Lee Hopes to Break Taboos After Gay Cowboy Story Wins Venice's Top Prize

Sunday Herald (September 11, 2005)

Author: Bridget Morris

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AN unconventional love story set against the plains of Wyoming and Texas has won the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival.

The twist? The lovers are both cowboys.

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Lee Hopes to Break Taboos After Gay Cowboy Story Wins Venice's Top Prize

The film, Brokeback Mountain, was directed by Ang Lee and adapted from a short story by Annie Proulx which appeared in The New Yorker in 1997.

Lee, who has achieved both cri...

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