Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay
ISBN-10
1439188572
ISBN-13
9781439188576
Series
Brokeback Mountain
Category
Fiction
Pages
176
Language
English
Published
2009-11-24
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Authors
Annie Proulx, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana

Description

Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers, Brokeback Mountain is her masterpiece. Brokeback Mountain was originally published in The New Yorker. It won the National Magazine Award. It also won an O. Henry Prize. Included in this volume is Annie Proulx's haunting story about the difficult, dangerous love affair between a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy. Also included is the celebrated screenplay for the major motion picture "Brokeback Mountain," written by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. All three writers have contributed essays on the process of adapting this critically acclaimed story for film.

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