@pinknews: 'Brokeback Mountain' premiered at the 62nd Venice Film Festival 21 years ago today. The film, starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal and based on the short story by Annie Proulx, achieved critical acclaim, winning three Academy Awards. A heartbreaking Western epic, Brokeback Mountain follows cowboys Ennis Del Mar (Ledger) and Jack Twist (Gyllenhaal) as they meet while working herding sheep on the titular landscape one summer. After a night of drinking, the pair have s*x in a tent before embarking on an emotional and s*xual relationship while working together. When the summer ends, they part ways. Over the following 20 years, they both marry and have children, but attempt to keep their relationship going in secret. Yet Ennis is reluctant to bring their relationship into the open, and their romance cools off before it ends for good with a tragic twist. In this clip from 2006, Heath Ledger calls out haters who labelled 'Brokeback Mountain' "disgusting" due to its gay romance. #BrokebackMountain #HeathLedger #jakegyllenhaal #lgbtq
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CansadaEnPR :
Never trust people who are disgusted by love.
2026-09-02 14:03:57
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Sofia Eden❌ :
I think the people that hate it is due to their own insecurities of their sexuality
2026-09-02 14:56:06
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🇵🇸calcify🇵🇸 :
I'm ngl, this is the FIRST time I've ever seen Heath Ledger not in the Joker outfit. I didn't even know he was British
2026-09-02 14:24:23
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n/a :
we lost him way too soon
2026-09-02 13:38:42
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Ash❤️LunarRose :
He said this still when it was dangerous to say it.
2026-09-02 15:54:07
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Maddie 𖦹 :
Heath Legder means so much to me
2026-09-02 14:43:56
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inappropriate74_ :
This just makes me miss him more.
2026-09-02 15:03:37
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IMATikthatTok :
he was such a uniquely empathetic person, especially for his time
2026-09-02 15:13:09
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Amanda Sheppard :
I had no idea he was British.
2026-09-02 18:22:53
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royalradish5 :
it's been 18 years and I'm still not over his death
2026-09-02 14:32:30
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🍁🍂 Autumn🍂🍁 :
it's important to remember he said this less than a decade after Mathew Sheppard was murdered. gay marriage wasn't legal, anti sodomy laws were still in effect. he said something revolutionary by today's standards
2026-09-02 16:19:16
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Margie D. F💙 :
Amen! He was a legend in his own right! Thank goodness for men like him!
2026-09-03 07:44:02
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Alchemy75 :
LOVE is not disgusting.
Love is universal law
2026-09-02 16:30:12
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Joe Fish :
The old saying, ‘only the good die young’, proven once again. Wtf. The best ones always leave us early
2026-09-02 15:00:06
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mommag1407 :
We lost such a bright light way too soon! He was amazing!!
2026-09-03 03:22:56
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theweesmirk :
love is humanity
2026-09-03 04:40:28
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Sonny0606 :
Lost too soon. Beautiful open mind.🥰
2026-09-03 05:41:36
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arty553 :
it's art like a play, and to showcase love, see people don't see past projections and insecurities
2026-09-03 06:13:33
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Crash 💥 :
This broke me into tears. Thank you Heath. You are loved and missed.
2026-09-03 03:46:27
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Atxman :
Love is never disgusting
2026-09-02 23:36:51
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Bruno D’Almeida :
Why he died so young? Beautiful human being!
2026-09-02 14:02:51
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161 :
I love this man !
2026-09-02 14:04:21
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user2550013980241 :
he put it so beautifully
2026-09-03 02:27:02
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itsims :
be curious never judgmental
2026-09-02 23:15:45
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Jordy89 :
Heath Ledger and Michael Jackson have been the hardest deaths for me to cope with. 😭😭
2026-09-03 02:09:17
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