Brokeback Mountain
From The Broad Perspective by Megan Cruz
March 4, 2026 · 2h 1m · Season 2 · Episode 30
About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of Brokeback Mountain and its loss to Crash at the 78th Academy Awards.
At the 78th Academy awards in 2006 Ang Lee's, Brokeback Mountain, was nominated for best picture. It lost the award to Crash, one of the most notorious best picture wins in Oscar history. We get into this love story for the ages, the specifics of sheep herding, cute little cowboy fits and the unbelievable tragedy of Crash winning the night.
People in this episode
Host: Megan Cruz
Topics covered
- Academy Awards
- Brokeback Mountain
- Crash
- film analysis
- love story
- tragedy
Keywords
- Brokeback Mountain
- Crash
- Academy Awards
- Ang Lee
- film analysis
- love story
- tragedy
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Brokeback Mountain, Crash
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