1. Brokeback Mountain -- Love is a force of nature

2. Overview About the director -- Ang Lee About the movie
The influence of the Brokeback Mountain
Its influence on language

3. Ang Lee
Films: Pushing Hands The Wedding Banquet Eat Drink Man Woman Sense and Sensibility
The Ice Storm
Ride with the Devil Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Hire
Hulk
Brokeback Mountain
Lust, Caution

4. Awards for Brokeback Mountain
Academy Award for Best Director
National Board of Review Award for Best Director
BCFA Critics’ Choice Award for Best Director
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director
BAFTA Award for Best Direction
Golden Globe Award for Best Director – Motion Picture
Director Guild for America Award

5. Brokeback Mountain A from the short story “Brokeback Mountain” by
Annie Proulx
A romantic story between two men in America West
from 1963 to 1983
Main characters: Ennis (Heath Ledger)
Jack (Jake Gyllenhaal)

6. Influences of Brokeback Mountain
Cowboy has a new image
The growth of gay acceptance :
Inspires legislators to propose gay-friendly legal
A cultural phenomenon
Offered up 38 million Google hits in 2006
At the top list of Hollywood Words at Google
Brokeback-inspired story in talkshows
Controversy
Elements in Movies : Scary Movie 4,
Night at the Museum

9. Cowboys’ Images
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10. Influences on Language
Brokeback : Something that has questionable masculinity
Cowboy
Climb Mountain
“X-back Mountain” : Buckback Mountain,
Heart-Broke-Back Mountain
I wish I know how to quit you.
I ain’t queer.

11. References Ang Lee. Retrieved March 24, 2008 from
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