It's 1963, a time in the United States when life was simple, straightforward and the lines between the sexes and sex roles were crisply drawn and severely delineated. Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist find themselves thrown together when they are hired to tend sheep in the remote area of Brokeback Mountain, Wyoming. Because of the job, the two are forced to spend many hours together alone in the wild. Ennis and Jack are inexorably drawn to each other through their proximity, loneliness and through a shared lack of tenderness and emotion in their lives and are emotionally, physically and psychically bonded to each other almost from the start.

MPAA rating: R; for sexuality, nudity, language and some violence.

Based on the short story by Annie Proulx.

Originally released in 2005 as a motion picture.

Bonus features: Directing from the heart : Ang Lee; From script to screen : interviews with Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana; Sharing the story : the making of Brokeback Mountain.

Director of photography, Rodrigo Prieto ; art director, Laura Ballinger ; edited, Geraldine Peroni, Dylan Tichenor ; music, Gustavo Santaolalla ; costume designer, Marit Allen ; production designer, Judy Becker.

Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris, Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams, Randy Quaid.

DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.

Dialogue in English with optional soundtrack in French, and with optional subtitles in English SDH, French or Spanish.

Golden Globes, USA, 2006: Best Director - Motion Picture ; Best Motion Picture - Drama; Best Original Song - Motion Picture ; Best Screenplay - Motion Pictures. Academy Awards, 2006: Best Achievement in Directing ; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures ; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published.