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

[Fran]

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.

[southendmd]

... and the bus, music blaring, heads right into the water. Makes it half way across ... stops, water at window-height. Yells are heard.

{script}

[memento]

Round 833!

The Deleted Signal Gas Station Scene

[memento]

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

[Meryl]

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.

[southendmd]

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.

[memento]

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.

[Meryl]

Episodes such as the Signal Gas Station, the Hippie Scene and the Twist Cemetery were eventually deleted for artistic reasons by Ang Lee.

[southendmd]

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.

[memento]

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]