BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, HIDDEN DRAGON: From the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) web site Sept. 11: Brokeback Mountain won the Golden Lion for top film at the Venice Film Festival Saturday, beating 19 other films in the main competition. Ang Lee's "tale of homosexual love in the wilds of Wyoming" was adapted from a short story by Annie Proulx of Centennial, Wyo., and stars Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as love-struck cowboys whose forbidden affair begins in 1963 and ends 20 years later. Lee, director of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, described Brokeback Mountain as a story of love against adversity. Independent and low-budget, like several U.S. entries at the festival, it was filmed in Canada to save money. EDITOR’S NOTE: See the Sept. 10 Wyoming Tribune-Eagle article about Wyoming-written movies being filmed in Canada.

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