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Brokeback Mountain The Rewatchables
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The Great Shot Gordo Award for Most Cinematic Shot

The final shirts-and-road composition

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Approx. transcript time · 01:21:00Read transcript
  • The final shirts-and-road composition is praised and compared with an observed Magnificent Obsession ending, with the comparison’s film identity unverified.
  • The Fourth of July fight framed by fireworks and the familiar intimate closeups are other choices.
Brokeback Mountain The Rewatchables
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Brokeback Mountain

The Sean Penn “I Brought My Own Pack” Award for Excellence in On-Screen Smoking

Ledger: 9.5/10

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:23:37Read transcript
  • De Niro in Goodfellas is the unique10 benchmark, Cole Hauser’s Goodwill Hunt entrance about9.7, and Ledger9.5 for convincing cigarette handling.
  • Gyllenhaal is around7.5 to8, including the shared postcoital smoking; Cruise, Roberts and Reeves in Hardball are unconvincing comparisons.
Brokeback Mountain The Rewatchables
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The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

The public reunion kiss seems implausibly reckless, but years of repressed longing explain the loss of control.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:27:35Read transcript
  • The public reunion kiss seems implausibly reckless, but years of repressed longing explain the loss of control.
  • Repeated14-hour drives without apparent spousal suspicion are questioned; Lorraine likely knew and the marriage was already failing.
Brokeback Mountain The Rewatchables
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Brokeback Mountain

The Cliff Booth Award: Is This Movie Better if the Main Character Had a Pet?

A dog would improve lonely Ennis’s life and provide companionship beyond the distant relationship.

Flex pick · Wesley Morris

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Approx. transcript time · 01:35:47Read transcript
  • A dog would improve lonely Ennis’s life and provide companionship beyond the distant relationship.
  • A bloodhound or border collie is considered; an initially proposed Ennis award is recognized as the existing Cliff Booth category and extended in name.
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The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Ledger could have two of the top six or seven male performances this century: Joker is automatic, and Ennis has a strong case against a flexible field of examples.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:37:55Read transcript
  • Ledger could have two of the top six or seven male performances this century: Joker is automatic, and Ennis has a strong case against a flexible field of examples.
  • The two-performance claim is accepted, while the list’s focus on Oscar-recognized roles is noted.
Brokeback Mountain The Rewatchables
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Casting What-Ifs

Van Sant wanted Damon as Ennis; Damon cites the sequence of Ripley and All the Pretty Horses. Hartnett and Phoenix are mentioned, with Phoenix reportedly denying an offer and saying he would have accepted.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:40:39Read transcript
  • Van Sant wanted Damon as Ennis; Damon cites the sequence of Ripley and All the Pretty Horses. Hartnett and Phoenix are mentioned, with Phoenix reportedly denying an offer and saying he would have accepted.
  • Representatives reportedly feared career damage; Schumacher and Norton were attached, and Walberg reportedly declined after disliking the script.
  • Ledger wanted Ennis rather than Jack; Hathaway was asked to read Alma but identified with Lorraine.
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