was doing rodeo, before he met Lureen, he earned so little that he basically starved.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)ind -- everything from house-rattling gales to short, quick gusts -- was the critical sound component of Brokeback Mountain for Ang Lee, according to Eugene Gearty, the film's supervising sound editor.
www.avid.de/uk/access/avid_access_35.pdf (page 24)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hen Jack and Ennis got tired of eating beans, Ennis shot and elk and they dined on jerky.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hilst parting from Jack, Ennis espoused the idea of marrying Alma in November (film) or December (story).
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)rapped in a blanket, Ennis stumbled around in the freshly fallen snow.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_1182.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hen dancing with Ennis, Cassie would gyrate her hips and shake the "funk out of her ass" while in full hair-tossing mode.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)anting to hold on to his relationship with Ennis, Jack put up with the conditions he felt were hemming him in.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hen it came time to choose a first name for Ennis del Mar's brother, Annie Proulx decided that that character would go by the initials K.E.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hen thinking about Ennis, one will always think about Jack because they are forever linked.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)eeping Ennis was memorializing his life with Jack with his shirt shrine.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hen the nominations for the 78th Annual Academy Awards were announced on January 31, 2006, the ensemble race drama Crash, George Clooney's black-and-white newsroom tale Good Night, and Good Luck, and the film of Arthur Golden's book Memoirs of a Geisha each received six Oscar nominations, while Ang Lee's unique romantic drama Brokeback Mountain scored eight.
Preview: Oscars 2006 (http://www.musicomh.com/films/features/oscars-2006_0106.htm)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hen Jack suddenly went into operatics trying to describe the excitement of bull riding, Ennis was startled into admiring laughter.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hen Alma asked Ennis if he knew someone named Jack, he prevaricated and said he was a "fishing buddy."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hile Joe Aguirre's sheep herders were otherwise engaged, a coyote rapaciously devoured one of the sheep.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hen Jack and Ennis herded sheep on Brokeback, the weather varied. Some days were sunny, some days were rainy.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hile Jack was waltzing with LaShawn at the Benefit Dance, Randall was thinking about two-timing LaShawn with Jack.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)anting to propose a toast to Alma and Kurt, Ennis uncaps a bottle of his ex-girlfriend's wine and starts pouring.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_3885.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hen Jack finally showed, Ennis hurried out the door, tucking his shirt in his waistband.
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Round 879!
The letter "X" is next.Each post will begin with a word that starts with
the letter "X" or the letters "E-X" (only spell it
without the "E") and include an unplayed word.
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Fireworks weren't the only things xploding at
the Fourth of July celebration. So was Ennis's temper.
Xploding fireworks will assist us
with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)pecting an argument, Ennis spent the week avoiding the topic of rescheduling the August fishing trip to November.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)asperated by the bikers' bawdy remarks, Ennis loses his temper and ends up knocking out Biker #1.
=aside= Players
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/july-fourth-bbq.png)
Have a great holiday weekend!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)pressing it in various ways; his father, Joe Aguirre and LD Newsome all showed their contempt for Jack.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)ploding like the fireworks around him, Ennis treated the bikers like the dirtbags they were.
=aside= Players
Hope everyone had a great fourth!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)asperated from Aguirre's "sleep with the sheep" rule, Jack came into the camp exhausted saying " .. spend half the night jumpin up and checkin for coyotes. .."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)asperated by the drunken bikers' bawdy remarks during the Fourth of July festivities, Ennis loses his temper and ends up knocking out Biker #1.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)cellent camp cook though Ennis proved to be, Jack felt their fare up on Brokeback was gastronomically lacking.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)cited about seeing Jack after four years, Ennis greeted him with a humdinger of a kiss.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)cited about seeing Jack after four years, Ennis greeted him, inflicting on him a humdinger of a kiss.
=thanks= Sandy
:-*
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)tras casting for Brokeback Mountain became Alyson Lockwood's responsibility.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)hausted from not being able to sleep in the freezing cold, Ennis accepted Jack's invitation to come inside the tent where the mercury quickly started rising.
=aside= Paul
Any time.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)tras in the fireworks scene were also put off by the not-so-smooth bikers.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)cept Hamley's saddle catalog, Ennis was too farsighted to read anything. He needed an ophthalmologist
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)pressing their Christian identity, the members of the congregation recite The Lord's Prayer during Ennis and Alma's wedding ceremony.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)pressing their Christian identity, the members of the congregation recite The Lord's Prayer during Ennis and Alma's wedding ceremony.
=thanks= Fran
Bless you!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)hausted from not being able to sleep in the freezing cold, Ennis accepted Jack's invitation to come inside the tent and soon things were sizzling hot.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)T: BIG HORN MOUNTAINS, WYOMING: CAMPSITE:
LATE AFTERNOON: 1969:
Fine campsite up in the mountains. JACK'S late-model, clean-
as-a-pin pickup truck and horse trailer. TWO HORSES tethered
nearby.
ENNIS in his old pickup truck pulls up to a campsite.
He can see in his headlights that Jack has already set up
camp. Toots the horn. Smiles.
JACK comes out of the tent, the intense pleasure of being
with ENNIS all over his face.
[screenplay]
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)xpecting his two visitors wanted whatever job he was offering, Aguirre hired them on the spot for an undesignated wage.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)cellent at making hard deals in the machinery business and constantly hunting for extra zeroes, Lureen could be described as a workaholic.
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Round 880!
The letter "Y" is next.Each post will begin with a word that starts
with the letter "Y" and include an unplayed word.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2245.jpg)
"Last one in...!" shouted Ennis as he
and Jack raced to the edge of the cliff.
The water they landed in is going to assist us
with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)ears would come and go, and one day Ennis's unhappy wife would feel the need to enlist the services of a divorce attorney.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)ear after year, Jack drove his banged-up old truck around Texas earning starvation wages on the rodeo circuit.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)ears on years, Alma grew contemptuous of Ennis's fishing trips.
=aside= Fran
Love the "Y".
But, that's no lake water, that's the Bow River in Alberta.
Some of us have actually jumped into it!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)ear after year, Ennis would meet Jack for fishing trips and deluded himself into thinking that he wasn't into men.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)ear after year of increasing resentment toward Ennis led to Alma's decision to enlist the services of a divorce attorney.
=reply= Paul
Fixed!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)esteryear, Jack had shot an eagle, and fledged his hat with a tail feather.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)ears after getting divorced, Ennis started dating Cassie; one reason being so he could have guilt-free sex.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)earning for something Ennis was unwilling to give, a haggard Jack backed his vehicle out of the driveway and pointed it toward Mexico.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/postdivorce2.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)anked out of his silence, Ennis engaged in more interlocution than he had done in a year.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)es, antihero Jack does meet one of the time-honored antihero ends at the hands of the vile side of civilization that simply cannot abide his 'natural' identity."
-- Lucia Bozzola, The Simon Magazine
Brokeback Mountain: Why Cowboys Get the Blues (http://www.thesimon.com/magazine/articles/guy_movies/01037_brokeback_mountain_why_cowboys_get_blues.html)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)ears after Brokeback first screened, devoted fans have watched the film so many times that they know every minutia about every scene and character.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)awning after a night in the noncommodious pup tent, Jack complained about one thing and another.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)ou'll easily draw the conclusion when watching Brokeback, that society isn't as open-minded as it should, in regard to homosexuality.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)ounger Ennis needed to have a fit physique, so Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee ordered Heath Ledger to work out prior to filming.
Ledger Bulks Up for Role (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388795/news?year=2004)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)earning for a romantic life with Ennis, Jack is always disappointed, while Ennis accepts his lot with stoic resilience.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)acking away senselessly, Lashawn managed to keep time to the music.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)earning to hear Jack's voice over the phone, Ennis dialed the number in Childress, only to have Lureen tell him that her thirty-nine-year-old husband was indeed dead.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_3577.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)eehawing and leaping about, Jack tried to demonstrate the joys of bull-riding to Ennis, but his efforts came to a sudden, ungraceful end amidst the camping gear.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Rodeodancefinale.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)oung Jack wows young Ennis with his mock-rodeo mating dance.
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Round 881!
At last, we arrive at the letter "Z".Each post will begin with a word that starts
with the letter "Z" and include an unplayed word.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2083.jpg)
"Alma, this is Jack Twist, Jack, my wife Alma." His chest
was heaving. He could smell Jack -- the intensely familiar
odor of cigarettes, musky sweat and a faint sweetness
like grass, and with it the rushing cold of the mountains.
Jack's cigarettes are going to assist us
with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)28-driving Alma Jr. arrived shortly after Ennis had finished affixing the numbers "1" and "7" to his new mailbox.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_3819-1.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)onked from a night of heavy drinking, Ennis stumbled inside the tent where Jack made the ballsy move of placing Ennis' hand on his crotch.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)ippo in hand, Jack consumed several beers with Ennis that first day.
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/jackandennisbar.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)aps of lightning can be disastrously hazardous to the health and well-being of sheep.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)ippo in hand, Jack consumed several beers and expelled cigarette smoke that first day.
=aside= Paul
Thank you.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)apped by lightning, 42 of Joe Aguirre's sheep turned into foul-smelling carcasses.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)est for love-making revolutionized Jack and Ennis's life on Brokeback after their night in the tent, and they indulged in it greedily.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)aps of lightning struck haphazardly, killing 42 of Joe Aguirre's sheep.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)aps of lightning were responsible for killing 42 of Joe's sheep, but he imputed the blame to Jack as if he could control the weather.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)ippo in hand, Jack consumed several beers and told Ennis about the lightning-struck sheep the previous summer.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)apped by lightning, 42 of Joe Aguirre's sheep had turned into malodorous carcasses the previous summer, according to Jack.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)aps of lightning turned the grasslands of Brokeback into an impromptu necropolis for 42 hapless, malodorous sheep.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)aps of lightning caused the dead sheep to exude their odoriferousness.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)aps of lightning killed 42 sheep, causing a section of Brokeback Mountain to become a rather putrid-smelling place.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)aps of lightning killed 42 sheep creating an offensive, rank-smelling odor.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)aps of lightning killed 42 sheep", Jack said, and Ennis listened on as Jack vividly described the smell that just could have asphixiated him with its strength.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)ipping nimbly in front of Sleepy, trickster Jimbo distracted him just long enough for Jack to run to safety.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/JimboClowning2.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)aps of lightning killed 42 sheep, creating an offensive, unbreathable odor.
=welcome= Marina
Strong début!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)oologically speaking, Brokeback Mountain was well-stocked. Horses, dogs and thousands of sheep appeared in the movie.
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=welcome= Marina
Strong début!
Awww, thanks Southendmd! It's a fun and clever game, and not quite as easy as it first appears! I took me awhile to jump in. :)
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=comment=
(http://content.pimp-my-profile.com/img/glitter/style11/f.gif)(http://content.pimp-my-profile.com/img/glitter/style11/r.gif)(http://content.pimp-my-profile.com/img/glitter/
style11/a.gif)(http://content.pimp-my-profile.com/img/glitter/style11/n.gif),
(http://www.graphicsgrotto.com/animatedgifs/comments/thankyou/images/agcthankyou12.gif)
for taking us from January to July starting with (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif) and ending with (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg). You outdid yourself with your creativity and we all had an amazing alphabetical ride.
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=appreciation=
Fran, alphabetically speaking, you're OK!
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYWfqJ2n5R8[/youtube]
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Paul, thanks for the look behind the scenes of STNG ! :D
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Paul, thanks for the look behind the scenes of STNG ! :D
LOL, Ronny. Too bad they didn't have an episode where they all broke out in song, like "Once More, with Feeling"!
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Round 882!
Yet Another Song Round!
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/1172431840o8rNNF.jpg)
Each post will include an unplayed word
along with the title of a song.
Please highlight the title of the song
and include a YouTube video.
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In March of 2006, actor Randy Quaid filed a lawsuit against Focus Features and the producers of Brokeback Mountain, claiming he was fleeced into working cheaply by the filmmakers' assertion that the film was "a low-budget, art-house film, with no prospect of making any money." (The lawsuit was subsequently dropped.)
Randy Quaid filed 'Brokeback' suit (http://articles.latimes.com/2006/mar/25/entertainment/et-quick25.2)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3m-gOelA8g&feature=related[/youtube]
=reply= Sandy, Paul
Thanks! I hadn't realized that we'd been
posting the symbol rounds since January!
=aside= New Players
Thanks for joining us. Hope you have as
much fun with this as I do.
=aside= All Players
I'm currently out of ideas for rounds, so I
went with one of our past favorites.
:)
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Jack stuck to his beliefs, including his assertion to Ennis that "no one's gonna love you more than I do".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuZo7pLnL7c[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwXgjv0-gVo&feature=related[/youtube]
(The incomparable Renée Fleming covers "No One's Gonna Love You", 0:45-1:17.)
=aside= Players
I love the song rounds!
BTW, you can highlight the song title in dodgerblue.
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Long after Alma realized that Jack had captured Ennis' heart, she decided to wise up by divorcing Ennis and marrying Monroe.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsqCl2vO9xA&NR=1[/youtube]
=aside= Players
I also love the song rounds. Thanks, Fran.
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Alma, a Riverton divorcée, was only alone for a short time before she remarried.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-iRRZO--x4[/youtube]
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Ennis was enormously threatened to hear that Jack had sought sexual consolation south of the border.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXEpJEnbhO4&feature=related[/youtube]
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Ennis initially thought that what happened in TS1 was a fluke, nothing more than a one-night stand.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc9saY_XcXY&feature=related[/youtube]
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"Ang Lee is already well known as an eclectic film maker. From Sense and Sensibility to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and on to Hulk, the Taiwanese director has spent his directing career genre-hopping to his heart's content, setting himself up as the foreign observer of other people's stories. With its innovative stop-motion technology, Crouching Tiger gathered up fistfuls of awards, but his perfectly paced Brokeback Mountain is, in its way, every bit as deserving of plaudits."
-- Michael Hubbard, musicOMH (http://www.musicomh.com/films/brokeback-mountain_1205.htm)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jio3Qynxr0Q[/youtube]
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The morning after FNIT, when Ennis was having a hangover, he went up the mountain only to find a dead sheep.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na1j4Ns49Pk [/youtube]
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When Ennis said he 'ain't yet had the opportunity', Jack gave an indication that he know(s) what boys like.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UX2afsTqFI[/youtube]
=aside= Fran
I love Glee!
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When love-struck Ennis saw Jack after four years, he was thinking, "I'm your man."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKjSr1zOTq0&feature=related[/youtube]
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"As the victims of their husbands' time on the mountain, Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway give touching performances. Williams in particular seems to be the moral voice of the film, asking with facial expressions, "What about me?" -- a question her troubled husband is quite unable to answer. His inability to come to terms with himself lies at the tragic human heart of the story."
-- Michael Hubbard, musicOMH (http://www.musicomh.com/films/brokeback-mountain_1205.htm)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDmKueDTEns[/youtube]
=reply= Paul
So you're a Gleek? Me, too.
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Because of Ennis's time away, a not-so-happy Alma understands she'll have one less bell to answer someday, because she knows that a house is not a home.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUbCbCuRdHQ[/youtube]
April and Will
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PMRwT3Lg_o&feature=related[/youtube]
Kurt and Finn
=aside= Fran
Major Gleek!
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Alma thought that Jack and Ennis would like to stay for one more cup of coffee for the road and thought it oddish when Ennis implied that Texans don't drink coffee.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-5gFpfNlZ0&feature=related[/youtube]
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While LaShawn proved herself a vain, chattering popinjay, Lureen smiled to herself and thought "No way you're cooler than me."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq-nBujdb4I[/youtube]
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After his regrettable performance, Ennis told Cassie, "I don't fee like dancin'".
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBnlncbcuh0&playnext_from=TL&videos=tMNuRtLu8Tc[/youtube]
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Throughout their relationship, Ennis may have thought: "I'm not in love", but in reality he was spellbound.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo40aTe_3JM&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZgNlWRWtp0[/youtube]
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"His folks still up in Lightnin Flat?"
"Oh, yeah. They'll be there until they die. I never met them. They didn't come down for the funeral. You get in touch with them. I suppose they'd appreciate it if his wishes was carried out."
[story]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wmaUw_I33g[/youtube]
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After their four-year reunion, Ennis and Jack would find any future separations unbearable, each wondering of the other "when will I see you again", but with Ennis unwilling to admit or accept it.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6fVDAjs9f0[/youtube]
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When Ennis wrestles with the meaning of the returned postcard, he picks up the telephone to call Childress.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVBsypHzF3U[/youtube]
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Round 883!
Yet Another Song Round!
(http://abittersweetexistence.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Glee.png)
Each post will include an unplayed word
along with the title of a song.
Please highlight the title of the song (in springgreen)
and include a YouTube video.
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"There's neither coyness nor self-importance in Brokeback Mountain -- just close, compassionate observation, deeply committed performances, a bone-deep feeling for hardscrabble Western lives. Few films have captured so acutely the desolation of frustrated, repressed passion."
-- David Ansen, Newsweek (http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/brokebackmountain)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1mjj_6WgaA&feature=related[/youtube]
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Jack was smitten with Ennis almost the minute he saw him and started behaving like a teenager in love.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNYdcwunG7g[/youtube]
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The fact that racism exists should go without saying, and yet “Crash” wastes an entire film trying to prove what we already know is true. The movie beat out “Brokeback Mountain” for a surprise best picture win at the Oscars. It’s no surprise, really, given all the clamor about our “post-racial” society, while the gay rights movement is still suffering setback after setback.
http://trueslant.com/saralibby/2009/12/23/worst-movie-of-the-decade-crash/
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBOceKAHnJ0[/youtube]
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"This is the movie's power -- the ability to make you feel the weight of two decades of desire and guilt, loneliness and recrimination. Ennis and Jack want the sex, but even more, they want the relationship, the dailiness of romantic partnership. Jack dreams of how it could be. Ennis won't let himself go there; he knows how two ranchers, living together, would play out in the West. 'If you can’t fix it, you got to stand it,' Ennis says, and you have to admire the rugged cowboy wisdom that makes him affirm a miserable reality instead of embracing a deadly dream."
-- Jesse Kornbluth, editor of HeadButler.com (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jesse-kornbluth/brokeback-mountain-and-fo_b_12089.html)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEi7GPkxfsE[/youtube]
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Hungover Ennis was enervated the morning after TS1.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcLazPauA1c[/youtube]
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Realizing how fragile and fallible they could be, Jack said to Ennis in TS2, "It's all right, it's all right."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fginS6uhw-8[/youtube]
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Heath Ledger reportedly chose not to follow Mel Gibson's advice against taking the Brokeback Mountain leading role of Ennis del Mar, a sheep herder who falls in love with a fellow sheep herder.
Report: Mel Gibson Distanced Himself From Heath Ledger After 'Brokeback Mountain' (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325567,00.html)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEpaBLhcchs&feature=avmsc2[/youtube]
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After TS1, a hungover Ennis took off without a word.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVhh2VKUiPc[/youtube]
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Ennis was basically ruled by his fears, while Jack was the more intrepid of them.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybXvxm7vFtc [/youtube]
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After Aguirre told the boys to bring 'em down, Ennis lollygagged on the grassy knoll thinking, "Don't bring me down."
[youtube=425,350]
[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctxLMTjS3HY[/youtube]
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Jack and Ennis took turns moonlighting as sheepherder.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBehKMvSKjY[/youtube]
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Ennis stuck his hand outside the tent in hopes of catching a nugget or two of hail during a bad storm.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-3.png)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-Tvn01hicE[/youtube]
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Many people in the Brokeback audience were thinking, "ooh la la" when they saw Jack and Ennis embracing on the back staircase and hoped they would spend the night together.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhjHBV20ZV4[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=188lLt0lyP4[/youtube]
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After years of being stuck upstream with Ennis, Alma decided that paddling her own canoe toward a new life with Monroe made the best sense to her.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QysK7DOyefo[/youtube]
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In his review of the film Brokeback Mountain for The New York Times, Daniel Mendelsohn wrote:
"Both narratively and visually, Brokeback Mountain is a tragedy about the specifically gay phenomenon of the 'closet' -- about the disastrous emotional and moral consequences of erotic self-repression and of the social intolerance that first causes and then exacerbates it. What love story there is occurs early on in the film, and briefly: a summer’s idyll herding sheep on a Wyoming mountain, during which two lonely youths, taciturn Ennis and high-spirited Jack, fall into bed, and then in love, with each other. The sole visual representation of their happiness in love is a single brief shot of the two shirtless youths horsing around in the grass. That shot is eerily -- and significantly -- silent, voiceless: it turns out that what we are seeing is what the boys’ boss is seeing through his binoculars as he spies on them."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA78e27R_J4&feature=related[/youtube]
=aside= Paul
Thanks for maintaining the answer list
while I was away. :-*
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Brokeback Mountain was Jack and Ennis's sanctuary, a place where "they owned the world" and miracles could happen.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tCrBF71JCU[/youtube]
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As Ennis fiddled under the hood, Jack tweaked the ignition, and his ancient pickup truck sprang back to life after its long sleep in Aguirre's lot.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB54dZkzZOY[/youtube]
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"In her no-nonsense style, Annie Proulx said of Brokeback Mountain, 'It is a story of destructive rural homophobia.' Throughout the film we are witnesses to the panoramic views of homophobia ruining lives -- physically, emotionally, economically, and socially. This drives the drama and pathos of Brokeback Mountain. Ennis and Jack store it in their bodies like ammunition ready for battle or self-destruction. Their internalized self-hatred stifles hope, feeds their fears, blurs the lines between intimacy and violence, isolates them from each other, from the world, and from themselves. In a poignant conversation on Brokeback, Ennis says to Jack, 'Bottom line, we’re around each other and this thing grabs on to us again in the wrong place, wrong time, and we’ll be dead.' In the midst of an unsafe time and culture, Brokeback Mountain was their only place of refuge, a mountainous theme looming over every scene."
-- Dr. David Jenkins, "Epiphany on Brokeback Mountain" (http://www.covenantnetwork.org/sermon%26papers/jenkins.htm)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bsXOcK9_Cw[/youtube]
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At the end of the dozy embrace flashback, older Jack is filled with woefulness, for he's gone away.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcNf2gR3BhI&feature=related[/youtube]
=farewell=
Dear friend Rich, I'll miss you.
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Round 884!
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In honor of (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0016.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0001.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0021.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0012.gif)'s birthday
each post in this round will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "P", "A", "U", or "L"
and include an unplayed word.
Please be sure to start each post with a birthday candle:
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0016.gif)ut simply, for Ennis "Little darlin'" was akin to saying "I love you."
=aside=Paul
Have a great one, Bud! :-*
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0001.gif)fter Thanksgiving dinner, Alma had a bone to pick with Ennis and called his bluff about his "fishing trips" with "Jack Nasty."
=aside= (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0016.gif)aul
Hope there are lots of "fishing trips" in the years ahead.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0016.gif)atricia Cuccia and Catherine Davis are listed as set decorators in the end credits for the film Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0016.gif)atricia Cuccia and Catherine Davis are listed as set decorators in the end credits for the film Brokeback Mountain.
=thank you= Fran, Sandy and Meryl
Wow! Such a nice surprise today.
Boston Terriers, herring cakes and elephants for my birthday!
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0016.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0001.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0021.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0012.gif)Fischer: Why Brokeback Mountain after this?
Jake Gyllenhaal: I did Brokeback Mountain before I did this movie so, frankly you don’t say no to Ang Lee and you don’t say no to Sam Mendes and you beg both of them no matter what you’re doing in either of the movies, whether you’re wearing a Santa cap over your dick or whether you’re making love to Heath Ledger, you just don’t say no to them. I think that the short story of Brokeback Mountain and the book of Jarhead are just two of the most kind of extraordinary pieces of literature.
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain & Jarhead Interview (http://www.girl.com.au/jake-gyllenhaal-brokeback-mountain-jarhead-interview.htm)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0001.gif)fter the Thanksgiving dinner, Alma called Ennis on the lies about the fishing trips.
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Happy birthday in advance, (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0016.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0001.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0021.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0012.gif)
I found a nice present in a nice wrapping for you
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0001.gif)fter inviting Ennis into the tent, Jack began to grabble about, and eventually found Ennis's hand.
=thanks= Sonja
That's quite an elephant; I hope he doesn't have any tusks.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0016.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0001.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0021.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0012.gif) Fischer did an interview with Jake Gyllenhaal entitled JAKE GOES FROM WAR TO HORSEBACK.
In the interview he says: With his star on the rise and his status as a heartthrob cemented, it became impossible for Gyllenhaal to avoid the draw of a big summer blockbuster. In 2004, he starred alongside Dennis Quaid in the mega-budgeted The Day After Tomorrow, but his next two films again offer variance. "Jarhead" follows Anthony Swoff, a third-generation enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck on his back through Middle East deserts with no cover from intolerable heat or from Iraqi soldiers, always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully fathom. Gyllenhaal will then be seen in Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain, set against the sweeping landscapes of Wyoming and Texas. This love story tells of two young men -- a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy -- who meet in the summer of 1963 while driving cattle on a mountain range. They unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection, one whose complications, joys and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love.
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain & Jarhead Interview (http://www.girl.com.au/jake-gyllenhaal-brokeback-mountain-jarhead-interview.htm)
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Have a spectacular birthday.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0001.gif) to The Internet Movie Database (IMDb), Ivan Hawkes was the key rigging grip for the film Brokeback Mountain.
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Hope you're having a wonderful birthday!
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0001.gif)s Lureen wheeled her horse around to recover her hat, she spotted Jack, flashed him a smile as sweet as red licorice, took her dusted-off chapeau, and rode off with a flirtatious wink.
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A birthday nightcap for you!
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0001.gif)nn Hathaway said in an article in The Daily Princetonian: "We didn't want to make a political message," while conceding, "I have a feeling this film will play well in blue states, moderately well in red states and just thrive on DVD. What people aren't willing to do publicly, they are sometimes willing to do privately." "I hope people just go to see the film," she added.
'Brokeback Mountain' seeks to rise above stereotype (http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2005/12/15/14156/)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0001.gif)lma, dressed in nightwear, came and sat behind Ennis, wrapping her skinny arms around him.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0012.gif)ying in a pose reminiscent of Matisse's odalisque, Ennis allowed himself to be amused by Jack's antic recreation of bull-riding.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0001.gif)nn Hathaway said in an article in The Daily Princetonian: "We didn't want to make a political message," while conceding, "I have a feeling this film will play well in blue states, moderately well in red states and just thrive on DVD. What people aren't willing to do publicly, they are sometimes willing to do privately." "I hope people just go to see the film," she added.
'Brokeback Mountain' seeks to rise above stereotype (http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2005/12/15/14156/)
=thanks= Players
For the lovely birthday wishes.
=aside= Meryl
Has someone been to the MOMA?
Great pickup!
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0001.gif)lma did not hold "Jack Nasty" in very high regard.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0012.gif)eaning against Aguirre's empty trailer in the early morn, Ennis heard the stutter of an ancient engine announce the entrance of Jack Twist into his life.
=aside=Paul
Thanks! Not MOMA, just the Google god ;D
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0001.gif)ccording to The Internet Movie Database (IMDb), Tori James was the assistant art director on the film Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0012.gif)assos can have several usages, as Jack well knew.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0001.gif)fter Thanksgiving dinner, Ennis tried worming his way out of answering Alma's questions about his "fishing trips."
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Have a wonderful year.
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Round 885
The Color Round
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Each post will include an unplayed word
along with the name of a color.
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Though on the surface Ennis's life appeared a bit grey, the two absolutes in it--his love for his daughters and his love for Jack--made it forever green.
=aside=Sandy
Nice idea for a theme 8)
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Lureen thought Brokeback Mountain was a place full of whiskeys' springing and bluebirds' singing.
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=aside= Sandy
Bright idea for a round!
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They had a high-time supper by the fire, a can of beans each, fried potatoes and a quart of whiskey on shares, sat with their backs against a log, boot soles and copper jeans rivets hot, swapping the bottle while the lavender sky emptied of color and the chill air drained down, drinking, smoking cigarettes, getting up every now and then to piss, firelight throwing a sparkle in the arched stream, tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, talking horses and rodeo, roughstock events, wrecks and injuries sustained, the submarine Thresher lost two months earlier with all hands and how it must have been in the last doomed minutes, dogs each had owned and known, the draft, Jack's home ranch where his father and mother held on, Ennis's family place folded years ago after his folks died, the older brother in Signal and a married sister in Casper.
[story]
=aside= SandyBrown
Great theme!!!!!
:)
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Brokeback Mountain dominated the critics' awards, winning a Golden Globe for best picture.
=aside= players
Thank you.
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Jack's eyes were extraordinarily blue.
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The always fashionable Lashawn found a lovely lipstick to complement her frangipani dress.
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From infoplease (http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/jakegyllenhaal.html#axzz0zc5YID2g):
Jake Gyllenhaal
Actor
Born: 19 December 1980
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
Best known as: The star of Donnie Darko and Brokeback Mountain
Jake Gyllenhaal's turn as a rocket-loving youngster in 1999's October Sky moved him directly into the Hollywood category of hot young actors to watch. It led to more memorable parts in the spooky sci-fi hit Donnie Darko (2001, co-starring his sister, Maggie) and The Good Girl (2002, with Jennifer Aniston). Blue-eyed and with usually tousled brown hair, Gyllenhaal has a standout gawky charm that makes up for a lack of classical movie-star looks. The son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal, he has been in and around movies since he was a kid (he played Billy Crystal's son in 1991's City Slickers). He starred in the drama Moonlight Mile (2002, with Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon) and the global-warming disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow (2004). In 2005 he played a Marine fighting the Gulf War in Jarhead and co-starred with Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain, the much-discussed "gay cowboy movie" directed by Ang Lee.
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The mountain light enhanced the blue hue of Jack's eyes.
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...Gyllenhaal has a standout gawky charm that makes up for a lack of classical movie-star looks.
I beg to differ!
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Lureen held the purse strings, which had a silvery iridescence, in the Twist family.
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The mountain light enhanced the lapis hue of Jack's eyes.
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=aside=Paul
Thanks ;)
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Blue-eyed Jake Gyllenhaal co-starred with Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain, the much-discussed "gay cowboy movie" directed by Ang Lee.
=reply= Paul
It definitely makes one wonder who they think has
the so-called "classical movie-star looks."
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The screenplay describes the interior decorating in Lureen and Jack's living room, with its brown velvet sofas, yellow velvet chair and olive diamond wallpaper as "tacky nouveau riche."
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Photo courtesy Paul Carson.
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The screenplay describes the interior decorating in Lureen and Jack's living room, with its brown velvet sofas, yellow velvet chair and olive diamond wallpaper as "tacky nouveau riche."
=thanks= Fran
:)
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When Cassie pranced up to Ennis and asked him to dance, he turned all shades of red but followed her meekly to the dance floor.
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The iconic Brokeback Mountain shirts -- Ennis's plaid button-down and Jack's simple blue denim one -- were from Rockmount Ranch Wear.
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"If the Academy Awards included an Oscar for shirts, these would have won surely."
-- Steve Weil (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/08/brokeback-mountain-shirts-on-display-at-autry.html), President
Rockmount Ranch Wear Mfg. Co.
:)
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Lureen's hat was strikingly red.
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Brokeback Mountain has been named Best Picture by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the New York Film Critics Circle. The National Board of Review has also given directing honors to Ang Lee and a supporting actor prize to Jake Gyllenhaal.
Brokeback topped the Golden Globes nominations, considered a strong indicator for the impending Academy Awards.
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From a review (http://two-movies.com/watch_movie/Brokeback_Mountain/review/1641/) of Brokeback Mountain at two-movies.com:
Forget the reductive "gay cowboy film" tag as this is the masterpiece that Ang Lee has been threatening to make for a few years now.
The film, about two men who fall in love on Brokeback Mountain and then find it impossible to ever recapture that moment of fleeting joy, is a masterclass in filmmaking. From Lee's sensitive and unobtrusive directing, through the actors' beautifully nuanced performances, to the stately cinematography, the film has all the hallmarks expected of great cinema.
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From underneath Ennis's cowboy hat peaked wisps of golden hair.
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Round 886!
Another Color Round
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"Mama, I need crayons."
Each post will include an unplayed word
along with the name of a color.
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Hoping to make a connection, Jack offered to join Jimbo in imbibing another amber beverage.
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After learning of Alma Junior's betrothal to Kurt, Ennis retrieved a half-empty bottle of white wine from the refrigerator in order to propose a toast.
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Lashawn's lively conversation was enhanced by her coral lipstick.
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At Thanksgiving, Alma, flushing pink as she scraped away at the dishes, revealed to Ennis that she hadn't been a dunce all those years about his relationship with Jack Twist: "Don't try to fool me no more, Ennis. I know what it means....you didn't go up there to fish."
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From SparkNotes (http://www.sparknotes.com/short-stories/brokeback-mountain/quotes.html#explanation2):
Important Quotations Explained
"Tell you what, we could a had a good life together, a fuckin real good life. You wouldn’t do it, Ennis, so what we got now is Brokeback Mountain. Everthing built on that. It’s all we got, boy, fuckin all, so I hope you know that if you don’t never know the rest."
In this passage, Jack, looking back on what could have been, lashes out at Ennis for not allowing them to build a life together. In his frustration, Brokeback Mountain -- the scene of their first tryst and the one-time emblem of their unblemished love -- becomes a darker, more ominous symbol: it stands for all the tantalizing memories and pleasure they can never recapture. Jack’s accusation highlights the differences between him and Ennis. Jack has pressured Ennis to settle down with him and give their relationship a more solid ground, regardless of wife and family, but Ennis has been steadfast in his refusals, citing his obligation to family as well as his desire to avoid scrutiny and punishment. By this point in the story, there is a sense of inevitability about their lack of a future together, and Jack knows it. They have only two options: move forward or keep gazing backward at their summer together on the mountain. Jack’s declaration that "what we got now is Brokeback Mountain" underscores the sad fact that the latter option is their fate.
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Wow, SparkNotes!!!!!
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The color of the Twists' dining room chairs was somewhere between puce and fuchsia.
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There was a slight greenish glow to Jack's first-night-on-the-mountain-full-moon scene.
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Ennis went to his refrigerator and took out a half-full bottle of cheap white wine.
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History of the Ivy Film Festival
2008
The 2008 Ivy Film Festival was the most successful and widely attended to date, capped off by an unforgettable Spotlight Address by legendary director Martin Scorsese. A packed audience (which included Sir Ben Kingsley and the mayor of Providence) watched as Scorsese shared clips from some of his most well-known films, and shared insight into topics such as working with actors, his earliest attempts at breaking into the industry, Robert DeNiro’s improvisation skills, and much more. Tom Rothman, co-chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment, gave a powerful Keynote Address at our Awards Ceremony, and the festival featured an eclectic range of guests on its numerous panels, including producer Michael Costigan (Brokeback Mountain, American Gangster), writer/directors Michael Corrente (Outside Providence), Jonathan Levine (The Wackness), Ari Gold (Adventures of Power), and Tao Ruspoli (Fix), documentary filmmaker Hart Perry (Sex: The Revolution) and screenwriter David Arata (Children of Men). Advance screenings included the Rolling Stones documentary Shine a Light and the celebrated British comedy Son of Rambow. A program of 35 superb student films, chosen from well over 300 submissions from all across the U.S. and dozens of foreign countries, reflected the festival’s growing quality and preeminence. The festival partnered with valued sponsors such as Paramount, Mastercard, and Current TV, among others, to draw a crowd of over 4000 to Brown’s campus.
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Jenny's jacket is lime with pink polka dots.
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"Ledger and Gyllenhaal aren't the first mainstream movie stars to risk the box-office death of playing 'gay' -- River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves took a similar flyer 15 years ago as street hustlers in My Own Private Idaho -- but they have made a start in the slow erosion of a stereotype. Jack and Ennis are not predatory, or mincing, or limp-wristed; instead of being the hero's best friend or the upstairs neighbour, they are fully realised human beings who (astonishing!) do macho stuff like ride steers and sleep on mountainsides. It will be interesting to see if anyone follows their lead."
-- Anthony Quinn, "Brokeback Mountain: An elegy to lovesick cowboys" (http://www.brokeback-mountain.com/brokebackindep.html)
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An Oscar First?
An Oscar first perhaps: a shared best actor award to Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger. The most American film of the year looks set to sweep the board in March. And it is hard to see how the leading role, supporting role distinction can be sustained in this absorbing, multi-layered film at the emotional heart of which is the complex, lifelong relationship between Ennis (Ledger) and Jack (Gyllenhaal). I’ll be surprised if Brokeback does not pick up 6 or more statuettes probably for some good and some less good reasons.
The bad reason would be talk of the ‘bravery’ of a gay story set in rural, redneck America. This is no gay cowboy movie. It is rooted not so much in the cowboy movie genre as in that deep part of America’s frontier, pioneering soul that provided the power to drive the cowboy genre in the first place. It is as an unsentimental lament for a lost America. An America as unforgiving and narrow but real, as the vast, wild country that spawned it. Opening in 1963 two dirt poor young drifters meet while seeking work driving sheep up to graze on desolate Brokeback mountain, there to supervise night and day the summer grazing and fight off predators. Both young men share fractured family backgrounds and alienation from their fathers. By this time the old West is long gone, its cowboy skills and arts cling on in rodeos and cheap labour for any remaining ranchwork going. One senses the rootlessness of truck stops, trailer parks and neon-lit motels which have replaced the stable rural, ranching communities of the not so distant past...
BBC Collective (http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A8485464)
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The ochre color of Alma's dress complemented the harvest dishes on the Thanksgiving table.
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Thanks to a quick melt, only a few patches of white snow were still on the ground on the day Jack and Ennis brought the sheep down.
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Ennis's face turned kind of reddish when Alma dropped her Jack Nasty bomb.
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Ennis swigs Old Rose whiskey and shares a joint with Jack.
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After Mrs. Twist placed the Brokeback shirts in a brown paper bag, testy OMT told Ennis, "Tell you what, we got a family plot and he's goin' in it."
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The magenta chairs were part of the ultramodernistic décor at the Twist-Newsome house.
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Lureen's hair color ran the gamut from brunette, to blonde to wheat.
=aside= Paul
Belated congratulations on reaching
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Round 887!
A "Back to Basics" Round
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Just post an unplayed word and relate it to BBM.
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"Ennis's and Jack's acute emotions -- yearning, loneliness, disappointment, loss, love and, yes, lust -- are affecting because they are universal. But while the screenplay, by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, adheres closely to the Proulx original, it even more vividly roots the movie in the rural all-American milieu, with its forlorn honky-tonks and small-town Fourth of July picnics, familiar from elegiac McMurtry works like The Last Picture Show."
-- Frank Rich, The New York Times (http://www.brokeback-mountain.com/brokebacknytrich.html)
=aside= Paul
I'll second Sandy on congratulating
you here on your 10,000+ posts.
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Living on the mountain meant getting by with just the basics.
=aside= Sandy, Fran
Thanks!
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Jack confessed to Ennis that he'd made a crummy living on the rodeo circuit and decided to get out while he could still walk.
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Jack didn't want Ennis to dilly-dally when it came time to come down from Brokeback.
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"Beaver fever" refers to an infection with giardia lamblia, an enteric pathogen.
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Jack said he was tired of beans, but the flatulent effects of same may have contributed to his renunciation of the legumes.
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After working all day on Brokeback, Jack and Ennis got pretty grubby and then got down and dirty at night.
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"Ennis's and Jack's acute emotions -- yearning, loneliness, disappointment, loss, love and, yes, lust -- are affecting because they are universal. But while the screenplay, by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, adheres closely to the Proulx original, it even more vividly roots the movie in the rural all-American milieu, with its forlorn honky-tonks and small-town Fourth of July picnics, familiar from elegiac McMurtry works like The Last Picture Show."
-- Frank Rich, The New York Times (http://www.brokeback-mountain.com/brokebacknytrich.html)
=aside= Fran
Thanks!
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On Brokeback, they were ill-equipped on most everything. Clothes, food, tents; you name it.
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After securing their summer jobs at Aguirre's office, Jack and Ennis enjoyed a few lagers at a bar in Signal.
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"Ennis's and Jack's acute emotions -- yearning, loneliness, disappointment, loss, love and, yes, lust -- are affecting because they are universal. But while the screenplay, by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, adheres closely to the Proulx original, it even more vividly roots the movie in the rural all-American milieu, with its forlorn honky-tonks and small-town Fourth of July picnics, familiar from elegiac McMurtry works like The Last Picture Show."
-- Frank Rich, The New York Times (http://www.brokeback-mountain.com/brokebacknytrich.html)
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On Brokeback, Jack and Ennis became close friends and talked about everything, including the naval vessel Thresher.
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The bar in Signal had a severely overdecorated wall.
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That evening, I asked Larry how he would feel if any staunch "Lonesome Dove" fans turned against him for being involved with a film that subverts the myth of the American West and its iconic heroes. He replied that he'd never given it a thought. I told him good, I figured as much, I just needed to hear you say the words. That was the only time we ever spoke about any political implications to making a film of "Brokeback Mountain."
-- Diana Ossana, "Climbing Brokeback Mountain" (http://books.google.com/books?id=ohl3BR3FaawC&pg=PA145&lpg=PA145&dq=brokeback+mountain+%22political%22&source=bl&ots=1X6kP-EvTc&sig=VotcN14HF8RCtMN00dPwMWPPZrM&hl=en&ei=zaq5TIzWI9T-nAf9sMSrDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBcQ6AEwAjgU#v=onepage&q=brokeback%20mountain%20%22political%22&f=false)
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Wyoming, 1963. Two young drifters turn up at a remote office and get hired to spend the summer together, herding sheep high up on Brokeback Mountain. Suspicious, laconic, stunned by cold and hardship, they don't seem a natural pair - until, drunk one night, enforced intimacy turns to sexual contact. It's a contact that is just as unexpected and unacceptable to them as it remains to some today, especially in the rural American west. In a stunning reversal, though, the drifters fall emotionally and physically in love. Up on idyllic Brokeback Mountain, far from social approbation, Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) luxuriate in a rough-and-tumble idyll as Edenic in spirit as it is in setting. The mountain seems to bless their union, but inexorably the air begins to chill, they come down off the mountain, and they part. Five years later, they meet again - now married with children - and Ang Lee's extraordinary saga, Brokeback Mountain, advances through the decades with them.
B Ruby Rich on "Brokeback Mountain" (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2005/sep/23/3)
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That evening, I asked Larry how he would feel if any staunch "Lonesome Dove" fans turned against him for being involved with a film that subverts the myth of the American West and its iconic heroes. He replied that he'd never given it a thought. I told him good, I figured as much, I just needed to hear you say the words. That was the only time we ever spoke about any political implications to making a film of "Brokeback Mountain."
-- Diana Ossana, "Climbing Brokeback Mountain" (http://books.google.com/books?id=ohl3BR3FaawC&pg=PA145&lpg=PA145&dq=brokeback+mountain+%22political%22&source=bl&ots=1X6kP-EvTc&sig=VotcN14HF8RCtMN00dPwMWPPZrM&hl=en&ei=zaq5TIzWI9T-nAf9sMSrDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBcQ6AEwAjgU#v=onepage&q=brokeback%20mountain%20%22political%22&f=false)
=aside= Fran
Thanks again.
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For much of his life Jack Twist sat behind the wheel of a truck or car driving the wide open spaces of the West, whether as a road tripper on the Texas rodeo circuit or on long hauls to visit his old love Ennis del Mar in Wyoming.
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Suitably boring is Ennis’ wife Alma, played rather succinctly by Ledger’s real-life sweetheart Michelle Williams. The performance gives us another level of understanding when Ennis flees away to the mountains with Jack as his "real" life becomes a slow, uneventful process lacking any real passion or excitement. Alma’s distress and shock at the knowledge of her predicament plays well through pained eyes.
-- Kristopher Tapley, InContention.com (http://incontention.com/2005/11/23/review-brokeback-mountain-12/)
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Poor Jack had a sensitive nose: he found both the zapped sheep and the pup tent to be more than a bit whiffy.
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Round 888!
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The "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain" game continues.
No theme for this round; simply post an unplayed word.
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Jack was a rule breaker/bender while Ennis tended to adhere to the rules.
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A moving, measured, humane love story -- and only incidentally a gay one -- "Brokeback Mountain" derives its considerable emotional charge from its eye for details, from its laconic dialogue, from its careful dosing of small but devastating revelations, and from the bravura performances elicited by Lee from his cast – including a revelatory Heath Ledger.
-- Lee Marshall, Screen Daily (http://www.brokeback-mountain.com/brokebackscreendaily.html)
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Jack carelessly brushes cigarette ash off of his jacket while at the Benefit Dance.
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Ennis's coworker, Timmy, jokes about himself being dense, but having a strong back.
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Ennis commented that the harmonica didn't sound right, eliciting Jack's explanation about being thrown by his mare.
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But the real acting honors go to Ledger. His character is much more laconic, self-contained and folksy in the McMurtry tradition, yet he communicates an inner pathos that's uniquely, profoundly touching. It's the year's most haunting and unforgettable performance.
Gay-themed 'Brokeback Mountain' celebrates the diversity in human nature by William Arnold (http://www.seattlepi.com/movies/252230_brokeback16q.html)
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Ennis wiped away globules of sweat from his brow as he tried to ignore Timmy's motor-mouth ramblings about his bad back.
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Rhythmically, the film takes its cue from the slow rhythms of life around these parts: the passing of the seasons, harvest and planting, the time to take the herds up the mountain and the time to bring them down. One is reminded, at times, of Terence Malick's Days Of Heaven -- another nature-soaked film which takes its time, and forces the audience to do the same.
-- Lee Marshall, Screen Daily (http://www.brokeback-mountain.com/brokebackscreendaily.html)
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Ennis replied to Alma's concern for his solitude with the ill-chosen words, "once burned".
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Alma realized that Ennis never went fishing on his "fishing trips" and was, in fact, a landlubber.
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Ennis wondered whether his own father was one of Earl's murderers.
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Rhythmically, the film takes its cue from the slow rhythms of life around these parts: the passing of the seasons, harvest and planting, the time to take the herds up the mountain and the time to bring them down. One is reminded, at times, of Terence Malick's Days Of Heaven -- another nature-soaked film which takes its time, and forces the audience to do the same.
-- Lee Marshall, Screen Daily (http://www.brokeback-mountain.com/brokebackscreendaily.html)
=thanks again= Fran
:)
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After seeing Jack and Ennis in their "reunion" embrace, Alma had occular proof that they were more than "fishin' buddies."
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"One bone-chilling night, Ennis and Jack share a tent together and end up sharing much more in an eye-opening love scene. The unspoken tryst between the two marks the beginning of a complex bond, a relationship that spans decades and perishes with heartbreaking finality."
-- J.P. Mangalindan, TheCinemaSource.com (http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/interviews/jake-gyllenhaal-interview-for-brokeback-mountain/)
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While Aguirre was reconnoitering, he came upon some major canoodling.
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Laundry day on Brokeback found Jack, starkers except for his boots, pounding the heck out of one of Ennis's shirts.
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After years of verbal abuse from L.D., Jack (and possibly the turkey) toughened up during Thanksgiving.
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Laundry day on Brokeback found Jack in a state of extreme underdress.
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The prologue to Brokeback Mountain finds Ennis wakening before five.
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Round 889!
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The "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain" game continues.
No theme for this round; simply post an unplayed word.
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Jack's strongest asset, besides the one he sits on and his good looks, was his winning personality.
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When Jack grabbed Ennis' hand in the tent, he was indeed pushing Ennis' boundaries.
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Cash-strapped Ennis explains his financial situation: "Jack, I got a work. Them earlier days I used a quit the jobs. You got a wife with money, a good job. You forget how it is bein broke all the time. You ever hear a child support? I been payin out for years and got more to go."
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Alma suggested that Ennis and she were frequently delinquent in paying their bills.
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The reunion was the beginning of many escapades for Jack and Ennis.
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While fleeing the bear, the mules lost their supply packs, scattering food everywhere.
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Ennis suffered gastric distress soon after parting from Jack in 1963.
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The bikers were a couple of hell-raisers, up to no good.
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An Amazon customer review (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brokeback-Mountain-Soundtrack-Various-Artists/dp/B000BEZQ18) of the Brokeback Mountain Soundtrack:
After just one viewing of the film, I was able to put on the soundtrack and be transported right back into Ang Lee's masterpiece. The tracks by the various artists all capture some moment in the film, and you will smile, cry or shiver as each one gets going and puts you in some place or time along Ennis and Jack's heartbreaking journey. Willie Nelson's iconic "He Was A Friend Of Mine" ultimately sums it all up.
However, for me it is Gustavo Santaolalla's short instrumental pieces that bring the film to life again. Whether it be the slightly haunting first few notes in "Opening" or the optimistic tones of "Snow", these tracks make you realize how effective the simple score for the film actually is. When the masterful closing track on the CD, "The Wings", takes flight you will be left feeling Ennis del Mar's pain all over again. A piece of music has never made me cry before but this one left me almost inconsolable.
For anyone who got drawn into the film, this soundtrack is a must.
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When Alma picked up the mail, she leafed through it and found a postcard from Jack.
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When Ennis sent Jack the postcard about his divorce, he had no idea that Jack would misunderstand its meaning.
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When Jack was only a little nipper his father treated him cruelly because his toilet habits weren't all that they should have been.
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An excerpt from a review of Brokeback Mountain (http://goatdog.com/moviePage.php?movieID=777) at goatdog.com:
Perhaps [Ang] Lee and cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto overemphasize the visual contrast between the sweeping majesty of the mountains and the drab, prefab houses that Ennis and Jack face when they return to their live -- in the middle of all of that peeling paint and clapboard, it's possible to miss the larger meaning of Ennis's relationship with Alma, and think of it as a run-of-the-mill critique of married conformity, with Williams providing the shrewish wife role. I haven't read E. Annie Proulx's 1997 short story upon which this film is based, but I understand that the family relationships were greatly expanded for the film. I can't believe, and I don't see on screen, that Larry McMurty, Diana Ossana, and Ang Lee added all of this just to score tired points off an easy target.
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Jack was pissed about having to sleep in a pissy pup tent.
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Joe Aguirre was not pleased to catch Jack and Ennis romping outside their tent at a time when they should have been baby-sitting the sheep.
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The mountain boiled with demonic energy, glazed with flickering broken-cloud light, the wind combed the grass and drew from the damaged krummholz and slit rock a bestial drone.
[story]
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Jack got into a tizzy when he couldn't find his blue parker.
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When Jack returned to see Aguirrre, the latter had a bouquet of unpleasantries for the former.
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"As a tragic evocation of the costs of homophobia -- not just to closeted gay people but also to their families and loved ones -- Brokeback Mountain is indeed a watershed movie, an airing of taboos and secrets that can only be seen as welcome and deeply humanist. (And, in its depiction of the violence that threatens Jack and Ennis should their relationship come to light, it's a sensitive, empathic homage to those who have died of hatred, including Matthew Shepard, who seems to haunt the production from his Wyoming grave.)"
-- Ann Hornaday, LA Times-The Washington Post (http://lubbockonline.com/stories/012906/lif_012906066.shtml)
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Round 890!
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The "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain" game continues.
Again, no theme for this round; simply post an unplayed word.
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Alma's revelation that she knew he and Jack "didn't go up there to fish" amplified Ennis's fears of being found out.
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Ennis battled his personal demons which included loving another man.
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Scott Ferguson is credited as the co-producer for the film Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennis dreads the suspicions of his family and neighbors once he has committed himself to a lifelong affair with Jack.
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Jack and Ennis conducted their fishing affairs extramaritally.
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Scott Ferguson is credited as the co-producer for the film Brokeback Mountain.
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LaShawn was more of a girly girl than Lureen, evidenced by the way she dressed and her love of shopping.
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Cassie's bar appears to be one of Ennis's favorite hangouts.
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Around the time that Ennis pinned up the postcard of Brokeback Mountain in his trailer, Jack became part of his nighttime imaginings.
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Ang Lee's vision and complete control over what could have been a train wreck is so vividly apparent in every drop of this film's seemingly indestructible luster. He needs to be complemented not only as a director of great skill and vision, but also of insurmountable fortitude to bring to screen what cinema is ready for, but also what many, unfortunately in the audience have yet to embrace.
Kevin Yeoman(http://thecelebritycafe.com/sites/all/themes/tcc/images/logo.jpg) (http://thecelebritycafe.com/reviews/brokeback-mountain-0)
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Pa del Mar wanted to make a deep impression on the malleable minds of his young boys by showing them Earl's corpse, and in Ennis's case he succeeded all too well.
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Two or three times a year, Jack headed northbound in pursuit of Ennis.
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Ennis's parents were killed when they overshot the only curve on Dead Horse Road.
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When it came to being outed as a homosexual, Ennis was worried more about being murdered than about being the victim of pranks.
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Ennis's life turned upside down when Jack reappeared four years later.
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The road to Lightning Flat went through desolate country past a dozen abandoned ranches distributed over the plain at eight- and ten-mile intervals, houses sitting blank-eyed in the weeds, corral fences down. The mailbox read John C. Twist. The ranch was a meagre little place, leafy spurge taking over. The stock was too far distant for him to see their condition, only that they were black baldies.
[story]
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Post-divorce Jack traipses down a Juarez alley.
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"Great films are great films, and great songs are great songs. Oh, I am happy that Gustavo Santaolalla won for his wrenching, spare, and beautiful score of Brokeback. What is it about this music that so uncannily connects with the story? Every pitch, every overtone, every interval seems perfectly matched to the core of the drama. The piece that's called "The Wings" on the soundtrack breaks my heart. As only music can, it carries all the sadness, the loneliness, the longing . . ."
of the kosmos:March 2006 (http://ofthekosmos.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html)
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Ennis believed that there were a lot of wackos out there willing to jump at the chance of harming him and Jack if they ever got a place of their own.
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Round 891!
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The "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain" game continues.
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Seeing the film disturbed me. I felt that, as the ancient Egyptians had removed a corpse's brain through the nostril with a slender hook before mummification, the cast and crew of this film, from the director down, had gotten into my mind and pulled out images. Especially did I feel this about Heath Ledger, who knew better than I how Ennis felt and thought, whose intimate depiction of that achingly needy ranch kid builds with frightening power. It is an eerie sensation to see events you have imagined in the privacy of your mind, and tried hopelessly to transmit to others through little black marks on a page, loom up before you in an overwhelming visual experience. I realized that I, as a writer, was having the rarest film trip: my story was not mangled but enlarged into huge and gripping imagery that rattled minds and squeezed hearts.
-- Annie Proulx, "Getting Movied"
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L.D. thought he was a big shot and was constantly belittling Jack.
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Bobby Twist's cranky comments at the dinner table faded quickly after his father advised his grandfather to sit the hell down or he'd knock his ignorant ass into next week.
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"The western has always been the most idyllically homosocial of modes -- and often one concerned with the programmatic exclusion of women. This is hardly a secret and thus the true cowboy love between tight-lipped Ennis and doe-eyed Jack precipitates the not-so-latent theme of early-'70s oaters like The Wild Rovers and The Hired Hand -- not to mention Andy Warhol's hilarious disco western Lonesome Cowboys and its more conventional Hollywood analogue Midnight Cowboy."
-- J. Hoberman, The Village Voice (http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-11-22/film/blazing-saddles/)
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For Ennis's benefit, Jack enacted his mock-rodeo mating dance.
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Both Jack's and Ennis's fathers showed their idea of manliness to their sons in a fiendish way.
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From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain):
The American Humane Association raised concerns that animals were treated improperly during filming, alleging that sheep were handled roughly and that an elk appeared to have been "shot on cue", suggesting further that the animal was anesthetized for this purpose, violating standard guidelines for animal handling in the film industry.
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The issue of humane handling of animals in Brokeback Mountain is noted in Wikipedia.
From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain):
The American Humane Association raised concerns that animals were treated improperly during filming, alleging that sheep were handled roughly and that an elk appeared to have been "shot on cue", suggesting further that the animal was anesthetized for this purpose, violating standard guidelines for animal handling in the film industry.
=aside= Fran
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From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain):
The American Humane Association raised concerns that animals were treated improperly during filming, alleging that sheep were handled roughly and that an elk appeared to have been "shot on cue", suggesting further that the animal was anesthetized for this purpose, violating standard guidelines for animal handling in the film industry.
=aside= Fran, Sandy
Thanks!
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On the Fourth of July, the residents of Riverton celebrated liberty by watching fireworks at a local park.
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From the description of "Story to Screenplay" on the Simon & Schuster (http://books.simonandschuster.com/Brokeback-Mountain-Story-to-Screenplay/Larry-McMurtry/9780743294164) website:
Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers, Brokeback Mountain is her masterpiece. Now the major motion picture "Brokeback Mountain" is being hailed as equally masterful, with performances that are "the stuff of Hollywood history" (The New York Times). Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay offers readers insight into how this classic short story was turned into an award-winning screenplay and film.
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When Alma asked Ennis if Jack would like a cop of coffee, he nonsensically replied that Jack was from Texas.
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Junior was going to marry Kurt, who worked in the oilfields.
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Shane Pollitt, Greg Schlosser, Quentin Lowry, and Jody Turner worked as Jake Gyllenhaal's stunt doubles on the film Brokeback Mountain.
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Lureen admitted to Ennis that her late husband had been a rummy: "He drank a lot."
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The storyline in the movie, Brokeback Mountain, differs only slightly from the short story.
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Jay Floyd and Michelle Dunta of Now Clear This provided clearance services for the motion picture Brokeback Mountain.
Basic guidelines pertaining to motion picture clearances (http://www.nowclearthis.com/NCT/I_HATE_CLEARANCES.html)
=aside= SuperD
Thanks for playing.
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There was a definite uptick in interest about the film of "Brokeback Mountain" when it was announced that two A-list Hollywood actors had been cast as Ennis and Jack.
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Even while rolling down the hill, the wrestlers don't completely understand their emotions.
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Round 892!
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The "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain" game continues.
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Brad Kaughman and Aaron McCullough were paint foremen for the film Brokeback Mountain.
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After their first night in the tent, Jack and Ennis bunked together regularly.
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Both Heath and Jake convincingly portrayed the gamut of emotions experienced by Ennis and Jack.
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Heath Ledger's Ennis and Jake Gyllenhaal's Jack are decidedly better looking than Annie Proulx's inventions.
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Egged on by Ennis's "Hey asshole" comment, the trucker outside the Black n' Blue Eagle bar proved himself a hard-boiled adversary.
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Jack was willing to forsake his marriage in order to have a life with Ennis.
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In Season 31 Saturday Night Live spoofed Brokeback Mountain with a sketch called "Brokeback Goldmine."
Video (http://danwho.net/mp/index.php?id=snl_brokeback_goldmine&alt=2)
Transcript (http://snltranscripts.jt.org/05/05hbrokeback.phtml)
=aside= Sandy
Welcome back. We missed you.
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Egged on by Ennis's "Hey asshole" comment, the trucker outside the Black n' Blue Eagle bar proved himself a hard-boiled adversary.
=aside= Meryl
Ennis sure got a bit scrambled by that encounter!
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Ennis had egg on his face (along with some hard-earned bruises) after his inglorious defeat at the hands of the hard-boiled trucker.
=aside=Paul
Egg-zactly! ;D
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Please do not miss a frame of these opening 45 or 50 minutes, because they are the most beautiful Lee has ever committed to film. Dreamlike and at the same time intensely realistic, they conjure an unlikely relationship -- unlikely both for the time and place of its action, and unlikely for issuing from mainstream Hollywood. You may already know Brokeback Mountain as "that gay cowboy movie", but it hardly does justice to the nuance of texture and feeling that Lee has lovingly finessed. Adapted from the Annie Proulx short story, it begins with two young farmhands, Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), riding out to tend sheep for a summer on Brokeback Mountain, a job that mostly involves chowing down baked beans and avoiding each other's eyeline. Ennis is the more reticent of the two, Jack the jokier, more open personality, and for long stretches the modest, plangent chords of Gustavo Santaolalla's guitar soundtrack fill the silences between them.
Nothing seems to happen, yet in the laconic phrases of the script (by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana) and in Lee's patient control of mood and landscape everything is happening, or about to happen. By degrees the intimacy that has united the two men lurches one night into physical passion, and, in spite of the awkwardness the morning after, a flame is lit between them. It is love, in fact, only a love that dare not speak its name, even to themselves. "You know, I ain't queer," Ennis mutters. "Me neither," replies Jack. That's the sum of their relationship chat.
-- Anthony Quinn, The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/brokeback-mountain-15--none-onestar-twostar-threestar-fourstar-fivestar-521725.html)
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Many of the male characters in Brokeback Mountain are showing off their machismo in a very unpleasant way.
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Repeated viewings of this nuance-filled film certainly reward the viewer.
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After overindulging in whiskey, Ennis became dizzy drunk and could hardly stand up.
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The two shirts were like a present, from Jack and Ma Twist both, to Ennis.
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Changing from a diet of beans to a diet of elk resulted in a reduction of fiber, but not necessarily roughage, in the boys' diet.
=aside= Fran
Thanks for the welcome back. It's nice to be missed.
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It took just a mite too long for the bikers to get it through their skulls that they should keep their slopbucket mouths shut.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisFuckinTeeth2.jpg)
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Both Ennis and Jack were born in the thinly populated state of Wyoming.
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With each repeated “It’s alright,” that followed, something inside both of them began to heal, and without voicing it, they gave each other permission to explore forbidden thoughts.
With shuddering hands they embraced, knowing that the unfeeling animal sex they’d had last night was the only thing that was “a one shot deal.” As their lips met for the first time, hesitant at first, they became locked in breathless passion.
Brokeback Mountain Takes MTV's "Best Movie Kiss" Award (http://blogcritics.org/video/article/brokeback-mountain-takes-mtvs-best-movie/)
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After Ennis crawled into the tent and fell asleep, Jack took his hand and placed it on his own woody.
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Round 893!
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The "ABCs of Brokeback Mountain" game continues.
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Gustavo Santaolalla's Oscar-winning guitar score beautifully compliments the action, softly evoking the slow-burning affection at the film's start before gradually amplifying as love takes over. Ang Lee, one of the great directors currently at work, never allows the emotional content to tip over into melodrama -- the affecting moment when Alma discovers the affair is a masterclass in understatement. Lee's direction of his actors is particularly impressive, never less so than when Ledger delivers the film's last, enigmatic line: "Jack, I swear..."
-- Alex Davidson, MovieMail (http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:M81CkEfMRM4J:www.moviemail-online.co.uk/film/dvd/Brokeback-Mountain/+brokeback+mountain+%22amplifying%22&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a)
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In 1963, in a blistered butt-end fork in the road called Signal, Wyo., second-rate rodeo cowpoke Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) and dirt-poor ranch hand Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) sign on to spend the summer at an isolated campsite on Brokeback Mountain herding sheep and living on canned beans. They are men of few words, hardened by the West and emotionally calloused by miserable childhoods. But as the summer drags into autumn, and the cruel climate, the dull routine of chopping wood for the campfire, and the job of protecting the flock from wolves and coyotes breed loneliness and boredom, the two young men open up to each other—cautiously at first, then with growing trust and friendship. Strangers and loners, isolated geographically and emotionally from the rest of the world, they learn to bond as soul mates. One night in the sub-zero cold, huddled together for warmth under a horse blanket, they also find each other physically, and the emotional impact of their first sexual encounter opens a floodgate of need, release, desire, shame and violence that haunts them for the next two decades.
Brokeback Merits Box-Office Boom by Rex Reed (http://www.observer.com/node/38046)
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In 1963, in a blistered butt-end fork in the road called Signal, Wyo., second-rate rodeo cowpoke Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) and dirt-poor ranch hand Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) sign on to spend the summer at an isolated campsite on Brokeback Mountain herding sheep and living on canned beans. They are men of few words, hardened by the West and emotionally calloused by miserable childhoods. But as the summer drags into autumn, and the cruel climate, the dull routine of chopping wood for the campfire, and the job of protecting the flock from wolves and coyotes breed loneliness and boredom, the two young men open up to each other—cautiously at first, then with growing trust and friendship. Strangers and loners, isolated geographically and emotionally from the rest of the world, they learn to bond as soul mates. One night in the sub-zero cold, huddled together for warmth under a horse blanket, they also find each other physically, and the emotional impact of their first sexual encounter opens a floodgate of need, release, desire, shame and violence that haunts them for the next two decades.
Brokeback Merits Box-Office Boom by Rex Reed (http://www.observer.com/node/38046)
=aside=Sandy
Thanks :)
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Gustavo Santaolalla's Oscar-winning guitar score beautifully compliments the action, softly evoking the slow-burning affection at the film's start before gradually amplifying as love takes over. Ang Lee, one of the great directors currently at work, never allows the emotional content to tip over into melodrama -- the affecting moment when Alma discovers the affair is a masterclass in understatement. Lee's direction of his actors is particularly impressive, never less so than when Ledger delivers the film's last, enigmatic line: "Jack, I swear..."
-- Alex Davidson, MovieMail (http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:M81CkEfMRM4J:www.moviemail-online.co.uk/film/dvd/Brokeback-Mountain/+brokeback+mountain+%22amplifying%22&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a)
=thanks= Fran
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Gustavo Santaolalla's Oscar-winning guitar score beautifully compliments the action, softly evoking the slow-burning affection at the film's start before gradually amplifying as love takes over. Ang Lee, one of the great directors currently at work, never allows the emotional content to tip over into melodrama -- the affecting moment when Alma discovers the affair is a masterclass in understatement. Lee's direction of his actors is particularly impressive, never less so than when Ledger delivers the film's last, enigmatic line: "Jack, I swear..."
-- Alex Davidson, MovieMail (http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:M81CkEfMRM4J:www.moviemail-online.co.uk/film/dvd/Brokeback-Mountain/+brokeback+mountain+%22amplifying%22&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a)
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In 1963, in a blistered butt-end fork in the road called Signal, Wyo., second-rate rodeo cowpoke Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) and dirt-poor ranch hand Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) sign on to spend the summer at an isolated campsite on Brokeback Mountain herding sheep and living on canned beans. They are men of few words, hardened by the West and emotionally calloused by miserable childhoods. But as the summer drags into autumn, and the cruel climate, the dull routine of chopping wood for the campfire, and the job of protecting the flock from wolves and coyotes breed loneliness and boredom, the two young men open up to each other—cautiously at first, then with growing trust and friendship. Strangers and loners, isolated geographically and emotionally from the rest of the world, they learn to bond as soul mates. One night in the sub-zero cold, huddled together for warmth under a horse blanket, they also find each other physically, and the emotional impact of their first sexual encounter opens a floodgate of need, release, desire, shame and violence that haunts them for the next two decades.
Brokeback Merits Box-Office Boom by Rex Reed (http://www.observer.com/node/38046)
=aside=Sandy
Thanks again :)
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Jack gleefully sings along to "King of the Road" on his way to see post-divorce Ennis.
=aside= Meryl
It was nothing.
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Attorneys Robert A. Darwell and Michael Holland of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP provided legal services for the film Brokeback Mountain.
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On the morning after FNIT, Ennis went up to the sheep and found one of them dead, lying on the ground with its intestines exposed.
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When Jack and Ennis were apart, they found that their libidos were greatly enhanced by thinking about each other.
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Aguirre monotonously recited his expectations of the boys that summer.
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Jack introduced Ennis to kissing another man, and other novelties.
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Movie critics Michael Sragow and Chris Kaltenbach, who write for The Baltimore Sun, described Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain (http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2006-01-06/features/0601060142_1_capote-family-stone-eugene-levy) as "an overlong and way-too-polite tale of forbidden passion on the range."
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Jack didn't need any of his many patch pockets after he and Ennis patched things up.
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The two bikers were rowdy and insulting, so Ennis set them straight without much ado.
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Randall Malone had perfected an attitude of stone-deaf calm in response to the nonstop chatter of his lively little wife.
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Jack and Lureen titubated their way into the back seat of LD's car.
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Alma notices that Ennis does not intend to let his teeth go unbrushed during his fishing trip with Jack.
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Ennis's relationship with Alma was bound to worsen after she saw him with Jack "Nasty."
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ROUND 894!
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The ABC's welcome 2011!
Each post should contain an unplayed word and any of these:
happy, new, year, twenty or eleven.
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Despite his doubts, Ennis was quite happy to do what some see as an abomination with Jack.
=aside=Meryl
Thanks for starting a new round!
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EXT: SIGNAL, WYOMING: TRAILER: DAY: 1963:
The sun is full up, though it is still early. A gentle
breeze whistles.
ENNIS leans against a dingy trailer house, a crooked sign
above the door says FARM AND RANCH EMPLOYMENT AGENCY.
Smokes, waits. Sees an old pickup with a bad muffler
approaching, and ENNIS becomes aware that the muffler is not
the pickup's only problem. It coughs, sputters, rattles from
several junctures as it pulls into the gravel parking lot of
the AGENCY and dies.
The driver sits a moment in the driver's seat, then gets out
and slams the door of the pickup in disgust.
This is JACK TWIST: like ENNIS, a rough country boy with
little education, but somewhat different in appearance and
attitude, a little less stoic, a little more of a dreamer.
More welcoming, appealing, with a quick laugh. Twenty, but
not as tall as ENNIS, more compact and muscular, thick, dark
hair, worn jeans, bullrider's belt buckle, faded shirt,
stubbly beard, cowboy hat, boots worn to the quick.
Doesn't notice ENNIS. But when he does, he stiffens a
little. Looks at him -- looks away.
Then the two ignore one another completely.
[screenplay]
=aside= Meryl
Thank you.
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Though Jack and Ennis followed society's bidding to conjugate with women and start families, they also chose to form a secret bond with each other that lasted twenty years.
=aside=Fran and Sonja
You're very welcome, buds! :)
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In describing Jack and Ennis early in the story, Annie mentioned that "neither of them was twenty".
=aside= Meryl
Great round idea.
Welcome back from hiatus, players!
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Jack and Ennis met on Brokeback and fell in love. After they parted, twenty years of, mostly, despair and hopelessness ensued.
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Film critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times deemed Brokeback Mountain one of the best films of the year 2005. (It was No. 5 on his "Top Ten" list; Crash was No. 1.)
Ebert's Best 10 Movies of 2005 (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051218/COMMENTARY/512180302)
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At the benefit dance, LaShawn was gabbing about how unhappy she was to be living in a pokey little place like Childress.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks for starting a new round.
=aside= players
Happy days are here again.
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Even though Ennis was late, a happy-as-a-clam Jack greeted him like a happy camper, long before he went to the happy hunting ground.
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An excerpt from the Brokeback Mountain movie review (http://www.philonfilm.net/2006/01/review-brokeback-mountain.html) posted by Philip Concannon at the blog known as Phil on Film:
"Brokeback Mountain opens in Wyoming in 1963. Two young men, barely twenty years old, are hanging around outside the office of a local foreman who may have some work for them. Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) is an upright, silent, ruggedly handsome character who barely moves a muscle. Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) is slightly more animated, a little restless, and one imagines that he would be only too happy to strike up a conversation with this stranger. Not a word is said, however; with only a few suspicious, guarded glances being exchanged beneath Ennis’ broad-rimmed hat."
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A number of towns in Alberta took turns being the locus for shooting on the new film of Annie Proulx's "Brokeback Mountain" in the year 2004.
=aside=Players
Nice to see you all here in the new year :D
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From : marcasita.livejournal.com (http://marcasita.livejournal.com)
An excerpt about his(Jake's) role in Brokeback Mountain from the latest EW:
Gyllenhaal seems mystified by the hoopla surrounding his controversial role in Mountain: "I really did approach it like I would any love story. No matter how weird people might think it is or how fucked up they might consider a certain relationship to be, if there is love there, then that's all that matters." Asked about rumors that the film's love scenes break explicit new ground, he laughs coyly. "I mean...I don't know...Um, all I can say is that they're there." Another mischievous laugh.
Sounds promising!
Backup Singer: Brokeback Mountain] (http://ladyflowdi.dreamwidth.org/286349.html)
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When co-producer James Schamus was asked how he thought his new film (Brokeback Mountain) would be received "out there in the sticks," he replied, "I honestly don't know. The film is a kind of trade-off, in some ways, because it pretty much refuses the mantle of the traditional Western, while at the same time, wholeheartedly embracing the American West. But while I don't want to undersell the film, or insist on its ridiculous frugality, we did make this epic by rubbing two nickels together. So if even a couple of ranchers in Butte, Montana, wander into the cinema by mistake, we'll be in profit."
Interview: James Schamus (http://www.uncut.co.uk/film/ang_lee/interviews/8710)
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Both Alma and Ennis ended up overreacting to their new reality that involved Jack Nasty.
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While peeling potatoes, Jack tried to maintain a poker face and not sneak a peak at his soon-to-be new lover.
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Jack red-lines it all the way from Childress to Riverton for the four-year reunion.
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Ennis is heading to the men's room when his new friend Cassie struts over to ask him to dance.
=aside= Fran
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/misc/spockeyebrow.gif)
"What's this? It's Fran's birthday? Fascinating!"
Have a great one, Fran!
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After years of verbal abuse from L.D., Jack decided that at this year 's Thanksgiving he (and possibly the turkey) had to toughen up, and threatened to kick the stuffing out of L.D.
=aside= Fran
(http://www.ribbongirl.co.uk/USERIMAGES/Lucy%20Fran.JPG)
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The job that Jack and Ennis had undertaken was to bring back most of their sheep at summer's end, but Joe Aguirre wasn't happy at all: the count wasn't what he'd hoped for.
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Ennis kindly offered to impart a new smile to wacko biker number two.
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Round 895!
Yes, it's that time again!!!
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To celebrate the birthdays of (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)ran and (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)andy,
each post will begin with the letter "F" or "S"
and include an unplayed word.
Please begin your post with one of the following:
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif) or (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)ocus Features' Brokeback Mountain is a work of art that has opened many a heart and mind.
=aside= Paul and Sandy
Thanks for the birthday wishes!
:)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)ewer teeth was what Ennis promised biker number two, after blasting biker number one.
=aside= Fran
The sheep wishes you a happy birthday.
(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:rJ99Qk9GqJc3DM:http://www.furiousmind.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/sheepy_birthday_2.jpg&t=1)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)linging hair and shimmying her curvaceousness were Cassie's signature moves.
=aside= Fran
Love this round!
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)itting inside the tent door as the rain dripped down, Ennis sat carving a little wooden horse, happy to be warm and dry.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Enniscarvinghorse.jpg)
=aside=Fran and Sandy
Happy Birthdays to you! 8)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)ean Finnan, Dan Kuzmenko, Evan Godfrey, Cameron Dales, Tyler Flewelling, Mark Gamache, and Naomi Robinson were production assistants on Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)lingers of hair like Cassie tempted poor can't-dance Ennis.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)linging her hair and showing off her girlish figure were part of the trap Cassie had set for unaware Ennis.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)hawn Wells, Cam Sutherland, and Clinton Holmes were three of the eleven wranglers working on Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain.
=reply= Meryl
Thank you!
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)lying down the highway, an inconsolably sad Jack dealt with rejection in his own way.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)ishing was something that Jack and Ennis never did together, as they were both landlubbers.
=aside= Meryl
Thank you.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)hawn Wells, Cam Sutherland, and Dale Montgomery were three of the eleven wranglers working on Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)itting inside the tent door as the rain dripped down, Ennis held the not-yet-carved wooden horse.
=aside= Sandy
Happy Birthday!
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/misc/Sheep_dances.gif)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)itting at her desk trying to work, Lureen thought Jack overreacted when he couldn't find his blue parka.
=aside= Paul
(http://bluelizardkids.com/Images/LargeImages/cards/ThankYouSheep.gif)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)peaking plainly, Ennis tells Jack, "You know I ain't queer."
=aside= Sandy
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture1-6.png)
Happy, happy birthday!
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)implifying the situation, Ennis declares, "I ain't queer" to which Jack concurs.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)eeling downtrodden after the post-divorce mixup, Jack reverses his pickup and heads back to
Texas Mexico.
=comment=
It looks like Paul and I took our turns in reverse.
=reply= Fran
(http://dailybail.com/storage/thank-you-kids.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1244230277928)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)ocus Features LLC is the author of the motion picture Brokeback Mountain for purposes of the Berne Convention and all national laws giving effect thereto.
=comment=
"U" is next. :)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)rom the look in Ennis's eye, it became crystal clear to Biker #1 that he was not going to leave the fireworks celebration undamaged.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Ennisbeforekickingbiker.jpg)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif) taring at the television and refusing to eat his food, Bobby, still a whippersnapper, said, "Why Mama? I'm gonna be eatin' this food for the next two weeks!"
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Round 896!
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Let's try something a little different.
Each post will include a previously unplayed word and, with
the exception of the first post, the first word in each post
will begin with the last letter of the last word in the previous post.
For example, for letter "A": Alma was married to Ennis.
For letter "B": "Snow came early on Brokeback Mountain.
For letter "C": Neil Bell is credited as an assistant to
Mr. Ledger in the end credits for Brokeback Mountain.
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Heath Ledger gives an astoundingly raw performance as Ennis del Mar.
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Reeling from the word "Deceased" stamped on his returned postcard, Ennis experienced the blackest hour of his life.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Enniswithlastpostcard.jpg)
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Ennis reads the returned postcard with the café visible in the distance.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Enniswithlastpostcard.jpg)
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Ennis welcomed Jack, after not seeing him for four years, with a doozy of a kiss.
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=aside= Fran
Fun theme.
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Screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana spent three months expanding the short story Brokeback Mountain into a film script.
=reply= Sandy
Thanks.
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Though Ennis took jobs that allowed him to head off into the mountains easily, he felt he was frittering his life away.
=aside= Fran
Cool round.
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Young Alma, not mindful about social gaffes, replied with a shrug to Cassie's question of whether she was the one for Ennis: "You're good enough."
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Hanging out with hustlers in Mexico was a risky bussiness.
Jack was in danger of catching HIV virus, but he didn't know that.
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The bikers' slop-bucket mouths incited a violence in Ennis that scared Alma and the girls.
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Stuck in a less-than-ideal marriage, Alma eventually decides to seek a divorce.
=reply= Paul
Thanks. Just trying to keep these rounds
interesting for you guys.
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Ennis found that mastering his feelings was an impossible task.
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K. D. del Mar suffered ninja-type attacks from his younger brother after their dad offered up some sage advice on how to deal with a bully.
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Yappy Lashawn easily outtalks Lureen at the Childress benefit dinner.
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Randall looked away while LaShawn talked about her privileged lifestyle before she moved to a "pokey little place like Childress."
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Surely, LD thought, his daughter could have picked a better husband than some randomly chosen bull-rider.
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Randall acts as if the vanity of women is a tiresome subject after Jack asks why a woman will powder her nose just to go home to bed.
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Day ended with a tranquil Wyoming sunset as Jack rode up the mountain to join the sheep for their first night on Brokeback.
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Knowing Aguirre, Jack and Ennis shouldn't be surprised by his uppityness when they came down from the mountain.
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Nothing could keep Ennis from running done the stairs to greet Jack, flashing his pearly whites.
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Round 897!
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Same requirements as in the previous round:
Each post will include a previously unplayed word and
the first word in each post will begin with the last letter of
the last word in the previous post. (The post for letter "A"
will begin with the letter "S", the last letter in the "Z" post.)
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Senor Jack could not persevere on an infrequent annual number of copulations of an elevated altitudinous nature.
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Ennis disclosed to Jack the sad truth that if his male progenitor (now, perhaps fortunately, deceased) should have happened upon them in mid-dalliance, he would have considered their union a blot upon the del Mar escutcheon and proceeded to take stern measures to rectify the situation.
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Neil Bell is credited as an assistant to Mr. Ledger on the film Brokeback Mountain.
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Disappearing into the role of Ennis del Mar, was considered to be Heath Ledger's greatest achievement.
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Troubled enterically, possibly by that disagreeable repast in Dubois, Ennis discreetly genuflected in the hamlet's alley.
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"You boys wanna keep it down," was the ominous advice proffered by Ennis to the two recalcitrant cyclists as he called their attention to his fresh-faced young offspring.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Enniswithkidsatfireworks.jpg)
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Glossy lips and disheveled clothes; Ennis had to tidy up before talking to Alma after he and Jack had reunited after 4 years.
=aside=
I can't do the pompous and fancy stuff in English,
but I love it! ;D
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Singled out by Alma for his extramarital extracurricular extra-Jackular activity, Ennis became a tad huffy and exited the premises forthwith.
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Heath Ledger is especially impressive in the role of Ennis del Mar, an inarticulate man who internalizes his feelings.
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Surprised enroute to camp by ursine caterwauling, Ennis was forced to engage in a lumbering pursuit of his equally surprised pack animals who had decided a hasty retreat was in order.
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Regarding her husband in mid-smooch with his pulchritudinous cowboy paramour, Alma stood transfixed for an instant before retreating into their modest dwelling.
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Given Ennis's neophobic nature, he performed outstandingly at something very new in Tent Scene One.
def: a tendency to dislike anything new; fear of novelty
=aside= Meryl and Paul
I need dictionary.com to help me understand your highfalutin language. ;)
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Ennis tells Jack about the outsize coyote he shot: "Big son of a bitch, balls on him size a apples. Looked like he could eat a camel."
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"Looking across a great gulf, Ennis sometimes saw Jack, a small dot moving across a high meadow as an insect moves across a tablecloth", Annie Proulx writes, and that's what we see in the movie. But in reality, that mountain side is so steep, it's only accessible by parachute.
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Ennis, who is engaged to be married, seems truly naive with respect to Jack's intentions as well as his own responses, yet eventually responds to Jack, releasing his own loneliness, fear and pent-up rage into an almost violent physical passion. Over the summer the two increasingly give in to their passion for one another, building a life-long bond. Both men eventually come to acknowledge and understand the irrevocability of their bond, even if they do not both entirely accept it.
Synopsis for Brokeback Mountain on IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388795/synopsis)
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The cold air sweetened, banded pebbles and crumbs of soil cast sudden pencil-long shadows and the rearing lodgepole pines below them massed in slabs of somber malachite.
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Ennis' and Jack's reunion kiss was something else, almost violent and including lips, teeth and tongues.
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Surrounded by "vast clouds of steam from thermal springs in winter the years of things unsaid and now unsayable -- admissions, declarations, shames, guilts, fears", Jack and Ennis were overcome by emotions unknowable even to themselves.
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Seated at the front of the courtroom, the judge prepares to strike the whatchamacallit with his gavel.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2565.jpg)
=question= players
Are we ready for a new theme?
=reply=
I think it's fun and we could get some more out of it. The last round was lightning fast! --Paul
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Round 898!
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The theme continues.
Each post will include a previously unplayed word and
the first word in each post will begin with the last letter of
the last word in the previous post. (The post for letter "A"
will begin with the letter "L", the last letter in the "Z" post.)
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Lureen decided that she had to be the aggressive one if she wanted to get any action from the handsome cowboy that kept glancing her way.
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Yanking off her bra, Lureen quickly got down to the business of boffing Jack in the backseat of her daddy's convertible.
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Ennis "picked up a few short-lived ranch jobs, then settled in as a wrangler on the old Elwood Hi-Top place north of Lost Cabin in Washakie County."
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Yearning for Ennis's love, demure Alma accommodated his wishes for a kind of lovemaking that she considered a pain in the rear.
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Rearing its ugly head was Ennis's eccentric manner of lovemaking.
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Given that Ennis only got the girls once a month, he faced an uphill battle in maintaining a good father-daughter relationship with them.
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Manfully disguising any emotional upset, Ennis parted casually from Jack in Signal but soon found himself gastrically affected.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Ennisretching.jpg)
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Deceiving Alma by saying that he was going on fishing trips, was the only way Ennis could keep up his habitual trysts with Jack.
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Kind of inexactly, Jack yells at Ennis, "I can't make it on a couple of high-altitude fucks once or twice a year!" Hence we don't know how many h-a fucks he actually got every year.
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Respirations proved difficult for Jack when his olfactory modality sensed a large quantity of lightning-struck ovine beasts.
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Singing along to Roger Miller's "King of the Road," Jack exudes happiness.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2577.jpg)
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Saddled with a huge secret and a nineteen-year-old's inexperience, Ennis left Brokeback to start a new life.
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"Ennis was farsighted enough to dislike reading anything except Hamley's saddle catalog." (SS). What Ennis needed was a good pair of glasses, provided by an optician.
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No matter how much Jack tried to make his cow-and-calf operation idea attractive, Ennis took the pragmatic view: "Jack, I don't want a be like them guys you see around sometimes. And I don't want a be dead."
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Despite Jack's best efforts to make the cow-and-calf operation sound attractive, Ennis remained resistant to the idea.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks.
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As for veggies, there are two representatives of the Solanum family present in the movie: the non-existing spuds, and the tomato sauce surrounding the beans.
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Since Ennis left without saying a word the morning after TS1, Jack feared he had treaded on sacred ground.
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During the film's Lightning Flat scenes, viewers get to see Ennis interact with Jack's loving, nurturing mother and his strict, uncaring father.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_3648-1.jpg)
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Reacting to the sight of the shirts, Heath's Ennis spoke volumes with his wordlessness.
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Round 899!
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The theme continues.
Each post will include a previously unplayed word and
the first word in each post will begin with the last letter of
the last word in the previous post. (The post for letter "A"
will begin with the letter "S", the last letter in the "Z" post.)
=request= players
Let's put our heads together and come up
with a really awesome theme for Round 900.
You can PM me suggestions, if you like.
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Seemingly unworried, Jack tried to dab Ennis' wound with his own bandana.
Had the wound got infected, Ennis would have needed antibiotics.
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Scenes were edited and some were completely cut when Brokeback Mountain aired on the Bravo Network.
From afterelton.com (http://www.afterelton.com/blog/brianjuergens/in-tents-bravo-responds-brouhaha--brokeback-mountain-edit)
Last week we mentioned that the gayest not-gay network on the dial, Bravo, would be airing the network premiere of Brokeback Mountain immediately following the GLAAD Media Awards, and was advertising the combination like a sort of gay "rock block". This savvy programming and promotional one-two sounded encouraging at the time, and one imagined that if anyone were actually going to watch what is soup-to-nuts a thoroughly adult movie on basic cable, that Bravo might be as good a pick as any to do the ritualistic replacement of F-bombs and trims for time.
But things didn't go as smoothly as expected. It seems that, aside from the obvious cuts for profanity, nudity, and gratuitous use of spit-lube, the network's version of the film cut something that had no reason to be censored: namely, a tender kiss between Ennis (Heath Ledger) and Jack (Jake Gyllenhaal).
Fans of the film were incensed at the cut, with message boards ablaze with comments about the edit. Here are some of the more angered responses over on the IMDB boards:
"I am absolutely disgusted!!! I'd rather they hadn't shown it at all."
"I'm sure some random 10-year old from Sandusky, Ohio would be more traumatized by watching 5 minutes of The Real Housewives of Orange County than they would by seeing the pup tent scene from BBM."
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Marko Costanzo was the foley artist for Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain.
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Needing to be the stud duck, LD readily accepts Jack's deferential handing over of the carving tools.
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Seated at the Thanksgiving dinner table in the eccentrically furnished Twist dining room were the Newsomes, Jack, Lureen and Bobby.
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Yucky conditions brought on by two small daughters contributed to Alma's frumpiness compared to Lureen's manicured neatness.
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Several years would pass before screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana found someone with sufficient courage and passion to greenlight their Brokeback Mountain script.
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Teary-eyed Jack drove straight to Juarez after the post-divorce mixup, where he found comfort among the prositutes and hookers.
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Stuff hit the fan at the Lake Scene, which demonstrated the instability of the boys' relationship.
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Possibly one of the most beautiful scenes in Brokeback Mountain is Jack and Ennis riding lakeside, the mountains reflecting in the water behind them.
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Muddle-headed Ennis woke up the morning after TS1 with a mega headache.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Ennisheadache.jpg)
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Evidently, Annie Proulx (http://fanlore.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain) is a non-fan of Brokeback Mountain fan fiction.
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Non-fans of Brokeback Mountain will have a hard time relating to the review by Dennis Schwartz of Ozus' World Movie Reviews subtitled: "Tells an emotionally powerful forbidden love story with taste and intelligence."
(http://homepages.sover.net/~ozus/sun11.JPG) (http://homepages.sover.net/~ozus/brokebackmountain.htm)
=aside= Fran
Thanks for the (non-fan) word.
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Entering Jack was a kind of penile activity that Ennis til now never had been engaged in.
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Not wanting to admit to fishing for Jack Nasty, Ennis raged against Alma's accusations.
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Satiating their appetites with elk, Jack and Ennis set to work on satisfying their hunger for each other.
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Running empty, a cattle truck tops a ridge.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_0003.jpg)
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Ennis gave Jack an uncategorical "No" in reply to his suggestion about ranching up together.
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Rather than the win-win situation Jack described, Ennis could only envision losing.
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Round 900!
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As suggested by Meryl, this milestone round will highlight
the Brokeback Mountain art of Toast, one of the ABCs game's
most dedicated and creative players back in the day.
Each post must feature one of Toast's painterly masterpieces
and include an unplayed word that is somehow related.
For inspiration, see this thread (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,5499.0.html) or check out Round 228 (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,462.msg76452.html#msg76452).
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Jack puts his foot on the accelerator and hurries down to Mexico to get what he needs.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Juarez08.jpg)
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Jack wants to comfort Ennis's bedraggled body after the bear incident, but Ennis won't let him touch him.
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h153/vkm91941/Lines%20Visualized/IIsnt.jpg)
=Congrats= players
On (http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRmAi5I1q6CkAfaYwu1tpGhYD7C0iZ8GVxsGVi1O3EVvKwj1C7x) rounds. It's a first!
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Alma's discovery of Ennis's true relationship with Jack Twist brought about a cataclysmic change in her marriage.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Almacollage.jpg)
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If Alma had really considered what she'd done, she might have thougt herself dumb to marry a gay man.
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The snow barely stuck an hour, but the boys were bound by Aguirre's enjoinder to bring 'em down.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/weather/Weather_4533.jpg)
=congrats= Players
We made it to 900!
I've enjoined enjoyed every moment.
So sorry Toast isn't here to celebrate with us.
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Cassie was a fun-loving girl, but her love for Ennis went deeper than that.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/CassieandEnnisdance2.jpg)
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On Brokeback Mountain, they cooked by placing pots and pans on a grid over the fire.
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Jack was at his hunkiest whilst looking contemplative on the pole bridge.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/GGets.jpg)
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L.D.'s infuriating behavior at Thanksgiving dinner was the impetus Jack needed to tell him he'd knock his "ignorant ass into next week" if he didn't sit down.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/SonOfBit.jpg)
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Old Man Twist used the locution "tell you what" two times during Ennis's visit:
"Tell you what, I know where Brokeback Mountain is. He thought he was too goddamn special to be buried in the family plot."
"Tell you what, we got a family plot and he's goin' in it."
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JohnCTwist3.jpg)
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While embracing Jack, Ennis hummed one of his mama's songs.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Quit/DozyEmb.jpg)
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Cassie was trying to seduce Ennis with her hair flinging and non-virginal attire.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/cassie/Cassie_10.jpg)
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Jimbo grew uneasy after Jack attempted to hold his gaze longer than another man ordinarily would.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/JimboSmiled2.jpg)
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Ennis had a preternatural sense of his future without Jack--a headlong, irreversible fall.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisScared.jpg)
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Alma is introduced to Ennis's rageful side on the fourth of July.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/EEvent.jpg)
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What Jack remembered and craved in a way he could neither help nor understand was the time that distant summer on Brokeback when Ennis had come up behind him and pulled him close, the silent embrace satisfying some shared and sexless hunger.
They had stood that way for a long time in front of the fire, its burning tossing ruddy chunks of light, the shadow of their bodies a single column against the rock. The minutes ticked by from the round watch in Ennis's pocket, from the sticks in the fire settling into coals.
[story]
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Quit/DozyDozy.jpg)
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The transience of life's happiest moments is brought home by Annie Proulx's description of the "Dozy Embrace."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/DozyEmbrace.jpg)
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At the sight of each other after four years, their passion was uncontainable.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/KissAgain.jpg)
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Ennis loved his pot-smoking, whiskey-slurping nights relaxing with Jack.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/EnnisTokeOldRose50.jpg)
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Round 901!
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The theme continues.
For inspiration, see this thread (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,5499.0.html) or check out Round 228 (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,462.msg76452.html#msg76452).
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Jimbo uses his athleticism and quick reflexes to lead the bull safely past Jack.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/JimboRound.jpg)
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Alma's backside got some "face time" in the sledding scene.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Backsidesledscene.jpg)
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LaShawn was gabbbing all through the benefit dinner in her lowcut ruffled cocktail dress.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/Lashawn2.gif)
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Little did these newlyweds know that their marriage would deteriorate over time, and they would end up divorced.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Alma/EnnisAlmaGlow.jpg)
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Loving Ennis entailed enduring many partings.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/DozyEnd.jpg)
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After their passionate reunion embrace, Jack and Ennis headed to the wellknown flophouse, The Motel Siesta.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/511JustBegun.jpg)
=comment=
I'm surprised that I couldn't find any pictures by Toast of the Motel Siesta.
=reply=
There is this one, a rare, interior shot of the motel room:
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/527Bedroom3.jpg)
=reply= Paul
Thanks. I saw that but wasn't sure what it was.
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The grandiloquent pronouncements of his father-in-law were not enough to convince Jack that he was required to take his advice, his role as a gracious host be damned.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Sonofabitch.jpg)
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Annie Proulx attributed Alma Jr.'s tall, thin physique to paternal heredity:
Ennis put his arm around Jack, pulled him close, said he saw his girls about once a month, Alma Jr., a shy seventeen-year-old with his beanpole length....
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/AnnieProulxBirthday.jpg)
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When Ennis met Cassie, she was dressed very informally in a tube top and cutoffs.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/broke/Fixin.jpg)
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The reunion scene was rife with libidinousness.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/511JustBegun.jpg)
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Aguirre's talk to his new employees was a complete monologue. None of them said one word.
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Neither boy was about to try to play the negotiator with Aguirre when it came to the matter of salary; in fact, it was never mentioned at all.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/BoysatAguirres.jpg)
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Jack had to pitch his pup tent on the q.t., out of sight, because the Forest Service officials only allowed tents in designated campsites on the allotments.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/weather/Weather_4493.jpg)
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Aguirre had a somewhat strange peculiarity of spying on Jack and Ennis.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/AguirreEyes.jpg)
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Aguirre ranted and raved his rudeness on a rotary telephone.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/BoysatAguirres.jpg)
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Neither boy was about to try to play the negotiator with Aguirre when it came to the matter of salary; in fact, it was never mentioned at all.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/BoysatAguirres.jpg)
=aside=
Thank you, Meryl!
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The lamp on Joe Aguirre's desk is controlled by a toggle switch.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/AguirrePhone1a.jpg)
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Alma, having left the matter of Ennis's sexuality unaddressed throughout their marriage, felt safer bringing it up with her new husband Monroe in the next room.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Youdontgouptheretofish.jpg)
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Jack made a wholehearted attempt to concentrate on peeling potatoes and not sneak a peek at his naked coworker.
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Round 902!
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The theme continues for a third round.
For inspiration, see this thread (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,5499.0.html) or check out Round 228 (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,462.msg76452.html#msg76452).
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Amongst the spectators at the Riverton Fourth of July celebration were Ennis, Alma, and the girls.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/IndDayEnnis7.jpg)
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When the foul-mouthed bikers wouldn't shut up, Ennis went batshit crazy and let them have it.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Ennisgoingbatshit.gif)
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Ennis made sure the bikers had cleaned up their act by knocking out one of them and threatening the other.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/EEvent.jpg)
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Ennis initially asks the dirty-mouthed bikers to keep it down, but things quickly got dirtier.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/EnnisAsking.jpg)
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Having engineered a good spot in the crowd for watching the fireworks, the del Mars were annoyed to find they had dirty-mouthed neighbors.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/PicnicCrowd.jpg)
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Attempting to shield his family from the filth coming out of the mouths of the drunken bikers, Ennis looks over his shoulder and says, "Hey, you boys wanna keep it down? I got two little girls here."
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/Benefit/IndDayEnnis7.jpg)
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Ennis initially asked the gutter-mouthed bikers to keep it down, but they couldn't get their minds out of the gutter.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/EnnisAsking.jpg)
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Ennis didn't care to haggle with the gutter-mouthed bikers and showed it by dispatching them in short order.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisExplodes.jpg)
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Upon closer inspection, Ennis notes that the tent doesn't look right.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/harmonicaHorse-1.jpg)
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"What about it? Wanna swallow 'bout half your teeth?" was Ennis' polite question to the foul-mouthed biker. If he hadn't declined, the result would most likely have been a bad lisp.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisExplodes.jpg)
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The potty-mouthed bikers menaced the crowd, but then along came Ennis the menace.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisExplodes.jpg)
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The bikers' nasty comments, a niggling distraction to others in the neighborhood, caused Ennis the menace to go nuts.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisAnger.jpg)
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Ennis' internalized homophobia and self-hatred were oppressing his chances of ever finding happiness with Jack.
(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm156/bbmuppslukad/postade%20bilder%202011/EnnisWhimper.jpg)
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Since the gutter-mouthed bikers wouldn't shut up, Ennis the menace forced them to undergo the necessary penance.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisExplodes.jpg)
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After the tent was reassembled, it looked a little lopsided.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l173/nltoast/harmonicaHorse-1.jpg)
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Ennis the menace mopped the floor with the slop-bucket-mouthed bikers.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisExplodes.jpg)
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Ennis the menace cleaned the floor with the trash-talking bikers.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisExplodes.jpg)
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Ennis demonstrated his unarmed techniques while taking on the bikers at the Fourth of July celebration.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Ennisgoingbatshit.gif)
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Ennis the menace's fist came as a wake-up call to the foul-mouthed bikers.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisExplodes.jpg)
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Round 903!
The "Love Is in the Air" Round!
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Each post will include an unplayed word as well as one
(or more) of the following words: "love", "is," or "air."
Of course, the words "love," "is," or "air"
may be contained in longer words.
Words containing "love (http://www.morewords.com/contains/love/)"
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=thanks= Sandy
With Valentine's Day fast approaching,
what an excellent idea for a round!
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With an injured air, Alma hinted at Ennis's abdication of responsibility when it came to earning enough money to have more kids: "I'd have 'em if you'd support 'em."
=aside=Fran and Sandy
Nice theme ♥
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Suspecting that Ennis was the love of Jack's life, Mrs. Twist gave Ennis a bag for the shirts with her blessings.
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The cloven hooves of the sheep provide excellent traction as the herd ascends the mountain.
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=reply= Meryl
Don't you mean "lovely theme"? ;)
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After being with Ennis, Alma surely found Monroe to be debonair.
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I had really mixed thoughts going into this movie. On one hand, the previews made it look fantastic, and it's based on an amazing short story. Also, the screenplay was done by the short story's author, the brilliant E. Annie Proulx, and western author extraordinaire Larry McMurtry.
Ang Lee's direction is spot-on. Nothing is wasted, nothing is overdone. Jake Gyllenhaal is great. But the real gem, the thing that takes this from an incredible movie to a best ever movie, is Heath Ledger. Who knew he was hiding all this talent? ...
What If No One's Watching (http://www.noonewatching.com/archives/2006/01/brokeback_mountain.html)
=aside= Meryl
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Alma is resting her feet on a cushioned footstool.
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Bobby had a reprieve from discipline when his gramps stuck up for him and turned the football game back on, but his pa stuck to his guns and fairly shot L.D.'s plane out of the sky.
=aside=Fran
Lovely indeed! :)
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Lureen had a heavily hairsprayed hairstyle.
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Once again thanks to Toast for the picture.
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Ennis learned that too much whiskey could impair his ability to walk in a straight line.
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After her numerous notes and messages go unanswered, Cassie can no longer fool herself into thinking that she is Ennis's ladylove.
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Jack was forced to wade into a huge mob of unruly sheep to try and separate Aguirre's flock from those shepherded by a pair of Chileans.
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When Ennis and Jack started their affair, Ennis assumed they were both newbies, not realizing that this wasn't Jack's first rodeo.
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Ang Lee orchestrates a particularly good scene involving Thanksgiving, where Jack and his father-in-law argue over whether Jack's son can watch TV during dinner.
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The pairing of Jack and Ennis is described in the short story:
That spring, hungry for any job, each had signed up with Farm and Ranch Employment -- they came together on paper as herder and camp tender for the same sheep operation north of Signal.
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Jack and Ennis loved their rap sessions around the campfire up on Brokeback.
=aside=Players
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HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
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The cold air sweetened, banded pebbles and crumbs of soil cast sudden pencil-long shadows and the rearing lodgepole pines below them massed in slabs of somber malachite.
[story]
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It probably wasn't Valentine's Day, but, in a deleted scene, Jack presented his truelove with the gift of a fancy rifle.
=aside= Players
No rifles here, but I wish you all a Happy Valentine's Day.
BTW, who knew truelove was one word?!
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Ennis may have thought that he was unlovable until he met his true love.
=aside= players
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After seeing what happened to Earl, the potentially negative consequences of two men living together would weigh heavily on Ennis's mind.
=aside= players
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Round 904!
More "Love Is in the Air" Round!
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Each post will include an unplayed word as well as one
(or more) of the following words: "love", "is," or "air."
Of course, the words "love," "is," or "air"
may be contained in longer words.
Words containing "love (http://www.morewords.com/contains/love/)"
Words containing "is (http://www.morewords.com/contains/is/)"
Words containing "air (http://www.morewords.com/contains/air/)"
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The areas where Jack and Ennis lived and worked were, agriculturally speaking, better suited to cattle and sheep ranching than to crop growing.
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Jack and Ennis were forced to have a backdoor romance.
Def: Secret or surreptitious; clandestine: a backdoor romance.
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Ennis is wearing a jacket with a zipper closure.
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Monroe the grocer debonairly offered to clean up the spilled
beans peanuts.
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As Ennis Del Mar, Ledger emits the kind of loneliness that seeps into your bones like the dampness of a bad winter cold.
He's unvarnished, understated and stoic, fiercely determined to keep his longing, fury and grief pent up for the rest of his life.
Catharsis isn't permitted in his unforgiving cowboy world.
"When I met him, the moment I saw him, that was it. He nailed it," Lee says.
"He's the person that's the best to carry that western brooding mood - elegiac and fearful and violent, all the complexities, all the poetic qualities."
Star evol(love backwards)ves from dude to lonely, gay cowboy
(http://www.thestandard.com.hk/images/std_logo.gif) (http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=18&art_id=8594&sid=5612444&con_type=1)
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The film Brokeback Mountain is based on a finely written short story by Annie Proulx.
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In TS1, Ennis gained entry with the help of a little glair and expectoration.
{def: any viscous substance resembling egg white}
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Jack went away several times a year to meet up with Ennis way the hell out in the middle a nowhere, whereas Lureen was considerably more homebound.
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"Several reviews call Brokeback a Romeo and Juliet story with a same-sex twist. But Ennis in his indecision feels more like Hamlet."
-- Houston Voice (http://www.washington-heights.us/yabbse/index.php?topic=1454.0;wap2)
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Jack always wished for a sweet, loverly life with Ennis.
Audrey Hepburn, as dubbed by Marni Nixon:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q671QIDeH-U[/youtube]
Or, if you prefer Julie Andrews:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hVqUeGBPmo&feature=related[/youtube]
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Alma's maiden name was Beers, but her husband loved the beverage and his old drinking buddy more than his new wife.
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On lazy summer afternoons, Jack napped contentedly in the open air in the company of an equally content blue heeler.
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"What in hell happened, Ennis?" asks Jack, after noticing Ennis's owie.
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Ennis picked his mail up at the post office. However appropriate, no postman brought him back the card with "deceased" stamped on it.
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Jack's boots could not be repaired as stated in the short story: "worn to the quick, holed beyond repair."
=aside= Meryl
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The cold air sweetened, banded pebbles and crumbs of soil cast sudden pencil-long shadows and the rearing lodgepole pines below them massed in slabs of somber malachite.
[story]
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Ennis toiled hard to provide for his family, but a couple of times a year he just had to meet up with his lover
in the clean air of the Grand Tetons.
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Whilst tending the sheep, sometimes the boys went gloved, sometimes ungloved.
=aside= Priestess
Happy Birthday!
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Ennis awoke from whiskey-soaked sleep to find that Jack had "seized his left hand and brought it to his erect cock."
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Round 905!
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In honor of Meryl's birthday, each post will
include an unplayed word as well as a word
(or words) containing an "mer" or a "yl".
Words containing "mer (http://www.morewords.com/contains/mer/)"
Words containing "yl (http://www.morewords.com/contains/yl)"
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Ennis affirmed and validated his feelings for Jack in TS2 when he immersed himself in Jack's kisses.
=aside= Fran
Great idea for a round and a nice tribute to a great ABCer.
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Had society been more broadminded about same sex relationships, Ennis would have been calmer- and more relaxed about building a life with Jack, and Jack would have gone a little easier on the eth-yl.
=aside=
Happy birthday, Meryl!!
Great idea, Fran!
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According to the Cowley locals, there was no cameraperson in Aguirre's trailer; instead, they utilized a remote camera.
=cheers= Meryl!
=aside= Fran
Cool round!
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For Ennis, life is considerably dimmer without Jack to brighten it.
=aside= Meryl
Hope your birthday was extra special.
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L. D. Newsome's elephantine style of making his point emerged fully at the Twist family Thanksgiving dinner.
=aside=Players
I am super-honored by having a round of this legendary game played in my honor!
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Jack and Ennis engaged in flimflammery when they planned their "fishing" trips.
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Jack and Ennis had their first get-together four years after the summer on Brokeback.
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Trevor Holbrook, Kirk Chiswell, and Chris Hassen were first assistant camera operators on the film Brokeback Mountain.
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Jack's immersion in all things rodeo did little to enhance his income: "Yeah, I made three fuckin thousand dollars that year. Fuckin starved. Had to borrow everthing but a toothbrush from other guys." [story]
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Jack may have been a sinner, but Ennis was a latecomer since he "ain't yet had the opportunity".
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Jack proposed a sweet-life merger, but Ennis was closed for business.
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Newsweek's David Ansen concludes his review of Brokeback Mountain thusly:
"Brokeback Mountain is in no rush. Its emotional impact builds slowly, its rhythms in tune with the countryside -- the rugged grandeur of the mountains; the arid, bleak vistas of backwater Western towns, where the rooms seem as cramped as the sky is vast. Lee's movie isn't a Western, but it has much to say about the mindscape of the American West, where the myth of rugged individualism works only for those who don't break the rules, and love can suffocate in the wide-open spaces."
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There was little chance of Lureen overcooking the turkey on Thanksgiving, but there were plenty of emotions that were simmering.
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When Jack was sad, he flashed his puppylike eyes.
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In the summer of 1967, Jack and Ennis reconnect and become "fishing buddies."
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Once Jack began to carve the Thanksgiving turkey, things started to simmer down in the Twist dining room.
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Though it was still early in the summer, Jack had a trisyllabic bit of advice for Ennis regarding his next grocery list: "No more beans!"
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At the end of the summer, Joe Aguirre examines the herd and has unflattering words for Ennis and Jack:
"Some of these never went up there with you. The count ain't what I'd hoped for, neither. You ranch stiffs ain't never no good."
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"Peering down through the years at the power of that Brokeback Mountain summer on the lives of Ennis and Jack, Lee delivers a virtually forensic vision of desire, denial and emotional cost. The depth of Ennis and Jack's attachment to one another gives their lives meaning and drains all other meaning out of them, rendering the men both enriched and destitute emotionally. If Brokeback Mountain never shies away from the sexual truth of that attachment, it doesn't settle for the merely explicit either. It's a great love story, pure and simple. And simultaneously the story of a great love that's broken and warped in the torture chamber of a society's intolerance and threats, an individual's fear and repression."
-- B Ruby Rich, The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2005/sep/23/3)
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Round 906!
In honor of tonight's Oscars, hosted by
James Franco and BBM's Anne Hathaway, I bring you
The Oscar Round
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Each post will contain an unplayed word as well
as a word (or words) containing the letters
"os" or "car" or, better yet, the word "Oscar."
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A.M.P.A.S, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, gave Oscar nominations to three of the four principal BBM actors in 2006. Anne got her revenge by co-hosting in 2011.
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While mangling his way through a Carl Perkins song, Jack bawled "what I say-ay-ay."
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Eating beans every day provided a good source of protein and carbohydrates for Jack and Ennis.
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In a shabby Riverton courtroom in 1975, Alma divorces Ennis, cutting her losses and looking to another man to carry the burdens of raising two girls.
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To enrich the context of the Brokeback Mountain screenplay, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana rounded out the short story's existing characters, created new scenes, and fleshed out existing ones.
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As a poignant portrayal of homosexual love, director Ang Lee delivered a small arthouse film that went on to win 4 Golden Globe® awards, 4 BAFTA® awards and 3 Academy® awards including the Academy® Award for Best Director. And yet it equally marked the first occasion in which a film that had won the noted Writer's Guild, Producer's Guild and Director's Guild of America awards did not go on to receive the Academy® Award for Best Picture.
That said, the string of major awards that Brokeback Mountain did receive, are remarkable. Then again, this should be of no surprise, given this is but an ode to human feelings, one that tugs at the heartstrings by contrasting true love against prejudice and outright homophobia. And whilst a gay love story; albeit one told in an almost laconic style, this also became a film that crossed over to mainstream cinema by tapping into the universal plight of two people who simply can't live without each other, but must do so for their very survival. In doing so, this feature made genuine homosexual love and not the candy floss variant of such that Hollywood so often delivers, finally arrive at a multiplex near you! Frankly this deeply emotional work deserved every award it got and one inparticular that it didn't receive. Yet it also proved what a great loss to the acting fraternity the tragic death of Heath Ledger marked; a fine actor who had so much more to give and who here brilliantly captures the very essence of and in the words of the song itself, a love that will never grow old.
gaycelluloid.com (http://www.gaycelluloid.com/search/113.htm)
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Ennis scoffed at the grandiosity of Jack's sweet-life plan.
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The casting of Ang Lee’s film of the short story about two young ranch hands was daring; Jake Gyllanhaal was a virtual unknown and Ledger had never done anything of this magnitude before. He was taking a risk as much as Lee, playing against type and against his looks. However both choices were hugely successful and the film was awarded the attention and awards it deserved. The success of the film came from the fact that it dwelt on the love story of two lonely people, rather than the fact that they were two men. The professionalism of the two leads shows on screen, as they create a real, torturous bond. Ledger’s performance tugged at the heartstrings constantly, and he more than deserved the Oscar nomination.
Heath Ledger: the Legacy
Mourning the "Brokeback Mountain" star
http://www.suite101.com/content/heath-ledger-the-legacy-a44003
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"There’s also no denying the emotional investment of its two leads: With their wildly different physiognomy, the large-featured, muppet-faced Gyllenhaal and the thin-lipped, beady-eyed Ledger make for a fascinatingly juxtaposed couple -- Jack’s yee-haw stabs at masculinity seem insufficient when pitted against Ennis’s implosive self-abnegation. Ledger’s Ennis feels particularly lived-in, and his performance, a nicely modulated series of grimaces and hesitant smiles, keeps the film anchored in place, never letting it stray too far from its oppressive social landscape."
-- Michael Koresky, indieWIRE (http://www.indiewire.com/article/dont_fence_me_in_ang_lees_brokeback_mountain/#)
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Jack kept up his lost-cause attempts at talking Ennis into a sweet life together.
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Lureen wore plenty of mascara with her Farrah Fawcett hairdo.
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Alma had nosed around in Ennis's creel case the night before he left on one of his little trips.
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It was yet another victory for Brokeback Mountain as Ang Lee won the Directors Guild Award for the seemingly Oscar-bound film.
--IMDb news, 29 January 2006 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423510/news?year=2006)
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Cassie positioned herself anvantageously so she could accost Ennis on his way to the mens' room.
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A review (http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6979116/a/Brokeback+Mountain.htm) of the Brokeback Mountain Soundtrack CD at CD Universe:
For Ang Lee's lauded 2005 drama about forbidden love in the Western wilderness, the director called upon Argentine musician Gustavo Santaolalla, renowned for his atmospheric contributions to THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, to create the movie's score. Here Santaolalla's spare, resonant guitar-based compositions, which often echo the solo work of Daniel Lanois, provide a pitch-perfect backdrop for the moody film, particularly on the gentle "Brokeback Mountain #1" and the twangy "Snow." The soundtrack also features Willie Nelson performing a beautifully minimal version of Bob Dylan's "He Was a Friend of Mine," and Emmylou Harris lending her unmistakable voice to "A Love That Will Never Grow Old," a poignant song penned by Santaolalla and Bernie Taupin. A dynamic companion piece to the revered movie, this collection should appeal to fans of both the film and the aforementioned artists.
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It was yet another victory for Brokeback Mountain as Ang Lee won the Directors Guild Award for the seemingly Oscar-bound film.
--IMDb news, 29 January 2006 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423510/news?year=2006)
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Ennis woke up the morning after TS1 with tousled hair and a hangover, realizing the precarious state of his relationship with Jack.
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In order to reach Jack's old bedroom, Ennis had to climb uncarpeted wooden stairs.
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Keeping Ang Lee company in the "Best Director" category in 2006 were Oscar wannabes Bennett Miller ("Capote"), Steven Spielberg ("Munich"), George Clooney ("Good Night, and Good Luck") and Paul Haggis ("Crash").
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Round 907!
Another Oscar Round
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Tom Hanks presents Ang Lee with the "Best Director" Oscar for Brokeback Mountain
Each post will contain an unplayed word as well
as a word (or words) containing the letters
"os" or "car" or, better yet, the word "Oscar."
Words containing "os (http://www.morewords.com/contains/os/)"
Words containing "car (http://www.morewords.com/contains/car/)
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After accepting his Oscar as Best Director for Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee expressed his appreciation to Annie Proulx, Diana Ossana and Larry McMurty for creating Ennis and Jack.
"I want to thank two people who don't even exist," he said, "except for the artistry of Annie Proulx, Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry. Their names are Ennis and Jack." Those characters, he said, taught us about great love itself." "I made this film right after my father passed away, and more than any other, I made this film for him."
'Crash'-ing a joyous Oscar party by Roger Ebert
(http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060305/OSCARS/60306001)
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From ChicagoTribune.com:
Jake wins (http://articles.chicagotribune.com/keyword/brokeback-mountain/featured/3)
February 20, 2006
"Brokeback Mountain" took four awards including best picture Sunday at the British Academy Film Awards, boosting its hopes for the Oscars in two weeks' time. Jake Gyllenhaal won the best supporting actor prize for playing Jack Twist. "I've had a lot of people say to me after the film, to my surprise, 'Thank you for making it,' " he told reporters.
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The coyote's carcass, attached to a pole, served as a warning.
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Surprisingly, Alma did not discard the postcards that Jack sent to Ennis, but begrudingly left them for him.
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Those estimating the odds of winning the Oscar for Best Picture in 2006 gave a big advantage to "Brokeback Mountain;" however, many lost their shirts on that wager.
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In 2006, BBM won Oscars for best score, best adapted screenplay and best director. The award for best picture would have been the frosting on the cake, but that cake fell.
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"Now, Albertan officials are busy trying to spread the word to those who didn't wait for the closing credits that it is their lush greenery and their majestic open spaces that were captured on screen."
-- Mary Nersessian (http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20060213/oscars_brokeback_feature_060213?hub=CalgaryHome), CTV.ca News
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When it came to Oscar parties and other happenings, Heath and Michelle weren't the most enthusiastic of participants, at least according to this entry on Heath Ledger Heathens:
“Brokeback” couple Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams sat at one high-level table together, looking like they couldn’t wait to get out of their formal duds and get home to Matilda. Williams was even on the cell phone, perhaps talking with the baby sitter? Then she disappeared for a few minutes, leaving an exhausted Heath to sit back and chill by himself.
http://www.heathheathens.net/forum/index.php?s=dd98907dc4642861e1fc6f7f5273a52d&showtopic=652&st=0&p=656&#entry656
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OMT showed his inhospitality toward Ennis by being rude, crude and lewd. (Uncle Harold was also inhospitable when he was hospitalized and almost died, which would have resulted in Jack's having to leave Brokeback.)
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The fact that some Academy voters never viewed the film made BBM's Best Picture Oscar run a less-than-fair undertaking.
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The "Music from the Mountain" bonus feature on the Brokeback Mountain: 2-Disc Collector's Edition introduces viewers to composer Gustavo Santaolalla and some of the other musicians whose songs were used in the film.
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Erik Lundegaard, a msnbc.com contributor gives his take on the non-Oscar-worthy film Crash winning the award for best picture in the article Oscar misfire: ‘Crash’ and burn (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/11700333/ns/today-entertainment/)
Talk about ruining a perfect evening.
Jon Stewart was funny, George Clooney was sharp, Salma Hayek looked to-freakin’-die-for, Philip Seymour Hoffman won in humble-but-lovable fashion and Ang Lee, the director of one of the best movies of the year, became the first non-Caucasian to win the Academy Award for best director.
Then Jack Nicholson, presenting the best picture winner, ruined everything. He didn’t say “Brokeback Mountain”; he actually said…“Crash.”
No, he didn’t. Did he? He did.
..My god.
This is the worst best picture winner since “The Greatest Show on Earth” in 1952. It may be worse than that. “Greatest Show” was a dull, bloated romance set against the backdrop of a three-ring circus but at least it didn’t pretend to be important. “Crash” thinks it’s important. “Crash” thinks it’s saying something bold about racism in America.
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Besides BBM, other Oscar-losing films (for Best Picture) include Shawshank Redemption, Goodfellas and Raging Bull.
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As Jack scooped up the icy river water and drank, Ennis cautioned him about beaver fever, the most commonly reported pathogenic protozoan disease in the United States.
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Talk about ruining a perfect evening.
Jon Stewart was funny, George Clooney was sharp, Salma Hayek looked to-freakin’-die-for, Philip Seymour Hoffman won in humble-but-lovable fashion and Ang Lee, the director of one of the best movies of the year, became the first non-Caucasian to win the Academy Award for best director.
Then Jack Nicholson, presenting the best picture winner, ruined everything. He didn’t say “Brokeback Mountain”; he actually said…“Crash.”
No, he didn’t. Did he? He did.
..My god.
This is the worst best picture winner since “The Greatest Show on Earth” in 1952. It may be worse than that. “Greatest Show” was a dull, bloated romance set against the backdrop of a three-ring circus but at least it didn’t pretend to be important. “Crash” thinks it’s important. “Crash” thinks it’s saying something bold about racism in America.
Oscar misfire: ‘Crash’ and burn (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/11700333/ns/today-entertainment/)
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Carried away by lust, Jack and Ennis lay splayed across the bed after their testosterone-fueled reunion.
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Carried away by lust, Jack and Ennis lay splayed across the bed after their testosterone-fueled reunion.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks.
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Carried away by lust, Jack and Ennis lay splayed across the bed, with lots of unexplainable feelings, after their testosterone-fueled reunion.
=aside= Meryl and Fran
Thanks.
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During a rain storm, Ennis worked on his woodcarving of a little horse.
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Round 908!
The Swing into Spring Round
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Each post will contain an unplayed word
as well as the word swing or spring
or any part of those words such as ring or wing.
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On Saturday night Ennis preferred abstention to joining the swingers over at the fire-and-brimstone crowd's get-together.
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Lee said he's "so proud of the movie." But, he doesn't know why the Academy didn't vote for it for best picture. He said he was backstage after he'd just won his Oscar and he was "enjoying kind of the buildup" he "was familiar with" because "Brokeback" has won so many awards this season. Then came that absolute stunner. So, he's offering his "congratulations to the 'Crash' filmmakers."
Best Picture Shocker: 'Crash' Tops 'Brokeback' (http://www.wtae.com/r/7712194/detail.html)
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On Saturday night Ennis preferred abstention to joining the swingers over at the fire-and-brimstone crowd's get-together.
=aside= Sandy
Great theme!
=aside= Meryl
thanks!
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Lureen deduced that Brokeback Mountain was located around where Jack grew up, but she also figured that "it might be some pretend place where the bluebirds sing and there's a whiskey spring."
=aside= Sandy
Nice theme and an even nicer announcement!
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Alma had seen Ennis's explosions of rage more than once, so when she planned on working an extra shift instead of serving dinner, she high-tailed it out of the house and didn't look back.
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Ennis with no fathering and Jack with bad fathering tried as best as they could to become good fathers.
=aside= Paul and Fran
Thank you.
=aside= Fran
Welcome back!
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Ennis takes notice as an old pickup with a bad muffler approaches and grinds to a halt in the gravel parking lot of Farm and Ranch Employment.
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=reply= Sandy
:)
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With the girls on the swingset not needing a push, Ennis huffs off.
=welcome back= Fran
Still whistling?
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Alma had several inklings that Ennis's "fishing trips" were a fish story.
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Seeking to end her marriage to Ennis, Alma lawyered up.
=reply= Paul
Nope, only unpacking (which I actually prefer to packing).
:)
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Cassie had mapped out a life with Ennis, but she eventually had to accept that her future with him didn't include a wedding ring.
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When Ennis asked if the girls needed a push on the swingset, they replied with simultaneous nos.
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It’s the world’s biggest movie industry, but a deeply conservative one. But lately, the taboos of partial nudity and adultery have been breached in Indian films (although cautiously and with a certain amount of decorum). Now, months before its release, this poster for Dunno Y . . . Na Jaane Kyun has been causing controversy. The film has already been called India’s answer to Brokeback Mountain, and promises to break new ground by telling the story of a serious sexual relationship between two Indian men. It comes months after a law outlawing homosexuality was overturned in the Delhi High Court.
India Goes For Brokeback (http://www.christopherfowler.co.uk/blog/2010/01/28/india-goes-for-brokeback/)
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Attempting to pacify baby Jenny, Ennis lifts her out of her crib and holds her close.
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Intent on restoring calm to baby Jenny, Ennis lifts her out of her crib and holds her close.
=aside=Fran
Thanks! :)
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Lureen thought that Brokeback Mountain "might be some pretend place where the bluebirds sing and there's a whiskey spring."
=comment=
I can't believe this wasn't used.
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When Ennis asked if the girls needed a push on the swingset, they replied with a two-daughter chorus of 'no'.
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Alma Jr. swung by to tell her daddy and she and Kurt would be uniting in holy matrimony on June 5th.
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When it came to dealing with their relationship despite having wives and kids, Ennis and Jack just winged it.
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Round 909!
Swing into Spring - Part 2
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Each post will contain an unplayed word
as well as the word swing or spring
or any part of those words, such as ring or ing.
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Bobby seemed to suffer from arrested development in his reading (and exaggerating) skills.
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"When Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger wrestle their way into the sack together for the first time in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain, they are ripping away at much more than their dirt-caked jeans. With one tumultuous lovemaking scene -- it's more like love-attacking, actually -- the two intrepid young actors manage to bust up several mythologies at once.
"The most obvious is the myth of the cowboy West, a land of manlier-than-thou men who release any pent-up longings with a quick stop at the local cathouse and a long drag on a Marlboro cigarette.
"The second -- belied by the dizzying workload in store for both stars -- is that complex, sexually active gay characters (as opposed to the minstrel-show buffoons that mince through The Producers) are a death knell for acting careers.
"The third to go is the wearying mythology of hype, the radical expectations of sexual explicitness stirred up by the film's triumphal march through film festivals in Venice and Toronto.
"On that score, we can all settle down a bit. If Lee stirs up the dust at all in his portrayal of two sheepherders in love, he does so through the most mainstream language available. Like many revolutionary acts of cinema, Brokeback Mountain disarms with weapons of mass instruction."
-- Jan Stuart, Newsday (http://www.brokebackmountainmovie.com/reviewsText.php?iReviewID=5)
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The combo of no money, no home base and almost no sex life probably put Jack on track to marrying Lureen faster than anything to do with hearts and flowers.
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After years of digging up the dirt on Ennis's fishing trips, Alma made him eat dirt after Thanksgiving dinner.
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An excerpt from a review (http://www.epinions.com/review/mvie_mu-1152313/content_210435870340) of Brokeback Mountain at Epinions.com:
"It remains to be seen whether or not Brokeback Mountain will usher in a new era of gay-themed films in the mainstream, but with this gently heartbreaking story of all-American love, the bar has most definitely been set for so-called 'gay cinema.' It's a film with the power to educate the ignorant in the ways of true love and connection, regardless of how society often perceives them. Will it change the world? Not likely. But it's a start."
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The scene by the swingset reveals the festering resentment between Ennis and Alma.
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LaShawn was speaking so quickly that it sounded like she was gibbering.
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Ennis doesn't think he'll be marching off with hellbound Jack at the end of the world since he himself "ain't yet had the opportunity" to do any sinning.
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Jack was responsible for inoculating Ennis with new ideas and concepts, not to mention desires.
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Aguirre leeringly spied on Jack and Ennis with his binoculars.
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Jack was monkeying around when he performed his springy mock-rodeo-mating dance.
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"The film Brokeback Mountain still stirs controversy after a no-show at Jordan Commons in Sandy. Utah Jazz and theater-owner Larry Miller cancelled the movie at his Megaplex Theater last Friday, opening day.
"Was that the right thing or the wrong thing to do? If you want to see the movie, it's playing at plenty of places along the Wasatch Front, but it's the one place that won't show it that's creating all the buzz."
-- Jed Boal (http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=149942), KSL Broadcasting, Salt Lake City, UT (1/12/06)
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Instead of making his employees pitch pup tents on the q.t., Aguirre needed the services of an ombudsman to work out a realistic solution between a sheep owner's needs and the Forest Service rules.
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After Jack married Lureen he started prospering , while Ennis was still struggling to get by.
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Replying to Jack's message, Ennis writes back, "You bet."
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Cassie tried to get Ennis to spring to life with her swingy hair.
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Jack was pleasantly surprised with the sudden turn of events when Ennis' manly thingie sprang into action.
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L.D. treated Jack like an underling instead of a son-in-law.
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Jack was pleasently surprised with the sudden turn of events when Ennis decided to whip out his love weenie and spring into action.
=aside=Sonja
Thanks for the inspiration! ;D
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Well, it appears we missed a player's birthday,
but, as they say, better late than never.
So, without further ado, I present:
Round 910!
The Sonja Round!
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Each post will contain an unplayed word
as well as a word ("Jackson", for example)
or words containing the letters "son" and/or "ja".
Words containing "son" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/son/)
Words containing "ja (http://www.morewords.com/contains/ja/)"
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Jack amused his son by letting him steer a tractor in circles in the parking lot of Newsome Farm and Ranch Equipment.
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=aside= Sonja
Hope you enjoy your ABC birthday celebration.
:)
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Jack wasn't bilingual, but he still understood when the hustler said "Senor?". No other words were needed, really.
=aside= Fran
I'm very honoured! Thank you! :)
=aside= Meryl
Always glad to be able to help out 8)
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Ennis's bloody nose crimsoned Jack's shirt.
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Ennis kidded Jack about the dissonant sounds coming from his flattened harmonica.
=aside= Sonja
Belated birthday greetings.
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The sleeve of Jack's shirt was encrimsoned with blood from Ennis's nose.
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Jimbo didn't want his buddies to think he fraternized with a person who might be a tad light in the loafers, so he turned down Jack's offer of a beer.
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Jack was worried about his son's poor reading skills, which inevitably would result in poor grades in school.
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Even though Ennis didn't have three hands, he was a handyperson around the house.
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Despite the obvious deterioration of their interpersonal relationship, Lureen and Jack stayed married.
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Despite their love for each other, both Jack and Ennis formed liaisons with women and married them.
=aside= Sandy
Thank you!
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Both actors do memorable work, but Ledger has the better role, and he makes the strongest choices. He gives Ennis a voice and mannerisms that are utterly idiosyncratic, and then inhabits those choices psychologically, making sense of the locked-down speech, the haunted look and the strong but diffident manner. He completely transforms himself. It's a performance that was thought through in detail and then lived in the moment, and it's one of the most beautiful things in movies this year.
Lee's attention to the unspoken carries over into the domestic scenes, of the men with their respective wives. As with the men, there are things the wives don't dare say out loud, as well, but we can read their thoughts and see the toll the years take. Anne Hathaway, the star of the innocuous Princess Diaries movies, plays Jack's wife, in a committed portrait of a woman getting blonder and blonder, and more bitter and pinched, over the course of some 15 years. It's a brilliant and insightful performance, a time-lapse photography demonstration of what happens to someone who expected to be loved, but wasn't.
Some Comments on Brokeback Mountain, Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES
(http://bbs.fesco.com.cn/dispbbs.asp?boardid=52&Id=27208)
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Jack felt like a nonperson after Jimbo rejected him.
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Lureen was secretly pleased by Jack's reaction after her father behaved so overbearingly.
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Ennis is a prisoner of the life he has been born into. Without the financial wherewithal to escape, without any sort of community support for his sexual proclivities, and imbued with the belief that one must bear whatever one can’t fix, Ennis is fated to live out the rest of his life as a man who tasted happiness once but has never again reached that peak. Though it is Jack Twist who, we infer, is murdered by those who oppose his sexual orientation, it is Ennis Del Mar—living in his trailer, confined to a sad life on the broad, flat plains of Wyoming—who is the story’s tragic soul.
Spark Notes (http://www.sparknotes.com/short-stories/brokeback-mountain/canalysis.html)
=aside= players
I'm off to sunny skies, weather permitting, in Costa Rica for about 10 days.
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Loving Ennis was Jack's raison d'être.
=bon voyage= Sandy
I hope it lives up to its name!
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"Shot a coyote just first light," he told Jack the next evening, sloshing his face with hot water, lathering up soap and hoping his razor had some cut left in it, while Jack peeled potatoes. "Big son of a bitch. Balls on him size a apples. I bet he'd took a few lambs. Looked like he could a eat a camel. You want some a this hot water? There's plenty."
[story]
=reply= Sandy
Safe travels. Have a great trip.
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Jack sprawled himself against his truck, glancing at Ennis, testing the waters to see if Ennis showed any interest at all. Knowing Ennis, it comes as no surprise that he found no sign of interpersonal chemistry.
=aside= Sandy
Safe travels! Enjoy your vacation!
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August brought an unseasonable snow storm to the mountain.
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"Set in 1960s Wyoming, Brokeback Mountain follows the lives of two cowboys who meet one summer herding sheep. It’s lonely work up on the mountain for months at a time, and the two men form a fast friendship. The divided workload of protecting the camp and protecting the sheep from predators at night necessitates that Jack spend his nights up on the hill with the sheep, while Ennis stays down at the camp."
-- Kahlen Burgwinm (http://www.dailyevergreen.com/story/16252), The Daily Evergreen
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ROUND 911!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HEATH
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Each reply should contain an unplayed word as well as one or more
that use parts of the name Heath Andrew Ledger, e.g. eat, drew, edge.
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Alma drew comfort from the church, and wanted them to participate, but Ennis was more antireligious and wanted none of it.
=aside= players
Thank you for the Sonja round!
It's one of the most honouring birthday gifts I've ever had! :D
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Jack and Ennis were banding together for an interesting summer on the mountain.
=aside= Keith Meryl
Nice idea for a round.
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The first snow came early, on August thirteenth, piling up a foot, but was followed by a quick melt. The next week Joe Aguirre sent word to bring them down -- another, bigger storm was moving in from the Pacific -- and they packed in the game and moved off the mountain with the sheep, stones rolling at their heels, purple cloud crowding in from the west and the metal smell of coming snow pressing them on.
[story]
=aside= Meryl
Thank you for posting 911, and kudos to you for
coming up with the perfect theme for April 4th.
=reply= Sonja
You're welcome. It was our pleasure.
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After Jack handed him the bad news about bringing the sheep down early, droopy Ennis beat a path up the hill and sulked awhile.
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=aside=Fran
You're welcome! I felt sure you'd approve. ;)
=aside=Paul
Thanks, and thanks for noticing my 10,000th! :-*
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Jack was at his edgiest when he tells off LD.
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From a review (http://efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=12764&reviewer=404) at EFilmCritic.com:
Miraculously, the script doesn’t waste a moment furthering the mental condition of the characters, efficiently detailing over 20 years' worth of growth and neglect in just over two hours. Lee and his editors create a gentle flow to the picture that weaves in and out of heartbreak as Jack and Ennis grow older and lead increasingly complicated lives. Their hearts lie on the mountain, but their responsibilities and fear keep them apart. Lee refuses melodrama and consistently reaches for the most honest, emotionally truthful feeling in every scene. Much like the rodeo bulls Jack rides on the side for money, Lee is faced with a difficult picture that attempts to buck him at every opportunity, yet he always maintains control. “Brokeback” is an incredible piece of direction, even for Lee, who has made a career out of impressive cinema.
=congrats= Meryl
Wow! 10,000+ posts!
You've been busy.
:)
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At the camp fire, after Ennis encountered the bear, Jack tried to clean his wound, so as no germs would cause an infection.
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Jack's heathenness was showing with his account of the Pentecost.
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Two of the ickiest odors Jack recalled were those of the lightning-zapped sheep and the cat-pissy-smelling pup tent.
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From a movie review (http://movie.masjo.com/search/the+quiet+man/page/11) at Masjo.com:
"A sad, melancholy ache pervades Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee’s haunting, moving film that, like his other movies, explores societal constraints and the passions that lurk underneath."
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Following the elk's demise, we see the meat-ingesting cowboys chewing away.
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The idea of two men living together may not have been the nuttiest thing Ennis had heard of, but he knew one thing: that it could be the death of him.
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Jack and Ennis sent each other postcards to organize their "fishing trips."
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"Sometimes I miss you so much, I can hardly stand it," pledged Jack.
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When Jack asked Agguire about work for the following summer, Aguirre started reprimanding him about how "stemming the rose" isn't cost-efficient.
=aside= players
Thanks for the well wishes. Costa Rica was a natural paradise.
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Ennis didn't know about the accident for months until his postcard to Jack saying that November still looked like the first chance came back stamped DECEASED. He called Jack's number in Childress, something he had done only once before when Alma divorced him and Jack had misunderstood the reason for the call, had driven twelve hundred miles north for nothing. This would be all right, Jack would answer, had to answer. But he did not. It was Lureen and she said who? who is this? and when he told her again she said in a level voice yes, Jack was pumping up a flat on the truck out on a back road when the tire blew up. The bead was damaged somehow and the force of the explosion slammed the rim into his face, broke his nose and jaw and knocked him unconscious on his back. By the time someone came along he had drowned in his own blood.
[story]
=aside= Sandy
Welcome back!
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Ennis refused to consider Jack's idea of the little cow and calf operation as even thinkable, and preferred them to meet once in a while way the hell out in the middle of nowhere.
=aside=
Welcome back, Sandy!
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Breaking the rules by having Jack (and then Ennis) sleep with the sheep was an unethical business practice on the part of Aguirre.
=aside= Fran and Sonja
Thanks.
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Jack was wedging himself between Ennis and Alma.
=welcome back= Sandy
Glad the Costa was Rica.
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Round 912!
The "April Showers Bring May Flowers" Round
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Each post will include an unplayed word
and start with one of the following letters:
A S B M F
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"Brokeback Mountain may even be Lee’s finest film to date, an amalgamation of the work he’s done before but pushed forward into the realms of, well, something we’ve never seen before."
-- Damon Wise, Empire (http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=9981)
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Bedazzled by Ennis's good looks, Jack decided to fix up by giving himself a shave using his rearview mirror.
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Fireworks at the Lake Scene were the culmination of many years of resentment.
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Stiff and angry as ever, OMT makes it abundantly clear that the discussion about Jack's ashes is over:
"Tell you what, we got a family plot and he's goin' in it."
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At their reunion, Ennis essentially told Jack that he wanted him in his life, but only to a very limited extent.
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Falsely denying Alma's accusations about his "fishing trips", Ennis keeps trying to worm his way out of it.
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After a successful hunt, Jack and Ennis sat around the fire, glutting themselves with elk meat.
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As they came out of Aguirres trailer, Ennis was (of course) hesitating a bit, but Jack went right ahead and introduced himself.
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Flowing whiskey led to the boys' frequent inebriation.
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Ang Lee's gold-plated "Best Director" Oscar for Brokeback Mountain was manufactured at the R.S. Owens & Company factory located at 5535 North Lynch Avenue, in Chicago, Illinois.
How one statue becomes a gold-plated Oscar (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/28861824/ns/today-entertainment/)
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As Aguirre was counting the sheep, he was bit by a mosquito.
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An infuriated Ennis offered to rearrange the ne'er-do-well's teeth.
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Ang Lee's gold-plated "Best Director" Oscar for Brokeback Mountain was manufactured at the R.S. Owens & Company factory located at 5535 North Lynch Avenue, in Chicago, Illinois.
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Alma didn't like Ennis's style of lovemaking - anal penetration.
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Asking for a sweet life together was Jack's receipt for disappointment.
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Around three they swung through a narrow pass to a southeast slope where the strong spring sun had had a chance to work, dropped down to the trail again which lay snowless below them. They could hear the river muttering and making a distant train sound a long way off.
[story]
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Five years ago when Brokeback Mountain was released it ripped across the boundaries of the American Western. Its timing was perfect -- the right's rhetoric against gay America was at a fever pitch lynching equality with fear and hate. Brokeback challenged the negativity, soaring across the country in a swarm of delightful, synergistic controversy.
Unexpected love inevitably leaves people asking questions. Brokeback Montain reminds me of George Stevens' A Place in the Sun -- two lovers so perfect together they stopped the clock at a party dance -- only in the end to run of time. Brokeback's tale of star-crossed lovers struck a rabbit-punch in the belly of the homophobic national dialogue. As Washington was defending marriage from the homosexual, Brokeback was showing gay men were already betrothed. Hollywood was holding up a clearer mirror but America was confused by the reflection. Uh-oh, someone had to answer the questions.
Brokeback Mountain Sears Its Brand Into the American West by Tom Gregory (http://www.vermontcowboy.com/posts/view/43)
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Alma used an ugly-worded moniker when she called Jack "Nasty".
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By wrinkling her nose and shivering, Cassie shows how she feels about the castration of calves.
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Round 913!
The May Day Round!
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Each post will contain an unplayed word
as well as either the word May or the word Day
or words containing the letters "may" and/or "day".
Words containing "may" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/may/)
Words containing "day" (http://www.morewords.com/contains/day/)
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Jack was a daydreamer who wanted "the good life" while Ennis thought it would lead to alarming consequences.
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The next day after the hailstorm, Ennis and Jack found that their sheep had blended with the Chilean ones.
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INT: CHILDRESS, TEXAS: JACK & LUREEN'S HOUSE: THANKSGIVING:
DAY: 1977:
JACK and LUREEN'S home. Wall-to-wall carpeting, fairly
luxurious, particularly in comparison to ENNIS'S life. Many
photos of LUREEN winning barrel-racing trophies. One of
JACK, the one taken in the arena the day they met.
[screenplay]
=aside= Sandy
Thanks for announcing 913! Great theme!
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Jack's wish for a sweet life together with Ennis was just a daydream.
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Ennis was caught up in the mundane everydayness of living until Jack came back into his life.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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Heath Ledger on the fuss about the sexual orientiation of Ennis and Jack:
"I think half the problem with today's society is that we like to label situations and people, and the term gay, I think, is just there to kind of segregate a type of people. People, I think, are a lot smarter. I think it has been overused and abused, and I think our point is that gay people, straight people, regardless -- there are people at the end of that title at both ends, and that's exactly what they are, and these are just purely two human beings who fall in love. So whether they're gay or not, I really couldn't care; the story is purely about two souls who connect."
Brokeback Mountain / Ang Lee & Heath Ledger Interviews (http://www.claudesplace.com/Modules/Forums/Topic.aspx?TopicID=682&SectionID=26)
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
John Howard & George Bush do 'Brokeback'
I almost choked on my rice bubbles this morning when I heard a news grab from the Howard-Bush 'Love Fest' in which Dubbya describes our Johnny as "not the prettiest" guy on the block.
Of course, our Johnny being the brown noser he is, failed to retort with a well timed, "That's okay George, cause you're not exactly the smartest bloke on the planet - about as sharp as a bowling ball in fact..."
Dubbya even went on to comment about the PM's bald pate, in a move which I think was intended to show just what great mates they really are - I think it was a scene stolen from 'Dumb and Dumber', or in this case, 'Dangerous and Dangerouser'.
So chummy are these two that word from Canberra is that Johnny generally greets Mr President with the truly Aussie opener, "G'day you old bastard, how the bloody hell are they hangin'?" Dubbya just loves it and intends to come up with the perfect rejoinder one day, just as soon as one of his staffers makes one up.
Talk around town is that the two men are planning to retire 'Brokeback Style' and set up house on a large ranch property in North Dakota. There they can spend aimless days polishing their saddles and telling war stories across an open fire.
John Howard and George Bush - what a couple of wacky funsters they are!
The Perth Files (http://theperthfiles.blogspot.com/2006/05/john-howard-george-bush-do-brokeback.html)
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Ennis did not hesitate to reply to Jack's first postcard, thinking, "maybe this time."
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A description (http://www.borders.com/online/store/TitleDetail?detail=aboutProduct&sku=0803226640&id=64676535#aboutProduct) of The Brokeback Book: From Story to Cultural Phenomenon, which was released on May 1, 2011:
"An American Western made by a Taiwanese director and filmed in Canada, Brokeback Mountain was a global cultural phenomenon even before it became the highest grossing gay-themed drama in film history. Few films have inspired as much passion and debate, or produced as many contradictory responses, from online homage to late-night parody. In this wide-ranging and incisive collection, writers, journalists, scholars, and ordinary viewers explore the film and Annie Proulx’s original story as well as their ongoing cultural and political significance. The contributors situate Brokeback Mountain in relation to gay civil rights, the cinematic and literary Western, the Chinese value of forbearance, male melodrama, and urban and rural working lives across generations and genders.
"The Brokeback Book builds on earlier debates by novelist David Leavitt, critic Daniel Mendelsohn, producer James Schamus, and film reviewer Kenneth Turan with new and noteworthy interpretations of the Brokeback phenomenon, the film, and its legacy. Also appearing in print for the first time is Michael Silverblatt’s interview with Annie Proulx about the story she wrote and the film it became."
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Ang Lee was born on Saturday, October 23, 1954, making him a Libra.
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When the foul-mouthed bikers wouldn't shut up, Ennis committed mayhem on one of them and threatened the other with dental work.
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Even though Ennis may get fired from his job for taking time off (per Alma), nothing's going to stop him from going up to the mountains with Jack for a day or two.
=aside= Meryl
Love your "L" post!
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That first summer on the mountain was a one-day-at-a-time affair for Jack and Ennis; alas, it ended prematurely.
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Jack and Ennis didn't have a payday until they came down from the mountain.
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In the movie, we see Jack and Ennis spend each a restful day on the mountain. Ennis carving a horse in the tent, Jack sleeping in the grass with a dog at his side.
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A few weeks later on the Saturday he threw all Stoutamire's dirty horse blankets into the back of his pickup and took them down to the Quik Stop Car Wash to turn the high-pressure spray on them. When the wet clean blankets were stowed in the truck bed he stepped into Higgins's gift shop and busied himself with the postcard rack.
[story]
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The name of Sleepy the bull may have made one question whether he was tranquilized, but his lively performance proved otherwise.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/JackonSleepy.jpg)
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Seemingly unshaken at being thrown off the bull, Jimbo the clown answered Jack's mayday.
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On Brokeback Jack and Ennis had 24-hour workdays.
=congrats= Paul
On 11,000 electrifying posts.
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Round 914!
WWMTD?
In honor of Mother's Day,
It's the "What Would Ma Twist Do?" Round!
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(Please see Round 789 and following for hints on the format.)
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,462.msg491429.html#msg491429
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If her husband was rude to a visitor, Mrs Twist would try to make amends by offering coffee and cherry cake. (and in one particular case, two old shirts)
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If she wanted to comfort a bereft Ennis, Ma Twist would put a hand on his shoulder.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks!
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If the world were threatening to end in a cataclysm, Ma Twist would turn to her faith in the Pentecost for help.
=aside=Paul
It was great to revisit those long-ago rounds!
And congrats on 11,000 posts! 8)
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If her deceased son's lover needed to carry home treasured mementos from a long-ago summer, Mrs. Twist would make it her duty to provide him with a paper sack.
=aside= Paul
Thanks for posting Round 914. Love
the blast from the past.
Congrats on your 11,000+ posts, too.
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If her husband were egregiously rude to her deceased son's lover, Ma Twist would ask him if he would like to see her son's room.
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If her dead son's one and only love comes by, Ma Twist will hand over to him two old shirts, forming a link of memories to a long forgotten time.
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If she saw that her son's bereft lover needed some comforting, good-hearted Mrs. Twist would gently place a hand on his shoulder.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_3691.jpg)
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
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If her husband insisted on harrumphing irritably in response to their visitor's expression of sympathy, Ma Twist would simply ask him if he'd like to visit her son's room for a bit.
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When her husband is rude to visitors, Ma Twist is a bit indecisive as to whether she should offer them coffee, cherry cake, a gentle hand on their shoulder, a look in her dead son's room, a brown paper sack, or two old shirts. Or maybe all of it.
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If her less-than-polite husband were rude to a visitor, Ma Twist would ignore him and be kind to the visitor.
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If her mannerless husband was rude to a visitor, Mrs. Twist would ignore him and be kind to the visitor.
=aside= Paul
Thanks again.
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If her none-too-polite husband were rude to a visitor, Ma Twist would ignore him and be kind to the visitor.
=aside=
Yeah, thanks Paul!
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If her objectionable husband were rude to a visitor, Ma Twist would ignore him and be kind to the visitor.
=aside= Me
Thanks!
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If OMT was speaking in a negative way about recently departed Jack to a special visitor, Mrs. Twist would remain silent lest she provoke her husband's wrath.
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If Pa Twist wouldn't revoke his right to put Jack's ashes in the family plot, Ma Twist would provide Ennis with the two shirts, an even better memorial.
=aside=Fran
:)
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/paperbagshirts.jpg)
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If her objectionable husband were rude to a visitor, Ma Twist would ignore him and be kind to the visitor by serving him coffee.
=aside= Paul
One more cup of coffee thank you.
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If she wanted to keep a cherry cake fresh, Mrs. Twist would wrap it in tinfoil.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_3634.jpg)
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If Ma Twist's visitor unvoluntarily finds two old shirts in a closet, she will hand him a paper sack and generously let him have them.
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If her objectionable husband were rude to a visitor, Ma Twist would ignore him and offer a well-thought-out invitation to the visitor.
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Round 915!
The Garden Round!
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Please include a plant, flower, veggie
or something related to gardening, along with an unplayed word.
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Upon reaching Signal, the trucker applied the air brakes to stop his vehicle so that Ennis could safely alight.
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=aside= Paul
Yay! A new theme!!! Thanks for
introducing Round 915.
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While sitting upon a horse with a low startle point, Jack bragged to his new buddy, "I doubt there's a filly that can throw me."
=aside= Paul
You planted the seeds for a great round.
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Aquilegia caerula is the Latin name for columbine, which story Jack found himself laid out in.
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Upon arriving in Signal, the truck Ennis was riding in decelerated and braked to a stop.
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At the July 4 fireworks celebration, two bikers with the perceptiveness of eggplants were almost ploughed under by a volatile cowboy who didn't like their slopbucket mouths.
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Heath swallows his words and furrows his brow to become Ennis.
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When Jack was looking for rodeo work, he had to borrow everything, like a gypsy without any roots.
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The trucker put on the brakes, and the truck halted to discharge one passenger: Ennis.
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TS1 was just, lettuce say, the iceberg's tip.
=aside= Planters Players
I'll be away for about 10 days with limited internet access.
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TS1 was just, lettuce say, the iceberg's tip.
=aside= Paul
Thanks, safe travels and enjoy your trip!
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When Jack asked Aguirre about working again next summer, Aguirre refused, saying that he and Ennis were up to mischief when they were stemming the rose.
=aside= Paul
Have a great trip.
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The horror of seeing Earl's dead body in the irrigation ditch made Ennis non-receptive to the idea of living openly with Jack.
=reply= Paul
Have a great trip!
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"This film drew me in completely - the first viewing was impactful enough, but only it was only a day or so later that it had sunk in completely and the emotional impact hit me like a ton of bricks.
I've seen it five times already, and each time, there is another layer opening. It was mentioned on one discussion board that it was like peeling an onion, and sometimes that makes you cry..."
http://www.yourmovies.com.au/movies/?title_id=15984
=aside=Paul
Bon Voyage! 8)
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After being apart for four years, Ennis planted a big juicy kiss on Jack.
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When Ennis waited outside Aguirres trailer close to the railway, he had no idea he was soon to meet Jack, and become lifelong buddies.
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Lashawn's scattershot approach to conversation resembled nothing so much as a handful of seeds tossed onto fertile soil in the hope of eventual shoots.
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Jack was trying to remove a thorn from the sheep's hoof.
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Ennis and Alma successfully reproduced; their marriage was not unfruitful.
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Alma Jr. turned into a well-grown young woman.
=thanks= Everyone
For the wishes!
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Round 916!
The "We Oughta Go to Mexico" Round!
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Each post will include an unplayed
word and the word Mexico.
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Jack found that his mention of Mexico at the lake was to get him into hot agua anon.
=aside=Fran
Nice idea for a round, chica! (http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Emoticons%20and%20Avatars/smokingMexican.gif)
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In a seedy alley in Mexico, male prostitutes strike beckoning poses.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2676.jpg)
=reply= Meryl
Thanks. It was originally going to be the
"What Would the Mexican Prostitute Do?"
round. I think this one gives us more
options for words.
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Ennis felt that Jack had cheated on him when he found out that he had been to Mexico.
=aside= Fran
estupendo!
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When Jack found out Ennis didn't want him there, he drove down to Mexico and met up with a hooker who was diligently running his business.
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The peso-driven prostitutes of Juarez, Mexico, took one look at Jack Twist and knew pronto that he was enticeable.
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In Mexico Jack had sex with a prostitute, an activity frowned upon by society.
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The peso-driven prostitutes in Mexico knew that theirs was a gringo-driven business.
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Jack was looking for a peso-driven hooker in Mexico who had a heart of gold.
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The infrequency of "fishing trips" with Ennis put a personal strain on Jack and led to his traveling to Mexico for sex.
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The licoreria's presence in Juarez, Mexico suggests that other kinds of vice were available.
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The peso-driven prostitutes in Mexico had their manwares on display to entice customers like Jack Twist.
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Nookie-craving Jack traveled to Mexico.
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Jack had his on-the-sly trysts in Mexico.
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Jack was looking for a peso-driven putano in Mexico who had a heart of gold.
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Needing something he doesn't hardly ever get, Jack finds himself resorting to sex with prostitutes in Mexico.
=aside=
I'll be away for the next couple of days
attending my younger daughter's h.s.
graduation.
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Jack was looking for a prostitute in the sleaze and grime of the streets of Juarez, Mexi co.
=aside= Fran
Congrats to Elaine!!
(http://www.guidedogsofamerica.org/images/gradcap.gif)
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When Jack was in the mood for a twisted tryst, he headed for Mexico.
=aside= Fran
I second that!
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Jack's suggestion of going to Mexico prompted a wary question from Ennis with undertones of despair: "You been to Mexico, Jack?"
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Jack was looking for a suitable prostitute among the whores, tramps, and thieves in Juarez, Mexico.
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Round 917!
The "I ain't queer, but..." round!
Please play an unplayed word along with the phrase, "I ain't queer, but..."
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"I ain't queer, but I appreciate an altitudinal dalliance with a handsome cowboy every once in a while."
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"I ain't queer, but I can see that bumping and grinding with a handsome cowboy in higher altitudes could be a hunnerd percent high class entertainment for another handsome cowboy."
=aside=Paul and Sandy
I loved our meet-up last weekend in Boston. Yeehaw! :D
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"I ain't queer but I appreciate the commingling of body fluids with a handsome cowboy every once in a while."
=aside= Meryl and Paul
I agree that it was a fantastic get-together. It was great meeting you, Meryl, and seeing you again, Paul.
=aside= Fran
You were missed. Maybe next time.
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"I ain't queer but I like to dally with a handsome cowboy every once in a while."
{def: to act playfully, especially in an amorous or flirtatious way.}
=aside= Meryl and Sandy
So glad y'all could finally meet. Play on!
=aside= Fran
I'll second that.
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"I ain't queer, but I have no reservations about exchanging bodily fluids with one particular cowboy every once in a while."
=reply= Sandy and Paul
Thanks for the nice wishes for my daughter.
Sorry I couldn't make the get-together.
Hopefully next time.
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"I ain't queer, but I have no reservations about the commingling of bodily fluids with a handsome cowboy every once in a while."
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" I ain't queer, but I have absolutely nothing against stemming the rose gushingly with a handsome cowboy once in a while".
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"I ain't queer, but I do think Jack Twist is the hunkiest of hunks."
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"I ain't queer, but I was incapable of thinking of anyone else but a certain handsome cowboy when I wrang it out a hunderd times.
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"I ain't queer, but I sure could focus like a laser on the attributes of a certain hunky cowboy."
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"I ain't queer, but I sure didn't need an instruction manual to understand the mechanics of man-on-man sex."
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"I ain't queer, but I sure like to exchange bodily fluids with a handsome cowboy, even though people may think we are nutcases."
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"I ain't queer, but my off-going gun tells otherwise."
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"I ain't queer, but I don't mind in engaging in some sexually provocative behavior with a handsome cowboy every once in a while."
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"I ain't queer, but I did wake up to find my hand on a certain cowboy's nether regions."
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"I ain't queer, but I don't mind kissing a handsome cowboy in the scorching heat of our passion four years after we last saw each other."
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"I ain't queer, but I sure didn't need an instruction manual to understand the technique of man-on-man sex."
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"I ain't queer, but I don't mind that the handsome cowboy lying next to me doesn't wear undies."
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"I ain't queer, but when's our next 'fishing trip,' Jack?"
=suggestion=
How about a second round of this theme?
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Round 918!
The "I ain't queer, but...." Round, Take 2
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"I ain't queer, but if I was I'd be angling for a chance to go fishin' with a certain handsome cowboy."
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"I ain't queer, but I don't mind barbecuing a newly shot elk with my boyfriend, followed by some serious canoodling in our tent."
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"I ain't queer, but I'm always hoping for a chance to go fishin' with a certain charismatic cowboy."
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"I ain't queer, but I daresay I can make Jack's gun go off."
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"I ain't queer, but I wring it out whilst thinking of my cowboy and our episodical fishing trips."
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"I ain't queer, but I enjoy fantasizing about a certain handsome cowboy when I wring it out a hunderd times."
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"I ain't queer, but that Jack Twist's a good-looker, ain't he?"
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"I ain't queer, but my attention flies to Ennis like a heat-seeking missile whenever he's around."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/ennismarlboro.jpg)
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"I ain't queer, but I wouldn't mind having an informal arrangement with a certain cowboy to meet every few months to go on fishing trips."
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"I ain't queer, but I will occasionally leer at a nearby cowboy in a state of undress whilst peeling potatoes."
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"I ain't queer, but for years now a certain cowboy and I have been masquerading as fishin' buddies."
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"I ain't queer, but I'd like to make a not-so-modest proposal to a certain good-looking cowboy."
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"I ain't queer, but I don't need an optometrist to tell how to spot a handsome cowboy."
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"I ain't queer, but I admit I have peeped at a nearby cowboy in a state of undress whilst peeling potatoes."
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"I ain't queer, but I bet Jack Twist would give me a rave review for my performance at the Motel Siesta."
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"I ain't queer, but I bet Jack Twist would give me a rave review for my performance at the shoddy Motel Siesta."
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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"I ain't queer, but I sure didn't need an instruction manual to understand the technicalities of man-on-man sex."
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"I ain't queer, but I sure have uttered many an untruth about my relationship with a certain cowboy."
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"I ain't queer, but I wouldn't mind, on a whim, giving a perfect performance at the Motel Siesta with a certain good-looking cowboy."
=aside= players
I'll be away for awhile visiting my sister in San Francisco.
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Round 919!
The "I ain't queer, but..." Round, Take 3
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"I ain't queer, but I aspire to a summer job up on Brokeback with a handsome cowboy."
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"I ain't queer, but I don't mind a little buggering every now and then."
=aside= Sandy
Don't leave your heart there!
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"I ain't queer, but nothin' compares to doin' it with Jack."
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"I ain't queer, but I'd enjoy downing a dram or two of whiskey with a certain good-looking cowboy."
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"I ain't queer, but I wring it out whilst thinking of my cowboy and our episodically occuring fishing trips."
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"I ain't queer, but my sexual encounters with a certain cowboy are always first-rate."
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"I ain't queer, but I sure appreciate one or two high altitude fucks a year to brighten up my otherwise so gloomily appearing life."
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"I ain't queer, but I wouldn't mind a high-altitude hump with a handsome cowboy a couple of times a year."
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"I ain't queer, but my actions when I'm alone with a certain cowboy seem to imply otherwise."
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"I ain't queer, but I've lip-locked with a cowboy or two over the years."
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"I ain't queer, but every once in awhile I get the munchies for a tasty hunk o' handsome cowboy."
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"I ain't queer, but I sure don't mind meeting up with a handsome cowboy way the hell out in the middle a nowhere as part of our never-ending romance".
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"I ain't queer, but even outsiders' eyes could see my attraction to a certain cowboy."
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"I ain't queer, but me and Jack are more than pals."
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"I ain't queer, so I really don't get why I find a certain handsome cowboy so riveting."
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"I ain't queer, but Jack's scene-stealing grin makes me get all tingly-like."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Jacksmile.jpg)
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"I ain't queer, but maybe one day a trailblazer director will make a movie about my relationship with Jack Twist."
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Anybody up for playing a word? I can't play one til somebody else does. Anyone? Bueller? ;D
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"I ain't queer, but my boyfriend and I unanimously decided to meet up once in a while way the hell out in the middle a nowhere.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks for the reminder! ;D
(btw, what/who is Bueller?)
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"I ain't queer, but living the sweet life with a handsome cowboy would be tops on my wishlist."
=aside=Sonia
Thanks for playing! "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" has contributed this phrase to the zeitgeist. These two clips explain it as best as I can tell:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxPVyieptwA&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP0mQeLWCCo&NR=1[/youtube]
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LOL! Thanks for the clips, Meryl! :laugh:
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Anyone up for another spin through the alphabet?
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This round will focus on the letter "A".
Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "A" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.
We're going to have some of Joe Aguirre's sheep
-- they're the ones branded with the letter "A" --
assist us with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)nnie Proulx's short story Brokeback Mountain was authentically adapted into a screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana.
=aside= Players
Hope the theme is all right. I'll update the answer list
on Sunday night or Monday.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)s Ennis bounded down the stairs, Jack readied himself to greet him.
=thanks= Fran
For getting us back on track!
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)t the thought of having to separate Aguirre's herd from the Chilean herd they had gotten tangled up with, Jack cussed about the paint brands wearin' off.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)lma's decision to go to work and let Ennis and the girls have supper on their own was discussed in rather a loud tone of voice.
=aside= Fran
Of course the theme is all right. Thank you for starting a new round!
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)lma sought to enrage Ennis when she mentioned Jack Nasty.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)lma sought to foist a guilt trip on Ennis when she mentioned Jack Nasty.
=aside=Paul
;)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)lma and Ennis shared both custody and guardianship of their children while they were married.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)ccounting for possible bears near Campsite #1, Jack proceeded to hoist the food out of harm's way.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)s Ennis stood in the phone booth listening to Lureen's voice slip-sliding down the wire, he had barely begun to realize his incalculable loss.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Ennisphonebooth.jpg)
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"(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif) one-shot thing" and "this thing" are among the vague labels used by Jack and Ennis to describe their relationship.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)t Second Night in Tent, Jack and Ennis finally merged, body and soul.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)ggravated at the bikers' continued nihilistic behavior, Ennis took matters into his own hands.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Ennisgoingbatshit.gif)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif) major anti-Oscar outcry followed the announcement that Paul Haggis' ludicrous melodrama Crash took best picture honors, for Brokeback Mountain had won nearly every critics' and industry awards in the United States. The Academy was accused of being anti-gay, anti-cowboy, anti-mountain, etc. etc.
Brokeback Mountain: Great to Be Nominated, Alt Film Guide (http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/brokeback-mountain-great-to-be-nominated/)
=aside= players
It's good to be back.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)lma wanted Ennis to get a job at the power company so that he could be a better provider.
=aside= Sandy
Welcome back. You were missed!
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)ttempting perhaps to ransom themselves from the stigma of homosexuality, both Jack and Ennis married and had children.
=aside= Sandy
Nice to have you back in the fold. :)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)ttempting perhaps to ransom themselves from the stigma of homosexuality, both Jack and Ennis married and had children.
=aside= Meryl
Thank you and thank you.
=aside= Fran
Thank you also.
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"(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)ng Lee has made a career of deciphering the hidden codes and strictures of various societies, so it isn't surprising that this Taiwan-born director revolutionized the big Hollywood weeper with his beautifully observed gay love story Brokeback Mountain.''
'MOUNTAIN'S' TRAILBLAZER BEST DIRECTOR ANG LEE COULDN'T QUIT THINKING ABOUT 'BROKEBACK' STORY (http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%27MOUNTAIN%27S%27+TRAILBLAZER+BEST+DIRECTOR+ANG+LEE+COULDN%27T+QUIT+THINKING...-a0142940934)
=aside= Players
Heading out to the mountains beach for a few days.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)t the beginning of their marriage, Ennis and Alma lived at lonesome old ranches, with only few, or no utilities at all.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep/0001.gif)t Thanksgiving dinner, L.D. let it be known that he thought anyone who didn't watch football was spineless and wimpy.
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This round will focus on the letter "B".
Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "B" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.
We're going to have some of the oh-so-talented Chilean sheep
assist us with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)ecause Ennis does not earn enough to stay ahead of the bills, Alma augments the family income by working at the grocery store.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)rokeback Mountain's soundtrack contains several radio and TV broadcastings.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)ringing up Ennis's "fishing trips" at Thanksgiving dinner after years of suffering in silence, was a cathartic outburst for Alma.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)etween parting with Ennis on Brokeback and meeting up with him again four years later Jack had performed in many a dinky little Texas town's rodeo as a bull rider.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)rokeback Mountain has been described as "one of the most humane films ever, one that eclipses gender issues and tells a beautifully understated tale with a poet's eye and a tragic undertone of yearning."
One of the greatest, saddest, most heartbreaking films ever made (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388795/usercomments?start=10)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)ejeweled Lureen gave a bored, cold stare to LaShawn in her low-cut frilly dress at the Benefit Dance.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)ejeweled Lureen gave a bored, cold stare to LaShawn in her low-cut frilly gown at the Benefit Dance.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks!
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)rokies want to see the locations where the movie was shot, hence the (so far) three Alberta pilgrimages every other year.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)rokeback Mountain "is much more than an iconoclastic depiction of love between two cowboys."
The Nominees: Brokeback Mountain (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/23/oscar/main1340841.shtml)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)ecause he married Lureen, Jack's lowly status as a "cowboy" was constantly emphasized by her father.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)efore they were up on Brokeback very long, Ennis and Jack became aware they were magnetically attracted to each other.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)oth Ennis and Jack married after Brokeback, but in no way did it nullify their love for each other.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)ack on November 6, 1973, the court issued an order obligating Ennis to pay $125 a month in child support for each of his minor children.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)ereft of their parents due to a car crash, Ennis and his siblings were left with the princely sum of twenty-four dollars in a coffee can.
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Behind the laundromat, on a back staircase, Jack and Ennis rekindled their long-ago passion.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)oth Ennis and Jack managed to find each other when they met in Signal back in 1963, despite coming from opposite quadrants of the state of Wyoming, Jack from up in Lightnin' Flat in the northeastern part of the state and Ennis from around Sage, in the southwest.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)eing exposed to scandal was one of Ennis's biggest fears, hence his feeling when he got out on the pavement, that "they all know".
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)rokeback Mountain's protagonists, Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, maintained a clandestine, decades-long romance despite separate lives and temperaments.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)esides feeling unwanted and uncared for, Alma wanted the security of having a husband with a reliable job, so she divorced Ennis and married Monroe.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-sheep-2/0002.gif)undled up in a blanket, Ennis wobbles toward the tent to join Jack and meet his destiny.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/EnnisblanketintoFNIT.jpg)
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922!
This round will focus on the letter "C".
Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "C" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.
We're going to have one of the cows
Jack was envisioning for his sweet life with Ennis
assist us with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)oz I know what they got in Mexico for boys like you", says Ennis, without acknowledging his own orientation.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)assie thought that Ennis didn't live up to his end of the bargain in their relationship.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)heyenne Hill played Alma Jr., age 13, in the film Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)assie's bar is the setting for Loretta Lynn's song "D.I.V.O.R.C.E.".
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)ut up and bruised from his dust-up with the trucker at the Black n Blue Eagle Bar, Ennis was the perfect candidate for a nice Epsom salt bath.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)oncerned about keeping his relationship with Jack a secret from Alma, Ennis fabricates stories that involve lots of fishing.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)oncerned about being found out, Ennis didn't treasure his relationship with Jack as the gem it was.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)oncerned about being seen with Jack, Ennis hemmed and hawed when Jack arrived unannounced.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)oncerned about his upcoming reunion with Jack, Ennis didn't want Alma to intrude on their time together.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)igar Butt's loins are located on his back, just before where his hindquarters start.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_1114.jpg)
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Horse-1.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)oncerned about not having any more kids, Alma was afraid she wouldn't have her menstruation.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)oncerned about being perceived as "queer", Jack and Ennis had a mutual morning-after renouncement, but then an evening of passionate loving nullified the renouncement.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)lose to tears as he adjusts their two entwined shirts that hang in his closet and remembers, Ennis declares the objuration 'Jack, I swear'.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)owboys patronized the Wolf Ears bar, where Cassie worked part-time.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)oming to after a night of drinking, a rumpled Ennis looked around groggily, then remembered there'd been more than drinking involved.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)harismatic with a cowboy's swagger, Jack poses next to his truck outside of Aguirre's trailer.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)oming to after a night of drinking, a rumpled Ennis looked around groggily, then remembered there'd been a testosterone-powered evening.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)assie experienced the pangs of unreturned affection after Ennis ignored her notes and messages.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0003.gif)hilled to the bone from lying on the cold ground, Ennis accepted Jack's invitation to quit his "hammerin" and started wobbling his way into the tent.
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923!
We move along to the letter "D".Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "D" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_1961.jpg)
We're going to have the clouds --
the clouds that "had pushed up out of the west,
rolling a little sultry air before them," by noon
on the day of Jack and Ennis's reunion
-- assist us with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)esperate to be anyplace other than Lightning Flat, Jack chose the rodeo life.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)on Bland played Biker #1 in the film Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)ue to reasons nobody really knows, the film Brokeback Mountain has served as a powerful catalyst for change in the lives of a great many people.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)espairful of his situation, post-divorce Jack headed to Juarez.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)eeply conflicted about what to do, Ennis, nevertheless, excelled at doing what was necessary that first night in the tent.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)eeply conflicted about what to do, Ennis nevertheless made a successful forcible entry, no instructions needed, that first night in the tent.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)ancing and hollering around took its toll on Jack, and suddenly he fell giddily to the ground.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)iana Ossana and James Schamus, producers of the film Brokeback Mountain, took top honors during the 17th annual PGA awards at the Universal Hilton Sunday night, beating out "Capote," "Crash," Good night, and Good Luck" and "Walk the Line," the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
Reworded from the article http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2006/01/23/Brokeback_wins_top_PGA_Award/UPI-39061138044410/ (http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2006/01/23/Brokeback_wins_top_PGA_Award/UPI-39061138044410/)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)inner conversation with Jack, Lureen and the Malones included how Lashawn Malone met her husband Randall at an Aggie game; then continued on with a lively account of her clothes-shopping sprees in North Dallas, with barely an interruption.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)irections to Riverton, Wyoming, might include its longitude and latitude: 43°01'29.85" N by 108°22'48.37" W.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)uring his lifetime Jack had given some thought to his own mortality, deciding that he wanted to be cremated with his ashes scattered on Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)isturbed about their first night in the tent being perceived as more than a one-night stand, Jack and Ennis had a mutual morning-after renouncement, followed by an evening of passionate loving nullifying the renouncement.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)innertime at the Twist-Newsome residence involves overusing the television power button.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)ave Targan, Paul Getto, and Anikah McLaren were part of Brokeback Mountain's miscellaneous crew. They were assistants to James Schamus.
=aside= Paul
How'd we miss this "P"? :)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)erogatory comments about Ennis following his reprimand to the bikers served to ratchet up the tension between them, ending in an explosion of violence to match the Fourth of July fireworks.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)uring a discussion on what to do on a Saturday night, Alma expressed interest in socializing with the church folks, but Ennis wanted none of it.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif) espite his deep affection for Jack, Ennis toed the line by pretending to be interested in Cassie and giving her a foot rub.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)uring the upbraiding by Joe Aguirre, Ennis and Jack shifted uncomfortably.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_1310.jpg)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-clouds/0004.gif)eliberately dissing Lashawn's sorority, Lureen then wisecracked to Jack about husbands "who never seem to want to dance with their wives".
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0036.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0029.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0031.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0037.gif)
We move along to the letter "E".Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "E" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_1178.jpg)
We're going to have the snow --
the first snow that came early, on August thirteenth, piling up a foot
-- assist us with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)xhibiting all the nervousness of a lovesick schoolboy, Ennis restlessly awaited Jack's arrival on the 24th, not sure whether or not he'd show.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis, atop his horse, leads two beasts of burden along the trail.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_0320.jpg)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis's first sight of Jack came when an ancient contraption careened into the parking lot in front of Aguirre's trailer.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/JacksPickup.jpg)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)xiting the tent on a snowy morning, Ennis had a dancer's grace.
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q186/southendmd/SnowDance.gif)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)xuding boredom, Lureen smokes a cigarette while Lashawn chatters away.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)mblematic of its continuing relevance in people's lives, Brokeback Mountain has several home pages on Facebook.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)ntering the Twist ranch, Ennis is met by its ghostliness.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis finally gave in to Alma's wish to get housing in town above a laundromat.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)xplaining to Jack the reason why he couldn't live with him openly, Ennis related a terrible experience he'd had, at a very impressionable age, when he witnessed homophobia of the most virulent kind.
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"(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis weds his similarly frontier-sturdy fiancée, Alma (Michelle Williams), quickly fathering two children he lugs everywhere as if they were his heterosexual credentials, while Jack catches the eye of the equally dark-haired and dazzlingly grinned Lureen (an underrated Anne Hathaway) and embarks on a career in farm equipment sales."
-- Violet LeVolt (http://www2.citypaper.com/film/review.asp?rid=9732), Baltimore City Paper
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis wasn't very methodical when he packed for one of his fishing trips. He merely scurried around the house, grabbing stuff on the fly and putting it in his bag.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nervated from sleepless nights spent in the pup tent listening for coyotes, Jack took frequent naps during the day.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Jacknappingwithblueheeler.jpg)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)very aspect of the production excels, yet does not overpower the whole -- the writing, the direction, the cinematography, the performances, the score and on down the line. And that's really saying something, when you consider that 'Brokeback' could be the career best for all involved. Director Ang Lee, who took home an Oscar for 'Brokeback,' was the perfect choice to portray a story about characters who can't address their feelings. 'Sense & Sensibility,' 'The Ice Storm,' 'The Wedding Banquet,' even 'Hulk' -- they are all strands of the same thematic thread, but never has Lee evoked the tortures of repressed passions as beautifully as in 'Brokeback.' The actors are also, dare I say, revelations. Yes, that is an overused critical phrase, but few coule have ever expected such a level of subtlety, perception and restraint from Ledger and Gyllenhaal.Not to mention fellow Oscar nominee Michelle Williams (forever erasing any memory of 'Dawson's Creek'), and Anne Hathaway, who with one immensely powerful last scene, facilitates a whole new understanding of the film with just a flitter of the eye and a few simple pauses between words. Finally, we can't forget screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, who will likely never be able to write another such perfectly modulated, perceptive script as this.
High-Def Digest (http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/505/brokebackmountain.html)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis didn't agree with Jack on his plans for a sweet life together; that way, he thought, protecting them both from a cruel death.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)ager to gain Ennis' attention and drunk with infatuation, Jack danced a re-enactment of his rodeo days, tripped, and promptly fell on his rear-end. But it worked! :)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis was sickened by the idea of having to leave Jack after coming down from the mountain.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnisJack, BetterMost and Dave Cullen; three online forums with endless discussions and tales of life altering experiences - what a tribute to the power of Brokeback Mountain they are!
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif)nnis and Jack's strong and long-lasting bond is proof that you can never underestimate the forces of Nature!
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-winter/0005.gif). A. Proulx eventually became Annie Proulx, that slinger of wordplay.
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925!
We move along to the letter "F".
Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "F" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.
Because Alma and the girls like fish,
we're going to have fish assist us with this round,
so be sure to include the following symbol
at the beginning of your post:
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)requently humiliating Jack in front of others, L.D. considered himself being the alpha male of the Twist/Newsome family.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)eeling hopeful, Jack broached the subject of the little cow-and-calf operation with Ennis, only to hear, "It ain't goin' to be that way."
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)eeling humiliated by L.D. at Thanksgiving dinner, Jack made it crystal clear he was no longer going to put up with it.
=aside= Paul
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc149/bytemover/happy_birthday.jpg)
and many, many, more.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)eeling too big for the room, Ennis tried dabbling in sarcasm when he said to Alma, "Once burned".
=thanks= Sandy
:-*
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"(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)ishing buddies" she was told - but evidently Alma didn't believe it, and after their divorce she confronted Ennis about his friendship with Jack.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)rom the end credits for Brokeback Mountain, we learn that Dave Leader played Bull Fighter #1, Jory Vine played Bull Fighter #2, and Mark van Tienhoven played Bull Fighter #3.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)ollowing his instincts, Jack picked his way through the alleys of Juarez, accompanied by cries of "Necesitas!" from a gamine hawking her wares.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)ollowing his instincts, Jack picked his way through the alleys of Juarez, accompanied by cries of "Necesitas!" from a gamine hawking her wares.
=thanks= Meryl
:)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)inding that high-altitude intimacies two or three times a year were no longer enough to sustain him, Jack gave some serious thought to quitting Ennis.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)rom the end credits for Brokeback Mountain, we learn that Dave Leader played Bull Fighter #1.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)ollowing Jack's remarks about the Pentecost, Ennis mischievously replied, "Speak for yourself. You may be a sinner, but I ain't yet had the opportunity."
=aside= players
Greetings from San Francisco.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)or reasons we don't know, Ennis' parents gave him such an unusual name, it would be hard for him to find namesakes.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)linging her hair at Ennis, the oh-so-sexy Cassie danced the night away.
=aside= Sandy
Glad you could stop by!
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)inding the practicalities of living openly with Jack too daunting, Ennis opted out.
=aside= Sandy
Howdy! :)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)rank Rich wrote an op-ed piece in The New York Times which began like this:
What if they held a culture war and no one fired a shot? That's the compelling tale of "Brokeback Mountain." Here is a heavily promoted American movie depicting two men having sex -- the precise sex act that was still a crime in some states until the Supreme Court struck down sodomy laws just two and a half years ago -- but there is no controversy, no Fox News tar and feathering, no roar from the religious right. "Brokeback Mountain" has instead become the unlikely Oscar favorite, propelled by its bicoastal sweep of critics' awards, by its unexpected dominance of the far less highfalutin Golden Globes and, perhaps most of all, by the lure of a gold rush. Last weekend it opened to the highest per-screen average of any movie this year.
Two Gay Cowboys Hit a Home Run (http://lamusclepower.tribe.net/thread/7e88e769-8eca-43da-9527-904d3e0e9b1b)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)rank Rich wrote an op-ed piece in The New York Times which began like this:
What if they held a culture war and no one fired a shot? That's the compelling tale of "Brokeback Mountain." Here is a heavily promoted American movie depicting two men having sex -- the precise sex act that was still a crime in some states until the Supreme Court struck down sodomy laws just two and a half years ago -- but there is no controversy, no Fox News tar and feathering, no roar from the religious right. "Brokeback Mountain" has instead become the unlikely Oscar favorite, propelled by its bicoastal sweep of critics' awards, by its unexpected dominance of the far less highfalutin Golden Globes and, perhaps most of all, by the lure of a gold rush. Last weekend it opened to the highest per-screen average of any movie this year.
Two Gay Cowboys Hit a Home Run (http://lamusclepower.tribe.net/thread/7e88e769-8eca-43da-9527-904d3e0e9b1b)
=thanks= Fran
:)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)rom the screenplay:
Alma: "Don't try to fool me no more, Ennis. I know what it means. Jack Twist?"
Ennis: "Alma...."
Alma: "Jack Nasty. You didn't go up there to fish. You and him...."
Ennis grabs her wrist and twists it.
Ennis: "Now you listen to me, you don't know nothin' about it."
Tears spring to her eyes, she drops a dish.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)rustrated and angry at Ennis's refusal to meet up in August, Jack didn't let his insinuations about Mexico go unchallenged: "Hell yes I been to Mexico. Is that a fuckin problem?"
=aside=Players
Over 22,000 posts, and we hadn't played "sodomy" or "twists"? Amazing. :P
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-fishes/0006.gif)ilm critic Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal wrote:
One of the best lines in Ang Lee's beautiful "Brokeback Mountain" is the last line of the spare Annie Proulx short story that the movie was adapted from: "If you can't fix it you've got to stand it." The it is the dilemma faced by two cowboys, Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist. Ennis and Jack, who are played by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, love each other passionately. Yet they can't live together in the Marlboro Country of the 1960s and 1970s, so they try to hide their love behind shaky façades of heterosexual domesticity. The it is also the love itself, which at first seems baffling to these two manly men, as if it were a thing apart, rather than the force that gives meaning to their lives. Love stories come and go, but this one stays with you -- not because both lovers are men, but because their story is so full of life and longing, and true romance.
'Brokeback Mountain' Brings an Open, Epic Sweep To Cowboys' Hidden Love (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113408500737317852.html)
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We move along to the letter "G".Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "G" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_0517.jpg)
We're going to have the water that Ennis used
to "warsh everthing" he could reach assist us
with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)oing from Childress to Riverton, Jack put a lot of miles on his automobile.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)lad to have shelter from the rain, Ennis is carving a horse, bracing on his elbow.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)iving Ennis a rundown of his life since Brokeback, Jack told him how he "drove grooves across Texas" in his old clunker.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)ainful employment was what initially brought the nearly destitute young Ennis and Jack together.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)rey clouds, rain, mosquitos and Joe Aguirres insults. All harmonising with their gloomy mood as the sheep were being counted in the enclosure.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)eorge A. Lara was the foley recordist/engineer for Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)ringos' delight: a certain alley in Juarez.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)oing on, but not yet, 20; both Jack and Ennis were poor, undereducated and hard-working men.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)olden Globe-winning screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, who never lost faith in the power of Annie Proulx's story or in their screenplay in the eight years it took to get their film made, weren't certain in what incarnation Brokeback Mountain would reach the screen, but they were "fairly certain it would be an independent film with a modest budget."
Brokeback Mountain: Interview with Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana (http://www.cinemalogue.com/2006/02/14/brokeback-interview/)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)etting the hell out of Dodge was the only thing on Ennis's mules' minds as they lumbered off into the woods to avoid the bear who had just bawled at them.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/bearaftermathbreadshot.jpg)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)hastly murdered, or killed by accident? How Jack died is only one of several mysteries in Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)oofy Mel Gibson reportedly felt that Heath Ledger would be greatly narrowing his career opportunities by taking on the role of Ennis del Mar in Brokeback Mountain.
Heath Ledger's role in 'Brokeback Mountain' miffed Mel Gibson (http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/01/25/2008-01-25_heath_ledgers_role_in_brokeback_mountain.html)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)olden Globe-winning screenwriter Diana Ossana, when asked about ommissions from the short story to the screnplay, replied, "Any omissions from the short story to the screenplay were dramatic choices. Most of what is in the short story is contained within the finished screenplay, although when we actually scripted the short story, it only amounted to about a third of the final script. We had to imagine and create the scenes that we added or fleshed out, meaning, essentially, that we had to create two-thirds of the screenplay from our imaginations."
Brokeback Mountain: Interview with Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana (http://www.cinemalogue.com/2006/02/14/brokeback-interview/)
=aside= Fran
Thank you.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)oing into problem-solving mode in reply to Jack's "What're we supposed to do now?," Ennis replied: "Get on in there...untangle them Chilean sheep from ours, I guess."
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Chileansheepoverlook.jpg)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)eorge A. Lara was the foley recordist/engineer for Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)lad to get some relief from his scatterbrained wife when Jack asked her to dance, Randall was thinking about dancing to another tune.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)oing to work instead of serving supper for her family isn't what Ennis expects from Alma, and he is tangibly shaken by the fact that she defies him.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif)etting divorced freed Alma from an unhappy, unworkable marriage.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-pj-water/0007.gif) yllenhaal seems mystified by the hoopla surrounding his controversial role in Mountain: "I really did approach it like I would any love story. No matter how weird people might think it is or how fucked up they might consider a certain relationship to be, if there is love there, then that's all that matters." Asked about rumors that the film's love scenes break explicit new ground, he laughs coyly. "I mean...I don't know...Um, all I can say is that they're there." Another mischievous laugh.
Sounds promising!
An excerpt about his role in Brokeback Mountain from the latest EW:
Backup Singer: Brokeback Mountain (http://ladyflowdi.dreamwidth.org/286349.html)
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Round 927!
We move along to the letter "H".Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "H" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2377-1.jpg)
We're going to have one of the swings
from the rusty metal swing set
in back of the Riverton laundromat assist us
with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)aving made assumptions about Jack's intentions, Jimbo the Clown puts on a serioius face and takes off.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)ellbent on making a living at bull-riding, Jack barnstormed his way across Texas, one rodeo at a time.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)urrying to make her workshift at the grocery store, Alma ignored Ennis' blustering complaints about who was going to take care of the household chores in her absence.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)aving said he couldn't digest any cake but would take some coffee, Ennis had to endure Old Man Twist's disgusting behavior.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)eath Ledger on Ang Lee's setup for the scene when Ennis and Jack are waiting for Joe Aguirre to arrive:
"It's an interesting example because the way Ang directs, I have separated the experience of the two. Like when he's in preproduction, he's very thorough and voices his opinion and observations to you that he has on your character and the story and loads you up with all this information. You go away and digest it and process it and come out with your character; and during that process we don't sit around as a cast in a room roundtable and openly discuss everyone's plan. His plan as a director is very private. He'll take us to the side and give me little bits of information and then take Jake aside and do the same thing. Essentially, when we are outside the office and our characters are looking at each other and thinking, "Who's he?" and "What's he been told?" -- that's when our character meet on film. Ang set it up as situations that capture as oppose[d] to recreate."
Inteview: Heath Ledger for "Brokeback Mountain" (http://www.darkhorizons.com/features/155/heath-ledger-for-brokeback-mountain)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)aving seen the way her husband greeted his old friend, Alma found Jack's presence in their lives quite freaky.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)eath Ledger was sometimes accused of garbling his text in "Brokeback Mountain," but playing the clenched-jaw Ennis del Mar seemed to actually require it.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)omophobia led to the hellishly brutal death of Earl and, if Ennis's worst fears are realities, to the equally brutal death of Jack.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)aving been influenced by lots of alcohol and an invitation to join his future lover in a warm bedroll, Ennis crawled into the tent.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)is languid manner made Aguirre's entrance appear to be in slow motion.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)eath Ledger on the different feelings Ennis had with Jake's character, Michelle's character, and even Linda Cardinelli's character:
"...I think most of the emotions or love within Ennis is purely potential. It's within him and he never really expresses. That's the tragedy of this story, and that's the tragedy of each one of those love affairs. I think the only time you get to see this potential or slither of how he could express is when he's with his children; because his children are the one area where he feels safe and allowed to love the way he naturally feels he can love them. With his wife, his love is slightly manufactured. It's more traditional and it's him conforming, but it's not true love. His love for Jack is true in a passionate love, but he hates the way he loves and it's forbidden. Essentially, he's like a homophobic male in love with another man. He's very fixed in his ways and he's left lingering in between the role."
Inteview: Heath Ledger for "Brokeback Mountain" (http://www.darkhorizons.com/features/155/heath-ledger-for-brokeback-mountain)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)eath Ledger's best performances were the subject of a Vanity Fair poll resulting in Ennis del Mar winning a neck-and-neck competition with The Joker.
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/06/ledger-poll
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)earing Ennis speak about their good time together at Don Wroe's, Jack replied with his oft-quoted phrase: "There ain't never enough time, never enough".
=aside= Meryl
Great "N"!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)eath Ledger's best performances were the subject of a Vanity Fair poll resulting in Ennis del Mar winning a neck-and-neck competition with The Joker.
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/06/ledger-poll
=aside=
Thanks Meryl!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)eartsore after leaving the love of his life on Brokeback, Jack spent the next few years as a rambler.
=aside=Paul
Thanks, bud! :-*
=aside=Sonia
Glad to be of assistance! ;)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)airdos all blondish, Lureen and Lashawn trade quips about their respective sororities.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)aving been forced to witness an act of transgression to a homosexual man as a kid, Ennis is forever afraid to acknowledge his own sexuality.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)ere's how Brokeback Mountain's TS1 was described by staff writers at the blog Film School Rejects:
One of the hottest things is when sexual attraction ignites out of nowhere. It rarely happens in real life, but it happens a lot in films -- one of the best examples is the spur-of-the-moment passion that’s shared between Ennis and Jack. Shoved together in a tent barely big enough for one person, the two are almost mid-coitus before realizing it. It’s raw, unthinking, and beautiful. It’s also filmed simply, with Ang Lee opting for the sound of rustling blue jeans and animalistic grunts filling the entire soundscape.
TS1 was deemed the 8th hottest sex scene on film.
Really Good Sex: The 10 Hottest Sex Scenes on Film (http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/really-good-sex-the-10-hottest-sex-scenes-on-film.php)
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((http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/h.gif)eath) Ledger's Ennis Del Mar is the quintessential Westerner of few words, and the words he says are not always audible: He speaks with a Wild West lockjaw that's sometimes annoying but also weirdly hypnotic. Ledger's performance is prime Oscar bait: He's ostentatiously immobile, with uncanny low tones—his voice is 50 fathoms deep. The whole performance is subtextual.
Lasso Me Tender by David Edelstein (http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2005/12/lasso_me_tender.html)
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Round 928!
We move along to the letter "I".Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "I" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_0535.jpg)
We're going to have one of Jack and Ennis's
Brokeback campfires assist us with this round,
so please be sure to include the following
symbol at the beginning of your post:
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)n riding up to the sheep, Ennis and Cigar Butt were on auto-pilot:
The summer went on and they moved the herd to new pasture, shifted the camp; the distance between the sheep and the new camp was greater and the night ride longer. Ennis rode easy, sleeping with his eyes open, but the hours he was away from the sheep stretched out and out.
{short story}
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)nterestingly, Brokeback Mountain is based on Annie Proulx's 1997 New Yorker short story. Screenwriters Larry McMultry (Lonesome Dove) and Diana Ossana handle the brilliantly bittersweet material with a contradictory stroke of stark firmness and tenderness. Consequently, Lee's visionary outlook for the serene script has a simmering explosiveness because this film never hesitates or apologizes for actually demonstrating the physicality and psychological needs for these self-inflicted cowboys to embrace their passion and pain. Effectively, Lee oversees the slow burn in these complex men as the ambivalence of their convenient arrangement manifests itself into a solid romance that's as rampant and reassuring as any other hand-holding narrative to date."
MovieEye.com (http://www.movieeye.com/reviews/read_movie_review/2508.html)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)n the light of the following day, Ennis crept out of the tent, trying to understand the events of the night before.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)immediately after Lureen Newsome's winning ride in the barrel race, Jack Twist was handing her her fallen red cowboy hat with a doff of his own and a charming smile.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)nterestingly, Brokeback Mountain is based on Annie Proulx's 1997 New Yorker short story. Screenwriters Larry McMultry (Lonesome Dove) and Diana Ossana handle the brilliantly bittersweet material with a contradictory stroke of stark firmness and tenderness. Consequently, Lee's visionary outlook for the serene script has a simmering explosiveness because this film never hesitates or apologizes for actually demonstrating the physicality and psychological needs for these self-inflicted cowboys to embrace their passion and pain. Effectively, Lee oversees the slow burn in these complex men as the ambivalence of their convenient arrangement manifests itself into a solid romance that's as rampant and reassuring as any other hand-holding narrative to date."
MovieEye.com (http://www.movieeye.com/reviews/read_movie_review/2508.html)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)nitially Ennis freaked out when Jack placed his hand on his crotch, but it didn't take long for Ennis to realize he had a whole new world at his fingertips.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)n the summer of 1963 on Brokeback, our boys ate their fill of beans while the sheep ate their fill of greens.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)nterestingly, Brokeback Mountain is based on Annie Proulx's 1997 New Yorker short story. Screenwriters Larry McMultry (Lonesome Dove) and Diana Ossana handle the brilliantly bittersweet material with a contradictory stroke of stark firmness and tenderness. Consequently, Lee's visionary outlook for the serene script has a simmering explosiveness because this film never hesitates or apologizes for actually demonstrating the physicality and psychological needs for these self-inflicted cowboys to embrace their passion and pain. Effectively, Lee oversees the slow burn in these complex men as the ambivalence of their convenient arrangement manifests itself into a solid romance that's as rampant and reassuring as any other hand-holding narrative to date."
MovieEye.com (http://www.movieeye.com/reviews/read_movie_review/2508.html)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)nconveniently, Ennis had to work in August, and couldn't meet Jack until November.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)n the summer of 1963 on Brokeback, Jack and Ennis lucked out when they were assigned as coworkers.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)n The Cinema of Ang Lee: The Other Side of the Screen, author Whitney Crothers Dilley uncovers the enormous appeal of this acclaimed contemporary director, whose films Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain became cultural milestones in the American media.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)n the next-to-last scene where we see Ennis and Jack together in Brokeback Mountain, Ennis reveals to Jack that he sometimes feels uncomfortable around people because they may suspect he's gay.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)n the latter years of his relationships with both Lureen and Ennis, Jack's frustrations made him more and more outburst-prone.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)t appears that Lureen Twist owns several pieces of pearl jewelry.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_3007.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)n their twenty-year-long relationship, Jack and Ennis were only rendezvousing a few times annually.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)n the years between Brokeback and his reunion with Ennis, Jack stumped around Texas in his old black pickup, earning next to nothing riding the bulls.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)in the years between Brokeback and Jack's death, Jack's and Ennis' daily treadmill was interrupted by their infrequent so-called fishing trips.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)in TS1, Jack and Ennis were uncorking their passion for each other.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/left.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/i.gif)(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/right.gif)n The Cinema of Ang Lee: The Other Side of the Screen, author Whitney Crothers Dilley uncovers the enormous appeal of this acclaimed contemporary director, whose films Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain became cultural milestones in the American media.
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Round 929!
Next up is letter "J".Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "J" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture1-4.png)
Ennis's breath came slow and quiet, he hummed,
rocked a little in the sparklight and Jack leaned
against the steady heartbeat....
We're going to have Ennis's steady heartbeat
assist us with this round, so please
be sure to include the following symbol
at the beginning of your post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ake Gyllenhaal Describes "Brokeback Mountain" Director Ang Lee’s Style: “There’s an odd benevolence to him and his process, in the same way that his movies are benevolent. It’s empowering because you feel like, ‘Okay I’ve given all I can. There are scenes I’ve seen and I’m like, ‘Oh wow, I gave so much more, but he pulled it back.’ And that was him balancing his film. I just learned a lot as an actor in a director, especially in particular an auteur’s movie. It’s just another tool on my tool belt.”
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ake's double had to brace himself before diving naked into the Bow River.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ack has been described (http://monopod.wordpress.com/2006/02/) as "the romantic and optimistic half of the relationship, the one who wears his heart on his sleeve, cherishing for years the possibility that he and Ennis might some day settle down together."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ack and Ennis, and the movie Brokeback Mountain, brought about three major online communities: BetterMost, Dave Cullen and EnnisJack.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)imbo had a feeling if he accepted Jack's offer of a beer some big-ass flirting would ensue.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)imbo was flabbergasted at Jack's flirtatiousness.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ack and Ennis were both marked by their harsh upbringing, but Jack was the giddier of the two.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ack's son Bobby was advised by his parents that unless his dinner went down the hatch pronto, there would be no football on TV.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ack was the one person with whom Ennis could hide his feelings of inadequacy.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ustin Jannise of the Yale Daily News describes Jack Twist as "windy and romantic, a droopy-eyed flirt to boot, but beneath the rim of that cowboy hat lurks something darkly sensitive, magnetic and even dubious."
'Brokeback' tops its genre (http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2006/jan/13/brokeback-tops-its-genre/)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)unior was one of Kate Mara's best roles.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)imbo chose to be the negater rather than the enabler of Jack's hopes for a little companionship on the road.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ack's "I wish I knew how to quit you," his frustrated lament to Ennis, is among the most often-quoted lines from the film Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ouncing a bed at a motel or paradisiacal trips to the Rockies, their meetings didn't happen nearly enough for Jack, nor Ennis, truth be known.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ouncing a bed at a motel or paradisiacal trips to the Rockies, their meetings didn't happen nearly enough for Jack, nor Ennis, truth be known.
=aside= Marina
Thanks!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ack pulled a squalling burr out of the harmonica, flattened a little from a fall off the skittish bay mare, and Ennis had a good raspy voice; a few nights they mangled their way through some songs.
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Southendmd,
You're welcome! It's one of my favorite of Annie's descriptions from the short story, of the many, so I couldn't resist when I saw the letter J. Ha! So evocative - what a great story and film. :)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ack was ready to catch Ennis when his muscle tonus gave, and he collapsed on the ground.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ack discovered that whiskey and a cold night would uncork Ennis's passion.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/ht_j01.gif)ack is a proponent of change, whereas Ennis grits his teeth and bears his life.
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Next up is letter (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif).Each post will begin with a word that starts with
the letter "K" and, as usual, include an unplayed word.(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/academy-awards7_030506.jpg)
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana co-wrote
the Oscar-winning screenplay for Brokeback Mountain.
McMurtry uses a Hermes 3000 typewriter for scriptwriting,
whereas Ossana prefers using a computer. We're going to have the "K"
from her computer keyboard assist us with this round, so please
be sure to include the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)nowing how hard it is for Ennis to acknowledge his feelings for Jack, we are not surprised that he so often averts his eyes from looking directly at Jack.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)owtowing to Ennis's fear, Jack said he wouldn't blab about their liaison: "...nobody's business but ours".
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)eeping the real nature of his friendship with Jack to himself, Ennis came up with "fishin' buddies" as a cromulent reply to Alma's question.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)im Breckenridge was one of the 23 drivers assisting the cast and crew during the production of Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)eeping his attraction for Jack hidden was something Ennis did really well, so Jack wasn't quite sure what would happen when he grabbed Ennis' hand and placed it on his embiggened manhood.
Aside= Meryl
Thanks, I would never have found 'embiggen',
if I hadn't wiki-ed 'cromulent'! :laugh:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)etchup bottles looked on in mute judgment as Ennis left Alma in the lurch after foisting the girls on her at work.
Aside= Meryl
Thanks, I would never have found 'embiggen',
if I hadn't wiki-ed 'cromulent'! :laugh:
;D :laugh: ;D
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)urt Loder (http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1517801/story.jhtml?newsSection=loder) of MTV on Heath Ledger's performance in Brokeback Mountain:
"But it's Heath Ledger's performance as Ennis -- a man so beaten down by loneliness and poverty that he can barely speak, or raise his eyes from the ground to attempt a conversation -- that raises Brokeback Mountain to the level of tragedy. Ledger has been stuck in some dumb movies in recent years (A Knight's Tale, The Order), but he was an offhand delight as a SoCal stoner in Lords of Dogtown earlier this year, and he frolics hilariously through the upcoming Casanova. Here, though, he stands revealed as an actor of breath-taking gifts, and his final scenes at the end of this movie are the most deeply and grievously moving that I've seen this year. Don't miss them."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)eeping the tone light, Ennis joked to a harmonica-playing Jack about the state of his instrument.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)eeping a low profile, Ennis writes only the words 'you bet' on the postcard to Jack, before he inserts it in the mailbox.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)nickers in a twist and loaded for bear, Ennis stalked over to the lummox known as Biker #1 and let him have it.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)evin Lally of Film Journal International (http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/reviews/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001614300) praises the acting of Brokeback Mountain's principal cast:
"Following his strong performances in Monster's Ball and the underrated Ned Kelly, Brokeback Mountain makes it clear that Heath Ledger is one of the most gifted young actors in movies today. He burrows into the pain, repression and red-hot longing of Ennis with a brilliantly modulated performance that's never showy and always nakedly vulnerable. As the less complex and emotionally scarred Jack, Gyllenhaal has the secondary role, but he fully embodies the character envisioned by Proulx and, like Ledger, commits to this gay character without a trace of self-consciousness. Williams, formerly of Dawson's Creek, is terrifically poignant as Ennis' deceived, neglected wife, and onetime Disney royal Hathaway is perfectly cast as a pampered princess of the Texas kind. Randy Quaid is also a hoot as the mercenary, none-too-friendly rancher who first hires the boys."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)nowing that the work conditions up on Brokeback weren't really negotiable, Jack bitched all he wanted, but there wasn't really anything he could do about it.
Aside=Players
Someone's gotta do the scary 'N'. 8)
;D
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)eeping in mind that he had once lost big time, at the second rodeo Jack outrode the competition.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)evin Lally of Film Journal International (http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/reviews/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001614300) praises the acting of Brokeback Mountain's principal cast:
"Following his strong performances in Monster's Ball and the underrated Ned Kelly, Brokeback Mountain makes it clear that Heath Ledger is one of the most gifted young actors in movies today. He burrows into the pain, repression and red-hot longing of Ennis with a brilliantly modulated performance that's never showy and always nakedly vulnerable. As the less complex and emotionally scarred Jack, Gyllenhaal has the secondary role, but he fully embodies the character envisioned by Proulx and, like Ledger, commits to this gay character without a trace of self-consciousness. Williams, formerly of Dawson's Creek, is terrifically poignant as Ennis' deceived, neglected wife, and onetime Disney royal Hathaway is perfectly cast as a pampered princess of the Texas kind. Randy Quaid is also a hoot as the mercenary, none-too-friendly rancher who first hires the boys."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)inky speculations regarding the amount of pussy-on-the-hoof available in various western states considered, it would nevertheless be hard to pinpoint which of the two bikers at the fireworks was the randier.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)nowing that Ennis was going to get married after he left Brokeback, Jack was hoping for a simple twist of fate that would allow the two of them to be together.
=aside= players
It's good to be back.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)evin Lally of Film Journal International (http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/reviews/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001614300) praises the acting of Brokeback Mountain's principal cast:
"Following his strong performances in Monster's Ball and the underrated Ned Kelly, Brokeback Mountain makes it clear that Heath Ledger is one of the most gifted young actors in movies today. He burrows into the pain, repression and red-hot longing of Ennis with a brilliantly modulated performance that's never showy and always nakedly vulnerable. As the less complex and emotionally scarred Jack, Gyllenhaal has the secondary role, but he fully embodies the character envisioned by Proulx and, like Ledger, commits to this gay character without a trace of self-consciousness. Williams, formerly of Dawson's Creek, is terrifically poignant as Ennis' deceived, neglected wife, and onetime Disney royal Hathaway is perfectly cast as a pampered princess of the Texas kind. Randy Quaid is also a hoot as the mercenary, none-too-friendly rancher who first hires the boys."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)eeping a job wasn't easy for the undereducated Ennis, especially since he would take any chance he could to go on a fishing trip with Jack.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/k.gif)eeping his eyes to himself whilst peeling potatoes, Jack was withstanding the temptation to peek at a naked Ennis.
=aside= Sandy
Great to have you back! Missed your wit!
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Round 931!
We move along to letter "L".Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "L" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.
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We're going to have Ennis's next-week list
assist us with this round, so please
be sure to include the following symbol
at the beginning of your post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)arry McMurtry described Brokeback Mountain as "a tragedy of emotional deprivation" in his essay "Adapting Brokeback Mountain."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)etting his basic instincts guide him, Ennis had no trouble getting down to basics in Tent Scene I.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)eaving Cassie and Junior to converse as best they could, Ennis busied himself putting coins in the jukebox.
aside = Fran
Cute round announcement :D
aside = Sandy
Glad you're back 8)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)eaving Ennis was a way for Alma to get rid of her financial dependance on a man who couldn't provide for his family the way she wanted.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)et me tell you, I can't quit this. And I can't get the time off," said Ennis, who was encumbered with child support payments.
=reply= Meryl
Thanks.
=reply= Sandy
A belated welcome back. You were missed.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)ong before their divorce, Ennis's marriage to Alma had started to fizzle out.
=aside= players
Thanks for the welcome back.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)ooking back on the opening of Brokeback, it is more clear than ever that the film represented something different in romantic story-telling, justifying Ang Lee's growing reputation as a groundbreaker.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)onging to be with Jack, Ennis was restricted by his heritage of homophobia.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)eaving Brokeback Mountain after the summer of '63, Ennis and Jack thought they would both move on, but discovered that their feelings were inextinguishable.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)ip-lockers Jack and Ennis gave Alma a fright.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)acking every kind of empathy, compassion and tenderness; Ennis's father took his two young sons and made sure they saw the monstrosity of Earl's dead and mutilated body.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)acking every kind of empathy, compassion and tenderness; Ennis's father did his best to teach his sons that there was no place in society for a couple of old nellies.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)acking every kind of empathy, compassion and tenderness; Ennis's father opprobriously took his two young sons to see Earl's dead and mutilated body.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)acking every kind of empathy, compassion and tenderness; Ennis's father opprobriously took his two young sons to see Earl's dead and mutilated body with its significant lack of a protruding body part.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)acking every kind of empathy, compassion and tenderness; Ennis's father took his two young sons and made sure they saw the monstrosity of Earl's dead and mutilated body, and this action would have strong repercussions for his son Ennis down the road of his life.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)acking every kind of empathy, compassion and tenderness; Ennis's father sickeningly took his two young sons to see Earl's dead and mutilated body.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)acking every kind of empathy, compassion and tenderness; Ennis's father sickeningly takes his two young sons to see Earl's dead and mutilated body, traumatizing at least one of them in the process.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)acking every kind of empathy, compassion and tenderness; Ennis's father unforgivably took his two young sons to see Earl's dead and mutilated body.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/l.gif)acking every kind of empathy, compassion and tenderness; Ennis's father unforgivably took his two young sons to see Earl's dead and mutilated body, but - as we know - such an action is no warranty against being gay.
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Round 932!
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We float along to the letter "M".Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "M"
and include an unplayed word.
Annie Proulx singled out one "stud duck" in Brokeback Mountain,
Jack's father, John C. Twist:
The old man sat silent, his hands folded on the plastic tablecloth,
staring at Ennis with an angry, knowing expression.
Ennis recognized in him a not uncommon type
with the hard need to be the stud duck in the pond.
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana found yet another,
Jack's father-in-law, L.D. Newsome:
L.D. NEWSOME
Whoa, now, Rodeo...the stud duck does the
carving around here.
A grumpy-looking stud duck has been located
to assist us with this round, so please
be sure to include the following symbol
at the beginning of each post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif) ichelle Williams' interpretation of a beleaguered wife in Brokeback Mountain had audiences and critics acclaiming her performance.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif) ichelle Williams' interpretation of a beleaguered wife in Brokeback Mountain had audiences and critics acclaiming her performance.
=aside= Fran
Thank you. That was
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif) ichelle Williams crafted a superb interpretation of a beleaguered wife in Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif) ark Caro of the Chicago Tribune wrote:
"The film that I've heard -- and felt -- the most enthusiasm for is Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain, which won the Venice Film Festival's top Golden Lion prize over the weekend. Lee is a master of conveying repressed emotions in a way that nonetheless moves audiences, as he does to great effect with two cowboys (Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger) who must hide their intense muual love as they carry on with their surface-level conventional lives. Lee doesn't dictate how an audience should feel; he just presents the characters in such a real, human way that the men and women, heterosexual or otherwise, share the agony of their self-denial."
Toronto film festival offers great diversity (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=20050916&id=VwQzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gQgGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4794,4872341)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif) any a tear has (have?) been cried over Brokeback Mountain -- a movie evoking so much sadness in so many people.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif) aking himself obnoxious at the dinner table, L.D. foiled Jack's attempt at disciplining Bobby--at least temporarily.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif) uch to Jack's surprise, a startled L.D. automatically obeys his command and sits himself down on one of the rather gaudily upholstered chairs.
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" (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif) oney is a good point", Jack said; and maybe Jack's lack of money is the reason why LD is so hostile to his son-in-law.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif) uch to Ennis's surprise, Jack initiated what would be an immodest proposal in Tent Scene I.
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" (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif) aker Makes", sung over the closing credits of Brokeback Mountain, caused many a movie-goer to exit the lobby bathed in tears.
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" (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif) aker Makes", sung over the closing credits of Brokeback Mountain, caused many a movie-goer to exit the lobby bathed in tears.
=aside= Meryl
Easy-peasy! :D Thank you!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif) ichelle Williams was nominated for a "Best Supporting Actress" Oscar for her powerful, sad, and near-flawless performance in Brokeback Mountain.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif) uch to Ennis's chagrin, he discovered after Thanksgiving dinner that he had not outwitted Alma about Jack being his "fishing buddy."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif) arking the difficulties and hardships of their 20 years long relationship, Ang Lee shows us scenes with Ennis and Jack fighting, riding, talking, as well as a scene with them peacefully asleep in the tent.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif) aking light of Ennis's objections, the two bikers foolishly continued to make slopbucket-mouthed comments while he sat and roiled with anger.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif) ark Caro of the Chicago Tribune wrote:
"The film that I've heard -- and felt -- the most enthusiasm for is Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain, which won the Venice Film Festival's top Golden Lion prize over the weekend. Lee is a master of conveying repressed emotions in a way that nonetheless moves audiences, as he does to great effect with two cowboys (Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger) who must hide their intense muual love as they carry on with their surface-level conventional lives. Lee doesn't dictate how an audience should feel; he just presents the characters in such a real, human way that the men and women, heterosexual or otherwise, share the agony of their self-denial."
Toronto film festival offers great diversity (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=20050916&id=VwQzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gQgGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4794,4872341)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif) issing something essential in her marriage, Alma divorced Ennis and married Monroe, while Ennis was targeting all his love and passion at Jack.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif) umbling the response "it's all yours" with eyes averted, Jack was very aware that Ennis wasn't wearin' no underdrawers when Ennis stripped down to wash up, and nonchalantly asked if Jack wanted some of the hot water for himself.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture4-2-1.gif) r. and Mrs. Twist lived in a tiny windbeaten house in Lightning Flat, Wyoming.
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Round 933!
We redline it to the Motel Siesta letter (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif).Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "N" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2108.jpg)
They went off in Jack's truck, bought a bottle of whiskey and within
twenty minutes were in the Motel Siesta jouncing a bed.
We're going to have the "N" from the red neon "VACANCY" sign
at the Motel Siesta assist us with this round, so please be sure
to include the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ot expecting to see her husband in a passionate embrace with his "fishing buddy", Alma stood aghast and looked like she had seen a ghost.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ot knowing what he was in for, a besotted Ennis entered Jack's tent for the first time.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ot understanding Ennis's sudden desire to go fishing with Jack Twist, a disquieted Alma pulls her older daughter close and gently caresses her curls.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2235.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)eeding a change from his dreadfully unhappy marriage, Ennis eagerly answered Jack's postcard with the words, "You bet."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)umb with disbelief at her husband's departure with Jack Twist, Alma was left wondering what kind of enchanter had come between her and Ennis.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ot knowing that Joe Aguirre had focused his 10x42 binoculars on them for ten minutes one day, Jack and Ennis believed themselves invisible.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)eeding a rest from waitressing and dancing, Cassie asked Ennis for a foot rub, which he gave to her gratis.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ot being inclined to sing himself, I wonder if Ennis would herald our Twelve Days of BBM Christmas (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,31203.0.html[/url) or hide?!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ot the trusting type, Jimbo chose to take Jack's warm smile as an intimation of something more than friendship.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ot having heard it for many years, Ennis was still able to remember the lullaby his mum used to sing to him, when he held Jack in his arms.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ever having considered the idea of living with another man, Ennis thought it was udder madness when Jack suggested his idea of a little cow and calf operation.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ext to his own father, Ennis was a nonesuch of parenting.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)othing prevented Jack from living his dream of a life together, had Ennis only okayed it.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ine-year-old Ennis was taken by his father to see a horrific sight: the corpse of a gay man who had been pummeled to a bloody pulp with a tire iron and then dragged around by his penis until it pulled off.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ervous and jittery about Jack's arrival, Ennis prepared hmself to receive him with open arms.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)eeding something he don't hardly ever get, Jack sidled up to a peso-driven prostitute.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ot old enough to be served wine, Bobby finds a tumbler of milk at his place setting at Thanksgiving dinner.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_2749-2.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ot able to go along with Jack's dream of a sweet life together, Ennis didn't let his plans go unchecked: "Told you, ain't goin' to be that way."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/n-2.gif)ot knowing how to respond to Ennis's abrupt leaving with Jack, Alma holds Junior tightly and brushes a wisp of her hair.
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Round 934!
We move along along to the letter "O",
"O" as in Oscar!Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "O" and,
as usual, include an unplayed word.(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/lee-ang-oscar-2006.jpg) (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/mcmurtry-larry-diana-ossana-oscar-2.jpg) (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/santaolalla-gustavo-oscar-2006.jpg)
Remember when Ang Lee, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana,
and Gustavo Santaolalla struck gold at the 78th Academy Awards?We're going to have some of their Oscar gold
assist us with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of each post:
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)wen Glieberman began his written review (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1136099,00.html) of Brokeback Mountain for Entertainment Weekly like this:
"Brokeback Mountain is that rare thing, a big Hollywood weeper with a beautiful ache at its center. It's a modern-age Western that turns into a quietly revolutionary love story. In 1963, Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), a couple of dirt-poor ranch hands, take a job guarding a flock of sheep on Brokeback Mountain, a pristine jutting vista nestled in the lush Wyoming wilderness. Ennis, a crusty, taciturn loner with a scowl that might have been carved into his pale face, and Jack, an amateur rodeo rider who has held on to his optimistic boyishness, are youthful anachronisms, relics of the fading days of the Great Plains culture. But they're still cowboys to the core; they've fallen into this life because it feeds something in them."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)ther than their own two hands, the boys didn't bring anything when they applied for the sheepherding job at Aguierre's. No grades, no resumes, no paperwork, no bureaucracy.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)ne of the stories that Ennis concocted about Jack and himself was that they were "fishing buddies."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)n Thanksgiving Day Ennis visits Alma, her new husband, and the girls and reacts violently when she finally unloads her deep-seated hurt at knowing the truth about his relationship with Jack.
=aside= Players
Heeding Jack's suggestion and heading
south to Mexico. Hasta luego.
8)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)ut of loneliness and despair, Jack tried to hit on Jimbo, but to no avail. As if he'd been eavesdropping, the bartender asked if Jack had ever tried calf roping.
=aside 1= Fran
Have a wonderful vacation!
=aside 2= Players
From what I've heard, calf roping is considered less "manly" than bull riding.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)nce Alma faced the facts about her marriage to Ennis, she decided to face the music and ask for a divorce.
=aside= Fran
Buen Viaje!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)wning a cow and calf operation was Jack's dream, but Ennis thought it was just guff.
=aside= Fran
Stay out of them alleys!
Have a great time.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)wning a cow and calf operation was Jack's dream, but Ennis thought it was just hogwash.
=aside= Paul
Thanks muchly! 8)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)n Thanksgiving day, Jack finally had the opportunity to tell L.D. not only that he thought his ass was an ignoramus, but that he was also going to knock it into next week.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)n the fight hill, a lasso-bound Ennis pulls Jack's rope.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)bserving her husband passionately kissing another man, was one of the hardest things ever in Alma's life. Her feelings were a mixture of shock, disbelief, denial, horror, devastation, revulsion, fear and probably a whole lot more.
=aside=Fran and Sandy
Happy happy birthday birthday!! :) :)
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(http://mexico-travel.com/images/mexicofan.jpg)
Happy Birthday, Senora Fran!
In honor of our lovely moderators' birthdays, we will have a special "Happy Birthday to (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)ran and (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)andy" Round following the "O" round!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)wning a cow and calf operation was Jack's dream, but Ennis thought it was a not-so-smart idea.
=aside= Paul and Sonja
Thank you.
=aside= Fran
(http://www.wishyoucard.com/assets/cards/hearts/Fran.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)riginating from Lightning Flat, Jack wanted out, as soon as possible.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)n the alert for job opportunities for Ennis, Alma prodded him to answer an ad from the electric company.
=aside=Fran
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Birthday%20and%20Congrats/birthdaywhippets.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)n Thanksgiving Day Ennis reacts violently after Alma confronts him about his relationship with Jack.
=reply= Players
Thanks for the good wishes regarding my vacation
and my birthday.
:)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)gling the peso-driven prostitutes, Jack took in the sleaziness of the Juarez alley.
=aside= Fran
Welcome back!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)ut of frustration and his desire to conform, Ennis decided to toe the line by giving Cassie a foot rub.
=aside= Fran
Bienvenido!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)ld Man Twist is one of the ugliest characters in Brokeback Mountain.
=aside=Fran
You been ta Mexico, Jack Fran?
Hope they had something nice for girls like you!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/o-3.gif)n Brokeback Mountain, a wondrous thing happened between Jack and Ennis.
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Round 935!
Yes, it's that time again!!!
We interrupt the alphabet rounds to celebrate the birthdays of our esteemed ABCs moderators!!!
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0008.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0001.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0016.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0016.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0025.gif)
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0002.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0009.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0018.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0020.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0008.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0004.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0001.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0025.gif)
To celebrate the birthdays of (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)ran and (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)andy,
each post will begin with the letter "F" or "S"
and include an unplayed word.
Please begin your post with one of the following:
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif) or (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)omething wondrous happened between Ennis and Jack on Brokeback Mountain, something neither of them could articulate.
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
=reply= Sonja
:laugh:
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)ollowing the unexpected punch from Ennis, Jack hit the ground and had difficulties finding his bearings again.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)rantically dealing with mixed emotions, Ennis nearly coldcocks Jack with his fist.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)tylishly dressed in her rodeo finery, Lureen "rounds the last barrel, whipping her horse as if she's in the homestretch at the Kentucky Derby."
=aside= Paul
You're definitely getting bonus points for the
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)rantically. :)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)eeling slightly frantic that Jack wouldn't show up, Ennis couldn't wait to relive the exhiliaration he felt on Brokeback.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)rankly surprised at Aguirre's remarks about him and his sandy-haired lover, Jack tried not to flinch at the rejection of his request for more work.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)andy-haired Ennis was frankly grimier than usual after getting coldcocked outside the Black and Blue bar.
=aside= Sandy
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0008.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0001.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0016.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0016.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0025.gif)
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0002.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0009.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0018.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0020.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0008.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0004.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0001.gif)(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0025.gif)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)andy-haired actress Michelle Williams had a high-profile relationship with actor and Brokeback Mountain co-star Heath Ledger.
=aside= Sandy
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/bd-glitter_61.gif)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)earful of her husband's reaction to the two ignoramuses at the Fourth of July picnic, Alma and her girls cowered in fear.
=aside= Paul and Fran
(http://amominredhighheels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/thank-you-bodies.jpg)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)ighting a handsome, sandy-haired cowboy drinking by his lonesome, Cassie tossed her hair and moved in, latching onto him as he headed to the men's room.
=aside= Sandy
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/Birthday%20and%20Congrats/Bostonbirthday.jpg)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)ensing a minuscular bit of flirtation from Jack, Jimbo high-tailed it to the pool table.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)andy-haired Ennis' second daughter in the short story is named (http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)rancine, she will have a different name-day celebration than her alter ego in the movie.
=aside= Sandy
Happy birthday!!
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)earful of his own feelings, Ennis tried unsuccessfully to obliterate Jack from memory.
=aside = Meryl and Sonja
(http://www.e-dirts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/thank-you-kids.jpg)
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)urely, the lone puppy inside Jack's coat had a better ride up the mountain than the three puppies in the pack basket. :)
Three puppies belonging to one of the blue heelers went in a pack basket, the runt inside Jack's coat, for he loved a little dog.
[story]
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)urely, when Alma reveals that she knows about him and Jack, it feeds Ennis' fear when he realizes that their safety relies on Alma's silence.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)ubstituting sex for love, Jack strolled down the Juarez alley in search of a peso-driven prostitute.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0006.gif)earful of his own feelings, Ennis trepidatiously walked into Jack's tent, hat in hand.
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)ensual kisses were Ennis' reward, once he finally got up the nerve to unharness his tightly-reined emotions and came to Jack's tent, hat in hand.
Happy belated birthday, Sandy and Fran!
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(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/alphabet-candles/0019.gif)andy-haired Cassie waitressed at the Wolf Ears bar but wanted to go to nursing school or something.
=reply= Marina
Thanks for the birthday wishes.
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Round 936!
We move along to the letter "P".Each post will begin with a word that starts
with the letter "P" (like "pneunomia")
and include an unplayed word.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_1095-1.jpg)
They believed themselves invisible, not knowing Joe Aguirre had watched them
through his 10x42 binoculars for ten minutes one day, waiting until they'd buttoned
up their jeans, waiting until Ennis rode back to the sheep, before bringing up the
message that Jack's people had sent word that his uncle Harold was in the
hospital with pneumonia and expected not to make it. Though he did....Speaking of Uncle Harold, one of his physicians
has agreed to assist us with this round,
so please be sure to include the following
symbol at the beginning of each post:
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)neumonia was the ailment that Aguirre told Jack his uncle had contracted.
=aside= Fran
Great (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)ausing involuntarily in his conversation with Lureen, anguished Ennis had a fleeting image of three blackguards beating Jack with tire irons.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)rieto's gorgeous cinematography was nominated for an Oscar, but lost to Memoirs of a Geisha.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)leased as punch to see Jack again, Ennis greeted him demonstratively.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)oor wounded Ennis returned to the encampment without their supplies; thrown from his horse when the horse and mules were spooked by the sight of a bear.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)retending to be content in his relationship with Cassie , Ennis knew he couldn't go on faking it.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)retty much the two grumpiest characters in Brokeback Mountain, John Twist and Joe Aguirre can duke it out for the title.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)roposing a change in geography, or 'findin' himself someplace different', Jack thought that moving to Texas might be the solution to Ennis' anxieties about what he worried were other people's hunches about him in town.
=aside=
Can somebody help me with getting the photo the correct size? Thanks!
Marina
=reply= Marina
Sure. You can add "height=150" next to the [img] code, or simply quote the previous post and erase everything else.
Paul
=aside=
Thanks, Paul! :)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)laying a role in TS1, whiskey and its inebriating effects helped lubricate the situation.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)aul just helped Marina insert the correct code in her 'H' post in the ABC game at BetterMost.
=aside= Fran
Here I had the best entry ever,
and Paul beat me to it with a couple of minutes!
Aaarrrgghhh!
Delete if you must. ;)
And since you most likely will, I'll just post an "L" instead. 8)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)rior to acting like a lunatic outside the bar, Ennis had stormed out of Alma's house, infuriated.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)eter Bradshaw wrote an article in The Guardian entitled: "British optimism goes west, Four Baftas for Brokeback Mountain, just one for The Constant Gardener." An excerpt follows:
...The sheer quality of Brokeback Mountain is unarguable, and its continued success is a brilliant, almost miraculous repudiation of bigotry and homophobia. The poster of the two heroes in dramatic, symmetrical profile was intended to recall Leo and Kate in Titanic - but those heterosexuals never came up with anything as gloriously, swooningly romantic as this.
(http://static.guim.co.uk/static/72e2dec03d19d0d26b6ab869ad20287d22a04983/common/images/logos/the-guardian/news.gif) (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/feb/20/filmawards.film)
=aside= Sonja
Nice try.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)erusing the short story, one observes that Annie Proulx always refers to the del Mars' elder daughter as Alma Jr. Apparently, Larry McMurtry and/or Diana Ossana can take credit for nicknaming her Junior.
=comment=
Yes, the sentence construction is awkward, but I'm open to suggestions.
:)
In other news, the new puppy arrived on Sunday. I'm exhausted.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)roducts from the bladder of a cat, constitute an unbearable challenge to Jack's Nervus olfactorius.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks ;)
Fran
Congrats to the new puppy!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)uppy-loving Jack carried the blue heeler runt in his jacket.
=aside= Fran
Happy puppy arrival!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)neumonia was what Aguirre told Jack that his uncle had recently contracted.
=aside= Fran
Congrats on the arrival of Forrest. Hope his aunt is doing okay as well.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)ierre-Simon Lebrun-Chaput, François Lord, Alexandre Lafortune, Matthew Rouleau, Philippe Sylvain, Robin Tremblay, Bruno-Olivier Laflamme, and Jean-François Lafleur are credited as 3D artists in the end credits for the film Brokeback Mountain.
=reply= Sonja, Paul, and Sandy
Thanks for the good wishes re the puppy. He and
Ember are drinking from the same water bowl at
the same time, so it looks like things are moving in
the right direction. I've never owned more than one
dog at a time, so this is all new for me, can you tell?
:)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)eeling potatoes helped Jack concentrate, whilst Ennis engaged in nearby titillative practices.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)ositive Jack, and fearful Ennis: the idea of a cow and calf operation was like utopianism, in the light of Ennis' deeply internalized fear of being outed.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/istockphoto_4736409-doctor-1.jpg)ossessing the ability to visualize the finished project, Ennis whittles away.
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Round 937!
We move along to the letter "Q".Each post will begin with a word
that starts with the letter "Q"
and include an unplayed word.
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Remember when Cassie was pumping Alma Jr.
for information while Ennis was away from
the table, selecting songs at the jukebox?
We're going to have some of the quarters Ennis stuffed in
the jukebox assist us with this round, so please be sure
to include the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uietly watching her husband in a passionate embrace with his friend, Alma didn't think that was appropriate behavior for two fishing buddies.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)ueried by her father's new girlfriend about whether he would ever settle down again, Alma Jr. may have started to become aware that her beloved Daddy wasn't the marryin' kind.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uizas, Quizas, Quizas" sang the caballeros as Ang's camera enters Juarez.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)ueer" wasn't how Jack and Ennis described themselves, but nevertheless both their marriages went downwards as the years passed.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uick to realize that Ennis isn't taking necessary precautions, Alma reminds him that they are already up to their eyeballs in debt.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uestioning whether the previous night was just an act of folly, Ennis told Jack, "This is a one-shot thing we got going on here."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uiet was something Randall Malone rarely enjoyed; when his wife left to go powder her nose with Lureen, Jack and he were enveloped in what seemed like a gravelike silence.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uick-reflexed Ennis was approached by an attractive blond dressed in a strapless halter top and denim cutoffs while he was on his way to the men's room.
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=comment=
The word "halter" had to have been played before, right? ???
Methinks the answer list is less than perfect.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uestioned by Ennis whether he'd be back on Brokeback next year, Jack answered that maybe he would, unless he'd have to inscribe in the army.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uickly stepping on the gas at the state line, Jack drummed on the steering wheel and sang along to the lyrics of 'King of the Road', as he anticipated seeing Ennis again.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uestioned by Ennis whether he'd be back on Brokeback next year, Jack answered that maybe he would, unless a certain martial organization got him.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uestions remain as to why actor Randy Quaid, who played rancher Joe Aguirre in Brokeback Mountain -- essentially a non-lead role -- withdrew his $10 million lawsuit against the makers of said film. (Quaid's publicist said that the actor received a bonus for withdrawing the lawsuit while Focus Features claimed there was no settlement.)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)ueasy from the odiferant lightning-zapped sheep, Jack thought he'd asphyxiate.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uelling his almost irresistible need to take a look, Jack kept on peeling potatoes painstakingly slow while naked Ennis washed up behind him.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uoteworthy lines of dialogue from both the short story and the screenplay of Brokeback Mountain can be found in abundance in this thread (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,10647.0.html).
=aside=Players
I couldn't resist reviving "Q" momentarily for this quintessential round! ;)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uestioned by Ennis as to whether he'd be back on Brokeback the following year, Jack answered that maybe he would, unless he was recruited for military service.
=aside= Sonja
Thanks.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)ueer or not, Ennis found himself succumbing to Jack's charms.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uite the opposite of their own notion, there is a tangible attraction between the boys from the get-go.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)uestions remained unasked and unanswered the last time Ennis and Jack were together.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/pc_q1a.gif)ualities of nature, such as windblown landscapes, featured prominently in the film Brokeback Mountain.
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Round 938!
We move along to the letter "R".Each post will begin with a word that starts
with the letter "R" and include an unplayed word.
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Ennis ran full throttle on all roads whether fence mending or money spending, and
he wanted none of it when Jack seized his left hand and brought it to his erect cock.
Ennis's left hand will assist us with this round,
so please be sure to include the following symbol
at the beginning of your post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)umor had it that director Ang Lee had barred screenwriter Larry McMurtry from the set of Brokeback Mountain, but, as a spokewoman for Focus Features pointed out, he rarely goes on sets because he has severe allergies.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)econnecting with Ennis at the Motel Siesta, Jack told him about his botched rodeo attempt and how he met Lureen.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)especting the tradition, the Twist Thanksgiving table was set with their best china and cutlery, as well as turkey with all the trimmings.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)eligious nut Mel Gibson believed that taking on the role of Ennis del Mar would be a detriment to Heath Ledger's acting career.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)esplendent in her lowcut ruffled cocktail dress and gold earrings, LaShawn gabbed all through the benefit dinner.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)ousing himself slowly from an alcohol-induced sleep, Ennis had a foggy head, but also a clear sense that something was different.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)esplendent in her lowcut ruffled cocktail dress and gold earrings, LaShawn gabbed all through the benefit dinner.
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(Photo courtesy of Toast)
=aside= Sandy
Thank you! :D
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)andall and Jack sat together outside the dance hall, waiting for their "better halves" to return from the ladies' room.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)eluctantly Ennis agreed to the immodestly dressed Cassie's request for a foot massage.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)ules on Brokeback were far from lax, quite the contrary, especially on sleeping locations. But as the summer went along, Ennis and Jack cared less and less about the rules, and more and more about being together.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)andall and Lashawn had the misfortune of being stranded roadside when their pickup broke down.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)andall plied Jack with his none-too-subtle brand of flirtation.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)eading wasn't easy for Ennis, far-sighted as he was. An examination with an ophthalmoscope would have established the fact that he needed glasses.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)ereading the story after seeing the movie, I was stunned by how faithful the adaptation is, stunned because it feels so different from the story. Every incident in the story is in the movie (except for one, in which Jack's father pisses on him as a child to punish him for missing the toilet), but Ang Lee's traditional cinematic pictorialism changes the terms on which Proulx imagined those incidents."
-- Alan Dale, "Brokeback Mountain: In the Shadow of the Tire Iron" (http://blogcritics.org/video/article/movie-review-brokeback-mountain-in-the/)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)olling with the punches on Brokeback, Ennis was afraid to come down from the mountain to take on the role of husband and father.
=aside= Meryl
Have a great trip!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)ight after Brokeback, Jack drives off with a bruise on his cheek and a sad expression in his eyes; while Ennis punches a wall and cries and pukes. It's hard to tell who is the sorrier of the two.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)andall Malone, Roy Taylor's new foreman, is married to Lashawn, a pretty thirtyish woman.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)eflecting on Gender Issues in Contemporary Cinema, Fran Pheasant-Kelly wrote an article entitled "Spaces of Desire: Liminality and Abjection in Brokeback Mountain." In it she writes: In a later visit to Lureen and Jack, Lureen’s father also insists on carving the turkey, and then repeatedly turns on the television against Jack’s wishes. Such scenes serve to further compromise Jack’s authority. In a parallel scene, Ennis’s role is similarly usurped, as Monroe (Scott Michael Campbell), Alma’s new partner, also carves the turkey. Not only does this indicate the loss of Ennis’s role as head of the household, but the close-up of the electric knife also highlights the artifice of domestic life. This superficiality further materialises in the female characters, in particular Jack’s wife, Lureen, who assumes an increasingly artificial appearance; her dyed blond hair and excessive jewellery are contiguous with the pretence of the life that she leads with Jack.
(http://www.jgcinema.com/images/logo.gif) (http://www.jgcinema.com/single.php?sl=brokeback-mountain)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0018.gif)eflecting Ennis's emotional state after Jack's death, you could say he was a widower.
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Round 939!
We move along to the letter "S".Each post will begin with a word that starts
with the letter "S" and include an unplayed word.
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"I thought Brokeback Mountain was around where he grew up. But knowing Jack,
it might be some pretend place where the bluebirds sing and there's a whiskey spring."
A very active bluebird is going to assist us
with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)creenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana managed to provide additional narrative detail without straying from Annie Proulx's basic storyline.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)tarting Jack's broken-down pickup truck upon leaving Brokeback required Ennis's magic touch.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)itting in the bar in Signal, Jack tells Ennis about the carnage among the sheep, caused by lightning last year on Brokeback.
=aside=Fran
I love the little bluebird! :D
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)ometimes it took weeks to get the right phrase or descriptor for particular characters."
-- Annie Proulx, in "Getting Movied," describing how Brokeback Mountain was a hard story to write
=reply= Sonja
Me, too. :)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)eeing Brokeback Mountain entitles viewers to complete the story in their own lives.
=aside= Sonja, Fran
I think it looks like a blue hummingbird!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)uspicious Alma figured the reason for Ennis not using the fishing line in five years, wasn't just forgetfulness.
=aside= Paul
Hummingbird, schmummingbird. It's a bird,
it's blue, and it's cute.
That's enough for me!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)eeing Jack get rebuffed after trying to pick up Jimbo's tab, the bartender put in his two cents and tried to gave Jack a tip about calf-roping, resulting in Jack throwing down his money minus a gratuity.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)ure enough, Jack, Ennis, and the Chileans had one heckuva time untangling the sheep.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)eeing Earl's dead body made Ennis intuit that ranching up with a man could lead to serious trouble.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)teve Persall wrote a review of Brokeback Mountain entitled: "Brokeback Mountain rises above hype - Ang Lee's film will be considered a social statement, but at heart it's a love story of whose beautifully woven fabric homosexuality is only a thread."
An excerpt follows: Jack contacts Ennis, requesting a Brokeback reunion. It's the first of several meetings over the years, ostensibly for fishing, although they never bait a hook. Alma's suspicions begin when she sees Jack and Ennis kissing but can't confront her husband about it. Lee's film becomes a western class saga on the order of George Stevens' Giant, recalling the hindsight homoeroticism of that film's stars, Rock Hudson and James Dean.
Much happens over the next two decades, some of it unsavory, as Jack's true colors are revealed and Ennis isolates himself from his family. The repercussions of their affair are smartly detailed in the screenplay based on Annie Proulx's short story, never sappy or campy as hesitant viewers may expect. Brokeback Mountain is so delicately layered that the homosexual angle becomes just another thread in an unshakable romantic tragedy.
(http://www.tampabay.com/universal/graphics/logos/tbcom-stacked.gif) (http://www.sptimes.com/2006/01/05/Weekend/_Brokeback_Mountain__.shtml)
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)hit no", Jack replied when Ennis asked him if he'd ever done it with other guys. Ennis himself indicated that he'd been masturbating numerous times, thinking about Jack.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)everal Brokeback Mountain reviews* by film critics in the Netherlands can be found here (http://www.film1.nl/zoek/?cx=009153552854938002534%3Aaf0ze8etbks&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Brokeback+Mountain&sa=Zoek).
*written in Dutch, unfortunately
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)tarting his journey home after leaving Brokeback, Ennis suffered from emotional overload trying to deal with everything that had happend that summer.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)tarting here (http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Segredo_de_Brokeback_Mountain), we can read what Wiki says in Portuguese about the movie O Segredo de Brokeback Mountain.
=aside=Fran
Thanks for the great idea! :D
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)pecial effects coordinator Maurice Routly was assisted by Jason Paradis while working on the film Brokeback Mountain.
=reply= Sonja
You're welcome. :)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)eeing Jimbo's departure for the pool table as humiliating, Jack skedaddled from the bar.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)temmin' the rose, Alberta 2004" was the T-shirts' slogan, as worn by the Brokeback crew.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)eeking $10 million in damages, actor Randy Quaid sued Focus Features and producers David Linde and James Schamus for underpaying him for his work on Brokeback Mountain. He later dropped the lawsuit.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0019.gif)ingin' bluebirds and a whiskyfied springs kind of place was how Jack had poetically referred to the heavenly Brokeback Mountain.
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Round 940!
The letter "T" is next.Each post will begin with a word that starts
with the letter "T" and include an unplayed word.
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After his second summer on Brokeback ended, Jack drove
grooves across Texas, rodeoin'. He made "three fuckin'
thousand dollars that year. Fuckin' starved. Had to
borrow everthing but a toothbrush from other guys."
Jack's old toothbrush is going to assist us
with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)rying to be helpful, Ennis assists Alma in clearing off the dishes after Thanksgiving dinner, only to get his ass kicked.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)otally indifferent to Jack's feelings, L D didn't hold back from badmouthing him whenever he got a chance.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)he more outgoing of the two, Jack fantasizes that they can buy a ranch and live together, but Ennis is more cautious."
-- John Nesbit, Old School Reviews (http://oldschoolreviews.com/rev_2000/brokeback_mountain.htm)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)telling it like he saw it, Jimbo detected that there was an underlying motive in Jack's wanting to buy him a beer.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)easing Jack, Ennis mock-complained about how Jack's less-than-perfect-pitch harmonica playing offended his eardrums.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)aking Jack by surprise, Lureen was very forthcoming when it came to their first sexual interaction.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)heaters in Greece began screening Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain on February 16, 2006.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)ales from Jack about the highfalutin L.D. Newsome made for some high-class entertaniment for Ennis.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)ents seemed to intensify their sexual tension.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)he film Brokeback Mountain was released in London on December 30, 2005, in only one cinema, and was widely released in the rest of the United Kingdom on January 6, 2006, per Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain).
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The nine-screen Vue multiplex located in Leicester Square, London
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)here are five mums mentioned in Brokeback Mountain: Alma, Lureen, Ma Twist, Ennis's mum, Fayette Newsome.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)he following is an excerpt from Nicholas Snow's Notes From The World: "Return to Brokeback Mountain."
I don’t believe any of us covering the red carpet arrivals for the Brokeback Mountain premiere in Hollywood, November 11, 2005, had a clue that we would truly be a part of history, helping launch a movie that would transform the lives of countless people around the world because of its profound capturing of the cost of the closet. I had not yet seen the movie that I now hold as one of the most important ever made, conveying the deep, undeniable humanity of authentic love, as well as the justifications and costs of locking that love in the dark.
NotesFromHollywood.com (http://notesfromhollywood.com/profiles/blogs/nicholas-snows-notes-from-the)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)hough obtusely dubbed "the gay cowboy movie," Brokeback Mountain would become a cultural phenomenon and one of cinema's most groundbreaking fllms.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)hrongs of onlookers watched Ennis pummel Biker #1.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)hrough the haze of his own anger when he stormed out Monroe's house, Ennis could hear two forlorn little voices reverberating: "Bye daddy!", "Byye!"
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)hey could hear the river muttering and making a distant train sound a long way off.
[story]
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)odd McCarthy, as part of the Telluride festival coverage, presented a review of Brokeback Mountain that began by calling the film:
An achingly sad tale of two damaged souls whose intimate connection across many years cannot ever be properly resolved, this ostensible gay Western is marked by a heightened degree of sensitivity and tact, as well as an outstanding performance from Heath Ledger.
The reviewer said that the film was:
… a real tightrope walk for the writers, director and, especially, the actors. All hands manage it through a shrewd balance of understated emotion and explosive physicality. The young men’s pent-up sexuality expresses itself most comfortably through boyish horsing around, but this can also slip over into outright violence, as when they hit each other with bloody results.
You Don't know What Love Is (http://filmint.nu/?p=56)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)he potential of a sweet life together is there, but seems to be impossible, partly due to Ennis's undeveloped emotional life.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Toothbrush-2-1.gif)wo well-fed men sat together outside the dance hall, waiting for their wives to return from the ladies' room.
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Round 941!
The letter "U" is next.
Each post will begin with a word that starts
with the letter "U" and include an unplayed word.
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Remember when Biker #2 commented that the crowd attending
the Fourth of July celebration was all swelled up with patriotic feeling?
That patriotic feeling is going to assist us
with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nder her shirt, Lureen exposed her lingerie adorned with black lace.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nder all that black lace, Lureen sported some fancy boobage.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nobserving of Ennis's pent-up state, the bikers acted like dumb clucks and kept on making rude comments.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nable to control his anger, Ennis rose from the blanket to take on those dopes with the slop-bucket mouths.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)ninterested as to what species an entomologist would have typed it; Aguirre struck out and hit the mosquito on his neck.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nable to control his desire along with his mixed-up feelings, Ennis was totally frazzled the morning after Tent Scene I.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nder the dim street light in LD's car, Jack and Lureen had a glandular experience.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nder cover of darkness, the two hotties in the backseat got to know each other biblically.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nderstandably, once Lureen got a look at Jack Twist, she itched to get an even closer one.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nderneath her red cowgirl outfit, Lureen was sporting some fancy laciness.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nbeknownst to Jack, one of the stranded motorists he picked up by the side of the road would make him an offer for the road less traveled.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nderneath baby Jenny's clothes there's a nappy.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nable to find a suitable filming location in Wyoming, Ang Lee chose to shoot Brokeback Mountain in and around Calgary, Canada, 3500 km from the capital Ottawa.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nforeseen circumstances during that summer on Brokeback led Ennis to have feelings that he had never previously experienced.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)ntil the Thanksgiving dinner, Ennis believed Alma didn't know about him and Jack; but that day he got to see the revulsion she felt about them.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nfortunately, Ennis never found the inner strength to fight the system and follow his heart.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nderneath her lacy lingerie, Lureen sported a pair of tatas.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nable to "make it on a couple a high-altitude fucks once or twice a year," Jack becomes unfaithful to Ennis when he goes to Mexico looking for low-end hookers.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/hr_u-a-1.gif)nbeknownst to Ennis, Alma proved to be quite well-informed about his and Jack's activities.
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Round 942!
The letter "V" is next.Each post will begin with a word that starts
with the letter "V" and include an unplayed word.
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Joe Aguirre provided Ennis and Jack with a couple of blue heelers
to help keep the sheep in line on Brokeback Mountain.
Jack's favorite is going to assist us
with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)icky Luzón's review of Brokeback Mountain (http://ccs.filmculture.net/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=38) at Cinema, Culture and Society includes the following:
"Ennis's taciturn but often violent behaviour can only be attributed to a desperate need to hide what he harbours inside. Ever since a traumatic moment in his childhood, he has learnt to hate gays, and thus himself."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)irile Ennis began to blubber after parting from Jack.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)icky Luzón's review of Brokeback Mountain (http://ccs.filmculture.net/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=38) at Cinema, Culture and Society includes the following:
"Ennis's taciturn but often violent behaviour can only be attributed to a desperate need to hide what he harbours inside. Ever since a traumatic moment in his childhood, he has learnt to hate gays, and thus himself. Jack is the only person that can break down Ennis's guard, gently forcing Ennis's real feelings to come to the surface, which is why Ennis both loves and hates him. It is his helplessness that makes him fight Jack in desperation at several points throughout the film."
=aside= Fran
Thanks! :)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)icky Luzón's review of Brokeback Mountain (http://ccs.filmculture.net/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=38) at Cinema, Culture and Society includes the following:
"Arguably, [Ennis] is probably more realistic than Jack, as the film's tragic ending seems to confirm. However, one does wonder if that forbidden love was not worth living, even if shortly, despite the obvious risks. Certainly, Heath Ledger's performance helps flesh out the desperation that separates Jack and Ennis permanently, and I believe it can be equated to James Dean's best work. Not surprisingly, Hedger won himself a Golden Globe nomination for best actor and another one from the Screen Actors' Guild, in addition to many others."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)ery often, Brokeback audience members who felt dubious about a film showing two men in love found that they were more than ready to empathize with Ennis's and Jack's pain afterwards.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)icky Luzón's review of Brokeback Mountain (http://ccs.filmculture.net/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=38) at Cinema, Culture and Society includes the following:
"Ennis's taciturn but often violent behaviour can only be attributed to a desperate need to hide what he harbours inside. Ever since a traumatic moment in his childhood, he has learnt to hate gays, and thus himself. Jack is the only person that can break down Ennis's guard, gently forcing Ennis's real feelings to come to the surface, which is why Ennis both loves and hates him. It is his helplessness that makes him fight Jack in desperation at several points throughout the film."
=aside= Fran
Thanks again! :D
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)irile Ennis committed mayhem on one of the foul-mouthed biker goons and threatened the other with dental work, when they wouldn't shut up.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)ery much in a hurry to escape to the mountains with Jack, Ennis gives Alma a quick one-arm hug, kisses her on the cheek, and tells her that he'll see her "Sunday, latest."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)ery obvious in Brokeback Mountain, is the four main characters indulgence to cigarettes.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)icky Luzón's review of Brokeback Mountain (http://ccs.filmculture.net/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=38) at Cinema, Culture and Society includes the following:
"Ennis's taciturn but often violent behaviour can only be attributed to a desperate need to hide what he harbours inside. Ever since a traumatic moment in his childhood, he has learnt to hate gays, and thus himself. Jack is the only person that can break down Ennis's guard, gently forcing Ennis's real feelings to come to the surface, which is why Ennis both loves and hates him. It is his helplessness that makes him fight Jack in desperation at several points throughout the film."
=aside= Fran
Thanks! :D
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)icky Luzón's review of Brokeback Mountain (http://ccs.filmculture.net/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=38) at Cinema, Culture and Society includes the following:
"Ang Lee has said that he considers Brokeback Mountain to be just a love story, not a western. I couldn’t agree more. In fact, it is significant that the IMDB places the film within the categories of drama and love, not western. Like classical melodrama the film portrays a doomed love story between two men who happen to be cowboys. However, they could have been clerks and the result would most likely have been the same. Yet, the fact that the men are cowboys adds to the intensity of this melodrama. In most examples of the genre, the protagonists’ pursuits of happiness are thwarted due to powerful social pressures to conform to what is correct, proper and normal. It is the social environment that crushes their aspirations, with different but often heartbreaking consequences. For two gay cowboys in Wyoming in the 1960s the pressures must have been (and without doubt still are) unbearable indeed."
=aside= Fran
Thanks for finding this article!
=aside= players
I'll be in CA for a couple of weeks visiting my sister.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)alerie Planche's acting filmography at IMDb includes the films Bad Money (1999), Shanghai Noon (2000), The Claim (2000), and, surprisingly, Brokeback Mountain (2005).
=reply= Sandy
Too bad there wasn't an unplayed "N" in there
somewhere.
Safe travels and my best regards to your sister.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)irile Ennis seemed to be okaying his relations with Jack when he said, "It's a one-shot thing we got goin' on here".
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)isceral in his description of what separating from Jack had felt like, Ennis said he'd pulled over to the side of the road, dizzy and near to puking his guts out, realizing later that he shouldn't have let Jack out of his sights.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)ictor Reyes had a small role in Brokeback Mountain. He played Chilean Sheepherder #1.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)ery cold water led to shouts from Jack and Ennis as they were surfacing from the river.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)ery disturbed by Jack's initiative at FNIT, Ennis threw him to the ground and uncovered his tush.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)erbalizing his fears and concerns, Ennis tells Jack about his father's unhidden contempt for gays and about Earl's murder.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0022.gif)enting her anger at Ennis, Alma began with the well-meant comment about his being lonely.
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Round 943!
The letter "W" is next.
Each post will begin with a word that starts
with the letter "W" and include an unplayed word.
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In Brokeback Mountain, author Annie Proulx made mention of
the direction west more times than any other direction:
In August Ennis spent the whole night with Jack in the main camp and in a blowy
hailstorm the sheep took off west and got among a herd in another allotment.
The next week Joe Aguirre sent word to bring them down -- another, bigger storm
was moving in from the Pacific -- and they packed in the game and moved off the
mountain with the sheep, stones rolling at their heels, purple cloud crowding in
from the west and the metal smell of coming snow pressing them on.
The day was hot and clear in the morning, but by noon the clouds had pushed up
out of the west rolling a little sultry air before them.
Ennis, weather-eyed, looked west for the heated cumulus that might come up on
such a day but the boneless blue was so deep, said Jack, that he might drown looking up.
On the third morning there were the clouds Ennis had expected, a grey racer out of
the west, a bar of darkness driving wind before it and small flakes.
The bedroom, at the top of a steep stair that had its own climbing rhythm, was tiny
and hot, afternoon sun pounding through the west window, hitting the narrow
boy's bed against the wall, an ink-stained desk and wooden chair, a b.b. gun
in a hand-whittled rack over the bed.
The direction west is available to assist us
with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hat with the whole pissing-on-your-three-year-old-son and all, Jack's father was admittedly not your typical loving kind of dad.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hile attempting to explain why voters chose Crash over Brokeback Mountain, Peter Guber, chairman of Mandalay Pictures, said, "This is a very broad-based professional organization. When it came down to the craft of filmmaking, I think the academy decided that Ang Lee deserved the director award, but in terms of the themes of the film, they were much more interested in Crash. The membership is older and more conservative than some of those other groups, and I think it was reflected in the choice that they made."
Los Angeles Retains Custody of Oscar (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/07/movies/redcarpet/07osca.html?_r=1)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hen Ennis inquired as to whether or not he'd be coming back to Brokeback next year, Jack said he might be, if he didn't get conscripted into the Army.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hittling was one way Ennis whiled away the hours of the days up on Brokeback; another was leafing through a dog-eared copy of Hamley's saddle catalog.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hen parting from Jack that summer, Ennis thought he had a bad case of enteritis, but it was really grief.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hen Jack got Ennis' message about his divorce, he immediately headed for Riverton to see him, delighted to learn of his free-agent status.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hile Ennis would be happy to scatter Jack's ashes up on Brokeback, Old Man Twist decided to bury them in the family graveyard.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hile waiting for the storm to pass, Ennis hunkers down in the big tent with Jack.
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/brokebackmtn_1136.jpg)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hen his son-in-law unexpectedly threatened to "knock his ignorant ass into next week," blowhard L. D. beat an ignominious retreat.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hile doing dishes in the stream, Ennis looked up to see tiny Jack, as if he were from Lilliput.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hile attempting to explain why voters chose Crash over Brokeback Mountain, Peter Guber, chairman of Mandalay Pictures, said, "This is a very broad-based] professional organization. When it came down to the craft of filmmaking, I think the academy decided that Ang Lee deserved the director award, but in terms of the themes of the film, they were much more interested in Crash. The membership is older and more conservative than some of those other groups, and I think it was reflected in the choice that they made."
Los Angeles Retains Custody of Oscar (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/07/movies/redcarpet/07osca.html?_r=1)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hen Idaho State Senator Nicole LeFavour mailed out copies of Ang Lee’s Academy Award winning film, “Brokeback Mountain,” last December, she did so in hopes of helping to educate her fellow lawmakers about the struggles of Idaho’s gay and lesbian community.
One state lawmaker, however, says he was offended.
House Education Committee Chairman Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d’Alene, who is Catholic, tells The Idaho Statesman that he and his wife had just returned from Christmas Eve Mass when they found the DVD in their mailbox.
“Just the timing of receiving it after Christmas Mass was offensive to both my wife and I. We opened it and my wife just immediately resealed it and asked me if I’d just deliver it back to Nicole,” Nanoni tells The Idaho Statesman.
Nonini, who is known for supporting anti-LGBT legislation such as a 2006 bill that would have required a parent’s signature for students to participate in school clubs and activities, rather then allow Gay-Straight Alliance clubs on campus, calls finding the gift, “bad timing.”
“It’s just our religion and our thoughts and our feelings,” he tells the Idaho Statesman.
Nonini might be using his religion as an excuse, however.
In 2006, Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco, George Niederauer called the film,”very powerful.”
Associate Editor Michael Swan of The Catholic Register, Canada’s oldest and largest national weekly Catholic newspaper, wrote: “It’s no accident that the first half of Brokeback Mountain is filled with lush Christian imagery which recalls Jesus the good shepherd.”
Swan added: “When they [the film's main characters] come down off the mountain they return to a world capable of murder, a society that demands lies from those who are different and just about everyone else.”
In a state that continuously refuses to afford its LGBT citizens any sort of rights at all, one can’t help but wonder if Nonini realizes the comparison.
The Idaho Agena (http://idahoagenda.com/tag/brokeback-mountain/)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hen discussing their future, Ennis told Jack they couldn't live together, but they could meet now and then at an off-hand venue.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)ithout flinching and with Jack's cheek still a perse shade of blue from his scuffle with Ennis the day before, they both took their lumps stoically when Joe Aguirre blasted them for their poor work after coming down the mountain - "you ranch stiffs ain't never no good".
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hen I got Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry's request to option the story for a film with money from their own pockets -- unusual for screenwriters -- I was immediately beset with doubts. I simply did not think this story could be a film: it was too sexually explicit for presumed mainstream tastes, the general topic of homophobia was a hot potato unless gingerly skirted, and, given Hollywood actors' reluctance to play gay men (though many gay men have brilliantly played straight guys) it would likely be difficult to find a good cast, not to say a director. It was only because I trusted Larry's and Diana's writing skills, film experience and, especially, Larry's incomparable knowledge of the west's mores and language that I signed the contract."
-- Annie Proulx, in her essay "Getting Movied"
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hen Ennis turns down Jack's idea of a little C&C operation, it's partly due to his fear of how the surrounding society will react.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hile Ennis is warshing everywhere he can reach, Jack tries valiantly to ignore the toothsome picture he presents and keep peeling the potatoes.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hen the TV situation between Jack and L.D. at Thanksgiving dinner threatened to get out of hand, Lureen briefly attempted to play umpire.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/Picture16-3.png)hen I got Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry's request to option the story for a film with money from their own pockets -- unusual for screenwriters -- I was immediately beset with doubts. I simply did not think this story could be a film: it was too sexually explicit for presumed mainstream tastes, the general topic of homophobia was a hot potato unless gingerly skirted, and, given Hollywood actors' reluctance to play gay men (though many gay men have brilliantly played straight guys) it would likely be difficult to find a good cast, not to say a director. It was only because I trusted Larry's and Diana's writing skills, film experience and, especially, Larry's incomparable knowledge of the west's mores and language that I signed the contract."
-- Annie Proulx, in her essay "Getting Movied"
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Round 944!
The letter "X" is next.Each post will begin with a word that starts with
the letter "X" or the letters "E-X" (only spell it
without the "E") and include an unplayed word.
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Fireworks weren't the only things xploding at
the Fourth of July celebration. So was Ennis's temper.
Xploding fireworks will assist us
with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)ercising her sexuality, the appropriately named Lureen lured Jack to the dance floor and beyond.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)ercising her right to freedom of speech, LaShawn babbled about whatever came into her head at the Benefit Dinner.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)treme gut pains overtook Ennis once Jack drove away, so he stumbled into an alley, crouched down, and tried to puke.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)ceeding the bounds of the law, Ennis's father and his cronies visited a Draconian punishment on poor Earl and his partner Rich.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)ercising her sexuality, Cassie encroached on Ennis's right to go to the men's room.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)T: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, WYOMING: CAMP: NIGHT: 1963:
The campfire light flickers on JACK'S face. Looks around at
the surrounding forest. Knows ENNIS wouldn't lag... is
clearly worried. Takes a swig out of a whiskey bottle.
JACK looks up.
WE SEE ENNIS ride into camp atop Cigar, dismount, somewhat
obscured by the darkness.
[screenplay]
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)treme arrogance led to L.D.'s treating Jack like a gofer when he threw him the car keys to get the baby formula.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)ercising her sexuality, Cassie hinders Ennis's trip to the men's room.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)erpted from the short story, Annie Proulx gives an intro of the two main characters of Ennis and Jack as:
"They were raised on small, poor ranches in opposite corners of the state, Jack Twist in Lightning Flat, up on the Montana border, Ennis del Mar from around Sage, near the Utah line, both high school drop out country boys with no prospects, brought up to hard work and privation, both rough mannered, rough spoken, inured to the stoic life."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)plicit details about the condition of the corpse of Earl, Rich's live-in companion, were provided by Ennis:
"They'd took a tire iron to him, spurred him up, drug him around by his dick until it pulled off, just bloody pulp. What the tire iron done looked like pieces a burned tomatoes all over him, nose tore down from skiddin on gravel."
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)treme care was taken by Ennis, throughout his life, to minimalize the risk that he was found out being homosexual.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)iting their boyhood years and on the cusp of becoming young men and how manhood was defined for the time and place, Ennis and Jack were learning how to be navigators of their sometimes harsh and hostile environment.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)T: WYOMING MOUNTAINS: DAY: 1978:
Washing tin plates.
JACK is a little thicker around the haunch.
JACK
All I'm sayin' is, what's the point to
makin' it? If the taxes don't get it, the
inflation eats it all up. You should see
Lureen, punchin' numbers into her adding
machine, huntin' for extra zeros, her
eyes gettin' smaller and smaller, it's
like watchin' a rabbit tryin' to squeeze
into a snakehole with a coyote on its
tail.
ENNIS
High-class entertainment.
JACK
For what it's worth.
ENNIS
Lureen. You and her, it's normal and all?
JACK
Sure.
ENNIS
And she don't ever suspect?
JACK shakes his head no.
ENNIS (CONT'D)
You ever get the feelin', I don't know,
when you're in town, and someone looks at
you, suspicious... like he knows. And then
everyone, lookin' at you, and maybe they
all know too?
JACK
Maybe it's time you moved outta there.
You know, set yourself up somewhere
different. Maybe Texas.
[screenplay]
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)treme pig-headedness on the part of Jack's father was the reason that Ennis couldn't bury Jack's ashes on Brokeback.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)cept for the unwanted visits by Aguirre, Brokeback Mountain was pretty much their own realm.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)T: WYOMING MOUNTAINS: DAY: 1978:
Washing tin plates.
JACK is a little thicker around the haunch.
JACK
All I'm sayin' is, what's the point to
makin' it? If the taxes don't get it, the
inflation eats it all up. You should see
Lureen, punchin' numbers into her adding
machine, huntin' for extra zeros, her
eyes gettin' smaller and smaller, it's
like watchin' a rabbit tryin' to squeeze
into a snakehole with a coyote on its
tail.
ENNIS
High-class entertainment.
JACK
For what it's worth.
[screenplay]
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)asperated by Ennis's unavailabilty, Jack felt compelled to make visits to Mexico, where traffickers in the sex trade abounded.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)cessively dominant behaviour was the reason for LD's attempted usurpation of control over Bobby's tv habits.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/e_x.gif)xcited shouts replaced Jack's grumbling about beans once Ennis shot them a wapiti for dinner, as long as the Game & Fish didn't catch 'em with it!
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Round 945!
The letter "Y" is next.Each post will begin with a word that starts
with the letter "Y" and include an unplayed word.
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"Last one in...!" shouted Ennis as he
and Jack raced to the edge of the cliff.
The water they landed in is going to assist us
with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)es, antihero Jack does meet one of the time-honored antihero ends at the hands of the vile side of civilization that simply cannot abide his 'natural' identity. But our hero Ennis, our upstanding frontier man who stays close to the land but resists nature's temptations, and who wants -- but mostly fails -- to do right by his adoring daughters has an arguably more painful fate (and Ledger makes you feel that pain). He's left alone in his isolated trailer to contemplate what might have been and could never be."
-- Lucia Bozzola, The Simon Magazine
Brokeback Mountain: Why Cowboys Get the Blues (http://www.thesimon.com/magazine/articles/guy_movies/01037_brokeback_mountain_why_cowboys_get_blues.html)
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)ammering from the cold, Ennis, ordinarily buttoned-up and constrained, makes his way inside the tent and soon starts unbuttoning and getting down to business, while buttoning up about it the next morning.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif) exactly Jack and Ennis were picked for the sheep herding job we'll never know, but it doesn't seem anyone cared about their credentials.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)ou got a extra blanket?" inquired Ennis, thinking that would be enough to keep him warm even if the fire died and the outside temperature dropped several degrees.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)elling for Monroe was Alma's response to the egregiousness of Ennis's threats.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)ear after year, Ennis and Jack lead pretty dull and gloomy lives, the only thing fab that ever happened was their "infrequent couplings"
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)ep, Brett S. Harrison of South Philly Review, correctly predicted the outcome of the "Best Actor" race:
Best Actor
The Nominees
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"
Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain"
Terrence Howard, "Hustle & Flow"
Joaquin Phoenix, "Walk the Line"
David Strathairn, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
Don't be deceived by the groundswell for "Brokeback Mountain." This category belongs to Hoffman, the longtime stage actor who has distinguished himself in numerous character turns on film. He has snagged almost every award he's been up for, but Howard is surprisingly handicapped in Vegas behind Hoffman and Ledger.
Who will win: Hoffman
Most likely upset: Ledger
Stranger things have happened: Howard
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)a know it could be like this, just like this, always." Jack told Ennis without a moment's hesitance, ready to chuck it all for a sweet life with him.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)earning for a life together was to no avail, when society treated gays so intolerantly.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)ou got a extra blanket?" inquired Ennis, so lubricated he could hardly see straight.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)ou got a extra blanket?" inquired Ennis, shortly before he was moaning in the heat of the night.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)ummier and healthier as it may have been, Lureen still decided to not breastfeed neonate Bobby, but instead accept the two boxes of formula.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)anking Jack's chain about controlling the weather, Aguirre was unaware of the odoriferosity of the 42 zapped sheep.
=aside= Players
I'll be away for about ten days on a non-odoriferous vacation!
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)ou bet," Ennis wrote on the front of a postcard in legible printing.
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=aside= Paul
Have a great trip.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)oung and desperate, Jack tried to hit on a rodeo clown in a bar, but was cruelly rectified.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)earning to be with Jack, Ennis made it clear to Alma that he would rather watch TV on a Saturday night than socialize with the fire-and-brimstone crowd.
=aside= Paul
Have a very sweet-smelling vacation.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)ep, it's no coincidence that all critical roads to Brokeback Mountain seem to go through Red River. Of all the potentially gay cowboys populating Hollywood westerns (i.e. close-knit buddies Butch and Sundance, the cast of Johnny Guitar), Clift is the most obvious by virtue of his now un-closeted biography as well as the smoldering glares he exchanges with Ireland before Ireland essentially disappears from the story. It's a quick way to point out that regardless of all the blather about Brokeback Mountain being 'revolutionary,' the emotions it taps have been there all along. It's also, paradoxically, an easy way to underline why Brokeback Mountain earns the accolade 'groundbreaking': Heath Ledger's Ennis Del Mar and Jake Gyllenhaal's Jack Twist don't have to exchange pleasantries about their guns in place of acting on their feelings."
-- Lucia Bozzola, The Simon Magazine
Brokeback Mountain: Why Cowboys Get the Blues (http://www.thesimon.com/magazine/articles/guy_movies/01037_brokeback_mountain_why_cowboys_get_blues.html)
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)ee-haw!" Jack hollered, vividly describing to an amused Ennis the reason for the life of a rodeo cowboy - the excitement of trying to keep from being unseated.
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"(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/y.gif)ou'll wish you never tried!" Jack shouted over the roaring hailstorm, when Ennis wanted to go up to the sheep, knowing they would act whimsically in the frightening weather.
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Round 946!
At last, we arrive at the letter "Z".Each post will begin with a word that starts
with the letter "Z" and include an unplayed word.
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"Alma, this is Jack Twist, Jack, my wife Alma." His chest
was heaving. He could smell Jack -- the intensely familiar
odor of cigarettes, musky sweat and a faint sweetness
like grass, and with it the rushing cold of the mountains.
Jack's cigarettes are going to assist us
with this round, so please be sure to include
the following symbol at the beginning of your post:
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)28-driving Alma Jr. arrived just after Ennis had affixed the numbers "1" and "7" to his new mailbox.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)onked from too much booze, Ennis stumbled into the tent and later awakened to a night of boyish sexuality.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)apped sheep and almost asphyxiating may have been (for all we know!) a concoction by Jack to get Ennis' attention.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)ippered-up Ennis soon enough zippered down and became more than a dabbler in sex with Jack.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)ipping along a Wyoming highway, Jack smiles to himself, mistakenly thinking that the execution of the del Mar divorce decree means that he and Ennis can finally be together.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)ipping along a Wyoming highway, Jack smiles to himself, mistakenly thinking that the execution of the del Mar divorce decree will mean that his fixation of Ennis and himself being together will finally happen.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)ipping along a Wyoming highway, Jack smiles to himself, governed by a sense of joy and hope, mistakenly thinking that the execution of the del Mar divorce decree will mean that his fixation of Ennis and himself being together will finally happen.
=aside= Fran
Thanks again.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)ipping along a Wyoming highway's length, Jack smiles to himself, mistakenly thinking that the execution of the del Mar divorce decree means that he and Ennis can finally be together.
=aside= Fran
Thanks again again.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)ipping along a Wyoming highway, Jack smiles to himself, unaware that he has made an incorrect assumption.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)ipping along a Wyoming highway, Jack smiles to himself, unaware that his imagination of their future is not very lifelike.
=aside= Fran
Thanks again again again. ;D
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)ipping along a Wyoming highway, Jack smiles to himself, mistakenly thinking that the execution of the del Mar divorce decree will mean that his crazy, wonderful, miraculous idea of Ennis and himself being together will finally happen.
=aside= Fran
Thanks cubed.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)eal for a life together was much stronger in Jack than in Ennis, who could not bear the thought that folks would think they were a couple of nancies.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)anily enacting his experiences as a rodeo cowboy by Jack had the effect of breaking the ice with the ofttimes taciturn Ennis.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)ipping along a Wyoming highway, Jack smiles to himself, unaware that he has made an assumption at his peril.
=aside= Fran
thanks to the nth
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)ipping along a Wyoming highway, Jack smiles to himself, unaware that Ennis will break his heart and he will end up regretting the trip.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)ipping along a Wyoming highway, Jack smiles to himself full of hopes that could not be considered sane and realistic by someone who knew Ennis well.
=aside= Fran
Tack så mycket!
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)ipping along a Wyoming highway, Jack wanted to trumpet his joy to the world, not realizing Ennis was about to cue the violins.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)ipping along a Wyoming highway, Jack smiles to himself, unaware that Ennis will break his heart and he will end up unzipping later on in Mexico.
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/0156-0812-1201-0554_TN-2-1.jpg)enith of joy for Ennis and Jack was their time together on Brokeback Mountain, but with disappointments and regrets that would make each of them weep over the course of their 20-year relationship.
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Round 947!
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The "Follow the Leader" Round
Each post will begin with a word starting with the last letter of the
last word in the preceding post and include an unplayed word.
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During a hard scene with his father, three- or four-year-old Jack discovered that his uncircumcised father had what might be referred to as an anatomically complete penis.
=note=
The next post will begin with the letter "S".
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Salivating for something more substantial than beans, Jack finally convinced Ennis to go hunting, where they bagged an elk.
=note=
The next post will begin with the letter "K".
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Keeping his distance, Jack used his truck's side-view mirror to size up the handsome cowboy who piqued his curiosity.
=note=
The next post will begin with the letter "Y".
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Yawning and rubbing his eyes, Ennis wakes up at dawning after the First Night In Tent.
=note=
The next post will begin with the letter T
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Though he was still trembling from his passionate reunion kiss with Jack, Ennis managed to calm down enough to introduce him to Alma and his two elfin little daughters, Alma, Jr., and Jenny.
=note=
The next post will begin with the letter Y
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"You Bet." Ennis wrote on the flip-side of a postcard confirming his date with Jack on the 24th, mailed from the post office in Riverton.
=note=
The next post will begin with the letter N.
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Not long after saying goodbye to Jack, Ennis finds himself crouching in an alley, where he gags and hits the brick wall that he's leaning against.
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=note=
The next post will begin with the letter "T".
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Though Jack was living high on the hog after he married Lureen, he would have preferred a simple cow and calf operation with Ennis.
=note=
The next post will begin with the letter "S".
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Soon after his wedding to Alma Beers, Ennis was a father-to-be, impregnating her in near record time.
=note=
The next post will begin with the letter "E".
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Ennis and Jack herd the sheep up the mountain, a movement the narrator of the story likens to the flow of "dirty water through the timber and out above the tree line into the great flowery meadows and the coursing, endless wind."
=note=
The next post will begin with the letter "D".
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During the course of the reunion, probably at the Motel Siesta, Ennis realized that he got his mojo back.
=note=
The next post will begin with the letter "K".
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Keeping a promise, Ennis ventures up to Jack's natal town of Lightning Flat to honor his last request, to have his ashes scattered up on Brokeback Mountain, Jack's idea of heaven on earth. :'(
=note=
The next post will begin with the letter "H".
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Heavy-hearted, Jack went home from Riverton without a promise of the sweet life with Ennis, who was certain that the optics of two men living together would lead to trouble.
=note=
The next post will begin with the letter "E".
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Ennis did the dishes in the stream while peering up the mountain to try and get a look of Jack.
=note=
The next post will begin with the letter "K".
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Keeping up her end of the conversation, as well as everyone else's, LaShawn rambled on about everything and anything at the Benefit Dance.
=note=
The next post will begin with the letter "E".
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Everyone in the sheep business probably did it, and Aguirre was no exception, requiring Jack and Ennis to become a couple of scofflaws when it came to observing the Forest Service regulations.
=note=
The next post will begin with the letter "S".
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Sheep herders Jack and Ennis became intimate, making the work of minding sheep more tolerable as the days trudged on by.
=note=
The next post will start with the letter "Y".
=reply= Paul
Yikes! Thanks. This is what happens when
I try to multitask. Anyway, we're good to
go now... and you don't have to change a
word of your post since I made it end in
"Y."
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Yakking away at the benefit dance, Lashawn was unaware that Jack and Randall shared untowardly furtive glances.
=note=
The next post will start with the letter "S".
=aside= Fran
Where's the trudge? LOL
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Some Brokeback Mountain wonks are the distinguished grand prize winners of "Brokeback Jeopardy!", as Alberta pilgrims can attest.
=aside= Fran
Where's the trudge? LOL
Wuz wonderin' that myself. ;D
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ROUND 948!
ANIMAL MAGNETISM
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Each post will include an unplayed word and the name of an animal,
which can also be part of another word.
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Some of the ADR* for Brokeback Mountain was recorded at Monkeyland Audio, Inc.
*Automated Dialogue Replacement, also known as looping or dubbing
=aside= Meryl
Thanks. Great theme!
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Whiskey helped to make life bearable for Jack and Ennis while they were on Brokeback.
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Jack and Randall were ignoring the cattiness between Lureen and Lashawn.
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Ennis lambasted the two potty-mouthed dorks sitting behind his family at the fireworks.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Ennisgoingbatshit.gif)
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Ennis, being a much more eagle-eyed shot than Jack, was able to land them a nice elk.
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An early version of the script had Ennis fishtail his truck around a parking lot.
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After Junior had sealed her marriage with Kurt, Ennis could hopefully look forward to having grandkids to lighten up his old days.
=aside=
Great theme Meryl!
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Through his life Ennis was hounded by thoughts of the death of Earl.
=aside= Janice
Nice try, but it was out of order. Come back again.
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According to the credits, Catherine Shao interned for Ang Lee.
=comment=
This is a tern:
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In his role as lawgiver, Lureen's paternal unit made the proclamation that she must always be home from a date by midnight.
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Ennis moaned with pleasure that first night with Jack, but his lips were sealed.
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Jack numbs his feelings by engaging in meaningless sex with a Mexican prostitute.
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After renewing his relationship with Jack, Ennis became more aware of the occult body language of homosexuals: "And then you get out on the pavement, and everyone, lookin' at you, and maybe they all know, too?"
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The American society likes to pigeonhole people into categories. Pigeonholing is a term that can be used to attempt to describe or classify individuals into exclusive groups, which homosexuals could be neatly placed, as well as cowboys.
Annie Proulx, the author of “Brokeback Mountain,” took the typical all American heterosexual cowboy that herds cattle, ropes and rides horses in the wild mountainous country, where meals are cooked over open fires and a cowboy is kicked back against his saddle with a harmonica, playing “Home On The Range,” and complicates it by making two cowboys fall in love and have a sexual relationship. Annie Proulx did not just accidently write about this taboo love affair between these two cowboys. She is attempting to enlighten her readers about this sensitive subject and show how two people of the same gender could conceivably have an enduring love, even though they are not your typical stereotype of the fluffy, limp wrist gay men. Proulx helps shatter the thoughts of what homophobic American society thinks about gay men not being able to have a lasting, meaningful relationship.
The Gay Cowboy Stereotype in Annie Proulx’s “Brokeback Mountain” (http://creative-artful-musings.blogspot.com/2011/10/gay-cowboy-stereotype-in-annie-proulxs.html)
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Too drunk to ride his horse, Ennis ends up sharing Jack's bedroll, which results in the loss of one sheep.
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Tent Scene Two demonstrated Ennis's sheepishness at lovemaking.
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Poor as a church mouse, Ennis packed an extra shirt in a paper bag and made his way to Signal by thumbing a ride with a truck driver.
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Despite concerns that some moviegoers would shun the so-called "gay cowboy movie" because of it's untraditional theme, Brokeback Mountain ended up being a commercial success.
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Bobby tried to weasel his way out of eating his cereal on Thanksgiving day.
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Round 949!
This one's for the Gleeks. :)
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The Glee Round!
Each post will include an unplayed word as well as
the title of a song featured on Glee.
Song titles may repeat, and individual song titles may be
taken from mash-ups. To add to the Gleeks' enjoyment,
YouTube videos of the featured song may be included in the post.
Unfamiliar with Glee songs? No problem.
Song titles from the different seasons may be found below:
Season 1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_in_Glee_%28season_1%29)
Season 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_in_Glee_(season_2))
Season 3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_in_Glee_%28season_3%29)
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When it came to love, Jack taught Ennis that it was as easy as ABC.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfOqgqFjeCA[/youtube]
=aside= Fran
Awesome round idea!!!
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Composer Gustavo Santaolalla, who won an Oscar for Brokeback Mountain's emotional score, was born in El Palomar, a city in the Gran Buenos Aires metropolitan area of Argentina, on August 19, 1952.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbnP-iJN7LM[/youtube]
=reply= Paul
I thought you'd like it. :)
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When it came to having sex, Ennis thought that no one could hold a candle to Jack. "I like doin it with women, yeah, but Jesus H., ain't nothin like this. I never had no thoughts a doin it with another guy except I sure wrang it out a hunderd times thinkin about you."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFWHqi0oymc[/youtube]
=aside= players
I took a little liberty with the singular of the word.
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When it came to human relations, Aguirre showed that he was a dinosaur.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-EgHFsVtMw[/youtube]
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An excerpt from the essay "American Eden" in The Brokeback Book: From Story to Cultural Phenomenon (http://books.google.com/books?id=KounbauPzgkC&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=brokeback+mountain+%22exigencies%22&source=bl&ots=P_Cl3VuYM9&sig=mhlIV29O54ivc3gL6kzicN62RLs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OB7rT8LUMYGHrgHDqpXmBQ&ved=0CE8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=brokeback%20mountain%20%22exigencies%22&f=false):
Lee's Brokeback Mountain offers the American moviegoer something altogether new. His film reminds audiences that homophobia is the stuff that bad dreams are made of, and by eschewing fantasy for realism, Lee's film depicts a different sort of dreamer. In this respect, Ennis of Wyoming may someday soon supplant the little girl lost from Kansas. His agony is explicitly political, and unlike Dorothy, he never makes it home.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSLWrVwwAAM[/youtube]
=reply= Sandy
No worries. Close enough. :)
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Lashawn, like a proper flibbertigibbet, left virtually no air between her run-on sentences.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_ZcnHZC9XI[/youtube]
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Jack was pretty gleeful once Ennis stopped acting like a virgin.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQI72UOAvzk[/youtube]
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Instead of returning home to Childress, heavy-hearted Jack headed south to Mexico.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ugw_lgZ0UM[/youtube]
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Ennis tried to show the insignificance of Alma's remarks about his "fishing trips" by pretending that nothing had happened.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqlrWLG5fIg[/youtube]
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On the way back from the jumpoff, Ennis and the mules came on a bear who decided to shout it out loud; the mules took off, leaving Ennis to lumber after them, cursing a blue streak.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Bi-M176-4[/youtube]
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Story Jack misunderstands the reason for Ennis's telephone call about his divorce and drives twelve hundred miles north for nothing.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvjMy6TvofM[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1-jqPXGTSQ[/youtube]
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Throughout the course of their relationship, Ennis or Jack would send and receive numerable messages via the post with a request to meet "somewhere only we know".
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When Jack found out a divorce was in the offing for Ennis and Alma, he indulged his constant craving and drove up to Riverton to embrace his lover.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvpEY-QsKFc[/youtube]
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After being rebuffed by Ennis post-divorce, Jack thought that possibly taking the Highway to Hell to Juarez was the only way to ease his pain, thinking, "You can't always get what you want."
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_QD-Y_JKZc[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLM6TsyYpOE[/youtube]
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Joe Aguirre rides up up up to the main camp and, after spying on the boys for a few minutes, relays the news about Uncle Harold's hospitalization.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kMw35QIK08[/youtube]
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Jack tried to get Ennis to agree to a sweet life together, but in the end he couldn't sway him.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVo8U9zppJ8[/youtube]
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After Jack and Ennis reunited, they headed to the Motel Sonesta, thereby creating a semblace of what they had during the summer nights on Brokeback.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6tHEtloYIs[/youtube]
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Realizing that the temperature will drop and that Ennis is unsuitably equipped to sleep out in the open, Jack correctly predicts that he will freeze his ass off once the fire dies down.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwjSMY7RAIk&feature=related[/youtube]
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After the Siesta Motel rendezvous, Jack, who wanted more time with Ennis, told him, "Ride Wit Me" into the mountains for a few days...
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A756u_sQvwc[/youtube]
=aside= Fran
Thanks for a very fun round!
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ROUND 950!
What in hell happened to August?
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Each post should include an unplayed word and the name of a month
---any month except August, that is.
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Jack stared at Ennis in awe, as he marched off without saying a word the morning following Tent Scene I.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks for starting up the game again.
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The last time Ennis saw Jack, in May of 1983, the weather was cold, but it didn't stop the bugs from intruding on their hot-tempered exchange by the lake.
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/merylmarie/BBMLinesVisualized/BrokieBrunch/Brokeback/Lakeargument.jpg)
=aside=Sandy
Glad to oblige! :)
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Strange as it may seem; Ennis was totally clueless that he was actually falling in love with Jack.
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Having come upon a bear, Ennis dismayingly fell off his horse.
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On December 9, 2005, Brokeback Mountain was playing on three screens at the Embarcadero Center Cinema in San Francisco.
=aside= Meryl
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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Jack and Ennis unknowingly fluffed their chances of being rehired when Aguirre rode up in July and spotted them capering outside the tent.
=aside= Fran
:-* x 3
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Ennis waited to deliver the disappointing news that he would not be able to see Jack again until November, knowing that it probably would not go over well.
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The divorce scene between Ennis and Alma was shot in Fort McLeod, in the town hall where the mayor resides.
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Much to our dismay, there is always the inevitability of the postcard with Pine Creek Day, November 7th.
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Before their paths crossed in Signal as a couple of fellow job-seekers, Ennis and Jack almost couldn't have lived farther apart and still be in Wyoming - Jack from the northeast marchlands and Ennis southwest, near the Utah line.
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In September of 2008, Annie Proulx admitted her frustration with all the lousy Brokeback Mountain fan fiction she's been sent by "countless people out there who think the story is open range to explore their fantasies and to correct what they see as an unbearably disappointing story."
Annie Proulx bemoans torrent of 'pornish' Brokeback fan fiction (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/sep/17/heathledger.porn)
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Jack's presence in Ennis' life, was a major* threat to the monogamy of Ennis' and Alma's marriage.
=footnote=
That's how "May" is spelled in Swedish ;D
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Using much more colorful terms, Jack arugued that their infrequent meetings over the years were unsatisfying and jejune, and Ennis felt that he was still nought and noplace.
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Ennis's obfuscations over the years failed to conceal the true nature of his relationship with Jack from Alma, who at last laid it on the line to him in November of 1977: "You didn't go up there to fish!"
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In May of 1983, Jack was postively certain that he did not want to wait until November to see Jack again.
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Ennis's and Alma's respective reproductive organs were functioning properly, and they became parents in September of 1964.
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Jack's "Sit down, you old son of a bitch!" effectively scuttled L.D.'s plan to march back to the TV and turn on the football game.
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One of the tearjerker scenes in BBM, is when the postcard about the fishing trip in November comes back, stamped "deceased". :'(
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A religiously unenlightened Jack told Ennis that the Pentecost is when fellas like them march off to hell.
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At one November turkey dinner, L. D. decided to winch himself up off his ignorant ass and turn on the football game in contradiction to his son-in-law's command.
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ROUND 951!
What in hell happened to August? Part Deux
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Each post should include an unplayed word plus the word August!
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Ennis worried a hangnail in apprehension as he broached the subject with Jack about having to delay their meeting in August.
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Ennis reacted with bluster when Aguirre sent the boys down early because of the August storm.
=aside= Marina
"worried a hangnail": I love it!
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After riding up in July, Aguirre was curious about Jack and Ennis's behavior and leeringly spied on them.
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The august beauty of the Canadian Rockies lent dazzling believability to Annie Proulx's story of two lonesome cowboys falling in love high up on the slopes of Brokeback Mountain.
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Ennis found himself engulfed by a veritable vortex of emotion when he and Jack left Signal in August of 1963.
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The functions of a rodeo clown, sometimes wearing Auguste style makeup, are to protect high-flying cowboys from injury by distracting the bulls and, to a lesser extent, to entertain the audience.
=aside= Southendmd
Thanks!!!! :)
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Ennis's confession that he couldn't meet in August gummed up Jack's plans big time.
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When Ennis left Signal in August of 1963, he suffered from horrid stomach cramps.
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When Ennis left Signal in August of 1963, he experienced horrid stomach cramps, which he attributed to indigestion.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks.
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By the time Jack and Ennis parted in August of 1963, what had started out as a small-scale summer job had turned into a large-scale love affair.
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Aguirre decided to meddle with the boys' livelihood by summoning them down early that first August.
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Two nonaffluent sheep herders were cut out of a whole month's pay when Joe Aguirre decided to bring the herd down in the middle of August.
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The august march of Wyoming's many mountain ranges became the backdrop for Jack and Ennis's gradually ossifying relationship over twenty troubled years.
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When Ennis left Signal in August of 1963, he was painfully aware that he was attracted to another man.
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After the boys came down in August 1963, Aguirre gave them a reprimand for not being good enough.
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After the boys came down in August 1963, Aguirre scorned them for not being good enough.
=aside= Paul
Thanks! :D
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After the boys came down in August 1963, Aguirre gave them a tongue-lashing for not being good enough.
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After the boys came down in August 1963, Aguirre upbraids them for not being good enough.
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After the boys came down in August of 1963, Aguirre gave them a write-off for not being good enough.
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Round 952!
Another Ang Lee Round
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Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee will turn 58
on October 23rd. In honor of this special occasion,
each post will include a previously unplayed word
as well as one (or more) of the following words:
Ang
Lee
ang
lee
These words may also be be parts of longer words;
for example "rang" or "leeway."
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Ang Lee on Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams falling in love on the set of Brokeback Mountain:
“Well, it started happening shortly after rehearsal. I know Heath had just broken up with Naomi [Watts]. And of course, I kept pushing him towards Jake (laughs). I don’t know what I did.
"I have to tell a story about how serious an actress Michelle is. The first kissing scene by the staircase, that’s the first kissing scene that we did. It was like the first week of shooting with Jake. So, the guys worked out and I was happy. The guys were exhausted from the different angles we shot it. Then we turn around to shoot Michelle’s reaction. So, we talk about how she was crushed, she was blank, she doesn’t know what hits her. It takes the rest of the movie to see how pissed she is, everything. And so the guys were down there sort of leaning on each other for her to look at and she wanted them to start kissing and mess around. She could hardly see them (laughing)! They were just there to help her. So they started necking and she was not happy about it. Then they started kissing and she was like, 'Come on guys, I need it!' I was very impressed. And when I see on the monitor her face, that one moment… Again, no dialogue. And it’s very hard to show what she thinks. But I just think, for one second it’s really worth it."
Director Ang Lee Talks About "Brokeback Mountain" (http://movies.about.com/od/brokebackmountain/a/brokeback120605_2.htm)
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Lureen looked resplendent as she jangled her bangle bracelets at the Benefit Dance.
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While Jack sang "Water-Walkin' Jesus", Ennis clanged on the coffee pot.
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Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain depicts the love story of two young men who are forced to keep their relationship a secret.
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There was kind of an evangelical moment up on Brokeback when Jack sang "Water Walking Jesus".
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Ennis' conditions for meeting, understandable though they were given the times and his experiences, didn't leave too much leeway for Jack's idea of a free-hearted, sweet life together.
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Because of Earl's demise, Ennis fears gangs of homophobes attacking those who would ranch up together.
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Ennis met Cassie at the Wolf Ears bar, a local hangout.
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Jack and Ennis's strong feelings for one another did nothing to help define the intangibleness of their relationship.
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In his opening scene, Jack leans languorously against his ancient truck.
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While herding sheep on Brokeback Mountain, Ennis and Jack spent a few nights mangling their way through some songs:
Ennis knew the salty words to "Strawberry Roan." Jack tried a Carl Perkins song, bawling "what I say-ay-ay, but he favored a sad hymn, "Water-Walking Jesus," learned from his mother who believed in the Pentecost, that he sang at dirge slowness, setting off distant coyote yips.
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Disentangling himself from a numbingly passionate clinch with Jack, Ennis pulled himself together and rejoined Alma upstairs in the apartment.
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An air of tense melancholy was overhanging the boys' last day together by the lake.
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The bittersweet pang that Jack felt, remembering back to the dozy embrace on their last day together, was palpable by film viewers.
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After they had reconnected at the reunion, Jack and Ennis rearranged their lives so they could see each other several times a year.
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Jack had a sanguine disposition, whereas Ennis was more melancholy.
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The last day on Brokeback, Jack tried to playfully lasso Ennis.
But Ennis wanted none of it, trying to escape and tangling the lasso before the fight started.
=aside= Paul
Melangcholy? :laugh:
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After embracing Jack with unalloyed glee, Ennis disentangled himself and rejoined Alma upstairs in the apartment.
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Four years after that fateful summer tending sheep up on Brokeback, an older and presumably wiser Ennis, who had "wrang it out" a thousand times thinking about Jack, expressed regret that he had ever let him out of his sight.
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ROUND 953!
THE WYOMING ROUND
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Each post must reference a town or location in Wyoming
plus an unplayed word.
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Story Jack and Ennis visited many of the mountains in Wyoming, including the Absaroka Range, though they never returned to Brokeback.
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Upstairs in the Riverton apartment, a stunned Alma can only look at Jack wide-eyed as he brags about his pretty wife and little boy.
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In an unusually conversable mood, Ennis told Jack about his family; his sister who had married a roughneck and moved to Casper - the most words he'd spoken in a week.
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After the reunion in Riverton, Jack and Ennis's lives changed drastically.
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At their reunion in the Siesta Motel in Riverton, Jack and Ennis were enlightening each other about their lives since Brokeback.
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Story Ennis and Jack visited the Freezeout Mountains in Carbon County, Wyoming.
=aside= Paul
Thanks.
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Story Jack and Ennis visited many of the mountains in Wyoming, including the Gallatin Range, though they never returned to Brokeback.
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Jack retrieved Lureen's lost hat and quickly got out of the way as the next barrel racer was announced - Cheyenne Harper from Cody, Wyoming.
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When Ennis first set eyes on Jack outside of Aguirre's trailer in Signal, he tried hard not to let on how intrigued he was by Jack's irresistibility.
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After a few weeks of eating beans up on Brokeback, Jack's complaints convinced Ennis to shoot an elk, and soon the boys were downing the fresh steaks like a couple of lumberjacks.
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Story Jack and Ennis visited many of the mountains in Wyoming, including the Sierra Madre Range, though they never returned to Brokeback.
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Ennis's warm welcome of Jack when he arrived in Riverton after four fucking years, was noteworthily unusual, seeing as how afraid he was of anybody finding out about them.
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Ennis attributed the sudden onset of stomach cramps after he and Jack went their separate ways to something he ate at a greasy spoon up in Dubois, but only later realized the outbreak was because he shouldn'ta let Jack outta his sights.
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From the story:
In May of 1983 they spent a few cold days at a series of little icebound, no-name high lakes, then worked across into the Hail Strew River drainage...
The tea-colored river ran fast with snowmelt, a scarf of bubbles at every high rock, pools and setbacks streaming. The ochre-branched willows swayed stiffly, pollened catkins like yellow thumbprints.
(http://www.flowers-cs.com/Pictures/Catkin.jpg)
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Story Jack and Ennis visited many of the mountains in Wyoming, including the Sierra Madre Range, though they never returned to Brokeback.
=aside= Bunny Darko
Thanks.
:)
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Story Jack and Ennis visited many of the mountains in Wyoming, including the Sierra Madre Range, though they never returned to Brokeback.
=aside= Fran
Thanks.
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Despite being filmed in Alberta, it is the Tetons' image we see in the poster.
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During her one and only conversation with Ennis, Lureen at last found out how her husband's unexplained fondness for Brokeback Mountain had come to pass.
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Joe Aguirre told Jack to roll up the pup tent every morning so the Forest Service wouldn't detect any wrongdoing when they came snooping around Brokeback Mountain.
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Round 954!
The Movie Round
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The ABCs Game is going to the movies!
Each post will include an unplayed word
as well as the full name of a movie.
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Ennis nearly had apoplexy at Thanksgiving dinner, when Alma exposed the secrets and lies about his "fishing trips."
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=aside= Fran
Great idea for a round.
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Ennis was perched in his trailer like a speechless parrot in a birdcage.
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=aside= Fran
Cool idea for a round!
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The 1987 film Maurice, although set in a different era and a different location altogether (the lovers meet and begin a relationship at Cambridge and not as shepherds on a mountain in Wyoming), is to me a story with much in common to Brokeback Mountain.
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Diana Ossana on the difficulty of casting Brokeback Mountain:
"Maybe I was a little naïve at first. I thought somebody's going to see that these are really great parts for actors. This is something that will stretch their talents and challenge them. I think they all saw that, but Larry's belief is that their agents or representatives just dissuaded them."
Interview with Brokeback Mountain Screenwriters Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana (http://www.afterelton.com/archive/elton/movies/2006/1/mcmurtry2.html)
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When Ennis and Jack had their reunion kiss, it had the power of an earthquake.
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Ennis was outraged when he found out that Jack had frequented the dark alleys of Juarez, Mexico.
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Kurt Loder of MTV News had this (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1517801/loder-brokeback-brave-beautiful.jhtml) to say about Brokeback Mountain:
"This is a beautiful movie, and a brave one -- and not in a grandstanding, PC kind of way."
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When Aguirre comes up to the mountain to inform Jack of Uncle Harold's illness, there is a hocus-pocus moment: one minute the log is there, then it ain't!
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The implication of Jack's death on Ennis's returned postcard sent him straight to the nearest phone booth to call Texas.
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Kurt Loder of MTV News had this (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1517801/loder-brokeback-brave-beautiful.jhtml) to say about Brokeback Mountain:
"This is a beautiful movie, and a brave one -- and not in a grandstanding, PC kind of way."
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Ennis grew up knowing about the misfits, Earl and Rich.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4b/Misfits3423.jpg/220px-Misfits3423.jpg)
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IMDB lists Shane Nichols (as Shane Nichol) in the credits for Brokeback Mountain as set decorator.
Full Cast and Crew for Brokeback Mountain (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388795/fullcredits#cast)
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As Jack rode up the mountain the first morning on Brokeback, the clouds were bathed in an opalescent glow.
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Kurt Loder of MTV News had this (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1517801/loder-brokeback-brave-beautiful.jhtml) to say about Brokeback Mountain:
"This is a beautiful movie, and a brave one -- and not in a grandstanding, PC kind of way."
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/movies/image-81F2_4A78085F.jpg)
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Jack took his revenge on L.D. by threatening to knock his "ignorant ass into next week".
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Whilst Ennis was slapping around the warshrag, Jack tried to steal a sideways glance.
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Jack and Ennis hugged each other -- a fierce, desperate embrace -- torquing things almost to where they had been.
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After Jack decided to switch off the football game, L.D. turned to walk back toward the TV, upping the tension considerably.
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Ennis was constantly afraid there would be a whistleblower, someone who would give up his secret.
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Round 955!
Another Movie Round
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The ABCs Game is going to still at the movies!
Each post will include an unplayed word
as well as the full name of a movie.
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Although he actually prefers living out in the middle of nowhere, Ennis accommodates Alma's request and moves the family to a small apartment in Riverton.
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Here, McMurtry and Ossana discuss the film's auspicious beginnings, the struggle to get it on the big screen and its ultimate mislabeling as simply a "gay" film.
AfterElton.com: What initially attracted you to Proulx's short story?
Ossana: "It was the writing and the feelings it gave me. I think Larry felt the same way."
McMurtry: "It was a great story of the West that hadn't been written. We wanted to be part of bringing it to a wide audience."
AE: Tell me about the seven-year process of trying to get this movie made, with several unsuccessful attempts at casting and landing a director.
McMurtry: "Diana is very tenacious. Once she starts something, she doesn't let it go."
Ossana (laughing): "It's a blessing and a curse! When I first read that story back in '97, it was instantaneous, pretty much, my sense of how powerful it was, that this is a great story that should be out in the world in a major, major way. It had the power to touch many people. You know how when you read a great piece of literature or see a film that really moves you? You want to tell people about it. You want them to see and feel the same things you felt. That's pretty much what I felt. I had to just demand that (Larry) read it. He doesn't read short fiction because …"
McMurtry (interrupting): "I don't write it. I can't write it, so I never have learned to read it, either."
Ossana: "He read it, and he thought it was wonderful. We optioned it from Annie and wrote our script. I knew it would be difficult, but we believed in it so strongly, and the material was terrific. We felt very lucky to be a part of it. I don't know. I couldn't let it go. I guess I maybe became a little bit obsessed with it. It was a struggle. There were moments when I felt some discouragement or frustration, but I never lost belief in the potential of this. Never, never. Not once did I doubt it. Larry, at one point said to me, 'This is a great script. It will find it's way, Diana.' And it did. Maybe I was a little naïve at first. I thought somebody's going to see that these are really great parts for actors. This is something that will stretch their talents and challenge them. I think they all saw that, but Larry's belief is that their agents or representatives just dissuaded them."
AfterElton.com (http://www.afterelton.com/archive/elton/movies/2006/1/mcmurtry2.html)
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Alma cringed at Ennis's violent reaction to her accusation that his fishing trips with Jack were nothing more than a tall tale.
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Ennis was sometimes disappointed with the Basque's deliverance of groceries, as he often omitted some expected items.
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=Special Birthday Wishes!= Fran and Sandy
Unlike Jack and Ennis, I hope you get everything you desire!
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"Crammed together -- and tipsy -- in a tent one night, Jack absent-mindedly draws Ennis’ arm around him as he sleeps. Ennis reacts so violently to this advance it’s as if he’s fending off a chemical reaction in himself, a combustive brew of internal paradox that propels him to fight off Jack’s touch with a ferocity equaled by how frantically he unlatches his own belt buckle and shoves Jack to the ground."
-- Violet Glaze, Baltimore City Paper (http://www.citypaper.com/film/review.asp?rid=9732)
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=aside= Fran
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"Though Brokeback Mountain's progressivism isn't daring when compared to something like Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Whity, the film is very much a milestone for a mainstream Hollywood production. Lee and co-screenwriters Larry McCurty and Diana Ossana haven't corrected the western so much as they have shown us its backside. In essence, what was subversively hinted at in Howard Hawks's Red River and Nicholas Ray's Johnny Guitar has been brought to the fore, with an intense preoccupation for the heartbreaking tumult that registers on the faces of its lonesome doves."
-- Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine (http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/brokeback-mountain/1842)
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=reply= Paul, Sandy
Thanks for remembering my birthday.
:-*
=special birthday wishes!= Sandy
May this be your best one yet!
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When Aguirre spied on the boys with his big-ass binoculars, the look on his face showed he was entering Sodom and Gomorrah.
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Jack traveled the highways and byways from Childress to Riverton in order to see Ennis.
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=reply= Fran and Paul
Thank you for the birthday wishes.
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Annie Proulx used the idiom "putting the blocks to" in her short story Brokeback Mountain:
Ennis said he'd been putting the blocks to a woman who worked part-time at the Wolf Ears bar in Signal where he was working now for Stoutamire's cow and calf outfit, but it wasn't going anywhere and she had some problems he didn't want.
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Cassie thought Ennis was her loverboy, but Ennis had other ideas.
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"Brokeback Mountain" Lassoes a Mammoth Limited Opening
Focus Features opened its anticipated Venice, Telluride and Toronto fest feature "Brokeback Mountain," scoring the highest per screen average of any specialty release since this column began two-and-a-half years ago. The film easily lead the herd of specialty releases, handily taking the number one position on the chart, as ranked on a per screen basis, and had the second-highest overall gross. The indieWIRE Box Office Table (iW BOT) saw only a few additional titles opening aside from "Brokeback Mountain," including The Weinstein Company's "Mrs. Henderson Presents," the only other newcomer to enter the chart's top five. Last week's number one film, "Transamerica" took the second position, while THINKFilm's "The Boys of Baraka" placed third on the specialty list. Focus again scored the chart's highest grossing film with "Pride and Prejudice," while Warner Independent Pictures' "Good Night, and Good Luck" had the third highest gross in a weekend that, overall, saw a decline in the number of specialty films and screens offered.
Indiewire (http://www.indiewire.com/article/brokeback_mountain_lassoes_a_mammoth_limited_opening)
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Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain_%28short_story%29) on the literary form of Brokeback Mountain (short story):
"Brokeback Mountain is a story told by an omniscient narrator. The narrative is realistic in tone and employs description, metaphor, and dialogue to examine the actions, thoughts, emotions, and motivations of its main characters."
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In one version of the script, the slain sheep is the omen of Jack's death.
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“Brokeback Mountain” has stirred some controversy because of it being called the “gay cowboy movie.” And because of that, a movie that many wouldn’t know much about, are acutely aware of the film. I should say here that while the story of the film does revolve around two men, it is really just a love story. As for the music in the film it helped set the mood and pacing of the movie and to hear the soundtrack is a treat.
Composer Gustavo Santaolalla has 6 solo score tracks on the CD while writing, with Bernie Taupin, 4 others, including the wonderful Emmylou Harris track “A Love That Will Never Grow Old.” Willie Nelson sings the wonderful Bob Dylan penned track “He Was A Friend Of Mine.” Two “pop” singers, Teddy Thompson and Rufus Wainwright perform Roger Miller’s “King Of The Road.” They do quite a good job with the track. Jackie Green’s “I Will Never Let You Go” is a short sub two minute song yet is quite effective. Steve Earle’s “The Devil’s Right Hand” is a nice change of pace from the rest of the record, while Linda Ronstadt’s “It’s So Easy” is a nice recogonizable track.(http://0.tqn.com/f/lg/a154.png) (http://countrymusic.about.com/od/cdreviewsmz/gr/brokebackmtn.htm)
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=aside= Fran
Very clever.
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Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain_%28short_story%29) on the literary form of Brokeback Mountain (short story):
"Brokeback Mountain is a story told by an omniscient narrator. The narrative is realistic in tone and employs description, metaphor, and dialogue to examine the actions, thoughts, emotions, and motivations of its main characters."
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=reply= Sandy
:)
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Jack endeavored to snatch Ennis's shirt before they left the mountain.
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When Ennis went into the tent with Jack for seconds, he entered uncharted territory, opening up an emotional terrain he'd never thought to explore.
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=aside=Fran
Very belated wishes for a Happy Birthday!
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Paraphrasing from the short story:
Without getting up, Jack threw deadwood on the fire, the sparks flying up with their truths and untruths, a few hot points of fire landing on their hands and faces, not for the first time, and they rolled down into the dirt.
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=reply= Meryl
Thanks.
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Learning of Jack's death was a shock as hot as wasabi to Ennis.
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Round 956!
Brrrrrr! It's The Winter Round!
Please post an unplayed word, plus one or more of the following (or forms thereof):
Winter, Snow, Ice
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Yesterday I went to an afternoon matinee of the movie "Brokeback Mountain." If you haven't seen this movie, folks, please go and see it. You won't regret it. First, not only do I consider it one of the best stories told on film, but it will also irritate the hell out of the puritanical boneheads who blow a gasket every time a film comes out that they don't like. Hey, it's why I went to see Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.
I've been thinking about the film since yesterday, and I just wanted to share some of my thoughts with you, dear readers.
Coined the "gay cowboy movie," Brokeback Mountain went into wide release after garnering 4 Golden Globe awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Song. I had to go see it. Not only was I curious about a film about gay cowboys, but Michelle Williams (formerly of Dawson's Creek) is in it.
The story revolves around two young men--Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist-- who work for a summer 1n 1963 tending sheep on beautiful and isolated Brokeback Mountain. There, sparks fly and the two fall in love. Ennis calls it a "one shot deal" and when the summer ends, the men part ways and try to leave their feelings back on the mountain. Each marries a woman and both have children. However, they cannot stay away from each other for long and so set about having a twenty year affair, meeting up a few times a year under the auspices of of being fishing buddies.
This is the stuff of Romeo and Juliet. Forbidden love, desire, and ultimate tragedy. They cannot deny their love any more than they can fully recognize it. Set against the magnificently beautiful backdrop of Wyoming, the two lead actors embody their characters without apology or self-consciousness. While Jake Gyllenhal's performance is solid, Heath Ledger's performance in particular stands out as a seminal moment in film history. Butch and silent, tragic and vulnerable, Ledger manages to perfectly balance the tough, quiet cowboy who drinks and fights too much with the repressed sadness of a gay man who can never accept his homosexuality much less live an openly gay lifestyle. Everything about Ledger's performance is perfect, from his posture to his deep, tightlipped voice. One not only believes his performance but becomes mesmerized by it, lost in this complex character of few words. So much is done with a look that words are rarely necessary.
Humboldt Jodi Daily Kos(http://www.dailykos.com/i/header/masthead/flagman.png) (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/01/28/182278/--quot-Brokeback-Mountain-quot-A-Critique)
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EXT: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, WYOMING: MAIN CAMP: DAY: 1963:
ENNIS lopes into camp on horseback. There are only a few
patches of snow left here and there.
JACK is busily packing gear.
ENNIS
What you doin'?
JACK
Aguirre came by again. Says my uncle
didn't die after all.
(pause)
Says bring 'em down.
ENNIS
(not sure he's heard right)
Bring 'em down? Why, it's the middle of
August.
JACK
Says there's another storm comin', movin'
in from the Pacific.
(pause)
Worse than this one.
ENNIS dismounts.
ENNIS
(grim)
That snow barely stuck an hour. Besides,
the sonofabitch is cutting us out of a
whole month's pay. It ain't right!
[screenplay]
=aside= Paul
Thanks for announcing. Love the gifs, too.
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"That snow barely stuck an hour. Besides, that sonofabitch is cutting us out of a whole month's pay. It ain't right," complained Ennis.
=aside= Sandy
Good one!
=aside= Fran
Thanks, I gacked them from our friends at ennisjack.com
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Jack decided to roll the dice and visit Ennis after his divorce hoping they could be together, but Ennis just about said: "No dice."
=aside= Paul
Thanks and a very fitting round.
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Ennis and Alma avoided the evergreens as they sped down the snow-covered hill.
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Awaking to the snowstorm, Ennis frigidly dances in amazement.
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The grandeur of the Alberta landscape, is an essential part of Ang Lee's now world famous movie Brokeback Mountain
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Alma squealed in delight as the toboggan hurtled down the snow-covered hill.
=aside= Sonja
Very clever with the s now.
:)
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Lureen explained her version of Jack's death to Ennis, in her ice-toned voice.
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Their summer on Brokeback wasn't just work, they used their leisure time to romp around, and to conciderably deepen their friendship. But when their time together was cut short due to the early snow, internalised homophobia got the better of Ennis, and he punched Jack in the face.
=aside= Fran
Thank you! :)
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According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokeback_Mountain), Heath Ledger was not afraid of taking on the role of Ennis in Brokeback Mountain, only concerned that he would not be mature enough as an actor to do the story justice.
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Jake and Heath were novices when it came to acting in a gay love story.
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Ennis and Jack's 20 years together were tragic, especially after Jack's out-of-state move, after which they were only able to see each other a couple of times a year.
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After retreating into the tent with Jack to avoid becoming a human icicle, Ennis awoke in the night to find his hand covering a warm protuberance.
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When it came to religion, Jack didn't understand the rubric, even when it came to defining the Pentecost.
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At first glance Jack seemed fair enough with his curly hair and quick laugh, but for a small man he carried some weight in the haunch and his smile disclosed buckteeth, not pronounced enough to let him eat popcorn out of the neck of a jug, but noticeable.
[story]
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Ledger keeps his character's volume low. Barely opening his mouth when speaking, his voice is frequently an indecipherable mumble, his face, a stoic, blank slate. He's in hiding. And yet there are isolated moments when we see Ennis's pain, guilt, anger and utter hopelessness at being unable to solve a situation that is completely untenable. The impact hits us with the force of a stampede.
''I'm stuck with what I've got here,'' he says, voice tinged with sorrow, lying beside Jack in a motel room. ''Makin' a livin' is 'bout all I got time for now.''
One could argue that Ennis and Jack's happiness is laid to waste by society's mores. But where lies tragedy, also lies the tender, undiluted potency of genuine love. Brokeback Mountain is a testament to that love, in all its forms.
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Ma Twist's cake was sparsely fruited and completely uniced.
=aside= Sandy
Welcome back! :-*
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In her essay "Climbing Brokeback Mountain," Diana Ossana writes,
Michael Costigan was on set with us for nearly the entire shoot. His humor and innate common sense served us all in good stead. As the days passed and together we endured rain, snow, sleet, hail, sunburn, windburn, sheep wrangling, mosquitoes, flat tires, camping out, exhaustion, answering calls of nature wherever we could find cover and four-wheeling to the remotest of remote locations, we soon came to feel like a large extended family. And like family members who live and work in such close proximity, we had our share of squabbles, but mostly we got along, and I felt happy to be working with fine people who each expressed to me how passionate they felt about the screenplay and story, and how important it was to them to make a great film.
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Round 957!
The Swedish spring round!
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It's time for spring, and it's time for some Swedish action in this thread!
Each post must include an unplayed word,
and one of the words spring, sun or sol (which means sun in Swedish).
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Jack and Ennis did not find it hard to adapt to the solitude on Brokeback Mountain, once they had "considerably deepened their intimacy".
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In the spring of 1963, Ennis, looking for work, had signed up with Farm and Ranch, unaware that what he felt there toward his coworker would blossom into a romance that would absolutely be the love of his life.
=aside= players
Thank you all for your kind words. It meant
a lot to me.
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Ennis finally accepted a consoling hug from Jack.
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=aside= Sonja
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Alma was displeased with the desolateness of their lonesome old ranch.
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Jack was feeling exuberant about visiting Ennis post-divorce and possibly starting a life together, until he realized it was a misunderstanding.
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We get a little hint of how fiendishly Jack is being treated by his father, when he tells Ennis, at the bar in Signal, that there ain't no way to please his old man.
=aside= Fran
Thank you! :)
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The gregariousness of Jack's nature led him to make many more friends than Ennis, who usually preferred solitude.
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Ennis was so excited to see Jack at the reunion stairs, he practically did a handspring down the stairs.
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Ennis had a tendency to isolate himself, while Jack preferred the company of others.
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Over the years, they tracked the Tetons lengthwise and crosswise, slowly developing a solid knowledge about the Wyoming mountains.
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Rick Moody writes:
I first read "Brokeback Mountain," the short story on which Ang Lee's new film is based, when I was judging a short story award in 1998. It's by Annie Proulx, but I didn't know that then. The names of the writers were stripped from the works for the purposes of the competition. The early pages of this unknown western narrative did not interest me, because I thought at that time, and think still, that the myth of the Old West, with its gunslingers and traditional masculine bravado, was stifling, repellent, and misguided. And yet I remember calling out to my wife, midway through this particular story, saying, "I'm reading this cowboy story that I thought I was going to hate. I thought the only way I was going to like it was if these cowboys had sex! And then they did!"
Across the great divide (http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2005/dec/17/featuresreviews.guardianreview12)
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Nosologically speaking, "beaver fever" is giardiasis.
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Not-so-logically speaking, "beaver fever" is an odontological beaver disease.
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After Jack praised Jimbo's rodeo skills and offered to buy him a drink, Jimbo gave Jack the message that he should have gotten out of town before sundown.
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Ennis did a slow burn while listening to the slopbucket-mouthed bikers before springing at them like a Rottweiler protecting her pups.
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Around three they swung through a narrow pass to a southeast slope where the strong spring sun had had a chance to work, dropped down to the trail again which lay snowless below them.
[story]
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While attempting to untangle their sheep from the Chileans', Jack and Ennis could have used the services of TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Others Languages).
www.tesol.org
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While Jack and Ennis untangled their sheep from the Chileans', they could have used the services of TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Others Languages).
=aside= Paul
Thanks! :)
(for the last one too)
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Sitting around the campfire, Jack and Ennis talked about the submarine Thresher lost two months earlier, whose 129 casualties included crew members Ronald H. Solomon and Donald E. Wise.
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Round 958!The Mother Round(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/ffrraann/Picture6-1_zps26684079.png)
In celebration of Mother's Day, each post will include
the word "mother," "mom," "mama," "mum,"
or "madre" as well as a previously unplayed word.
Words containing "mother (http://www.morewords.com/contains/mother/)"
Words containing "mom (http://www.morewords.com/contains/mom/)"
Words containing "mama (http://www.morewords.com/contains/mama/)"
Words containing "mum (http://www.morewords.com/contains/mum/)"
Words containing "madre (http://www.morewords.com/contains/madre)"
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Alma dreamed of the day when Ennis would get a good-paying job and allay her fears of being overrun by debt.
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Jack was smitten after their first night of passion, until the bewildering moment when Ennis left without saying a word.
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Jack was smitten after their first night of passion, until the confusing moment when Ennis left without saying a word.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks!
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Jack was smitten after their first night of passion, until the disconcerting moment when Ennis left without saying a word.
=aside= Sandy
Thanks again! :)
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After Thanksgiving dinner, when Alma dredged up the old conflicts of their unhappy marriage, Ennis chose not to embroil himself further and left toute suite.
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After being told by Jack's mother that he was welcome to do so, Ennis went upstairs to check out Jack's modestly furnished bedroom.
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In discussing his mother's religious beliefs with Ennis, Jack garbles the meaning of the Pentecost.
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One of the toughest hurdles for Jack was that the maximum time he could get with Ennis amounted to only "a couple of high altitude fucks once or twice a year."
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After showing Ennis how to properly pack a mule, the Basque takes a moment to impart some advice: "Don't let 'em stray. Joe'll have your ass if you do. Only thing, don't never order soup. Them soup boxes are hard to pack."
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Jack was smitten after their night of liquor-driven passion, until the bewildering moment when Ennis left without saying a word.
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After a night of drinking, Ennis and Jack act on their mutual attraction, and Ennis wakes up with a mother of a headache.
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Jack was smitten after their first night of passion, until the disconcerting moment when Ennis left, nauseatingly indifferent.
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Jack was smitten after their first night of passion, until the disconcerting moment when Ennis left to tend to his ovile duties.
=aside= Fran
I only now noticed that mom is actually in royalblue, not blue!
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When Ennis told the bikers to stop their slopbucket mouths in the presence of his babies and their mother, they foolishly kept it up, failing to notice the pressure-cooker atmosphere building up only yards away.
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Jack was smitten after their first night of passion, until the disconcerting and not reversible moment when Ennis left, nauseatingly indifferent.
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Ennis's breath came slow and quiet, he hummed, rocked a little in the sparklight and Jack leaned against the steady heartbeat, the vibrations of the humming like faint electricity and, standing, he fell into sleep that was not sleep but something else drowsy and tranced until Ennis, dredging up a rusty but still useable phrase from the childhood time before his mother died, said, "Time to hit the hay, cowboy. I got a go. Come on, you're sleeping on your feet like a horse," and gave Jack a shake, a push, and went off in the darkness.
[story]
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Jack was smitten after their first night of passion, until the telltale moment when Ennis left without saying a word.
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Jack was smitten after their first night of passion, until the moment when and unresponding Ennis left.
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Jack was smitten after their first night of wondersome passion, until the moment when an unresponding Ennis left.
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Round 959!
The Gay Pride Round!
Please play an unplayed word, plus either:
"gay", "pride", "proud" or "queer"
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An excerpt from a Planet Jackson Hole interview (http://www.planetjh.com/music_arts_culture/A_100138.aspx) with Annie Proulx:
PJH: I think it's clear to anyone who reads "Brokeback Mountain" that above all it's a wrenching, starcrossed love story. It is about two cowboys, but it seems inaccurate to call it gay literature. How do you feel about the film being assailed as gay agitprop emerging from liberal Hollywood? Did you ever intend for the story to be controversial?
AP: Excuse me, but it is NOT a story about "two cowboys." It is a story about two inarticulate, confused Wyoming ranch kids in 1963 who have left home and who find themselves in a personal sexual situation they did not expect, understand, nor can manage. The only work they find is herding sheep for a summer -- some cowboys! Yet both are beguiled by the cowboy myth, as are most people who live in the state, and Ennis tries to be one but never gets beyond ranch-hand work; Jack settles on rodeo as an expression of the Western ideal. It more or less works for him until he becomes a tractor salesman. Their relationship endures for 20 years, never resolved, never faced up to, always haunted by fear and confusion. How different readers take the story is a reflection of their own personal values, attitudes, hang-ups. It is my feeling that a story is not finished until it is read, and that the reader finishes it through his or her life experience, prejudices, world view and thoughts. Far from being "liberal," Hollywood was afraid of the script as were many actors and agents. Of course, I knew the story would be seen as controversial. I doubted it would even be published and was pleased when The New Yorker very quickly accepted it. In the years since the story was published in 1997, I have received many letters from gay and straight men, not a few Wyoming-born. Some said, "You told my story," some said, "That is why I left Wyoming," and a number, from fathers, said, "Now I understand the hell my son went through." I still get these heartbreaking letters.
=aside= Paul
Nice theme.
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In this passage from the story, Jack bitches about being gay:
"Shit. I been lookin at people on the street. This happen a other people? What the hell do they do?"
"It don't happen in Wyomin' and if it does I don't know what they do, maybe go to Denver," said Jack, sitting up, turning away from him, "and I don't give a flyin' fuck. Son of a bitch, Ennis, take a couple days off. Right now. Get us out a here. Throw your stuff in the back a my truck and let's get up in the mountains. Couple a days. Call Alma up and tell her you're goin. Come on, Ennis, you just shot my airplane out a the sky -- give me somethin' a go on. This ain't no little thing that's happenin' here."
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An excerpt from a Planet Jackson Hole interview (http://www.planetjh.com/music_arts_culture/A_100138.aspx) with Annie Proulx:
PJH: I think it's clear to anyone who reads "Brokeback Mountain" that above all it's a wrenching, starcrossed love story. It is about two cowboys, but it seems inaccurate to call it gay literature. How do you feel about the film being assailed as gay agitprop emerging from liberal Hollywood? Did you ever intend for the story to be controversial?
AP: Excuse me, but it is NOT a story about "two cowboys." It is a story about two inarticulate, confused Wyoming ranch kids in 1963 who have left home and who find themselves in a personal sexual situation they did not expect, understand, nor can manage. The only work they find is herding sheep for a summer -- some cowboys! Yet both are beguiled by the cowboy myth, as are most people who live in the state, and Ennis tries to be one but never gets beyond ranch-hand work; Jack settles on rodeo as an expression of the Western ideal. It more or less works for him until he becomes a tractor salesman. Their relationship endures for 20 years, never resolved, never faced up to, always haunted by fear and confusion. How different readers take the story is a reflection of their own personal values, attitudes, hang-ups. It is my feeling that a story is not finished until it is read, and that the reader finishes it through his or her life experience, prejudices, world view and thoughts. Far from being "liberal," Hollywood was afraid of the script as were many actors and agents. Of course, I knew the story would be seen as controversial. I doubted it would even be published and was pleased when The New Yorker very quickly accepted it. In the years since the story was published in 1997, I have received many letters from gay and straight men, not a few Wyoming-born. Some said, "You told my story," some said, "That is why I left Wyoming," and a number, from fathers, said, "Now I understand the hell my son went through." I still get these heartbreaking letters.
=aside= Sandy
Thank you! :)
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When asked who the biggest supporters and detractors were in his playing a gay cowboy, Heath Ledger replied:
"No one was trying to detract me from it. Everyone was very supportive of it. I hate to call it 'daring' or 'brave.' Firemen are daring and brave. I'm acting. I didn't get hurt and I'm not mentally wounded from this experience."
Heath Ledger interview (http://www.movieweb.com/news/heath-ledger-travels-to-brokeback-mountain)
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With Brokeback Mountain, director Ang Lee faced a daunting challenge: cinematically portraying homosexuality as romantic and erotic in an era where homophobia still intensely rages (those who object to this perception are living in denial). That he succeeds—resoundingly, at that— is a testament to his filmmaking prowess: Brokeback Mountain is a beautiful love story, and one of 2005’s best movies.
Unfortunately for Ennis and Jack, the 1960’s wasn’t a kind time for gay people, and the Midwest wasn’t a kind place. Rather than embrace their passion, they’re forced to hide it. After their freewheeling summer, both return to their homes: Jack to Texas, Ennis to Wyoming. Ennis marries his high school sweetheart Alma (Michelle Williams), and has two daughters. Jack continues to flop off bulls at the rodeo, and weds Lureen Newsome (Anne Hathaway), the vivacious, work-obsessed daughter of a filthy-rich farm-machinery tycoon.
Four years pass, and neither man has been able to shake the magic of their summer on Brokeback. Ennis finds himself struggling to show his wife the appreciation she deserves but the resonances are ambiguous: one particularly wonderful scene involves Ennis flipping his wife around to penetrate her from behind, obviously wishing that she was Jack. As it’s filmed from a very similar angle to the first homosexual sequence on Brokeback, it has an eerie sense of unfulfilling deja vu that rings a strong emotional chord. Even more excruciating is Ennis’ relationship with his daughters. His marriage is destined to fail (and it does), but his children are forever…and they love him to death...
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At their four year reunion, Ennis introduded Jack to Alma and, with visible pride, his two little daughters - while their passion fermented between them.
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Brokeback Mountain is one of the most successful gay-related films of all time.
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Ennis refused to think of himself as queer but had no qualms about asking Jack to confess to visiting male harlots in Mexico.
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Any suggestion - like Alma did at the Thanksgiving dinner - that Ennis was gay, would infuriate him to the degree of storming out the house and trying to beat up some truck driver.
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"Kids" breaks new ground for lesbians on film (http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/12/03/us-kidsareallright-idUSTRE6B25TI20101203)
By Christine Kearney
NEW YORK | Fri Dec 3, 2010 3:14pm EST
(Reuters) - It isn't stirring the same buzz as that 'gay cowboy film', but Oscar contender "The Kids Are All Right" may give portrayals of lesbians in Hollywood a positive boost the way "Brokeback Mountain" shattered previous depictions of gay men.
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In Brokeback Mountain, there are also significant deviations from a traditional Western plot. Although there have been attempts to make Westerns with gay heroes, such as Andy Warhol’s underground film Lonesome Cowboys (1967), Brokeback Mountain is the first such film with mainstream success. Immediately following its release, B. Ruby Rich praised the film as a gay breakthrough saying: “With utter audacity, Ang Lee… has taken on the most sacred of American genres, the Western, and queered it” (Clarke and Gilbey). So, it may be a big deal that this Western has gay heroes. Brokeback takes a genre that has always been “a tad gay,” with its emphasis on homosocial bonding between men, and brings it out of the closet (Clarke and Gilbey). Indeed, this fact incites Clarke and Gibley to label an overtly gay cowboy film as “the last Hollywood taboo.” However, the real triumph of the film is in its depoliticizing of the cowboy’s love—as Jack says, “It’s nobody’s business but ours.” Brokeback Mountain is not an ‘issue movie.’ It seems as if this depoliticizing is Lee’s motivation for insisting that the film has little to do with Westerns, that it is in fact a love story.
“Of What Use was the Rule?:” Genre Conventions and Subversion in Brokeback Mountain and No Country for Old Men
by Tony Meyer] (http://departments.knox.edu/engdept/commonroom/Volume_twelve/number_one/meyer/index.html)
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Despite their liaison in the tent, Ennis asserted to Jack that he was nonqueer.
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Terrified that Alma would call him out as queer, Ennis bolted from Monroe's house, drove to a bar and got into a fight with a truck driver the size of an ox.
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Ennis was terrified of being thought of as queer, because of the prevailing attitudes of the time.
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An exerpt from the website retroQueer:
A short story by Annie Proulx extrapolated into a two hour Ang Lee epic is an immense achievement. The film is absorbing from beginning to end and it is a credit to the screenplay writers for maintaining the audience for this length. The story is simple enough: a story of the forbidden love between two cowboys that begins oh so carnally, progresses into a lot of confused adoration and affection, and then of course it ends in tragedy – okay, maybe it really isn’t a simple story. But the mise-en-scene and cinematography kept me visually occupied: the spectacular mountain ranges of the Wyoming-esque Alberta, the herds of thousands of sheep on the mossy green mountainside pastures, the trickle of the streams beside a naked Gyllenhall, the physical insignificance of two men set against this amazing backdrop. I spent most of the film with my mouth open in awe (which probably explains my cold the next day, infected undeniably by the coughing leather queen seated next to me).
--retroQueer (http://retroqueer.tumblr.com/post/3755146092/i-must-admit-to-having-significant-expectations)
("The aim of retroQueer is to talk about media products that explore, develop, comment or blatantly depict what may be deemed queer.")
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After Jack's outburst at Thanksgiving dinner, L. D. decided to swallow his pride and remain seated.
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"Lee has taken a story of gay love and placed it where it should be -- in the mainstream. He's delivered a beautifully crafted film to boot."
-- Dave Calhoun, Time Out.
(I will post a link to the quote when I'm back on my computer.)
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After Jack's outburst at Thanksgiving dinner, L. D. decided to swallow his pride and remain unknocked into next week.
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=aside= Meryl
thanks!
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Ennis' and Jack's life as gay men in rural Wyoming showed a conciderable lack of comfort and wellbeing.
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"He had wanted to be a sophomore, felt the word carried a kind of distinction..."
Round 960!
Back to school!
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Please play an unplayed word and some version of the following:
school, teach, learn
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Ennis felt that being a sophomore in school was something to be admired.
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Jack Twist: My ol' man was a bullrider, pretty well knowed in his day, though he kept his secrets to himself. Never taught me a thing. Never once came to see me ride.
=aside= Paul
Cool backpack!
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Someone, most likely their fathers, had taught Jack and Ennis how to shoot, and how to handle guns and cartridges.
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Ennis realized that entering the tent that first night was a dicey proposition, but he didn't have to be taught how to pull off a great performance.
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Jack complained to Ennis that [EXPLETIVE DELETED] Lureen refused to get any [EXPLETIVE DELETED] help for Bobby, who was in high school and could hardly read.
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When Ennis was a first-year high school student, he wanted to become a sophomore.
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Randall had learned not to try to make sense of the constant stream of gibberish his wife indulged in; rather, he let her go on like a blue streak.
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Ennis threw Alma a red herring when he told her was going on fishing trips with Jack Twist, but it didn't take her long to learn that it was a fish tale.
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No need to instruct Ennis on the ways of lovemaking; he just learned as he went along.
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Ennis had schooled himself to believe that two men living together had a better chance of winning a lottery jackpot than they did of being left alone by homophobes.
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The movie Brokeback Mountain doesn't explain how Aguirre had learned to become such a misanthrope.
=aside= Paul
Happy birthday!
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Ennis schooled the rude bikers on proper behavior around women and dampened the nitwits' foul speech.
=aside= Sonja
Thanks! But everyone knows that age is irrelephant.
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Since Jack and Ennis didn't get overtime pay, they learned the tricks of the trade to surviving on Brokeback.
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At the age of nine, Ennis learned first-hand that two men living together were in very real danger of becoming the victims of pranksters or much worse.
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At the age of nine, Ennis learned from his raconteur father that two men living together were in very real danger of becoming the victims of pranksters or much worse.
=aside= Meryl
Thanks!
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At the age of nine, Ennis learned from his son-of-a-bitch father that two men living together were in very real danger of becoming the victims of pranksters or much worse.
=aside= Meryl and Paul
Thanks!
(I can't believe this word was still unplayed! ;D)
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At the age of nine, Ennis learned from his tyrannical father that two men living together were in very real danger of becoming the victims of pranksters or much worse.
=aside= Meryl, Paul and Sonja
Thanks!
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Ennis learned very late in the game that Alma had uncovered the real reason for his trips with Jack well before the end of their marriage.
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Young Jack soon learned to escape from the well-trod zigzag road that led to Lightning Flat.
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Round 961!
The Brokeback Opera Round!
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Please play an unplayed word, plus some variation of:
sing
music
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The world still awaits the unveiling of "Brokeback Mountain" the opera, in which Ennis del Mar sings the great aria, "If you cannot fix it, then you got to stand it."
=aside=Paul
You know I like this theme! ;D
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For all the Brokies who can't go to Madrid, it would be great if there was a broadcasting of the opera, so they could hear the music by Wuorinen and the songs by Proulx.
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The opera "Brokeback Mountain" has music written by Charles Wuorinen and libretto by Annie Proulx.
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The world still awaits the unveiling of "Brokeback Mountain" the opera, in which Jack Twist sings the brash arioso, "Water Walkin' Jesus," accompanied by an offstage descant of lupine coloratura.
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It'll be interesting to see how the singers will go about embodying the emotions of Ennis and Jack in the opera.
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The singing beigns on January 28, and the big Brokie Pilgrimage will be on February 1.
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Should German opera houses choose to have "Brokeback Mountain" the opera sung in the vernacular, Jack Twist might tell Ennis,
"Ich wünschte, ich wüsste, wie man Sie verlassen."
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Should Hungarian opera houses choose to have "Brokeback Mountain" the opera sung in the vernacular, Jack Twist might tell Ennis,
"Bárcsak tudnám, hogyan kell lépni veled."
=aside= Meryl
Thank you! ;D
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Should a proper Italian opera house choose to have "Brokeback Mountain" the opera sung in the vernacular, Jack Twist might tell Ennis,
"Vorrei che sapere come si smettere."
=aside= Meryl and Sonja
Thank you!
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As Brokies watch the loges fill before the first performance of "Brokeback Mountain" the opera, they'll be thinking fondly (and wistfully) of Santaolalla's music.
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Should Macedonian opera houses choose to have "Brokeback Mountain" the opera sung in the vernacular, Jack Twist might tell Ennis,
"Би сакала да знам како да го затворите."
=aside= Meryl
LOL at "and wistfully"! :laugh:
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Should Nepalese opera houses choose to have "Brokeback Mountain" the opera sung in the vernacular, Jack Twist might tell Ennis,
"क्रस्मसको शुभकामना तथा नयाँ वर्षको शुभकामना".
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Two operas presented in January 2014 at Madrid's Teatro Real represent different periods of music, but both tell the stories of legendary lovers: Tristan und Isolde and Brokeback Mountain.
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Should Polish opera houses choose to have "Brokeback Mountain" the opera sung in the vernacular, Jack Twist might tell Ennis,
"Chciałbym wiedzieć, jak rzucić cię".
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Come February, Brokies will be hearing Wuorinen's music in Madrid's Teatro Real.
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The night before the singing started, Brokies dined on Spanish delicacies such as Salmorejo con Jamon y Huevo Cocido at Casa Patas in old Madrid.
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Should Turkish opera houses choose to have "Brokeback Mountain" the opera sung in the vernacular, Jack Twist might tell Ennis,
"Seni bırakmak nasıl bilseydim".
=aside= Meryl
Thanks for resuscitating the thread! :)
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Should Ukranian opera houses choose to have "Brokeback Mountain" the opera sung in the vernacular, Jack Twist might tell Ennis,
"Шкода, що я знав, як кинути вас".
=aside= Players
And we're back!
Thanks, Meryl!
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The performers who sang Ennis and Jack in the opera "Brokeback Mountain" had to use all their technical weaponry to survive the 2-hour assault on their vocal cords.
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=aside= Players
You bet! :D
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Round 962!
It's Spring!
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Please post an unplayed word along with the word
"spring, sun or sol"
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Even though Ennis had to pay child support after the divorce, at least it was a small solace that he didn't have to pay alimony as well.
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At the Motel Siesta, Jack and Ennis jounced more than one bedspring.
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When Alma begged Ennis to move out of the lonesome ranch house to Riverton, she was ready for his cost-conscious fears about high rents, consoling him with the promise of a cheap place and playmates for the girls.
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Many men in Jack's life were disgustingly mean to him, like his father and L D.
Meeting Ennis was like a spring of hope, but unfortunately didn't bring him much solace.
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At the end of the film, Ennis looks out on the ever-desolate landscape that may be his future.
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Jack scooped up icy water from a freshet high in the Hail Strew River drainage as the strong spring sun melted away the last of the winter snow.
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The closed off Ennis loosened up considerably that summer up on Brokeback with Jack. He would show a more sunny side of himself and even let out a little gag now and then.
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Jack scooped up icy water from a freshet high in the Hail Strew River drainage as the strong spring sun melted away the last of the winter snow.
=thanks= Meryl
:-*
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Ennis felt fear and anger spring up in him at Alma's intimation that she knew the truth about his relationship with Jack.
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When they came down from their solitude on Brokeback, there was rain in the air and Ennis wore a yellow raincoat to prevent any leakage.
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Before Aguirre tosses Ennis the cheap watch, he first winds up the mainspring.
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After comparing the nutsack of the coyote he just shot to a pair of apples, Ennis solicited Jack for some hot water to perform ablutions on his own.
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Had Jack only had the money for it, his problem with buckteeth could most likely have been solved with the help of odontology.
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When the boys are out in the sun, their cowboy hats serve as a parasol.
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There were no facilities up on Brokeback, but it was so desolate, they didn't need a restroom. They could just go behind a tree.
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Jack was able to slough off L. D.'s demeaning remarks and stud-duck behavior until the famous Thanksgiving dinner where he resolved not to take it any more.
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The story describes Jack's twelve-hundred-mile trip this way:
He called Jack's number in Childress, something he had done only once before when Alma divorced him and Jack had misunderstood the reason for the call, had driven twelve hundred miles north for nothing.
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The untidiness in Ennis' trailer springs to mind when you read the first paragraph of the story.
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After wrangling a thousand ewes up the grassy slopes of Brokeback, the boys went through the solemnities of setting up camp.
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Round 963!
It's May!
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Please post an unplayed word along with the word
may or maj
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The ascent to Brokeback Mountain may be the best cinematography in the film.
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There were more than a few bumps in the road on the way up, but the view of Brokaback was majestic.
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As the boys ascended Brokeback in 1963, the bus-and-truck tour of Lerner and Loewe's "Camelot" was wending its way around the country, featuring the rollicking tune, "The Lusty Month of May."
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Whilst descending the mountain, Ennis may have been wearing a shirt that we hadn't seen whilst on the mountain.
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In Aguirre's eyes, Jack and Ennis had several major faults. One of them was that they performed their sheepherder duties far from excellently
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The morning after their first night in the tent, Jack was dismayed to find Ennis considerably frostier than he had expected.
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An evening with LaShawn is sure to turn into a major gabfest.
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When they came down from the mountain, Ennis wore a yellow raincoat so as not to be exposed to any major humidity.
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Ennis grew more and more dismayed listening to Pa Twist intonate Jack's decision to bring some ranch neighbor of his up to live with him in Lightning Flat.
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Alma was dismayed that Ennis acted lustier with Jack than with her.
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Ennis read the malefic word "deceased" on the postcard with uttermost dismay.
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Ennis desired Jack in a major way, but to live openly with him meant people would know him for a nance and a fag, and he didn't want to end up like Earl or Rich.
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Aguirre's major mistake was to overestimate his authority with the boys.
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One major reason for Ennis to refuse the cow and calf operation, was that he wanted to protect them both from the horrors that Earl and Rich had to endure.
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As Alma watched Ennis rummage around and pack some things to go off with Jack, she decided that come what may, she would try her best to keep him at home.
=aside=Paul and Sonja
Sure has been a long month of May! ;D
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Alma was dismayed that Ennis acted more sexily with Jack than with her.
=aside= Meryl
Haha! Long Spring we're having.
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You may say that Brokeback Mountain is a testimony to the hardships of gay men in rural America.
=aside= Paul and Meryl
At this rate, spring will last well into fall! ;D
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Jack wasn't having any more of L.D.'s uppitiness about how to discipline his boy and let him know it in a major way.
=aside= Paul and Sonja
Only one more, and we can figure out whatever happened ta August! :D
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From a black, female coworker to me last year:
"I didn't know you were gay until you mentioned that you had a partner. I just thought you were an uppity Uncle Tom."
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LaShawn was majorly happy to be dancing with the well-dressed cowboy, name o' Jack.
=aside= Milo
Thanks for playing.
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Round 964!
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Please post an unplayed word in a sentence inspired by the classic novel,
"Cluckback Mountain" by Hennie Proulx.
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The two chicken herders Cluck and Hennis did everything they could to prevent any coyote attacks on their chickens.
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Egged on by the barbed comments of the two bikers, Hennis shoved one and cold-cocked the other, shouting "Ya wanna lose about half yer fuckin' beak?"
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Owlma said, "You didn't go up there to roost! Don't try to fool me no more, Hennis. Cluck Twist? Cluck Nasty!"
=aside= Meryl
Nailed it!
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Hennis woke in a Rhode Island Red dawn with his feathers ruffled, a Grade-A headache, and Cluck dovetailed against him; without saying anything about it both knew how it would go for the rest of the summer, chickens be damned.
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Owlma was egging Hennis on to move to town, in her endeavour to find them a better nest.
=aside= Marina
Welcome back! :D
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When Cluck flew into town, Hennis crowed a hearty "Cluck Flocking Twist" and pigeon-toed his way down the stairs to mash beaks, pressing breast and thigh and drumstick together, treading on each other's talons until they pulled apart to breathe and Hennis, not big on endearments, said what he said to his chicks, "little fledglin'".
=aside= Marina
Nice to see you and excellent post!
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Between them, Hennis and Owlma and Cluck and Pouleen had a gaggle of pullets: Owlma Junior, Henny and Embryobby.
=aside=Marina
Nice to see you here 8)
=aside=Paul
Thanks, you ain't no slouch yourself :)
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When Cluck suggested to Hennis they nest together, Hennis wanted none of it. He was afraid the fowlers would find out.
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A fowl-tempered Joe Aracauna unfairly dismissed all chicken-hands as not very industrious, dumb clucks.
Thanks everyone, great to be back!
Some of these posts are awesomely clever - 'lil fledglin'. :)
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Owlma says lamentingly: "Hennis, no more lonesome old henhouses. There's a cheap chicken coop above the abbatoir."
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We get to see the chicks Owlma Junior and Henny at different ages, at first they are just little miniatures, not even fledglings.
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In the years after their reunion, Hennis and Cluck made nests in all sorts of locales, but they never returned to Brokebeak.
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In December, Hennis married Owlma Beaks, and in no time, she laid an egg.
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Cluck tried his best to quack Hennis into nesting together, but it was pointless.
=players=
I love this round! ;D
Thanks for starting it, Paul! Great idea!
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When one of the slopbucket-mouthed beakers told Hennis to quack off, he laid into them with a hengeance.
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Owlma said, "You didn't go up there to roost! Don't try to fool me no more, Hennis. Cluck Twist? Cluck Nasty!"
=aside= Meryl
Bold move with the "Q"!
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When one of the slopbucket-mouthed beakers told Hennis to quack off, he laid into them with a hengeance.
=aside= Meryl
Quanks! ;D
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Ever since Uncle Harold had explained to him what a turducken was, Cluck didn't care much for Thanksgiving.
=aside=Paul and Sonja
How could I not use the Q in this quacky round? ;D
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Old Rooster Twist said to Hennis, "Then, this spring he's got another cock's goin a come up here with him and build a coop and help run the henhouse, some fowl neighbor a his from down in Texas. He's goin a split up with Pouleen and come back here. So he says. But like most a Cluck's ideas it stayed unhatched."
=aside= Players
Can you believe "unplucked" was already played?!
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Hennis' coworker Timmy is quacking away, but not as witty as his own cackle suggests.
=suggestion= players
One more clucky round? ;D
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Round 965!
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Please post an unplayed word in a sentence inspired by the classic novel,
"Brokebeak Mountain" by Hennie Proulx.
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When Hennis was just a chick, his daddy rooster showed him an atrocity that caused him to fear for his life should he follow his heart and build a nest with Cluck.
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Up on Brokebeak, Cluck said to Hennis that his father had been a pretty well known chicken-rider years back but kept his secrets to himself, never gave Cluck a quack of advice, never came once to see Cluck ride, though he had put him on the chickies when he was barely out of his shell.
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After sharin' a bottle of whiskey round the fire, Hennis and Cluck managed to crow their way through a few songs. Hennis knew the salty words to "The Strawberry Chanticleer"; Cluck tried a Carl Peckins song, but he favored a brooding hymn.
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The dreamlike beauty of Brokebeak Mountain, helped Cluck and Hennis get the feeling they were raised above normal fowlruns.
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Although Hennis loved his little chickadees, Owlma Jr. said he wasn't the egg-laying kind.
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Owlma told Hennis that she and their chicks were worried about him being a lone rooster, but his reply was only, "Once fricasseed...."
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After the hailstorm, Hennis and Cluck had a hard job untangling them Chilean greylags from their own geese.
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Hennie Proulx hatched the idea for Brokebeak Mountain when she spotted an old gay rooster in an eggnog bar watching the younger cocks playing a game of egg toss.
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Cluck blamed Hennis for being inattentive to his needs and flew down to Meggsico more than once in search of game cocks.
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Cluck tried desperately to find a loophole in Hennis' refusal of them sharing a perch and their own little hen-and-egg operation.
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Cluck blamed Hennis for being inattentive to his needs and flew down to Meggsico more than once in search of game cocks.
=thanks= Meryl!
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Hennis's parents never got to be empty nesters, seeing as they flew the coop themselves before their chicks could.
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Aguierre made it clear that he expected Cluck and Hennis to protect his chickens from preying owls.
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When Cluck flew into town, Hennis crowed a hearty "Cluck Flocking Twist" and pigeon-toed his way down the stairs to mash beaks, pressing breast and thigh and drumstick together, treading on each other's talons until they pulled apart to breathe and Hennis, not big on endearments, said what he said to his chicks, "little fledglin'".
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Hennis laid it on the line to Cluck: "Two roosters livin together? No. All I can see is we get together once in awhile way the hell out back of the henhouse."
=aside=Paul
Ver' good one! 8)
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Hennis put his wings around Cluck from behind and gently chuckled in his ear: "Come on now, you're sleeping on your talons like a stork. My mama used to cluck that to me when I was a chicken."
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When Cluck flew into town, Hennis crowed a hearty "Cluck Flocking Twist" and pigeon-toed his way down the stairs to mash beaks, pressing breast and thigh and drumstick together, treading on each other's talons until they pulled apart to breathe and Hennis, not big on endearments, said what he said to his chicks, "little fledglin'".
=aside= Meryl
Thanks!