Tag: Brokeback Mountain

It’s hard to believe but 15 years have passed since the iconic gay film Brokeback Mountain was released. The film caused a major sensation at the time, raking in almost $180 million at the box office and scoring Oscar nominations for stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger, as well as awarding director Ang Lee his first Oscar statuette. Now, in a new interview with The Today Show, 38-year-old Gyllenhaal reveals the one thing about the film that really irked his late...

In a lengthy new interview for GQ actor Jake Gyllenhaal revisits his iconic role in Brokeback Mountain. More than 10 years have passed since the film caused a sensation, scoring Oscar nominations for stars Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger, as well as awarding director Ang Lee his first Oscar statuette. For Gyllenhaal, the success of the film was a shock. “I think we had been cast for our ‘essences’ without really understanding what our ‘essences’ were – and that’s outside of our sexuality – we’re two...

Gay love story God’s Own Country is being heralded as ‘better than Brokeback Mountain’. As you can see in the trailer below, the film follows Johnny, an angry, lonely young man relying on alcohol and casual sex, who lives on a farm in North England with his father and grandmother. His life changes when Gheorghe, a Romanian migrant, is hired to work on the farm for the season. As the two spend time together, an intense relationship develops on a backdrop of...

It's been eight years since the very talented actor Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose. The Brokeback Mountain actor has left behind a lot of great movies and people who loved him. One of those who were close to Heath is Jake Gyllenhaal. Gyllenhaal's relationship with Heath Ledger grew wings on the set of Brokeback Mountain. Gyllenhaal doesn't want to express his personal feelings about Heath's death to the public. "Personally, it affected me in ways I can’t necessarily put in words...

It’s been 10 years since Brokeback Mountain was released and it made a huge difference for the LGBT community. The impact of the movie was huge, and the cast was fascinated by the story. While Heath Ledger took the story seriously, and did not accept any joke on it, Jake Gyllenhaal was more laid back. He previously declared that homosexuality was not something strange to him. His godfathers were a gay couple. Recently he discussed again his career and the movie where he...

Ten years ago, one of the most successful gay love story movies has been produced and had a powerful impact on the audience as it reached $178 million worldwide. However, the controversy was real; it was banned in China and a cinema in Salt Lake City refused to run it. But the impact of the movie was not overshadowed by these incidents, coming in a time of change, in the early stages of the gay rights movement.   film.ru For the tenth anniversary of the...