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'Brokeback Mountain' at 20: Ang Lee's Western Masterpiece Returns to Theaters
The world was very different in 2005, and one Western's rise to prominence was as unexpected as it was culture-shifting. When Focus Features began its marketing campaign for a new modern Western directed by Ang Lee, few thought that the limited release and decision to openly advertise the film's central romance between two cowboys in the 1960s would make box office history. Playing on just five screens over its first weekend of release, Brokeback Mountain set a record for the highest per-screen gross of any non-animated movie in history. It would go on to become Focus Features' biggest hit and secure a memorable place in Academy Award history, marked by a somewhat controversial event on Oscar night itself.
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