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

[Fran]

"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."

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[memento]

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.

[Meryl]

n the summer of 1963 on Brokeback, our boys ate their fill of beans while the sheep ate their fill of greens.

[Fran]

"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

[southendmd]

nconveniently, Ennis had to work in August, and couldn't meet Jack until November.

[memento]

n the summer of 1963 on Brokeback, Jack and Ennis lucked out when they were assigned as coworkers.

[Fran]

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.

[Sason]

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.

[Meryl]

n the latter years of his relationships with both Lureen and Ennis, Jack's frustrations made him more and more outburst-prone.

[Fran]

t appears that Lureen Twist owns several pieces of pearl jewelry.