Brokeback Mountain story
Brokeback Mountain is a 2005 American romantic drama film directed by Ang Lee and produced by Diana Ossana and James Schamus. Adapted from the 1997 short story of the same name by Annie Proulx, the screenplay was written by Ossana and Larry McMurtry. The film stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, and Michelle Williams and depicts the complex emotional and sexual relationship between Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist in the American West from 1963 to 1983.
21 total · 3 choice · 11 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| boyfriend and boyfriend | choice | Ennis and Jack |
| male homosexuality | choice | Ennis and Jack's relationship was clearly an embarrassment in the eyes of their society, and in the end Jack may have been killed for it or so Ennis imagines |
| romantic love | choice | Ennis and Jack; to a lesser extent Ennis and Alma, Jack and Lureen |
| choosing between love and family | major | Ennis choose family over Jack, twice over |
| coping with an overly private individual | major | various people complained about Ennis being tight lipped |
| coping with the death of a lover | major | Ennis was crushed when he learned that Jack had died. |
| disintegrating romantic relationship | major | Ennis and Jack disintegrated at least once; Ennis and Alma eventually divorced |
| extramarital affair | major | Ennis was unfaithful to Alma; Jack was unfaithful to Lureen |
| human romantic relationship choice | major | Ennis and Jack both struggled with such choices. |
| husband and wife | major | Ennis and Alma; Jack and Lureen |