LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - A groundbreaking film about a love affair between two cowboys took top awards at the 63rd Golden Globes on Monday, a ceremony that dealt almost entirely with low-budget, art house films that have not yet broken through to blockbuster-size audiences."Brokeback Mountain,"a poetic film that spans a 20-year romance, based on the short story by Annie Proulx, won best dramatic film, best director for Ang Lee, best screenplay for Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana and best song.
The film, starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as the lovers, has raised the issue of the acceptance of gay relationships on screen and in wider American society.
The film has been enthusiastically embraced by critics and within Hollywood, but has met some resistance in the broader public, and even now is playing in only 683 theatres, having taken in $30.8 million.
One Utah theatre pulled the film from distribution, and the comedian Larry David sparked debate when he wrote a humourous Op-Ed article in The New York Times saying he could not bring himself to see the film.
Accepting his award, Lee saluted "the power of movies to change the way we're thinking."
In another role that dealt with gender politics, Felicity Huffman won best actress for her portrayal of a transgendered man in "TransAmerica."And Philip Seymour Hoffman won best actor in a dramatic role for playing Truman Capote, the flamboyantly gay and brazenly ambitious writer, in "Capote."
"Walk the Line,"about the love affair between country singers Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, won best movie in the musical or comedy category, though the film is neither.
Joaquin Phoenix won best actor and Reese Witherspoon won best actress.
from The Times Of India
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