Brokeback Mountain : Story to Screenplay

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-12-27
Publisher(s): Scribner
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Summary

Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers,Brokeback Mountainis her masterpiece.Brokeback Mountainwas originally published inThe New Yorker.It won the National Magazine Award. It also won an O. Henry Prize. Included in this volume is Annie Proulx's haunting story about the difficult, dangerous love affair between a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy. Also included is the celebrated screenplay for the major motion picture "Brokeback Mountain," written by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. All three writers have contributed essays on the process of adapting this critically acclaimed story for film.

Author Biography

Annie Proulx is the author of nine books, including the novel The Shipping News, Barkskins, and the story collection Close Range. Her many honors include a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and a PEN/Faulkner award. Her story “Brokeback Mountain,” which originally appeared in The New Yorker, was made into an Academy Award–winning film. Her most recent novel is Fen, Bog, and Swamp. She lives in Seattle.

Larry McMurtry (1936–2021) was the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Lonesome Dove, three memoirs, two collections of essays, and more than thirty screenplays. He lived in Archer City, Texas.

Diana Ossana has written two novels, more than a dozen screenplays and numerous essays.

Table of Contents

``Brokeback Mountain,'' the Story
1(28)
Annie Proulx
Brokeback Mountain, the Screenplay
29(100)
Larry McMurtry
Diana Ossana
Getting Movied
129(10)
Annie Proulx
Adapting Brokeback Mountain
139(4)
Larry McMurtry
Climbing Brokeback Mountain
143(10)
Diana Ossana
Cast and Crew Credits 153

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