Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Directed by Ang Lee
Two young ranch hands meet herding sheep on a Wyoming mountain in 1963, and over the next twenty years their love pulls them back together from homes in Wyoming and Texas.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Aguirre's trailer office≈ 00:01:00Signal, Wyoming (fictional)Stated on screenFictional
Ennis and Jack wait outside a ranch trailer and are hired by Joe Aguirre to herd sheep for the summer.
- 2Summer sheep camp≈ 00:07:00Brokeback Mountain (fictional)Stated on screenFictional
Alone with the flock all summer, the two fall into a relationship.
- 3Riverton, Wyoming≈ 00:37:00Stated on screen
Ennis marries Alma and raises two daughters; Jack's visit four years later rekindles the affair.
- 3Rodeo≈ 00:40:00Childress, TexasStated on screen
Jack rides rodeo in Texas, meets Lureen and marries into her family's business.
- 4Ciudad Juárez, Mexico≈ 01:40:00Inferred
- 5Twist family ranch≈ 02:00:00Lightning Flat, Wyoming (fictional)Stated on screenFictional
- 6Ennis's trailer≈ 02:06:00Riverton, WyomingInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 2,738 km
- Places
- 6
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 7
- Truck: 2,255 km
- Not shown: 425 km
- Horse: 58 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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