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WAS IT GOOD FOR THE GAYS: ‘BROKEBACK MOUNTA’

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The tragic love story of Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) "Brokeback Mounta" has been ptivatg viewers — gay and straight alike — sce the film me out 2005.

'BROKEBACK MOUNTA' USHERED A NEW ERA OF GAY CEMA

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NOT A GAY MOVIE

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