It's hard to believe but 15 years have passed sce the inic gay film was released.
Contents:
- JAKE GYLLENHAAL LOOKS BACK AT THE STIGMA OF PLAYG GAY 'BROKEBACK'
- 'BROKEBACK MOUNTA' AT 15: JAKE GYLLENHAAL ON HOW FILMG GAY ROMANCE 'WAS UNFORTABLE AT TIM BUT WE KNEW THE BIGGER PICTURE'
JAKE GYLLENHAAL LOOKS BACK AT THE STIGMA OF PLAYG GAY 'BROKEBACK'
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'BROKEBACK MOUNTA' AT 15: JAKE GYLLENHAAL ON HOW FILMG GAY ROMANCE 'WAS UNFORTABLE AT TIM BUT WE KNEW THE BIGGER PICTURE'
It has a Rotten Tomato sre of 87%, and most crics were enamoured wh the movie the moment first h Calhoun, wrg for Time Out, said: "Lee has taken a story of gay love and placed where should be — the mastream. "Strikg a siar was Roger Ebert, wrg for the Chigo Sun-Tim: "'Brokeback Mounta' has been scribed as 'a gay wboy movie, ' which is a cel simplifitn.