Nearly 20 years following the landmark launch of Brokeback Mountain, Michelle Williams continues to be surprised that the movie was snubbed for Greatest Image by the Academy on the 2006 Oscars.
Whereas showing lately on Watch What Occurs Dwell, Williams continued to exhibit ongoing incredulity concerning the notorious loss to Paul Haggis’s Crash—a feat that ignited common outrage on the time and nonetheless garners criticism immediately.
Cohen, who gushed in regards to the movie being considered one of his favorites, requested the actress, “Did you notice on the time that you just have been making that, what a profound influence it was going to have on folks?” to which she replied, “Sure, as a result of folks have been so open about it.”
As she talked in regards to the lasting cultural influence of the film, Williams remembered how the Ang Lee-helmed 2005 neo-Western romantic movie evoked an emotional response throughout its press tour, particularly from male audiences. She mentioned, “I imply, what was Crash?”
To Williams, that pervasive response spoke volumes in regards to the power of the film and foretold the importance it could assume within the coming years.
She mentioned, “Individuals have been so open about it. I simply bear in mind doing the junket. You don’t actually get a possibility to see lots of grown males cry. That was the second that I believe that all of us knew that it was going to be particular.”
In response to IndieWire, Ang Lee as soon as regarded shedding Greatest Image to Crash as a snub, and attributed it to the Academy’s unease with the queer content material of the movie, and homophobia. He instructed the outlet, “Again then, [Brokeback Mountain] had a ceiling. We received lots of help — as much as that a lot. It has that feeling. I wasn’t holding a grudge or something. It’s simply how they have been.”
Brokeback Mountain, starring Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, David Harbour, Anna Faris, Kate Mara, and Randy Quaid, amongst others, was a business and demanding hit, garnering eight nominations for Academy Awards and bagging three Oscars.
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