'Brokeback Mountain' Leads Globes With 4 Awards (No more movies for me)

FoxNews ^ | 01/17/2006 | FoxNews

[devane617]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The "gay cowboy movie" "Brokeback Mountain" led the Golden Globes Monday night with four prizes, including best dramatic film and the directing honor for Ang Lee. As expected, it was a triumphant night for films dealing with homosexuality and transsexuality. Along with the victories for "Brokeback Mountain," acting honors went to Felicity Huffman in a gender-bending role as a man preparing for sex-change surgery in "Transamerica" and Philip Seymour Hoffman as gay author Truman Capote in "Capote." "I know as actors our job is usually to shed our skins, but I think as people our job is to become who we really are, and so I would like to salute the men and women who brave ostracism, alienation and a life lived on the margins to become who they really are," Huffman said.

[maggief]

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/004294.htm

GOLDEN GLOBE WATCH: NO CLASS

http://thepoliticalteen.net/

GEORGE CLOONEY: I want to thank Jack Abramoff, you know, just because. I’m the first one out, lets get this thing rolling. I don’t know why. Who would name their kid Jack with the last words ‘off’ at the end of your last name? No wonder that guy is screwed up. Alright I just got bleeped.

[Puppage]

Unconfriemd Hollywood report that Mel Brooks' new film is called "Broken Tuchus"

LOL! Outstanding.

[trisham]

When I first heard talk of the supposed "agenda", I thought it was just silly. I'm now convinced it exists.

[SR 50]

How many time do we have to say it? IT'S NOT A COWBOY MOVIE, it's a buttboy movie!!!

[sportutegrl]

More importantly, how many people watched 24 the last two nights?

[ladtx]

As of Jan 13-16 weekend Narnia has grossed $263,441,000 and Brokeback Mountain has only grossed $32,088,000. Of course Brokeback has only been released to 683 theaters as compared to 3224 for Narnia. But that breaks down to $81712 per theater for Narnia compared to $46980 for Brokeback. With those numbers I know which one I would be showing in my theater if I owned one.

[arichtaxpayer]

...and Geena Davis best actress. Give me a break!

[teddyballgame]

Wasn't it John Kerry who said in the run up to the election that Hollywood reflected the values of America?? Someone help me with the quote...

[ladtx]

My wife watched it while I watched Jack Bauer take on the bad guys.

[bcsco]

Well said and true. What these people did in their private lives was never an issue for me. From my youth through my maturity I always enjoyed their product and spent my money (I'm 62).

Today, instead, it's a different story. I'd still feel the same if they'd 1) Keep their mouths shut; 2) Keep their immoralities to themselves; 3)Provided a product worth seeing. They don't follow any of these ethical or rational business practices, however, and the wife and I have been a 'no show' at theaters since 1990.

Oops, gotta run - need to crank up the DVD recorder and see what's on the Westerns Channel and TCM!

[OB1kNOb]

How many time do we have to say it? IT'S NOT A COWBOY MOVIE, it's a buttboy movie!!!

Or it's really a sheepherder movie gone bad.

[Reaganesque]

The fact that "Brokeback Mountain" has found eager audiences across the country, including the conservative heartland, shows that Americans are willing to embrace stories of love in all forms, Lee said.

The facts don't back you up Mr. Lee. Here are the box office results for the weekend of January 15th:

This Week	Last Week	Title	Weeks Released	Weekend Gross	Total Gross	Theater  Average	# Of  Theaters	T-Meter
1	new	Glory Road	1	$13.5M	$16.5M	$7.4k	2222	59%
2	new	Last Holiday	1	$12.8M	$15.7M	$6.2k	2514	52%
3	new	Hoodwinked	1	$12.2M	$16.6M	$6.9k	2394	48%
4	2	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe	6	$10.1M	$263.4M	$3.8k	3224	75%
5	1	Hostel	1	$9.9M	$36.8M	$5k	2337	59%
6	4	Fun with Dick and Jane	4	$8.7M	$94.2M	$3.2k	3239	28%
7	3	King Kong	5	$7.5M	$204.7M	$3.3k	2814	83%
8	new	Tristan & Isolde	1	$6.6M	$7.9M	$4.3k	1845	32%
9	8	Brokeback Mountain	6	$5.8M	$32.1M	$10.3k	683	87%
10	5	Cheaper By the Dozen II	4	$5.1M	$74.6M	$2.4k	2773	7%
11	6	Munich	4	$5M	$34M	$4.1k	1498	77%
12	7	Memoirs of a Geisha	6	$4.3M	$47.6M	$3.3k	1654	33%

His film is being shown in a handful of theaters nationwide, mostly art house theaters in urban and therefore, heavily Liberal areas. Meanwhile, the movies that people actually want to go see, Narnia and King Kong, continue to do very well at the box office. Please note as well that the three movies that just opened up all have done about half of Brokeback Mountain's total for six weeks in just a few days. Dream on Hollywood.

[devane617]

I wonder how the truly deserving actors, and directors must feel knowing that anyone making a bad queer movie will beat you?

[linda_22003]

"King Kong" is the only other movie on that list I plan to see. I haven't even heard of some of them, and the classic story of "Tristan and Isolde", dumbed down so modern teenagers will understand and go to it, doesn't bear thinking about.

[trisham]

This one?

John Kerry let slip a few gaffes in his run for president, and the one that may have hurt him most is barely remembered. In July, at a Bush-bashing fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall, Kerry told a group of Hollywood entertainers that they "conveyed the heart and soul of the country." The tribute was meant as warm thanks to celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg and Paul Newman who had just raised $7.5 million in a star-studded evening. But Kerry's words turned out to be a priceless gift to the Republicans, right up there with his windsurfing outing on Martha's Vineyard.

kerry & hollywood values

[trisham]

...and Geena Davis best actress. Give me a break!

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Wishful thinking on the part of the Left.

[MAWG]

If Hollywood thought the box office receipts for 2005 were bad, wait til they see 2006. I haven't been to a movie theater in over 12 years and probably wont ever go again. And I'm very careful about what I rent or buy too.


It's over Hollywood.

[teddyballgame]

John Kerry let slip a few gaffes in his run for president, and the one that may have hurt him most is barely remembered. In July, at a Bush-bashing fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall, Kerry told a group of Hollywood entertainers that they "conveyed the heart and soul of the country."

That's the one! Thanks.

[Air Force Brat]

I hope you're right when all the dust settles, but if I were an investor who didn't care about content, Brokeback provides a far better return on investment than Narnia.

How can this be?

The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) estimates the production costs of Narnia to be $180 million. With receipts of $263 million, that represents a return on investment ($263/$180) of $1.46 per dollar invested.

Brokeback? IMDB estimates its budget at $14 million. With receipts of $32 million, that represents a return on investment ($32/$14) of $2.29 per dollar invested.

Do the math - that's a 57% better return on investment. And - it's showing in far fewer theatres.

With numbers like those, I wouldn't be surprised to see more similar-themed movies show up in the future.

It could be the pickings for a straight guy that doesn't want to pay money to watch a gay male love story are going to get a little slimmer.

[Osage Orange]

Why was this your "line in the sand"?