Actor Heath Ledger gestures to photographers at the New York premiere of "Brokeback Mountain" on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005. The film tells the story of a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy who meet and fall in love in the summer of 1963. The movie, which opens Dec. 9, also stars Jake Gyllenhaal.
Director Ang Lee arrives at the New York premiere of his latest film "Brokeback Mountain" on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005. The film premiered Nov. 29 in Los Angeles, the day it was named a best-picture nominee for the 2006 Independent Spirit Awards. It won the Golden Lion Award for Best Picture at the 2005 Venice International Film Festival.
Award-winning film director Sofia Coppola was among the guests at the New York premiere of Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain" on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005.
Actress Joan Allen arrives at the premiere of "Brokeback Mountain" on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005, in New York.
Co-stars Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger at the New York premiere of "Brokeback Mountain" on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005. The film also stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Randy Quaid and Anne Hathaway.
Actress Joan Allen with Focus Features producer/co-President James Schamus at the New York premiere of "Brokeback Mountain" on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005.
Actress Ann Hathaway on the red carpet at the New York premiere of her new movie, Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain" on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005.
James Ivory of Ivory Merchant Films was among the guests at the premiere of "Brokeback Mountain" on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005, in New York.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and screenwriter Larry McMurtry and screenwriter/producer Diana Ossana appear at the New York premiere of "Brokeback Mountain" on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005. They wrote the screenplay for the movie, which is based on a short story by Annie Proulx.
Actress Michelle Williams arrives at the New York premiere of her movie "Brokeback Mountain" on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005. The film tells the story of a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy who meet and fall in love in the summer of 1963. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)
Actress Joan Allen at the premiere of "Brokeback Mountain" Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005, in New York. The movie premiered the previous week in California.