Although the Annie Proulx short story is set in Wyoming, Brokeback Mountain , a big winner at the Academy Awards, was filmed in the south of Alberta, one of Canada's prairie provinces, and home to a swath of the Rocky Mountains. The setting for them movie gained notoriety for being as entrancing and beautiful as the movie itself. Alberta is a western Canadian province, home to the capital city of Edmonton, the big city of Calgary as well as Rocky Mountain destinations, Banff , Jasper , and Canmore. It borders Montana , U. The bulk of Brokeback Mountain's Canadian filming locations are in the southwest region of the province where the Rocky Mountains loom, and lakes are turquoise.
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Adapted from the short story of the same name by Annie Proulx , the screenplay was written by Ossana and Larry McMurtry. Lee became attached to the project after a series of attempts to adapt the short story into a film by various directors never materialized. Focus Features would co-produce it alongside River Road Entertainment as well as distribute the film. Ledger and Gyllenhaal's casting was announced in , and filming subsequently commenced in various locations in Canada in The film received critical acclaim, mainly for Lee's direction and Ledger, Gyllenhaal, and Williams's performances, and was placed on many film critics' top ten lists. Brokeback Mountain was also a subject of controversies, such as its loss to Crash for the Academy Award for Best Picture in an upset as well as criticism from conservative media outlets. Conversely, while the sexuality of its characters has been heavily discussed, Brokeback Mountain has also been regarded as a stepping stone for the advancement of queer cinema into the mainstream.
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Proulx won a third place O. Henry Award for the story in A slightly expanded version of the story was published in Proulx's collection of short stories , Close Range: Wyoming Stories.
Nominated for eight Academy Awards, "Brokeback Mountain" is a love story between two sheep-herding cowboys, and it's a love story about the Big Horn Mountains of eastern Wyoming. Many people here hope this movie will become Wyoming's calling card. But in this rural state of real cowboys and few movie theaters, many Wyoming residents haven't seen, can't see or won't see "Brokeback Mountain. Eastern Wyoming has a lot of "Brokenbacks," but no Brokeback. And, that, as they say, is the true romance of Wyoming. Just because there is no Brokeback Mountain doesn't mean it isn't out there somewhere. Shows Good Morning America. World News Tonight.
