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"U" is undefined
« Reply #19980 on: June 22, 2009, 11:36:42 pm »
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.”


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"W" is Wyomingite
« Reply #19981 on: June 23, 2009, 12:52:27 am »
Ennis's home state is Wyoming; he is a Wyomingite.

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Round 819!
« Reply #19982 on: June 23, 2009, 12:53:00 am »
Round 819!

The "It's All About Us" Round


Each post will include an unplayed word
as well as the word "us".
The "us" may be part of a longer word.



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"A" is abusiveness
« Reply #19983 on: June 23, 2009, 08:45:35 am »
The abusiveness of OMT was described in the story, but was not included in the film.

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"B" is brushing
« Reply #19984 on: June 23, 2009, 10:23:33 am »
When Jack felt that Ennis was brushing him off after the post-divorce mixup, he felt a wave of sadness sweep over him.

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"C" is conscious
« Reply #19985 on: June 23, 2009, 10:27:24 am »
"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."


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"D" is ducked
« Reply #19986 on: June 23, 2009, 10:33:36 am »
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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"F" is fussed
« Reply #19987 on: June 23, 2009, 11:53:34 am »
Jack fussed over Ennis's head wound.

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How does that go again? A-B-C-D-E, oh yeah.
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"E" is emerged
« Reply #19988 on: June 23, 2009, 01:26:30 pm »
"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."


Next letter:  "G"

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"G" is gush
« Reply #19989 on: June 23, 2009, 06:08:39 pm »
When Ennis saw Jack pull up in his truck for their four-year reunion, he greeted him with a gush of affection.