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Working titles for the story included, "The Pleasures of Whiskey Mountain," "Bulldust Mountain," "Swill-Swallow Mountain," and "Drinkard Mountain". [11] Proulx said her main characters of the two men affected her long after the story was published. The film version rekindled her feelings for them — an attachment that she had previously rejected.
The best known story from the collection is "Brokeback Mountain", which was previously published as a 64-page novella in 1998. The story was the basis for Ang Lee's 2005 film, Brokeback Mountain. The volume includes 11 short stories: "The Half-Skinned Steer" "The Mud Below" "Job History" "The Blood Bay" "People in Hell Just Want a Drink of Water"
In 2007, the composer Charles Wuorinen approached Proulx with the idea of turning her short story "Brokeback Mountain" into an opera. The opera of the same name with a libretto by Proulx herself premiered January 28, 2014, at the Teatro Real in Madrid. It was praised as an often brilliant adaptation that clearly conveyed the text of the ...
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Brokeback Mountain was the first major film to be released simultaneously on both DVD and digital download via the Internet. [62] It was released in the United States on April 4, 2006. [ 63 ] More than 1 million copies of the DVD were sold in the first week, and it was the third-biggest seller of the week, behind Disney's The Chronicles of ...
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In 1963, while working as a rodeo cowboy on Brokeback Mountain, Wyoming, Jack encounters Ennis Del Mar, a ranch hand portrayed by Heath Ledger in the film adaptation. Initially, Jack and Ennis, both 19, work together on Brokeback Mountain, with Ennis stationed at the base camp and Jack watching over the sheep higher up the mountain.