Brokeback Mountain Trivia

1. Who directed 'Brokeback Mountain'?

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Answer: Ang Lee

The movie was directed by Ang Lee who was born in Taiwan. Ang Lee won the Oscar for directing this movie. He also won an Oscar for directing the movie 'Life of Pi'. His movie 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Ang Lee has directed other movies such as 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Hulk'. 'Brokeback Mountain' was written by Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry. They also won the Oscar for the screenplay. Gustavo Santaolalla composed the beautiful Oscar winning score to this movie. The movie itself was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars but lost to 'Crash'.

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Answer: Ang Lee

Ang Lee has directed other movies such as "Sense and Sensibility", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hulk". As his name suggest, he is from Taiwan, but now works in the U.S.

From Quiz "Brokeback Mountain", How Well Do You Know It?

Answer: Wyoming

Brokeback Mountain is in Wyoming and is the place which sets the basis of the movie. It is also near the home of Ennis Del Mar. This is the place where Jack and Ennis meet after being employed by Joe Agguire. After they leave here, Jack and Ennis don't see each other for four years.

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Answer: Alma

Ennis was married to Alma and they had two children - Alma Jr and Jenny. In the short story Jenny was called Francine. They later got divorced and he dated a woman named Cassie for a while. Jack's wife was Lureen.

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Answer: Ennis Del Mar

Heath Ledger plays the quiet, good-looking Ennis Del Mar in the award winning film "Brokeback Mountain". We first see him in Signal when he is waiting for a someone to come and give him a job.

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Answer: 1963

As Ennis Del Mar hops out of a truck, a title card tells us that it is 1963. By the end of the film, it's almost twenty years later, according to Ennis' dialogue.

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Answer: Ennis Del Mar

Jack Twist was played by Jack Gyllenhaal ("October Sky"), and Joe Aguirre was the character played by Randy Quaid. Ennis Del Mar married Alma, and they had two children; daughters Alma Jr. and Jenny. He kept his affair with Jack Twist a secret from his family by telling them that he and Jack went on fishing trips.

From Quiz Salu's Movie Picks: 'Brokeback Mountain' (2005)

Answer: Wyoming

The movie begins in 1963 in Wyoming. Both Jack and Ennis come to the office of Joe Aguirre (Randy Quaid) to look for work. He hires them to herd his sheep up in the mountains through the summer. They both agree to this work after he gives them a set of instructions. Outside Joe's office, Ennis and Jack introduce themselves to each other. Both of them then go and have a drink at a bar and Jack tells Ennis that he has done this type of work before. They then talk for a bit about themselves and then prepare to leave for work. Heath Ledger has appeared in movies such as 'The Dark Knight' and 'Monster's Ball'. Jake Gyllenhaal has appeared in movies such as 'Southpaw' and 'Nightcrawler'.

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Answer: shaving

Jack's standing at his truck, shaving, when Aguirre arrives. This is in the very beginning of the movie, and Ennis and Jack have not even introduced themselves to each other yet.

From Quiz "Brokeback Mountain", How Well Do You Know It?

Answer: Jack

Ennis comes into the tent to keep warm and Jack takes his arm, wrapping it round him, which is unexpected. This starts their twenty-year long affair. Jack is a very upfront person but Ennis is much more guarded. While Jack quickly accepts their romantic relationship, Ennis appears to constantly be in denial about it. This movie follows the life of both Jack and Ennis, not only on Brokeback Mountain, but afterwards when they are married with families.

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Answer: None

Jack was the one who played a harmonica during that first summer. Ennis jokingly complained about it. Here is a bit of interesting trivia - the song Jack played (rather badly) was "He Was a Friend of Mine", by Willie Nelson. This was the same song which played during the end credits.

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Answer: Jack Twist

Jake Gyllenhaal plays the exciting, and playful Jack Twist, in the movie. He is also called "Rodeo" by his wife's father. We first see him waiting for a job at the same place as Ennis.

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Answer: Wyoming

The opening title card, in addition to giving us the year, also gives us a location: Signal, Wyoming. There are also numerous references in dialogue placing Brokeback Mountain, the setting for most of Jack and Ennis' liaisons, in Wyoming.

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Answer: Jack Twist

Heath Ledger played Ennis Del Mar and Homer Hickam was the character played by Jake Gyllenhaal in "October Sky". After the summer on Brokeback Mountain with Ellis, Jack went back to work for his father at the rodeo, where he met his wife, Lureen.

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Answer: In the face

The fight leaves Ennis with a bloody shirt, which he thinks he has lost. Later in the movie, after the death of Jack, he finds it at Jack's parents' home, in his old room.

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Answer: Randy Quaid

Joe Aguirre is the employer of Ennis and Jack while they are on Brokeback Mountain. Randy Quaid has also been in films such as "Not Another Teen Movie" and appeared in nineteen episodes of "Saturday Night Live." Joe Aguirre is a very aggressively mannered man who confronts Jack about his and Ennis's relationship. Joe is a large man who appears to get everyone to do his work for him, while he's rarely satisfied with the job they do.

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Answer: Laundrette

To start with, the couple lived out of town on a small ranch but Alma pursuaded Ennis to move into town so that the children would have others to play with. Ennis obviously didn't like living in the town very much.

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Answer: Michelle Williams

The great actress Michelle Williams plays the fantastic Alma del Mar who is married to Ennis Del Mar. We are introduced to Alma when she is getting married to Ennis after he comes back from the mountain.

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Answer: Jack & Jack Twist & Twist

On a very cold night that finds the two men sharing a small tent, Jack takes Ennis' hand and draws his arm across his own torso in an attempt to "spoon". Ennis awakens and initially responds angrily, even violently...but Jack quickly makes his amorous intentions clear, and Ennis responds in kind.

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Answer: Joe Aguirre

Joe Aguirre was played by Randy Quaid. When Jack returned for a second summer on Brokeback Mountain, he was turned away by Joe. Joe told him that he saw what he and Ennis did while they were supposed to be working. Alma saw them when Jack first went to Wyoming to visit Ennis.

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Answer: Joseph Fiennes

Joseph Fiennes liked the story so much though, that he contacted three different directors about starring in the film, but obviously he was unsuccessful, and didn't land a role in the movie. He has starred in other movies such as "Shakespeare in Love". Randy Quaid played Joe Aguirre, Linda Cardellini played Cassie and Anna Faris played Lashawn.

From Quiz "Brokeback Mountain", How Well Do You Know It?

Answer: Joe Agguire

Joe Aguirre is spying through binoculars and sees them play-fighting, shirtless. He later confronts Jack about this when Jack goes back to Brokeback Mountain the next year looking for work. Joe is seen only quite briefly in this film. He employs Jack and Ennis, getting them to do all the work for him, and he is not afraid to cut across rules and regulations to make a profit. This is shown when he orders Jack to sleep out with the sheep the whole summer he is up on Brokeback.

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Answer: Chilean

Jack and Ennis had to look after 1000 sheep for Joe Aguirre. They got mixed up with some Chilean sheep and the boys spent all day separating them.

From Quiz Brokeback Mountain

Answer: Ang Lee

The director of "Brokeback Mountain" is Ang Lee. Ang Lee won Best Director at the Academy Awards. He has also directed films such as "Hulk" and "Chosen".

From Quiz Who Played Me in "Brokeback Mountain"?

Answer: Anne Hathaway

Hathaway was cast as Lureen Newsome in "Brokeback Mountain". After Jack was denied an opportunity to work on Brokeback Mountain one summer, he met a rodeo rider named Lureen Newsome down in Texas, at a rodeo event. One night, Lureen went over to talk to Jack while he sat in a bar and asked him why he was waiting to speak with her. Jack eventually did talk with her and the two shared a dance at the bar. Right as they got outside, they began to make love and this blossomed into a relationship. The two ended up marrying but eventually Lureen divorced Jack, after she realized he was still attracted to Ennis. Right after Lureen's marriage to Jack ended, she took a job working for her father's business. In another scene in the movie, Lureen became friends with Randall and Lashawn. Hathaway starred in the movies, "The Devil Wears Prada", "The Princess Diaries" and "Bride Wars".

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Answer: Cassie

Cassie and Ennis dated for a while, but Ennis never really paid that much attention to her. Later Cassie found Ennis at a diner and she told him how much she really loved him, and that he had actually really hurt her.

From Quiz "Brokeback Mountain", How Well Do You Know It?

Answer: "You bet."

He sends a postcard back saying "You bet". He attempts to hide the real meaning of the note from his wife Alma, telling her that they "used to be fishing buddies". Jack arrives a few days later and their affair begins again, which they try to hide from their wives. This doesn't work as Alma sees them kissing passionately. She keeps this to herself for many years.

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Answer: Wyoming

The subtitle at the beginning of the film said "Signal, Wyoming, 1963". This was the place where Ennis and Jack met. After the first summer, they never went back to Brokeback Mountain but met up in places nearby.

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Answer: Alma Jr and Jenny

Ennis and Alma Del Mar have two daughters together. They are called Alma Jr and Jenny. We first see them when Ennis comes home from work and he goes to see the girls and comfort them. Ennis and Alma seem very happy that they have two beautiful girls.

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Answer: He sells farm equipment.

Jack winds up working for his father-in-law, selling combines, tractors, and the like. Lureen also works in the family business, apparently as a bookkeeper.

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