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2005 film directed by Ang Lee

This article is about the 2005 film. For other uses, see Brokeback Mountain (disambiguation).

Brokeback Mountain is a 2005 neo-Westernromantic drama film directed by Ang Lee and produced by Diana Ossana and James Schamus.

Adapted from the 1997 short story by Annie Proulx, the screenplay was written by Ossana and Larry McMurtry.

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The film stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, and Michelle Williams. Its plot depicts the complex romantic relationship between two American cowboys, Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, in the American West from 1963 to 1983.

Lee became attached to the project in 2001 after previous attempts to adapt Proulx's story into a film did not materialize. Focus Features and River Road Entertainment would jointly produce and distribute the film. After Ledger and Gyllenhaal's casting was announced in 2003, filming commenced in various locations in Alberta in 2004.

Brokeback Mountain premiered at the