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Alberta? Embracing gay cowboys? (Globe & Mail)

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TJ:

--- Quote ---In a bid to woo visitors, the office quotes 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 recalled.
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Well, since the State of Wyoming does not have production facilities for the making of movies like the Province of Alberta, Canada does, it was cheaper to film up there.

Even California (where I have lived) and Oklahoma (where I have lived off and on since 1942, I was born in the state) have places which could represent other areas of the USA. A number of movies have been made in Tulsa and in Oklahoma.

moremojo:

--- Quote from: horo04 on March 27, 2006, 10:32:57 pm ---Cheap imitation?!! >:(  What everyone sees in the movie is all Alberta!  This part of the country I live in is no cheap imitation!  Reviews have said the movie is beautifully set...it sure isn't Wyoming they are showing!  You all come visit and see our "cheap imitation".....bet you won't agree with that remark once you go through "Brokeback country", Alberta! 8)

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My mother made a drive from Texas up into Montana, by way of Wyoming, many years ago with her then-husband. She had been fascinated by Montana since childhood, and had always wanted to go there, so this was a dream come true for her. She says she saw lots of gorgeous scenery on the way, and in Montana, ran into a couple that were coming back from Alberta. The woman in this couple said that the Canadian Rockies were even more beautiful than the American mountains. My mother didn't doubt her, but Montana was as far as she wanted to go, and the beauty on the American side of the border was sufficient for her.

Now that she has seen Brokeback Mountain, I wonder if she now regrets her decision to not venture further that trip. BTW, my mother had some interesting comments on Wyoming, which I might share at a later time on this site.

Cheers,
Scott

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