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‘Brokeback Mountain’ Co-Writer “Knew We Would Not Win” Best Picture Oscar After Meeting Clint Eastwood
As 'Brokeback Mountain' returns to theaters for its 20th anniversary, a writer behind the 2005 gay neo-Western romance reflected on its Oscars snub.
“Paul started walking me over and he goes, ‘Diana, I have to tell you, he hasn’t seen your movie,'” recalled Ossana to The New York Times. (L-R) Director Ang Lee, Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal on the set of ‘Brokeback Mountain’ Focus Films/Everett Collection After legendary Academy voters like Ernest Borgnine and Tony Curtis publicly stated they would not watch the Ang Lee-helmed film, Ossana told The Times, “I absolutely think that block of voters kept this movie from winning Best Picture.”
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