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• Actors: Heath Ledger, Randy Quaid, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhall
• Directors: Ang Lee
• Format: NTSC, Import, Widescreen, Dolby, Subtitled
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (753 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000XSF5JA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #391,510 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Sinopsis Del director ganador del Oscar, Ang Lee, y basada en la historia ganadora del Premio Pulitzer por Annie Proulx, llega una historia épica de amor ubicada en los extensos escenarios de Wyoming. SECRETO EN LA MONTAÑA cuenta la historia de dos hombres - el capataz de una rancho y un vaquero del rodeo - quienes de conocen durante el verano de 1963 y de forma inesperada, forman una conexión para toda la vida cuyas complicaciones, alegrías y tragedias se convierten en un manifiesto del eterno poder del amor.

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53 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Moving and life-changing, December 22, 2006

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Nicole Bradshaw "Nicole Bradshaw" (Jackson, MS USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brokeback Mountain (Widescreen Edition) (DVD)

Brokeback Mountain is the tale of two cowboys, Ennis and Jack, who ranch sheep together one summer in the 1960's. One cold night, the two men huddle together in a tent to keep warm, and an explosive physical relationship erupts. They both agree that the night was a "one-shot deal," but somehow the two men keep finding one another again, throughout the summer. After the ranching gig ends, both men nonchalantly tell each other goodbye, but the separation is painful for both. Cut to four years later - the men have gone their separate ways, married, had kids. But when they happen to see each other again, old feelings almost violently assert themselves, leading to a 20-year relationship that is by turns passionate, furtive, and tortured.

First of all, performances by Heath Ledger (Ennis) and Jake Gyllenhaal (Jack) are unbelievable. I cannot adequately describe the performance work in this film. Ledger, who I'd only seen in fairly superficial roles - teen movies, not-so-great romantic comedies - totally transforms himself for this role. Tight-lipped, sun-baked, and shamed, his Ennis provides the tension in the film that powers the plot through to its final, saddening conclusion. Gyllenhaal plays Jack, the more honest, self-accepting of the two men, with an emotion that is strong enough to be real but restrained enough to epitomize the tough guy image of a Western. Both lend a haunting quality to the various ways in which Ennis and Jack try to live their lives, denied of the one thing they truly want.

At the end of the day, Brokeback Mountain is a love story, the tale of two people who love each other but can't be together. This is not untrod territory in Hollywood. However, hanging this familiar storyline on a less-than-mainstream social topic for the movies - homosexuality - proves to be very powerful. The intensity of the two men's feelings for one another, and the delayed gratification that is the bedrock of their relationship, bring their experience into sharp focus for the viewer. Beautiful scenes of mountainous countryside and a strong, simple acoustic guitar accompaniment add to the poignancy. I just cannot recommend it highly enough. It will haunt you. It will make you think. It will move you.

Fair warning - there is one brief sex scene between the two primary characters. If you don't warm to that idea, I recommend getting the film on DVD and fast-forwarding through that part. It is not worth missing the movie over.

62 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brokeback Mountain, January 3, 2007

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Mimi Testen "Lover of Movies!!" (Shaker Heights, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brokeback Mountain (Widescreen Edition) (DVD)

This is one of the most beautiful and heart-breaking love stories I have ever watched. It haunted my mind for days after seeing it - really touching and not to be missed.

77 of 86 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE POWER OF LOVE, March 20, 2006

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JGC - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brokeback Mountain (Full Screen Edition) (DVD)

"Brokeback Mountain" is the story of two all-man cowboys that find love in each other. The film is unique because it is not the typical gay stereo-type; perhaps it is the first mainstream film ever made on this topic?

Ennis Del Mar (played by the very talented Heath Ledger) is a very quiet and rough around the edges kind of man. He doesn't show his feelings very well and is somewhat of a loner. Jack Twist (played by the equally accomplished Jake Gyllenhaal) is more vocal about his feelings and emotions, but can still be pushed around (although I did enoy it when he stood up to his bigoted father-in-law).

What makes this tale so bitter is that their's is a forbidden love. It is reminiscent of "Titanic" or Romeo and Juliet. Please keep in mind that the picture took place during 60's, 70's, and early 80's, in Middle-America where no one was openly homosexual, much less a cowboy. But, despite all their differences and personal demons both men loved each other more than life itself.

Anyone with connected eyeballs can tell that Ennis and Twist were deeply in love (this was not an affair, rather it was a serious relationship that lasted over two decades). It was proof that Twist loved Ennis when they were on the hill getting ready to leave after he playfully lassoed and punched Ennis. Twist looked so sad to have intentionally inflicted pain on his lover. But Ennis holed off and punched him, because no one was gonna make Ennis his fool. And it was evident that Ennis loved Twist when he sobbed like a baby on the street after they departed Brokeback Mountain separately.

The cinematography in this picture was absolutely stunning. The soundtrack is also amazing.

I saw this movie over a month ago and I still can't get it out of my mind. It is a very full-toned and haunting picture. To say that it was the very best film that I have ever seen would simply trivialize it, because it is much more than just a movie.