[Mikel_Cooperman]

No, actually there isn't.
That will be in the sequel.

[DeeF]

Interesting to have seen this movie, and then King Kong the next day. These are polar opposites, and could maybe learn a thing or too from the other.

Brokeback is too spare, too slow. It wants to engage the emotions, but it's a very hard thing to do when your characters are so buttoned-up they barely speak.

Fortunately, there is no CGI -- the movie is about real people.

King Kong, on the other hand, is bloated and there's much too much happening, and it's too long, and the cutting is fast and furious. Let me enjoy the sunset too, please.

[Jeff Savage]

Just did a quick check in the the Dallas area and it is playing on 2 screens in the Cinemark by my house in Plano as well as the Angelika Theater (arthouse).

So Buzz that is only a 10 hour drive

Laters,
Jeff

Hey, might be time for another visit!

[Inspector Hammer!]

The film looks good, Anne Hathaway's in it also, so of course I will see it.

What part does she play and does she get much screentime? I ask because i'm always on the lookout for that one film that will show Hollywood what a great potential she has, especially after her role in Havoc which sadly didn't get much attention.

[george kaplan]

i'm always on the lookout for that one film that will show Hollywood what a great potential she has

I believe her "potential" is amply displayed in this film.

[RafaelB]

See, there *IS* something for the straight boys to look forward to in this movie.

Rafael.

[Patrick Sun]

Hathaway gets about 5 minutes of screen time. She looks terrible as a blonde, though.

[Claudia P]

I have yet to see the movie, but read the story. Having read the comments & criticisms on this thread I would suggest reading the story will fill in the gaps in understanding.

Brokeback Mountain is a short story written by Annie Proulx (Shipping News et al). BBM appears in Close Range - Wyoming Stories.

Annie Proulx has that rare gift of evoking a time & place, of 'seeing' the human condition, of articulating the essence of relationships - never more evident than in Brokeback Mountain. I've read the story many times; each time it remains as stunning to me as the time before.

I was fearful that the movie would not do the story justice - but the comments on the thread tell me that Ang Lee may just have captured the essence of this relationship on film.

I'll be brave and go see it.

[Mikel_Cooperman]

'Brokeback' Wrangles Strong Numbers in Expansion
by Brandon Gray
December 18, 2005


In limited release, Brokeback Mountain saw another stampede of moviegoers in its second weekend, while there was no springtime for The Producers in its debut.

Focus Features' cowboy love story lassoed an estimated $2.4 million from 69 locations, averaging a potent $34,188 per site, raising the total to $3.3 million in 10 days.

Last weekend, Brokeback Mountain trumpeted a $109,485 average at five bustling theaters in Los Angeles, New York City and San Francisco. It's natural for a picture's average to drop significantly as it adds smaller markets.

"The danger with distributing a movie like this is if you get ahead of it, you lose it," said Jack Foley, Focus' president of distribution. "We'll do what we have to do to meet the business capabilities and the demand. I'd love to see this movie in 2,000 theaters. I have no limits to how wide I want it to go."

Foley said that the expansion will be more aggressive than previously planned, with around 275 theaters set for Jan. 6 and about 400 for Jan. 13. The original intent was to be in 300 venues by the end of January.



MOUNTAIN HIGH: Brokeback Mountain's eighth-place finish in the weekend box-office tally betrays its accomplishments. The groundbreaking film took in $2.4 million across just 69 theaters, an average of $34,194 per screening — a record for a non-IMAX film with more than 50 playdates — and is the first film since 1995 to crack the box-office Top 10 while in fewer than 100 theaters. "You can't do what we're doing [appealing to just] one demographic," a Focus Pictures exec tells Variety. "The notion that this is a 'gay film' is proving to be mistaken."

[Richard Kim]

Quote:

Hathaway gets about 5 minutes of screen time. She looks terrible as a blonde, though.

She's a blonde in the latter part of the film only. I believe this was intentional, to show how years in a loveless marriage changed a once vibrant woman into a hardened shell of her former self.