Brokeback Galloping to DVD

What should land in my e-mail today, but the press release heralding the upcoming DVD of Brokeback Mountain.

Academy Award nominees Heath Ledger (The Patriot, Lords of Dogtown) and Jake Gyllenhaal** (Jarhead, Donnie Darko) star in the seminal film, Brokeback Mountain, the sweeping epic of two men who forge an intense, secretive bond, available on DVD from Universal Studios Home Entertainment April 4, 2006.  Ang Lee’s (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) skillfully nuanced direction, which earned him an Academy Award®, shapes Brokeback Mountain into a landmark story that is powerfully affecting. Also starring Academy Award® nominee for Best Supporting Actress Michelle Williams (The Station Agent, Prozac Nation) and Anne Hathaway (Princess Diaries, Ella Enchanted), this must-own DVD unfolds against the raw beauty and splendor of the American West.

Given the rapid turnover from big screen to home theater, there seems to be little in the way of extras.

• On Being A Cowboy
• Directing From the Heart: Ang Lee
• From Script to Screen: Interviews with Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
• Sharing the Story: The Making of Brokeback Mountain

We expect there will be supplemental features in a more extensive, later release. Still, if you're jonesing for your next Brokeback fix, you can head on over to Amazon and hope they update the pre-order page in the near future.

Comments

[NoComment]

I just hope that what they're saying on CNN is not true:

"The Brokeback Mountain DVD is expected to sell for $29.98."
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/20/film.brokeback.mountain.ap/index.html

Quite expensive, even for this DVD...

[el polacko]

i particularly enjoyed the use of word "seminal" to describe the film.

[Michigan-Matt]

Brokeback goes for broke on DVD release? Wow, only 113 days from US theatre release to DVD release... that beats Gigli, scientology's Battlefield Earth, and Aquamarine.

[Sara]

Hey guys this is there website where Jake Gyllenhaal must have gotten that weird shirt he had on last week. I guess Jake digs monkeyfistbrands

www.monkeyfistbrands.com