Little Christmas ...



... 6 January, The Epiphany, Brokeback goes into even wider release and via Andrew Towle's BLOG we discover this:

Friday, December 30, 2005

'Brokeback Mountain' gains steam

By SANDY COHEN
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Who's afraid of a couple of gay cowboys?

Not moviegoers, who helped "Brokeback Mountain" post the highest per-screen average over the film-flush holiday weekend.

The Ang Lee film, which follows the 20-year forbidden romance between two roughneck ranch hands, earned $13,599 per theater, compared with $9,305 for weekend winner "King Kong" and $8,225 for "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."

The big question is whether "Brokeback" can maintain its momentum as it moves from selected cities, where audiences are receptive to the subject matter, to suburbs far and wide, where that might not be the case.

Early numbers -- and early awards buzz -- establish the picture's staying power, industry insiders say. "Brokeback" earned a leading seven Golden Globe nominations.

"It delivered very strong growth in what is truly a highly unforgiving, competitive, cruel market at this Christmas period," said Jack Foley, president of theatrical distribution for Focus Features. "It showed it has breadth beyond the gay community."

It is discussed here and there so much and so often because this is where acceptance will come through Art. The sad beauty of its story being understood in the heartland is almost as valuable as any proposition on the ballot. The underlying message is that gay people are everywhere which means even in the most unlikely of places.

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