In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.
Acting
Ledger's mumbled, restrained agony — career-defining silence.
Direction
Lee finds epic tragedy in lonely Wyoming landscapes.
Cinematography
Rodrigo Prieto makes the mountains ache with longing.
Director
Ang Lee
Heath Ledger
Ennis Del Mar
Jake Gyllenhaal
Jack Twist
Michelle Williams
Alma Beers
Anne Hathaway
Lureen Newsome
Randy Quaid
Joe Aguirre
Linda Cardellini
Cassie Cartwright
Anna Faris
Lashawn Malone
David Harbour
Randall Malone
Roberta Maxwell
Jack's Mother
Kate Mara
Alma Del Mar Jr. (age 19)
Peter McRobbie
John Twist
Graham Beckel
L.D. Newsome
Mary Liboiron
Fayette Newsome
Scott Michael Campbell
Monroe
Marty Antonini
Timmy
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