Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee's Oscar-winning film about the tragic love affair between ranch hands played by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, came out 20 years ago and changed Hollywood.

Starring Heath Ledger (as Ennis Del Mar), Jake Gyllenhaal (as Jack Twist), Michelle Williams (as Alma Beers Del Marm), and Anne Hathaway (as Lureen Newsome Twist), this epic feature film tells the ...

The film stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, and Michelle Williams. When the neo-Western romantic drama Brokeback Mountain first hit theaters in December 2005, it became an instant ...

As much as filmgoers seem to agree that “Crash” was an undeserving Best Picture winner over “Brokeback Mountain,” it feels like everyone has forgotten why “Brokeback” — an epic still-life of sexual ...

The premise of Ang Lee’s “Brokeback Mountain,” based on an Annie Proulx short story, is something we’ve never seen before in a mainstream picture: In 1963 two young cowboys meet on the job and, amid a ...

'Brokeback Mountain' lost Best Picture at the 2006 Oscars to 'Crash,' and Michelle Williams still seems to think the loss was undeserved Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE since ...

Brokeback Mountain, now the same age as the two-decade affair between its protagonists, remains as heart-wrenching today as it was back in 2005. Lee, together with cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, ...

It’s been 20 years since a couple of cowboys, Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar, first met herding sheep on Brokeback Mountain – and 20 years since director Ang Lee, screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. At the 78th Academy Awards ceremony in 2006 a movie about two closeted gay cowboys and their ...

The filmmaker explains he was asked to wait backstage after his best director win to be ready to accept the best picture Oscar, which ended up going to 'Crash' in a memorable upset. By Tatiana ...

Brokeback Mountain is a beautiful film about forbidden love. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Jack Twist and Heath Ledger as Ennis Del Mar, the movie explores themes of love, loss, and hope. But despite ...

There is an ache that never quite leaves you after “Brokeback Mountain.” Twenty years on, it remains — stubborn as a bruise you poke to see if it still hurts. Which it does. There is no closure, no ...