"A big, sweeping, and rapturous Hollywood love story that could turn out to be the most revolutionary movie of the year. A film in which love feels almost as if it were being invented."         

--Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

"Mr. Ledger's wrenching performance is the stuff of Hollywood history."

--Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers, Brokeback Mountain is her masterpiece.

Brokeback Mountain was originally published in The New Yorker. It won the National Magazine Award. It also won an O. Henry Prize. Included in this volume is Annie Proulx's haunting story about the difficult, dangerous love affair between a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy. Also included is the celebrated screenplay for the major motion picture "Brokeback Mountain," written by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. All three writers have contributed essays on the process of adapting this critically acclaimed stow for film.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, Annie Proulx is the author of The Shipping News, three other novels and three stow collections.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Larry McMurtry is the author of more than thirty novels, including The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment and Lonesome Dove, several collections of essays and many screenplays.

"Brokeback Mountain," the Story

Annie Proulx

Brokeback Mountain, the Screenplay

Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana

Getting Movied

Annie Proulx

Adapting Brokeback Mountain

Larry McMurtry

Climbing Brokeback Mountain

Diana Ossana

Cast and Crew Credits