US Edition‘Brokeback Mountain’ Getting 20th Anniversary Re-Release This Summer
- Focus Features is re-releasing the film Brokeback Mountain in theaters this summer to mark its 20th anniversary.
- The re-release follows the original film’s 2005 debut, which adapted Annie Proulx’s 1997 award-winning short story about two cowboys in 1963.
- Brokeback Mountain stars Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, who form a lifelong romantic relationship while herding sheep.
- The film received eight Academy Award nominations and won three, notably earning Ang Lee the Oscar for Best Director; its story begins with a summer spent on Brokeback Mountain.
- The anniversary re-release may renew appreciation for this seminal queer Western, accompanied by merchandise and special screenings starting June 22.
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Brokeback Mountain to be re-released in cinemas for 20th anniversary
To commemorate its 20th anniversary, Brokeback Mountain is set for a limited re-release in cinemas. The iconic gay drama, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and the late Heath Ledger, will be shown nationwide in the U.S. on 22 and 25 June. According to the film’s distributor Focus Features, the re-release will be accompanied by “an all-new film poster, as well as forthcoming merchandise and other connected initiatives”. Directed by Ang Lee, Brokeback Moun…
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