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Back to Brokeback
On the evening of March 5, 2006, it felt like the improbable was about to happen: My favorite movie of the year was going to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain On the evening of March 5, 2006, it felt like the improbable was about to happen: My favorite movie of the year was going to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Brokeback Mountain had already won three awards—Original Score for Gustavo Santaolalla's plaintive guitar, Adapted Screenplay for Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana's work on Annie Proulx's short story and Director for Ang Lee—all of which pointed towards a Best Picture win.
Then presenter Jack Nicholson announced the winner as Paul Haggis' strident "racism is bad, m'kay" drama…
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