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Essay / Sociological Film Analysis of the film 'Brokeback...
Kelly AlfordSociological Film AnalysisThe film I watched was Brokeback Mountain. It was released in 2005 and produced in the United States. The film lasts 134 minutes. The screenwriter for Brokeback Mountain was Larry McMurty and the film's director was Ang Lee. The film stars Heath Ledger as Ennis Del Mar opposite Jake Gyllenhaal as Jack Twist. Anne Hathaway and Michelle Williams play their wives Lureen and Alma, respectively. The film tells the story of two cowboys Jack and Ennis whose job is to protect sheep on a mountain called Brokeback during the summer of 1963 in Wyoming. Over the summer, Jack and Ennis fall in love. But at the end of the summer, their paths separate and they continue to see each other at different times in their lives. Jack then marries a woman named Lureen Newsome and they have a son together. Ennis himself married a woman named Alma and they had two daughters together. But Alma discovers Jack and what she saw that she cannot forget and she ends up leaving Ennis and remarrying. Jack finally decides he wants to leave his wife for Ennis. ...