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

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'.

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'.

Answer: False

Ennis and Jack do their work in the mountains diligently. They take turns cooking food from a can and herding the sheep. They do some drinking sitting next to a campfire some nights. One fateful night, Jack realizes that Ennis can't bear the cold outside and asks him to come into the tent.

They have a romantic encounter that night and their lives are changed forever. After that encounter, things get a little awkward between the two. Later, both men give in to their feelings for each other and enjoy their time together on the mountain. Joe comes up to see the two men one day and sees the two playing and fooling around and realizes that something is happening between them.

He then tells Jack that his uncle is ill with pneumonia and is dying.

Answer: They stain their shirts with blood.

Before leaving the mountain, Jack and Ennis get involved in what starts as a playful quarrel and turns into a bloody fist fight. Both men wrestle each other until they are bloodied and their shirts are stained. They come down from the mountain and account for all the sheep. They then discuss their future plans. Ennis tell Jack about his future marriage. Ennis tells Jack that he shouldn't have left his blood stained shirt back in the mountain. The two men then painfully part ways with each other.

This scene was intense. Touching stuff!

Answer: Ennis develops a drug habit after marriage.

Ennis and Alma get married in a nice ceremony. The newlyweds go snow sledding and watch a movie at a drive in theater where it is revealed that Alma is pregnant. At this time, Ennis does road laying work. Ennis is shown to be a good father who takes care of kids and gives them his attention. In one scene, Ennis drops of the kids at the store where Alma works even though she tells Ennis that it would be difficult for her to watch them.

Meanwhile, Jack goes to Joe and asks him about more work and if Ennis came to see him. Joe tells him that he does not have any work for Jack and he also reveals to Jack that he knows about what went on between them.

Answer: Ennis beats some people who were being obscene.

Alma and Ennis have a few kids and have a good relationship. Ennis is a good father and cares for his children and wife. When they go the park, a few rough men annoy him by talking about obscene things. They refuse to stop even after Ennis warns them and Ennis takes matters into his own hands by beating them up. They then surrender while the fireworks go off in the background.

Answer: Lureen

Anne Hathway does an amazing job as Lureen Newsome. They both meet in a bar after the rodeo and hit it off by dancing together. Jack and Lureen later get married and have a son together. Lureen's father owns an agricultural equipment company which both Jack and Lureen later work for.

One day, Ennis comes home to find that Jack has sent him a postcard. Alma gives him the postcard. Alma asks who Jack is and Ennis tells her that they were buddies long ago. Ennis mails a reply to Jack.

Answer: Fishing trip

After they send each other postcards, Jack comes to visit Ennis. Ennis greets him outside of his truck and the two go into a corner and start to kiss passionately. Alma sees this from the door and goes back into the house. Ennis then takes his stuff and then leaves telling Alma they are going on a fishing trip and that he will back in a few days. Alma pretends as if she saw nothing. Ennis uses this as an excuse most of the time to run off with Jack.

Later on in the movie, Alma tells Ennis that she knew what happened between Jack and him. She tells him that she always wondered why they went on the fishing trip but never brought any fish back. Amazing scene, that was! No wonder Michelle Williams got an Oscar nomination for her performance in the movie.

Answer: True

Both Ennis and Jack keep in touch via postcards and meet once in a while. One day, while preparing to go see Ennis in Wyoming, Lureen asks Jack why Ennis never comes to Texas. She tells him that it is not fair that he goes all the way there two to three times a year and he never comes down. Jack tells Lureen that he doesn't think Ennis can make it.

Ennis and Alma later get divorced but he still remains in touch with his daughters and Alma. Ennis has a fling with one woman called Cassie Cartwright, played by Linda Cardellini.

One time when Ennis and Jack meet, Jack tells Ennis that they should live together but Ennis refuses. Jack gets distraught and visits male sex workers in Mexico.

Lureen and Jack meet another couple, Randall Malone (David Harbour) and Lashawn Malone (Anna Faris). Randall invites Jack to a fishing cabin with him one day and he does this pretty suggestively.

Answer: Their bloodstained shirts

Ennis receives a postcard he sent to Jack that indicates that Jack is dead as it has the word "deceased" stamped across it and he confirms it with Lureen. Ennis imagines Jack being tortured by some homophobic men but Lureen informs him that Jack died in an accident. She also mentions that Jack wanted his ashes scattered in Brokeback Mountain. Ennis goes to see Jack's parents to get his ashes but they refuse to allow him to take it. They allow him to take the bloodstained shirts that he finds in Jack's childhood bedroom.

Later, Ennis' daughter, Alma Jr. (Kate Mara), comes to tell him that she is engaged. She leaves with his blessings and the movie ends with a scene where Ennis looks tearfully at a photo of Brokeback Mountain and the bloodstained shirts.

Touching scene. What a movie!