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  • 'Brokeback' finds a welcome in the 'burbs

    12/19/2005 3:56:40 PM PST · by jcav · 165 replies · 3,978+ views
    The Los Angeles Times ^ | December 19, 2005 | R. Kinsey Lowe
    Will "Brokeback Mountain" play in Plano? In the movie's first weekend in the Dallas suburb where the 2004 Mel Gibson film "The Passion of the Christ" earned some of its biggest grosses, the answer appeared to be yes. After setting a record for the per-theater average for a dramatic movie in limited openings in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, critically acclaimed "Brokeback Mountain" faced its next obstacle as Focus Features expanded the so-called gay cowboy movie to strategically selected smaller cities. The movie, directed by Ang Lee and starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as two ranch hands...